Who knows? The day of justice will cone for all of us whether its a world wide event or more likely our own passing. Todays first psalm of Morning Office is a prayer we can make in seeking God’s protection: It is you whom I invoke, O Lord. In the morning you hear me. Let my words come to your ears, O Lord: hear my sighs. Listen to the voice of my crying, my King and my God. As I make my prayer to you, Lord, listen to my voice in the morning; in the morning I will stand before you and await you. You are not a God who loves evil. The wicked cannot stay near you, the unjust cannot remain in your presence. You hate all who do evil – you destroy all who speak falsehood – the Lord abominates the bloody and deceitful man. But in the abundance of your mercy you will admit me to your house: I will worship you in your holy temple, with fear and reverence. Lord, guide me in your justice, protect me from my enemies: let me see the path I must follow. For there is no truth in their mouth – their heart is a bottomless pit – their throat is a wide open grave – their tongue seduces. Punish them, Lord, and let their own plans destroy them. On account of their crimes, thrust them from your presence; for they are rebels against you. Let all who hope in you rejoice, triumph for ever. You will shelter them and they will glory in you. For you bless the just, O Lord, and your good will surrounds them like a shield. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. It is you whom I invoke, O Lord. In the morning you hear me.
Beautiful post. Yes my faith is in God, not men, and fear mongering can not touch us if we rest in God's hands.
It’s not hard to see how the US is being punished. It is all part of signs. I used to think upper Michigan would be a safe place to live but they are in dire straights after the huge ice storm. Down south is flooded and fires on each coast. We are in a collapse of the economy, going on for years with high inflation. All nations are in a hateful attitude, no one is talking peace. (Wars and rumors of wars). Signs and wonders in the heavens with solar and lunar eclipses, northern lights that are phenomenal, the lights from starlink, and a space rescue.Bishops fighting Bishops. Unleashed evils. Can it be more clear? Dreams. I’ve been having dreams, too.
The world wanted to be free of God. Clearly the powers that be --secular and religious --wanted the right to make their own rules. This is what a world without God looks like.
I didn't know if the quote was actually uttered that way, but Google brings up the NYT from 2006. It doesn't matter because it was already true before Buffett said it: "There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning." Padraig wrote recently that Our Lady of all Nations spoke of a great economic war long ago. There's also a lot of unrest in Serbia. Managed by the West, of course. Why it's happening isn't very important to me at the moment, Irlmaier mentioned the Balkans. The Russian invasion mentioned in many prophecies is obviously becoming more and more likely, when you see what the EU is up to. But in all cases, to me it's not so important who's to blame or why something happens. What's interesting, I think, is what actually happens. So much is happening all the time in such a short space of time that my speculations today sometimes turn 180 degrees by tomorrow. With Trump, I can only observe what he does in concrete terms and what this means for the rest of the world. His surviving assassination attempt indicates that he plays a role in God's plan of salvation. I'm not American, but I've never thought of Trump as some kind of “savior”, especially not for the rest of the world. I think his role in God's plan could rather be that of a catalyst that accelerates the upcoming events and thus perhaps also shortens them a little.
A good way of expressing the One governing the impact of Trump's choices. The current uproar and pushback concerning his weaponization of tariffs is a case in point.
I, as a deacon, am required by my Bishop to pray the Psalter. I'm always delighted when laypersons choose to do so of their own accord!
According to the news there was a pretty serious plunge in the stock markets today. Perhaps the economy will have to worsen first in order for people to start turning back to God.
What is occurring is an international tariff war initiated by Trump's initial decision to protect American industries. Such a decision, which was seen as an attack on global hogenemy, has resulted in pushback by China and some of its allies. The Markets are understandably responding to such a volatile situation. We'll see if Trump holds the line. His political opponents are gleeful that they have a obvious weapon to undermine his momentum-to-date. Markets are now down over 10% in the last 2 weeks. The Democrats finally have a significant pushback issue against Trump's agenda! Lord have Mercy!
I am really wondering what’s going to unfold this year…I feel such a heavy darkness, like the darkness I felt before Covid came. As if we are on the brink of something very big again. This has been one of my most difficult Lents and I don't know why. Everything I have done spiritually seems much more challenging and difficult. It seems to require so much more effort. Not only is it an interior trial, but I almost feel the darkness coming over the whole earth. I will have to take it poustinia this month. Is anyone else feeling something different this Lent?
yes! Same! Probably didn’t help that my 10 month old has stopped sleeping at night, since Lent started. So getting up before my other kids for prayer has been near impossible I had such high hopes, but I’m struggling. I keep feeling like I need a reset. I have my whole life confession scheduled in May. Plus my baby will be 1 by then and I plan to wean her too. So hopefully with all of that I can feel more strength to become deeper in my faith again. One of my girls is receiving her First Communion in a couple weeks. So I’ve just been clinging to lots of reading and teaching about that and reconciliation. But that’s seems to be all I can muster these days. Prayers for all of us for a fruitful/meditative Holy Week!
Padraig’s mom had many children. Her priest told her that her children were her prayer. I just thought I’d throw that in to give perspective. Our Lady of Fatima asked for us to offer up the sacrifice of our daily duties. That said, the mortifications this Lent have been keeping me so busy with family needs and illness appointments that I’m not where I used to be with my prayer life. However, “in everything give thanks for this is the will of God concerning you.” If nothing else goes right, I cling to the daily rosary and maybe squeeze in a Divine Mercy chaplet and maybe an extra rosary or part of one, maybe on the run. Also, we say the Daily Offering together most days. That covers a lot of territory. There is a reason why we are going through these changes. I do also feel the darkness.
I didn't really know who Candace Owens was until recently, I had only watched her videos once or twice. Through posts here on the forum and watching an episode where she talks to her husband, I learnt that they are truly Catholic as a family. For this reason, and because her videos always seem to contain interesting information, I've been watching her videos on youtube a bit more often. I watched one of her latest videos today, because it's quite long, I watched it in several parts. She talks to Ian Carroll (a newcomer to the investigative journalism scene, but who has apparently also taken a path to Jesus). I find pretty much the whole conversation worth listening to, there were references to topics that are relatively new to me, but I would recommend listening to it from about minute 30 for those interested. First they talk briefly about their growing scepticism about Trump, from about minute 33 it's about Elon Musk and from then until the end it remains interesting for me throughout with partly unknown information (For those who prefer to read about it quickly, if you open the "show more" under the video, you can also view a transcript on the right-hand side). But of course I know we all have limited time and towards Holy Week I'm trying to focus a little more on the essentials myself.
Just found this, it's pretty wild to listen to. Mainly because of how accurate St. Paisios is regarding the situation of the world today and the fact he died over 30 years ago. It's up there with the Art Bell interviews of Malachi Martin for me.
Excellent. Lots of wisdom on love of neighbour for Lent too. Thanks for sharing. What is he best book to read on his words of wisdom and lessons like above? I woul like to get one.
