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

Paganism: Book of Truth – 3rd June, 2013

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Your pagan practices will lead you to Hell

03 June 2013 @ 9:50pm

https://missionofsalvation.com/message-0809/

My dearly beloved daughter, the scourging which I endure at this time is not just because of the pending betrayal of Me within My Own Church, but it has to do with the false, pagan idols who replace Me in today’s world. 

Paganism is growing very quickly and is embraced as a new popular culture, an alternative to the belief in the One True God. It takes many forms. Most importantly, it will be presented as being harmless fun for those who dabble in new age practices and as being an important part of personal development – a form of humanism and love of self.

This global paganism was foretold for the end times and for many people they cannot see it, for what it is. It is a love of self and of false gods in whom many place their faith, for the so-called magical benefits they believe they have to offer.

Many, who look for diversions, in order to fill the emptiness in their souls, do this through the adulation of Buddha statues, which become central to their lives, their homes and places of work. They are lulled into a sense of spiritual calm when they practice new age paganism, such as yoga, reiki and so-called meditation. Soon afterwards, they will become attracted to a deep longing and will continue to believe in all the false promises made by those who practice this abomination. For this is what it is – a form of the occult, which blinds many millions of souls to the Truth of God.

Paganism and its dangers

Whatever doctrine, new age or otherwise, promises you great spiritual comfort and which is designed to empower you for selfish means, know that this could never come from God. Any doctrine which dictates that you honour such statues, which are not of God, or where you are asked to participate in practices which involve the occult, must be avoided at all costs. Don’t you know what these do to your soul, your mind and your body? They destroy them.

So many souls become infested by these practices, which open the door to your soul and allow Satan and his demons to devour you. These – and make no mistake – are powerful practices, in that they attract evil spirits. The use of tarot cards, yoga, reikki and certain types of meditations, which embrace pagan practices, will contaminate you. In time you may become ill and full of black despair, as the spirits of evil enter your lives, from which there is little escape.

These are the signs of Satanic influences in the world and many demons come disguised as angels of light. This is why those who become obsessed with angel cards and who accept so-called ascended masters, within this angel culture, are embracing the spirit of evil, which is presented as harmless fun.

The other form of paganism lies in the practice of atheism. Those of you who are proud of your atheism and who may practice good lives, in that you are kind and loving to others and treat your neighbours with respect, know that the Kingdom of Heaven is not yours. I can never accept you into My Kingdom once you draw your last breath, no matter how this will break My Heart. If you do not beg Me to accept you and before you die, I cannot help you then, for I cannot intervene with your free will. Anyone who tells you that atheism does not matter is a liar. The Truth is that only those who accept Me and who acknowledge God can enter My Kingdom.

So many of you who live such confused lives, and believe that all will be well, have much to learn. This is why My Father has permitted The Warning to take place, for without it many souls would plunge straight into the fires of Hell.

Be thankful that the Truth is being given to you, for very few of my appointed servants preach of the dangers of the sinful lives you are living today and the terrible consequences, which they will bring about.

Your pagan practices will lead you to Hell. Your atheism will separate you from Me. Only repentance can save you. Listen and accept the Truth, distasteful though you may find it to be, and you will be given the Gift of Eternal Life – a life, which you crave for right now, but which will never be yours, if you continue to idolise false gods and reject Me, Jesus Christ. The choice is yours, only. No one else can make this choice, for God has given you the free will to choose between good and evil and He will never take this away from you, even when you choose the wrong path.

Your Jesus

Post no. 25 in a series of 30

Paganism: Book of Truth – 24th May, 2014

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Once paganism grips My Church, this will mark the final chapter

24 May 2014 @ 9:20pm

Once paganism grips My Church, this will mark the final chapter

My dearly beloved daughter, the main reason so many people today, and especially the young, do not want to know Me is because of their unmitigated self-interest. Self-obsession, and a desire to please only one’s self and desires, has meant that real love for one another is missing and there is little charity present in such souls. When they separate themselves from others, in pursuit of self-fulfillment, they cannot love their neighbor. When they do not love their neighbor, they cannot love Me. 

Separation from God has never been so widespread. With little love in their hearts, evil finds a welcome environment in which to take root. Once evil is planted, in the souls who become easy prey, it will grow and spread quickly. The further it spreads, the less love will there be in the soul and a hatred for others will be instilled within it. Soon, hatred, jealousy, envy, avarice and greed will become the common traits, which unite modern society, until eventually, it will become synthesized until souls will feel nothing. Emptiness of spirit leads to great danger, for the evil one is intelligent and he will use souls at that stage to wage war against the Presence of God in the world. When the world becomes self-obsessed and demands every kind of right, which it deems to be more important than giving generously of one-self – then nothing good can come of this.

When Lucifer disobeyed My Father, it was pride, which led to his downfall. Pride and a love of self, where all else comes second, will lead to the final downfall of the human race. Disobedience to God is rampant at this time. So little regard for His Commandments can be seen and this has meant that man will disobey every single one of the Ten Commandments. When the First Commandment is broken by My Church on Earth – the final bastion of My Father over His children – the world will witness the worst chastisement since the flood. Once paganism grips My Church, this will mark the final chapter.

When God’s children love themselves and preen before Him, He weeps bitter Tears. But, when He is replaced in the hearts of all by paganism and a false god, His Wrath will be unprecedented.

Your Jesus

Post no. 24 in a series of 30

Paganism: Book of Truth – 18th April, 2014

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There is only one path to God and that is through Me, Jesus Christ. There is no other route

18 April 2014 @ 11:24pm

There is only one path to God and that is through Me, Jesus Christ. There is no other route

My dearly beloved daughter, the world will arise again, out of the ashes, out of the carnage. I will, I promise, wipe the plague of the antichrist off the face of the Earth. I will destroy the enemies of God and those responsible for bringing misery, injustice and suffering to God’s children.

The evil, which grips the hearts of man today, in every part of the world, takes different forms. In its brutal form, people are tortured, murdered and punished harshly. Then in other ways, people have to endure great hardships, including lack of food, lack of housing and terrible poverty, while their leaders devour every right that is theirs. Then there are the unfair laws, which favour the powerful, make wealthy men richer and poor men poorer, where little mercy or love is shown to those in great need. Finally, there is the persecution of Christians – My followers – all over the world. They are despised, more than any others, and suffer terribly in My Name. Christians are hated by followers of the evil one, who uses his agents to silence them in various ways. Many of their plans involve censorship or the right to declare, openly, their allegiance to Me. And while governments, today, will staunchly defend the rights of every other creed or civil right, they will not bend to the rights of Christians. 

Christians will soon be banned from practicing their faith in public places, in schools, in colleges, until eventually in the Temples of God. You may say – surely this is impossible – to prevent Christians from practicing their faith, in their own churches? This will come about in the most cunning way, where millions will be deceived, with little notice paid, as every single detail of the Word, as it is now, will change, but this will pass quietly. Only those who pay attention will see the changes and, after a while, it will become acceptable to open all Christian churches to welcome all faiths, including those who do not believe in Me. However, not all those who follow faiths, which do not idolize the Triune God, will be forced into the new one world church. No. It will be the Christians, who will be made to idolize paganism, which will be carefully presented as a new church and which will embrace a new form of ‘communion’ – a church for everyone – where I, Jesus Christ, will not feature. 

As and from this year, My Crosses will begin to disappear and while My Churches, and those who say they serve Me, talk about the importance of humanism, you will not hear talk of the importance of surrendering to Me, Jesus Christ, your Saviour. You, therefore, will not be prepared for Eternal Salvation. The importance of following My path to My Father will not be mentioned, nor will the importance of the Holy Sacraments be discussed. Instead, you will be told of the importance of looking after the needs and welfare of others, which will be used as a substitute for adoring Me. I Am the Church. My Body is My Church, but in time, I will be brushed completely to one side. Your heads will be filled with untruths. You will be told of every type of path, which is needed to bring you closer to God. But every path you will be told to walk down will be in the opposite direction.

Know now, that there is only one Truth. There is only one path to God and that is through Me, Jesus Christ. There is no other route. 

Your Jesus

Post no. 23 in a series of 30

Paganism: Book of Truth – 29th March, 2014

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Every effort will be made by men of science to disprove the Existence of God over the next two years

29 March 2014 @ 2:30pm

https://missionofsalvation.com/message-1085/

My dearly beloved daughter, every effort will be made by men of science to disprove the Existence of God over the next two years. They will falsely claim that man can sustain life on other planets, apart from Earth. Earth is the only living part of the universe created by God for His children. But that is not the only reason that these claims will be made to prove that God does not Exist. They will proclaim man’s greatness; his intelligence and his advances in science, to dispel the notion that man was created by God. The greatest insult will be when they declare that man was created by a miracle of science. They will go to great lengths to prove that man is invincible and, yet, they will have no answer as to what happens after physical death of the body takes place, which every man has to face. This part will be ignored by those who lie and who deny God.

They will ridicule anyone who declares a belief in the Existence of Heaven or in their True Creator, God the Most High. And all during these public declarations, against the Truth, not one word will be uttered by those who claim to lead My Church. In the final days, religion will become a pagan concept, when adulation of the Earth, the sun, the moon and the stars will become the substitutes, when they pay homage to God.Most of the world will turn to paganism and bring death to their souls. Despite every Intervention by My Father, they will turn the other way. This is why My Father promised the world the Book of Truth, the unraveling of the Book of Revelation, to save your sorry souls. Man is stubborn. Man is proud, vain and the more advances he makes in science the less he knows and the more he removes himself from the Truth.

Heed now My Word, for soon all that I taught you will be gradually withdrawn, stage by stage, from My Churches on Earth. The Word will be taken away from you, but I will never desert you, for I will always remain with you, guiding you, teaching you and filling you with My Love. You will always be in My Heart and it will be because of your love for Me that I will be able to salvage those who are lost. You, My beloved followers, are My link to God’s children and through your prayers, I will strive to unite the world. This is why you must never despair, even when all seems hopeless.

Your Jesus

Post no. 22 in a series of 30

JtM Crusade Prayer Meeting Thursday 21 Nov. 2019

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Prayer Theme:  Warning and Antichrist

Prayers are Groups A & G: (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)

Readings

Bible: Isaiah 9: 1-6

Book of Truth:  21 Feb.  2012

Book of Truth: 31 July 2014

Comment: The Bible Reading – on the Darkness, and Christ the Light – brought us Hope and Joy, for we too, feel the darkness in the world today. The Readings from the Book of Truth also told us of how the darkness will spread, but reassured us that Christ is our Rock – the Foundation and Cornerstone and He is the Church which  will remain standing until the end of time. He warns us of what is to come, but reassures us of Great Graces, which He has reserved for us for these times. He is the Light in the Darkness of the world today.

Bible Reading

Isaiah 9: 1-6

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;
Upon those who lived in a land of gloom a light has shone.
2 You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing;
They rejoice before you as people rejoice at harvest, as they exult when dividing the spoils.
3 For the yoke that burdened them,the pole on their shoulder,
The rod of their taskmaster,you have smashed, as on the day of Midian.
4 For every boot that tramped in battle,every cloak rolled in blood,
will be burned as fuel for fire.
5 For a child is born to us, a son is given to us; upon his shoulder dominion rests.
They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace.
6 His dominion is vast and forever peaceful,
Upon David’s throne, and over his kingdom, which he confirms and sustains
By judgment and justice, both now and forever.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this!

Readings from the Book of Truth

Why do you reject My Warnings to prepare for My Second Coming?

21 February 2012 @ 7:45pm

My dearly beloved daughter, how you suffer in My Name and that of My beloved Father. You must be strong, as these Messages will provoke outrage in some quarters, although they will inspire and give strength to other souls.

My Holy Word was rejected by learned men, during My Time on Earth.

I was dismissed as a fraud by the priests and those who claimed to be holy men.

Those of you who say that the treatment meted out to Me was barbaric, would be right, that people who lived in those days were uneducated, coarse and wicked, that they were cruel in their treatment of Me, their beloved Saviour.

Some may say that they were ignorant and knew nothing of Holy Scriptures. But this is not true, because those living in the world today, although they are more educated and knowledgeable, are no different.

Those, whom you would expect, fully versed in the Holy Bible, to be alert to the Teachings therein, are blind to the Truth.

For all their understanding of My Father’s Holy Book, they have failed to prepare for the time when I will come again.When did they think they would be accorded this time?

The time is drawing very close to My Second Coming on Earth. Yet, mankind has not prepared themselves for My arrival. Even My sacred servants do not preach of the importance of this Most Glorious Event. Why is this?

Have you learned nothing? What is it that I have to do? When did you think I might come and why do you think that the time is not near? What is it that blinds you and blocks your ears to the sound of My Voice?

Drop your cloak of gold, silver and riches and accept that you are nothing, without Me. Without My Graces, you cannot prepare your souls for My Glorious Return.

My beloved Father always sends prophets to prepare His children. He has been doing this since time began. Why then do you reject My warnings to prepare for My Second Coming? I beg you to listen to Me.

I cannot command you to listen, for you have been given the gift of free will. I can never force you or give you the command to take action. For this is impossible. My Father will never interfere with your free will. But He will never hesitate to warn you, guide you and flood your souls with Graces to make you strong.

For those with open hearts He will give them the Gift of the Holy Spirit.

Those guilty of pride, religious snobbery and arrogance, will find it impossible to open their hearts, because they lack the most important quality of all – humility. Without humility and generosity of heart, you cannot come close to My Sacred Heart.

Come to Me, children. Let Me take you into My flock, so like a Good Shepherd I can lead you to safety.

Your Jesus

Redeemer of Mankind

 

I never change. I never adapt to new ways, for I Am as I always Was and will Be. I Am Eternal

31 July 2014 @ 3:50pm

My dearly beloved daughter, every visionary, seer or prophet, who comes from Me, will soon face great trials, the likes of which they have never had to endure before. Many, who recognize their authenticity and who have been loyal to them, will turn their backs on them and they will be cast to one side, as the spirit of darkness envelops nation after nation, where love and charity will disappear. Man against man, country against country, man against God.

These periods of upheaval will be distressing for many and your only source of comfort and strength will come from Me, but only if you seek Me out. I Am your Rock; the Rock which is impenetrable; the Rock which cannot crumble; the Rock which you will embrace when nothing solid will be in place in the houses which give shelter to My Spirit. Edifices, which have been built to honour Me, will come tumbling down. Some will be turned into other buildings, which will be used for other purposes, but not for honouring Me.

I Am the Rock upon which the Church was built and I will remain in place for eternity. Many have come seeking Me out and I gave them Life. Others came, but could not find Me because their stubborn hearts were lacking in love and a generosity of spirit. And now, as everything I taught you will be challenged and the foundation upon which My Church was built be shaken, beyond your understanding, I will still remain in place. Solid as the Rock that I Am, and you will come to Me seeking solace, strength and courage. I will respond to each of you, by the pouring out of the great Graces, which have been reserved for you, for the times which lie ahead. I Am the Church. I Am Present in the Church. The building is made of stone, but I Am the Rock, upon which the foundation of My Church was built. I never change. I never adapt to new ways, for I Am as I always Was and will Be. I Am Eternal.

My Church will remain standing, for I Am the Church, until the end of time.

Your beloved Jesus

 

 

The Church in Crisis: An emotional plea on behalf of the Church Faithful.

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Why faithful Catholics the world over are resisting this pope to his face:

From Rome, Michael Matt writes an Open Letter to Pope Francis . Borrowing from St. Paul in Galatians, Michael promises not only to resist Francis but also to teach his children to resist him and to never stop resisting him until he dies or radically reconsiders his campaign to destroy what’s left of the human element of Christ’s Church.

Watch this impassioned plea. It’s not long – only 13 mins. Michael Matt is respectful in his tone, and requests our holy Father to explain. He expresses the hurt and confusion we all feel. We must resist the pope in a spirit of fraternal correction, as some of our bishops have shown us.

From the Book of Truth:

(20 March 2012 @ 9:20pm)
” … I wish to embrace all of My disciples and followers everywhere in My Arms at this moment. I need your comfort, children. I need your consolation in My suffering, as I cry tears for My Church on Earth. …

Those priests, bishops and cardinals who do believe are being pushed aside and forced to keep silent.

How I weep for these poor, precious disciples of Mine who have pledged their lives to Me and to the spreading of My Teachings to humanity.

Soon they will have to watch what they say about My Holy Word, for they will be forced to proclaim the teachings of a liar, whose soul does not come from the Light.

Unite, My children, My beloved priests and all those who love Me, now and help Me to save souls. …

You will be tempted to forsake Me, to denounce My True Teachings and be forced to honour and obey the wolf in sheep’s clothing.

So many poor souls will not only fall under the spell of the false pope – the false prophet, foretold so long ago – but he will have you believe that he has divine powers.

Children the time for the schism in the Church is almost here and you must get prepared now.

Join together as one. Hold onto each other. Protect each other and pray for those who will follow the wrong path and pay homage to the false prophet.

Much prayer is needed, but if you do as I tell you, you can save souls.

You, My precious followers, will form the Remnant Church on Earth and will be led by those brave sacred servants, who will recognise the false prophet for what he is.

Do not fear, as I Am bestowing Graces of wisdom, calm and discernment on each of you who ask Me to do so with this prayer:

O Jesus, help me to see the Truth of Your Holy Word, at all times, and remain loyal to Your Teachings, no matter how much I Am forced to reject You.

Stand up now and be brave, all of you, for I will never forsake you.

I will walk with you the thorny road and lead you safely to the Gates of the New Paradise.

All you have to do is trust in Me completely.

Your beloved Saviour

Jesus Christ”

We must help and speak out while we still can. Our priests and bishops are forced to keep silence; Jesus needs us to tell people about the false prophet and his false teachings. Jesus depends on us – His Remnant Army.

Additional information on our duty to resist a pope:

  • Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica II, II, q. 33, a

   “It must be observed, however, that if the faith were endangered, a subject ought to rebuke his prelate even publicly.”

  • Pope St. Gregory the Great “It is better that scandals arise than the truth be suppressed.”
  • Pope Leo XIII

 “But, when necessity compels, not those only who are invested with power of rule are bound to safeguard the integrity of faith, but, as St. Thomas maintains: ‘Each one is under obligation to show forth his faith, either to instruct and encourage others of the faithful, or to repel the attacks of unbelievers.’” https://www.stpeterslist.com/7334/the-path-to-hell-is-paved-with-the-skulls-of-bishops-8-quotes-and-sources/

  • Dom Prosper Guéranger:

“When the shepherd becomes a wolf, the first duty of the flock is to defend itself.” Quoted by Card. Burke in a homily on Feb. 9, 2018 at a Pontificial Mass in Kansas.

https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/cardinal-burke-extols-saint-who-condemned-heretic-bishop 

Read more about our duty to resist here:
https://remnantdisciplesjtm.com/2019/07/page/1/                
(or see archives: 16 July, 2019)

You can read the text of Michael Matt’s Open Letter here:

https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/4680-church-in-crisis-world-s-catholics-resist-pope-to-his-face

 

 

Paganism: Book of Truth – 24th March 2014

 

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God the Father: The famine, which will grip the world as the Third Seal is opened, will not be confined to the lack of food

24 March 2014 @ 3:33pm

God the Father: The famine, which will grip the world as the Third Seal is opened, will not be confined to the lack of food

My dearest daughter, the famine, which will grip the world as the Third Seal is opened, will not be confined to the lack of food for the body. The famine I speak of will be starvation of the spirit, as every trace of the Truth will be erased by the enemies who infiltrate the Church, created on Earth by My Son, Jesus Christ, in union with His Body.

Soon, the Truth will become confusing and the Holy Spirit will be replaced by the spirit of evil. Those who will spread the new form of false evangelisation will be responsible for withholding the Food of Life from My children. When you are starved of the Truth, you will have little to nourish your soul and then, in time, you will fall into paganism. I Am intervening in every step of the process by which you will be led into error. Every effort will be made by Me and I will, through My Son’s Mercy, bring many of His sacred servants the Graces they need to discern Truth from fiction.

As I draw you away from the enemy, many of you will find it difficult to remain true to the Word of God. You will be tormented by doubts, lack of courage to adhere to the Holy Word and a terror of being declared a traitor to the Church. The battle for souls will be as intense, as it was during My Son’s Time on Earth. The greatest difficulty will be brought about because of the failure on the part of My Son’s holy servants to detect deceit within their own ranks. And so, they will, because of their lukewarm faith and lack of discernment, lead many of their fellow clergy into serious error, as foretold.

I declare to you that time is short. There will not be accorded to you the time needed to draw all of My children into the Merciful Arms of My Son. To those of you who are privileged to have been given the Grace to acknowledge the Gift of the Book of Truth, much will, therefore, be expected of you. Through your faith and trust in Me, your beloved Father, you will help to lead My children back, so that they will readily accept the Intervention of The Warning, when My Son embraces the world within the Rays of His Great Mercy.

Those times are upon you and it is time to take up your armour and fight for the True Word – the Truth – to be retained. Without the Truth there is no life.

Your Father

God the Most High

This is post no. 21 in a series of 30

Paganism: Book of Truth – 26 January 2014

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The plan to remove every trace of Me has commenced

26 January 2014 @ 3:00pm

https://missionofsalvation.com/Message-1027/

My dearly beloved daughter, never allow the views of those with bitterness in their hearts, against this Work, make you hesitate in My Mission for souls.

What does it matter if you and My beloved faithful souls, who refuse to deviate from the Word of God, are rejected? What does it matter whether or not they pour scorn upon you? Their human opinions, which negate the Word, are of no consequence in your pursuit of Eternal Salvation. When you glorify Me and when you honour My Holy Word, you will be tempted by all sides to turn your backs on Me.

So many will reject this Mission until the awful truth dawns on them when they will witness the blasphemies, which will pour from the mouth of the false prophet. When someone who contradicts the Existence of the Holy Trinity, dares to wear the robes of a high priest under the roof of My Church and then tries to convince you that what you have known to be true, up to now, is no longer the case, you will know then that the spirit of evil has engulfed My Church from within.

When surrounded with new ideologies, new doctrines and when you are told that the human race today demands these changes, that will be the time when God’s Desires are no longer responded to. Instead, when manmade doctrines, full of error and flaws, declare sin to be no more, the time will be close for Me to destroy My enemies, as foretold.

Many more of you will wake up to the Truth and the terrible dishonour, which will be accorded to Me, Jesus Christ, in my Church on Earth. Those faithful servants will recognise the wickedness and then many of them will flee. But, when the time comes and when this choice is placed before you all, many will, sadly, desert Me and take part in pagan practices.

The plan to remove every trace of Me has commenced. The Truth of My Word will be banished in your constitutions, your schools, until finally it will be denounced within My Own Church. Those of you who believe that this could never happen – that God would never permit these things – are mistaken. These atrocities have been permitted, in the final purification of man, before My Second Coming. If you do not remain alert, irrespective of how much you love Me, you will be led into participating in a series of ceremonies, which will not pay homage to God. If they do not honour Me, then you must ask yourselves, why is this? Why have these changes been made and why, so suddenly? The answer is time – for there is little left.

The race to win over souls on both sides will result in a fierce battle. One side will convince you to reject the Word of God in favour of vile practices, which will idolise Satan. They will fool even those who are well versed in My Word, so cunningly presented will their case be to remove Me from My Church. The other side will suffer because of their loyalty, not just to these Messages alone, but to the True Word of God, given to the world in My Father’s Book.

Your Jesus

Post no. 20 in a series of 30

Cardinal George Pell: the torture of solitary confinement

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Our dear Cardinal has already spent nine months in prison. During this time he has not been allowed to say Mass. His appeal to the nation’s High Court has been accepted, but it will be March or April before it is heard. In the meantime he has been returned to prison (without bail) to solitary confinement. Professor Mirko Bagaric, who is director of the Sentencing and Criminal Justice Project at Swinburne University has written about the horrific effects solitary confinement has.

It’s not just jail for George Pell, this is torture

By Mirko Bargaric

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/its-not-just-jail-for-george-pell-this-is-torture/news-story/e09667d1fe3e85a54813f39a0376ed08

12:00AM NOVEMBER 18, 2019

People should be sent to prison as punishment, not for punishment. Research shows that prisoners subjected to long periods of solitary confinement often suffer irreparable long-term mental and physical harm. George Pell is being subjected to modern-day torture by his prison conditions. They are grounds for a strong argument that he should be granted bail pending the outcome of his appeal to the High Court.

Pell has reportedly spent all of the time he has been incarcerated (almost nine months) in solitary confinement at the Melbourne Remand Centre. He is let out of his cell for just an hour a day. That such a high-profile Australian is being subjected to these brutal conditions should be the catalyst we need to start the debate to abolish the use of this form of incarceration for all Australian prisoners.

The main purpose of prison is to protect the community from offenders and to impose punishment commensurate with the seriousness of their crimes. The principal hardship is the loss of ­liberty. Of course, there are incidental hardships that necessarily follow from the loss of liberty, such as the inability to associate with family and friends and severe work and study restrictions.

However, the pain of imprisonment should not extend to deliberately and systematically subjecting prisoners to inhumane conditions that will foreseeably have profound adverse effects on them. Yet this is what hundreds of prisoners experience in Australia. These conditions are either imposed by placing certain prisoners in solitary confinement or, more typically, moving inmates into ­supermax wings, effectively prisons within prisons. There are at least eight of them in Australia.

There is no consistency regarding the daily regimes of prisoners in supermax confinement, but it can include being locked in a cell up to 23 hours a day. When out of their cell they move to what is, in effect, another (larger) cell where they normally have contact with no more than one other prisoner. Often there is no fresh air, direct sunlight or educational facilities, and only limited visiting rights and access to communications.

Prisoners are generally placed in isolation or supermax conditions for disciplinary reasons or supposedly for their own protection, as is the case with Pell.

Studies show supermax confinement — particularly isolation of more than 15 days — has long-term detrimental effects on mental health of prisoners, including insomnia, panic, hallucinations, suicidal impulses, feelings of hopelessness and paranoia. The highest rates of prison suicide and self-harm occur among those in solitary confinement.

When inmates are placed in isolation or supermax units, they are also at risk of physical harm. Lack of exposure to sunlight can cause vitamin D deficiency, making inmates more susceptible to falls and fractures. The near total absence of movement and exercise exacerbates conditions such heart disease, diabetes and arthritis. The physical harm caused by solitary confinement often results in long-term disabilities and additional longer-term healthcare costs. This is especially the case with elderly prisoners. Pell is 78.

Now Pell’s appeal has been referred to the Full Court of the High Court, his prospects of bail are stronger. Appeal bail will be granted only in exceptional circumstances (Marotta v R [1999] HCA) and it is a hard test to satisfy. However, an important relevant factor is whether an acquittal would make the benefit of the acquittal hollow.

It is likely the circumstances of Pell’s confinement have already caused him significant psychological and physical harm. The extent of his suffering is likely to be exacerbated the longer he remains in isolation. That harm is probably irreversible.

The strength of any bail application would be enhanced by the fact there is a reasoned dissenting judgment by Justice Weinberg, and that Pell is not a flight risk.

Supermax and isolation units should be abolished. We can protect prisoners from other prisoners in ways that do not involve barbaric conditions: employ more prison officers. The additional cost would be less damaging than the moral stain stemming from the deliberate infliction of intense, ­unnecessary pain on inmates.

 

Tony M reflects on this news:

“I was shocked to read this article in the Australian Newspaper a couple of days ago. (See above)

Cardinal Pell has always upheld the Authentic Catholic Faith and has paid for it many times along the way. He is a true modern martyr for God and His Church.

His conviction, given that all of the evidence was in his favour….. is the stuff of kangaroo courts.

The suffering this innocent man is now experiencing is unthinkable.

In this…. my home state of Victoria….. it is legal to murder a baby at 9 months in the womb.

It is legal to terminate a life that is no longer seen as useful…..euthanasia.

It is legal, in this country of Australia, for people of the same sex to ‘marry’, something unprecedented in human history!!

And now we have an upright and honorable Prince of our Church locked away in these draconian conditions without a shred of evidence against him.

Our country when I was a child in the 1950’s was a Christian country, and now it has turned against God & His Commandments.

Remember the 10 Commandments are Commandments given to us by our God & Creator for our own good,…… they are not 10 optional requests.

So it is this state of Victoria which is defying God’s laws in so many ways which convicts Cardinal Pell without a shred of evidence.

I can only say we are inviting God’s Justice.

And He is Perfectly Just….. where there is no repentance!!

The books will be balanced on Judgement Day.

Let us all stay in God’s Grace and do His Will every day.

And let us pray and do penance for the conversion of sinners as Our Lady pleaded for us to do when She appeared at Fatima……so that many who are seriously against God now, will repent and be saved!!!

And what an extraordinary example to us all in that, was little St Jacinta Marto, who prayed and performed extraordinary penances for the conversion of sinners after Our Blessed Mother gave her the vision of Hell…. all done before she reached her 10th birthday.

So let us also pray for Cardinal Pell,
that the Lord sustains and consoles him at this time,
and that justice is finally done when his appeal is heard in the High Court.

May God Bless and sustain you also.”

Tony.

Just a reminder ( if you haven’t read our previous posts about Card. George Pell, there is a prophecy about him in the Book of Truth:

My dearly beloved daughter, how My Heart is breaking because of the plight of My sacred servants and the difficult trials which they will have to face because of My enemies. My most esteemed Bishop will be the subject of a terrible miscarriage of Justice. Then, when he has been demonized, many of My sacred servants will be taken to task, should they dare to utter grievances against the new laws, which are not of Me and which they will have to witness being introduced into My Churches.

Read the whole prophecy here:

https://missionofsalvation.com/message-1096/

  • P.S. One of these new laws was announced right after his conviction – the laws against the Seal of Confession.

Paganism: Book of Truth – 2nd Jan. 2014

AM+DG

Three out of four will deny Me

2 January 2014 @ 8:40pm

https://missionofsalvation.com/message-1007/

My daughter, the time when all public acknowledgement as to Who I Am, will become but just a faint flicker in the wick of a candle, which has burned right down to the end, is almost upon you.

Those who say they are of Me will speak little of Me. Those who are loyal to Me will be shocked when they see so many who will deny Me. The time when the faithful will be separated from those who will be led into grave error is almost upon you. In those days ahead, the blind, the deaf and those who will have failed to remain alert to the True Word of God, will gather in their billions and accept a false doctrine – not of Me.

When you hear speak of the new renewal of the faith pledge, which will be a form of the Sacrament of Confirmation, know then that this will be manmade. It will be meaningless in My Eyes. It will be presented by the false prophet as part of his global plan to unite all religions in the world. My Divinity will be brushed to one side. My Word forgotten and buried, while My Teachings will be twisted, in order to coerce the faithful into accepting a new form of so-called evangelism.

My Word, however, will remain alive, because those who will remain in My Church, as it was set up from the beginning, will not deny Me. Three out of four will deny Me. Only My Remnant will cling to Me and keep My Word and many of them will be bewildered. Those poor souls, who will remain in My Church when it has been seized by the new doctrine, will not know where to turn. To them I say this. Be strong. Be firm. Do not deny Me. Pray for My Guidance and continue to serve Me, as you have always done. When you are asked to deny Me, by those who claim to be acting for the good of all – all religions – turn your back, for you will be asked to embrace paganism, which will be disguised as Christianity.

As these imposters, enemies of God, invade My Church, within its hierarchy, My Father will send down a terrible Chastisement. He will tilt the world and not one man, woman or child will be able to ignore these upheavals. When My enemies attack My Mystical Body, they will cause much damage, much confusion and lead many away from the Truth. But they will never destroy My Church, because My Remnant Army will never let go of the Truth or be forced to swear allegiance to Satan or his agents.

Many wars will now escalate and storms and earthquakes will mount, until the Roar of My Father’s Wrath is felt everywhere.

To those enemies of Mine, who walk amongst you and who mislead My Church, know this. I will never allow you to win over those souls for whom I gave up My Life. Your arrogance will be short-lived, your wicked acts stopped and your attempts to hurt the souls you have earmarked brought to an abrupt end. You will never rise up against the Word of God, without Divine Intervention brought down upon you. Your allegiance to the evil one will end in disaster for you and everyone you manage to deceive. When you try to advance towards the gates of Heaven to boast of your allegiance to Satan, you will be cut down, chained and cast into the abyss, without any Mercy shown to you.

Go now, all those of you who witness these things which are to come, and remain alert at all times. You must continue to serve Me, for there can only be one Master.

Your Jesus

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