I am envious padraig, I wish that I had found the Faith sooner so that I too could take part in the sacrament. I feel much better knowing that my desire is enough for now until we are able to go through RCIA. I have taken to confessing to God when I pray until then.
Confession is such a huge source of joy. I find it like starting all over again. I went to mass and confession last week o na day of work I had. I took plenty of time to pray and was very relaxed. On my way out of Church very,very happy the question suddenly came to me, 'What if this were your last mass? Are your bags packed? Are you ready to go?' ..and you know the answer came back, yes I am ready. Confession plays such a big part in that , 'I am ready'. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=s...QsAQINQ&biw=1920&bih=971#imgrc=OqG8rqxrTKNnxM:
After reading your warning my first thought: don't wait til Saturday. Go tomorrow to Confession. If I am right with the Lord then all is well.
On June the 2nd Our Lady said we are at a turning point, so who knows what that could entail about future events etc.
Watch the video at this link, I can not embed it or I would. https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/877240223129882624
http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/36...rding-north-korean-nuclear-weapon-involvement Full statement from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis just now on the situation with North Korea. A warning and a call for deescalation. "The United States and our allies have the demonstrated capabilities and unquestionable commitment to defend ourselves from an attack," Mattis said. "Kim Jong Un should take heed of the United Nations Security Council’s unified voice, and statements from governments the world over, who agree the DPRK poses a threat to global security and stability. The DPRK must choose to stop isolating itself and stand down its pursuit of nuclear weapons. The DPRK should cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. "President Trump was informed of the growing threat last December and on taking office his first orders to me emphasized the readiness of our ballistic missile defense and nuclear deterrent forces. While our State Department is making every effort to resolve this global threat through diplomatic means, it must be noted that the combined allied militaries now possess the most precise, rehearsed and robust defensive and offensive capabilities on Earth. The DPRK regime’s actions will continue to be grossly overmatched by ours and would lose any arms race or conflict it initiates."
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/42042...ald-trumps-presidency-world-war-3-exact-date/ Mystic who predicted Donald Trump’s presidency claims World War 3 is about to start… and says he knows the EXACT date The self-proclaimed “messenger of God”, Horacio Villegas, thinks nuclear warfare will erupt later this year – on the 100th anniversary of the visitation of Our Lady of Fatima.
https://www.rt.com/usa/399112-mattis-north-korea-warning/ Mattis warns N. Korea against starting a war — RT America 3-4 minutes Published time: 9 Aug, 2017 17:42 Edited time: 9 Aug, 2017 17:50 The US and its allies are confident they can win a war with North Korea, Defense Secretary James Mattis said, warning Pyongyang to refrain from any actions that could mean the end of its government and the “destruction” of the North Korean people. “While our State Department is making every effort to resolve this global threat through diplomatic means, it must be noted that the combined allied militaries now possess the most precise, rehearsed and robust defensive and offensive capabilities on Earth,” Mattis said in a statement on Wednesday. “The DPRK regime’s actions will continue to be grossly overmatched by ours and would lose any arms race or conflict it initiates.” Mattis further warned Pyongyang to refrain from “any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people.” < "The DPRK regime’s actions will continue to be grossly overmatched by ours and would lose any arms race or conflict it initiates." - Mattis pic.twitter.com/F9kJlJYilh — Alex Rubinstein (@RealAlexRubi) August 9, 2017 The warning comes after President Donald Trump said that any threats from North Korea will be met with “fire and fury like the world has never seen.” On Tuesday, US intelligence agencies said that North Korea has developed nuclear warheads small enough to be used in its ballistic missiles. While previous US estimates said that Pyongyang would not be able to develop intercontinental missiles for several more years, intelligence agencies said they now believe North Korea possesses the capability to target most of the continental US right now. Read more Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that Trump’s warning was “a strong message to North Korea in language that Kim Jong-un would understand, because he doesn’t seem to understand diplomatic language.” North Korea poses no imminent threat to the US and “Americans should sleep well at night,” Tillerson said on his way back from a trip to Southeast Asia. Last week, the UN Security Council unanimously voted to ban North Korean exports of coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood. The US-drafted resolution also banned new joint ventures and restricted the number of North Korean guest laborers abroad. The UN called for the resumption of negotiations for "the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner," and urged Washington and Pyongyang "to respect each other's sovereignty and exist peacefully together." North Korea responded to the sanctions by saying there is “no bigger mistake than the United States believing that its land is safe across the ocean,” according to the state news agency KCNA. “It's a wild idea to think the DPRK will be shaken and change its position due to this kind of new sanctions formulated by hostile forces,” AP reported, citing the agency. On Tuesday, Pyongyang said it was developing contingency plans for an attack on Guam, a US territory in the Pacific with a substantial military presence.
Maybe I am the only one but actually my sympathies are with North Korea. The US is constantly openly threatening them, and calling their govt a 'regime' which evokes the whole modern US concept of 'regime change' etc, so what are they supposed to do? They have every right to defend their own country and, to paraphrase Tillerson's own comments, maybe the nuclear threat is the only language the US will understand when it comes to respecting the sovereignty of other countries? I appreciate of course its a Communist country etc and hence not exactly a paradise but its hard for an Irish rebel not to recoil from this imperialistic language that the modern US uses all the time now!
You have to be kidding. You realize that we are not and have never been in a state of peace with NK. We have an armistice with them. Simply a truce while we hoped to work out our differences peacefully. Look at what the US has given them over the course of 7 decades. Not exactly a paradise? What else would you call them besides a regime? The only sympathy we should have for them is for their people and they should have overthrown this dictatorship a long time ago. They are cowards and prisoners within their own nation and are not able to even criticize their leaders or worship God except for their Emperor. 40% of their nation suffers disease related to malnutrition because their government is busy building nukes while their elite are given parades which citizens are required to participate in and express their love of the great leader. Would we idly sit by and watch our families starve while our leaders rule like this? They regularly put people into death camps who read the Bible or even own one. The whole point of Communism is and has always been to brutally stomp out every last bit of hope humankind has. They have walls to keep people IN. Read the defectors stories. They certainly do have every right to defend their nation just like any other. However, when they begin lobbing missiles over Japan then constantly threaten the South as well as the US with their grandiose cat calls of destruction we have a responsibility to defend and protect those and other nations there as well. Look at the result of this in the Orient since WWII. Communism can not exist autonomously nor peacefully. NK's only option because it can not even feed itself would be to push into other nations and subjugate them as well. Communism requires subjugation. North Korea is simply hoping that the threat of nuclear weapons will be enough to ensure that their regime will continue to stay in power living lavishly and being worshiped as God while their people starve. As Christians are we to stand by and allow Godless communism to take over the world while we do nothing? Are we that lazy and docile that we are no longer willing to fight against blatant and obvious evil? We have decades of trying the carrot with NK. It has done what? Given them nukes.
The USA has appeased North Korea and essentially built their arsenal of weapons of mass destruction the past 25 years with literal mega millions $$$ and other supports in assuming this communistic country with a evil dictator would somehow comply with expectations that our government negotiated, itself has to diabolically disoriented to think good intentions would bring about peace from these godless dictators. Appeasement has never worked! Hard language and real responses to real issues is the only language that these people listen to. It is about time we have a leader who say's what he means and means what he say's or we might as well just hand them over our sovereignty and freedom and trade it for what?? The US has enough problems fighting the evil politicians and socialistic left within own country that only want 'free' everything, open sodomy, free abortions, boys who think they are girls and girls who think they are boys etc. etc. etc..... If these signs of the times are not clear enough for anyone to see, then nothing ever will be.
rt.com N. Korea’s strike plan vs US to be ready in ‘days’ — RT News 4-5 minutes North Korean state media has outlined details of the country’s Guam strike plan expected to be ready by mid-August. The attack will reportedly include four missiles fired over Japan and landing within a few dozen kilometers of US territory. Read more Continuing the heated exchange with US President Donald Trump, Pyongyang’s state media outlet KCNA said that the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, will be presented with an elaborate plan of the attack by mid-August, Reuters reported. The plan envisions launching four Hwasong-12 rockets that would “cross the sky above Shimane, Hiroshima and Koichi Prefectures of Japan,” the report says, citing General Kim Rak Gyom. The missiles are set to “fly 3,356.7km (2,085.8 miles) for 1,065 seconds” before practically reaching the shores of Guam, landing in the waters just “30-40km away.” Pyongyang also ridiculed Trump’s promise to counter any incoming threats from the North with “fire and fury,” labelling the remark a “load of nonsense” and in its turn vowing to act with “absolute force.” Trump’s initial remark courted controversy, prompting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to reassure Americans that North Korea poses “no immediate danger” to US, while Defense Secretary James Mattis stated that Washington is sure in its military preeminence, urging North Korea to refrain from “consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people.” Trump’s national security aide Sebastian Gorka compared the current escalation between US and North Korea to the Cuban crisis of 1962, calling on US lawmakers to back Trump’s stance in the unfolding crisis. "This is analogous to the Cuban missile crisis. We need to come together," Gorka said in an interview to Fox and Friends on Wednesday, recalling that “during the Cuban missile crisis, we stood behind JFK.” Echoing Trump’s remark, Gorka also warned the self-isolated nation against “testing America.” Read more Speaking about Washington’s military edge, he described the US as “not just a superpower” but a “hyperpower,” at the same time playing down the dangers posed by the North, calling it a “very, very insignificant threat in terms of scale.” While Trump’s sharp tone has given rise to concern within the part of the US establishment, with Senator John McCain casting doubt that the US leader is ready back up his rhetoric with real actions, others appeared to be quite enthusiastic, estimating US chances in a face-to-face military confrontation. Retired Gen. Tom McInerney argued that the US would emerge victorious, with its ability to level North Korea within 15 minutes in case it launches an attack on South Korea. “If he [ Trump] gets our full nuclear retaliatory capability, within minutes after one round going into Seoul, there will be nothing left,” McInerney told Fox News on Monday. Moscow, meanwhile, once again appealed for both sides to show restraint and to resume dialogue to defuse the tensions building up in the region. "As we said, we want the tensions to ease, and we have to start seriously devising and inventing ways for a political dialogue on this issue," Russia’s UN envoy, Vasily Nebenzya, said on Wednesday, as cited by TASS. Addressing the US administration in particular, Nebenzya said that he hopes Washington will “refrain from any moves that would provoke another party into actions that might be dangerous.”
Funny you should mention that. I was just thinking of that this morning. Some years ago my son spent some time in Korea as a marine and he told me then that the Middle East was not going to be The Problem for the US but that NK was the big flashpoint.
