Paperback: The first edition of Fátima Priest appeared in 1997, bringing the story of Father Nicholas Gruner’s life and work, dedicated to the service of Our Lady of Fátima, before the general public in a comprehensive and integrated format. A great many Catholics and devotees of Our Lady were already to some degree familiar with this courageous priest through his Fátima Crusader magazines, which have been in circulation since 1978.
But this inspiring, long-awaited biography by Francis Alban, was a much-needed marshalling together of all the pieces of an increasingly complex story into a book-length format, assuring a greater impact and durability of all the varied aspects of this history.
Three subsequent editions followed within three years of Fátima Priest’s initial 1997 printing, through the collaboration of another well-known author, Christopher A Ferrara. Nevertheless, the landscape of the Fátima controversy has continued to change so rapidly and so dramatically that it has not been easy to keep Father Gruner’s readership aware of the progress of his work toward the fulfilment of Our Lady of Fátima’s requests.
This battle for souls has raged more fiercely year by year, year after year, and so much has taken place since the fourth edition’s printing in 2000, that many people have urged the publisher to issue a new edition of this ever-timely book, so that the whole story of his thirty-six year struggle to make the full Message of Fátima known and understood, might again be available to readers in a single edition.
This new edition of Fátima Priest (2013) brings the previous 2000 edition up to date. It is in many ways a heartening chronicle of events, though we are not yet at the stage of securing peace for the world and salvation for many souls in the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. But the truth of Father Gruner’s position has been vindicated in the most stunning and public ways imaginable. Thus the title of Part IV is “A New Day for Fátima”.
Parts I through III (“In Person,” “Politics vs. Prayer,” and “A Fatima Spirituality for the 21st Century”) find their long-overdue climax in the exciting breakthroughs made against the ruthless efforts of Our Lady’s enemies to silence and distort Her Message.
Six new chapters trace a dramatic arc in the story of the Fátima Priest, ascending toward what must be, in the end, the triumphal climax Heaven itself demands for the divinely written saga that began at the Cova da Iria nearly a century ago.
The many surprising developments of the past twelve years demonstrate God’s desire and power to bestow upon us the blessings He has promised through Our Lady of Fátima - and also how generously He blesses the efforts of those who persevere in the labours of His vineyard.
After thirty-six years of dogged persistence, Father Gruner continues to publish proofs of our obligation to believe and obey Our Lady, and perseveres in knocking on the doors and minds of all Catholics, stirring them to wake up before the entire world is enslaved and various nations are completely annihilated, ie wiped off the face of the earth.
It is time the whole world knows why he won’t give up: one 71-year-old priest against all the powers of the false friends of Fátima (especially the powerful Secretary of State inside the Vatican).
We dedicate this work anew to the Holy Mother of God and to all cardinals, patriarchs, bishops, priests, religious and lay persons who have dedicated themselves in humility and love to Her service; and, above all, to Him Who sent Her on a mission of mercy to the Church and the world.
May God speed us all to a successful conclusion of Our Lady of Fátima’s final vindication.
About the authors: Francis Alban is a respected Catholic journalist and writer.
Christopher A Ferrara is an American Roman Catholic lawyer, pro-life activist, GOP partisan pundit, and writer. He is the founder and president of the American Catholic Lawyers Association. He is also a regular columnist of The Remnant, a traditionalist Catholic newspaper.
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