In 1917, it seems the woman crushing the head of the serpent and the serpent lying in wait of her heel played out in real time.  

The Mother of God came to Portugal in 1917 just as the seed of the serpent was unleashed in Mother Russia. 

MARCH-APRIL: In March 1917, the Russian Tsar Nicholas II abdicated his throne, and Lenin returned from exile in Switzerland in April.  Lenin came back to Russia to solidify the Bolshevik Revolution that was exploding across the country.  The errors of Russia were happening in real time.  The Russian monarchy was falling quickly and the Communists were taking over the country.  

MAY:  It was at the very same time that the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared from Heaven to three simple peasant children in Fatima.  She came to warn the world about “the errors of Russia.”  Mary first appeared to Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta on May 13, 1917.  

JUNE-JULY:  In July, there was a failed uprising in Russia against the Communists, as the Mother of God appeared again to the children showing them a glimpse of hell.  

AUGUST: In August, Russia continued its descent.  While on August 13th, the Blessed Virgin Mary again appeared to the shepherd children in Portugal telling them, 

“Pray, pray very much, and make sacrifices for sinners; for many souls go to hell, because there are none to sacrifice themselves and to pray for them.”  

In September, there was a failed coup, again, in attempt to stop the Russian Revolution.  While on September 13th the vision of the Mother of God came to the shepherd children urging them to pray the Rosary daily and to prepare for a miracle the next month.  

Finally, in October 1917, the Bolsheviks took over control of the government of Russia.  It was the red “October Revolution.”  Socialism and Communism had arrived upon the world scene.  At this very same time, the Blessed Virgin Mary came in her final dramatic appearance at Fatima on October 13, 1917 with the “Miracle of the Sun.”  The battle between the woman and the serpent, heaven and hell, was revealed plainly for all to see.  

In this last visit of the Mother of God she imparted the message that “I am the Lady of the Rosary.”  She continued, “Do not offend the Lord our God anymore, because He is already so much offended.”  To sin is to offend God, which leads one’s soul to hell.  The Miracle of the Sun, too, was perhaps an augur of a great chastisement upon the world if we did not repent and change our ways.  It was a great miracle and blessing but also a warning.   

In retrospect, the Blessed Virgin Mary came down from heaven just as the scourge of Socialism and Communism was unleashed upon the world.  This was not a coincidence.  Mary came to warn the world of the errors of Russia and their Communist doctrine.  

And, what were the errors of Russia?  Atheistic materialism.  An authoritarian state of centralized government.  Suppression of God and religion.  Destroy tradition and re-write history.  Decriminalization of abortion.  Attack the family and enactment of no-fault divorces.  Radical sex education.  Restriction of freedoms.  Silencing of dissent.  False imprisonment, and the mass killing of millions of people.  

The errors of Russia sprang primarily from the writings of Karl Marx, whose ideology is a perverse screed, some may say satanic, that dehumanizes the person and deifies the state.  A human being endowed with a soul and the image of his Creator is reduced to a mere material creature, a “worker” for the state.  That’s enslavement, not freedom or utopia.  Mary came down to warn us not to follow his errors.  

Militaristic Marxism came in a more insidious form, too, in Cultural Marxism.  This came out of the Frankfurt School in Germany, and entered into the education system primarily as a way to undermine the Western history.  It went mainstream as Critical Theory.  Their main efforts have been to critique and deconstruct Western Civilization, along with the Bible and the Church.  Critical theory deconstruction has now gone viral in America and in the West.  The battles we are fighting now with “cancel culture” sprang from the roots of Russia’s errors. 

As the Blessed Virgin Mary came to stop the spread of the errors of Russia and Communism, what did she ask us, as the faithful, to do?  Pray the Rosary daily.  Receive the Sacraments, especially the Eucharist.  Fast and offer spiritual sacrifices.  Wear the brown scapular.  Do the First Five Saturdays Devotion in reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  Then, there is also the question of the worldwide consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary done by the Pope and all the Bishops.      

Our Lady of Fatima is just as relevant today in 2021, if not more so, as she was in 1917.  We are a world plunged into the errors of Russia.  This is perhaps related to the Third Secret of Fatima that was likely was only partially revealed.  Our Lady’s probable commentary on the third vision, like in the first two parts, has never been disclosed.  Thus, most likely the Third Secret has yet to be fulfilled and it probably involves the errors of Russia spread throughout the world.  The battle between Our Lady and the serpent continues to rage on in America and the West, but as Our Lady of Fatima declared, “But in the end my Immaculate Heart will triumph.”