Indeed, Father Malachi Martin, has said that the conflict in the Ukraine will be the beginning. Now the Jews living in France are fleeing to Israel. Too many signs to ignore.
Ya, I hear you, we're five in a 3 br apartment sharing 1 bathroom. My "prepping" is a sack of beans, a sack of rice and a pittance in savings (I'm really not complaining, it's actually an improvement!) I do think some of us are called to be refuges for others, but the rest of us are simply called to trust. God will either provide, or take us home. Hope that doesn't sound morbid, I was trying to be supportive... Peace and God's blessings, pcj
God never changes - He knows how to sustain His people: 1 Kings: 17 Elijah Proclaims a Drought. Elijah the Tishbite from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab: “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, during these years there shall be no dew or rain except at my word.” b The word of the LORD came to Elijah: 3Leave here, go east and hide in the Wadi Cherith, east of the Jordan. 4You shall drink of the wadi, and I have commanded ravens to feed you there. So he left and did as the LORD had commanded. Ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the wadi. After some time, however, the wadi ran dry, because no rain had fallen in the land. c So the word of the LORD came to him: 9Arise, go to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow there to feed you. 10He arose and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the entrance of the city, a widow was there gathering sticks; he called out to her, “Please bring me a small cupful of water to drink.” 11She left to get it, and he called out after her, “Please bring along a crust of bread.” 12She said, “As the LORD, your God, lives, I have nothing baked; there is only a handful of flour in my jar and a little oil in my jug. Just now I was collecting a few sticks, to go in and prepare something for myself and my son; when we have eaten it, we shall die.” 13Elijah said to her, “Do not be afraid. Go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake and bring it to me. Afterwards you can prepare something for yourself and your son. 14For the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The jar of flour shall not go empty, nor the jug of oil run dry, until the day when the LORD sends rain upon the earth.” 15She left and did as Elijah had said. She had enough to eat for a long time—he and she and her household. 16The jar of flour did not go empty, nor the jug of oil run dry, according to the word of the LORD spoken through Elijah.
A certain famous visionary wrote me a couple of days ago that things would 'Speed up' incredibly during the course of this year. Well if hardly the middle of January and these things seem to be coming true.
I always remember one Christmas back when I was 16. I had been away in the Junior Seminary to find my mother concerned she had no turkey (well not much of anything really). My father and elder brother had been interned (imprisoned without trial) by the British. Well first the lady next door, Mr.s Mooney came along and gave her a turkey. Then the butchers from up the street came down with a free turkey. Then the St Vincent De Paul turned up with one..and so on.. She ended up with five turkeys and this was because she too kind to hurt anyone's feelings by turning them all away. But since she had nine children left at home she put the meat to good use, though it felt funny eating so much turkey through the next few months. I remember getting hit with an unexpected bill one time and being upset about it. My mother asked me, 'Have you the money to pay for it?' When I said I had , she said, 'Well why then are you concerned, its when you don't have the money that causes worry!' She also added, 'Padraig worry about many things in life, but never worry about money, it's not worth worrying about'. I always took this to heart from a woman who raised ten kids often in very,very difficult circumstances. You know it is only now looking back on it I never recall her once betraying signs of worry or concern, even though there must surely have been times when she was eaten up inside. Whats more I never recall us suffering in any way from lack of anything we ever needed, it is as though she had some bottomless, magical purse. But she had very,very good neighbours and a really indomitable Faith.
It cheers me up thinking of her as I look towards the future and recall that the very same God who walked hand in hand with me and mine in the past will walk with us in the future. I feel tears in my eyes as I recall my own mothers great Faith and Trust in hard times in the past. It is an inspiration to me for the future. I am sure many of you when you recall the great poverty and struggles of your own forebears. many of whom were struggling immigrants with literally nothing find this too a great inspiration as well. If we built from nothing and came from nothing in the past. but prayer and hopes and dreams.... Well then we can pick ourselves up with God's help (but only with God's help) , pick ourselves up,dust ourselves down and start all over again. But this time more firmly, with God as our foundation. Our only sure foundation.
God will look after us through the tribulation. Look to Him with eyes of love, reach out with hands of faith, love your neighbour as yourself, pray for the wisdom to take the next right step ---- It is my belief that during the coming tribulation that we will live through Divine providence with the faith of the ancients, that we will see miracles on a daily basis and that our angels will most certainly prompt and guide us in the darkness. We will be living in the power of the Holy Spirit because we will have nothing else to depend on. All the structures will have crumbled. Without faith many will crumble. But we are Christians called to walk by faith and trust in the promises of Christ. Do Not Be Anxious “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Oh you of little faith? The Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Many years ago I ran up a credit card bill on buying rubbish. I felt very bad and foolish as we were struggling to m make ends meet and I didn't want to tell my husband and add to his stress. I placed the bill under our lady,s statue and asked her to help me to pay it as I had no money and no job. Within a few days I received a letter from a previous employer offering to pay me out contributions they had deducted from me for pension. It was exactly the right amount. Even when our own foolishness land us in trouble God do estimate not abandon us and we always have our loving mother so trust and pray always and all will be well. Mary
I too have had several times where God intervened on my families behalf. Once we didn't have the money for my son's catholic school tuition- it appeared! My son also had broken his neck- yes C1 where he should have died immediately. Yes his neck was broken, but the break did not imede his spinal cord! We had several specialist come to see him- neurology, orthopedics- they all said is was odd and a miracle! During this time, I have been spending time praying for the folks in purgatory. For some reason, I sense we need an army in heaven to help us get through these times, and I hope that my prayers are building that army!
Souls in Purgatory is one of my main devotions. I say the Holy Souls chaplet everyday. I'd encourage everyone to develop a devotion to them.
Psalm, 42 As a deer yearns for running streams, so I yearn for you, my God. I thirst for God, the living God; when shall I go to see the face of God? I have no food but tears day and night, as all day long I am taunted, 'Where is your God?' This I remember as I pour out my heart, how I used to pass under the roof of the Most High used to go to the house of God, among cries of joy and praise, the sound of the feast . Why so downcast my soul, why do you sigh within me? Hope in God! I will praise him still, my Saviour, my God. When I am downcast I think of you: from the land of Jordan and Hermon, I think of you, humble mountain. Deep is calling to deep, as your cataracts roar, all your waves and breakers have rolled over me. In the daytime God sends his faithful love, and even at night; the song it inspires in me is a prayer to my living God. I shall say to God, my rock, 'Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go around in mourning, harassed by the enemy?' With death in my bones, my enemies taunt me, all day long they ask me, 'Where is your God?' Why so downcast my soul, why do you sigh within me? Hope in God! I will praise him still, my Saviour, my God. Do not be distressed and fear not, For God has looked with favour upon you! Say with our lady at the annunciation, 'Thy will be done' . God Bless all who read and are on the MOG forum and your families. Carolyn
I think ,Mary as we look back on all of this, in the Light of Eternity, even the very worst of it will look at most a bump in the road. I look forward to seeing miracles in the future as I Have in the past. God is very good.
God writes stright in crooked lines. The Holy Souls are always a sure bet. They never forget. Always repay ..in spades..that's why we call them, 'Holy'.
It is the Little things that change the world. Little sacrifices. Little words of care. Allowing a word that hurts. And not retaliating. Allowing others to cause pain and loving them still. That is, allowing God within us, to love. I believe we are privileged to live in these times. Many saints of the past begged God, that they be allowed to live during the times of tribulation or end times. We belong to the communion of saints. In our humanness we fail and fear Hand all to God. And trust in His Divine Will which is His Divine Mercy and Justice. For His Mercy contains His Justice. Mother Theresa says, 'Jesus makes things so simple'. 'Jesus says, if you give a glass of water in my name you have given it to me!' 'Little things become infinite!'
Thanks CrewDog.. this may just be a preparation sent to me by God to have to adjust to the financial mess that is going to come to us all. Now I must worry about my 2 oldest daughters, one in Nebraska (with our only grand daughter) and one out in Chilliwack, BC. I know I am not supposed to worry but really, I can't NOT
I feel very much like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid movie! There's still souls in my community that haven't heard the Good News that they're loved, and I' on my last warning to get the word to them!
This is like the obituary before the death...you guys are too much. No one knows the time or date. I used to think God wanted me to do something...but God doesn't want. My advice is lets worry about ourselves, as we grow spiritually, we will begin to attract others. We are called to be saints first...everything else will come later. As for the forum disappearing...of course it is. If its total destruction like you guys state, then who thinks we will still have internet connection Brother al
This past Sunday, my prayer community met and we read 1 Peter chapters 2-5 and I could not help but think as I read the instructions on how the early Christians were to live, especially around suffering , how it applied to us today and to our future. I don't know what us coming, but I feel very strongly that what Peter admonished in his letter is still very relevant for us today no matter what happens. I've copied in just chapter 2 below, but if you get chance, click the link and read the remaining chapters. God’s House and People. 1 * Rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, insincerity, envy, and all slander;a 2 like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk so that through it you may grow into salvation, 3 b for you have tasted that the Lord is good.* 4 Come to him, a living stone,* rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God,c 5 and, like living stones, let yourselves be built* into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.d 6 For it says in scripture: “Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a cornerstone, chosen and precious, and whoever believes in it shall not be put to shame.”e 7 Therefore, its value is for you who have faith, but for those without faith: “The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”f 8 and “A stone that will make people stumble, and a rock that will make them fall.” They stumble by disobeying the word, as is their destiny.g 9 * But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises” of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.h 10 Once you were “no people” but now you are God’s people; you “had not received mercy” but now you have received mercy.i Christian Examples. 11 * Beloved, I urge you as aliens and sojourners* to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against the soul.j 12 Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that if they speak of you as evildoers, they may observe your good works and glorify God on the day of visitation. Christian Citizens.* 13 Be subject to every human institution for the Lord’s sake, whether it be to the king as supremek 14 or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the approval of those who do good. 15 For it is the will of God that by doing good you may silence the ignorance of foolish people. 16 Be free, yet without using freedom as a pretext for evil, but as slaves of God.l 17 Give honor to all, love the community, fear God, honor the king.m Christian Slaves. 18 * Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and equitable but also to those who are perverse.n 19 For whenever anyone bears the pain of unjust suffering because of consciousness of God, that is a grace. 20 But what credit is there if you are patient when beaten for doing wrong? But if you are patient when you suffer for doing what is good, this is a grace before God. 21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered* for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his footsteps.o 22 “He committed no sin,p and no deceit was found in his mouth.”* 23 When he was insulted, he returned no insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten; instead, he handed himself over to the one who judges justly.q 24 He himself bore our sins in his body upon the cross, so that, free from sin, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.r 25 For you had gone astray like sheep,s but you have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.* http://usccb.org/bible/1peter/2
I know I am not supposed to worry but really, I can't NOT [/quote] Mothers are born with a "Worry Gene" ;-)
