Our Blessed Mother’s Urgent Call

Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 05-09-17 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[Salvation]

Our Blessed Mother’s Urgent Call

Msgr. Charles Pope • May 9, 2017 •

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 100^th 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:

• Say the Rosary every day to bring peace to the world and an end of the war (June 13, 1917).
• Continue to pray the Rosary every day in honor of our Lady of the Rosary, in order to obtain peace for the world and an end to the war (July 13, 1917).

Thanks be to God, through the children’s prayers and surely those of others, the war did soon end. In October, Our Lady said,

• Continue always to pray the Rosary every day. The War is going to end, and the soldiers will soon return home (October 13, 1917).

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:

• If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace. The war is going to end; but if people do not cease offending God, a worse war will break out during the reign of Pius XI. When you see a night illumined by an unknown light, know that this is the great sign given you by God that he is about to punish the world for its crimes, by means of war, famine, and persecutions of the Church and of the Holy Father (July 17, 1917).

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:

• Pray, pray very much, and make sacrifices for sinners; for many go to hell, because there are none to sacrifice themselves and pray for them (August, 1917).
• You have seen hell, where the souls of poor sinners go. To save sinners, God wishes to establish in all the world, devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace … When you pray the Rosary say after each mystery, O my Jesus, forgive us, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven especially those who are in most need (July 13, 1917).
• People must amend their lives and ask forgiveness of their sins if they want healings … Do not offend the Lord our God anymore, because He is already so much offended (October 13, 1917).

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).

[Elsie]

Thank God I'm not a Protestant.

See!?

We DO agree on some things!

[Elsie]

However, I don't see you criticizing other Catholics who argue among themselves within the protected Caucus threads. Why is that?

Well; ONE of them has to be right!

--Catholic_Wannabe_Dude(Hail Mary!!)

[Elsie]

Problem is, my feelings aren't hurt, so what you posted from the RM's home page doesn't apply to me.

HMMMmmm...

So now it's FEELINGS that make the Mod's RULES applicable?

HMMMmmm... indeed!!

[Elsie]

...and to challenge them like that tends to do more harm than good.

It DOES?

[Elsie]

What standard are you using for accusing one you call The Catholic of using profanity ?

Let's take it to the priest during confession and see if HE calls it profanity.

[Elsie]

Why aren't you HONEST, and admit that the comments that I asked to be pulled WERE ON A CATHOLIC CAUCUS THREAD???

OOOH!

I want to READ this CCT!!! to judge for myself.

[Elsie]

Otherwise, make your case and explain why ...

Does this apply to your fellow Catholics in this thread?

[ealgeone]

I gotta tell ya...the more the message of apparition is examined the more we can see how false the message is.

[Arthur McGowan]

You don’t know the difference between ALL and ONLY?

Get back to me when you have discovered the meaning of ALL and the meaning of ONLY.

BTW: I’ve never found any mention of “Reformation Sunday” in Scripture.

[Elsie]

#2  Document your definition

 

 

 

 

pro·fane

[prəˈfān]

ADJECTIVE

1. relating or devoted to that which is not sacred or biblical; secular rather than religious:

   "a talk that tackled topics both sacred and profane"

   synonyms: secular · lay · nonreligious · temporal · laic

   antonyms: religious · sacred

   • (of a person) not initiated into religious rites or any esoteric knowledge:
     "he was an agnostic, a profane man"
2. (of a person or their behavior) not respectful of orthodox religious practice; irreverent:

   "desecration of the temple by profane adolescents"

   synonyms: irreverent · irreligious · ungodly · godless · unbelieving · impious ·

   [more]

   disrespectful · sacrilegious

   antonyms: reverent

   • (of language) blasphemous or obscene.
     synonyms: obscene · blasphemous · indecent · foul · vulgar · crude · filthy ·

     [more]

     dirty · smutty · coarse · rude · offensive · indecorous
     antonyms: decorous

VERB

profanes (third person present) · profaned (past tense) · profaned (past participle) · profaning (present participle)

1. treat (something sacred) with irreverence or disrespect:

   "it was a serious matter to profane a tomb"

   synonyms: desecrate · violate · defile · treat sacrilegiously

[Biggirl]

Pretty much the holier-than-thou trolls ruined this very wonderful thread. Not surprised after having come home from a Catholic Christian Bible study group.

So shameful.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Sadly, the number of people deceived by the fatima appearance is so shameful.

[Zuriel]

In other news, citizens of Ephesus have seen an image fall from Jupiter. It is reported that there is concrete (well, maybe marble, silver, or gold) evidence. Silversmiths are eagerly making duplicates so that everyone can have their own to bow to and venerate.

[af_vet_1981]

NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts.

Thank you for posting that. Actually, the restriction seems to be even more broad, as it includes vulgarity and religious bigotry.

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religious bigotry (i.e. members of a dominant group denigrating religions other than their own)

Is there religious bigotry on this thread ?

This definition of profanity is also very broad; it would include not only the phrase you called out on this thread, but also comments that ignorant or hateful towards the rules of Catholicism.

Profanity[edit] Profanity (vt) To treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt. (adj) Not concerned with religion or religious purpose: secular, not holy because unconsecrated, impulse, or defiled, unsanctified.

For a word or phrase to be profane it must not be religious or function outside the duties of religious belief. To be profane means for the word or phrase to be ignorant or hateful towards the rules of religions. Examples of profanity are words or a phrase not meant to belittle Gods, their religions, but situated on the ignorance and indifference to such points.[8]

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“In other news, citizens of Ephesus have seen an image fall from Jupiter. It is reported that there is concrete (well, maybe marble, silver, or gold) evidence. Silversmiths are eagerly making duplicates so that everyone can have their own to bow to and venerate.”

Zuriel,

Amazingly, this has more Biblical support than the fatima apparition!

[Elsie]

It seems to me you are unable to articulate a cogent definition of profanity to support your accusation.

COGENT?

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In the Supreme Court's 1964 landmark case on obscenity and pornography, Justice Stewart Potter famously wrote: "I know it when I see it."  That case still influences FCC rules today, and complaints from the public about broadcasting objectionable content drive the enforcement of those rules.

 

Definition of damn

damned

;

damning

play \ˈda-miŋ\

1. transitive verb

2. 1 :  to condemn to a punishment or fate; especially :  to condemn to hell

3. 2a :  to condemn vigorously and often irascibly for some real or fancied fault or defect damned the storm for their delayb :  to condemn as a failure by public criticism

4. 3 :  to bring ruin on

5. 4 :  to swear at :  curse —often used to express annoyance, disgust, or surprise damn him, he should have been careful I'll be damned

6. intransitive verb

7. :  curse, swear

[Elsie]

Otherwise, they’d be saved and know it.

How presumptuous of you!

[Luircin]

It DOES?

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In my case, it was when I was a chaplain in a hospital.

So yes, more harm than good.

And the ‘like that’ I meant was in an extremely confrontational manner. Not to stop proclaiming Christ, but there ARE more tactful ways.

The RF battles require different tactics than other situations.

Am I wrong?