[Siobhan]

My opinion which will be upsetting to many:
Our Blessed Mother wants all of us to know her as Our Lady of Prompt Succor and to call on her by this title because we are going to need her more and more. There is no doubt that New Orleans was spared the direct hit everyone expected, and I know that was Our Blessed Mother's doing. Not just to spare a city and let others suffer -- but to remind us that she is our Mother, that we need to repent before the Father, that all is not right in our nation and judgment falls upon the unjust who slaughter the innocent in the womb. If any of us are to be spared, we should remember this and promote devotion to Our Lady as Our Lady of Prompt Succor and promote repentance and confession. Worse than Katrina is coming, and I am always mindful of Therese Neumann's words after World War II about America. We must repent of our sins and set aside our pride, for we have sinned in the eyes of God.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

There is no doubt that New Orleans was spared the direct hit everyone expected, and I know that was Our Blessed Mother's doing.

I just logged on and saw the storm was downgraded from a Category 5 to a 2. That is nothing short of miraculous. New Orleans was spared by prayer.