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12 FIGHT FOR YOUR CHILDREN
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11th March 2022
“You Shall Hear Of Wars And Rumours Of Wars See That Ye Be Not Troubled” John Lacken
(Matthew 24:6)
***NB - Parents be warned! This article contains material that is not suitable for children. - NB*** In a world that seems to be going increasingly mad, let us continue to pray for our bishops, to pray that they will uphold the promise that they made at the time of assuming their office as bishops. “In fulfilling the charge entrusted to me in the name of the Church, I shall hold fast to the deposit of faith in its entirety; I shall faithfully hand it on and explain it, and I shall avoid any teachings contrary to it.” Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen. As I write this article, we are entering day four of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops are moving nearer to the city of Kyiv and by the time you read this article, things will probably have changed drastically. I am no expert on history and I don’t intend to comment on the historical aspects of this conflict. I believe that the invasion is morally wrong but, as in all cases, there are different sides to the story. It seems to me that we have long since entered a very dark period of human history with children being murdered on a scale unimaginable to our ancestors, and sexual perversions being publicly promoted to children as young a four years old. The global problems we are now witnesses too are primarily moral problems caused by a rejection of God and His divine laws. When I saw the Russian invasion of Ukraine I was immediately reminded of the message Our Lady gave to the children of Fatima on July 13th, 1917. She gave this message immediately after showing the young children a terrifying vision of Hell.
The children of Fatima in 1917 Lucia de Jesús dos Santos, St Francisco Marto, St Jacinta Marto “Sacrifice yourselves for sinners; and say often, especially when you make some sacrifice: ‘O my Jesus, it is for love of Thee, for the conversion of sinners and in reparation for sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary I offer this sacrifice to Thee.” “As Our Lady said these words,” Lucia later described the scenes, “She opened Her hands again as She had done the two previous months. The light reflecting from them seemed to penetrate into the earth, and we saw as if into a sea of fire, and immersed in that fire were devils and souls with human form, as if they were transparent black or bronze embers floating in the fire and swayed by the flames that issued from within themselves along with great clouds of smoke, falling upon every side just like the falling of sparks in great fires, without weight or equilibrium, amidst wailing and cries of pain and despair that horrified and shook us with terror. We could distinguish the devils by their horrible and repulsive figures of frightful and unknown animals, but transparent as the black coals in a fire.”
Frightened, deathly pale, the little ones raised their eyes to Our Lady for help as Lucia cried out. “Oh... Our Lady!” Our Lady explained: “You have seen Hell — where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them God wills to establish throughout the world the devotion to My Immaculate Heart. “If people will do what I tell you, many souls will be saved, and there will be peace. The war is going to end. “But if they do not stop offending God, another and worse war will break out in the reign of Pius XI. When you see a night illumined by an unknown light, know that it is the great sign that God gives you, that He is going to punish the world for its crimes by means of war, hunger, persecution of the Church and of the Holy Father. “To forestall this, I shall come to ask for the Consecration of Russia to My Immaculate Heart and the Communion of Reparation on the First Saturdays.
11th March 2022 “If they heed My requests, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace. If not, she shall spread her errors throughout the world, promoting wars and persecutions of the Church; the good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, various nations will be annihilated;
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FIGHT FOR YOUR CHILDREN 13 “Russia shall spread her errors throughout the world, promoting 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 shall triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to Me, which will be converted, and some time of peace will be given to the world.” (Our Lady - July 13th, 1917)
In the end, My Immaculate Heart shall triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to Me, which will be converted, and some time of peace will be given to the world. “In Portugal, the dogma of the faith will always be preserved.” (From The True Story of Fatima - Fr John de Marchi) The war in Ukraine reminded me that Our Lord also spoke of coming wars and persecutions in chapter twenty four of St Matthew’s Gospel. “You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.” (Matthew 24:6-8)
Our Lord’s words to us are different; “See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” (Matthew 24:6) We must not panic, but we must continue to fight the good fight striving to become holy and proclaiming the good news far and wide. As St Paul tells us, “He who sows sparingly, shall also reap sparingly: and he who sows in blessings, shall also reap blessings.” (2 Corinthians 9:6)
Today, when events such as the covid crisis and invasion of Ukraine by Russia happen, social media outlets buzz with Catholics sharing various different prophecies from many sources often of dubious integrity. “We are in the end times”, “the chastisement is upon us”, “such and such a visionary said this”.
St Paul also tells us in Galatians, “For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap. For he that sows in his flesh, of the flesh also shall reap corruption. But he that sows in the spirit, of the spirit shall reap life everlasting. And in doing good, let us not fail. For in due time we shall reap, not failing.”
We are told that the messages are urgent and to make sure that we share them with everyone. Some of them tell us to adopt certain pious practices in order to end the war or whatever calamity happens to be upon us.
As Catholics we must be careful not to become distracted in our pursuit of holiness by world events. Of course we must not be blind to what is going on in the world so that we can read the signs of the times, but we must not allow global events to distract us from our mission in this life.
My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love Thee. I beg pardon of Thee for all those that do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love Thee. Amen. Angel to the Children of Fatima 1916
Very few of us have the individual power to shape global events but all of us can have a good effect within the sphere where we live. We do this by living out our Catholic faith to the full and by tackling those issues
that are part of our remit from God due to our state in life. Parents have a duty to directly tackle issues that can adversely affect their childrens’ spiritual, moral and physical health. However, protecting children from harm is only one part of the calling that Catholic parents have. You can protect your family from burglars, but if you do not provide food and clothing for your family, they will die nonetheless, even though the burglars never breached your walls. The primary duty of Catholic parents after bringing their children into this world is to educate them in the Catholic faith so that they will come to know, to love, and to serve God. Many others in the Church may abandon the Catholic faith but that does not excuse Catholic parents from doing their duty. I read a sermon from a Catholic priest recently where he noted the “devastating consequences of the loss of Catholic dogma on eternity and the salvation of souls. Failing to hand on the teaching of Our Lord and the saints, we have created a Church for which social questions are all that matter.” Here are some quotes from that sermon. “What has been left aside is the conviction that the message of the Gospel and incorporation into the Church through the sacraments