EUCHARISTIC CONVENTION 2015 PRE-PROMO TWO On October 13, 1917, Our Lady of Fatima fulfilled her promise to the three children that she would give a sign for all the world to see. On that rainy day, the 50,000 – 70,00 people witnessed for about 10 -15 minutes what is called “The Dance of the Sun”. After “dancing” in the sky for many moments, the sun, seemingly left its orbit and hurtled toward earth. The people felt that this was the end of the world. Then, the sun went back to the heavens. The sign was complete. However, all the people and their clothes were totally dry. The many big puddles in the field were gone. This was a tremendous public experience. The next day all the Portuguese newspapers published the story, complete with photographs. In two and a half years time we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the “Dance of the Sun”. It is in our interests to take note of Our Ladys requests at Fatima; then we need to act on them. From the very beginning, men and women chose the darkness. After welcoming Eve as his partner, Adam joined with her in their sinful choice. That set humanity out on a road that took it farther away from God. The only light was God’s promise of a Woman, who God knew would bring forth His Son. Point of note here: while time relates to us, a time to be born, a time to die, a time for war, a time for peace etc, God exists outside time. Gods promise of a Woman to us is being fulfilled in the Virgin Mother of Her Son Jesus. Gifted to us from the cross by Her son Jesus, Mary became our mother too. As part of Gods continuing plan of salvation for us Mary Our Mother is constantly trying to attract our attention to bring us back to the only path that will lead us back to God. As She tells us: “I will knock on every door if I have to”; is She knocking on yours? The story of all of history has been that left on their own, human beings walk away from God. When guided by the Woman and enriched by her Son’s Holy Spirit, people turn back to God and gain a season of blessings. At this very moment, to a degree never experienced since Jesus’ victory on the cross, the human race has been led into the greatest darkness. What will the heavenly Father do? He will use the same plan, the one He promised at the beginning of history and what He fulfilled in Jesus. He will bring forth the Woman, who will offer her Son to world. Right now, humanity plunges into the darkness and is like Adam and Eve without the help of the Woman. After great powers and forces of sin were released, they feared God’s presence and knew that they were naked. Their relationship became distorted. God’s plan for them was ripped apart. This is the present road of humanity. Powerful sinful forces have been released and more are waiting in the wings. We must go back to the promise. “I will put an enmity between you and the Woman, between your offspring and hers”. (Gen.3:15). The salvation of the human race at this moment of history is contained in that promise. Our Lady will open up all the doors and turn on all the lights. These are the doors of Her heart so people of every walk of life, of every class and nation can have entrance. She will turn on all the lights, in every possible language and at every level of human understanding. All, from the least to the greatest, will know that She has not forsaken the human race. Over the years Our Lady has shared with us Her plan. She has spoken so often of events which will disturb human life, will cause suffering, and will grow and affect everyone in the world. She will use current events also. They are breakthroughs of darkness, but She will use them as special moments of Her light. When the normal order is shattered, people will no longer place their trust in their little gods of money and possessions. Especially when they can no longer count upon their usual lifestyle. They are shaken. Satan will use these events to instill fear, which allows him greater entrance. However, Our Lady will use the very events that he brings about as Her special moments; we must never forget this. When people are shaken, She will pour out the religious spirit, the gift of devotion. This is Her promise. When more events begin (and they are already happening on a small and limited scale) we must not fear. We must recall Her words, “I will open all the doors of my heart so people of every walk of life, of every class and nation, can have entrance.” We must be strong. Fear not. At every moment She is at our side. Following Her, we shall not fall or perish. We will not be able to deal with problems using our own strength or on our own resources. Our Lady understands the flood waters perfectly and will teach us how to survive. She understands the destructive fires and She will teach us how to overcome them. We must draw ever closer to Her now than ever before. She must fill every part of us with the greatest confidence in Her protection. We must turn our eyes totally to Her and have our ears hear only Her words. Everything must be total – a total trust, a total hope, a total fidelity, a total receiving. We must be all Hers and She must be all ours. Total. Complete. Nothing left out. Nothing held back. A new oneness that we never thought was possible. These are Our Ladys gifts to us. If we respond with openness we will begin to understand. If we reject Our Ladys invitation She will find other ears and other hearts, which cherish Her messages and look to Her prophetic voice for guidance. Nearly 100 years ago, when the Great War was at its height, Our Lady came with a sorrowful heart, but one filled with hope. The heavenly Father had sent Her to announce great promises. She had chosen three perfect messengers to receive the gift, knowing that their child-like faith would overcome all the difficulties. The messages would be received and proclaimed. The great gift was sealed on October 13, 1917, a public sign, recorded in all its aspect and proclaimed by even the secular press. What a history since then! The great treasure has been in a perilous stream, looked at, examined, set aside, and limited, but the vast majority of people in the world have never opened Her treasure. Speculation, controversy, books written and debates, but the gift has never been opened. Now the foundations of society are weakened (we only need to watch the evening news to realise this ). What was once a strong fortress has become a mere shell of itself, ready to fall to the enemy and no longer a bulwark of faith. Everything looks the same. For a while, life goes on as if nothing has changed. Yet, the walls are not firm and people’s trust in them is misplaced. No one speaks of this dilemma, pretending that it does not exist, but Our Lady has told us many times through Her various messages over many years that our world can crumble tomorrow. We are vulnerable on every side. How we arrived at this point is not as important as how we survive. We have been warned about the survival of human life; or conversely, the annihilation of nations. Which will it be? All will be determined as we each respond and the later will be the result if we continue to become a more Godless society. These are not years to wait, or to sleep, or to merely watch events that are taking place now, or to take place in the future. We must take all of Her words into our heart. Our Lady speaks of the future, so we can act in the present. We need to take Her warnings seriously but do not fear. Instead, act. Examine our lives. Our Ladys words contain power. They will move us from one lifestyle into another. Think of Her, invite Her into our lives and speak to Her; She is waiting now. If we do this She will come. She will fill our lives. When She permeates our whole being, then our walls will be firm and we will stand in our day of trial. Look at whats happening in our world today. Terrorism that now sweeps across the earth had small beginnings; we thought it couldnt touch us. The tiny cells have multiplied and learned how to thrive. They have mastered new techniques to avoid detection. They are no longer the unsophisticated terror groups raised up by Bin Laden. Instead, they pose a serious threat even to the sophisticated Western intelligence systems. The war will be a long one. They will not be easily defeated nor even detected until, at times, it is too late. Casualties will mount and the costs of security will skyrocket, placing new strains upon the economies. Everything is being stretched, stretched and stretched until the breakthroughs occur. The leaks begin, followed by the floods. No one sees the demonic intelligence behind all these events. Human solutions will fail. Walls of human protection will fall. As more events take place there will be but one solution for us; the Woman Clothed with the Sun. When the whole world is bathed in Her light, people will see the decisions they must take, slowly at first but then quickly. The time is short; we are invited to act now. Remember, the road is narrow and just a few find it. There is also the wider road and more are drawn into that road, The narrow road contains Christ, the wide road is attractive to our lower human nature and contains many traps and pitfalls. While there is a passage back from the wide to the narrow road the task becomes more difficult the longer we are on it for Satan has many options at his disposal to discourage us from deserting the wide road. On the wide road, not encountering any resistance, evil gladly widens its scope, enjoying victories that it never thought possible. We must find the narrow road; this is our challenge, our future depends on it. Of course we need to remember that all of Our Ladys promptings over the centuries have the specific purpose of leading us to He Son Jesus who is our Saviour. It is Jesus who heals us, it is Jesus who forgives us, is is Jesus who saves us. ...no one comes to the Father, but by me (Jn 14:6). “Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.” (Mt. 11:28-30) At our 2015 Eucharistic Convention in April you have the opportunity to experience a weekend like no other – come and see. John Porteous --------------------- youtu.be/hyIpE1_qIFM
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