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Save a priest
Mary says:1
“Woe to those priests who lose their apostolic ardour! Also Jesus said that. But woe also to those who think that they are right in despising them! Because they consecrate and hand out the True Bread that descends from Heaven. And that contact makes them holy, just like a sacred chalice, even if they are not totally holy. They will answer to God for it. You must consider them as such and not worry about anything else. You must not be more strict than your Lord Jesus, Who, at their command, leaves Heaven and descends to be raised by their hands. You must learn from Him. read more…
Why we fail to get better
“Man, every man, possesses in himself the image which God has conceived of for Man. But not all men possess the likeness to God in themselves.”1
If all have God’s image, how is it possible they do not have his likeness?
Read on how the loss of God’s countenance in us and the resulting spiritual diseases of our lives are the result of our choosing and acquiescence – and why it doesn’t have to be so. read more…
The Gift
You are the gift.
You: your soul created and sustained by the spirit of God and manifested through your body – your smile, your glance, your touch, your voice. Your mind and all the innate gifts God endowed you with, these constitute the gift that is you.
I cannot be prideful or ashamed of any of these things because they were given. And, in as much as they were given, so I ought to spend the gift of myself and all my talents in the service of God for others.
Knowing that the innate good I possess is not my own doing is at once a relief and an overwhelming responsibility. Relief, because I do not have to worry about taking credit or being embarrassed for having such wealth. Overwhelming, because I must do something with myself, multiplying the gifts I possess as a way of giving thanks to God.
And yet, when all is said and done, I am nothing – a zero. The only thing I can lay claim to is accepting God’s generosity and cooperating with his will for my life. But even that I wouldn’t be able to do without the help of his grace.
The Wealth, Intoxication and Waste of Free Will
After endowing us with a living, intelligent soul, free will was the greatest gift of God.
Free will is the starting point of our personal freedom. But it also is a test. With it, we can attempt whatever we choose or dare. read more…
A kingdom divided
[The following is from Poem of the Man-God, Maria Valtorta, pp. 721-727; used by permission of the publisher Centro Editoriale Valtortiano srl, Viale Piscicelli 89-91, 03036 Isola del Liri FR, Italy]
The possessed man has been led before Jesus. He is motionless. People are gathering in the meantime. The notables of Capernaum are now there, and among them there are four Pharisees, Jairus is also there, and, in a comer, with the excuse of supervising order, there is the Roman Centurion, and citizens from other towns are with him.
“In the name of God, depart from the eyes and the tongue of this man! I want it! Set him free! You are no longer permitted to have him. Go away!” shouts Jesus stretching out His hands while giving the order.
The miracle begins with a howl of rage from the demon and ends with a cry of joy of the cured man who shouts: “Son of David! Son of David! Holy and King!”
“How can this man know that it was He Who cured him?” asks a scribe.
“It’s all a farce! These people are paid to do that!” says a Pharisee shrugging his shoulders. read more…
A New Evangelization
Jesus explains the coming of “a new evangelization” to Catholic mystic Maria Valtorta:
“I shall evangelize, not as I [once] evangelized, but with a new power, for then the good will be not humanly good, as the disciples at my first coming were, but they will be spiritually good, and the wicked will be spiritually wicked, Satanically wicked, perfectly wicked. The form will thus be consonant with the circumstances, for if I were to use the form I used twenty centuries ago, it would be obsolete – for the perfect, in terms of goodness, and it would mean giving the Satanic ones a chance to cause an offense which it is not permitted to cause to the glorified Word. read more…
The first sorting of good and evil
“War broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels battled against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back, but they did not prevail and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.” Revelation 12: 7-8
How does the Omnipotent act when the first war ever breaks out. He acts through his good and faithful creatures. Good, because they remain in God, the absolute good and perfection of love. Faithful, because they did not allow even a vapor of pride to corrupt their thinking, understanding of the truth or their relationship with their Creator. It is always a supreme insult to bite the hand that feeds you. read more…