Posted on 10/13/2017 6:07:23 PM PDT by ebb tide
Faithful Catholics in Italy are fasting on bread and water and praying the Rosary together throughout the country.
On Friday, the 100th anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima, the Italian Association Accompanying Marian Sanctuaries (Associazione Italiana Accompagnatori Santuari Mariani, or AIASM) sponsored a nationwide day of fasting, as well as a Rosary.
Organizers called it "Rosary at the Border" and praised the Rosary as "the most powerful peace initiative" for their country and the world.
The event's inspiration came from the "Rosary to the Borders" rally in Poland on October 7. Poland's Rosary to the Borders drew well over 1 million participants, making it the largest prayer event in Europe since the 2016 World Youth Day in Kraków, Poland.
Leaders of last week's "Rosary at the Border" never said it was about defending Poland's immigration policies. However, the Polish government has stood in defiance of the European Union's mandated quota of immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East. Therefore, the immigration issue was likely on the minds of many participants.
International media had a field day with the story, insisting that the event was "controversial" and "Islamophobic."
In contrast, the stated goal of the Italy prayer initiative is "to ask Our Lady to save Italy and Europe from Islamic nihilism and from the denial of the Christian faith."
Our Lady teaches us that the Rosary is the most powerful weapon against evil and that, along with fasting, it can also stop wars and natural disasters. Tweet
The event's organizers asked participants to make a good confession, be in a state of grace and fast on bread and water all day. They encouraged the faithful to gather in churches
The AIASM organizers described the event as "following the teachings of Mary and following the beautiful example of our Polish brothers."
The event description also noted, "Our Lady teaches us that the Rosary is the most powerful weapon against evil and that, along with fasting, it can stop wars and natural disasters."
Since the Italian peninsula is often called "the boot," owing to its boot-like shape on maps, one Polish news outlet put some clever wordplay in the headline, which reads, "The Italians fastened the 'boot' with the Rosary today."
In Poland, the Rosary crusade on October 7 featured hundreds of churches and other locales along the nation's borders. Friday's event in Italy, on the other hand, was not literally 'on the border' — at least not to the same extent — but nonetheless sought to espouse the same mentality, asking God to bless and defend the nation.
This is a great idea folks, we should do it on our southern border...
There was a time when the Vatican would have instructed that prayer such as this is the ONLY solution for the violence of Islam.
Foolish thing to say. Our Lady of Guadalupe would be very unhappy.
4) A key aspect of following the Lady of Fatima is the bowing down before and venerating the images associated with the apparition. Throughout the Bible, we find that any time someone bows down before one of the "saints" or angels, he is told to get up and to stop. Only when done to "the Angel of the Lord" (a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ) or before Jesus or God the Father is such veneration accepted. Catholics make a distinction between "worshiping" God and "venerating" Mary and the saints, but when John the Apostle prostrates himself before an angel, the angel does not ask, "Are you worshiping me or venerating me?" The angel simply tells him to stop and to "worship God" (Revelation 19:10). Likewise, when Peter was being "venerated" (prokuneo - the Greek word that the Catholic Church uses for "veneration" as opposed to "adoration" which only God deserves) by Cornelius in Acts 10:25, Peter tells Cornelius, "Stand up, I myself am also a man." It should be noted that prokuneo is used in the Revelation passage as well. Thus, we have the repeated example of an angel or "saint" being "honored" and the command to stop doing so!
https://www.gotquestions.org/lady-fatima.html
This is excellent news, thanks for posting.
This is excellent news, thanks for posting.
LOL!
So would the “Virgin of Suyapa”, the “Virgin of the Assumption”, and the “Virgin of Anunciación”.
But that only covers 3 other countries.
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I notice you cannot dispute the facts so you have to attack the source.
No reason to dispute the Blessed Mother with heretics. I’m not into “ecumenism”.
Our Lady of Guadalupe is in favor of open borders?
To the North of Mehico, Si.
But to the South, and Mehico water's on either side -- No, señor.
The ol' stick fingers in the ears and say "naah-naah-naah i'can't-hear-you" defense, eh?
We all know how effective that is.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/sep/24/catholic-church-collects-16-billion-in-us-contract/
It looks like that was 1.6 billion dollars in two years preceding 2015, to add to the 1.5 billion taken in from the U.S. Government in a pair of years just prior to the years 2012, when this https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/following-money-white-house was published.
Catholic Church Facilitates Foreign Invasion
We get it. Like Popes in prior centuries, "Mary" must hate the United States of America too. Besides, there's good money in it for the facilitators.
Mary would be appalled at how Roman Catholicism worships her.
See post #11 which was in reference to the authors of your source.
No one questions the Mary of the New Testament. What is questioned is what Rome claims about Mary which doesn’t align with the New Testament.
"In reference to" you say?
What heresy specifically, according to whom?
According to schismatic Romanists? All Roman Catholics are schismatics -- not only the sedevacantists among the Romish sort.
Oh!, And Have a Nice Day.
Do you even know the difference between heresy and schism?
As for much of Rome's own (heresy by way of novel theological invention, one example being claims for their own office of 'papacy', etc.) they are often one and the same, bound up as that issue (of overweening 'papal authority') is, within cause and effect relationship.
That should suffice to answer the question.
Now, about that question which I posed to you --- tell us just what specific "heresy" the folks at 'Got Questions' are guilty of.
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