In the third apparition, Francisco seemed to be the one on whom the vision of hell made the least impression, though it did indeed have quite a considerable effect on him. What made the most powerful impression on him and what wholly absorbed him, was God, the Most Holy Trinity, perceived in that light which penetrated our inmost souls. Afterwards he said: “We were on fire in that light which is God and yet we were not burnt! What is God?…We could never put it into words. Yes, that is something indeed which we could never express! But what a pity it is that He is so sad! If only I could console Him!”
One day, I was asked if Our Lady had told us to pray for sinners, and I said she had not. At the first opportunity, while the people were questioning Jacinta, he called me aside and said: “You lied just now! How could you say that Our Lady didn’t ask us to pray for sinners then?”
“For sinners, no! She told us to pray for peace, for the war to end. But for sinners she told us to make sacrifices.”
“Ah! That’s true. I was beginning to think you had lied.”