Author: Remnant Disciple

Traditional Catholic; member of Jesus' Remnant Army; leader of a Jesus to Mankind Prayer group since 2010. Prayer group leader for about 25 years.

The words from his mouth condemn him – yet again!!!

  AM+DG

 

The following article is from Tony (a regular contributor here)

“Yes, Bergoglio said it again!!!!  It is outrageous!!!!

“Jesus made himself sin”.

He has said this before….. in April, 2017 and published in L’Osservatore Romano.

This is not “foot in mouth”…… it is very calculated and deliberate.

With such a litany of blasphemies and heresies since he took the Chair of Peter, how negligently naïve it would be to say or even think ……..’he did not mean it and did not understand what he was saying’

The purpose of this article is not to attack……but to simply defend Jesus.

That statement is Blasphemy!!! Blasphemy!!!  Blasphemy!!!

How could it be that Jesus, Who is God, therefore sinless, perfect, all powerful, all loving, all knowing……how could it be that He became sin??????????????

Bergoglio…..to give credence to his blasphemy…. quoted 1 Peter 2:24 ‘He bore all of our sins in Himself.’

This is another example of Bergoglio twisting and bending God’s Word to validate his blasphemies and heresies.

There is a world of difference between saying ‘Jesus bore our sins’ and ‘Jesus became sin’ and Jorge knows that. He is actually not stupid…….but he thinks he can trick us…..and he does trick some!!

Twisting God’s Word is of itself….. evil.

I cannot be silent about this blasphemy …..coming from anyone….but most particularly coming from the ‘Chair of Peter’ to scandalise the faithful all over the planet.

We have a right and a duty to defend Jesus from blasphemies hurled against him from anyone and everyone……no matter how important and authoritative the blasphemer may think he is.

(see article below by Antonio Socci, “Bergoglio Arrives to State in the Church that “Jesus Has been Deviled” . And Everyone is Pretending Nothing”)

We cannot pretend that these blasphemies are nothing, of no consequence and causing no scandal.

Remember Jorge….you are not God!!!   Oh and by the way….. you have even admitted yourself recently….you are not the Vicar of Christ…..as it is only an historical term.

If you had already seen this latest blasphemy ….what did you immediately think???

  1. This is outrageous!!!

This must be called out and opposed!!!

We cannot tolerate this!!!

We must stand up against this!!!

or

  1. But, but, but…. he is the Pope……

.We cannot speak badly about the Pope. ….

… If I speak out against Francis I will lose my good name and influence……

… I had better say nothing.

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Nothing he says surprises us any more …….. but let’s not get boiled like the frog in the pot of heating water!!!

Bergoglio vilifies himself by what he says and does. The orthodox Catholic commentators who write on his words and actions are simply repeating and highlighting what he himself has put out to the world.

I would say this brings sharply into focus the question, “How is it that a valid Pope could possibly say this?”

What other Pope in the history of the Church ever uttered this blasphemy???

Answer:  None…… Not a single one……. NONE!!!

Jesus said, “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.” Matthew 12:30

And boy…… has there been an unprecedented level of scattering occurring since March 13, 2013.

And Finally:

Our Lady said to Fr Gobbi in Milan on June 3, 1989, “….the aim of Masonry is not to deny God, but to blaspheme Him” …..(See the Blue Book)

Please…. draw your own conclusions!!!”

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As Tony mentions above, this is not the first time he has said this He said it in 2017. You can read Socci’s article here: antoniosocci.com / bergoglio-comes-to-affirm-church-jesus-yes-devil-everyone-pretends-nothing-his-strategy   

In this article of April 6, 2017, Socci writes:

” In the Church many people have their hands in their hair, because things never seen before are happening. There have been popes of all kinds in two thousand years, but there has never been a pope who in the church, in the homily of the Mass, uttered phrases that – in the mouth of anyone else – would be considered blasphemies .

The day before yesterday, for example, Pope Bergoglio , in Santa Marta, came out with an expression that must have chilled the listeners (even if no one has the courage to say anything).

Commenting – in a totally absurd way – the biblical passage of the serpent raised by Moses in the desert (Numbers 21, 4-9), he affirmed that Jesus “made himself sin, he made himself devil, snake, for us” .

Textual. But how can we say that Jesus “became devil”? By Christian doctrine, Jesus took upon himself the sins of all, paying for all as a spotless sacrificial lamb, so that St. Paul writes: ” He who had not known sin, God treated him as a sin in our favor, because we could become through him justice of God “ (2Cor 5,21).

But to say that Jesus “made himself devil” is another matter (with a Gnostic flavor). The Son of God became man to redeem men, he did not make himself a devil to redeem the devils, who, I remember, are totally characterized by the unquenchable hatred of God (it is unimaginable for a Pope to say such a thing of Jesus ). … “

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(Remnant Survivor continues:)

As with other heresies and blasphemies ( such as “there is no hell”) it is repeated.  The idea is that if it is repeated often enough we will come to accept it. And the sad part is, many will. Tony states that “This is another example of Bergoglio twisting and bending God’s Word to validate his blasphemies and heresies.”

We know he does this often – twists Scripture to suit his own agenda. Jesus tells us in the Book of Truth that the Masons are the ones responsible for twisting the Truth of Christ’s teachings. He calls Bergoglio the “false prophet” who works in league with the Antichrist

“… Pope Benedict XVI is being plotted against, within his own corridors, by an evil sect. This sect is known to exist among those sacred servants within the Vatican, yet they are powerless against this evil group, which has infiltrated the Catholic Church for centuries.

They are responsible for twisting the Truth of my Son’s Teachings. So little is known about them or their vile works.

They have driven the True Doctrine from the Catholic Church and, in its place a lukewarm, watered down version has been force-fed to Catholics over the last forty years.

So much confusion has been spread by this wicked, but, hidden sect, that my children have wandered away from the True Church.

Pray that they do not drive the pope away.

Pray that the false prophet will not take the Seat of the Holy Father so that he can spread lies.

Pray that those sacred servants in the Vatican are strong enough to withstand this evil plot, designed to destroy the Catholic Church.

They plan to replace the Holy Vicar, Pope Benedict XVI,with a dictator of lies. He will create a new church in league with the antichrist and his group, in order to deceive the world.…” (Message 0311: 18 January 2012 @ 9:50am)

Jesus also tells us:

“… Who gave you the authority to misinterpret My Word given to My apostles?Why are you twisting them and why do you not believe what I said? My Word is very clear. When I speak, I mean what I say. If I say one thing, I do not mean another....” (Message 0949: 2013.10.26 11:15)

Jesus talks of the pressure on priests of these lies:

“…You must pray hard at this time – all of you – for these holy servants of Mine are under attack because of Me. I stand with them, but many will fall and crumble under the pressure to remain silent when they are forced to present to their flock the doctrine of lies to come.…” (Message 0906: 10 September 2013 @ 11:45pm)

and also

“…I urge you to pray for those who have eyesight, but who are blind to My Most Holy Word. Pray for those who persist in twisting My Teachings…”  (Message 0171: 22 August 2011 @ 8:10pm)

 

 

 

 

 

JtM Crusade Prayer (a meeting in time but not in space) Thurs. 2nd April, 2020

AM+DG

(See https://remnantdisciplesjtm.com/crusade-prayer-group-format/ for details)

Prayer Theme: Core prayers plus Suffering and Persecution

Bible Reading: Psalm 65

Book of Truth: 5th August, 2013

Please note: Last week we stayed at home, and read the prayers at a pre-appointed time – thus still praying as a group. This week, my daughter managed to teach us how to download an app. that enabled us to conference call. This was a big ask  for some of us. A few members do not have computers or smart phones, so they did the same as last week – prayed at home in unison with us. It was good to still see each other, even though navigating new technology was hard and not smooth first go. This week’s host randomly selected a Bible reading and one reading from the Book of Truth. Because of the current situation, we created a new theme that we will pray each week -‘ Suffering and Persecution’. It really felt a blessed time. There is a special bond between people who pray together. We had missed seeing each other although, in no matter what format, we do believe that when two or three gather in His Name, Jesus is there.

Reading from the Bible

Psalm 65:     (Hebrew Ps. 66)

Thanksgiving for LIberation

2 Shout joyfully to God, all the earth; sing of his glorious name; give him glorious praise.
3 Say to God: “How awesome your deeds! Before your great strength your enemies cringe. 4 All the earth falls in worship before you; they sing of you, sing of your name!”
Selah
5 Come and see the works of God, awesome in deeds before the children of Adam.
6 He changed the sea to dry land; through the river they passed on foot.There we rejoiced in him,7 who rules by his might forever,
His eyes are fixed upon the nations. Let no rebel rise to challenge!
Selah
8 Bless our God, you peoples; loudly sound his praise, 9 Who has kept us alive and not allowed our feet to slip. 10 You tested us, O God, tried us as silver tried by fire.
11You led us into a snare; you bound us at the waist as captives.
12 You let captors set foot on our neck; we went through fire and water;
then you led us out to freedom.

 

 

 

III
13 I will bring burnt offerings to your house;to you I will fulfill my vows,
14 Which my lips pronounced and my mouth spoke in my distress.
15 Burnt offerings of fatlings I will offer you and sacrificial smoke of rams; I will sacrifice oxen and goats.


Selah
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God, while I recount what has been done for me. 17 I called to him with my mouth; praise was upon my tongue.
18 Had I cherished evil in my heart, the Lord would not have heard. 19 But God did hear and listened to my voice in prayer.
20 Blessed be God, who did not reject my prayer and refuse his mercy.

Reading from the Book of Truth

When you defend My Word, you will be deemed to be cruel, unkind and lacking in sympathy to those who do not believe in God

5 August 2013 @ 6:33pm

My dearly beloved daughter, how I weep with sadness when I see the terrible division which looms within My Church on Earth. The bitterness of My Agony is eased though, by those who truly love Me and who already feel concern for the way in which My Body is being treated.

You must never feel the need to accept any deed, action or words which are against Me.If you feel uncomfortable with what you witness, within my Church, by those who swear that they are in union with Me, when they desecrate My Body, you must follow your heart. I Am with you every second of this great apostasy and for those who will continue to call out to Me, I will open your eyes to the Truth, so that you will remain true to Me.

The time is almost upon you now. The doors of My Church will soon be closed to those who will insist on remaining loyal to the traditional practices of Christianity. These doors will be slammed in your faces when you bear witness to Me. Your faith will be ridiculed, in the most cunning way, so that when you defend My Word, you will be deemed to be cruel, unkind and lacking in sympathy to those who do not believe in God.

You will be scolded if you are a sacred servant of Mine and you will be made to answer for your allegiance to Me. Gather now, all of you. I demand that you do not deny Me. I will protect you, so that you can serve Me. I will help you by lifting your burden. All the Graces of Heaven will be poured down upon you.

Warning to Priests:

I will cut down all those of you who follow the false church – the church of the beast – when it is presented to you. Follow this new church and you will be selling your souls to the beast. Instead of saving souls, in My Name, you will be responsible for handing them over to eternal Hell.

I am telling you the Truth now, so that you are given ample time to prepare for this day, as it is not far away.

Your Jesus

 

Exile in Babylon

AM+DG

 

Today’s Offertory verse for today “Thursday in Passion Week”( TLM) was Psalm  136:1 –  “Upon the rivers of Babylon there we wept, when we remembered Sion.”

God’s chosen people were in exile in a foreign country, that only adored false (pagan) gods. They felt abandoned; they did not have the Temple where God’s Presence was – (in the Ark of the covenant). They could not gather together as a God’s chosen nation to worship Him in the temple. They missed their special celebrations, such as the Passover, Yom Kippur, etc.

The Israelites gathered on the banks of the river and wept as they remembered these things.

This is so true for us today. The churches are closed. We cannot gather together and celebrate God’s word or worship together.We are in exile in a secular world, without being able to receive Jesus. He is locked away, where we cannot receive Him. We can watch the Mass on our electronic devices, but we are separated from our priests. It is like a distant memory where we remember how it should be, and we weep.

 

 

 

We will miss the celebration of Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and all the beautiful prayers and rituals that go with them. We miss receiving Jesus in Holy Communion. Due to new tightening of laws yesterday, we are in lockdown for 3 months- and our priests had to cancel outdoor Confession arrangements.

We should also weep for other reasons. At the beginning when this all started, we were told to make “Spiritual Communions”. Father said that this was a “chastisement”. None of us, reading this, doubt this. We need to make reparation for all the times we did not receive Jesus as we should.

Today’s Gospel was about Jesus and the Apostles, who were invited to eat at Simon the Pharisee’s house. He wanted to check Jesus out. He did not offer him the usual welcome – a kiss on the cheek, water to wash his feet, etc. Mary Magdalen came in, crying and weeping when she saw Jesus, she went down on her knees and bent down to wash His feet with her tears and dry them with her hair. She sacrificed her beautiful hair, and the very expensive ointment. She repented of her sins, and later stayed at the foot of the Cross. After the Resurrection she was the one to whom Jesus appeared.

How many of us are like Simon the pharisee? Or like Judas? We need to have the love and sorrow for our sins as Mary Magdalen did; we need to kneel before our Blessed Lord in humility; we need to have Faith and Reverence, and silence in His Presence. We need to dress modestly, as befits greeting our King and Saviour, and welcoming Him into our soul.

We need to make retribution for all the Sacrilegious Communions that have been committed. Offering up our suffering in not being able to access Confession easily, or even receive Him in Holy Communion is a worthy sacrifice for us. We need to pray more, abstain more, fast more. We need to make more Reparation!

 

My Missal’s  “My Daily Thought From the Following of Christ”:

“If thou carry the cross willingly, it will carry thee, and bring thee to thy desired end, namely, to that place where there will be an end of suffering, though here there will be no end.”

 

Do you know what’s coming next?

AM+DG

A lot has happened in the last 7 years.

It started slowly, but is advancing at a rapid pace.

Bergoglio  commenced to dismantle the Catholic Church, brick by brick by putting doubts regarding Truths and doctrines – such as hell, divorce and remarriage, homosexual and other LGBTQ agenda; by many blasphemies, heresies and foul statements about the Church, its teachings, the faithful, and even Our Lady.

We have Amoris Laetita – introduced into the Magisterium through the back door, a Laudato Si Light show with pagan gods and goddesses displayed all over the Sacred buildings of the Vatican on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception Paganism introduced into our Holy Mother Church. Now, churches have closed and we have no Mass to attend (except on TV and Youtube) and we are effectively in lock-down, depriving us of our God given free will.

There was talk of a commission formulating changes to the Mass – what this will entail, is scary to contemplate!

Bishops acknowledge the destructiveness of  Bergoglio

On November 21, 2019, Abp. Vigano (in Lifesite News) said:

“For almost seven years now, the successor of the Prince of the Apostles, who was entrusted with the mandate Christ conferred on Peter after his profession of faith — “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Mt 16:18) — has abdicated his ministry to confirm the brethren in the faith. Pope Francis has never confirmed anyone. We painfully acknowledge how divisive and destructive his ministry has been.”

Bishops have condemned his heresies:

“With the declaration he signed in Abu Dhabi, in which he states that “The pluralism and the diversity of religions, color, sex, race and language are willed by God in His wisdom,” and by his constant deviant condemnations of so-called “proselytism,” Francis has not only mortified every missionary impulse but has indeed rejected the mandate given by Christ to all the Apostles: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Mt 28:18-20).”

And his lies and deviant strategies:

“The strategy of the current pontiff is camouflaged by deceit and lies, it is concealed by silence; when he is discovered in these, his deviant intentions, what great confusion they cause among the faithful, while they are astutely praised by the enemies of the Church.

The Synod on the…, developed under the aegis of the United Nations and supported by the great financial and Masonic powers. …”

See more at: https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/abp-vigano-pope-is-subjecting-church-to-powerful-forces-that-want-world-government

Bergoglio gives bishops power to injecting “heresy” into the Church

Rev. Michael X., J.C.L. wrote on 19th Sept. 2018 that

“Pope Francis has promulgated a new apostolic constitution  ‘Episcopalis Communio’  in the Synod of Bishops that, for all intents and purposes, is a perfect Trojan Horse for injecting heresy on a global scale into the Church…”

This new Apostiolic constitution  can “cause substantive and lasting change almost overnight to the ordinary life of the Church.”

 

Previously, another Apostolic letter “Magnum Principum” gave bishops power over liturgical texts

In Sept, 2017, Bergoglio “issued new instructions for the approval of liturgical texts, rebalancing the relationship between the Vatican and local bishops’ conferences in favor of greater local control. The pope’s order, in the form of an apostolic letter issued motu proprio (that is, on his own initiative) titled “Magnum Principium.

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/09/09/pope-francis-gives-local-bishops-more-responsibility-mass-translations

What can we expect next?

Bergoglio already last year announced a “new humanism” and a “new evangelisation”. How about a ‘New Mass” and new interpretations of readings in the gospels. And how about Bergoglio insisting that all clergy take an oath of allegiance to him – not to Christ and His Teachings, but to him personally? (see prophecy below)With this current virus we have seen our secular rights quickly eroded. You might ask what has this to do with Bergoglio and the Church. There have been reports of the connection with UN, and the WHO: Bergoglio signed the Abu Dhabi agreement and also the UN 28 Sustainable Goals(!!). The secular and the religious world is thus intertwined. ‘The term “humanism” (or more specifically, communism) frightens me more now that I can see what it is like, to be controlled where I go and who I see and how I practice my Faith. It’s scary to see everyone just fall for it and go along with it.

One thing that all this is definitely leading up to, is the New One World Government – the ex-British Prime Minister actually said that this virus pandemic needs a one world government to control it! And even worse than that – I think that first – there will be changes to the Mass. It will involve the Eucharist.Whether they change the words of Consecration, or the ‘matter’ of what is used, or even to change what we believe about the Eucharist – whether it is just a symbol of togetherness, in which nall must participate. What we do know is that the prophecy of Daniel will be fulfilled – the Abomination of Desolation will be there to be adored. What a sad day that will be for the world.

We have been warned:

  • St Francis of Assisi:

“A man not canonically elected will be raised to the pontificate, who by his cunning, will draw many into error and death”

  • Our Lady of La Salette:

“Rome will lose the faith and become the seat of the antichrist”

  • Catechism of the Catholic Church – Nos. 675, 676 677

“ Before Christ’s second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers (Lk. 18:8, Mt. 24: 12). The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth (Lk.21:12, Jn..15:19-20) will unveil the “mystery of iniquity” in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth. The supreme religious deception  is that of the Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God and of his Messiah come in the flesh.”  

  • Daniel 11: 31, 36

“Armed forces shall rise at his command and defile the sanctuary stronghold, abolishing the daily sacrifice and setting up the desolating abomination.”

“The king shall do as he wills, exalting himself and making himself greater than any god; he shall utter dreadful blasphemies against the God of gods. He shall prosper only till the wrath is finished, for what is determined must take place.

  • Matt. 24:15

“When you see the desolating abomination spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place (let the reader understand) ”

 

Prophecies from the Book of Truth

Changes to the Church: Humanism, Justice, secularism, priests

  • (Sunday, 18 August 2013 @ 17:45)

“My dearly beloved daughter, the plan by the False Prophet to deceive the world’s clergy has begun. Under the guise of a renewal and regeneration of the Catholic Church, all the clergy, within this Church, will be sent on retreats to encourage them to accept the new apostolate.These will become widespread and many will be told that the objective is to unite everyone in the world, in the name of justice.

This new mission will, they will be told, embrace the world’s poor and strive to bring about unity. They will be asked to pledge their allegiance, through a new oath, to remain faithful to the Church. They will not be asked to place their faith in me or My Holy Word.

Instead, they will swear allegiance to the new self-proclaimed leaders who have taken over the chair of Peter.

Make no mistake that those who have been bestowed with the gift of Holy Orders will be asked to participate in a falsity, where I, Jesus Christ, will not be at the forefront, though it will appear to be the case.

Money will be a driving force and a new financial organization will be set up to control the seeking of funds to ensure that the world’s poor will benefit.

When you amend your holy orders, in any way, and then pledge your life to someone who breaks all ties with me, you will no longer be fit to serve me.

Everything will be seen to be made simple in the eyes of God.

The plan will be to convince those Sacred Servants of mine to take part, willingly, in the abomination, which will link society and a secular world with the Church, which was set up by me, Jesus Christ. This is how I will be insulted.

Every effort to embrace secularism will be applauded by non-believers and this will be seen to be a good thing, for the new, so-called modern society of today. It will soon seem strange to Christians when they see members of the secular world embrace the Catholic Church, so enthusiastically. But many will brush off their doubts and dismiss their concerns, as they will fall for the great deceit.

At the kernel of this plan to revolutionize the Church lies a hatred for me and everything that I gave My Church.

You must question everything in the days ahead.

Demand answers when they change My Teachings and twist them to suit pagans. No disciple, appointed by me, would ever be given the authority to do this, for it amounts to blasphemy.

Woe to those who allow My Holy Word to be tampered with and allow room to be set aside to show respect for those who deny me.

Your Jesus”

Changes which will contradict the Word of God

  • (13 September 2011 @ 3:15pm)

“…The work of the deceiver has infiltrated My Church on every level. Very soon now, slowly but surely, you will see Holy Masses being reduced. You will see the removal of special prayers and some of the Sacraments, such as Confession, begin to diminish. I call on My sacred servants now to listen to Me and pray for discernment. …

Watch carefully now the changes you will see creeping in within your own ministry. …But as time moves on certain changes will be forced upon you and you will be made to swallow lies. The lies will come from Satan and will be dressed in sheep’s clothing.

…. Never allow yourselves to accept any other Truth other than that contained in the Holy Bible.

Many changes will be introduced, which will contradict the Word of My Eternal Father. These changes, My sacred servants, won’t be of divine origin and you must reject these untruths if you want to remain loyal to Me.

Wake up. Stand up to those lies you will have to face. Never accept them. My Eternal Father’s Word will never change. It can never be adjusted by mankind. …”

 

  • 2013.1 January 2012 @ 5:30pm

“… No one, …has the authority to twist the meaning of My Holy Word, so that it becomes more acceptable in your eyes. This applies to My Word contained in the Holy Bible and My Word contained within these Messages.

… The Truth must be told. My Holy Word must never be diluted, or the Truth tampered with.

My Holy Word must never be changed, adjusted or twisted, so that it becomes a lie.

…This wickedness is even justified by those who profess My Word and who claim to know Me.

They have twisted my Teachings for centuries to suit their avarice, lust, pride and greed.

… But beware. Those Christians who believe that the twisted truth of My Teachings will be acceptable in My Eyes will be shocked during The Warning. They will resist the Truth when I reveal how their sins greatly offend Me.”

 

Changes to the Mass and the Eucharist

  • 16 April 2012 @ 6:00pm

…For that is precisely what the false prophet and the imposters who idolise Satan, are trying to do. They want to topple the Catholic Church and break it into little pieces.
… All those who know My Teachings will see changes in the recital of the Holy Mass. New secular laws will be introduced which will be an affront to My death on the Cross.”

 

  • 26 May 2012 @ 4:00pm

    “…You must remain faithful to the Holy Mass and uphold the daily Sacrifices. For very soon you will be forced to swallow a lie.
    The daily Sacrifices, in honour of My Crucifixion and the change of the wine into My Blood and the Bread into My Body, will be changed, twisted and I will be vilified through new laws introduced by the False Prophet.
    You must never accept anything that is not the Truth.
    You must never accept heresy from within the walls of My Holy See. If you do then you will remove yourself from Me.
    Many of you will have to offer the Holy Mass in secret and you will need all the courage you can get by praying to Me and asking Me to make you strong.
    The changes will begin in the Holy Eucharist itself. You will soon be told that Holy Communion, My True Presence is, in fact, something else.
    You will be told it means different things. But this is a terrible lie.
    The Holy Eucharist is My Body and Blood given to you to allow Me to fill you with My Holy Spirit, to give you the nourishment that you need for your souls.
    When the time comes and you, My Sacred Servants, are presented with the new modern interpretation then you will know that the contamination has already started.
    This is when you will need to prepare. Gather together and defend the Truth of My Crucifixion.
    Do not accept the lies, the changes in the Holy Mass and the Holy Eucharist.
    For if you do then My Presence will be lost to all of God’s children.     

 

  • 2013.03.17 18:50“ … Laws within My Church will be changed in order to embrace new doctrines.
    You will remain loyal to the services of My Church and conduct your duties until the terrible day.
    This will be the day when My Holy Mass will be changed beyond recognition.
    It will be the enemies of God, who have infiltrated My Church on earth, who will push you away from Me.
    When they present the new Mass, you will be left with no choice then, for you will know that it will no longer offer the Most Holy Eucharist.
    It will be then that the Truth will finally be revealed to you, although you will be aware of the signs before then.
    The signs will include strange new ways of adjusting prayers;
    Satan will no longer be denounced and the Sacraments will be tampered with     in order to include other denominations.
    When My Teachings, My Sacraments and My Holy Mass are changed, you must not be deceived. …”

 

  • 03.28 21:30The danger to the Existence of the Holy Eucharist will be shown to you through the arrogance of those within My Church, whose plan to change the Truth has begun in earnest.
    My Promise is to provide you with the Food of Life – My Body and Blood – and yet, you will, once again, deny Me. You will do this by removing the Holy Eucharist from the Temple of God and you will replace It with a corpse.
    The substitute will be subtle and it will take a while before you can detect the evil action, which will be foisted upon you.
    As My Body, through the Holy Eucharist, sustains you, the death of My Body, My Church, will bring death to the souls of those who discard Me.
    The time for the abomination is very near.
    The time for choosing between My Path, or that of the false prophet, is almost upon you.
    Watch, now, as the Truth will be twisted by the imposter.
    See how he will exalt himself in My Shoes, but will refuse to walk the path of Truth as a servant of God.

     

 

  • 06.29 21:13“…the change in the format of the Mass will soon be presented in My Church.
    It will be very confusing and for many, they will fail to see the lies, which will be presented within the new prayers.
    My Presence will be denounced in the most subtle of ways, but those who follow the new format, in which My True Presence will be denied,
    will be unable to perform the Sacrifice to God in the way it must be. …

    My followers will be told that Holy Communion is about all people – everywhere – uniting as one, to show love to one another.
    Slowly, but surely, the Holy Mass will no longer be about My Holy Sacrifice.
    Instead the ceremony will be created to pay homage to man and you will be misled into witnessing a confrontation before My Holy Altars and all the tabernacles in the world.
    The day when the daily sacrifices will cease is not far away.
    Know that I come to warn you of this now, so that you will not starve.
    When you are deprived of My Presence, you will be empty of My Spirit and you will find it difficult to remain close to Me.
    The words which will be used to deceive you will include the phrase “for the good of all – for the unification of all God’s children.”
    The Mass will take on a new meaning.
    Forgotten will be My Death on the Cross and all the reasons for it will be re-defined.
    Remember on that day, My Words to you now.
    Accept the substitution and My Presence will disappear.
    I will be with you, but it will not be My Body which you will partake of.

 

Crusade Prayer 114:

My Lord, open my eyes,

Allow me to see the enemy
and close my heart to deceit.
I surrender all to You, dear Jesus.
I trust in Your Mercy.

Amen

Good Friday – Via Crucis

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Holy Week: The Hidden Homilies of Pope Benedict

Sandro Magister, in this collection, explains that the homilies were “Hidden, except for those who were able to listen to them in person: a few thousand out of 1.2 billion Catholics in the world. Here are the complete texts. Required reading for understanding this pontificate”

No. 4: Good Friday

“Dear brothers and sisters, this year too we have walked along the way of the cross, the Via Crucis, evoking again with faith the stages of the passion of Christ. Our eyes have turned to contemplate the sufferings and the anguish that our Redeemer had to bear in the hour of great sorrow, which entailed the highpoint of his earthly mission. Jesus dies on the cross and lies in the tomb. The day of Good Friday, so permeated by human sadness and religious silence, closes in the silence of meditation and prayer. In returning home, we too, like those who were present at the sacrifice of Jesus, beat our breasts, recalling what happened. Is it possible to remain indifferent before the death of the Lord, of the Son of God? For us, for our salvation he became man, so as to be able to suffer and die.

Brothers and sisters, let us direct today our gaze toward Christ, a gaze frequently distracted by scattered and passing earthly interests. Let us pause to contemplate his cross. The cross, fount of life and school of justice and peace, is the universal patrimony of pardon and mercy. It is permanent proof of a self-emptying and infinite love that brought God to become man, vulnerable like us, unto dying crucified.

Through the sorrowful way of the cross, the men of all ages, reconciled and redeemed by the blood of Christ, have become friends of God, sons of the heavenly Father. “Friend,” is what Jesus calls Judas and he offers him the last and dramatic call to conversion. “Friend,” he calls each of us, because he is the authentic friend of everyone. Unfortunately, we do not always manage to perceive the depth of this limitless love that God has for us. For him, there is no distinction of race or culture. Jesus Christ died to liberate the humanity of old of their ignorance of God, of the circle of hate and violence, of the slavery to sin. The cross makes us brothers and sisters.

But let us ask ourselves, in this moment, what have we done with this gift, what have we done with the revelation of the face of God in Christ, with the revelation of the love of God that conquers hate. Many, in our age as well, do not know God and cannot encounter him in Christ crucified. Many are in search of a love or a liberty that excludes God. Many believe they have no need of God.

Dear friends: After having lived together the passion of Jesus, let us this night allow his sacrifice on the cross to question us. Let us permit him to challenge our human certainties. Let us open our hearts. Jesus is the truth that makes us free to love. Let us not be afraid: upon dying, the Lord destroyed sin and saved sinners, that is, all of us. The Apostle Peter writes: “He himself bore our sins in his body upon the cross, so that, free from sin, we might live for righteousness” (1 Peter 2:24). This is the truth of Good Friday: On the cross, the Redeemer has made us adoptive sons of God who he created in his image and likeness. Let us remain, then, in adoration before the cross. Christ, give us the peace we seek, the happiness we desire, the love the fills our heart thirsty for the infinite. This is our prayer for this night, Jesus, Son of God, who died for us on the cross and was resurrected on the third day. Amen.”

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Let us all contemplate Jesus and His Passion this Holy Week , that we too, out of love for Jesus, may carry our Crosses willingly at this time.

See his other homilies for Holy Week here:

http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/195041bdc4.html?eng=y

 

Chastisement? Trial? Reacting to gain Spiritual Fruits.

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This very contagious virus is a concern to us physically, but it has hit us with full force where it really hurts – in our hearts and in our souls. Our churches are closed, we have been banned from the Mass and the Sacraments. Bishop Athanasius Schneider March 19, 2020  quoted from Romans 5:3 “We glory in tribulations” .

This phrase sums it all up – because suddenly Catholics everywhere  (and other Christians) suddenly have a renewed fervour and thirst for Our Lord . Bp. Schneider, in his article tells us

“Millions of Catholics in the so-called free Western world will, in the coming weeks or even months, and especially during Holy Week and Easter, the culmination of the entire liturgical year, be deprived of any public acts of worship due to both civic and ecclesiastical reaction to the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The most painful and distressing of these is the deprivation of Holy Mass and sacramental Holy Communion.”

He refers to the “denial of fundamental human rights of freedom of movement, freedom of assembly, and freedom of opinion” and to the  “sanitary dictatorship,” and “political dictatorship” which has enveloped the world.

Persecution is nothing new in the Church. Bp. Schneider says:

“The current situation of the prohibition of public worship in Rome brings the Church back to the time of an analogous prohibition issued by the pagan Roman emperors in the first centuries.”

Bp. Schneider tells us how we should react.

  • Firstly, we accept that it is a trial from Divine Providence: it is in response to the  ” current unprecedented crisis of the Church.”
  • God uses now the merciless world “sanitary dictatorship” to purify the Church,  … .” The powers of this world have now forcibly separated the faithful from their shepherds. The clergy is ordered by governments to celebrate liturgy without the people.”
  • By this “purifying divine intervention“ , by being deprived of the Eucharistic Sacrifice, we may come “to see and appreciate its value more deeply”.
  • He tells us that we “should not yield to frustration or melancholy”. That we  “should accept this trial as an occasion of abundant graces...”
  • We are in the catacombs of the underground Church, which hopefully, “will produce the new spiritual fruits of confessors of faith and of holiness.”

What to do if we can’t attend Holy Mass?

Catholic parents should gather their families in their homes:

  • They could assist in their homes at a Holy Mass broadcast on television or the internet,   

or

  • Dedicate a holy hour of prayers to sanctify the Day of the Lord and to unite themselves spiritually with the Holy Masses celebrated by priests behind closed doors .

Suggested prayers by Bp. Schneider to say at home with the family:

          • Prayer of the Rosary,
          • Reading of the Sunday Gospel,
          • Act of Contrition,
          • act of Spiritual Communion,
          • Litany,
          • Prayer for all who suffer and die,
          • Prayer for all who are persecuted,
          • Prayer for the pope and the priests,
          • prayer for the end of the current physical and spiritual epidemic.
          • The Stations of the Cross on Fridays of Lent.
          •   “…on Sundays, parents could gather their children in the afternoon or in the evening to read to them from the Lives of the Saints, especially those stories drawn from times of persecution of the Church.“

Words of God to”  strengthen all Catholics who are currently suffering from being deprived of the Holy Mass and Holy Communion”:

“Do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.” (1 Peter 4: 12–13)

“The Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” (2 Cor. 1:3–4)

“That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 1:6–7).

In the time of a cruel persecution of the Church, St. Cyprian of Carthage (+258) gave the following edifying teaching on the value of patience:

“It is patience which firmly fortifies the foundations of our faith. It is this which lifts up on high the increase of our hope. It is this which directs our doing, that we may hold fast the way of Christ while we walk by His patience. How great is the Lord Jesus, and how great is His patience, that He who is adored in heaven is not yet avenged on earth! Let us, beloved brethren, consider His patience in our persecutions and sufferings; let us give an obedience full of expectation to His advent” (De patientia, 20; 24)

A sample of prayers for the Sunday domestic holy hour

(from Bp. Schneider)

The Perfect Act of Contrition:

“Oh my God! I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee and I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell; But most of all because I have offended Thee, My God, Who art all-good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, To confess my sins, to do penance, And to amend my life. Amen.”                   (Baltimore Catechism)

Prayer for making a Spiritual Communion:

“At Thy feet, O my Jesus, I prostrate myself, and I offer Thee the repentance of my contrite heart, which is humbled in its nothingness and in Thy holy presence. I adore Thee in the Sacrament of Thy love, the ineffable Eucharist. I desire to receive Thee into the poor dwelling that my heart offers Thee. While waiting for the happiness of sacramental Communion, I wish to possess Thee in spirit. Come to me, O my Jesus, since I, for my part, am coming to Thee! May thy love embrace my whole being in life and in death. I believe in Thee, I hope in Thee, I love Thee. Amen”

Prayers of the Angel of Fatima:

“My God, I believe, I adore, I trust, and I love Thee! I ask pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not trust and do not love Thee. Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the Most Precious Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges, and indifference by which He is offended. And through the infinite merit of His Most Sacred Heart, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners. Amen.”

The Universal Prayer (attributed to Pope Clement XI)

Lord, I believe in you: increase my faith. I trust in you: strengthen my trust. I love you: let me love you more and more. I am sorry for my sins: deepen my sorrow. I worship you as my first beginning, I long for you as my last end, I praise you as my constant helper, and call on you as my loving protector.

Guide me by your wisdom, correct me with your justice, comfort me with your mercy, protect me with your power. I offer you, Lord, my thoughts: to be fixed on you; my words: to have you for their theme; my actions: to reflect my love for you; my sufferings: to be endured for your greater glory. I want to do what you ask of me: In the way you ask, for as long as you ask, because you ask it. Lord, enlighten my understanding, strengthen my will, purify my heart, and make me holy. Help me to repent of my past sins and to resist temptation in the future. Help me to rise above my human weaknesses and to grow stronger as a Christian.

Let me love you, my Lord and my God, and see myself as I really am: a pilgrim in this world, a Christian called to respect and love all whose lives I touch, those under my authority, my friends and my enemies. Help me to conquer anger with gentleness, greed by generosity, apathy by fervor. Help me to forget myself and reach out toward others. Make me prudent in planning, courageous in taking risks. Make me patient in suffering, unassuming in prosperity.

Keep me, Lord, attentive at prayer, temperate in food and drink, diligent in my work, firm in my good intentions. Let my conscience be clear, my conduct without fault, my speech blameless, my life well-ordered. Put me on guard against my human weaknesses. Let me cherish your love for me,

Keep your law, and come at last to your salvation. Teach me to realize that this world is passing, that my true future is the happiness of heaven, that life on earth is short, and the life to come eternal. Help me to prepare for death with a proper fear of judgment, but a greater trust in your goodness. Lead me safely through death to the endless joy of heaven. Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hymn and prayer to Our Lady, the star of heaven

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The Star of heaven, who breastfed the Lord, extirpated the plague planted by the first parent of men.

This star may now deign to restrain the stars who with their wars kill the people with the mortal cruel ulcer.

O most pious star of the sea, deliver us from the plague. Hear us, o Lady, for your Son, who denies nothing to you, honors you. O Jesus, save us, for whom your Virgin Mother prays!

    1. In all our tribulations and anguishes,
    2. Succour us, o most pious Virgin Mary.

Let us pray. God of mercy, God of love, God of forgiveness, you have compassion over the affliction of your people and you said to the Angel who was striking your people: Stay your hand out of love of that glorious Star, at whose precious breasts you sweetly sucked to remedy the poison of our trespasses. Grant the help of your grace and we shall be surely and mercifully delivered from any plague, of unprepared death and of any perditious attack. Through you, Jesus Christ, the King of Glory, the Savior of the world, who lives and reigns forever. Amen.

See Bp. Schneider’s complete article at:  https://onepeterfive.com/we-glory-in-tribulations-living-the-faith-when-public-worship-is-prohibited/

Consolation in times of Suffering

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My favourite prayer:

First I thought I would put together some prayers give to us for times such as these at this time. My favourite prayer , which is so consoling – whether in times of sadness or joy is good to pray each day:

“My Precious Jesus,
embrace me in Your arms
and allow my head to rest upon Your Shoulders,
so that You can raise me up to Your Glorious Kingdom
when the time is right.
Allow Your Precious Blood to flow over my heart
that we can be united as one. Amen.”

Words of Consolation:

“Remember what I told you and keep your eyes focused on Me at all times. Spend at least one hour a day in prayer so that the impact of such trials may be reduced and, in some cases, eradicated.  Do not fear these events as they will pass quickly and soon I will come to bring an end to all suffering.”
https://fatherofloveandmercy.wordpress.com/2020/03/18/do-not-fear-these-events-as-they-will-pass-quickly-2/

 

“Always pray for guidance during these difficult and confusing times. Keep your attention focused on Me, your Divine Saviour, at all times. I will hold your hand and support you through these trials. …

The more people turn back and ask God the Father for guidance, the less the impact of the evil reign planned by New World Order will be. Go now in peace. Pray to strengthen your belief in Me.”

https://fatherofloveandmercy.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/wrath-of-god-to-descend-on-new-world-order/ 

 

“My Messages are full of hope and I will mitigate much of the suffering foretold, through the power of My Crusade Prayer Groups.” (25 Jan 2013)

https://fatherofloveandmercy.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/i-will-mitigate-much-of-the-suffering-foretold-through-the-power-of-my-crusade-prayer-groups/

 

“… Every soul who prays to Me now and asks Me to save their closest family and friends will receive My Mercy in abundance. Prayer is your salvation My children. The more you pray the more I will open your hearts and reveal My Truth. My favours have now been extended in a way not witnessed on this earth before. However I cannot pour out these Powerful Graces unless you ask for them...”

“One person’s prayers and suffering can save a nation. Remember that”

” I love all, My children. The power to save each other lays in your hands, children. Don’t forget what I have said before. Prayer is your armour against evil in this world. Prayer can mitigate global disasters. Keep praying for peace in your world. Pray, too, for an easy transition to the New Paradise on Earth, which awaits all My children who seek redemption. (21 Sept. 2011)
https://missionofsalvation.com/Message-0197/

 

“…Many obstacles are being placed before you My disciples. This is what you must do. Walk straight. Head towards Me on the path and remain dignified no matter what insults are hurled at you. By doing so, and not engaging with the beast who works through others to make you doubt your faith, you defeat him.

This is why I remained silent and barely responded to My accusers, My executioners. For to do so would have given power to Satan.

My death destroyed the power he had over God’s children. He then lost his power to steal all souls. Now that I come again very soon he will lose all power. But until then he will continue to steal souls.

Be strong. Be calm. Be brave. I am with you. When you surrender your will and trust in Me completely you will be safe.” (19 Sept. 2012) https://missionofsalvation.com/Message-0553/

 

Prayers to say during times of persecution, suffering and hardship.

All your (Crusade) Prayer groups probably have the prayers organized into different types of themes. We have ours, but I thought during this time of illness and government control and when even our Mass and Sacraments have been taken away so that we can’t attend, I chose some prayers to say instead of our usual selection.

 

1. Your usual Daily prayers,  and Litanies

2. Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy

3. Crusade Prayers selected as follows:

CP 1: My Gift to Jesus to save Souls

  CP 2: Prayer for Global Rulers

 CP 3: Rid the World of Fear

CP 9: Offer of suffering as a Gift

CP 18 : Stop the antichrist and his group

CP 30: Prayer to avert war, famine and religious persecution

CP 71: Prayer to save us from the persecution.

CP 75: I assign my pain to you Jesus

CP 87: Protect our nation from evil

CP 108: Climbing the Hill of Calvary

CP 113:  Defeat evil in our land

CP 126: To withstand religious persecution

CP 138: Protection from Hatred

CP 140: Protection of Hierarchy of Angels

CP 141: Protection against Persecution

CP 156: Protection from Hatred

CP 163: Rescue me from Persecution

If you are not a Crusader, you can find a complete list of the prayers at : https://missionofsalvation.com/crusade-prayers/

 

 

JtM Crusade Prayer (a meeting in time but not in space) Thurs. 26th March, 2020

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Prayer Theme: Core Prayers plus Discipleship

Prayers are Groups A & E: (See https://remnantdisciplesjtm.com/crusade-prayer-group-format/ for details).

(N.B. The prayer theme is chronological, and all the readings are chosen by volunteers and the books opened randomly after a prayer by the whole prayer group to the Holy Spirit (i.e. Crusade Prayer 51)

Please note: Due to the extra-ordinary circumstances here and most of the Western world, we are unable to meet as normal. We are a large group and very conspicuous. Therefore, for today, until we figure out a technological solution, we conducted our prayers in our respective homes, beginning at the usual time, so that we were all praying in unison. The leader randomly selected a Bible reading and only one reading from the Book of Truth.

Editor’s comment: Somehow the Bible Reading seemed most appropriate today in the face of the situation of the church today: we are isolated, the enemy seeks to separate us and weaken us – they are trying to knock down the wall which protects us. But we, with the help of our priests are trying to rebuild that wall of protection. Indeed , the Lord strengthens us: Our priests have done Masses in parking lots, on rooftops, behind closed doors with the faithful looking in through the windows; today we heard of a local parish that has 4 hours of adoration each day- (drive-through, with each car being allowed to stop in front of the doors for a few minutes); we have live-streamed Masses….

As the reading from the Book of Truth tells us – in the end, the reward will be ours. The Lord’s Power is Almighty and we must never forget this.

Readings

Bible: Nehemiah 6:1-9

Book of Truth: 26 Oct. 2013

Nehemiah 6:1-14

Plots Against Nehemiah. 1 When it had been reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and our other enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and that there was no breach left in it (though up to that time I had not yet set up the doors in the gates), 2 Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us hold council together at Chephirim in the plain of Ono.” They were planning to do me harm. 3 I sent messengers to them with this reply: “I am engaged in a great enterprise and am unable to come down. Why should the work stop, while I leave it to come down to you?” 4 Four times they sent me this same proposal, and each time I gave the same reply. 5 Then, the fifth time, Sanballat sent me the same message by one of his servants, who bore an unsealed letter 6 containing this text: “Among the nations it has been reported—Gashmu is witness to this—that you and the Jews are planning a rebellion; that for this reason you are rebuilding the wall; and that you are to be their king.7 Also, that you have set up prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim you king of Judah. Now, since matters like these will reach the ear of the king, come, let us hold council together.” 8 I sent him this answer: “Nothing of what you report is happening; rather, it is the invention of your own mind.” 9 They were all trying to intimidate us, thinking, “They will be discouraged from continuing with the work, and it will never be completed.” But instead, I then redoubled my efforts.

10 I went to the house of Shemaiah, son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house, and he said: “Let us meet in the house of God, inside the temple building; let us lock the doors of the temple. For they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you.” 11 My answer was: “A man like me take flight? Should a man like me enter the temple to save his life? I will not go!” 12 For on consideration, it was plain to me that God had not sent him; rather, because Tobiah and Sanballat had bribed him, he voiced this prophecy concerning me, 13 that I might act on it out of fear and commit this sin. Then they would have had a shameful story with which to discredit me. 14 Keep in mind Tobiah and Sanballat, my God, because of these things they did; keep in mind as well Noadiah, the woman prophet and the other prophets who were trying to intimidate me.

The Great Day will dawn and soon the world without end will begin

October 26, 2013 @ 11:15am

My dearly beloved daughter, the faith of all God’s children, irrespective of which denomination they belong to, is so weak that many of those who know the Truth will find it very difficult to practice their religion openly, without criticism.

So many in the world reject Me, Jesus Christ, at this time in history, that it is no longer acceptable, in most nations, to speak of Me in public. Very seldom will you hear My Name being spoken about in the media, unless it is to question My Existence. Seldom will you hear people openly proclaim their love for Me in public, for they would find this too embarrassing. Even those sacred servants of Mine are no longer willing to declare the Truth for fear of ridicule. Those who do follow Me will find it increasingly difficult to proclaim My Holy Word. So many, who once loved Me, no longer do so and My desolation and sadness cuts My Heart, as if a sword was driven through it.

Why, oh why, have you deserted Me?Why do those of you who believe in Me and who know Me, hurt so many of your brothers and sisters? Why does hate thrive in your hearts? Why do you feel the need to question the Gospels now, when they have existed for so long? Who gave you the authority to misinterpret My Word given to My apostles? Why are you twisting them and why do you not believe what I said? My Word is very clear. When I speak, I mean what I say. If I say one thing, I do not mean another. Why would I, for example, contradict Myself and especially now, in this Mission?

What is given to God’s prophets is the Truth. Anything which contradicts these Messages, from the mouths of those who claim that I speak with them, must be rejected by you. I would never compete with My Own Voice, because I must ensure that you are given the Truth.

What must I do to make you listen? What must I do to stop your wandering and seeking out other forms of titillation? Why will you not trust in Me? You waste so much precious time seeking out fortune telling, which flows like venom out of the mouths of so-called mystics and sensation seekers, that you insult Me by turning away from Me. I Am here. These are My Words. What else do you seek, for you will only find the Truth from My Mouth? I spoke the Truth when I walked the Earth. I left a legacy of great hope and salvation. I speak the Truth now, as I bring you My Final Words, at this time, for the Great Day will dawn and soon the world without end will begin.

When I speak, I desire that you listen. I cannot force you. You may look everywhere and try to find My Messages, given to prepare the world for My Second Coming at this time, and you won’t find them. My public Messages to prepare you for this, the final stage before My Covenant is fulfilled, can only be found in the Book of Truth.

The Word is Mine. My Words will be heard in every nation. No one will stop Me, for My Power is Almighty.

Your Jesus.

How to pray — Part II

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by Br. Alexis Bugnolo

In the first article in this series I spoke about the material preparations for prayer. In this article, I will speak on the correct manner to say vocal prayers.

Vocal prayer, what is it?

Vocal prayer is prayer which is made through the instrumentality of words. This is the most common prayer. Indeed, most everyone thinks this is the only kind. I will explain why that is not so, in subsequent articles, but for now, let us speak about prayers which are expressed in words.

Vocal prayer can be in any language, whether you understand the language or not. If you do not understand the language, but you use those words to pray, the efficacy of your prayer depends upon your intentions and dispositions alone. Not on whether you pronounce that foreign language correctly or know what it means. It suffices to know its an approved prayer.

What makes a vocal prayer efficacious?

This was the first lesson in prayer which I had as a boy. My mom taught me how to say the Rosary, and suggested I say it every night. I said it for a whole month I think, and then one night my Mom had time to say it with me again. I found that I was saying it all wrong, and being very stupid I gave up saying the Rosary, because I thought my prayers were worthless if I did not do it perfectly and, since I realized I could not understand how to do that, I did not see the point in praying.

Years later, when speaking with my Confessor, he explained to me how wrong that reaction was. He was an old priest of the Missionary Order of the Holy Ghost Fathers, from whence came Archbishop Lebfevre. He explained that God rewards the intention. If we persevere and are humble, it does not matter even if we make mistakes out of ignorance. Because God looks first to the hearts and He rewards humility and zeal.

What does it mean, then, for a prayer to be efficacious?

Hence, it is important to understand that a prayer is efficacious in the sense that the praying of the prayer, not the prayer itself. A prayer written on paper or on your computer screen or cellphone display is simply words. But prayed it becomes a voice raised to God or the Saints.

Praying is efficacious when we pay attention to it. Just like your father it not apt to grant you any special request when you make it while engaged in watching your favorite TV program while he is trying to work at his desk, so your prayers to God require that you put yourself in the proper dispositions and present yourself to God in a manner pleasing to Himself.

I explained this in Part I, as regards Confession and being in the state of grace. But more than that is required for your prayers to be heard by God and for you to obtain the infusion of sanctifying grace and virtue, the grant of actual graces and favors, and the light to know, discern, recognize what you are and are not to do in serving God and fulfilling your duties or caring for those around you.

Pay Attention if you want God to pay attention to you

The most important requirement when you actually begin to pray is that you pay attention. This is overlooked in so many manuals of prayer, that it is astounding. God loves the humble, and humility requires that you pray in such a way as to show that you really mean what you say and you say really what you mean. And this requires attention.

It is very wrong to let vocal or oral prayer, as it is also called, become something which you chant over and over, but do not pay attention to the words, allowing your heart and mind to wander to your vain cares or worries or vain hopes.

Rather, the words you say aloud or silently must be willed by you with your whole heart and mind and spirit. You must not let their recitation be something in the background of your mind, nor something flying overhead like music, listened to, but they must be like the horse you ride and direct pulling the reins this way and that to arrive where you want.

Let me give an example, with the Our Father.

Praying the Our Father with attention, or efficaciously

Begin with the sign of the Cross, if you have not already done so.

Our Father, who art in Heaven….

The Saints urge us when we say these words, to look up to the Heavens. That is why it is so much more inspiring to do this outdoors or in a Church where Heaven is depicted high above, where our yes can focus.

But we should say the words, Our Father, with love and affection and confidence, recognizing that God as Our Father and Creator and Redeemer has truly a great desire that we speak with Him and talk to Him and ask Him for needs.

Hallowed be Thy Name.

Here, when saying these words our hearts should expand and our wills should surge in consent, that God’s Name be always held Holy and that His Dignity and Majesty be revered and respected by all.

Thy Kingdom come!

In this prayer we express our will to be loyal subjects of God’s Kingdom in Heaven and on Earth, and to see that Kingdom defended, grow and spread. We should say this prayer with much more enthusiasm than soccer fans or football fans shout out those words they usually shout urging their team to victory. It is really silly that modern man has more zeal at sporting events for their local team, that Christians have when they say these words.

Thy Will be done!

In this prayer, we submit our wills to God. We should say these words with profound humility and a spirit of sorrow for having failed to do the will of God perfectly, but with a profound penitence that we are now resolved to do that Will. And also with the desire to obtain the grace of God to do it, recognizing that without that grace we are not capable of doing it.

On earth as it is in Heaven.

With these words we should look to the Angels and Saints in Heaven and aspired to serve God as they serve Him. Nothing less. By this prayer we are to reject the imitation of any limited human examples of serving God and aspired to imitate the greatest examples which are the Saints in Heaven. We expressly reject the idolatry of earthly gurus, here.

Give us this day, our Daily Bread.

With these words, we begin the Petitions of the Our Father, that is, the requests. First we ask for all that is necessary for body and soul. Here the words daily bread refer to both, the first under the common metanym for food, bread. The second under the signification of the Most Holy Eucharist. This petition therefore is a Spiritual Communion, and while saying it we should understand that we are asking Lord Jesus Christ to enter our hearts and nourish them.

And forgive us our trespasses.

With these words we make a spiritual confession. And we should say them with a most profound humility and sorrow for our own personal sins, recognizing that they are not simply failings, mistakes, errors or deficiencies, but that they are sins, which we need to confess to God and in confession, when they are mortal.

As we forgive those who trespass against us.

Here, we should forgive all our enemies from our hearts, recognizing that if we want great mercies from God, we need to grant mercy to those around us. Catholics have fallen into the worst habit of never admitting they were wrong or asking forgiveness. This prayer should be a confession that we will now undertake such a life.

And lead us not into temptation.

Here the Greek original and the Latin mean, and put us not to the test. This is because temptatio in Latin means a test. And the good monks of Britain loved Latin so much, they kept the word in English, though not all us are well schooled enough to know its meaning. I do not fault the monks, I fault our modern Church catechetical programs for not teaching us English.

But the prayer when prayed should be a supplication, a humble request, that God avert from us His anger and that we return to His paths, because of our selves we will fail the test, since the proud man is without the grace to stand, but the humble man walks always at the Lord’s side.

But deliver us from evil.

Here the Greek and the Latin say, from the Evil one. That is from the Father of Lies, Satan. But the English expands this, because the prayer not only should be said with the intention of not falling into the power of the Devil through sin, but suffering from the punishments for sin, which are the only true evils in this world. We also pray here to be delivered from the grasp and will of wicked men. And this petition, which is last, is the one most necessary in the present times.

Amen!

This Hebrew word means, Let is be so! It is the assent to all which has been said. And we should never omit it, but say it with firm resolve.

Praying with Attention requires discipline

Praying with attention requires just as much discipline of the mind and heart as standing at attention required of a soldier when he is on parade or subject to review by his Commanding General. We should pray the Our Father with infinitely more care, without obsessing with our failures, but returning to saying the prayer. That is why Saint Francis has us his friars say this prayer 72 times daily. Because he knew that we simple minded men need to practice to get it right and to train ourselves in doing it correctly, but also because the ones we say rightly make up for the ones we say badly.

For these reasons, I included 72 Our Fathers in the Perpetual Supplica because so many of us do not know how to pray, and we need to practice doing it rightly on a daily basis.

But above all, keep in mind the great things you can obtain by prayer

It is important, obviously, to be motivated to pray. Here is a short excerpt from Saint Peter of Alcantara, a great Franciscan Saint, and spiritual director to Saint Teresa of Avila, to motivate you in praying. He is quoting the Franciscan Doctor of the Church, Saint Bonaventure:

“If you would suffer patiently the adversities and miseries of this life, be a man of prayer.  If you would gain power and strength to overcome the temptations of the enemy, be a man of prayer.  If you would mortify your will with all its affections and lusts, be a man of prayer.  If you would understand the cunning devices of Satan, and defend yourself against his deceits, be a man of payer.  If you would live joyfully, and with sweetness walk in the path of penitence and sorrow, be a man of prayer.  If you would drive out the troublesome gnats of vain thoughts and cares from your soul, be a man of prayer.  If you would sustain your soul with the richness of devotion, and kept it ever full of good thoughts and desires, be a man of prayer.  If you would strengthen and confirm your heart in the pilgrimage with God, be a man of prayer.  Lastly, if you would root out from your soul every vice and in their place plant the virtues, be a man of prayer, for in this is obtained the unction and grace of the Holy Spirit who teaches all things.

“And besides all this, if you would climb to the height of contemplation, and delight in the sweet embraces of the Bridegroom, exercise yourself in prayer, for this is the way by which the soul mounts up to contemplation and to the taste of heavenly things.

“You see, then, of how great virtue and power is prayer, and for proof of all that has been said (to say nothing of Holy Scripture) let this now be sufficient assurance that we have seen and heard, and see, day by day, many simple persons who have attained to all these things above mentioned and to others greater, through the exercise of prayer.”

“I am sick to my stomach watching these unnatural men who run the Church”

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A guest editorial on the From Rome website  begins with: (the emphasis is mine)

“These are the days that have been foretold to us through Scripture, countless Saints, and numerous Marian apparitions. If we are not aware, it is because of our own ignorance and lack of desire to understand what our Faith is truly about. The Corona virus fear that has gripped the entire world is without a doubt a demonic plot to control the minds and hearts of the people of this world. But why is the Church and so many of the lay faithful going along with the world? We are not called to live as people in the world live. We are Christians and we are called to live as Christ lived.”

The virus has cut us off from other people – work, school, “non-essential” venues. More important than all this it has taken us away from the Eucharist. St Padre Pio told us: “It is easier for the earth to exist without the sun than without the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.”

Just as a body cannot work without its members – arms, legs, heart, head… the members work best when in unity with each other and with the head; the Mystical Body cannot work without its members : -we are the members of the mystical Body of Christ. They are trying to tear us away from each other and from our Head – Christ. They have cut us off from receiving the Sacraments (Sanctifying Grace – the life blood of the Mystical Body)- especially Holy Communion, and from attending Mass. All we have is a “virtual reality” Mass. Our priests are doing the best they can, some are being very creative.quote-the-eucharistic-sacrifice-of-the-body-and-blood-of-christ-embraces-in-turn-the-mystery-pope-benedict-xvi-2-35-12Perhaps they think that after being away so long, we will just drift away and leave our Faith behind. Or worse still, could they be doing it on purpose, so that we will have such a hunger for Mass and the Eucharist, that we will go blindly and accept anything? It would be terrible to be deceived and not recognize the Abomination of desolation” when it comes to replace our Beloved Jesus in the Eucharist! But I am letting my mind drift away with fears because unheard of things are happening.

We have to do our part. We have to fight, have courage and inspire our priests to have courage. But we have to fight our misled government leaders, who somehow  are all being bounced around like puppets on a string. We have to fight for our rights and protest when they are taken away. We can’t just go along with it all and just give up.

“This is all the more reason that we should not be accepting the closing of the Masses by our Bishop(s)! If they had even an ounce of supernatural Faith they would not agree to go along with this diabolical agenda of the world and would resist until the point of death. We the laity must protest this horrific abuse with all our might. We must write emails, plan protests, rally outside of our churches, depose unfaithful clergy, whatever it takes! It amazes me that so many Catholics on social media are celebrating this atrocity as a prudent decision by the Church. The Catholic Church is not what you think it is. It is not just the hierarchy who get to make decisions and the rest of us just blindly accept it even to our own eternal detriment. This is not using our God given intellect and will.”

Perhaps this is God’s punishment, part of His many chastisements still to come. But this is also the way He will rid the world of its stench. It is how we have to be tested – to prove  our Faith. We are like gold, that is tested by fire. The following was sent o me today:

In three short months, just like He did with the plagues of Egypt, God has taken away everything we worship. God said, “you want to worship athletes, I will shut down the stadiums. You want to worship musicians, I will shut down Civic Centers.  You want to worship actors, I will shut down theaters. You want to worship money, I will shut down the economy and collapse the stock market. You don’t want to go to church and worship Me, I will make it where you can’t go to church”
“If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.“

The writer of this guest editorial on the From Rome website concludes with some quotes that are worth thinking about:

“Who’s going to save our Church? It’s not our bishops, it’s not our priests and it is not the religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the eyes and the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that the priests act like priests, your bishops act like bishops, and the religious act like religious.” – Archbishop Fulton Sheen

“Anyway, they are no more than false apostles and dishonest workers. They only pretend to be apostles of Christ. And it is no wonder. Even Satan tries to make himself look like an angel of light. So why does it seem strange for Satan’s servants to pretend to do what is right? Someday they will get exactly what they deserve.” 2 Corinthians 11:13-15

“For the shepherds are stupid, and do not inquire of the Lord; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.” Jeremiah 10:21

“It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company: For the success of war is not in the multitude of the army, but strength cometh from heaven.They come against us with an insolent multitude, and with pride, to destroy us, and our wives, and our children, and to take our spoils. But we will fight for our lives and our laws: And the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face: but as for you, fear them not.” 1 (Maccabees) 3:18-22

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