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Chastisements, Tribulations and the “errors of communism”.

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Gods anger

In our last post “The earth, infested by their evil ways, will groan in pain“, Jesus told us that  a wicked army “will be led by My enemies and there is nothing they will not do to try to fool the world into believing their falsities. Embraced with great gusto by a secular world, they will change the face of the earth and in their wake will cause havoc.”

We are all very familiar with the word and concept of “chastisements”. We find it in many Old Testament prophecies an also in the New Testament, and repeated by saints throughout the ages. God was warning the world of His Justice, if the wicked persecute His children. Besides plagues of fire, giant hailstorms, rivers/ seas of blood and scorching heat, – thunder,earthquakes, fire, and famine are also mentioned.He is a Loving and protective Father. He warns us, but also never fails to remind His faithful children of the reward He has in store for them. 

Many of these have already been translated to these times. The current wildfires in California is something  – the extent and verocity of which, we could not imagine.  The weather changes from one extreme to the next in a day – the seasons are confused. Last night we had wild weather across the entire state.  The thunder was really frightening. If that was God’s Wrath, you could feel it. Yet amongst it all, God gives us signs that He is with us:  The home which was burnt down with a statue of St Jude left intact, the statue of Our Lady, and the wooden tabernacle left intact with the house in ashes all around it, the family who stood around their pile of destruction and sang Salve Regina!

There is much evil which around all around us. Abortion till Birth, Euthanasia, Suicide by request – all because our politicians have allowed, encouraged , promoted and passed these laws – usually without a proper mandate from the people. They have locked us up, closed our churches, and control the media. They have taken away “controlled”  our freedom of speech and association- our God-given free will. Our only weapons are Prayer.

Our Lady of Fatima, in her apparitions, warned us about all this. In fact she warned us at La Salette. When she wasn’t listened to, she commenced appearing again after 1960: Garabandal, Akita, Fr. Gobbi, and many more. At Fatima she mentioned chastisements, and the errors of Communism. You might ask “What are the errors?” Communism hates God – the world is in global apostasy. They dictate to us how we must think, speak, and act. Paganism is rife (even in what is meant to be the “holy place” – Pachamama). Our evil leaders let themselves be dictated to, introduced evil laws and enforced a global mandate for compulsory v’n. Those who didn’t go along with it were labelled, and ostracised  in every situation. They suffered physically, economically, finacially, families were divided and much more. Then each day, they brainwashed us with a repetitive mantra of those admitted to hospital, no. of deaths,…Does that all sound like communism? That’s what did it for me. It grated on my mind. They never mentioned what they died from… just insinuated. My parents are from Europe, but I was born here. I knew their stories – it just felt like communism.But the truth always has a way of emerging. Death Statistics now show that the deaths were actually lower than the normal tally for that year.

Our Lady mentioned “war, famine, and persecutions of the Church and of the Holy Father”. She said that “The good will be martyred; the Holy Father will have much to suffer; various nations will be annihilated.”

In a sermon at Fatima, in 1982, St John Paul II said:  “…The greatest obstacle to man’s journey towards God is sin, perseverance in sin, and, finally, denial of God. The deliberate blotting out of God from the world of human thought. The detachment from him of the whole of man’s earthly activity. The rejection of God by man  …. Sin has thus made itself firmly at home in the world, and denial of God has become widespread in the ideologies, ideas and plans of human beings.” Sounds rather prophetic.

BUT WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR –

The Bible tells us:

Malachi – “But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise with healing in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd. “

“And you shall tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the sole of your feet in the day that I do this, saith the Lord of hosts”. (4: 1-3)

Jeremiah:“All the land shall be desolate, but yet I will not utterly destroy it. (4: 23, 27)

Revelation 14: “Then I looked and there was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion,* and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads

At Fatima, Our Blessed Mother assured us that “in the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.”

 In Matthew (16:18), Jesus tells us  ““And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

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In the message below, Jesus tells us how wickedness fills the earth, about God’s Justice and His wrath, and how the earth will groan in pain.

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the-angel-with-the-book-bible-revelation-101-6-wood-engraving-c1860-D968F4Those who believe that God will not punish the wicked do not know Him

6 November 2014 @ 5:40pm; Message 1259

My dearly beloved daughter, the time has come for My Eternal Father to wipe clean from the face of the earth, the blemish, which casts darkness over the souls of man. He will punish the wicked and take into His Holy Arms those who uphold the true Word of God. His angels will surge forth, in a great tempest, and with mighty scythes will cut out from the roots the disease, which ravages the souls of men, so that the world can become clean again.

Be fearful of the wrath of God for when He is propelled into such a rage, men will tremble with fear. Those who believe that God does not punish the wicked do not know Him.  Their voices, loud and proud, which fill the earth with falsities, and those who deem themselves worthy of great favour, in My Father’s Eyes, but who curse the meek amongst My people, will be plucked from the soil and face the greatest chastisement poured over humanity since the great flood.

The angels of God will descend, and with a scythe in their right hands, divide the chaff from the wheat. Those who curse God will be silenced; those who defile the Son of Man will be silenced; those who defile His Body will wander in confusion, lost and bewildered, before they are plunged into the wilderness.

The love of God has not been reciprocated and His Mercy has been already declined.  Ungrateful souls, whose eyes are set firmly on their own pleasures – and their determination to carry out acts in direct confrontation to the Will of the Lord – will feel the pain of God’s punishment. Like a sheet of lightning, out will pour, like a great tempest, a great upheaval of the earth, which will be felt in every part of the world.

Those who know the Truth will have no fear, for they will be willing witnesses to the promises laid down in Holy Scripture, as to the Great Tribulation to come. Those who have cut God out from their lives – like as if they cut off a limb from their own bodies – will not know of the consequences of cursing God, until it is too late.

You, who have betrayed Me, will suffer the most. You, who have hurled stones at others, in the mistaken belief that you represent Me, will have no one to turn to. For everywhere you try to hide, you will be found naked with nothing to hide your shame. I tell you this, for the patience of My Father is exhausted and onto the battlefield will emerge two armies – those who are for Me and those who are against Me.

 

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Pray for God’s Mercy.  And to those who scourge My Body know this. You may believe that I can be wiped away from My House but, that would be a grave error on your part.

Away from Me, for you do not belong to Me. Your wickedness will be your downfall and through your allegiance to the evil have cut yourselves away from My Glorious Kingdom.

Your Jesus

“It is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. … The night is past and the day is at hand.”

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light in darkness

I love the readings at Mass at this time of year. Today is the beginning of the Church Liturgical Year. Last Sunday we celebrated the end of the Church year – the Last Sunday after Pentecost. Did you take note of the readings?

Gospel: Last Sun after Pent: Matt 24: 13-35

“At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: When you shall see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (he that reads, let him understand:) then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains and he that is on the housetop, let him not come down to take anything out of his house and he that is in the field, let him not go back to take his coat. And woe to them that are with child and that give suck, in those days. But pray that your flight be not in the winter, or on the sabbath: for there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been found from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be: and unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved; but for the sake of the elect, those days shall be shortened. Then if any man shall say to you: Lo, here is Christ, or there; do not believe him: for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect. Behold I have told it to you beforehand. If therefore they shall say to you: Behold, he is in the desert, go ye not out. Behold He is in the closets, believe it not. For as lightning cometh out of the east, and appeareth even into the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be: Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered together. And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be moved and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn; and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with much power and majesty. And He shall send His angels with a trumpet and a loud voice, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest parts of the heavens to the utmost bounds of them. And from the fig tree learn a parable: when the branch thereof is now tender, and the leaves come forth, you know that summer is nigh. So you also, when you shall see all these things, know ye that ìt is nigh at the doors. Amen I say to you that this generation shall not pass till all these things be done. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.”

First Sunday of Advent

Introit: Psalm 24:1-3

To Thee have I lifted up my soul: in Thee, O my God, I put my trust, let me not be ashamed: neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on Thee shall be confounded.

Epistle: Romans13:11-14

Brethren, knowing that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. The night is past and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and impurities, not in contention and envy: but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.

Gospel: Luke 21:25-33

At that time Jesus said to His disciples: There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and of the waves: men withering away for fear and expectations of what shall come upon the whole world. For the powers of heaven shall be moved. And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great power and majesty. But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand. And He spoke to them a similitude: See the fig tree and all the trees: when they now shoot forth their fruit, you know that summer is nigh. So you also, when you shall see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at hand. Amen, I say to you, this generation shall not pass away till all things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but My words shall not pass away.

Today is the beginning of the Church Liturgical Year. Last Sunday we celebrated the end of the Church year – the Last Sunday after Pentecost. Did you take note of the readings?

Last week the Gospel reading was Jesus’ prophecy about the times of the end. His words were strong – He wanted to warn us well ahead of how awful these times would be. He uses words such as “abomination of desolation … , standing in the holy place”; “let them flee to the mountains”; “woe to them that are with child”; and “great tribulation, such as hath not been found from the beginning of the world until now”.  He interjects his description to reassure us : “but for the sake of the elect, those days shall be shortened.’ He continues to tell us of false Christs, and false prophets, great signs and wonders, of deception, and fearful details about the sun, the moon and the stars …. The great tribulation… but then he fortifies us again and tells us how it will end :

“And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great power and majesty. But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand”

This reading is so important that it is repeated each year, to remind us of what is to come.

Are we taking any notice? Does this Gospel give us direction and strength and hope? It is meant to fortify us ad prepare us. Are we ready to listen?

Today is the beginning of the church year. We are preparing for the coming of our Saviour.

The story is repeated in Luke’s Gospel, but not on quite as much detail. The signs of the sun, moon and stars are again mentioned.  

“And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great power and majesty. But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand.”

This reading focuses not on the details -it  is more expectation, We are reminded about the fig tree and the final message to us –

“So you also, when you shall see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at hand.”

Jesus came the first time to save us. The Church has been reminding us what to expect. Now He comes again to save His children – His people. After a tribulation so great “such as hath not been found from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be”, St Luke reminds us about the fig tree and that “summer is nigh” – He tells us

“ So you also, when you shall see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at hand.”

For 2000 years we have been praying the prayer that Jesus taught us “…Thy Kingdom come…”. Advent is about Hope and Expectation.

We need to be reminded about the trials and to be ready. But we are also reminded to place out Trust in our loving God and Saviour, “Who will come again” to claim us as His Own.

In these days of Revelation – of tribulation, of Apostasy, of war and famine, of the “abomination of desolation”, of the “mark of the beast”- will we be ready? Will  we recognize evil when it rears its ugly head? Will we be ready to fight for Christ and His Church and His Teachings? Are our ears and our hearts open to Christ and his Teachings?

“…when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the gates.” (Matt 24:33)

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end times

Signs, Chastisement and God’s Promises

 (from the Bible and the Book of Truth)

In today’s Gospel (of the last Sunday after Pentecost), Jesus warns us to be alert in the end times:

Matthew 24; 15-35

15 “When you see the desolating abomination spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16 then those in Judea must flee to the mountains,
17 a person on the housetop must not go down to get things out of his house,
18 a person in the field must not return to get his cloak.
19 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days.
20  Pray that your flight not be in winter or on the sabbath,
21 or at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will be.
22 And if those days had not been shortened, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect they will be shortened.
23 If anyone says to you then, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it.
24 False messiahs and false prophets will arise, and they will perform signs and wonders so great as to deceive, if that were possible, even the elect.
25 Behold, I have told it to you beforehand.
26 So if they say to you, ‘He is in the desert,’ do not go out there; if they say, ‘He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it
27 For just as lightning comes from the east and is seen as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
28 Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.  
29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days,  the sun will be darkened,

and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

30 And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And he will send out his angels with a trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

32 “Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 In the same way, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the gates. 34 Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

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In the following message, Jesus tells us the signs to look for, the sins which will offend God, the effects/changes on the Church, God’s promises, the punishmen/chastisement, and God’s protection and intervention.

God loves His children and gives us every chance to battle and survive what is to come.

The first sign will be that the Earth will spin faster. The second sign concerns the sun, which will loom larger, brighter and begin to spin

two suns

12 November 2013 @ 8:30pm; Message 0966
My dearly beloved daughter, as My Time approaches, many will be asleep, but those who are blessed with their eyes open to My Light, will know the signs. They will also be given the blessings to prepare and only those who cling to Me will be able to endure the changes.

The closer the Day of My Great Coming draws, the more people, who say they love God, will withdraw from Me. Even those who say they are holy and exalt themselves within the hierarchy of My Church on Earth, won’t be able to see the Truth. They will not see the Truth because they will be so busy attending to matters and ceremonies, which will be insulting to Me.

The first sign will be that the Earth will spin faster. The second sign concerns the sun, which will loom larger, brighter and begin to spin. Beside it you will see a second sun. Then the weather will cause the world to shake and the changes will mean that many parts of the Earth will be destroyed. These punishments – and there will be many – will strip humanity of its arrogance, so that souls will beg for the Mercy of God. Nothing else will stir the hearts of stone of those who have shut the Love of God out of their lives.

The sin of humanity will escalate quickly and the sin of idolatry will wrap itself threefold around the Earth. Paganism, dressed like royal monarchy, will infiltrate My Church on Earth. When the heathens embrace My Church, it will not be to adore God. When pagans, atheists and other non-believers, who outwardly reject the existence of God, embrace My Church, it will not be to Me, Jesus Christ, they will bend their knee. When My Church declares that it welcomes all, do not be fooled. It will not mean they are welcoming pagans into My Church, so that they can bow before My Tabernacle. No, it will be to parade idolatry, caused by the sin of pride, before Me, to desecrate the Holy and Sacred Tabernacles. They will place pagan symbols on My Altars and demand that unsuspecting congregations bow and accept their fellow brothers and sisters, with grace and generosity. All will be asked to deny the Truth, so as to welcome false worshippers, who will trample on My Altars. Then, the Hand of God will fall.

Famine of Truth

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Wars will spread; earthquakes will shake the four corners of the Earth and famine will grip mankind and every wicked gesture and insult made before God will result in a terrible chastisement. When those who accept My Mercy lead My Church – every demon will curse these children of God. To protect them, God will intervene and woe to those who spit in the Face of their Creator.

The time has come. Those who curse Me will suffer. Those who follow Me will live through this persecution, until the Day when I come to sweep them into My Merciful Arms. And then, only those who remain, because they refused My Hand of Mercy, will be given over to the beast they idolized and to whom they sought pleasure from.

So many people will reject Me, right up to the end. Two-thirds will spit at Me, fight My Intervention and scream every kind of obscenity at Me. As the Day draws closer and closer, the hatred against Me, will be witnessed for all to see. Even those who give the world the impression that they honour God will curse Me quietly.

The day when the deceit of the beast will be exposed for all to see will be a day no one will forget. For that day, as the world will see the impostor, the antichrist, rise with My Crown on his head – dressed in the robes of red – will be the day when fire will pour from his mouth. As the horror finally sinks in, fire will envelop him and he and all those who pledged allegiance to him will be cast into the abyss. And then I will come as I have told you. I will raise up My Church and bring the world together in union with the Holy Will of My Father and peace, at last, will reign.

All I have told you is true. All that will happen will happen as I have told you. It will happen quickly, for despite My Anger, which is caused by the hypocrisy and ungratefulness of man, I come only to bring this suffering, finally, to an end. I come to save all sinners, but many will not want to be saved.

Be strong, My beloved followers, for I will protect all sinners, who accept My Hand of Mercy during The Warning. So every child of God, believers and non-believers, will be included in this Great Intervention from Heaven. But after this time, the angel of God will divide the good from the wicked.The time is short.

Your Jesus

Daily Bible Reading: Oath of Fidelity

I often read from my Bible with the intention of listening to God, hopefully intently. On two different days/nights, I happened to open on the exact same passage (2Chronicles 15: 1-7) in a row, although I had not marked the spot in any way. The passage is given to you below that God may also speak to you. I feel that this passage was brought to my attention repeatedly for a reason:

It is subtitled, in my CTS New Catholic Bible, as:

The Prophecy of Azariah and the Oath of Fidelity.

The spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Oded,

2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: Hear ye me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you shall find: but if you forsake him, He will forsake you.

3 And many days shall pass in Israel, without the true God, and without a priest a teacher, and without the law.

4 And when in their distress they shall return to the Lord the God of Israel, and shall seek him, they shall find Him.

5 At that time there shall be no peace to him that goeth out and cometh in, but terrors on every side among all the inhabitants of the earth.

6 For nation shall fight against nation, and city against city, for the Lord will trouble them with all distress.

7 Do you therefore take courage, and let not your hands be weakened: for there shall be a reward for your work.

I wonder if this is confirmation of the words my mum gave to us in her other post, “I am Impelled to Speak Up”, in regards to continuing the work that has been given to us; to pray for the salvation of souls and not to let our hands fall weak now! In whatever way God speaks to you through this passage, the relevance for today’s times, cannot be mistaken.

(The online extract was taken from: https://biblia.com/bible/douayrheims/2Ch15.1-7)

Pilgrimage Part 4: Lanciano (the Journey)

Lanciano- the Journey

We commenced our journey from Assisi by car to the station. When we got there a nice man with his granddaughter tried to help us sort out the train timetable and the time and platform of the train.
We hadn’ t had lunch and couldn’t see any place nearby to get any food. We thought we would just grab a piece of pizza or a bread roll with prosciutto – these were the only choices.

Our nice man returned and tried to tell us something. None of us understood a word of Italian. Finally he took us to the entrance and showed us a restaurant across the road. We didn’t want to leave our luggage and we still had to lug it all down a flight of stairs, through a tunnel and back up another flight of stairs to the other platform.  It was hot and it was going to be a 2 hour trip, but we didn’t investigate his advice.

'Angel' helper at AssisiAbout 15 minutes later our “angel” reappeared carrying a bag of “goodies” – cold rockmelon sliced up, bananas, cold water … He wouldn’t take any payment. We took a photo with him “Sergio” and his granddaughter.

Our dear Lord is so kind and is definitely with us! He knew that some of us had to stand in a hot train with air conditioning that was dripping water all over the seats and the floor for 2 hours. We were very grateful and it made the trip much more bearable.