"ITE AD JOSEPH!" -"GO TO JOSEPH! "- St.Theresa of Avilia

         

 
Did You know that St. Joseph was also present at the last Apparition of Fatima in October during the Miracle of the Sun? The children saw him Blessing the world with the Child Jesus in his arms while the crowd beheld the sun spinning towards the earth.

Sr. Lucia describes what she beheld during the Miracle of the Sun:

 "Our Lady having disappeared in the immensity of the firmament, we saw, beside the sun, Saint Joseph with the Child Jesus and Our Lady clothed in white with a blue mantle. Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus seemed to bless the world with gestures which they made with their hands in the form of a cross. 

Soon after, that apparition having ceased, I saw Our Lord and Our Lady, Who gave me the impression of being Our Lady of Sorrows. Our Lord seemed to bless the world in the same manner as Saint Joseph. That apparition disappeared and it seemed to me that I saw Our Lady again, this time as Our Lady of Mount Carmel. 

These three visions taken separately in meditation have their own messages for us that will have to be taken up in some future post. All the visions taken together are connected to the dominant message of Fatima: the Holy Rosary and the brown Scapular.   Our Lady asked that the Rosary be prayed in all six of her apparitions at Fatima. Even saying that Francisco before he will be taken to Heaven that "he must first say many Rosaries."  The three visions during the miracle of the sun reflect the mysteries of the Holy Rosary at that time. The Luminous Mysteries were not yet given to the church. If we follow her request: Through the Rosary and the Scapular Our Lady will save the world!

In the visions of the Holy Family and St Joseph we find the Joyful mysteries; the Sorrowful mysteries are represented by the vision of Our Lord and Our Lady of Sorrows; and the Glorious mysteries are represented in the vision of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.

When the visions had disappeared and the sun was again normal, Lucy was placed on the shoulder of a man in the crowd and carried safely through the masses to the road. As she was moving past the people, she cried out to them, pleading one of the important themes in the Fatima Message: to convert, return to God and to flee sin. Her exact words were: "Do penance! Do penance! Our Lady wants you to do penance!"

For more details on St Joseph and Fatima with Historical Timelines Linking St. Joseph and Fatima with May Day &Vatican II.  Also events leading to the end of Soviet Union.  
Follow the link below: St. Joseph Protector of Church Named Patron of Workers May Day 1955!

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

Let us also pray to St. Joseph for

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI   
his baptismal name is Joseph Ratzinger!

             

 
Prayer to St. Joseph

Oh, St. Joseph, whose protection is so great, so prompt, so strong, before the throne of God, I place in you all my interests and desires.Oh, St. Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession, and obtain for me from your Divine Son all spiritual blessings, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. So that, having engaged here below your heavenly power, I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most Loving of Fathers. Oh, St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your arms; I dare not approach while He reposes near your heart. Press Him in my name and kiss His fine Head for me and  Ask Him to return the Kiss when I draw my dying breath. St. Joseph, Patron of departed souls - pray for me that I may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

The above prayer was found in the fiftieth year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In 1505 it was sent from the Pope to Emperor Charles, when he was going into battle. Whoever shall read this prayer or hear it, or keep it about themselves, shall never die a sudden death or be drowned, nor shall poison take effect on them; neither shall they fall into the hands of the enemy, or shall be burned in any fire or shall be overpowered in any battle. Say for nine mornings in a row for anything you may desire. It has never been known to fail. Back of prayer card Imprimatur: September 25, 1950 Hugh C. Boyle, Bishop of Pittsburgh.

  Efficacious Prayer to St. Joseph

Glorious St. Joseph, model of all who are devoted to labor, obtain for me the grace to work in the spirit of penance in expiation of my many sins; to work conscientiously by placing  duty above my inclinations; to gratefully and joyously deem it an honor to employ and to develop by my labor the gifts I have received from almighty God.  To work peacefully, and in moderation and patience, without ever shrinking through weariness or difficulty. To work above all, with purity of intention, having unceasingly before my eyes the hour of my death and the account I have to render to God of time lost, talents unused, of good not done, and my empty pride in success, so baneful to the work of God. All for Jesus, all for Mary, all to imitate thee, O patriarch St. Joseph! This shall be my motto for life and eternity." - Pope Pius IX

St. Teresa of Avila and her 
devotion to St. Joseph

"I took for my advocate and lord the glorious Saint Joseph and commended myself earnestly to him; and I found that this my father and lord delivered me both from this trouble and also from other and greater troubles concerning my honor and the loss of my soul, and that he gave me greater blessings than I could ask of him. I do not remember even now that I have ever asked anything of him which he has failed to grant. I am astonished at the great favors which God has bestowed on me through this blessed saint, and at the perils from which He has freed me, both in body and in soul. To other saints the Lord seems to have given grace to succor us in some of our necessities but of this glorious saint my experience is that he succors us in them all and that the Lord wishes to teach us that as He was Himself subject to him on earth (for, being His guardian and being called His father, he could command Him) just so in Heaven He still does all that he asks. This has also been the experience of other persons whom I have advised to commend themselves to him; and even to-day there are many who have great devotion to him through having experienced this truth."

From "The Autobiography of St. Teresa", chapter 6...

"What great advantages come from commending yourself to this glorious patriarch and having devotion to him. Those who practice prayer should have a special affection for him always. Anyone who cannot find a director to teach prayer should take this glorious saint for his master, and he will not go astray"   The Autobiography of St. Teresa

"I wish I could persuade everyone to be devoted to this glorious saint, for I have great experience of the blessings which he can obtain from God. I have never known anyone to be truly devoted to him and render him particular services who did not notably advance in virtue, for he gives very real help to souls who commend themselves to him. For some years now, I think, I have made some request of him every year on his festival and I have always had it granted. If my petition is in any way ill directed, he directs it aright for my greater good." The Autobiography of St. Teresa

Following the directives of  St. Theresa of Avilia as a Marian Catechist and secular Carmelite living in the world I have turned to St. Joseph in all my needs. He has answered many prayers in desperate moments that have arisen over the years and I wish to thank him today on his Feast for the many graces and blessings he has obtained for me spiritual and temporal. I am grateful to him and await the delayed mercies I have placed in his fatherly care!

Persevere with the above prayers or any prayer to this saint so close to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary for yourselves your families and the needs of the universal church in this battle we are presently engaged against the powers of darkness. St Joseph Ora pro Nobis

       ITE AD JOSEPH! --GO TO JOSEPH!



History of Devotion to the Holy Face an early revelation concerning Communism-A sister devotion to Fatima Message!

Devotion to the Holy Face was an early revelation from heaven concerning Communism and was the Divine medicine given by God for the time (1800s) to help defeat it. It is, therefore, the sister-devotion to the Fatima devotion – necessary to save the world. There are many people who say that the present “collapse” of Communism is a deception, and that these devotions are needed now more than ever before.

THE NEGLECT OF THIS DEVOTION

TO THE HOLY FACE AND OF

OUR LADY’S REQUESTS AT FATIMA IN 1917, ESPECIALLY THE DAILY ROSARY,

was followed by two world wars, the murder and enslavement of billions of people by Communism, and an unprecedented increase in sin and loss of the faith.

THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS

A copy of the miraculous image on Veronica’s veil.

(The actual veil is kept in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome.)

This Catholic Devotion is rooted in the representation of the face of Christ said to have been left on a veil used by a holy woman in tradition called Veronica. She is depicted in the 6th station of the cross: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus. Our Lord was moved at this act of compassion and left the imprint of his adorable face on her veil



Sister Marie of St Pete with the Golden Arrow.
The three rings symbolize the Holy Trinity



The devotion had its beginings in Tours, France around 1840, when a young Carmelite nun, named Sr. Mary of St Peter, received a series of revelations from Our  Lord about a powerful devotion He wished to be established worldwide-----the devotion to His Holy Face. The express purpose of this devotion was to make reparation for the blasphemies and outrages of  "Revolutionary men" [the Communists] through whom God is allowing the world to be chastised for its unbelief. Also reparation for the blasphemies of atheists and freethinkers and others, plus, for blasphemy and the profanation of Sundays by Christians.   An Archconfraternity of the Holy Face was finally established in Tours, France, in 1884; and its members make reparation for the blasphemies hurled at Christ.

In 1846, Sr Mary of St Peter was still receiving revelations
on the Holy Face from our Lord when Our Lady appeared in LaSalette, France. 
In 1846 Sr Mary of St Peter was still receiving revelations on the Holy Face when Our Lady came to LaSalette in France.  She stated the very same concerns that Our Lord told to Sr. Mary of St. Peter in Tours France. Namely  that she could no longer hold the arm of her son back from chastising humanity because  of  the profanation of Sundays and taking the Lord’s name in vain.  “ 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.

Our Lady weeping while sitting on a rock
representing the rock of Peter the church

She also foretold future calamities concerning society, from 1846 when the message was first given to the coming of the Antichrist. All in consequence for the lapse of Catholic's in the practice of the faith!  Looking also towards a time after the Fatima Message and the apperance of the antichrist.  The secrets given the children of LaSalette are called today "Our Lady's Apocalypse" At the time the church did not accept the messages of Melanie to hard to accept at the time. But today after the scandals and betrayls by the clergy we see the message is for our day. The cause for Melanie has been introduced at Rome.  

The Virgin Mary at LaSallette predicted that the harvest would completely fail. In December 1846, most of the popular crops were disease stricken, and in 1847 a famine hit Europe which resulted in the loss of approximately one million lives, including one hundred thousand in France alone. Cholera became prevalent in various parts of France and claimed the lives of many children. The demise of the Second French Republic with the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) and the communist uprising of the Paris Commune of 1871 were also predicted.

Concerning the Church, Our Lady at LaSallatte predicted that Catholic faith in France and the world, within the civilian population as in the Catholic hierarchy of priests and bishops would diminish greatly because of many sinful acts from laity and clergy. Wars and tribulations would occur if mankind did not repent, and the total destruction of the cities of Paris and Marseille would occur near the end. France the eldest daughter of the church! At Fatima Our Lady predicted the annihilation of many nations

Humanity was warned, through the secret message delivered to Mélanie, for the coming of the Antichrist and the end of times. To Maximin, she supposedly predicted the conversion of England in the final phase of the apocalypse!   The message has so much bearing for this time I provide a link for it to be read in its entirety!

The Text of the Secrets of Our lady of La Salette

"Our Lady's Apocalypse" http://bit.ly/e9TtCa

                                                                                                                                                                        In addition, a devout and pious nun, around 1936 Sr. Pierina, who died in 1945, was given many visions through Our Blessed Lady who appeared to her, as did Our Lord Jesus. They urged her to make reparation for the many insults Jesus suffered in His Passion, to his holy face such as to be slapped, spit upon and kissed by Judas, as well as now being dishonored in many ways in the Blessed Sacrament by neglect, sacrileges, and profanations. “I will that My Face, which reflects the intimate pains of My Spirit, the suffering and the love of My Heart, be more honored. He who meditates upon Me, consoles Me”.  “Every time my Face is contemplated I will pour out my love into the heart of those persons, and by means of my Holy Face the salvation of many souls will be obtained”. She further reported that Jesus wanted a special Feast on the day before Ash Wednesday in honor of His Holy Face, to be preceded by a Novena (9 days) of prayers.

She was given a medal which on one side bore a replica of the Holy Shroud and the inscription: "Illumina, Domine, vultum tuum super nos." [O Lord, the light of Thy countenance shine upon us.] On the reverse side was a radiant host with the words: "Mane nobiscum, Domine." [Stay with us, O Lord.] After great difficulties, Sr. Pierina obtained permission to have the medal cast. Even the expenses for the casting were miraculously met when she found on her desk an envelope with the exact amount of the bill-----11,200 lire.  The Evil Spirit showed his chagrin and rage at the medals by flinging them down and burning the pictures of the Sacred Face, and beating the nun savagely.

The devotion to the Holy Face given in 1840s  was to have the

TWOFOLD PURPOSE OF REPARATION FOR BLASPHEMY

REPARATION FOR THE PROFANATION OF SUNDAY and Holy Days.

  These are the principal sins which in modern times are provoking the anger of God. 

Sr. Mary of St. Peter wrote that “Our Lord then made me see that this frightful sin wounds His Divine Heart more grievously than all other sins, showing me how by BLASPHEMY the sinner curses Him to His Face, attacks Him publicly, nullifies His Redemption, and pronounces his own judgment and condemnation…

The Savior made me understand that His justice was greatly irritated against mankind for its sins but particularly for those that directly outrage the Majesty of God – that is, Communism, Atheism, cursing, and the desecration of Sundays and the Holy Days. He said, “The executioners crucified me on Friday, CHRISTIANS CRUCIFY ME ON SUNDAY”.

THIS ASSOCIATION of the devotion to the Holy Face  

IS TO BE CALLED “DEFENDERS OF THE HOLY NAME OF GOD”.

·        …Each day, in a spirit of REPARATION, members are to say one Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be To The Father, and the “Golden Arrow” prayer. On Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation ALL the prayers of reparation are to be said.

·        …Members must refrain from work on Sundays themselves, and do what is in their power to see that others stop all unnecessary servile work on the holy days of the Lord.

·        …Members should wear a special cross with the words “Blessed be the Name of God”, on one side, and “Begone Satan!” on the reverse, which gives a special resourcefulness to conquer the demon of blasphemy.

·        …Every time one hears a curse he should repeat the two short inscriptions on each side of the cross, and he will thus overcome the evil one, and render glory to God.

This devotion is also an instrument given to the individual devotee as a seemingly unfailing method of appealing to God in prayer-----through adoration of His Holy Face and Name. "Just as in an earthly kingdom money which is stamped with the picture of the sovereign or ruling executive of the country procures whatever one desires to purchase, so likewise in the Kingdom of Heaven, you shall obtain all that you desire by offering the coin of My precious Humanity which is My adorable Face."

OUR LORD’S REVELATIONS WERE FOLLOWED BY 30 YEARS OF MIRACLES attesting to the truth and power of this devotion. In 1885 Pope Leo XIII, by papal brief, established this devotion as an Archconfraternity; and contrary to custom, immediately established it FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD. It was universally practiced until a few years before World War I  And then our Lord sent his Mother once again. This time to Fatima!

PROMISES OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

         To Sr. Mary of St. Peter, Carmelite Nun of Tours, France, in favor of those who honor His Holy Face.

1.      By offering My Face to My Eternal Father, nothing will be refused, and the conversion of many sinners will be obtained.

2.      By My Holy Face, they will work wonders, appease the anger of God and draw down mercy on sinners.

3.      All those who honor My Face in a spirit of reparation will by so doing perform the office of the pious Veronica.

4.      According to the care they take in making reparation to My Face, disfigured by blasphemers, so will I take care of their souls which have been disfigured by sin. My Face is the Seal of the Divinity, which has the virtue of reproducing in souls the image of God.

5.      Those who by words, prayers or writing defend My cause in the Work of Reparation, especially My priests, I will defend before My Father, and will give them My Kingdom.

6.      As in a kingdom they can procure all that is desired with a coin stamped with the King’s effigy, so in the Kingdom of Heaven they will obtain all they desire with the precious coin of My Holy Face.

7.      Those who on earth contemplate the wounds of My Face shall in Heaven behold it radiant with glory.

8.      They will receive in their souls a bright and constant irradiation of My Divinity, that by their likeness to My Face they shall shine with particular splendor in Heaven.

9.      I will defend them, I will preserve them and I assure them of Final Perseverance.

1885-1897: This was also the favorite devotion of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face.  She has said that the suffering, wounded Face of her dear Jesus was the foundation of all her piety. At the age of twelve, St. Theresa and her whole family registered as members of the Archconfraternity of Reparation to the Holy Face in Tours, France. Pope St. Pius X called St. Theresa “The greatest Saint of modern times”. She was so devoted to this devotion to the Holy Face that she added the title to her name at the time she took the habit. This is why you will often see St. Therese referred to as St. Therese of the Child Jesus "and of the Holy Face" Since St. Therese's devotion to the Holy Face has become known, this devotion has spread worldwide.

    

         PRAYERS OF REPARATION

TO THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS

As requested by Our Lord Jesus Christ. These prayers are to be said on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, publicly (if possible), and preferably before the Blessed Sacrament or before the picture of the Holy Face.

Dear Lord, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, I (we) offer Thee these prayers in reparation for the sins which offend God the most in these modern times – the sins of BLASPHEMY and the PROFANATION OF SUNDAY and Thy Holy Days of Obligation: One Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be To The Father

THE “GOLDEN ARROW” PRAYER

Dictated by Our Lord to Sister Mary of St. Peter

Our Lord gave Sister Mary a short but powerful prayer called' 'The Golden Arrow," by which a person can "shoot directly into the Heart of God" to heal the wounds inflicted on it by the malice of sinners.

May the most holy, most sacred, most adorable, most incomprehensible and unutterable Name of God be always praised, blessed, loved, adored and glorified in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Amen.

After receiving this prayer, Sister Mary of St. Peter was given a vision in which she saw the Sacred Heart of Jesus delightfully wounded by this “Golden Arrow”, as torrents of graces streamed from it for the conversion of sinners.

Novena to The Holy Face for special Favors!

     ”The treasure of My Holy Face in itself possesses such tremendous value

that through It ALL the affairs of My household can readily be settled.”

1.   By offering My Face to My Eternal Father, nothing will be refused, and the conversion of many sinners will be obtained.

2.   By My Holy Face, they will work wonders, appease the anger of God and draw down mercy on sinners.

All those who honor My Face in a spirit of reparation will by so doing perform the office of the pious    

Veronica.

        Our Lord To Sr. Mary of St. Peter, Carmelite Nun of Tours, France, in favor of those who honor His Holy Face.

The following link you may obtain more information on this devotion http://holyfacedevotion.com/  and download a pamphlet http://holyfacedevotion.com/pamphlet.htm  that has been printed in an attempt to revive this extremely important devotion to the Holy Face of Christ, which He wants to last until the end of time.

Message of Pope John Paul II for the Sick at Fatima May 13, 2000. Video Night Vigil

Pope John Paul II Arrives
at Fatima Sanctuary
To Beatify Jacinta and Francesco

I was going to do a similiar post back in May but the joy of the First visit to Fatima as pope of Benedict XVI the post on May 13 covered this historic event! I remember with joy the excitement in the sanctuary as the pope arrived seeing his helicopter fly over the sanctuary and knowing he was blessing all those present. I thank God for the grace he gave me to be present for this great moment in the church the long awaited beatifications of the shepherd children.  This event taking place so soon after the Canonization of Sr. Mary Faustina Kowalska on Mercy Sunday April 30. God had given me the joy to also be present at this momentous occasion in the history of the church. I had a seat near her community on the balcony with the pope. Not because I was worthy or had done anything to merit it. No! On the contrary it was a gift of his great mercy to me, a soul who He has been truly merciful to and wanted to teach me the ways of Providence and Mercy!  I am still learning! So many were so caught up in the News that the Pope was going to reveal the 3rd Secret with the members of the press that  in some cases the Beatifications were overshadowed by some as an after thought.

The Crowds at the Night Vigil on May 12, 2000

Pope John Paul II sick himself gave a heartfelt message to the sick at Fatima during the Beatification Ceremonies I wish to share it once more  for those who never read it!

           Pope John Paul's  

        Greeting to the Sick

                             May 13, 2000

Dear Pilgrims to Fátima!

I would now like to offer a special greeting to the sick, who are present here in large numbers, but I also extend it to all who, at home or in hospital, have joined us in spirit. The Pope greets you with great affection, dear sick people, and assures you and those who are close to you of a special remembrance in prayer. I place the longings of each of you on the altar where Jesus continuously intercedes and sacrifices himself for humanity. I have come among you today as a witness to the risen Jesus. He knows what it is to suffer; he experienced the anguish of death, but by his death he destroyed death itself and is absolutely the first human being to have freed himself from its chains once and for all. He traveled man's whole journey to the heavenly homeland, where he has prepared a throne of glory for each of us.


Dear sick brother or sister!
If someone or something makes you think that you have reached the end of the line, do not believe it! If you know the eternal Love who created you, you also know that there is an immortal soul within you. There are various seasons in life; if by chance you feel winter approaching, I want you to know that it is not the last season, because the last one will be spring: the springtime of the Resurrection. Your whole life extends infinitely beyond its earthly limits: heaven awaits you.

Dear sick people!

I know that "the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us" (Rom 8: 18). Take courage! In this Holy Year an abundance of the Father's grace is poured out on those who know how to receive it with the simple, trusting heart of a child. Jesus reminded us of this in the Gospel passage proclaimed earlier. Seek also to be numbered among these "little ones", dear sick people, so that Jesus will delight in you. In a little while he will draw near you to bless you personally in the Blessed Sacrament. He comes to you with the promise: "Behold, I make all things new" (Rv 21: 5). Have trust! Abandon yourselves to his provident hands, as did the little shepherds Francisco and Jacinta. They are telling you that you are not alone. The heavenly Father loves you.
 

Night Vigil Rosary Procession at Fatima

12th of each Month May-October

                
     

              God Willing another post tomorrow on the 13th!

The 3rd Secret of Fatima --1960 -- and Today’s Clergy Abuse Crisis is there a Connection?

The 3rd Secret of Fatima --1960 --

Today’s Clergy Abuse Crisis

Is there a Connection?

In light of this new wound added to the mystical body of Christ in the ongoing  Fr. Corapi  scandal I decided to revise this post from a year ago. I am not taking sides in the present controversy waiting for all the truth to be manifest over time.  I only hope to shed light on WHY it is happening!  What is going on in the church in the world today in the light of the Fatima Message? 

The recent attacks on the papacy by the liberal media made me wonder if there was a connection with Fatima and the 3rd Secret. See: Unprecedented Media Attacks on the Pope-Fueled by the Devil?  How could this crisis have happened? Evidence in light of this current crisis suggests that there is some infiltration into the church by a network; if not communists then homosexuals even those who practice the occult in order to destroy the church from within.

This  heartbreaking scandal concerning Fr. Corapi. culminated again today,  with  the Catholic News Agency article on line Fr. Corapi's order finds him guilty!  

Father John Corapi’s religious order has found him guilty of substance abuse, sexual activity and violating his promise of poverty. A July 5 press release from the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) said that while Fr. Corapi was involved in public ministry he had “sexual relations and years of cohabitation with a woman known to him, when the relationship began, as a prostitute.”

 I am attending a parish that allows the Tridentine Mass so I am secluded very much from all the shenanigans that take place in many of our more progressive parishes. Non-the-less there are times I have to attend Mass somewhere outside the protective arms of a faithful parish. I recently attended Mass at a Catholic Hospital in my Archdiocese and the chaplain gave me indications of his poor state of soul by his actions during the sacred mysteries. He stopped the Mass at various points to tell a joke and comment on our singing. Completely irrelevant to the sacred mysteries he was about to or had already conferred. The last irreverent distraction from him took place after we sang the Agnus Dei Lamb of God he stopped the Mass to Joke about our singing! This happened at three different Masses I attended. The last time I was so upset I did not even pay attention to what he was saying just shook my head no as he was looking at me and smiling. I could not receive communion then because of the angry feelings I had and attended another Mass somewhere else that day. I did let him know before I left that the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was not the time to do stand up comedy. Alas another place I cannot go for Mass! 

 

The Devil Mirrors the Communion of Saints

Recent events during the current clergy abuse crisis suggests to me that the evil spirit has a mirror for the communion of saints.  St. Thomas Aquinas calls it the communion of evil. It works like our communion of saints church triumphant in heaven and militant on earth. Only we have souls in hell and souls in this life in deliberate mortal sin who are under the power of the evil one. Much can be said about this but it will have to wait for another future post. We have an indication of this battle in the church in the Locution of Pope Leo XII when Satan was given permission by Jesus to try to destroy the church in a 100 years time. Some accounts state that the locution or vision took place on October 13, 1884 exactly 33 years to the day of the miracle of the sun at Fatima! See: Locution of Pope Leo XIII 

St Thomas wrote on these mystical bodoes "The Mystical Body of Christ and the mystical body of the Devil or of the Antichrist. To one or another every man belongs. The Mystical Body of Christ is the Holy Church, His pure and faithful Spouse …. The mystical body of the Devil is the ensemble of impious men. Like an adulterous wet nurse, it nourishes this ensemble. The Devil is its head, and the evil persons are its members …. “The body of the Devil,” says St. Gregory, “is composed by all the impious men.”

Just as Christ, in Himself and through His disciples, always seeks to cut off the members of the Devil and incorporate them to Himself .… so also does the Devil. By his efforts and those of his cohorts, the Devil aims to amputate the members of Christ to unite them to the sordid members of his prostitute ….

“Know you not, that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I, then, taking the members of Christ, make them the members of a harlot?” (1Cor 6:15)  And St. Paul answers: “God forbid.”

St. Augustine writes: “They cannot be at the same time members of Christ and members of a prostitute. Many receive the Body of Christ in the Sacrament, but not in their souls. By failing to receive Christ spiritually and leading bad lives, they reduce the members of Christ, making themselves members of the Devil, so they greatly diminish the Body of Christ.”  (St. Thomas Aquinas, De venerabile Sacramenti Altaris, Marietti, 1931, p. 114)

 I am amazed at how quickly this spirit of evil has permeated the world and the church. In less than one generation! The generation that permitted contraceptives and abortion on demand! When I was growing up decent people never mentioned sodomy today we watch it on TV.

The Anti-Priests?

The following book exposing the infiltration of the church is titled the Anti-Priests. I read the book in the early 1980s and dismissed it. But in light of the priest abuse crisis I think the contents of the book have merit for us to consider today. I am not suggesting that Fr. Corapi is an antipriest. I am just making you aware of an organized attack on the church from Lucifer head of the mystical body of the devil who has the capabilities to mimic the Holy Spirit. Remember that he is the father of lies! 

A Communist/Homosexual Subversion?

Sadly, the state of the Catholic Church today in light of the abuse scandals shows the success of some sort of Communist/Homosexual subversion. Incredible as the current crises may have seemed some 30 years ago, it is here now!  An open book for everyone to see. 

Priesthood a permanent mark of Christ placed on the soul of those ordained-It cannot be left  it will go to Heaven or hell with them  http://t.co/qO2PT6N

God also saw this crisis in the church and sent his angel with his Mother to Fatima as the Remedy. Knowing this gives us courage! I did not want to give the on line link for the book below because I disagree with some of the comments made by the editors who reprinted the book on line. They are stating that the Consecration of Russia still has not been accomplished. It is disheartening to see all these divisions in the body of Christ. Everywhere that God Performs a Miracle or Work of Grace, the Devil is at Work to Defuse, Confuse and Disillusion!

THE ANTI-PRIESTS
(Communism in the Church) WORLD TRENDS - December 1972
Postal Address: P. 0. Box 180,
Hawthorn, Vic. 3122, Australia.
Editor & Publisher, Y. L. Dupont

It is a diary of a Communist agent who became a Catholic priest to better destroy the Church. He was ordained in the early forties, and died in the late sixties, and his confessions survived him. He had overlooked one very important fact, however, that no man is master of his own life. He died in hospital as the result of a car accident. His papers were found in his briefcase, and read by the Catholic nurse who looked after him.

His diary indicated that as early as 1938, there were over one thousand Communist agents ordained as Catholic priests or studying for the priesthood. They formed an efficient network of Anti-Priests whose main function was the infiltration, subversion and control of the Catholic press and Publishing Houses with the aid of Soviet money. New ideas were to be spread; a new religion was to be promoted. How well they have succeeded can be seen in a comparison of their avowed aims with the state of the Church since the Council. The reader will be able to judge for himself. Today looking back we can see the enemies within the church were in their places hard at work decades before 1960. We can also take consolation in knowing that...

God also saw this Crisis in the Church!  

He Sent His Angel and Mother

to Fatima as the Remedy!

                
Pray for the Means to Unmask the Deceivers!

Reclaim and

Purify our Seminaries

This is an important reality for us to come to terms with. We cannot pretend it is not happening!  We have to acknowledge the reality if we wish to reclaim and purify our seminaries from those who follow and promote ideologies incompatible with the tenants of the faith we profess!  We must pray for the means to unmask the deceivers before they are ordained. Because we are dealing with principalities and powers some of the means must include spiritual discernment and prayer employing the rules of the saints and doctors of the Spirtual Life in the Church.  Saints such as St. Ignatius of Loyola and his spiritual exercises with Rules for Discernment of Spirits. The works on Ascetical And Mystical Theology by Adolphe Tanqueray, Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, and St. Catherine of Siena should be studied with the same diligence as the works on Moral Theology, Philosophy, and Apologetics.

Our neglect of a rounded in depth instruction for future priests in the principals of Ascetical and Mystical Theology have left us with priests unequipped to guide their people into a deeper relationship with God and protect them from the artifices of the devil.  Keeping priests in the dark they themselves will find it difficult to to discover and walk the path to union with God that was revealed to his church through the saints.

Ignorance of the principals of Ascetical and Mystical Theology has blinded us to a common sense approach in the simple discernment of spirits in observing if individuals are fit for ordination.

For example: People influenced by an evil spirit will have great difficulties praying the Rosary and distaste for Eucharistic Adoration unable to stay in front of the Blessed Sacrament for long periods without feeling some sort of affliction or agitation ect. On the other hand the devil will allow them to celebrate or attend Mass and receive Holy Communion if they are in mortal sin and their Communions are sacriligious.

I believe this was why the secret of Fatima was specifically asked to be opened in 1960. Sr. Lucia was told that at that time the secret would me more relevant.

In October 1943 the bishop of Leiria ordered Sr. Lucia to put the Third  secret in writing. Lucia after much prayer in obedience to the bishop wrote the secret down and sealed it in an envelope not to be opened until 1960, when "it will appear clearer.” The text of the third secret was officially released by Pope John Paul II in 2000.  Some like Fr. Gruner and the Fatima Crusader have made claims that it was not the entire secret revealed by Lucia, despite assertions from the Vatican to the contrary. I want to clarify that the secret was to be opened and read by the pope in 1960. Sr. Lucia never said that the secret was to be revealed to the entire church. Some like Fr. Gruener with the Fatima Crusader have maintaind that position. The decision was always up to the pope weather or not to make it public. The pope has the keys from Jesus and he was inspired not to reveal it at the time for good reason. I question anyone who puts his judgements over the popes. Please use the following link for the opposing side of the Fatima Consecration Controversy.

See: Yes, RUSSIA IS CONSECRATED! THE FATIMA CONSECRATION CHRONOLOGY

 

What was so Important about 1960?
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Looking back we see many Historical Events took place in the 1960s with regards to the Catholic Church, Fatima and the Conversion of Russia. The escalation of the Vietnam War to stop the spread of Communism; the Civil Rights Movement; the change in culture and the creation of a new counterculture that changed the world.  On July 13, 1960, another Fatima date the Democratic convention nominated John F. Kennedy as its candidate for president and he became America's 35th president and the first Catholic president. He served until his assassination November 22, 1963. We are still dealing with the effects of the social and political problems that arose during his short administration. 

Events during Kennedy's administration include:

The Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961, an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government.

The Cuban Missile Crisis, (known as The October Crisis in Cuba) advanced to a critical confrontation between the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States. The Kennedy administration held a slim hope that the Kremlin would agree to their demands, and expected a military confrontation. On the Soviet end, Nikita Khrushchev wrote in a letter to Kennedy that his quarantine of "navigation in international waters and air space to constitute an act of aggression propelling humankind into the abyss of a world nuclear-missile war."

The building of the Berlin Wall, Summer of 1961, Berliners awoke to a makeshift barricade separating the two sides of the city. The first barbed wire fences were rapidly followed by even more sinister concrete structures, isolating Berlin’s symbol, The Brandenberg Gate.

 The Space Race with Russia: An on going  technological war,  The Civil Rights Movement as well as the beginning of the Vietnam War all took place during John Kennedy's administration.

Second Vatican Council 

During this time of political and social upheaval preparations were underway for the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church was in progress. The second Vatican Council opened under Pope John XXIII on October 11, 1962, and it was closed under Pope Paul VI on  December 8, 1965.

1968 Humanae Vitae
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A Sign of Contradiction

"So controversial, yet so crucial for humanity's future."

Pope Benedict XVI

Three years after the closing of the Second Vatican Council On July 25, 1968.  Paul VI issued the encyclical Humanae Vitae  on Human Life.  Subtitled "On the Regulation of Birth", the encyclical re-affirmed the traditional teaching of the Catholic Church regarding abortion, contraception, and other issues pertaining to human life. The encyclical has been controversial because of its prohibition of all forms of artificial contraception, and did not set will with the new cultural revolution taking place. Pope Paul VI did not issue any additional encyclicals in the remaining ten years of his pontificate. In 2008, Pope Benedict XVI called this topic "so controversial, yet so crucial for humanity's future." Humanae Vitae became " a sign of contradiction but also of continuity of the Church's doctrine and tradition... What was true yesterday is true also today.

Undoubtedly these historical events taking place during were a great cause of concern for all those who read the contents of the secret of Fatima at that time.  Knowing that Our Lady warned that several nations may be anhillated. It is no wonder why the popes were hesitant to make it public during years of the cold war!

We are suffering in our time the fruits of the bad seeds that were sown during these historical events. Their coinciding togethor during the same period and analyzed in the light of Our Lady's appearances at Fatima is a wonder for us who have lived through them.  The finger of God writing in Providence through an Angel in 1916 and a beautiful Lady in 1917 asking for prayers for the conversion of Commuist Russia from spreading her atheistic errors throughout the world.

See: A Call to Eucharistic Reparation Fatima Begins and Ends with the Eucharist!

We can and must take Hope

(Speramus)!

Are we doing our part to heal the rifts or are we tearing away at the wounds by our own lack of fidelity to the truth? Let us follow the simple requests of Out Lady and pave the way for the triumph of the Heart of Mary? When Mary’s Heart triumphs it will reflect the triumph for the Blessed Sacrament so ardently desired by saints such as St. Peter Julian Emyard.  He obtained permission for his order to have a feast in honor of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament in 1868 on May 13.  Then on May 13 in 1917 the Holy Trinity sent Our Lady for her first apparition at Fatima. Is not the voice of God speaking again in His providence? The triumph of Mary’s Heart will also be the Triumph of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus! Let us pray! 
See: Fulfilling the requests of Our Lady of Fatima

"He that wants to be with God,

must be with Pope." Sr.Lucia

"He who is not with the Pope Is not with God! 

Disobedience to Church Authority Tool of Devil Causing Controversy and Confusion Within Church and its Members.

In disobedience we repeat the first sin of pride by the fallen Angels and later by Adam and Eve. The video below depicts another flagrant act of disobedience another slap in the face for Christ in his passion.  The excerpt below is a portion of a homily by a Fr. Pfleger from the Chicago Archdiocese that was given on Divine Mercy Sunday April 11, 2010. Fr. Pfleger openly calls for female ordinations and for female bishops and cardinals. The Video below gives an excerpt from the homily he delivered on Mercy Sunday 2010.  The priest is seen parading back and forth in the sanctuary. In case you cannot make it out he is saying in this segment..."That's why there should be woman priests! That's why there should be married priests! That's why there should be woman Bishops and women Cardinals!"  Note some members of the congregation were holding their hands over their heads and clapping. You may view entire homily if you can stomach it by clicking on video and follow link to U-tube.

An Anti-Priest?
Rev. Pfleger Calls for Women Priests
(From 4/11/10 Sermon)


                                                    Oremus! Let Us Pray!