Latest Daniel O'Connor blog post re St Joseph - interesting

Thomas, I would keep well well away from Marie Divine Mercy. In these strange times stay with that which is proven, the Holy Rosary and brown scalpular, Holy Mass and Confession.

 

Maria Divine Mercy was condemned by her Bishop. An Guilbneach gave good solid advice.

 

Me too Padraig and it's something I have desired for so long and ever since I lost it some time ago. I have that fire inside again, that ever burning love and attraction to Our Lord and our Blessed Mother. I feel them again and am drawn to spending more time with them every day. I pray the fire doesn't go out again. It is an awful feeling to not feel them and to have your prayer feel like dust in your mouth.

 

You were in the desert part of your journey. Happens to me a lot.

 

Wonderful Andy.

I was up at Church yesterday doing a Holy Hour since there were no masses. They have a wonderful little shrine set up for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, I must post a picture. Since it was morning time I did the office of Lauds from the Imass app ( in Latin and English) I also read a little of a little practical booklet on doing the Divine Will, also lovely.

But what inspired me up there in Church were the people. There were people there when I arrived and the very same people there when I left, after a full hour. I mean there are people up there who are doing I don'nt know how many hours a day and have been doing so for very many months all through the virus. This to me is so inspirational.

I find this time and time again in Church if I look around I find these very ,very Holy people. Wonderful. I also noticed three different people doing the Stations of the Cross. But they did them so slowly and devoutly.

I find my fellow Catholics give me wings.

Now to find that picture I took.

 

I have felt the same way ever since going to church and the doors being locked. I would park as close as I could and pray. It's my number 1 priority every day to go to church. I feel so lucky now.

 

Good description Andy. I wonder why sometimes the fire goes out and you feel like an atheist and unable to express your love in any meaningful way? The spiritual journey is certainly a strange one sometimes. I know Mother Teresa spent many years in the wilderness and dark night of the soul but soldiered on. I suppose we just have to do our best when we encounter the desert.

 

The desert. I know it well.

 

'Now Father—since [19]49 or 50 this terrible sense of loss—this untold darkness—this loneliness—this continual longing for God—which gives me that pain deep down in my heart. Darkness is such that I really do not see—neither with my mind nor with my reason.The place of God in my soul is blank.There is not God in me.When the pain of longing is so great—I just long & long for God—and then it is that I feel—He does not want me....'

Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light Doubleday Books, 2007

The Archbishop who was with her in hospital actually conducted a minor exorcism at her bed, so bad was the Darkness and praeternatural attacks.

 

Oh Dear Saint of my heart, St Mother Theresa, hear my plea to you, invoke Our Dear Lord Jesus to send me sensibilities in my sufferings that will sustain my mind in these turbulent times, may it be His Will. Amen

Please remain always close to me St Mother Theresa and pray fervently for me always, be a refuse for me and stand by Our Lady's side to intercede for me, no matter what distress the Lord will have me undergo. Amen

 

Prayers for you now.

 

Ditto

 

Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus – taken yesterday.

 

Wisdom at it's best.

 

Haven't been on those sites in months - who needs to? It seems the content doesn't take much time to be posted on the forum by their followers.

BTW - how did Fr. Miguel Rodrigue's messages turn out? But I'm sure that didn't have any negative effects any readers who were told to listen to him, right?

 

I think it would be well to remember if our Heavenly Father decides it is time to chastise this generation, He will take no prisoners.

And if we are all to be judged on love, will our attacks on people who allege to have messages of repentance be acceptable in the sight of God, or will He say, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

God help anyone who forgot what Saint Paul told us when he said, "take what is good, and leave the rest." IMHO

 

St. Paul took no prisoners either, and wasn't worried about going against the Pope when he felt he was right. Love does not preclude a fervent desire to discern the truth, and to lead others away from error. St. Paul wasn't delicate in the way he preached the truth

 

I appreciate Christy and others asking thoughtful, pointed questions about the barrage of seers and messages that are being thrown at us these days. This is especially important in messages that go beyond “repent” and lead believers in the messages to make decisions for their future that they wouldn’t have made otherwise.

It’s a little off putting to see people upset with others for asking questions but not totally believing in the messages themselves. Especially since messages can appear beyond reproach until they are not. Take Locutions to the World for example. The messages seemed very possible for a while and they even brought up Syria when it wasn’t really in the news. Looking back it does seem like that’s where the refugee crisis started. However they told people that there was going to be an economic crash when the Pope came to the US and that obviously did not happen. Are the people who believed there would be a crash and acted accordingly morons for doing so?