Crisis in the Church.
Well, here we are again.
People are shocked, lives are
shattered, shepherds have shown themselves to be untrustworthy. We ask
ourselves, "Are we not doing things right?" - "I thought we
fixed this".... "We have rules and procedures to prevent these
things now". I submit to you that this is not a procedural
problem, but a spiritual one. And we have been warned.
Multiple times.
Our Lady has appeared numerous
times to us - Fatima, Ecuador, Akita and elsewhere. Her message is
always the same: "Pray the rosary daily, offer sacrifices in
reparation for sin. Turn away from evil and back to God."
The same message she gave at the wedding at Cana:
"Do whatever He tells you".
At Fatima, in 1917, she told the
children:
“This war will end, but if men do not refrain from offending God,
another and more terrible war will begin...”
Think about it.
World war II did NOT have to happen.
In Ecuador, under the title of
"Our Lady of Good Success" our Lady warned about the 20th century:
“The sacrament of Matrimony,
which symbolizes the union of Christ with the Church, will be thoroughly
attacked and profaned. Masonry, then reigning, will implement iniquitous laws
aimed at extinguishing this sacrament. They will make it easy for all to live
in sin, thus multiplying the birth of illegitimate children without the
Church’s blessing….
“The holy sacrament of Holy Orders will be
ridiculed, oppressed, and despised, for in this both the Church and God Himself
are oppressed and reviled, since He is represented by His priests.”
Akita Japan, 1973
"The work of the devil
will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals
opposing cardinals, bishops against bishops. The priests who venerate me will
be scorned and opposed by their confreres...churches and altars 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 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 be no longer pardon
for them"
How bad does it have to get before we listen? How much will it take for us to turn away
from sin, go to confession, get back to mass – (not just on Christmas and
Easter), and truly turn back to God? It’s
not about “oppression” – that God doesn’t want us to have “FUN”…. Just look at those parts of society where
people are left to their own devices!.... They either keep getting thrown in
jail for one crime or another…. Or they’re killing themselves, or overdosing on
drugs! --- doesn’t seem too “happy” a life.
Somehow, they don’t seem all that “fulfilled”.
I think this just stems from fear. We’re convinced that we’re all
going to be wearing rags, and moaning all day while we starve to death and have
people spit on us while they pass by… Incidentally,
in some places in the world, that’s called “living”, whether you believe in
God or not.
We’ve bought into the lie that money, status, sex, and power are
the “keys to happiness”. If that were
true, we should see a lot more “happy people” – the thing is, we really don’t.
I was listening to a report on catholic radio the other day, and
the speaker was mentioning that in many of the abuse cases, there’s also
financial indiscretions. When did the
priesthood buy into the idea that it’s “money, status, sex, and power” that
will make them happy? Happier than
heaven? We really are warped if we’re willing to trade 5 minutes of pleasure for a
lifetime of pain. (that’s just a pale
reflection of trading an eternity of true happiness for a fleeting lifetime of
pleasure --- and in this life, there’s no such thing as being “free” from pain)
We need to examine OURSELVES.
We need a return to holiness. We
need to turn OFF the TV and Facebook, quit filling our homes with filth – most TV
shows are glorifying broken homes, atheism, abortion, sex on demand --- and everyone
looks so “happy” --- (yes, because they’re ACTORS…. They’re PAID to pretend
they’re happy!)
We’ve been continually warned by our lady that WE need to convert,
and make reparation for sin. THEN things
will change. If you’re not willing to change, how can you expect anyone or anything
ELSE to change? Let Jesus become your best friend and advisor. Let his Mother be your mother. Take her counsel. Let her bring you to her Son. I promise you won't be disappointed!
