After the service, Jim got into his car and drove out. While he was driving, he noticed that the rosary that he had thrown away was on the passenger’s seat next to him. Immediately, he told himself that the “crazy lady” giving out rosaries had sneaked into his car and placed “the thing” on the seat. He opened the window as he was driving, grabbed the abomination and threw it out the window. Frustrated and angry, he prayed that God would deliver the Catholic Church of this pagan ritual of repeating prayers over and over and over. Then, as he entered his bedroom that evening, he was taken aback. The Rosary that he had thrown under the pews, the Rosary that he threw out the window of his car was now in the center of his bed! He was startled and stunned. He could not move. For seven days and nights, he could not enter his bedroom, sleeping on the floor outside the door of his bedroom, praying fervently, unceasingly for Jesus to intervene. After seven days of prayer and fasting, he finally felt peace around him. Then, God gave him the courage to pick up this rosary. Since he did not know what to do with it, he began to do research on the rosary---- what it was, how to pray it, and why the non-Catholic churches opposed it. He asked some Catholic friends, and they also did not know (he was surprised by this because he assumed all Catholics prayed the rosary). Finally, he sneaked into a Catholic bookstore and bought a booklet on “How to Pray the Rosary”. Jim read the booklet and it was all about Jesus: His birth, His teachings, His Passion, His Resurrection----all Scripture. He told me that, as he started to pray the Rosary, the presence of the Holy Spirit was all around him. With tears in his eyes, he described how, when he prayed the Rosary, he was bi-located and was present in body and spirit when the angel Gabriel announced to Our Blessed Mother that she was being asked to be the Mother of God, He was spiritually there at the birth of Jesus, and was next to Our Lady as Jesus was being crucified. From then on, Jim was overjoyed and praising God for this wonderful revelation that was given to him through the Rosary and now evangelizes to his non-Catholic brethren about the meaning and beauty of the Rosary. In simple terms, he told me that the Rosary is the key to God’s heart, and that we are being asked to help Our Lady bring God’s children to her son Jesus Christ. Personal Experience of the Graces and Healing Through the Holy Rosary As I have mentioned in past articles, Father Ralph Di Orio was my mentor in the healing ministry. I worked with him for several years and we became very good friends. When he was asked by the Holy Father, St. John Paul II, to go to the Eastern European countries and minister to our Catholic brethren, we sadly said our good-byes. We had become very good friends, and upon his departure, he gave me one of his most prized possessions. At his ordination to the priesthood, he was given a personal rosary by his mentor, Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Archbishop Sheen’s rosary was his departing gift to me. Father Enda, my Spiritual Director, and I were invited in 1984 to attend a conference in Rome. We were two of 800 people invited throughout the world to attend the World Charismatic conference in Rome. In 1980, at a similar conference, there were two priests from a small village who were very troubled at what was taking place in their parish. Sister Bridge McKenna gave a prophecy to these two troubled but holy priest. She prophesied over them and told them the following: “Do not worry, for the Blessed Mother is going to intervene in your parish”. The priests were from the small Croatian village of Medjugorje.
Back to 1984, at the Rome conference, two priests were handing out the first blessed medals that Our Lady had blessed in their parish. Fr. Petar Ljubicic from Medjugorje.gave me four small medals blessed by the Mother of God in his parish. He told me that whoever is touched by these medals from Our Lady would receive graces and healing from God. I have experienced many amazing instances of the power, graces and blessing of the rosary. For example, one late evening, I receive a tearful call from my sister Yolanda. She was crying and talking at the same time. My sister, a retired LVN, indicated that she had been diagnosed with double breast cancer and was scheduled to go into surgery the next morning; I told her that I would be there shortly. When I arrived, she hugged me with tears in her eyes, and asked me to pray for her because she was afraid. I shared with her about Our Lady and Our Lord. I told her about my Rosary from Archbishop Sheen and the Blessed Medal from Our Lady in Medjugorje. I had placed one of the medals with the rosary of Archbishop Sheen, and prayed for the intercession of Our Lady and healing for her breast cancer. After I finished praying, she grabbed my rosary and told me that she was going to keep it. I said okay. The following morning, she was prepped for surgery. It is normal, during surgery, that no items will be taken into the surgery room, however, my sister held on to the rosary with a tight fist and told the doctors that under no circumstances was she letting go of the rosary. Reluctantly, the doctors agreed. As the surgeons and nurses were about to start the operation, they were stunned as to what they saw on the x-rays.. The cancer lumps on both breasts were disappearing---- until they were all gone! The unbelievers started to believe in the power of God and in what they were witnessing. Needless to say, they did not operate and the cancer was gone. My sister was healed, and kept my rosary for over one year. Now is the Time of Preparation: I strongly beseech each of you to begin NOW to spiritually prepare for the horrendous storm that is approaching us and our world very soon. Let us all cry out to God for mercy and in sincere repentance---do not wait! We have been warned by Our Lady for centuries to convert and turn to God. If we wait to let go of habits, patterns, lifestyles and wrong choices, there is a danger, due to our tendency to continue in our patterns, that wrong choices will be made during times of great stress and coming trials. The danger is that one will prefer/choose the world and its darkness over God and light. Some people think that they can repent quickly at the time of death, but chances are, by this time, you may (or will) not repent, or may not have the opportunity to do so. Let us fervently pray, and let us not delay real, deep inner change of our immortal souls. One of the central keys to salvation are the promises of the Rosary. Salvation is only given to us by Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ; however, it is Our Lady and the Holy Spirit that bring us to Jesus. Let us then now turn to the Rosary and our beloved Mother for assistance, for direction, and for comfort in these very trying times. Blessings, John
Excerpts from Apparitions and Messages: "My Immaculate Heart Will Be Your Refuge" "I will be with you always, and my Immaculate Heart will be your comfort and the way which will lead you to God"…. In all truth I tell you, whoever believes in me will perform the same works as I do myself, and will perform even greater works, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. If you love me you will keep my commandments. I shall ask the Father, and he will give you another Paraclete to be with you forever, the Spirit of truth whom the world can never accept since it neither sees nor knows him; but you know him, because he is with you, he is in you. I shall not leave you orphans; I shall come to you. In a short time the world will no longer see me; but you will see that I live and you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you. Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me; and whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I shall love him and reveal myself to him.' John 14: 12-21 "The apparitions of Our Lady in modern times have awakened the interest of laymen as well as theologians in the direct intervention of heaven in the affairs of men. Revelations are striking and extraordinary manifestations of the divine will. Although they sometimes shock or frighten the faithful, they are a form of God's pastoral activity, a way in which He continues to guide mankind." (From Fr. Joseph Dwight's blog entry 9) Medjugorje from Our Blessed Mother: "All the world is filled with questions of what will take place. There is a fascination with the future, to know what will come. But, what good is it to know the future when mankind is not willing to repent? Yes, the future is dark and I could reveal the future events. I have already revealed these secrets to the visionaries of Medjugorje. I have also given messages to the world for over thirty years”…. “I have revealed ten secrets of future events to these visionaries, the children whom I have chosen. I have also said that many of these future events could be eliminated if people just prayed and repented." ….Much of the future can be changed if people repent, pray and do penance. Mark Mallett: Your Questions on the Era In the early stages of the apparitions in Medjugorje, alleged seer, Mirjana, relates that Satan appeared to her, tempting her to renounce the Madonna and follow him with the promise of happiness in love and life. Alternatively, following Mary, he said, would “lead to suffering.” The seer rejected the devil, and the Virgin immediately appeared to her saying: Excuse me for this, but you must realize that satan exists. One day he appeared before the throne of God and asked permission to submit the Church to a period of trial. God gave him permission to try the Church for one century. This century is under the power of the devil, but when the secrets confided to you come to pass, his power will be destroyed… —Words from Heaven, 12th Edition, p. 145 And again, …a great struggle is about to unfold. A struggle between my Son and satan. Human souls are at stake. —August 2nd, 1981, Ibid. p. 49.
Prayers and Catechism on Our Blessed Mother Prayer to the Immaculate Heart of Mary O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Heavenly beauty and splendor of the Father, You are the most valued Heavenly treasure. New Eve, immaculate in soul, spirit and body, Created of the godly seed by the Spirit of God, You are the spiritual Mother of mankind. Pure Virgin, full of grace then and now, Your whole being was raised Heavenly in full glory, To be elevated above all the hosts within the Kingdom of God. O Heavenly Mother, Queen of Heaven and earth, I recognize the glory of your highest title, The Immaculate Heart of Mary! Loving Mother, dispenser of endless blessings, You who continuously intercedes on our behalf, Please present my need before your loving Son Jesus. (In your own words, make your special request here. Do not just mention a word. Speak to the Immaculate Heart of Mary as you would speak to another person, begging your Heavenly Mother to plea to Jesus on your behalf, that you be granted this special request.) O Immaculate Heart of Mary, I know that you are now presenting my need before Jesus, For you have never turned away those in dire need. Mother dearest, I await your favorable answer, Submitting myself to the Divine will of the Lord, For all glories are His forever and ever. Blessed Mother Spouse of the Holy Spirit: Our Blessed Mother Mary is the Immaculate Mediatrix who is the Chosen Spouse of the Holy Spirit. Our Lady is so intimately linked to the Holy Spirit the Third Person of the Most Blessed Trinity through her profound love and obedience that we can attest without a trace of exaggeration that she is the Spouse of the Paraclete. Surrendering with alacrity to the abundant and alluring grace of the Holy Spirit, Mary has pledged herself to Him in the spirit of fidelity, thereby becoming His Chaste Spouse. She has rejected everything that is contrary to the Holy Spirit. She has only one Eternal Spouse: the Beloved Counselor. And this spousal relationship between the Holy Spirit and Holy Mary is so firm and abiding that it is irrevocable; it cannot be broken or even lessened. The sincere consent given by both parties may not be retracted, so forceful, informed and conscious it was. Mary is united to the Holy Spirit in an unspeakable closeness. Our Blessed Mother freely yielded her will to His. As a result, although she retained her God-given freedom, in a real sense her will has been caught up into the Will of the Holy Spirit. Mary’s conformity to the Consoler is so complete that His desires, sentiments and plan of action have become hers. As always, we look to Mary for much needed inspiration. She, in imitation of her Divine Son Jesus Christ, so entirely submitted herself to the Holy Spirit that we have in her the veritable model and pattern for our lives. Monsignor Charles M. Manganwww.Catholic.org/
Article 2: I believe in Jesus Christ, the only Son of God. Article 3: “He was conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary”. I. Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit 484 The Annunciation to Mary inaugurates "the fullness of time",119 the time of the fulfillment of God's promises and preparations. Mary was invited to conceive him in whom the "whole fullness of deity" would dwell "bodily".120 The divine response to her question, "How can this be, since I know not man?", was given by the power of the Spirit: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you."121 485 The mission of the Holy Spirit is always conjoined and ordered to that of the Son.122 The Holy Spirit, "the Lord, the giver of Life", is sent to sanctify the womb of the Virgin Mary and divinely fecundate it, causing her to conceive the eternal Son of the Father in a humanity drawn from her own. 486 The Father's only Son, conceived as man in the womb of the Virgin Mary, is "Christ", that is to say, anointed by the Holy Spirit, from the beginning of his human existence, though the manifestation of this fact takes place only progressively: to the shepherds, to the magi, to John the Baptist, to the disciples.123 Thus the whole life of Jesus Christ will make manifest "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power."124 II. Born of the Virgin Mary 487 What the Catholic faith believes about Mary is based on what it believes about Christ, and what it teaches about Mary illumines in turn its faith in Christ. Mary's predestination 488 "God sent forth his Son", but to prepare a body for him, 125 he wanted the free co-operation of a creature. For this, from all eternity God chose for the mother of his Son a daughter of Israel, a young Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee, "a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary":126 MEMORARE Do you ever feel like you could use some help approaching God in your prayers? The Memorare is a prayer that reminds us that we have a wonderful advocate and protector in the mother of our Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary, pictured at right. In our prayers to her we honor and worship her Son, who is more than happy to listen to His mother’s pleas on our behalf. REMEMBER, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee do I come; before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.
I loved the story about the Baptist throwing the rosaries away and they kept coming back like homing pigeons.
I once worked with a hospice doctor who was a very devout Catholic. Only later did I learn that he had once been virulently anti-Catholic with a brutal personality. He was at the bedside of his father-in-law in his last moments. The old man had a rosary in his hands constantly. At the moment of his death, the rosary dropped from his hands. This doctor caught it, and was instantly converted! When I knew him, he was as gentle as a lamb. That's why I don't give away new rosaries. I collect old, well-prayed ones from ebay, counting on the unknown Saint who prayed it to intercede for the new owner.
Thank you, Charity. One of the prayers that the Holy Spirit has impressed upon my heart to pray frequently is derived from the week focused on Mother Teresa in the book, 33 Days to Glory: Come Holy Spirit living in Mary. May You and your beloved spouse bring me face-to-face with Jesus Crucified! Forward in the Refuge of the Immaculate Heart!
Once again, our Blessed Mother speaks of the refuges ahead. This time through Pedro Regis www.pedroregis.com Here is the Google translation>> 4011-Message from Our Lady Queen of Peace, transmitted in 07/25/2014 Dear children, be filled with hope. Who is in Jesus will never experience defeat. When you feel the weight of the cross call Jesus. He is the only true Savior. Put all your trust in Him. I come from heaven to call you to conversion. Docile. Bend your knees in prayer. In the great and final tribulation My chosen will be protected. The angels of the Lord will come and My devotees are safe. Rejoice, because your names are already written in heaven Do not be discouraged. I'm always close to you do not see me though. Forward without fear. This is the message I give you today in the name of the Holy Trinity. Thank you for permitting Me to reunite you here once more. I bless you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Be at peace
Commentary #1 Personal Contemplations: The Era of Prayer, Faith & Trust in God My Dear Friends, I wanted to make these few comments while simultaneously trying to answer some of the questions that have been asked of me. I so appreciate your prayers and support, and I’m deeply touched by the hundreds of positive emails and phone calls that I am receiving from all parts of the world. (Article # 9 – Refuges: The Holy Spirit will be forthcoming.) I consider my mission in life, even since childhood, as always being dedicated to helping people. When the Holy Trinity and Our Lady came into my life, my mission expanded beyond what I could imagine. I am in love with God, Our Lady and our Roman Catholic Apostolic Church. I have been blessed to have received several gifts of the Holy Spirit, and my mission now is to reach out to those that seek my spiritual help. I am just an ordinary, regular man who seeks only to do the Will of God. I want to teach and freely give to you what Our Lady and the Holy Spirit have given me. These spiritual gifts do not belong to me, they belong to you. I was told to tell you to go before the Blessed Sacrament and ask that these precious gifts from God be given to you. We are all called, not to seek authority or influence over other people, but to simply reach out in love and help spiritually as we are needed. We are all asked to be true brothers to each other. It is my personal opinion that, in the preparation for what is coming, we have entered into an Era of Prayer, Faith and Trust in God. We must pray and trust deeply because we are in the midst of grave Spiritual Warfare. The Armor of God 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Ephesians 6:10-16 It is very important that all us understand that each of us bears responsibility for bringing the whole world to the person of Jesus Christ. We must help Our Lady and the Holy Spirit to spread Her message of Salvation. If we stand alone with God and the whole world is against us, we are in the majority. This spiritual battle is going to be tough, but we cannot lose if we place our prayers, with faith and trust, in God. Saint Faustina Kowalska. The Divine Mercy painting by Adolf Hyła (1943). The Polish inscription at the bottom reads: "Jesus, I trust in You" "I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish," Jesus told Faustina, according to her diary, which has been studied and authenticated by the Church over several decades. "I also promise victory over enemies already here on earth, especially at the hour of my death. I myself will defend it as My own glory." (Diary of Faustina, 48). The fulfillment of her prophecies are coming to pass as they took place during World War II in Europe. Questions and Answers: Q: Will we be led to the refuges by our angels when the time is right? A: Our Lady has already assigned her holy angels to bring those of us who will need guidance or mobility into the Refuge. I saw holy shrines, Basilicas, small home refuges, and people being brought into the Refuges. There were also young men that went out and brought people into the Refuges. Q: Can you please tell us where in the Hill Country is the place of Refuge, is it out in Fredericksburg TX.? A: Although I have not been told specifically, I believe the focal point for Texas is from Fredericksburg, Texas. The Refuges will be revealed by Our Lady at the appropriate time. The Refuges in the Hill Country will be over 300+ square miles. There are some spiritual areas that I am not allowed to reveal at this time. I saw 4 large Refuges in the USA and one Large Refuge in Canada. We will know where and when 30 days prior. There will be many large Refuges throughout the World. Q. I realize that I am nothing without Him. I want to please Him so much, yet I feel capable of nothing. How will I be able to inspire others around me during the chaotic time ahead of us if I can’t be assertive of my own personal faith? A. Very good question. Please remember that we as human beings do not have the power in the flesh/natural world to combat evil. We must humble ourselves with a sincere heart and ask Our Lady to intercede for us through prayer. We are fighting spiritual battles that we cannot see, but are more real than battles in the natural world that we see with our eyes. I suggest visiting the Lord at the Blessed Sacrament along with intensive prayer and asking God to give you His Grace---these weapons will fight doubts and answer these tough questions. I suggest that we do simple acts of love daily, such as, for example, sincerely smiling at everyone we encounter, and then experience the blessings that will be returned to us. We will be lifted up and will see the love of God grow within us for God is total, powerful love. If we surrender to the Holy Spirit and Our Lady with a sincere heart, they will teach us and give us the grace for our hearts to receive the blessings of faith and love. Q: Many people don't want to think, much less hear, that we are living in a time where there is a great spiritual battle that is taking place. I feel it daily in my own life and I try my hardest not to give up on prayer or keeping my mind focused on Jesus. A: Our Lady has appeared hundreds of times for centuries; and yet mankind turns its face from God. We as believers are called to join Our Lady in prayer to reach those whose hearts have been hardened and who refuse to listen. I believe it is Our Lady and the Holy Spirit that prompted us to come together into a World Catholic Community. . Our Lady is gathering Her children to prepare for the tribulation that is arriving----You are not walking alone. Q. We have felt called to prepare a remnant community. We have been on quite a journey, but currently feel alone, not understood, and without resources or helpers. Yet, we feel called by God in many ways. Our shelter is not meant to be in Texas, but you offer us so much hope and make us feel that we are not alone. Please pray for us and if there is anything you can tell us to help us, please do. Thank you, we will pray for you, God bless you. A. Our Lord is calling you on a very special journey as He is preparing others that are going through the same journey. People do not have to come to Texas; Our Lady and the Holy Spirit are preparing Large Refuges all over the world. It is amazing how so many remnants, much like pieces of cloth coming together, are preparing to complete a beautiful garment for the Bride of Jesus in readiness for His Coming. I saw many home refuges, refuges of plots of land, Basilicas, Holy Shrines and people being carried by Our Lady’s angels into the Large Refuges in different part of the world. If you look for them, you will not find them. In the “fullness of time,” as God’s Plan continues to unfold, those in Jesus Christ will have a knowing of where and when to go. The message for all of God’s people, like you guys, is to help Our Lady bring the whole world to Her Son, Jesus. Be at peace, my friends; we are all being brought together as one Holy Body of Christ.
On the Mind of God and the Supernatural Protection of God The Mind of God: Augustine and the Child at the Seashore: One day St. Augustine was walking along the seashore, trying to figure out the Holy Trinity. He came upon a child who had dug a hole in the sand and was busy filling it with buckets of seawater. Augustine: "What are you doing?" Child: "I am trying to empty the ocean into this hole." Augustine: "But that’s impossible!" Child: "No more impossible than your comprehending the Trinity." The point of the story is that the Trinity is a mystery beyond our comprehension. It is true, even though we cannot understand how it could be true, where 'could' expresses possibility. It is a non-contradictory truth that lies beyond our mental horizon. Could there be such truths? Who can understand the Mind of God? No human being can! Today, we are walking in terrible times, and we are all being spiritually prepared to do Spiritual Warfare. Our Lady will teach us, but we must understand that God is with us as our powerful protector. Supernatural Protection- God’s Faithful Protection for Israel: Arab nations surrounding Israel vowed to make the blue Mediterranean run red with the blood of Jews. The 7 Day War: Reports of supernatural and angelic interventions on Israel’s behalf came from both the Israelis and the Arabs. The prophet Zechariah had foretold that in the end times, God will defend Israel and send His angels to fight for and with His people. Zechariah 12:8 “In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the House of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.” According to all the military analysts and pundits, it was to be a lopsided match. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) consisted of 275,000 troops, compared to the 456,000 soldiers of the combined Iraqi, Syrian, Jordanian, and Egypt armies. Israel was celebrating its Independence Day when the Israeli government received word that Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser was moving heavy artillery into the Sinai Desert. Additionally, large numbers of Egyptian forces were crossing the Suez Canal into the Sinai Desert. The Egyptian government had put its army on alert for an upcoming war. Syria and Jordan, too, moved into a state of alert and announced that they would not sit by idly if Israel attacked Egypt. An Israeli military historian recorded that during the 1973 Yom Kippur war, an Israeli soldier in the Sinai took captive an Egyptian column and led them to where the Israeli troops were. The Egyptian commander was asked why he and his men gave themselves up to the lone Israeli soldier. He responded with surprise; “One soldier? There were thousands of them.” He said that as they neared the Israeli lines, the “soldiers” began disappearing. The Israeli soldier reported that he was by himself when the Egyptian commander and his men surrendered to him. He was totally unaware of the “thousands of soldiers” the Egyptian soldiers saw with him, since he himself did not see them. Psalm 91:10-11 promises that “No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling, For He shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.” TODAY; Hamas complains that “Israel’s God Changes the Paths of Our Rockets in Mid-Air’: The Presence of God In The Midst Of Turmoil. Psalms 122:6 – Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. There should be no nation of Israel and history can attest to that fact. Nations rise and nations fall. Kingdoms have come and Kingdoms have been gone, yet Israel still stands even in the mist of rocket attacks from Hamas. The Arabic and Islamic world has hated Israel since the beginning of time. It is a hate unlike any other. It seems at times that the only thing that will satisfy that hate is the utter destruction of Israel. Now, the rejection of God by the nations is beginning to have an effect on Israel. The nations have forced the hand of God to be revealed in their haste to have Israel eliminated. They have touched the apple of God’s eye. Do you not believe that God will not protect Israel from this constant bombardment by Hamas? What I find ironic about the whole thing is how Hamas claims that Israel’s God changes the intended target of the Missile. They have acknowledged the fact that God is real. The Jewish Telegraph wrote that one of the terrorists from Gaza was reported to say, when asked why they couldn’t aim their rockets more effectively, ‘We do aim them, but their God changes their path in mid-air.” Why is it so hard for believers to truly see what is happening? God has protected Israel and will continue protecting Israel, while keeping the promise he made to Jacob. Genesis 28:14, Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
The Supernatural Protection of God Seen in Rosary Miracle - Safe in the Midst of Hiroshima Nuclear Blast !! God can and does miraculously protect those consecrated to Him - especially through the Rosary - even in the midst of a powerful nuclear detonation. Rosary Miracle at Hiroshima - August 6th, 1945 There was a home eight blocks from where the A-Bomb that went off in Hiroshima Japan. This home had a church attached to it which was completely destroyed, but the home survived, and so did the eight German Jesuit missionaries who prayed the rosary in that house faithfully every day. These men were missionaries to the Japanese people, they were non-military, but because Germany and Japan were allies during WWII, they were permitted to live and minister within Japan during the war. Not only did they all survive with relatively minor injuries, but they all lived well past that awful day with no radiation sickness, no loss of hearing, or any other visible long term defects or maladies. Naturally, they were interviewed numerous times (Fr. Schiffer, a survivor, said over 200 times) by scientists and health care people about their remarkable experience. Here is what they say: "we believe that we survived because we were living the message of Fatima. We lived and prayed the rosary daily in that home." Of course, the secular scientists are speechless and incredulous at this explanation - and they are sure there is some "real" explanation - but at the same time- over 55 years later, the scientists are still absolutely bamboozled when it comes to finding a plausible scenario to explain the missionaries unique escape from the hellish power of that bomb. God’s Supernatural Protection of St. James Catholic Church in Medjugorje: The people in Medjugorje believe that Our Lady protected them during Bosnia's recent bloody conflict that came within five miles of the village. The enemy destroyed other villages and massacred its people, yet Medjugorje remained safe and untouched by damage. As an example, sources say that two Russian-made MIG fighter jets were sent to destroy the village. As the pilots approached Medjugorje on a clear and cloudless day, a dense fog suddenly obstructed their vision and they were unable to drop their bombs on the target. One plane went down and the other returned to its base. It is said that the surviving pilot defected from his military unit. In another instance, one bomb fell in a field near the village but failed to explode. For a brief time, however, during the most intense time of the war, the priests at St. James moved the Blessed Sacrament to the basement of the rectory and continued to hold Mass." Why am I sharing this with you? I am sharing, especially with those of you that might have doubts about God’s protection, to please take a serious look at the promises and power of God. Do not place Him in a box! He is on our side, and we are all under His mighty love and protection. This is what the Refuges are all about---God’s love and protection of His people. Our Lady’s love and the Holy Spirit are preparing believers for the coming of Jesus Christ and asking us to participate with prayer, faith and trust in God. Yours in the love of Jesus, John Martinez, Jr. 408 N. Edison Fredericksburg, Texas 78624 tel: 1-830-456-9608 Private Revelation: Public revelation is binding on all Christians, but private revelation is binding only on those who receive it. The Catholic Church teaches that public revelation was completed, and therefore was concluded, with the death of the last apostle (Vatican II, Dei Verbum 4), but private revelation has continued. Some people tend to go to one extreme or the other on private revelation; they either completely reject the concept or they consider private revelation their chief rule of faith. The original sixteenth century Protestant Reformers denied all private revelation—they had to, for all the miracles that had occurred and all the private revelations that had been received over the previous fifteen hundred years had confirmed rather than attacked the Catholic faith. The original Reformers’ actions were in direct disobedience to the binding command of the New Testament: "Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophetic utterances. Test everything; retain what is good" (1 Thess. 5:19–21). http://www.catholic.com/tracts/private-revelation
John - Servant of God Email: johnmartinez1952@austin.rr.com Commentary #2 Personal Contemplations on the Tribulation “...Pray very much the prayers of the Rosary. I alone am able to still save you from the calamities which approach. Those who place their confidence in Me will be saved.”---from the Third message of Our Blessed Mother to Sister Agnes, October 13, 1973. Are we living in the "last days"? Remarkably, diverse messages of Our Lady at different apparitions and times all give us the same message. The sinfulness of mankind is forcing God to take action. Genuine repentance and changes in human behavior must take place urgently. Evil is controlling our world and the battle will erupt quickly. We will all be forced to choose sides and take a stand. I have compiled some of these messages for your review-as you read, it is unmistakable that our Blessed Mother’s theme is very similar in apparitions across time and culture. The Tribulation for the World I will now share with you what I was shown regarding the time of the Tribulation. At first, I did not understand what I was being shown when I saw an angel pointing forward to the future. Before the time of tribulation begins, a warning will be given to mankind and we will be able to see our sinfulness as God sees us (The Warning). We will be given a choice to follow God or to embrace evil. After the warning, I was shown a pestilence that was both man made but was also the fruits of sin. When a dead animal dies and starts to decompose, nature takes over; worms feed on the decay, and horrific smells become the fruit of death. Such is the pestilence that I was shown. The air was difficult to breathe; the sky was dark and the air reeked of sulfur, burned flesh, decayed bodies and death. I saw horrific, indescribable insects, species currently unknown to us, actually being produced by sin and causing severe pain with sores and boils on thousands of people. I heard the cry for death all over the world. In the world, there was the complete absence of God. Thousands of horrifying demons from hell were tormenting many of the believers. In the vision, a demon was looking at me, curious as to who I was. He was about 18 feet tall and his skin was almost like a snake and his wings looked black as if they had been burnt. The color of his skin was greenish/brown and his eyes were yellow and gray. The face looked like a large snake with pointed teeth. .There was no hope among those caught in the suffering. This was happening all over the world. All I could feel was agony and complete despair. I saw a “One World Organization” in complete control of mankind, and giving orders for all this torture and destruction. Neither money, gold nor silver could save people. Millionaires and the least of God’s children were all affected equally by this chastisement. I saw men wearing black masks in military uniforms; they were killing and torturing people. I was shown Oriental military soldiers on the West Coast and European military soldiers on the East Coast. Many women, children and men were being herded into trucks to detention camps that had been prepared years ago. Trains similar to those shown in the holocaust in Nazi Germany were taking people into the unknown. I saw stacks of bodies that were dead being prepared to be burned with some type of liquid gas. The stench and smell of burning flesh and decayed bodies was unbearable. In addition, Satan’s slaves had released man-made generic gases/viruses; this was happening world-wide. There seemed to be no help coming to these people as evil gained complete control. Women and children cried out for death and it would not come. There was no day or night, just a green-brownish mixture of fumes and fog. It was very difficult to breathe. Sorry, there will be no Rapture! Christians and non-Christians were all victims. Only those that pledge themselves to the antichrist were spared. All I could do was stare and cry. Part of the vision offered relief and hope as I saw underground patriots of men and women fighting the evil trying to destroy us. There were many believers that were caring for each other. I also asked the angel if the animals were being destroyed. He told me that the Lord had protected all his creatures as he did during the time of Noah. A special grace had been placed around them; they were invisible to both the human and to evil eyes. A sign of relief came when I saw young men, women and angels coming to rescue many of our brethren. They were being taken into the Refuges where evil was not seen nor in control. I was also shown, many years ago, how we will be able to identify God’s people from those of the antichrist. When my youngest son was 7 years old, he asked me many of the same questions I am asked today; how will we be able to tell the difference between God’s people and those of satan? When he was 5, we had prayed over him intensely and he received several gifts of the Holy Spirit. When he asked me about how to identify God’s people, I sat down with him and we prayed. I told him to close his eyes and Jesus would show him how to identify God’s people. Immediately he smiled and confirmed what I had been shown. He told me that the genuine Catholic Christians had a small bright round circle on their forehead---- the Holy Eucharist! He also confirmed that non-Catholics would have a bright Cross on their forehead. Other people who were not Christians but loved God also had a Cross on their forehead. The Jewish people in good grace with God had the bright Star of David on their forehead. The slaves of satan could not see these signs. That was how we would be able to rescue our brethren when going out of the Refuges to rescue them. Our Lady’s angels will guide us to these people when seeking them outside the Refuges while those inside the Refuges will give care to those being brought into these places of sanctuary. As I was standing and looking at the death and destruction of the world as we now know it, I was suddenly in complete darkness. There was nothing but silence for almost 30 minutes. Then, I felt rumbling and the movement of the ground under my feet. I could feel eruptions coming from the belly of the earth throughout the world. I heard the cry of the innocents, the blood of the aborted babies of God crying out for Justice. I could feel the shifting of continents and countries being destroyed by the wrath of God. The demons seemed to be in shock for they knew that satan’s time was ending. I watched the ground open up as if due to earthquakes, and satan’s demons and his wicked human slaves fall into the abyss. I looked up into the sky and a giant angel with a flaming sword, dressed in beautiful white garments with short, curly, slightly reddish/blond hair, was pointing the flaming sword towards the earth. His shield had the sign of the Holy Trinity, and as he pointed the sword towards the earth, balls of fire started to rain upon the world. Sin was being cleansed and eradicated as the world was literally on physical fire. There was almost nothing left except for the Refuges where Our Lady and the Holy Spirit had protected the children of God. After it was over, I went outside the Refuge and saw nothing but ashes. I was surprised to see a few homes survived under the protection of Our Lady’s Grace. Out of a thousand homes in a neighborhood, I saw that two or three endured the cleansing. I felt joy and happiness as I walked around the ashes when I observed a burned tree with only the bottom stump not burned. I saw a small little piece of a branch growing from this tree---- it was green and yellow with life coming out of it. It spoke of hope and a new beginning. I looked up and there watched our Lady of Grace on a beautiful sky with Her hands extended downward towards the earth----Her legion of Holy angels around Her as her graces were bringing life to a dead planet. I am being told to pause here …
s there Hope for Us/You? Yes! It is very simple. First pray and discern what you have just read. We are at the “crossroads” of all eternity. The choice is ours to make freely and with a sincere heart. We all must carefully examine ourselves, confront our sins, go to reconciliation and go before the Lord. Ask Jesus Christ to become our personal Lord and Savior. If you are away from the church, come back and start receiving the Sacraments. Give your life over to serve God and do all you can to bring your family and your friends to Jesus. Our Lady and the Holy Spirit will guide and help us, and we will receive God’s powerful love, protection, peace and welcome back into His heart. EXCERPTS FROM OUR BLESSED MOTHER’S MESSAGES CONCERNING TRIBULATION Messages from Our Lady in Medjugorje on the Coming Tribulation: In June, 1981, six youths from the village of Medjugorje in central Yugoslavia met Mother Mary on Mount Podbrdo. The apparitions have continued since then, albeit with decreasing frequency. Mary sends a message of faith, conversions, and fasting to bring peace to Earth. A report sent from the Bishop of Mostar to the Pope stated: "According to Mirjana, during the apparition on December 25, 1982, the Madonna confided the tenth and last secret to her, and she revealed the dates on which the various secrets will come to pass. The Blessed Virgin revealed many aspects of the future to Mirjana, many more up to now than to the other seers. Before the visible sign is given to humanity, there will be three warnings to the world. The warnings will be warnings on the earth. Mirjana will witness them. Three days before one of these warnings, she will advise a priest of her choice. Mirjana's testimony will be a confirmation of the apparitions and an incentive for the conversion of the world. After these warnings, the visible sign will be given for all humanity at the place of the apparitions in Medjugorje. The sign will be given as the testimony of the apparitions and a call back to faith… "The ninth and tenth secrets are grave matters. They are a chastisement for the sins of the world. The punishment is inevitable because we cannot expect the conversion of the entire world. The chastisement can be mitigated by prayers and penance. It cannot be suppressed. After the first warning, the others will follow within a rather brief period of time. So it is that people will have time for conversion. This time is a period of grace and conversion. After the visible sign, those who are still alive will have little time for conversion. For that reason, the Blessed Virgin calls for urgent conversion and reconciliation. The invitation to prayer and penance is destined to ward off evil and war and above all to save souls. We are close to the events predicted by the Blessed Virgin. Convert yourselves as quickly as possible. Open your hearts to God. This is a message to all mankind." The Third Prophecy of Fatima was released in the year 2000: The third part of the secret revealed at the Cova da Iria-Fatima, on 13 July 1917 (from Sister Lucia’s writings). “I write in obedience to you, my God, who command me to do so through his Excellency the Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy Mother and mine. After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendour that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand: pointing to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: "Penance, Penance, Penance!" And we saw in an immense light that is God: "something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it" a Bishop dressed in White "we had the impression that it was the Holy Father." Other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious, and various lay people of different ranks and positions. Beneath the two arms of the Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to God.” Messages of Our Lady in Akita, Japan – (serious messages for the world, like at Fatima): “My daughter, My novice, do you love the Lord? If you love the Lord, listen to what I have to say to you. It is very important. You will convey it to your superior. “Many men in this world afflict the Lord. I desire souls to console Him to soften the anger of the Heavenly Father. I wish, with My Son, for souls who will repair, by their suffering and their poverty, for the sinners and ingrates. “In order that the world might know His anger, the Heavenly Father is preparing to inflict a great chastisement on all mankind. With My Son, I have intervened so many times to appease the wrath of the Father. I have prevented the coming of calamities by offering Him the sufferings of the Son on the Cross, His Precious Blood, and beloved souls who console Him and form a cohort of victim souls. “Prayer, penance, and courageous sacrifices can soften the Father's anger. I desire this also from your community, that it love poverty, that it sanctify itself and pray in reparation for the ingratitude and outrages of so many men. Recite the prayer of the Handmaids of the Eucharist with awareness of its meaning; put it into practice: offer (whatever God may send) in reparation for sins. Let each one endeavour, according to her capacity and position, to offer herself entirely to the Lord. “Even in a secular institute, prayer is necessary. Already souls who wish to pray are on the way to being gathered. Without attaching too much attention to the form, be faithful and fervent in prayer to console the Master.” It was on Saturday, October 13, the anniversary day of the last Apparition of the Virgin Mary to the three children of Fatima, that Mary gave to Sister Agnes Her third Message, the most important and serious one: “If men do not repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the deluge, such as one will never have seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will envy the dead. The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by My Son. Each day recite the prayers of the Rosary. With the Rosary, pray for the Pope, the Bishops and the priests. “The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see Cardinals opposing Cardinals, Bishops against other Bishops. The priests who venerate Me will be scorned and opposed by their confreres (other priests). Churches and altars will be sacked. The Church will be full of those who accept compromises, and the demon will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord. “The demon will be especially implacable against the souls consecrated to God. The thought of the loss of so many souls is the cause of My sadness. If sins increase in number and gravity, there will no longer be pardon for them. Bishop Ito went to Rome a third time in June of 1988 to seek the opinion of the Holy See. “I was worried because of the seriousness of the Message,” he said. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, the Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, reassured Bishop Ito that he had acted properly, and gave definitive judgment on the Akita events and Messages as reliable and worthy of belief. Prophecy of Our Lady of La Salette: The message was approved by the Catholic Church and was published in its entirety at Lecce. France, on November 15, 1979 with the imprimatur of Bishop Zola.
(Message to Melanie in La Salette, France, September 1846): “This beautiful Lady stood up, she coolly crossed her arms while watching us, and said to us: "Come, my children, fear not, I am here to PROCLAIM GREAT NEWS TO YOU." When I was up close to the Beautiful Lady, in front of her to her right, she began to speak and from her beautiful eyes tears also started to flow. "If my people do not wish to submit themselves, I am forced to let go of the hand of my Son. It is so heavy and weighs me down so much I can no longer keep hold of it. I have suffered all of the time for the rest of you! If I do not wish my Son to abandon you, I must take it upon myself to pray for this continually. And the rest of you think little of this. In vain you will pray, in vain you will act, you will never be able to make up for the troubles I have taken over for the rest of you. I gave you six days to work, I kept the seventh for myself, and no one wishes to grant it to me. This is what weighs down the arm of my Son so much. Those who drive carts cannot speak without putting the name of my Son in the middle. These are the two things which weigh down the arm of my Son so much. If the harvest is spoiled, it is only because of the rest of you. I made you see this last year with the potatoes; you took little account of this. It was quite the opposite when you found bad potatoes, you swore oaths, and you included the name of my Son. They will continue to go bad, at Christmas there will be none left." ……. "Priests, my Son's ministers, priests, by their evil life, by their irreverence’s and their impiety in celebrating the holy mysteries, love of money, love of honor and pleasures, priests have become sewers of impurity. Yes, priests call forth vengeance, and vengeance is suspended over their heads. Woe to priests, and to persons consecrated to God, who by their infidelities and their evil life are crucifying my son anew! The sins of persons consecrated to God cry to heaven and call for vengeance, and now here is vengeance at their very doors, for no longer is anyone found to beg mercy and pardon for the people; there are no more generous souls, there is now no one worthy of offering the spotless Victim to the Eternal on the worlds behalf. "God will strike in an unparalleled manner. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth! God will exhaust His anger, and no one will be able to escape so many evils at once. The heads, the leaders of the people of God, have neglected prayer and penance, and the devil has darkened their minds; they have become those wandering stars which the ancient devil will drag with his tail to destruction. God will permit the ancient serpent to sow divisions among rulers, in all societies and in all families; both physical and moral punishments will be suffered. God will abandon men to themselves and will send chastisements one after the other for over 35 years. "Society is on the very eve of most terrible scourges and greatest events; one must expect to be governed by a rod of iron and to drink the chalice of God's wrath. My friends, let us all think carefully and prayerfully on these grave messages, and act with hope and charity as we approach Jesus for mercy and grace. Your friend and servant of God, John Martinez, Jr. 408 N. Edison Fredericksburg, Texas 78624 tel: 1-830-456-9608 Prayer of Salvation "Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen."
On a different note I find it so interesting the first readings of church lately. They always seem to be speaking to the times we are in. Today's first reading was another example of a refuge for Elijiah in the cave. Reading 1 1 kgs 19:9a, 11-13a At the mountain of God, Horeb, Elijah came to a cave where he took shelter. Then the LORD said to him, “Go outside and stand on the mountain before the LORD; the LORD will be passing by.” A strong and heavy wind was rending the mountains and crushing rocks before the LORD— but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake— but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake there was fire— but the LORD was not in the fire. After the fire there was a tiny whispering sound. When he heard this, Elijah hid his face in his cloak and went and stood at the entrance of the cave.
John Martinez's message above in reference to what he was shown to take place after the Warning is one of the most graphic descriptions I have ever read. Very humbling. Seems to fit the Gospel reading for this Sunday's Mass with what happens when we take out eye off of Jesus. In the times ahead that John revealed, I fear for anyone who takes there site off of Christ, as you will surely be at the mercy of the evil that is out to destroy everyone in their path.
When we first became aware of Deacon John did anyone else google him and find 2 or more pages of historical links that verified who he was as I did a couple months ago? Please Google him now and see what you find. Does anyone else find nothing now but this site and After The Warning?
John, I am sorry that you were not always treated with respect on this forum. A few are quick to judge others on this forum, especially if what they have to offer does not fit into their own spiritual views. You are not alone in being vetted on this forum, but I would not take it to personal as they are 'equal opportunity' to all who come on with an a differnent apostolate. A few just want a good arugement, but I agree it is not always in good faith. Keep up the good fight my friend, you are bringing hope to many.
John, I was glad to see your post.... Please continue to share your message and insight with us! There are those who are listening!
