“To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to My Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of Reparation on the First Saturdays. If My requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, various nations will be annihilated. In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to Me, and she will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world. In Portugal the dogma of the Faith will always be preserved . . . “
Once again, an aggressive and militaristic Russia dominates the news. That country, under the dictatorship and thumb of a thug, threatens its neighbors once again with annihilation.
As Catholics, how should we respond? We should pray, of course. But there is more we can do. That country is in dire need of conversion (as are most countries in the world) and while the Orthodox Church has been given more freedom in post-Soviet Russia, the people are far from converted. Abortion rates in Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union are the highest in the world. While the Orthodox Church has made some inroads with the people of Russia, its reach is still very limited and even in the best of interpretations, the lack of communion with the Holy See represents a serious problem for the Russian people.
Because of Russia, souls are perishing, the world is threatened with war, and nations continue to be annihilated.
More is needed. What is needed is that Russia should be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Russia is a country in dire need of the assistance of our Blessed Mother.
Wait!!! Hold your horses there bub. The consecration of Russia was already accomplished in 1984. Are you one of those Fatima deniers?
No.
I do not doubt…
April 18, 2014 at 5:30 pm
Julie, the Old Covenant Passover was ended at the cross. It's wrong to celebrate a seder meal today because Jesus's sacrifice on the cross abolished the Old Testament sacrificial system, so the Passover is ritual of a dead religion.
April 18, 2014 at 10:32 pm
Those other than Stephen, on the issue of the validity of SSPX confessions and weddings, see:
http://www.remnantnewspaper.com/Archives/2013-0531-c-jackson-sspx-confessions-part-2.htm
http://www.scripturecatholic.com/feature-articles/SSPXPriestValidlyHearConfussionsJohnSalzavsJamesAkin.pdf
http://archives.sspx.org/miscellaneous/supplied_jurisdiction/validity_of_confessions_1.htm
April 19, 2014 at 4:41 am
We don't celebrate the seder meal. I've heard the Jewish people do. Jesus left his own "heavenly banquet" for his disciples to commemorate. Jesus brought the Old Passover meal into its ultimate meaning, the old being but just a shadow.of the greater to come. The cup that Jesus celebrated in the gospel accounts, was the 3rd cup, the "thanksgiving' cup, the cup of blessing. We know that because "He gave thanks", that's what is said over the 3rd cup, and then they sang a hymn, which would be the Hallel Psalms in keeping with the liturgy. Jesus suspended the Passover when he left to go out into the garden to pray that "this cup", would pass from Him. While on the way to the cross, he was offered a cup of wine, but he refused it. No ones doubts that he refused it because He wasn't thirsty, He had to wait to drink the 4th cup while He hung on the cross, that's why He said "I thirst". After the declaration to shut the gates of the Temple, and telling them He will no longer accept any offering from their hands,(temple destroyed in 70AD) Malachi 1:11-12 prophsies about incense offerings, and a "pure offering" amongst the Nations(the bringing in of the gentiles into His covenant family) from the "rising of the sun", to it's setting. (Jesus' 1st coming, to His 2nd)
This matches Paul's declaration in 1 Cor 11:26 "for as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, UNTIL HE COMES."
April 19, 2014 at 4:55 am
I think we are a little crossed up here. In the post that you told me it was wrong to celebrate the seder meal, I had never claimed or alleged that I did. I think the confusion came in when I responded to a post you had made about the seder meal.
April 22, 2014 at 11:19 am
CCC: " 2092 There are two kinds of presumption. Either man presumes upon his own capacities, (hoping to be able to save himself without help from on high), or he presumes upon God's almighty power or his mercy (hoping to obtain his forgiveness without conversion and glory without merit)."
Bloomburg's support for the murder of innocent unborn babies, and sodomy marriage will play a role in his judgment.
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Do "Reform Jews" believe in the Old Testament, or is it a "do your own thing" form of relativism ?
April 29, 2014 at 3:53 am
Russia bans sodomite propaganda and gives priority to Christianity in the public square. The US promotes sodomy and outlaws Christianity in the public square. Why am I supposed to weep and gnash my teeth about Russia?