Amelia s life biography of the blessed

You, no doubt, remember the statement that Our Lady made to Lucia at Fatima, when she was asked about the fate of two two girls from the village who had recently Lucia asked Our Lady: “Is Maria das Neves in Heaven?" Our Lady replied: "Yes, she is."

The Lucia asked about the other girl, who was aged around eighteen or nineteen: "And Amelia?"

This time, Our Lady said: "She will be in Purgatory until the end of the world" 

Amelia: until the end of the world!?

Surely, a startling and perplexing communication! Some commen­tators have tried to tone it down, but not Lucia herself. In her last booklet, which she wrote not long before her death, Sister Lucia shares her ideas about the shocking remark of Our Lady with respect to Amelia's time in Purgatory, which may serve well as an insight to the mystery of Purgatory.

Here follows Sister Lucia’s reflection and explanation:

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