Jan. 16, 2015. Per Church Authorities there is nothing contrary to Faith and Morals in these alleged apparitions, and if the Catholic faithful read and interiorize the Blessed Virgin Marys alleged messages contained herein and make the Mother of God our mother too, we would hopefully become closer to God because as when we come to Mary our mother, she will point us all inevitably to her Son Jesus, and say, Do whatever he tells you.John. 2:5 In this connection, it is worth recalling the Church Fathers commentary on Revelation 18, made more than 30 years ago but seemed true today judging by the scandalous behaviour of some Church leaders and hierarchy (let us be reminded of the dangers of bad yeast) around the world, excerpts of which as follows: ...As time runs on we discover that the GREATEST OBSTACLE OPPOSING AND DELAYING THE WORK OF GOD IS NOT THE ENEMIES OF THE FAITH BUT THE CHURCH ITSELF, FREQUENTLY BLIND TO THE DEMANDS OF THE GOSPEL WHILE IT WORKS TO CONQUER THE WORLD. WE SEE FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE CHURCH WANTS TO BE THE CHURCH OF THE POOR AND YET IS HANDED OVER TO RICH AND SATISFIED PEOPLE. So no wonder that the Virgin Mary makes use of the grace bestowed on her by the Lord and intervenes by becoming present to the poor, entrusting to them time and time again the words of the Gospel. Her apparitions underscore in some way the FAILURES OF THE CHURCH. Mary comes to the rescue of her forgotten children. With these apparitions becoming more frequent and more widespread we are led to recognize that not only is the CHURCH WEAK IN WITHSTANDING THE ATTACKS OF SATAN, BUT THAT SATAN IS MORE ACTIVE BECAUSE THE END DRAWS NEAR. THe message of Pope Francis today in his first mass in the Philippines in Manila Cathedral hopefully be lived by us all, especially our beloved priests, bishops, some of whom, unfortunately have fallen into Satans blandishments of money, power, human prestige which the great artificer of evil used against Christ but failed, Mt. 4:1-11. If Christ, poor and crucified, won against Satans seductions, we too can if we faithfully live the gospel in constant prayer and charity for poor, as proclaimed today by Pope Francis. With Mary, we ask for this grace, ALLELUIA AMEN.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 04:09:09 +0000
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