Posted on 10/09/2001 8:21:36 PM PDT by Diago
OUR LADY AND ISLAM: HEAVEN’S PEACE PLAN
Fr Ladis J. Cizik, Blue Army National Executive Director
Islam Islam is an Arabic word that can be defined as "to make peace." Islam is the religion founded by Mohammed, which considers the Koran as its holy book. In addition, Islam accepts the New Testament of the Christians and the Old Testament of the Jews as Divinely inspired works. Followers of Islam are known as Muslims (also: Moors, Turks, and Moslems) and, just as Jews and Christians, believe in only one God. Yet, over the centuries, Muslims have engaged in tremendous wars with Christians and Jews. It would seem that there is little hope for peace. However, Heaven's Peace Plan, involving Our Lady, is evidenced at Fatima, Portugal as well as other places around the world.
Fatima
The Moors once occupied Portugal. The village of Fatima was given the Islamic name of the well-loved Princess of the nearby Castle of Ourem. She died at an early age after marrying the Count of Ourem and converting to Catholicism. Baptized with the Christian name of Oureana, she was named at birth "Fatima," like many other Moslem girls, in honor of the daughter of Mohammed. Of his daughter, Fatima, the founder of Islam, Mohammed, said: "She has the highest place in heaven after the Virgin Mary."
It is a fact that Moslems from various nations, especially from the Middle East, make so many pilgrimages to Our Lady of Fatima's Shrine in Portugal that Portuguese officials have expressed concern. The combination of an Islamic name and Islamic devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary is a great attraction to Moslems. God is writing straight with crooked lines, as we will see. Fatima is a part of Heaven's Peace Plan. It is hope for the world.
The Koran
In the Koran, the holy name of the Blessed Virgin Mary is mentioned no less than thirty times. No other woman's name is even mentioned, not even that of Mohammed's daughter, Fatima. Among men, only Abraham, Moses, and Noah are mentioned more times than Our Lady. In the Koran, Our Blessed Mother is described as "Virgin, ever Virgin." The Islamic belief in the virginity of Mary puts to shame the heretical beliefs of those who call themselves Christian, while denying the perpetual virginity of Mary. Make no mistake about it, there is a very special relationship between the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Moslems!
The Holy Land
The Holy Land has been a real battleground between the Islamic peoples and Christianity over the centuries. Evidence of this are the numerous churches and basilicas that have been built by the Church, destroyed by, the Moslems, rebuilt by Catholic Crusaders, leveled again by the followers of Islam, and so on over the course of history. However, there is one remarkable exception: the Basilica of Saint Anne in Jerusalem.
The Crusaders built this church and named it in honor of the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the Crypt of St. Anne's Basilica, a statue of the Infant Mary is venerated on what is believed to be the exact spot where Our Lady was born. Their great reverence for Our Lady precluded the Moslems from destroying her birthplace. The foundation for Heaven's Peace Plan at Fatima, Portugal, can be found in the Land of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Spain
As the Moslems swept through Spain in the 8th century, a great religious treasure was buried for safe-keeping in the earth, high in the Estremadura Mountains. It was a much venerated statue of Our Lady holding the Divine Child Jesus that was a gift of Pope Gregory the Great to Bishop Leander of Seville. After the overthrow of Moorish occupation, the image was uncovered in the year 1326, subsequent to a vision of Our Lady to a humble shepherd by the name of Gil. Our Lady's very special statue was enshrined in a nearby Franciscan Monastery next to the "Wolf River."
The Moslems, during their Spanish occupation, had actually named the river. The Islamic term for Wolf River is "Guadalupe" (Guada = River; Lupe = Wolf). Hence, the famous Catholic image in Spain has been known, since the 14th century, by the Islamic name of "Our Lady of Guadalupe."
Mexico
In the fullness of time, we can be sure that Almighty God knew that the Islamic religion would pose a serious threat to Christianity. God also knew that the Spanish missionaries would face grave resistance in the "new world" from the mighty Aztec Indians. The Aztecs worshipped an evil stone "serpent god" that demanded human sacrifice. It was extremely difficult to win souls for Christ from these bloodthirsty savages. However, with God all things are possible. Our Lady appeared to a humble Aztec Indian convert by the name of Juan Diego in 1531. When asked her name by Juan Diego, at the request of the local bishop, Our Lady's response, in the Aztec language, included the words "te coatlaxopeuh" (pronounced: "te quatlasupe") and meant "one who crushes the head of the stone serpent."
To Juan Diego and his fellow Aztecs, this revelation had great meaning, coupled with the miraculous image of Our Lady standing on top of a "crescent," the symbol of this evil serpent god. A tidal wave of conversions to Catholicism ensued. However, Bishop Zumarraga, who was from Spain, made what was no doubt a "heavenly mistake" that one day may lead to the mass conversion of Moslems. To the Bishop's Spanish ears, Our Lady's Aztec name of "Te Quatlasupe" sounded just like the name of the revered Madonna from Spain with the Islamic name, "Guadalupe." Hence, the bishop named the Mexican Madonna "Our Lady of Guadalupe." It is interesting that the "crescent" is also the symbol for Islam and that America's Shrine to Our Lady has an Islamic name.
Battle of Lepanto
On October 7, 1571, a great victory over the mighty Turkish fleet was won by Catholic naval forces primarily from Spain, Venice, and Genoa under the command of Don Juan of Austria. It was the last battle at sea between "oared" ships, which featured the most powerful navy in the world, a Moslem force with between 12,000 to 15,000 Christian slaves as rowers. The patchwork team of Catholic ships was powered by the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Knowing that the Christian forces were at a distinct material disadvantage, the holy pontiff, St. Pope Pius V called for all of Europe to pray the Rosary for victory.
We know today that the victory was decisive, prevented the Islamic invasion of Europe, and evidenced the Hand of God working through Our Lady. At the hour of victory, St. Pope Pius V, who was hundreds of miles away at the Vatican, is said to have gotten up from a meeting, went over to a window, and exclaimed with supernatural radiance: "The Christian fleet is victorious!" and shed tears of thanksgiving to God.
What you may not know is that one of three admirals commanding the Catholic forces at Lepanto was Andrea Doria. He carried a small copy of Mexico's Our Lady of Guadalupe into battle. This image is now enshrined in the Church of San Stefano in Aveto, Italy. Not many know that at the Monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Spain, one can view a huge warship lantern that was captured from the Moslems in the Battle of Lepanto. In Rome, look up to the ceiling of S. Maria in Aracoeli and behold decorations in gold taken from the Turkish galleys. In the Doges' Palace in Venice, Italy, one can witness a giant Islamic flag that is now a trophy from a vanquished Turkish ship from the Victory. At Saint Mary Major Basilica in Rome, close to the tomb of the great St. Pope Pius V, one was once able to view yet another Islamic flag from the Battle, until 1965, when it was returned to Istanbul in an intended friendly token of concord.
The Rosary
At Lepanto, the Victory over the Moslems was won by the faithful praying the Rosary. Even though they had superior numbers, the Turks really were overmatched. Blessed Padre Pio, the Spiritual Father of the Blue Army, said: "The Rosary is the weapon," and how right he was!
The Battle of Lepanto was at first celebrated liturgically as "Our Lady of Victory." Later, the feast of October 7th was renamed "Our Lady of the Rosary" and extended throughout the Universal Church by Pope Clement XI in 1716 (who canonized Pope Pius V in 1712).
And with that we are back to Fatima, Portugal where Our Lady, when asked her name, said: "I am the Lady of the Rosary." At Fatima, Our Lady taught us to pray the Rosary every day. Heaven presented its peace plan at Fatima and truly gave us hope for the world. Conversions were promised at Fatima: the conversion of sinners; the conversion of Russia; and what also appears to be the conversion of Islam. Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us!
Taken from:
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September - October 2001, page 6
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This is what you want to believe. However, the fact that your ilk did their best to wipe out any "Baptist like" competitors does not negate the fact that they have always been there. That must really stick in your craw. 1,600 years of persecution, and those danged Baptists are still here.
Are you sure?
Christ's Church has no relationship with those who deny that He is God. Since I can assume from this statement that the Creator is also the Judge, and since the Bible affirms that Jesus Christ is Creator and Judge, I can conclude that this is just more twisting of scriptures. If this is a twisting of Scriptures, it is not on my part (plus this is not from scripture, but from the book Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994). It is still current. http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p123a9p3.htm#III takes you to the Vaticans own web pages. Scroll down until you find 841. The whole Catechism is online there, so you can read the whole thing if you want to see how it relates in context with the rest of the Catechism.
Luke
1:26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
1:27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
1:29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
1:30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
1:31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
I don't see God asking Mary anything. It looks to me like the angle was sent to explain what was going to happen.
Keep with the King James!!!
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.I have my full armor today. What else does the sword of the Spirit mean?
There are a number of books on the accuracy of the KJV, a few of which are: "Which Bible?", edited by David Otis Fuller, D.D., 2nd edition, 1971, Grand Rapids International Publications, Grand Rapids, Mich.; "Let's Weigh The Evidence: Which Bible is the REAL Word of God?", Barry Burton, 1983, Chick Publications, Chino, Calif.; "The Men Behind the King James Version" (formerly published under the title "The Learned Men"), Gustavus S. Paine, 1977, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Read the last book about the men who did the translations for the KJV; read the first two books about the revisions to the KJV and the inaccuracies that have resulted.
I can only recall 1 time in history where the visible church and the Spiritual (or invisible) Church were the same thing. And then, it was a church of only 2....
I didn't mean to imply that you were doing it.
On Judgement Day you KJV advocates will find out you have been duped by a spiteful and ignorant Proddy king.
Except God!
Note that the Apostles cast lots to see who would be "chosen". Note also that this is before Pentecost. Note also that it is Jesus who a few chapters later Regenerates Saul to be his Apostle.
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle and separated unto the Gospel of God,And they cast their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. Word search on the Apostle Matthias: 0. Seems like God had something different in mind than casting lots; namely Paul, an apostle (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father...).1 Corinthians 1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
2 Corinthians 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:
Galatians 1 Paul, an apostle (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),
Ephesians 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Colossians 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
1 Timothy 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, who is our hope,
2 Timothy 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
Titus 1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is according to godliness,
To be any more ignorant in expressing your knowledge of Catholicism, you would have to be standing around wearing sheets and drinking too much beer, in the flickering light of a burning cross in some hayseed's back yard.
And the beat goes on, AF...*sigh*
Where's your historical proof. Let's see documentation.
God promised in the Old Testament that the Saviour/Messiah would come through the house of David. Isaiah 7:14 says "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign: Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." This is echoed in Matthew 1:23 "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." One has to look, too, at the genealogies of both Joseph and Mary. Mary wasn't picked just because she loved God, she was picked because she was from the house of David, as was Joseph. Joseph's genealogy is given in the very first chapter of the very first book of the New Testament, Matthew 1. Matt. 1:6 "And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias (Bathsheba);" Matt. 1:16 "And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ." Matt. 1: 20 "...Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost."
Luke (who didn't get around to Mary's genealogy till the 4th Chapter), Luke 4:23 begins with "And Jesus himself gegan to be about thiry years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son[-in-law] of Heli [Mary's father]." Luke 4:31 gives us this key: "...which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David."
All this to say that Joseph and Mary were both descendants, (distant cousins) of David the king. II Samuel 6:14 says "And these be the names of those that were born unto [David} in Jerusalem: "Shammoah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon."
As far as Mary being the perpetual virgin, that doesn't appear in the Scriptures. Luke 2:21-24 reads: "And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcision of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. And when the days of her purification according to the laws of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; (As it is written the in the law of the Lord. Every male that openeth the womb shall be called hold to the Lord;) And to ofer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord. A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons." This was done according to Leviticus 12:8 (in fact, read all of Lev. 12, 1-8). The sacrifice of the two turtledoves only appears in Lev. 12:8 and Luke 2:24.
God had promised Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David that the Saviour would come through their lines. Everyone thought that the Saviour would come through the line of Solomon but God cut off that passage because evil that Solomon's descendants did. God thinks of everything. In the days of the Roman occupation of Jerusalem and, therefore, under Roman law, if a child were adopted, he inherited the man's lineage in toto. Therefore, when Jesus (son of Mary, descendant of David) was adopted by Joseph (son of Jacob, descendant of David), the line of Solomon was restored and Jesus could rightfully claim the line of David and all of God's promises were kept.
This makes a very interesting chart done in FamilyTree Maker. It is something to behold when printed out.
I guess that my words are "Catholic bashing", whilst your ancestor's actions cannot be considered "Baptist bashing"?
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