What Does The Prayer Really Say?
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I occasionally read books about the so-called "Third Secret" uttered by Our Lady of Fatima.

Lot’s of people believe that the real text of the "Third Secret" has still not been made public despite the hoopla a few years ago in Fatima when the late Pope had then SecState Card. Sodano reveal the text and then PrefCDF Card. Ratzinger published a commentary on it.  Books such as that of Fr. Paul Kramer, The Devil’s Final Battle, claim that massive conspiracy has taken place to suppress the BVM’s message which concerns nothing less than the future of the human race.

I just got hold of a new book, in Italian, by Antonio Socci entitled Il Quarto Secreto di Fatima (Rizzoli 2006), or "The Fourth Secret of Fatima.  Socci, a journalist, says in his preface (signed 6 October 2006) that as he was digging into the question, his opinion slowly shifted. He thinks there is more to the story.  There may be, he opines, more text than what was revealed.  This I have heard before, but it will be interesting to find out what he thinks happened.

I will give you some updates as I work through the book (in my copious free time).

More here by Vittorio Messori about the book and the concept of the book.

Bp. Carlson underwent preventative surgery today, asks for prayers

From the Saginaw Catholic Times:
Saginaw Bishop Robert J. Carlson will undergo surgery on Tuesday, Nov. 28, to remove a section of his colon. There is no cancer in the area at the present time but there is some unusual cellular activity that could develop in the future. The bishop has chosen to have this preventative surgery done now and hopes to resume a normal schedule sometime in January.

Bishop Carlson was auxilliary in St. Paul and Minneapolis and I got to know him a little.  I owe him a debt of gratitude for a great kindness and will ask you to join me in prayer for him.  This is one of the really good ones, folks.