Posted on 05/10/2017 9:03:36 AM PDT by Salvation
Continuing with the theme of urgency from yesterday’s post, we do well to consider Mary’s fervent requests at Fatima for prayer, conversion, and consecration. This Saturday will mark the 100th anniversary of Mary’s first appearance at Fatima.
It was a critical time in human history. The First World War had claimed more than 17 million lives. Mary urged prayer to end this catastrophe:
Thanks be to God, through the children’s prayers and surely those of others, the war did soon end. In October, Our Lady said,
War is a terrible result of human sinfulness as well as a punishment for it. Sin is its own punishment; when we sow the wind, we reap the whirlwind. Part of the horror of the First World War was the use of chemical weapons. So appalling was the suffering and so great was the loss of life that in 1925 most nations willingly signed the Geneva Protocol, which prohibited their use in international armed conflicts.
But Mother Mary urgently warned that if the people of this world did not repent, pray, and cease offending God, a war far worse would come:
Sadly, as we know, the Second World War formally ensued in 1939. Months earlier, in 1938, a remarkable display of the Aurora Borealis further south than ever observed made international headlines. It was a final warning. More than 60 million people died in World War II. Atrocities were multiplied, and the most fearsome weapon ever contrived—the atom bomb—would haunt the world long after the war. Russia, too, spread Marxist and atheist errors.
See what happens when we do heed the urgent request to pray? Wars can be ended, souls can be saved, and peace can be brought.
But also note the terrible consequences of failing to pray and be converted! Jesus once said to paralyzed man he had healed, See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you (John 5:14). So, too, for the people of that time who, though having received God’s mercies in the end of World War I, fell back into sin. The decadence, financial excess, and foolishness of the “roaring” 1920s, both in Europe and America, brought a harvest of corruption, both morally and politically. It ushered in both the Great Depression and then a war far worse than ever imagined.
Yes, prayer and conversion are both urgent and essential. This is true not only in terms of this world, but also of the world to come. This world’s travails are indeed awful, but they are temporary. Mother Mary sets far greater stakes before us: Heaven or Hell.
Where will you spend eternity? What about your children, siblings, and friends? Have you thought about this at all? Do you understand the urgency? Consider well some of what our Lady of Fatima said by way of an eternal warning:
Here is a mother urgently warning her children of the fires of hell, of the consequences of sin and the final refusal to repent. Here is a mother urgently calling for prayer, reparation, sacrifices, and conversion.
She is urgent; are we? To be urgent does not mean to be in a panic; it means to be sober and alert, to be persistent and consistent in attending to our final end and to that of others to the degree that we are able.
Caritas Christi urget nos: The Love of Christ urges us on! …. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God (2 Cor 5:14, 20).
I know this could be a Catholic Caucus, but I am leaving it open in hope that some non-Catholics may read it and watch the video with an open heart.
Monsignor Pope Ping!
However, there is nothing in the New Testament to indicate Mary is our “mother”. The Greek of the passage in question in John does not support the Roman Catholic claim that Jesus gave Mary to all of us.
As old as Msgr. Charles Pope is, I would think his mother would be dead. But I could be wrong.
My 84 yr old Mother and I are headed for Fatima on the 16th (after the crowds), then on to Lourds.
5 yrs ago she went with my wife and I to Israel.
Has anyone considered how the 1918-1920 “Spanish” Flu (H1N1) pandemic figures into any of this?
See how the vultures have already swooped in?
Even on a Catholic Caucus thread, anyone is allowed to read it and view any links in it. So why not caucus it?
I'm a fan of Reba McEntire. She is doing her part with her latest song and video, "Give Back To God"
For instance:
"In all Her appearances at Fatima, the Blessed Mother repeatedly emphasized the necessity of praying the Rosary daily, of wearing the Brown Scapular of Mount Carmel."
And this:
"At Fatima, the Blessed Virgin Mary told the three child seers that many souls go to hell because they have no one to pray or make sacrifices for them."
It is sad.
Wonderful! Enjoy your trip!
Wonderful article. Great that Msgr. Pope cited scripture as well. God Bless.
Did you read the entire article, watch the entire video? Until you do, please do not reply again.
It is not demonic and has been approved by the Church.
Did you read the entire article and watch the entire video?
Safe and wonderful travels. God Bless.
Have those posts that look like attack post removed.
Sadly, the Roman church has often been very, very wrong and at times, evil. It is human nature.
The supernatural, when not divine, is demonic. The arbiter is simply consistency with what God has declared in His word. Fatima is inconsistent.
As I posted before, it is a sad thing.
One of the statues specially blessed at Fatima and traveling the country is at my parish today. I was there this morning for part of the service for the school kids with the lecture. I’ll be going back to meditate and venerate later today.
What a blessing...to have your dear 84 YO mother able to make these wonderful trips, with you.
Blessings and safe travels!
Did you read the entire article and watch the entire video?
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