The purpose of this Public Forum is to publicly respond to
correspondence
that we may receive from time to time and which is of Universal
interest
in these very unsettling times.
We reserve the right to choose what questions to address and how to
transcribe the question and/or statement from the correspondence
received.
The identity of the correspondent will be kept confidential except in
the
case of abusive correspondence which will then be referred to the
appropriate
responsible entities.
From TF
@ USA
[Published on February 27th]
Q. Thank
you for all that you do for us. Since it is so obvious that the
world is moving toward the fulfillment of prophecy, I for one, am most
concerned about living in God's will. What we should be doing now
and in the days ahead is of most importance to me; I do not need the
political commentary to convince me that things are getting worse,
leading up to catastrophe.
Aside from praying for conversion of sinners, and offering up daily
prayer and eucharist in reparation for sin, I am most concerned about
what I can / should be doing to save others. This message, as you
well know, is not one that others want to hear, so I have backed off
and limit my action to prayer.
Peace be with you.
T F
A.
Thank you for a straight forward, honest and quite accurate
letter. We shall try to address the points you raise for they are
of Universal interest for those who have Eyes to See.
The first recommendation about "What to do?" may be found at It Seems That
All In The
World Is Crashing
Down So.... What Can We Do? The second may be found at No
Question About
It... The World
Institutions Are Crashing Down So.... What Can I, As An Individual, Do?
The foundations on how we can best cooperate with God in the task at
hand may be found at Suffering
: Mankind's Participation In Its Own Redemption - But How?
- That Was Another "Secret" From Fátima. This
is
very important and a revelation which satan
tries very hard to
obliterate from the hearts of the Faithful, thus, we must work hard at
keeping it very much in the forefront.
Another very useful aid in preparing oneself for what is
to come, is to become familiar with what to expect, theological speaking, in the near
future. This
may be found at Remaining Old
Testament Prophecies Will Soon Be Finally Fulfilled as well
as
in THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW WORLD
ORDER - Which Will "Demand"... One Universal
Government with its corollary
THE SPIRITUAL AMBUSH OF A
UNIVERSAL RELIGION - How It Will Be Utilized
For The Manifestation Of The False Christ .
We are confident that many of you have read those documents
already,
however, we assure you that you will learn more from them after a
careful review of them now. What may have been hazy when you read them
- will become crystal clear now with the passage of time.
Above all - be ready to lead. Of all of those who are mocking you now
for your "pessimistic views" (like miguel's)
and who
will survive the first wave, will
come knocking on your door asking for the information they may have
rejected just a few days before.
Brethren, you may not realize it but, those of you who are
familiar with what has been published in our Domains will be the
"assistants" to the Holy Spirit once Step No.
1 is manifested.
All of
you will be well prepared - spiritually and otherwise - to assist in
the safeguarding of the remains of the true Faith and in the leading back to
the real God
the remains of the "civilized" world.
You may not feel capable now, but we assure you, God will give you the
strength and wisdom to do so.
You stated: "....so I have backed off and limit my action to
prayer." What do you think people thought of miguel de Portugal
when he started "blowing the horn" about all of this 15 years
ago? God had warned him but He also sustained him throughout the
critical period during which he was considered insane by those who had
been his social and professional associates.
Let God lead... you follow, even if you do not "the steps". It is
amazing, He has a way of teaching those "steps" at the same time we are
taking them.
From LP
@ USA
[Published on February 27th]
Q. From
what I understand you are saying, it seems that future events that
would normally
take anywhere from 25 to 150 years to evolve in the world such as the
One World Government, One Universal Religion, the Anti Christ, the
False Christ, etc., are going to be wrapped up very quickly. Do I
understand you correctly?
A.
Yes, that is correct.
God gave the world a last minute extension
of ten
years (of which He
informed miguel de Portugal in advance). Miguel has not been informed
by God of any other extension; as a matter of fact, in a recent
prophetic dream, it was all confirmed. Including on how quickly all
will be "wrapped up".
Remember that prophecy can be fulfilled in symbolic ways - just review
the Prophecies about the First Coming of Christ and you will see
how
many times God used "Poetic License" in having a particular prophecy
fulfilled. This time it will not be any different, most specially since
some folks at the Vatican
thought that they could manipulate God.
Although the last
chapter of False Dawn is lengthy, God can fulfill it
in very short notice.
From AD
@ ?
[Published on February 27th]
Q. [Translated
from Spanish] I have copied most of your
articles and have sent them to a Yahoo Forum which considers
itself enemies of anything that may be Christian, Biblical,
Catholic or Religious.
It is an uphill battle because they all hate Christianity for various
reasons.
A D
A.
First of all we thank you for your actions Glorify God. If more of the
faithful would do so, more people will come around to God. At first
they
may not respond positively and may mock you but, after a while -
especially as the world crashes around their ears - they may
begin to see the Light.
But, can they be blamed? Many of them have seen the abuses and excesses
of organized religion and, if they have not had the opportunity to meet
God face to face (that is what takes place when we represent Him well
through our examples in everything we do - without
fanatism) they will
believe that whole
issue to be a scam.
For example.....
As you may see, they are only reacting to what they see.
May God continue to Bless you with Holy Perseverance.
From
Idalisa
@ Portugal
[Published on February 20th - Our
Lady of Tears]
Q. What
do you think about the big to-do organized for the transfer of Lucia's
body from Coimbra to the Basilica in Fátima?
A.
[ NOTE:
This question was posed to miguel de Portugal at a prayer meeting by
one of his extended family member in Portugal. She is a devoted and
prayerful lady and quite familiar with Fátima - a frequent
destination for her on a yearly basis.]
Once again, a golden opportunity to promote the requests of our Lady of
Fátima and the tremendous importance of Her manifestations in
Fátima was wasted - instead, a great Lucía-centered
circus was staged. Even though, through
the
criminal negligence
of of the Roman Catholic Church Administration, Her time-sesitive
requests to them was not met,
the
messages to the laity - prayer,
reparation and
sacrifice
- is even
more necessary today
than it was in
1917.
Instead, the message conveyed to the Catholic Church (East and West) by
God
through the Prophet
Mohammed, the same message that miguel de
Portugal continues to convey to the world - starting with the Vatican,
continues to be ignored.
To wit:
In the Qur'an Surah. IX. 31 we read:
"They
take their priests (*) and their anchorites (*) to be their lords in derogation of God (**)..."
(*)
Doctors of law, priests, learned men; monks,
ascetics,
anchorites, men
who have renounced the world.
And in S. IX. 34. We further read:
" O ye who believe! There are
indeed many among the priests and anchorites, who in falsehood
devour the substance of men and hinder (them) from the Way of God
(**). And there are those who bury silver and spend it not in the
Way of God: announce unto them a most grievous penalty".
(**)
What results when Catholics cross the line from the veneration of
saints to the adoration of the saints and their statues - something
that is against the Church teaching BUT is allowed and encouraged by
default. This is even more evident and scandalous in Europe than in the
US.
Man continues to ignore God and His
requests, therefore, He IS
taking matters
into His Own
Hands to the
chagrin of the
Opus Dei
and their
"Salvific Plans".
From AJQ
@ Australia
[Published on February 20th - Our
Lady of Tears]
Q. On
Advent Sunday we were given a DIFFERENT TYPE of Host. It was very
white, thicker, and a little larger in diameter. It did not
dissolve, chewing was necessary.
They also instituted a large deep dish instead of the Paten. Pope John
Paul II stated that no priest should use a suspect host, he also
described the recipe as Wheaten Flour and Water only.
My Question --- Why the ambiguity !
A.
In reality the only requirement for the communion bread is that it is
unleavened.
The bread evolved into the host form for convenience. Easier to handle
and distribute; no crumbs falling on the ground, etc. The Orthodox
Church, continues to use bread and not hosts but, in the manner
that it
is handled and the way in which communion is given, there is very
little danger of desecrating the Body of Christ.
The use of a dish instead of the
Paten comes from the desire to bring the participants more in union
with the priest in the Mass. The dish contains the smaller hosts
(particles) which are distributed amongst the communicants, as well as
the large host. This is somewhat a relief to us since in many cases -
far too many, as a matter of
fact - the priest only consecrates his
host and the particles given to the congregation are not more just
plain bread.
From JM
@ USA
[Published on February 20th - Our
Lady of Tears]
Q. I
had a kidney stone procedure in 2003. I went to the hospital the day of
my surgery and was admitted and prepared for the surgery for which I
was anesthetized..
...as I was administered the IV that would carry me to "sleep" I felt a
Presence and a sense of comfort and anticipation all around me..
I do recall a happy anticipation that if I was to die today I was happy
and prepared..
Today, I look back and think that that may have been a pre-glimpse of
my "moment" and I am blessed and grateful to My Jesus for the "comfort
of the insight" I felt that day.
A.
The "key" to know the state of one's soul is to feel ready and joyful
to leave at any minute - any instant - yet not to be in any hurry
whatsoever. This is a feeling that is achieved through complete
abandonment to the Will of God; a condition that should be sought as
the most desired treasure in the Universe and, once achieved through
the Garce of God, strive to maintain at all costs.
From MV
@ USA
[Published on February 13th]
Q. In
my e-mail published in your Public Forum Feb. 6th (see the February 6th
posting) , I regret to have left out what needed clarification on my
part for the sake of brevity and passage through your filter. You
consider the case closed, but
please help me out for my own closure on this issue:
You wrote:
"In
Exodus 20:1-18 God gave man the Ten Commandments. No explicit nor
implicit mention is made of homosexual behavior. Therefore, the
Commandments classify many commonplace sins in a much worse category
than homosexual acts."
Then, in your concluding statement, you said:
"Using
the God centered Frame of Reference, it becomes quite obvious that
there are more commonplace offenses, such as stiff-necked impenitence and lack of charity, which are
far worse than those associated with homosexual behavior."
The problem that comes up in my mind then is this:
Your statement and conclusion indicate
that homosexual behavior is so trivial or venial it need not even
be mentioned or confessed in the confessional. Thus in my e-mail I
meant to point out that I see implicit mentions of homosexuality in two
of the ten commandments as gender roles are mentioned, and as such, the
offenses or sins against those two are at least grievous enough to be
brought up in confession to a priest. I may be mistaken, but
priests have told me that venial sins need not be brought up in
confession, only the serious or mortal ones but we must have
perfect contrition for all sins, be it mortal or venial.
I have no problem with the rest of your document You have explained
everything in detail quite clearly. We know that the key features
involved in a mortal sin that needs to be confessed are that the
offense is serious, that we know it is serious, and that we
willfully commit them. I just implied in my e-mail that homosexual
behavior is more than trivial or venial. But forgive me if you felt
offended by my message.
Peace be with you,
MV
A.
We stated "We
thank you for writing and consider
the case closed." - and that
case is closed; however, what you bring up is something totally
different which certainly needs attention for the benefit of all the
faithful. We shall take it in stages.
Stage No. 1
We indeed state:
"Using the God
centered Frame of
Reference, it becomes quite obvious that there are more commonplace
offenses, such as stiff-necked impenitence
and lack of charity, which are far worse than those associated with
homosexual behavior."
"Commonplace"
is not
meant to be a synonym to "venial" nor "equal to". We regret if
this has caused confusion but we believe the word was used in
accordance to its accepted meaning:
Having
no remarkable features, characteristics, or traits; ordinary.
"Stiff-necked impenitence" is
far
more commonplace than active
homosexual sexual behavior. Stop by at any Mass - whether in
Rome,
Lisbon, Vienna, Czetochowa or Tin-Buck-Two, USA, and you will see the
long line of church goers (notice - we have not said "faithful"
but "church goers") lining up for communion but you seldom see anyone
at the confessional. Either we have rampant "stiff-necked
impenitence" or the Immaculate Conception of Mary "symptoms" are
spreading faster
than any pandemic known to man. Hypocrites!
We quoted:
"And thou, Capernaum,
which art exalted unto heaven,
shalt be brought down to hell; for if the mighty works, which have been
done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this
day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land
of
Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee." [S. Matthew 11:23-24]
One connection we inferred with one and the other is: Mary is
"blue in the
face" calling us back to holiness aided by the Sacraments, basically
stating: "Just what part of the Gospel don't you get after 2000 years
and
after nearly 200
years of My visiting?" and we, with the Church
Administration and far too many priests at the head of the line,
continue with our "stiff-necked impenitence" which can be translated to
"self righteousness" while pointing our collective finger to whichever
scapegoat sin seems more popular at the time.
It is the same situation with Abortion vs Sex Abuse of children
about
which
we have also written. The attitude is "Let's point the finger to
abortionists and make a lot of noise.... and folks may just will not
notice that the Bishop so and so and Cardinal so and so are covering up
for pedophiles who cause untold harm to the souls entrusted to them."
What such self righteousness and stiff-necked impenitence does is to
make matters worse and drive the one who may need help further away
from God. What should we expect? Self righteousness and
stiff-necked impenitence are the devil's fruits.
As we have written
elsewhere, we had to shut down a weekly hour of adoration of the
Exposed Blessed Sacrament, with the intention of ending abortion by the
conversion of abortionists and those seeking them, due to lack of
attendance. However, the carnival like atmosphere of the demonstrations
in front of abortion clinics continued to grow.... and so the number of
abortions.
The same with the homosexuality issue. The more it is demonized by the
hypocritical and two faced self righteous and the stiff-necked
impenitent, the more they over react to the point of those Gay Pride
Parades which harm their cause more than anything else. Who wins?
satan, of course, by working both sides into self destructive modes.
Stage No. 2
Mortal sin, venial sin, etc. How Roman! They try to count
sins as if they were
the
riches that they have accumulated for
centuries. The same that was done with partial indulgences -
breaking the indulgences down into "day units" so that money could be
secured from all - poor and rich alike - by selling them. It reminds us
of the Time Share scam that raged in the US in the 80's and 90's.
We have defined sin in the referenced document as:
An offense to God which constitutes any
act by which a
human being rejects the loving care of his Creator by: (a) Willfully
ignoring
the laws He lovingly set for the well being of His creatures; or (b)
Willfully
offending Him for the sake of offending Him out of malicious rebellion.
The consequences of sin are always tempered by the Mercy of God.
Any
venial sin is a potential gateway to
a mortal sin. One may start with the proverbial "little white
lie" and
before you know it we have a Watergate or turn a country (Iraq) into a
living hell or make the greatest nation on earth the laughing stock of
the rest of the world because they fail to see what the Lewinski affair
had to do with anything; or turn erstwhile trustworthy names such as
ENRON and MCI into "cuss words" for those who lost their retirement
funds because of someone started with a "little white lie" to cover an
unexpected short... and then, it was so easy....
The same old story -
as old as satan....
And the woman
saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes,
and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did
eat, and gave to her husband who did eat.
[Genesis 3: 6] The
only thing that was missing from that scene was Adam and Eve telling
God : "...but it was only a little
white fruit...."
Every single offense to God constitutes any act by which a
human being rejects the loving care of his Creator and should be
brought up
at the monthly Sacrament
of Reconciliation. One does not have to go into great
detail as to what the sin was but the shortcoming which causes that
particular sin must be reported as well as the
progress being made in fighting
such
shortcoming.
Therefore, let us
stop
eliminating "white little sins" from the
Sacrament
of Reconciliation -
all
sin can lead to mortal sin
if unattended and they should be treated as such. We are not concerned
at all about what 'this priest' or 'that priest' may say about this
issue - they have had 2000 years to get
it
right and most have not and the situation continues to get worse!
Thus here we are, in His
Holy Name, to "mop up" and
bring some Light
before
it is too late and we loose
even
the souls that are marked for
Heaven!
"For there shall arise false Christs
and false prophets, and
shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if
possible) even the elect."
[Matthew
24:24]
We thank you for the opportunity to make several key points crystal
clear now since they seem to have been clouded for nearly 2000 years
and they should not have.
From RH
@ USA
[Published on February 13th]
Q. Sir,
I think you should also consider Catholic Philippines, Central and
South Americas -- poor countries. It's just pathetic to see
what's going on in those areas of heavy Catholic "evangelization" in
the past.
RH
A.
You are right. What
is truly amazing that the Church Administrators still do not understand
what fueled the French and Bolshevique Revolutions as well as other
major political upheavals (in Italy, Spain and Portugal) which would
have never happened if the Church, East and West, would have focused on
transmitting and implementing, by example, the message of our Lord
Jesus Christ instead of gaining temporal power - political and
financial.
The Church of the East - Orthodox - may have learned after
over seventy years of Soviets; but, Rome? It will take God razing it to
the ground before they learn. The first lesson will be the "Oops, but
we are not completely infallible after all!"
From RB
@ USA
[Published on February 6th]
Q. Why
does God tolerate our abuses, wars, pains..?
This essential human characteristic is symbolically shown through Adam
and Eve. We are taught that men and women are born with a free will, to
decide on their own.
Just like the book of Genesis shows us, our essential choice is between
good and evil. Why did God not make us so that we could only choose
good?
RB
A.
Genesis 2: 16-17 teaches
us thus: And he commanded him, saying: Of every
tree of paradise thou shalt eat: But of the tree of knowledge of
good and evil, thou shalt not eat.
It is not that Eve chose evil over good when she fell prey to the snare
of satan. She could not have because she had not the capacity yet to do
so. What she chose to do was to disobey God - just like Lucifer had
before. What Adam did was to believe his wife over God.
Therefore, our "essential choice" is to obey God or not and the
benefits or consequences the choice made commence to unfold before our
eyes from Chapter 3 of the Book of Genesis through the last verse of
the last chapter of the Book of Revelations.
Why does God tolerate our abuses, wars,
pains? We have amply covered that in
one of our
documents. What
can we
then do to minimize the pains? We have also covered that in
another of
our documents.
"Why did God not make us so that we could
only choose
good?" So that we may freely love Him. Would you like to manipulate
someone into loving you? Would you like to be manipulated into loving
someone?
From MV
@ USA
[Published on February 6th]
Q. In
your article On Homosexuality dated January 18th, you wrote:
"In Exodus 20:1-18 God gave man the Ten Commandments (8). No explicit
nor implicit mention is made of homosexual behavior. Therefore, the
Commandments classify many commonplace sins in a much worse category
than homosexual acts."
I say that there are two commandments which implicitly and indirectly
refer to homosexual behavior and homosexual marriage. They are the 4th
and 9th commandments, and related to the sixth. When
the .... etc.
MV
A.
In the opening NOTE added to said
document on February 26, 2004 we
clearly state:
NOTE Added on February 26, 2004:
As the new "National Crisis" - the
granting or denial of a Marriage License to homosexual couples -
is fanned into a raging fire we entreat true Christians to review
this document carefully and objectively while keeping the following in
mind:
Homosexual
couples want their unions to be acknowledged by the civil laws and to
have the same legal rights and benefits than the heterosexual unions
do.
A union
recognized civil law between a man and a woman is not a marriage. A marriage, which is a Biblical
institution, is the union between a man and a woman recognized by a
religious body, entity or individual which consider itself
empowered to bestow God's Blessing and Recognition upon such union. It
is that simple.
From your opening statements it is obvious that what was clearly and
unequivocally stated in the opening Note was ignored and the stated
purpose of the document which followed the aforementioned note which
reads:
The issue of homosexuality is tearing
apart the fiber of our society as well as that of our Social and
Religious Institutions. It is an emotionally charged subject and
most people take sides without an understanding of the issue and its
ramifications.
was clearly exemplified by the contents and tone of your communication.
As we have stated elsewhere,
no one has to believe what miguel de
Portugal writes. What is written is only
for those who
have eyes to see
and have ears to hear. Woe to miguel if he does not speak
loud
and clear. Nothing has changed in the manner in which God has
communicate with His children in the last 6,000 years.
Not an iota will be changed in the document about Homosexuality unless
God moves us to do so and your letter, instead of moving us to do so,
has further confirmed its purpose as is.
We thank you for writing and consider the case closed.
From
TC @ USA
[Published on February 6th]
Q. Jesus,
I trust in You!
You have spoken of the Serpent of Revelations who in his fury spews
forth water as he chases the woman and her child fleeing him. This
water is the confusion sent out to clouds man's thinking to prevent him
from obtaining freedom from deceit. Your explanations, observations,
honesty, teaching, broad perspective, has been so helpful to me as I
strive to say and act in my YES to the Our Lord Jesus Christ. It aids
in clearing my mind in trying to discern events, news, opinion,
teachings, people. Who to take with a grain of salt, or avoid, or
listen to.
I wrote once of trying to guide my family. A benchmark would be this
Christmas. Turning away from a commercial Christmas we spent a day
together celebrating the birth of Christ. Our gifts were stockings with
toiletries and candies. The main gift we received was a brown scapular
for each of us and a relic of our favorite saint. My family was deeply
moved and excited about receiving them. How different from a year ago!
I know that prayer and their relationship to God is crucial to each of
them in their daily lives. I am Blessed but so are You my dear Miguel
for without knowing it, you helped to bring this about thorough your
website. Praise God! Glorify the Lord!
I continue striving to grow in my relationship with God. I thank you
for your part. I hope that I will be able to continue gleaning what I
can from your site. Though to be honest I wish you didn't feel the need
to change things. However, we all must serve God and respond in the
best way we can. I offer up my small pain of the changes on your site.
Peace And Joy, Light and Life, to you Miguel!
TC
A.
Your kind words
Glorify God Whom we strive to serve. You state: "I
continue striving to grow in my relationship with God." As you
continue to do so, you will continue to draw closer to Him and be
enriched by His Wisdom - never stop! Too many, when they reach a
certain level of Divine understanding feel that "the have God by the
Beard" and they do not need to strive anymore... and then they
fall.
This is exactly what Jesus warned us about when He spoke thus:
For
he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound: but he that
hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath. [Matthew 13:12]
He
was not talking about worldly possessions, He was talking about Divine
Wisdom.
When man thinks that he "has God by
the Beard" and that with whatever
little wisdom he has gained he is entitled to righteousness, that
little wisdom will be taken away. Conversely, for those of us who
remain on our knees, truly recognizing our frailties, our ignorance and
sinfulness but
trusting in God's Mercy and always deferring to Him, He will continue
to impart Wisdom.... then, the more we learn, the more we realize how
little we know, then we go back to Him seeking for more, and more we
receive.... a never ending cycle and the secret of Divine Wisdom - the
acknowledgment of our nothingness and our perpetual deference to Him.
May God continue to Bless and Guide
you!
From
DM @ USA
[Published on January 30th]
Q. When
the Warning of the Garabandal prophesy occurs, wouldn't the
"enlightenment of the conscious given to each of us by that event be
enough to change the mindset of people toward abolishing abortion on
demand? .... all of us are highly influenced by the ways of the
world
and seem to be punished in this life for doing the 'right thing'.
Also, I believe that Conchita mentioned something to the effect that
some of us would die (die from the stress of seeing what our sins
have
done). Are all of us in danger of dying from this stress ,
since we
are all sinners and have done (or failed to do all we should have done)
the right things time and time again?
DM
A.
Even when such
enlightenment takes place many will still reject God. He is only
giving
all an opportunity to see the state of our souls; what we do about what
we see
still depends of an act of our free will. Obviously, if an individual's
name is not in the Book
of Life nothing will change that.
Yes, we all are influenced by the "wicked ways of the world" and will
pay the consequences if we "dance to the world's music". This is why,
those of us who become more and more aware of what is right and what is
wrong, MUST pray, as we
have explained, for those who cannot see it.
The
more aware we become of the Truth, the more God will expect from us -
most specially in the coming to the prayerful assistance to those who
are
lost and still must
find their way back to the Father because their name IS in the
Book of Life.
Yes indeed, many will die when they see the state of their souls. We
refer you to m de P's
experience; that experience took place a few
years after his
conversion and in a State of Grace. In his case, the shock was
logically
manifested as sorrow because by then he loved the Lord deeply and he
was experiencing how his past sins, already forgiven and paid for, had
made
Jesus suffer. No one enjoys witnessing the suffering of the object of
one's profound love.
A truly sorrowful and contrite heart combined with true faith in God's Mercy
will greatly help at that time.
From MA
@ USA
[Published on January 30th]
Q. I
wanted to know what your opinion was on the wearing of the Brown
Scapular. I know from what I read that Our Lady said who ever dies
wearing this garment will not suffer eternal fire, but do you have to
read the little office of Mary every day, if you wear the scapular.
I wish to thank you for your patience with me. Love
MA
A.
This, like with the
use of any other sacramental, should
not become like wearing an amulet
or owning a talisman. Consciously wearing the scapular is a reminder to
our, and His Mother
that we are Hers and are counting with Her help to make it
so more and more every day. It is also a reminder to ourselves of such
commitment. The wearing of the scapular is also a great psychological
help, especially in women: If a woman
wears one and she is going to wear a less than modest top garment, the
scapular will show and she will be automatically reminded that the top
garment is not modest.
In came satan and "invented" the misuse of the scapular medal: Crafted
in gold
and dangling from a gold chain.... too many times almost submerged in
an apparently bottomless
cleavage. Hardly a holy situation.
Empty and elaborate rituals are worthless - look at the world today
after millions of such Masses and Rosaries. If more than just a
small fraction of those Masses and Rosaries had reached Heaven, this
world would be a near paradise for His
children.
Instead, what we read
in Chapter 1 of the Book of
Isaiah applied.
A scapular worn with the right frame of mind (see first paragraph
above) and a well intended renewal of one's consecration to the
Immaculate Heart of
Mary on
a frequent basis will please God and Mary far more that to
automatically fulfill a ritual.
From RD
@ USA
[Published on January 30th]
Q. I
am very disappointed in your decision, since I learned so much from
your documents. I am glad, however, that you started to post
"Divine
Instructions and Encouragement," possibly the most useful of all your
departments.
Respectfully,
RD
A.
Your kind words Glorify
God. We are happy to read that
you find the Divine Instructions and Encouragement useful.
Regarding
your "disappointment".... We suggest that you offer it to God in
reparation
for the disappointment the
Administrators
of the Church He established
have caused Him; to Mary for
the disappointment the Administrators of the Church Her Son established
have
caused Her; and to both for the disappointments that you have
caused
them Both.
God has a plan for each one of us and as we deviate from it, we cause
him grief and disappointment. Unfortunately we usually think of "my
disappointment" and not the disappointments that we may cause others -
most specially to those Who love us like no one else would ever be
capable of.
The nearly one thousand documents which helped you and many others so
much will remain on line and are easily
accessible. We pray that you continue to review them since much more
can be learned the second or third time around.
From LR
@ USA
[Published on January 30th]
Q. The
following thoughts came to me a couple of months ago.
We must respect and believe that our Lord God knows all and is
all
powerful. In His omnipotence He knows when a fetus
will be aborted.
Could not He, in His infinite Mercy, not allow a soul to enter
that
fetus?
What if all the energy, prayers, and supplication now being expended on
the abortion issue, were focused on World Peace, or the souls in
Purgatory, or to stop the death penalty in America for those we know
already have a soul, or to stop the terrible genocide of the World?
Who has tricked us into diverting our prayers in this
matter? I
cannot imagine the power of all those prayers pounding at
Heaven's
Door for these undeniable, visible horrors.
Thank you and may you continue in God's grace.
LR
A.
God gave man a free will -
therefore, for Him to intervene and change the situation would require
that someone place in His Hands the means to do so. For example: m de
P, every day offers a decade of the Holy Rosary
prefaced with
the
following invocation:
Invoking the communion of saints and
faculties bestowed upon me, I offer this decade as an act of reparation
for the sins and offenses committed by those who promote, perform and
undergo abortions and euthanasia; sins and offenses for which Your
Divine Justice justly demands as an act of reparation before You will work the
pleasure of Your Mercy in their souls so that they may seek You,
achieve conversion and, as a consequence, abandon such destructive
behavior.
That
is "how the system works" and should be applied to all calamitous
situations - It is sad that after nearly 2000 years our
poor brethren have no been properly instructed in doing so. Why do you
think Mary has kept
coming for nearly two centuries?
To end all man-made horrors we must go to the root cause of the
problem. Didn't Jesus teach us, without a doubt, to pray for our
enemies and persecutors? When we pray for their conversion - those who
are to be converted, will, and their behavioral pattern will change to
be more Christ like. Regarding those who are not to be converted (and
only God
knows "Who Is Who")... when we pray for them they will, in essence, be
neutralized from harming you and anyone else God determines.
How many people prayed for Hitler when his true colors began to show?
Stalin when assumed the reins of the Soviet Union? Your local pedophile
priest and his collaborating Bishop? The terrorists who
indiscriminantly kill whomever they wish? We will venture to guess that
just a handful of individuals in the entire Christian Universe did.
This has become a "gimme" world - the only Trinity that most Christians
believe
in is "I, Me and Myself" just
to, when things just "don't go their way" say: "Is there a God?" "How
can God allow this?"
To that we answer: Yes, there Is a God and He
would not allow this if
we did our part and quit hosting "pity parties" and pointing the finger
at someone else. We are responsible for the sewer we live in in spite
of the enormous power placed in our hands by God through Jesus Christ.
To wit:
John 14:
11 Believe you not that
I am in the Father, and the Father in me?
12 Otherwise believe for the very works'
sake. Amen, amen I say
to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall do;
and greater than these shall he do.
13 Because I go to the Father: and
whatsoever you shall ask the
Father in my name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in
the Son.
14 If you shall ask me any thing in my name,
that I will do.
15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
L, we thank you very much for your very
valid questions which have given us the opportunity to share with one
and all some of the Light He has given us to pass on, and not to auto
glorify ourselves as it has been customary for the last 2000 years by
those who were supposed to do this.