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).

[humblegunner]

but I like the trolling going on either.

Well.. let's have MORE of it! Since you like it, MORE!

[MHGinTN]

Now now, if you take away the Catholic mythos of Mary as a mediatrix, where will the institution/religion of Catholiciism draw its power?

[Luircin]

Why not just go straight to God who actually controls everything

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Yes, why not.

And for that matter, why not jump right to what Jesus said about himself instead of talking about ‘2000 years’ and ‘Luther sucks.’

But it seems that in general, that’s not how these conversations turn out.

[af_vet_1981]

All the Catholic can do, well, at least you, is resort to profanity as a rebuttal.

Do you realized the KJV translation uses various forms of the word you apparently object to as profanity. What standard are you using for accusing one you call The Catholic of using profanity ?

Or are you accusing every Catholic in a general sense by using that noun ?

[caww]

......”if you take away the Catholic mythos of Mary as a mediatrix, where will the institution/religion of Catholiciism draw its power”.......

Well they would still have the Priesthood and their Pope....however they would not have the female figure they need to attract other faiths, who also have female deities, into the Universal Church United they are now promoting.

Unfortunately when a religious group fails to maintain the centrality of Jesus Christ then it's quite natural for any thing else to come flooding in.....and then stick on it some religious meaning for it to be accepted. And as we've seen for centuries 'things" become central, fables abound, and it just grows to something God never intended it to become.

[BlessedBeGod]

I get that you cannot counter my posts with any reply other than it seems to be to either swear or call for my posts to be pulled.

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

[Biggirl]

Well I did do the CORRECTION THAT WAS NEEDED.

[ealgeone]

Context is your friend.

[BipolarBob]

Well.. let's have MORE of it! Since you like it, MORE!

LOL

[af_vet_1981]

If you cannot defend your assertion that The Catholic used profanity, you should consider withdrawing it and apologizing. Otherwise, make your case and explain why you consider it profanity.

[caww]

Well the author of this article did He attended Mount “Saint Mary’s” Seminary ....so he’s pretty much been indoctrinated to this form of worship and seeking her out. But then most Priests do seem to have an affection for Mary. I suppose some of that might have to do with the fact they’re deprived of female companionship for the most part. So it would be pretty easy to replace that with an entity they believe they can communicate with and adore and which their church highly promotes.

[caww]

......”Even on a Catholic Caucus thread, anyone is allowed to read it and view any links in it. So why not caucus it? “.....

Well that is a good question.

[Salvation]

The power comes from the Holy Trinity, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

[ealgeone]

If you cannot defend your assertion that The Catholic used profanity, you should consider withdrawing it and apologizing. Otherwise, make your case and explain why you consider it profanity.

Perhaps the Catholic is the one who should explain why the phrase, "I don't give a damn", isn't profanity.

Dollars to donuts you stand up in polite society and say "I don't give a damn" people will know it's profanity.

Just ask Scarlet.

[Elsie]

Our Blessed Mother’s Urgent Call

My SON didn't do it completely right!!

[ealgeone]

Yes, this is Free Republic, where articles are posted so that they can be discussed.

This was my first post on this thread.

>>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.<<

Protestants, however seem to believe that the purpose of this forum is for incessant arguing started -- and perpetuated -- by insults, sarcasm, ridicule, digs, mocking, etc., not the intelligent discussion of the contents of the article. Maybe you need to find some apologetics forum somewhere that will appreciate Protestants' obsessive yammering.

Really don't see the insult, sarcasm, ridicule, digs, mocking,etc...unless you feel that appealing to the NT and using the Greek to counter a false teaching falls under those rather broad categories.

[Elsie]

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.

I've read the Book your church assembled; an with an open head.

Is the video you linked to any better?

[caww]

It's rather like showing Liberals the truth of what they believe.....they just can't and won't believe they are in great error......Actually even the Jewish people, in that day, certainly had some difficulties believing when Jesus finally arrived. ....

However MANY of them did watch and listen....and eventually believed the truth...it was more the teachers and religious leaders who fought against Jesus and the truth he presented to them.....

Mariology won't be going away at any rate.. for it will be the bait and enticement to draw other faiths into Universalism this Pope particularly is promoting heavily.

I do think some will come away as he pushes the catholic church along in the trajectory they're headed....I have known some already who have left because they want no part of the Globalist agenda for the church. So we'll keep seeing the "leakage" in the catholic church as Jesus brings them out.

[Elsie]

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).

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World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

Rome's Mary sure WAITED long enough!   Over 3 years!!

 

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Here is a mother urgently warning her children of the fires of hell,

 

 

I guess her SON didn't give quite enough warning when He was on Earth...

[Elsie]

...we do well to consider Mary’s fervent requests at Fatima...

Alrighty!!

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Fatima

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The 15 promises

(Given to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan de la Roche)

1	Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive powerful graces.
2.	I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
3.	The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies
4.	It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of people from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
5.	The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.
6.	Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying Himself to the consideration of its Sacred Mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise Him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just, he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.
7.	Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church.
8.	Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the Saints in Paradise.
9.	I  shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
10.	The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.
11.	You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.
12.	All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
13.	I  have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death
14.	All who recite the Rosary are my children, and brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ.
15.	Devotion of my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.

 

"The Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which we live has given a new efficacy to the recitation of the Rosary to such an extent that there is no problem,

no matter how difficult it is, wheter temporal or above all spiritual, in the personal life of each one of us, of our families...that cannot be solved by the Rosary.

There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary."

Sister Lucia dos Santos