“It must have been 1:30 p.m …. “The sky, which had been overcast all day, suddenly cleared …  The sun, a few moments before, had broken through the thick layer of clouds which hid it and now shone clearly and intensely …. “Suddenly I heard the uproar of thousands of voices, and I saw the whole multitude … turn their backs to that spot where, until then, all their expectations had been focused, and look at the sun on the other side.  I turned around, too, toward the point commanding their gaze and I could see the sun, like a very clear disc, with its sharp edge, which gleamed without hurting the sight.  It could not be confused with the sun seen through a fog (there was no fog at that moment), for it was neither veiled nor dim.  At Fatima, it kept its light and heat, and stood out clearly […]