If God totally withdrew His Grace then Earth would become a Hell. It is impossible to resist sin without His Grace. Mankind would be reduced to it's most base instincts. That would indeed be a horrific Chastisement.
Thanks for posting this, Lynn. I love St. Alphonsus! God is God and He alone can decide when enough is enough.
Something else to ponder: “Dear children! In this time of grace, I am calling all of you to open your hearts to God’s mercy, to begin a new life through prayer, penance and a decision for holiness. This time of spring moves you to a new life, to a renewal, in your thoughts and hearts. Therefore, little children, I am with you to help you to say ‘yes’ to God and to God’s commandments with resoluteness. You are not alone; I am with you through the grace which the Most High gives me for you and your descendants. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (March 25, 2017) Why does our Blessed Mother say many times in Her messages, "In this time of grace..." Is She implying that the time of grace will have an end? It is my opinion that this is exactly what She means. What are your thoughts?
lynnfiat, I love the last word in this segment: Therefore, little children, I am with you to help you to say ‘yes’ to God and to God’s commandments with resoluteness! Be resolute my friends! Safe in the Refuge of the Immaculate Heart!
Very good point. Akita is a very powerful message, one which Cardinal Ratzinger said contains the essence of the third secret of Fatima. This has been posted before but in these uncertain times it´s always good to be reminded of Akita.
Ah but that is the way He likes to do things... Also to add credibility to the messages imo - how could such small, innocent, backward, illiterate children come up with such profound messages! The Fatima children were so backward and unexposed that when Holy Mother mentioned "Russia" they thought "Russia" was a bad lady from a neighboring village! They had never heard of a country named "Russia"!
I find it hard to believe that people would be so utterly terrified merely by telling them that there would no longer be any pardon for their sins... It must surely be more sensational than that.
“Fill the confessionals” is a big clue It could very well be what is contained in Akita since Akita is said to be the Fatima message I have heard Fatima, then Garabandal and then Akita Expounding on the message of Fatima
I pray my sister's selfless focus on our Mom will serve as part of her penance and redemption, Christ being the source of all her mercy!! I pray for her heart to melt toward our Lord.
I have little doubt these stones and insults include also all the chiding and hatred so many have and do throw at the Church and Priests for the Ped scandal. What a source of heartache for all. (sword of Truth?)
I have read this will occur upon the Warning, keeping priests extremely busy far longer than their current scheduled daily or weekly hour.
...would give a shock, would terrify people, would fill confessionals on a Saturday night, would fill the cathedrals, the basilicas, and the churches with believers on their knees, beating the breasts. To me, ... somewhat similar reaction to the Illumination of Conscience.
does anyone have information on how Sister Agnes is currently, and what does she think about the time we are living?
Keep praying for her. God and Blessed Mother hear you. I do not know exactly where it is in Scripture, and I want to say Proverbs, about charity covering a multitude of sins. Your sister is doing many corporal works of mercy for your Mother. We are blessed when we help others.
I learned in the last week of a man locally who is part of a group of HAM radio operators. Yet, I wonder, if we're affected by an EMP or severe solar/outer planetary disturbance , would those even work? We do have underground fiber optics....
ComeSoon!, Your post reminded me of something that I have heard a few times over the past week or so that I never realized until of late. I think that most of us, myself included, refer to the sexual scandal in the Church as one primarily of pedophilia. Unfortunately there have been many cases of this but I believe that the proper definition of pedophilia is "the primary or exclusive sexual interest in prepubescent children". Therefore abuse of altar boys would fall into this category but there are many cases of sexual abuse of pubescent children by members of the clergy. This abuse is called hebephilia and typically involves pubescent 11-14 year olds which may also include the abuse of altar boys. In addition, there are also many cases of ephebophilia in the Church which involves mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15 to 19. Examples of this form of abuse would be the sexual abuse of seminarians by clergyman of high authority in the Church like many of the cases which occurred in Chile amongst other places. I know very little about any of this other than what I have stated here and found on Wikipedia. I bring this up because hebephilia and ephebophilia have been strongly related to homosexuality by many and pedophilia has not been and I feel that it is important for us to become somewhat knowledgeable on these subjects because of all of the discussion related to homosexuals that we hear coming from the Church hierarchy lately.
