Fighting this War - One Weapon
I read, on two different blogs, just now about Catholics/Christians being charged with acts of violence for informing and educating others on the truth. One was a story about two young men at the a Muslim festival. Find a great post about it here, at A Catholic Notebook.
Another was an article I was directed to by another post on Creative Minority Report. Here is the http://lifenews.com/nat6740.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RealClearReligion+%28Real+Clear+Religion%29.
Is this the beginning, or progression really, of something horribly ugly in our country? Of our being targeted like criminals for proclaiming the truth and trying to save souls? Where can we possibly begin to defend ourselves when we are defending ourselves against the government and the FBI? How far will the importance of truth deteriorate? And how far can the corruption of power take people? Do they really think they can play god and make the rules, watching us duck in the corner?
But it is not our protests, it is not our petitions and pleas that will ultimately save us, or that will turn the world on its head. No, it Jesus, it is the Holy Spirit, it is God. It is making reparations for our sins and the sins of others. It is devotion to Our Lady and to her directing us back to Her Son.
I propose that all who read this, myself included, begin a First Saturday devotion in two days. Our Lady of Fatima urges us to do this. Reparation to Her Immaculate Heart, fasting, and prayer, will bring peace. As spoken by Our Lady: "See, My daughter, My heart surrounded by thorns which ungrateful men pierce at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude... Say to all those who, for five months, on the first Saturday, confess, receive Holy Communion, recite the Rosary and keep Me company for 15 minutes while meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary, in a spirit of reparation, I promise to assist them at the hour of death with all the graces necessary for the salvation of their souls." and elsewhere this is also connected to conversion of the world. Unfortunately, in many areas, there are no morning Masses on First Saturdays. I do not believe Saturday evening Masses count as they are specifically for the eve of the Sabbath. Can we petition our [already overworked] priests to begin a First Saturday Mass if there is not one available in the area?
Another was an article I was directed to by another post on Creative Minority Report. Here is the http://lifenews.com/nat6740.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RealClearReligion+%28Real+Clear+Religion%29.
Is this the beginning, or progression really, of something horribly ugly in our country? Of our being targeted like criminals for proclaiming the truth and trying to save souls? Where can we possibly begin to defend ourselves when we are defending ourselves against the government and the FBI? How far will the importance of truth deteriorate? And how far can the corruption of power take people? Do they really think they can play god and make the rules, watching us duck in the corner?
But it is not our protests, it is not our petitions and pleas that will ultimately save us, or that will turn the world on its head. No, it Jesus, it is the Holy Spirit, it is God. It is making reparations for our sins and the sins of others. It is devotion to Our Lady and to her directing us back to Her Son.
I propose that all who read this, myself included, begin a First Saturday devotion in two days. Our Lady of Fatima urges us to do this. Reparation to Her Immaculate Heart, fasting, and prayer, will bring peace. As spoken by Our Lady: "See, My daughter, My heart surrounded by thorns which ungrateful men pierce at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude... Say to all those who, for five months, on the first Saturday, confess, receive Holy Communion, recite the Rosary and keep Me company for 15 minutes while meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary, in a spirit of reparation, I promise to assist them at the hour of death with all the graces necessary for the salvation of their souls." and elsewhere this is also connected to conversion of the world. Unfortunately, in many areas, there are no morning Masses on First Saturdays. I do not believe Saturday evening Masses count as they are specifically for the eve of the Sabbath. Can we petition our [already overworked] priests to begin a First Saturday Mass if there is not one available in the area?
Comments
A definite call to prayer!