Marian devotion
The shepherd who could not pray
Fatima, Portugal
An illiterate pastor from the Air saw taught thousands to pray the Rosary.
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In the 1930s, an Air saw pastor could not read or write. But he knew the Rosary by heart and prayed it while carrying his flock. The walkers who found him stopped to listen to him and joined in prayer. The shepherd never asked for anything, he just prayed. In time, he became famous and people were traveling away to pray with him.
Today there is a hermitage in the place where the shepherd used to pray, and the pilgrims go there to ask for their needs.
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