# Why the World Needs Fatima Today
*2019-07-19*

> Bill Young urges listeners to consecrate themselves to Jesus through Mary, recalling the Fatima apparitions and offering a powerful consecration prayer and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for peace in a troubled world.

## The Fatima Message and Its Relevance

Bill explains that the apparitions at Fatima in 1917 were a divine warning and a call to consecration. The Virgin Mary told the three shepherd children that Russia, then a Christian nation, would fall to communism unless the world consecrated itself to Jesus through Mary. She also prophesied the end of World War I and warned of a greater conflict—World War II. Bill argues that if humanity had heeded this call, the Holocaust and later wars might have been avoided, and he urges listeners to consider the current threats from Iran, China, and other tensions as a reason to pray.

## A Personal Call to Prayer

Bill shares a personal anecdote about his cluttered desk and how saints’ simple workspaces inspire him to be more orderly in his spiritual life. He mentions a “America Needs Fatima 2019” calendar that includes a consecration prayer written by St. Louis de Montfort. He invites anyone—especially those skeptical or hurt by history—to pray this prayer, emphasizing that prayer is the only effective response to the world’s crises.

## The Consecration Prayer

Bill reads the full consecration prayer to Jesus Christ through the hands of Mary, adapted from St. Louis de Montfort. The prayer renounces Satan, offers oneself entirely to Christ, and asks for Mary’s intercession to obtain forgiveness, wisdom, and the grace to become a faithful slave of the Incarnate Wisdom. Bill invites listeners to insert their own names and repeat the prayer daily.

## The Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Bill leads the traditional Chaplet of Divine Mercy, beginning with the opening prayer, the Our Father, Hail Mary, and the Creed, followed by the repeated petition, “For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.” He repeats the prayer for each decade of the rosary beads, concluding with the threefold “Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.” He then offers a closing prayer for endless mercy and confidence in God’s will.

## Final Invitation

Bill urges everyone to search for the Chaplet of Divine Mercy online and pray it for at least ten minutes each day. He stresses that even the hardest sinners can be transformed through prayer, and that the Fatima consecration offers a concrete way to change the course of history. He ends with a blessing and a reminder that prayer is the only weapon we have against the looming threats of war.

*Consecrating ourselves to Jesus through Mary, as Mary asked at Fatima, is our most powerful hope for peace in a world on the brink of conflict.*