BENEFITS OF SUBSTITUTING RICE WITH KAMOTE
1. Kamote is more filling and suppresses hunger pangs longer. It is also cheaper than rice. 2. Unlike rice, kamote is so easy to grow. It grows in backyards with or without fertilizers. Local government executives can provide their poor communities with idle government land for planting kamote which the entire community can share. 3. Unlike rice which needs to be eaten with a dish, kamote tastes good and can be eaten by itself. Thus, substituting rice with kamote saves money for other needs. 4. Rice cannot match the nutritional values of kamote. Because rice converts to sugar in the body, the Phils. registers as a top producer of diabetics in the world. The poor tends to load up on rice and less on the dish which are more expensive. That makes them vulnerable to diabetes, an ailment known in developed countries as a rich man’s disease. 5. The nutritional values of a: 3 oz baked kamote 100 g serving of white rice 218 IU -0- calcium 38 mg calcium 8 mg calories 90 calories 361 kcal carbohydrate 21 g carbohydrates 82 g carotenoids 11,552 mcg -0- cholesterol 0 mg -0- dietary fiber 3 g dietary fiber 0.6 g fat 0 g niacin 1.8 g folic acid 6 micrograms phosphorous 87 mg magnesium 45 mg manganese 1 mg -0- pantothenic acid 1 mg -0- potassium 475 mg potassium 111 mg protein 2 g protein 6 g saturated fat 0 g sodium 36 mg sodium 31 mg vitamin A 19 vitamin B1 0.07 mg vitamin B6 <1 mg vitamin B2 0.02 mg vitamin C 20 mg water 10.2 g 6. Too much rice consumption can make you sick but kamote can bring you to health and keep away some health problems. These have been proved medically. In a medical documentary on KBS World (the South Korean TV Network), showed results of the research the Koreans conducted on the nutritional and medicinal benefits of kamote (which they refer to as sweet potato). In that Korean medical documentary, they presented the research findings on people with established health problems who were placed on a kamote/sweet potato diet. Believe it or not – kamote lowers hypertension, bad cholesterol and even blood sugar when eaten as SUBSTITUTE TO RICE! The purple sweet potato (kamote) is particularly effective for lowering hypertension. Not only that, the Korean medical documentary credits the sweet potato (kamote) as high fiber and is one of the best foods that one can eat to prevent cancer! For those who are only impressed by US doctors, read this: the North Carolina Stroke Association, American Cancer Society, and the American Heart Association have all endorsed the sweet potato for its disease prevention and healing qualities. The Americans, the South Koreans – both progressive nations – have raised the kamote to a high pedestal. Many of them even call the kamote a “super food that heals.” And just how do we Filipinos regard the kamote? Remember how we like to call a loser as one who is nangangamote (Filipino term for lagging behind)? Truly, unless we unlearn many things, we will, as a nation, always be nangangamote. Also, I would like to add that we don't admit to eating camote because camote - including the talbos ng camote, are for the poor -and we don't want to be associated with "them" |
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
BENEFITS OF SUBSTITUTING RICE WITH KAMOTE
Friday, September 2, 2011
Human Spirit coming back
Human Spirit coming back
Luke 1:56 - And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned
to her own house.
Yesterday the Lord pointed out one area which the Church has hidden
from the people about the truth of the passion of Christ and today He
wants His people to know about another area which has caused more than
half His people to spiritually fall, and that is about dead people’s
spirit coming back.
Some days back I was speaking to small children about Resurrection. So
I asked them if the ghost which came claiming were the spirit of dead
people were really so? And I was surprised when they said no; it was
evil spirits which came deceiving as dead people. These children were
small but they would daily read the Bible and did meditate on them,
even though they were small they were well off then many adults who do
not question everything this world throws at them.
In the Bible it is very clearly given not only in the Old Testament
but also in the New Testament when a person believing in the Lord dies
He goes to sleep which means he goes to a spiritual level known as
Grave (also called Sea in the book of Revelation) to be woken on
Judgment Day.
In the Old Testament when Samuel died he went to sleep and was
disturbed by Saul. In the New Testament when Stephen the martyr died
it is written he went to sleep. Both were great men of God yet it is
not written they went to Heaven but written they slept or gathered.
All through the Old Testament people who believed in the Lord unto
death were written ‘gathered with his people’.
The Bible clearly states that all mankind will be judged when Jesus
comes back and only those who found abiding by the Word would enter
Heaven for it is the Word that judges people.
God has forbidden man to communicate with the spirits of the dead not
only good or evil and that is why King Saul was punished when he
disturbed the spirit of Samuel. The only Spirit we can communicate is
with the Spirit of God.
We do not find any spirit of any great men and women of God from the
Bible coming and communicating with man helping them in their
salvation. But we hear from man about one which claims to be Mary the
mother of Jesus and trying to lead the people.
Mary like others was a believer and saved when she died. All mankind
has to die a natural death therefore Elijah who was taken up came as
John the Baptist to die his natural death. Even Enoch and another
character of the Bible would come back in the last days as the two
witnesses to die a natural death. There is no place in the Bible which
states in between Elijah been taken up and coming as John that the
spirit of Elijah spoke to the people. Was not Elijah a great Man of
God? Was he not concern of the people of God? Why did he not come and
instruct the many people who did great mistakes in between? Even
Samuel who was dead knew everything happening even when asleep but
never tried to communicate with Saul, although he was very concern of
him before death.
Jesus clearly states in His parable when the rich man who was in Hell
asked father Abraham to send some great Men of God (physically dead)
to warn his family members, Abraham answered him that there were
people alive through whom God was speaking and the words of people He
had spoken through to His people and they should listen to them.
Even when Jesus communicated with the spirits of Moses and Elijah, He
did so not as human but transfigured Himself and then communicated.
Had He communicated as a human He would have sinned against God.
Just think of it if God would manifest His glory today to all mankind
would they not believe in Him and become believers? But God knows they
would be like the Israelites who were saved from Egypt and later
turned back to their old ways. God wants each one of us believe with
our hearts not by our eyes.
Please do not expect any spirit of any person coming back to instruct
us, God has given us His Word, His Spirit and His Saints among us to
do that. If any spirit does claim it is the spirit of a person, please
discern the words of that spirit with the Word of God and the truth
will be exposed.
[Prayer Starter]
Lord, You made man a spirit being and put him in a weak flesh for You
desired man to willing come to You by overcoming the flesh. You alone
are Holy and perfect and You desire we too be perfect in You. Lord,
the battle is in our inner-man and You desire a perfect heart. We pray
Lord that your people open their eyes to the deceit that the evil one
plays on your people and trust more in your Word than anything else...
This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
[Reference Scriptures]
Deuteronomy 18:10-13
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or
his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an
observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard,
or a necromancer.
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and
because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out
from before thee.
13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
Leviticus 19:31 - Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither
seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 20:6 - And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar
spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even
set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his
people.
1 Samuel 15:35 - And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of
his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented
that he had made Saul king over Israel.
1 Samuel 28:3-20
3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried
him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that
had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and
pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they
pitched in Gilboa.
5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and
his heart greatly trembled.
6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not,
neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a
familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his
servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar
spirit at Endor.
8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went,
and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he
said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me
him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath
done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the
wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my
life, to cause me to die?
10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth,
there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said,
Bring me up Samuel.
12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and
the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou
art Saul.
13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou?
And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man
cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it
was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed
himself.
15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me
up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make
war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more,
neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that
thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the
LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
17 And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD
hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy
neighbour, even to David:
18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst
his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing
unto thee this day.
19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand
of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me:
the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the
Philistines.
20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore
afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in
him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
Acts 7:59-60
59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus,
receive my spirit.
60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not
this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Genesis 25:8 - Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old
age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 35:29 - And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was
gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons
Esau and Jacob buried him.
Genesis 39:33 - And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons,
he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and
was gathered unto his people.
Numbers 27:12-13
12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim,
and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy
people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
Mark 9:2-4
2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and
John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves:
and he was transfigured before them.
3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no
fuller on earth can white them.
4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were
talking with Jesus.
Luke 1:56 - And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned
to her own house.
Yesterday the Lord pointed out one area which the Church has hidden
from the people about the truth of the passion of Christ and today He
wants His people to know about another area which has caused more than
half His people to spiritually fall, and that is about dead people’s
spirit coming back.
Some days back I was speaking to small children about Resurrection. So
I asked them if the ghost which came claiming were the spirit of dead
people were really so? And I was surprised when they said no; it was
evil spirits which came deceiving as dead people. These children were
small but they would daily read the Bible and did meditate on them,
even though they were small they were well off then many adults who do
not question everything this world throws at them.
In the Bible it is very clearly given not only in the Old Testament
but also in the New Testament when a person believing in the Lord dies
He goes to sleep which means he goes to a spiritual level known as
Grave (also called Sea in the book of Revelation) to be woken on
Judgment Day.
In the Old Testament when Samuel died he went to sleep and was
disturbed by Saul. In the New Testament when Stephen the martyr died
it is written he went to sleep. Both were great men of God yet it is
not written they went to Heaven but written they slept or gathered.
All through the Old Testament people who believed in the Lord unto
death were written ‘gathered with his people’.
The Bible clearly states that all mankind will be judged when Jesus
comes back and only those who found abiding by the Word would enter
Heaven for it is the Word that judges people.
God has forbidden man to communicate with the spirits of the dead not
only good or evil and that is why King Saul was punished when he
disturbed the spirit of Samuel. The only Spirit we can communicate is
with the Spirit of God.
We do not find any spirit of any great men and women of God from the
Bible coming and communicating with man helping them in their
salvation. But we hear from man about one which claims to be Mary the
mother of Jesus and trying to lead the people.
Mary like others was a believer and saved when she died. All mankind
has to die a natural death therefore Elijah who was taken up came as
John the Baptist to die his natural death. Even Enoch and another
character of the Bible would come back in the last days as the two
witnesses to die a natural death. There is no place in the Bible which
states in between Elijah been taken up and coming as John that the
spirit of Elijah spoke to the people. Was not Elijah a great Man of
God? Was he not concern of the people of God? Why did he not come and
instruct the many people who did great mistakes in between? Even
Samuel who was dead knew everything happening even when asleep but
never tried to communicate with Saul, although he was very concern of
him before death.
Jesus clearly states in His parable when the rich man who was in Hell
asked father Abraham to send some great Men of God (physically dead)
to warn his family members, Abraham answered him that there were
people alive through whom God was speaking and the words of people He
had spoken through to His people and they should listen to them.
Even when Jesus communicated with the spirits of Moses and Elijah, He
did so not as human but transfigured Himself and then communicated.
Had He communicated as a human He would have sinned against God.
Just think of it if God would manifest His glory today to all mankind
would they not believe in Him and become believers? But God knows they
would be like the Israelites who were saved from Egypt and later
turned back to their old ways. God wants each one of us believe with
our hearts not by our eyes.
Please do not expect any spirit of any person coming back to instruct
us, God has given us His Word, His Spirit and His Saints among us to
do that. If any spirit does claim it is the spirit of a person, please
discern the words of that spirit with the Word of God and the truth
will be exposed.
[Prayer Starter]
Lord, You made man a spirit being and put him in a weak flesh for You
desired man to willing come to You by overcoming the flesh. You alone
are Holy and perfect and You desire we too be perfect in You. Lord,
the battle is in our inner-man and You desire a perfect heart. We pray
Lord that your people open their eyes to the deceit that the evil one
plays on your people and trust more in your Word than anything else...
This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
[Reference Scriptures]
Deuteronomy 18:10-13
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or
his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an
observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard,
or a necromancer.
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and
because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out
from before thee.
13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
Leviticus 19:31 - Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither
seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 20:6 - And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar
spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even
set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his
people.
1 Samuel 15:35 - And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of
his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented
that he had made Saul king over Israel.
1 Samuel 28:3-20
3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried
him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that
had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and
pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they
pitched in Gilboa.
5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and
his heart greatly trembled.
6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not,
neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a
familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his
servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar
spirit at Endor.
8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went,
and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he
said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me
him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath
done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the
wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my
life, to cause me to die?
10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth,
there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said,
Bring me up Samuel.
12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and
the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou
art Saul.
13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou?
And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man
cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it
was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed
himself.
15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me
up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make
war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more,
neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that
thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the
LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
17 And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD
hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy
neighbour, even to David:
18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst
his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing
unto thee this day.
19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand
of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me:
the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the
Philistines.
20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore
afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in
him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
Acts 7:59-60
59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus,
receive my spirit.
60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not
this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Genesis 25:8 - Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old
age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 35:29 - And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was
gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons
Esau and Jacob buried him.
Genesis 39:33 - And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons,
he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and
was gathered unto his people.
Numbers 27:12-13
12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim,
and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy
people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
Mark 9:2-4
2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and
John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves:
and he was transfigured before them.
3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no
fuller on earth can white them.
4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were
talking with Jesus.
The Passover Lamb
The Passover Lamb
Mark 14:65 - And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and
to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did
strike him with the palms of their hands.
Because of Church traditions most people do not have a clue of what
Jesus went through during His Crucifixion. Most people believe Jesus
was arrested after the Last Supper (feast of the unleavened bread
which was celebrated a week before the Passover) and the next day was
crucified.
Jesus said He fulfilled every word of the Book of Moses. When John His
cousin called Jesus the Lamb of God, He symbolized the Passover Lamb
whose flesh and blood saved the Israelites from death.
When the Lord was teaching me the books of Moses He opened my mind to
how He fulfilled all the sacrifices and when I had the opportunity to
meet the great historian, archaeologist and Bible Teacher Dr. Ron
Charles (he is the script writer of the movie Passion of Christ), I
put him this question about Jesus fulfilling the 5 days of observation
from the time of arrest to being sacrificed. He did confirm that this
happened and there are many historic documents to prove this.
Dr. Ron Charles was part of our trip of a youth program in a remote
place near Pune. There the Lord led him to give a teaching on the
passion of Christ. What he shared with us was just awesome. The movie
was just 25percent of what he had scripted. He gave details from
records by Roman and other historians of those days which proved how
Jesus fulfilled each and every word of the Passover Sacrifice.
One thing, one should realize although the Jews hated Jesus and wanted
to kill Him, they did not have the power to do so for they were under
the rule of the Romans. They could only punish Him by whipping Him
thirty times; they had to get the consensus of the Romans for that.
The Romans had no problem with Jesus, in fact sided Him many a times,
but the healing of Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus angered Caesar and
turned the Romans against Jesus. Jesus knew by healing Bartimaeus He
would be considered a rebel by Rome but yet He did it.
After Jesus' arrest and being whipped by the Jews thirty times He was
again whipped by the Romans a hundred times and each whip has 9 to 13
strands with bones, glass pieces and nails tied to its ends. They had
whipped Him on both sides. The men who whipped Him were given
instructions; the one who manages to kill Him with their whip would be
rewarded with silver according to Jesus' weight; so one could imagine
the strength with what they whipped Him. It is recorded that He did
not look like a human after they finished with Him as recorded in
Psalms. But when Jesus did not die even after taking all this, the
Romans feared it was their god's wish and to stop His bleeding put Him
in salt water. This was not all that happened to Jesus, there was more
and each incident was recorded in detail by the Romans.
The Church today knows the existence of these documents and yet fails
to correct the congregation so as to not confuse the tradition
followed since ages. This causes people to not know Jesus and lose on
the blessings which He made available by His sacrifice.
There is no problem about making a mistake, but a person who knows
that he has made a mistake and still continues in it, first deceives
himself and then others; such person has no hope of doing good for he
lands making more to cover that one and thus such things has caused
the church to suffer and the world not to know God.
[Prayer Starter]
Lord the only way to receive You is with a repent full heart. Like the
Israelites ate bitter herbs before eating of the Passover Lamb so also
we need to realize we have made mistakes and sinned against You to
receive You. Lord, give courage to your Church to realize the mistakes
they have been making and help to come out in the open about them and
stop misleading your sheep. Help them realize they are not perfect and
just human, and it is only You who are perfect and Good. Let your
people know You and what You have made available for them by your
sacrifice...
This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.
[Reference Scriptures]
Matthew 27:1-2
1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the
people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him
to Pontius Pilate the governor.
John 18:28-32
28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and
it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall,
lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye
against this man?
30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we
would not have delivered him up unto thee.
31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according
to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us
to put any man to death:
32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake,
signifying what death he should die.
John 19:1-2, 7-16
1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head,
and they put on him a purple robe,
7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to
die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence
art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest
thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release
thee?
11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me,
except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me
unto thee hath the greater sin.
12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews
cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's
friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth,
and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the
Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth
hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him.
Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests
answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And
they took Jesus, and led him away.
Exodus 12:1-10
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be
the first month of the year to you.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth
day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according
to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his
neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the
souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the
lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye
shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month:
and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in
the evening.
7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side
posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat
it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and
unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with
fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that
which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
Mark 14:65 - And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and
to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did
strike him with the palms of their hands.
Because of Church traditions most people do not have a clue of what
Jesus went through during His Crucifixion. Most people believe Jesus
was arrested after the Last Supper (feast of the unleavened bread
which was celebrated a week before the Passover) and the next day was
crucified.
Jesus said He fulfilled every word of the Book of Moses. When John His
cousin called Jesus the Lamb of God, He symbolized the Passover Lamb
whose flesh and blood saved the Israelites from death.
When the Lord was teaching me the books of Moses He opened my mind to
how He fulfilled all the sacrifices and when I had the opportunity to
meet the great historian, archaeologist and Bible Teacher Dr. Ron
Charles (he is the script writer of the movie Passion of Christ), I
put him this question about Jesus fulfilling the 5 days of observation
from the time of arrest to being sacrificed. He did confirm that this
happened and there are many historic documents to prove this.
Dr. Ron Charles was part of our trip of a youth program in a remote
place near Pune. There the Lord led him to give a teaching on the
passion of Christ. What he shared with us was just awesome. The movie
was just 25percent of what he had scripted. He gave details from
records by Roman and other historians of those days which proved how
Jesus fulfilled each and every word of the Passover Sacrifice.
One thing, one should realize although the Jews hated Jesus and wanted
to kill Him, they did not have the power to do so for they were under
the rule of the Romans. They could only punish Him by whipping Him
thirty times; they had to get the consensus of the Romans for that.
The Romans had no problem with Jesus, in fact sided Him many a times,
but the healing of Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus angered Caesar and
turned the Romans against Jesus. Jesus knew by healing Bartimaeus He
would be considered a rebel by Rome but yet He did it.
After Jesus' arrest and being whipped by the Jews thirty times He was
again whipped by the Romans a hundred times and each whip has 9 to 13
strands with bones, glass pieces and nails tied to its ends. They had
whipped Him on both sides. The men who whipped Him were given
instructions; the one who manages to kill Him with their whip would be
rewarded with silver according to Jesus' weight; so one could imagine
the strength with what they whipped Him. It is recorded that He did
not look like a human after they finished with Him as recorded in
Psalms. But when Jesus did not die even after taking all this, the
Romans feared it was their god's wish and to stop His bleeding put Him
in salt water. This was not all that happened to Jesus, there was more
and each incident was recorded in detail by the Romans.
The Church today knows the existence of these documents and yet fails
to correct the congregation so as to not confuse the tradition
followed since ages. This causes people to not know Jesus and lose on
the blessings which He made available by His sacrifice.
There is no problem about making a mistake, but a person who knows
that he has made a mistake and still continues in it, first deceives
himself and then others; such person has no hope of doing good for he
lands making more to cover that one and thus such things has caused
the church to suffer and the world not to know God.
[Prayer Starter]
Lord the only way to receive You is with a repent full heart. Like the
Israelites ate bitter herbs before eating of the Passover Lamb so also
we need to realize we have made mistakes and sinned against You to
receive You. Lord, give courage to your Church to realize the mistakes
they have been making and help to come out in the open about them and
stop misleading your sheep. Help them realize they are not perfect and
just human, and it is only You who are perfect and Good. Let your
people know You and what You have made available for them by your
sacrifice...
This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.
[Reference Scriptures]
Matthew 27:1-2
1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the
people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him
to Pontius Pilate the governor.
John 18:28-32
28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and
it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall,
lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye
against this man?
30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we
would not have delivered him up unto thee.
31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according
to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us
to put any man to death:
32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake,
signifying what death he should die.
John 19:1-2, 7-16
1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head,
and they put on him a purple robe,
7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to
die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence
art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest
thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release
thee?
11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me,
except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me
unto thee hath the greater sin.
12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews
cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's
friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth,
and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the
Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth
hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him.
Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests
answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And
they took Jesus, and led him away.
Exodus 12:1-10
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be
the first month of the year to you.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth
day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according
to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his
neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the
souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the
lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye
shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month:
and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in
the evening.
7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side
posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat
it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and
unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with
fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that
which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Hell does not say enough
Hell does not say enough
Proverbs 30: 16 - The grave, The barren womb, The earth that is not
satisfied with water-And the fire never says, "Enough!"
In today’s message the Lord wants to open our eyes to the destruction
that is happening in the spiritual world. If we expand today’s
scripture we will have a better understanding of the message.
The word ‘grave’ - Sheol is not the spiritual level Grave (also called
Sea) but the lowest spiritual level Hell. Sheol comes from the root
word meaning to earnestly desire. This level is a prison where the
souls are kept till their spirit lifetime. It is a place which desires
souls; they will suffer here endlessly the evil deeds they did in
their earthly life. People think Satan rules in Hell; it is like
saying criminal rules the jail where he is kept.
The Satan among us is not Lucifer the King of Tyre or the Dragon of
Revelation or the Serpent of Psalms 91 as most think but is the Beast
of Revelation also known as Satan (in most places in the Bible the
word is plural) also known as Prince of Tyre or Young Lion. Ezekiel 28
gives a good description of them both. The powers of the second have
been taken away along with the other fallen angels during the Noah
floods and of the first are as it is. The second whom we engage in
this world compared to the first is like a pussycat compared to a
lion.
The words barren womb literately means oppressed mercy, the mercy of
Christ which is not allowed to work in us. The world cries mercy, but
in fact God has given is all the mercy we need (Grace) and it is we
and our hearts that do not allow the Lord’s mercy to be received.
The word translated as water is a noun and is written in singular
tense. It is at places also translated as piss or urine.
The word fire does not symbolize the sanctifying fire but means fury.
Putting their meanings into the message it reads as:-
The Hell, the oppressed mercy, the land that is not satisfied with
piss, and fury ever says “enough”.
The Lord is telling us our hearts and our way of life is such utter
rubbish; we have made this world like hell which consumes souls after
souls.
Each one of us needs to introspect into our lives and see if we are
living the way Christ wants us to. The easiest way is to ask
ourselves, if Jesus was in our place what would He have done?
Let us live like Christians which means Little Christ. Let the world
know we are different from them. Our thoughts are not their thoughts,
our desires are not their desires, our ways are not their ways and our
priorities in life are not like theirs. Let us sanctify ourselves and
live a righteous and holy life, for we are people of the Truth.
[Prayer Starter]
Lord, You alone are Holy and the Heavens call out your Name endlessly.
Your ways are ways of righteousness and You are the Truth that does
not ever change, for You are perfect and your glory fills the Heavens.
Lord we pray that we open our eyes to the evil ways we live, the evil
our hands do and the evil our tongues speak. Help us cleanse our
hearts by your mercy and change our way of life...
This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
[Reference Scriptures]
Deuteronomy 32:22 - For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall
burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her
increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Psalms 86:13 - For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast
delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Proverbs 5:1-9
1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth
is smoother than oil:
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable,
that thou canst not know them.
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words
of my mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Revelation 17:8 - The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and
shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and
they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not
written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when
they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Revelation 20:13 - And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and
death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were
judged every man according to their works.
Proverbs 30: 16 - The grave, The barren womb, The earth that is not
satisfied with water-And the fire never says, "Enough!"
In today’s message the Lord wants to open our eyes to the destruction
that is happening in the spiritual world. If we expand today’s
scripture we will have a better understanding of the message.
The word ‘grave’ - Sheol is not the spiritual level Grave (also called
Sea) but the lowest spiritual level Hell. Sheol comes from the root
word meaning to earnestly desire. This level is a prison where the
souls are kept till their spirit lifetime. It is a place which desires
souls; they will suffer here endlessly the evil deeds they did in
their earthly life. People think Satan rules in Hell; it is like
saying criminal rules the jail where he is kept.
The Satan among us is not Lucifer the King of Tyre or the Dragon of
Revelation or the Serpent of Psalms 91 as most think but is the Beast
of Revelation also known as Satan (in most places in the Bible the
word is plural) also known as Prince of Tyre or Young Lion. Ezekiel 28
gives a good description of them both. The powers of the second have
been taken away along with the other fallen angels during the Noah
floods and of the first are as it is. The second whom we engage in
this world compared to the first is like a pussycat compared to a
lion.
The words barren womb literately means oppressed mercy, the mercy of
Christ which is not allowed to work in us. The world cries mercy, but
in fact God has given is all the mercy we need (Grace) and it is we
and our hearts that do not allow the Lord’s mercy to be received.
The word translated as water is a noun and is written in singular
tense. It is at places also translated as piss or urine.
The word fire does not symbolize the sanctifying fire but means fury.
Putting their meanings into the message it reads as:-
The Hell, the oppressed mercy, the land that is not satisfied with
piss, and fury ever says “enough”.
The Lord is telling us our hearts and our way of life is such utter
rubbish; we have made this world like hell which consumes souls after
souls.
Each one of us needs to introspect into our lives and see if we are
living the way Christ wants us to. The easiest way is to ask
ourselves, if Jesus was in our place what would He have done?
Let us live like Christians which means Little Christ. Let the world
know we are different from them. Our thoughts are not their thoughts,
our desires are not their desires, our ways are not their ways and our
priorities in life are not like theirs. Let us sanctify ourselves and
live a righteous and holy life, for we are people of the Truth.
[Prayer Starter]
Lord, You alone are Holy and the Heavens call out your Name endlessly.
Your ways are ways of righteousness and You are the Truth that does
not ever change, for You are perfect and your glory fills the Heavens.
Lord we pray that we open our eyes to the evil ways we live, the evil
our hands do and the evil our tongues speak. Help us cleanse our
hearts by your mercy and change our way of life...
This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
[Reference Scriptures]
Deuteronomy 32:22 - For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall
burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her
increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Psalms 86:13 - For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast
delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Proverbs 5:1-9
1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth
is smoother than oil:
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable,
that thou canst not know them.
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words
of my mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Revelation 17:8 - The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and
shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and
they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not
written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when
they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Revelation 20:13 - And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and
death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were
judged every man according to their works.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
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Signing for the LORD Intentions are too difficult and too slow to Achieve.... but tweeting for other Things seems too easy .... Wake Up our FRIENDS before it's too Late
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Help spread the word about this online petition by emailing your friends.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Three Daily Prayers
Three Daily Prayers
Jesus asks us to pray these prayers daily
Novena of Confidence to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
O Lord, Jesus Christ,
to Your Most Sacred Heart I confide this intention.
(Here mention your request)
Only look upon me,
then do what Your Heart inspires,
Let Your Sacred Heart decide,
I count on it, I trust in it,
I throw myself on It's Mercy.
Lord Jesus You will not fail me.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Thy love for me.
Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Thy Kingdom Come.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus,
I have asked for many favours,
but I earnestly implore this one.
Take it, place it in Thy Sacred Heart.
When the Eternal Father sees it
covered with Thy Precious Blood,
He will not refuse it.
It will be no longer my prayer but Thine, O Jesus.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee.
Let me never be confounded.
Amen.
Prayer to St. Michael
St Michael the Archangel, defend us in the day of battle,
be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do thou, O prince of the Heavenly Host,
by the Power of God,
cast into hell Satan, and all the other evil spirits
who prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
Mary, Queen of Holy Angels
Pray for us!
The Memorare of St. Bernard
Remember,
O most gracious Virgin Mary
that never was it known
that anyone who fled to thy protection,
implored thy help,
or sought thy intercession,
was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee.
O Virgin of Virgins my Mother!
To thee do I come,
before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the Word Incarnate!
Despise not my petitions,
but in thy mercy hear and answer me.
Amen.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Tourist Destination: Veneration off the Holy Shroud
Tourist Destination: Veneration off the Holy Shroud: "Veneration off the Holy Shroud Meditation of His Holiness Benedict XVI Dear Friends, This is a moment to which I have been look..."
Veneration off the Holy Shroud
Veneration off the Holy Shroud 
Meditation of His Holiness Benedict XVI
Dear Friends,
This is a moment to which I have been looking forward. I have stood before the Holy Shroud on various occasions but this time I am experiencing this Pilgrimage and this moment with special intensity: perhaps this is because the passing years make me even more sensitive to the message of this extraordinary Icon; perhaps and I would say above all this is because I am here now as the Successor of Peter, and I carry in my heart the whole Church, indeed, the whole of humanity. I thank God for the gift of this Pilgrimage and also for the opportunity to share with you a brief meditation inspired by the subtitle of this solemn Exposition: "The Mystery of Holy Saturday".
One could say that the Shroud is the Icon of this mystery, the Icon of Holy Saturday. Indeed it is a winding-sheet that was wrapped round the body of a man who was crucified, corresponding in every way to what the Gospels tell us of Jesus who, crucified at about noon, died at about three o'clock in the afternoon. At nightfall, since it was Parasceve, that is, the eve of Holy Saturday, Joseph of Arimathea, a rich and authoritative member of the Sanhedrin, courageously asked Pontius Pilate for permission to bury Jesus in his new tomb which he had had hewn out in the rock not far from Golgotha. Having obtained permission, he bought a linen cloth, and after Jesus was taken down from the Cross, wrapped him in that shroud and buried him in that tomb (cf. Mk 15: 42-46). This is what the Gospel of St Mark says and the other Evangelists are in agreement with him. From that moment, Jesus remained in the tomb until dawn of the day after the Sabbath and the Turin Shroud presents to us an image of how his body lay in the tomb during that period which was chronologically brief (about a day and a half), but immense, infinite in its value and in its significance.
Holy Saturday is the day when God remains hidden, we read in an ancient Homily: "What has happened? Today the earth is shrouded in deep silence, deep silence and stillness, profound silence because the King sleeps.... God has died in the flesh, and has gone down to rouse the realm of the dead" (Homily on Holy Saturday, PG 43, 439). In the Creed, we profess that Jesus Christ was "crucified under Pontius Pilate, died and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day, he rose again".
Dear brothers and sisters, in our time, especially after having lived through the past century, humanity has become particularly sensitive to the mystery of Holy Saturday. The concealment of God is part of contemporary man's spirituality, in an existential almost subconscious manner, like a void in the heart that has continued to grow larger and larger. Towards the end of the 19th century, Nietzsche wrote: "God is dead! And we killed him!". This famous saying is clearly taken almost literally from the Christian tradition. We often repeat it in the Way of the Cross, perhaps without being fully aware of what we are saying. After the two World Wars, the lagers and the gulags, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, our epoch has become increasingly a Holy Saturday: this day's darkness challenges all who are wondering about life and it challenges us believers in particular. We too have something to do with this darkness.
Yet the death of the Son of God, Jesus of Nazareth, has an opposite aspect, totally positive, a source of comfort and hope. And this reminds me of the fact that the Holy Shroud acts as a "photographic' document, with both a "positive" and a "negative". And, in fact, this is really how it is: the darkest mystery of faith is at the same time the most luminous sign of a never-ending hope. Holy Saturday is a "no man's land" between the death and the Resurrection, but this "no man's land" was entered by One, the Only One, who passed through it with the signs of his Passion for man's sake: Passio Christi. Passio hominis. And the Shroud speaks to us precisely about this moment testifying exactly to that unique and unrepeatable interval in the history of humanity and the universe in which God, in Jesus Christ, not only shared our dying but also our remaining in death the most radical solidarity.
In this "time-beyond-time", Jesus Christ "descended to the dead". What do these words mean? They mean that God, having made himself man, reached the point of entering man's most extreme and absolute solitude, where not a ray of love enters, where total abandonment reigns without any word of comfort: "hell". Jesus Christ, by remaining in death, passed beyond the door of this ultimate solitude to lead us too to cross it with him. We have all, at some point, felt the frightening sensation of abandonment, and that is what we fear most about death, just as when we were children we were afraid to be alone in the dark and could only be reassured by the presence of a person who loved us. Well, this is exactly what happened on Holy Saturday: the voice of God resounded in the realm of death. The unimaginable occurred: namely, Love penetrated "hell". Even in the extreme darkness of the most absolute human loneliness we may hear a voice that calls us and find a hand that takes ours and leads us out. Human beings live because they are loved and can love; and if love even penetrated the realm of death, then life also even reached there. In the hour of supreme solitude we shall never be alone: Passio Christi. Passio hominis.
This is the mystery of Holy Saturday! Truly from there, from the darkness of the death of the Son of God, the light of a new hope gleamed: the light of the Resurrection. And it seems to me that, looking at this sacred Cloth through the eyes of faith, one may perceive something of this light. Effectively, the Shroud was immersed in that profound darkness that was at the same time luminous; and I think that if thousands and thousands of people come to venerate it without counting those who contemplate it through images it is because they see in it not only darkness but also the light; not so much the defeat of life and of love, but rather victory, the victory of life over death, of love over hatred. They indeed see the death of Jesus, but they also see his Resurrection; in the bosom of death, life is now vibrant, since love dwells within it. This is the power of the Shroud: from the face of this "Man of sorrows", who carries with him the passion of man of every time and every place, our passions too, our sufferings, our difficulties and our sins Passio Christi. Passio hominis from this face a solemn majesty shines, a paradoxical lordship. This face, these hands and these feet, this side, this whole body speaks. It is itself a word we can hear in the silence. How does the Shroud speak? It speaks with blood, and blood is life! The Shroud is an Icon written in blood; the blood of a man who was scourged, crowned with thorns, crucified and whose right side was pierced. The Image impressed upon the Shroud is that of a dead man, but the blood speaks of his life. Every trace of blood speaks of love and of life. Especially that huge stain near his rib, made by the blood and water that flowed copiously from a great wound inflicted by the tip of a Roman spear. That blood and that water speak of life. It is like a spring that murmurs in the silence, and we can hear it, we can listen to it in the silence of Holy Saturday.
Dear friends, let us always praise the Lord for his faithful and merciful love. When we leave this holy place, may we carry in our eyes the image of the Shroud, may we carry in our hearts this word of love and praise God with a life full of faith, hope and charity. Thank you.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Tourist Destination: They have forgotten My ways
Tourist Destination: They have forgotten My ways: " Peter, My Eyes have grown weary watching them accusing one another; they have laid desolate My lands and have nothing to offer My lambs; ..."
They have forgotten My ways
Peter, My Eyes have grown weary watching them accusing one
another; they have laid desolate My lands and have nothing to offer My
lambs; their ways are not acceptable to Me; I have given them love and
peace; I have never taught them to judge others;
(Your Name), I rule with kindness; My Sacred Heart bleeds and lacerates;
why do they provoke Me? have I not said that anyone who claims to be
in My Light but hates his brother, is still in the dark? have they quite
understood what I meant by, “if you are bringing your offering to the
altar and suddenly remember that your brother has something against
you, leave your offering there before the altar, go and find your brother
and reconcile first with him then come back with a clear heart and
present your offering;”
By this, I meant how one should be in harmony with each other and
love each other; make peace with each other; reconcile before offering
Me your gifts in My House; child, there has never been absence of love
in My Heart nor in the hearts of My first disciples; They have forgotten My ways, they have forgotten that I am humble,
meek and full of love; all I ask from you is love; love one another as
much as I love you; why combat in My Church? why these disputes in
My Presence, why this hatred? why all these venomous statements?
where is their holiness? why are they neglecting My garden? they are
dispersing My lambs more than ever and the few that remain will also
vanish from the fold because they have deserted them;
Our Prayer to the LORD
O God, how can I not love You?
I am Yours, even if I am clay.
All I do is out of love for You.
I do not seek my interests,
I seek to Glorify Your Name.
I seek to bring back Your lambs to You,
I seek to follow Your Will, Lord.
I love You and because of this love I have for You,
given and taught by You,
I ask You, if it is Your wish, to strengthen my faith
and to love You without limits,
to enable me to continue and glorify You.
Amen.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Some Safety Tips Before, During and After Earthquakes
The United Nations is advising the Philippines to be ready for an upcoming big earthquake. A quake with a magnitude of 7.2 or higher on the Richter scale is sure to hit Metro Manila, they say, but the bigger question is when exactly this will happen.
The Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI) report published in 2004 predicts that an earthquake with a high magnitude will surely occur because of the Philippine Fault Zone (also called the Marikina Valley Fault System), but experts can’t predict when this disaster may happen.
According to the report, the death toll may reach about 35,000, some 145,000 people may be injured while around 175,000 buildings will be damaged. Where exactly is the West Marikina Valley Fault Line?
It lies northeast of Manila and traverses Marikina , Pasig going to Muntinlupa down to the south.
Instead of being afraid and all panicky, we should make sure we are ready should an earthquake happen. And for those who are located at fault line or near the said fault line make sure to leave the place as soon as possible, it is much better to avoid as early as possible than to wait for the disaster to happen.
Here are some earthquake safety tips to remember.
What to do before the Earthquake
1. Arrange your home for safety: Store heavy objects on lower shelves and store breakable objects in cabinets with latched doors. Don’t hang heavy mirrors or pictures above where people frequently sit or sleep.
2. Store flammable liquids away from potential ignition sources.
3. Stock up on emergency supplies. These include: battery operated radio (and extra batteries), flashlights (and extra batteries), first aid kit, bottled water, two weeks food and medical supplies, blankets, cooking fuel, tools needed to turn off your gas, water and electric utilities.
4. Learn what to do during an earthquake (see During the Earthquake)
What to do during the Earthquake
1. If outdoors, move to an open area where falling objects are unlikely to strike you.
2. If driving, slow down smoothly and stop on the side of the road. Avoid stopping on or under bridges and overpasses, or under power lines, trees and large signs.
3. If indoors, quickly move to a safe location in the room such as under a strong desk, a strong table, or along an interior wall. The goal is to protect yourself from falling objects and be located near the structural strong points of the room.
What to do after the Earthquake
1. Check for injuries and attend to people who may need help.
2. If the power is out, unplug appliances to prevent possible damage when the power is turned back on.
3. If you smell or hear a gas leak, get everyone outside and open windows and doors. If you can do it safely, turn off the gas at the meter.
4. If the building is badly damaged, evacuate immediately.
The only powerful thing we can do is to pray it won’t happen.
Below is the List Of Major Fault Lines Of the Philippines:
1. Marikina Valley Fault (Montalban-San Mateo- Marikina - Pasig -Taguig-Muntinlupa-S… Pedro-Binan-Carmona-Santa Rosa-Calamba-Tagaytay-Oriental Mindoro)
2. Western Philippine Fault ( Luzon Sea-Mindoro Strait-Panay Gulf-Sulu Sea )
3. Eastern Philippine Fault ( Philippine Sea )
4. Southern of Mindanao Fault ( Moro Gulf-Celebes Sea )
5. Central Philippine Fault (Entire Ilocos Norte-Aurora-Quezon-Masbate-Eastern Leyte-Southern Leyte-Agusan Del Norte-Agusan Del Sur-Davao del Norte)
*The earthquake that destroyed Guinsaugon is the Central Philippine Fault
*The 1990 earthquake that destroyed Central Luzon and Baguio is also the Central Philippine Fault.
Of these, the MARIKINA VALLEY FAULT poses the greatest danger because it cuts through all the modern and progressive portions of Manila such as Eastwood, Rockwell, Ortigas Center, Bonifacio Global City, Ayala Center, and Alabang. Also, the PhiVolcs people have warned that this fault line can move anytime because it is already 11 years late for its movement.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
This is a sign of our Saviour
This is a sign of our Saviour
Luke 2:12 - And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
Today as I sat to write I was asking the Lord for a message hoping it
would be with the season that we are in, remembering the passion of
Christ. When I got a scripture from the early parts of Luke I felt a
little down but when I read it I said wow God does know how to get the
message in, as always.
Today as people are remembering the sacrifice of Jesus on the crucifix
(although it was yesterday) the Lord wants us to look at His birth as
a child in the manger.
The Angel of God appeared unto the shepherds watching over their flock
in the night. The Angel told them to go to the manger and they would
find a small child wrapped in cloths and this is the sign that the
Saviour is born.
Today the Lord is tell us the same thing but today the Lord is not
telling us to look at the manger but to behold the crucifix. Today as
we look at the crucifix we are reminded of our Saviour for this is the
sign for us that He has completed the works to open the door of
salvation for us.
When Jesus was born the Angels bust into worship signing ‘Glory to God
in the highest and on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased’.
Today we are expected to bust into worship looking at the sign of
Jesus on the crucifix. We need to sing the same song and also the same
words which the Angels of God proclaimed. Truly today looking at Jesus
on the crucifix we need to give glory to God for He became our peace
sacrifice by being hung on the crucifix. He gave His life so that the
wrath of God would be taken away from us by taking it on to Himself.
When He was a child He was wrapped in cloths but as He was hung on the
crucifix not a piece of cloth was on Him. When He was a child people
joyfully looked at Him but on the crucifix He was not recognizable
even as a human being.
He humbled Himself and became our sacrifice so that we can be lifted
up and be blessed with spiritual riches.
So today as we look at Jesus hung on the crucifix let us not be sad
but with a thankful heart let us give glory unto God for the mighty
work He has done for us.
[Prayer Starter]
Lord, You are awesome and almighty God. When man sinned in your
righteousness You cursed man but in your mercy You humbled Yourself
and took the curse on Yourself for us. You bore our iniquities and set
us free from bondages. Lord, You were lifted up on the crucifix as a
peace sacrifice and by your Cross You became our way to Heaven. Lord,
we thank You and give glory unto You for You are truly God and beyond
words. We just prostrate ourselves before You and worship You, You
indeed are worthy of our praise...
This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
[Reference Sacrifice]
Luke 2:8-14
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the
Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you
good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped
in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly
host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Galatians 3:13-14
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a
curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a
tree:
14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through
Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through
faith.
Numbers 21:5-9
5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have
ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is
no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light
bread.
6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the
people; and much people of Israel died.
7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for
we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD,
that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the
people.
8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it
upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten,
when he looketh upon it, shall live.
9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the
serpent of brass, he lived.
Luke 2:12 - And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
Today as I sat to write I was asking the Lord for a message hoping it
would be with the season that we are in, remembering the passion of
Christ. When I got a scripture from the early parts of Luke I felt a
little down but when I read it I said wow God does know how to get the
message in, as always.
Today as people are remembering the sacrifice of Jesus on the crucifix
(although it was yesterday) the Lord wants us to look at His birth as
a child in the manger.
The Angel of God appeared unto the shepherds watching over their flock
in the night. The Angel told them to go to the manger and they would
find a small child wrapped in cloths and this is the sign that the
Saviour is born.
Today the Lord is tell us the same thing but today the Lord is not
telling us to look at the manger but to behold the crucifix. Today as
we look at the crucifix we are reminded of our Saviour for this is the
sign for us that He has completed the works to open the door of
salvation for us.
When Jesus was born the Angels bust into worship signing ‘Glory to God
in the highest and on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased’.
Today we are expected to bust into worship looking at the sign of
Jesus on the crucifix. We need to sing the same song and also the same
words which the Angels of God proclaimed. Truly today looking at Jesus
on the crucifix we need to give glory to God for He became our peace
sacrifice by being hung on the crucifix. He gave His life so that the
wrath of God would be taken away from us by taking it on to Himself.
When He was a child He was wrapped in cloths but as He was hung on the
crucifix not a piece of cloth was on Him. When He was a child people
joyfully looked at Him but on the crucifix He was not recognizable
even as a human being.
He humbled Himself and became our sacrifice so that we can be lifted
up and be blessed with spiritual riches.
So today as we look at Jesus hung on the crucifix let us not be sad
but with a thankful heart let us give glory unto God for the mighty
work He has done for us.
[Prayer Starter]
Lord, You are awesome and almighty God. When man sinned in your
righteousness You cursed man but in your mercy You humbled Yourself
and took the curse on Yourself for us. You bore our iniquities and set
us free from bondages. Lord, You were lifted up on the crucifix as a
peace sacrifice and by your Cross You became our way to Heaven. Lord,
we thank You and give glory unto You for You are truly God and beyond
words. We just prostrate ourselves before You and worship You, You
indeed are worthy of our praise...
This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
[Reference Sacrifice]
Luke 2:8-14
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the
Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you
good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped
in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly
host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Galatians 3:13-14
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a
curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a
tree:
14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through
Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through
faith.
Numbers 21:5-9
5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have
ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is
no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light
bread.
6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the
people; and much people of Israel died.
7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for
we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD,
that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the
people.
8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it
upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten,
when he looketh upon it, shall live.
9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the
serpent of brass, he lived.
Re: Massive quake in Japan...Have the signs started?
I just read this article in SpiritDaily. I guess I'm not the only one feeling it.
EVENTS IN JAPAN HAVE MANY SCURRYING TO LOOK BACK AT ALLEGED RECENT PROPHECIES
It is fast and furious. Right after the Japan quake, many pointed to what they saw as accurate prophecies of the disaster.
There is, first, Pedro Regis, the alleged seer from Anguera, Brazil, who last year seemed to have correctly foreseen a flood in Madeira, Portugal, the Haitian disaster, and a potent Chilean quake.
Now, some saw another "hit" in that Pedro (whom his diocese has not yet discerned) had just a few weeks ago quoted the "Virgin Mary" as saying: "Death will pass through Assis [a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil] and my poor children will have to weep and lament. Akita (Japan) will drink the bitter cup of pain. Bend your knees in prayer. Your victory is in The Lord. Open your hearts and accept My appeals. Now is the time of Grace for all of you."
That was February 15, and in fact Akita -- which is in the northern region of Japan -- indeed felt the effects of the quake -- albeit not like some areas; it was left in the dark by a great power outage. Still, it was interesting because Akita was the site of another alleged set of revelations to a nun named Sister Agnes Sasagawa, who heard Mary's voice from a statue that wept 101 times.
Just about exactly a year ago, on March 20, 2010, Pedro quoted the apparition he claims to see as saying, "A megaquake will shake Japan and My poor children will weep and lament. Greater pain never existed."
Moreover, last October 30, Pedro reported the words, "You are heading towards a future of great difficulties. The earth will shake and Egypt will drink the bitter chalice of pain. Pray. Pray. Pray. The Middle East will experience a heavy cross and My poor children will shout for help. The beautiful country will be in tears for the death of her children. Bend your knees in prayer. Your victory is in The Lord. Don't cross your arms. This is the message I give you in the name of the Holy Trinity. "
The question, of course, it whether a seer who mentions so many places is not likely by the simple turns of chance to hit a few predictions. Pedro, no doubt a good believer, receives several messages a week, and a single message often mentions two or more locales. He has cited disasters for 22 locales just since February 1. At that rate, more than a hundred places are mentioned in a year.
Still, Pedro draws much interest, and so does a Protestant, David Wilkerson, who has had a notable recent "miss" (foreseeing utter financial destruction right after the recent Wall Street crisis) but who wrote a book in 1975 about a vision he had in 1973 called The Vision in which (on page 32) he said: "The U.S. is going to experience, in the not-so-distant future, the most tragic earthquake in its history... Another earthquake, possibly in Japan, may precede the one I see coming here."
Of course, Japan is always a likely candidate (see Sent To Earth). We even traveled there specifically to research quakes. But there is certainly much going on and not just there. In Aayanagar, India, an image of Mary is weeping blood and oil since last month and images of Jesus continue to be reported in many places (more on this next week). Perhaps we can speculate this:
When the first of several "warnings" prophesied at Medjugorje are announced, it might be on the scale of what just transpired in Japan -- since seer Mirjana Soldo once replied, when asked if people would rush to see the event in her first secret, that it would be a local event that everyone would hear about from afar but that "it is one thing to go and see a sign, quite another to go and see suffering or a disaster. Who would want, for example, to go to Italy to see a dam collapse?" Her words.
Just before the recent quake, we were receiving concerns about the New Madrid fault in the Midwest (which created a massive series of tremors in the early 1800s south of St. Louis), and it is peculiar how the Japanese quake was preceded by the destructive quake in Christchurch, New Zealand (note the name), a tremor in Japan itself, a quake that destroyed buildings earlier this week in China, a volcano that suddenly heightened its activity on the Big Island of Hawaii, and a strange, massive fish kill in southern California (not to mention all the weather across the continental U.S.). Meanwhile, a similarly historic quake once occurred (in Alaska) on Good Friday (1960) -- the last Friday of Lent, where this is the first Friday of the same holy period.
It takes no seer to see that "signs" are following one another with increased and perhaps portentous rapidity. Noted one viewer, John Olenik -- from snow-buried Upstate New York: "The first time I looked at the clock today, the time read 1:11. I then read my e-mail from someone who is trapped in the Tokyo airport, giving an account of what is happening. His e-mail was dated March 11, 11. Significance? The signs are becoming stronger, are they not?"
EVENTS IN JAPAN HAVE MANY SCURRYING TO LOOK BACK AT ALLEGED RECENT PROPHECIES
It is fast and furious. Right after the Japan quake, many pointed to what they saw as accurate prophecies of the disaster.
There is, first, Pedro Regis, the alleged seer from Anguera, Brazil, who last year seemed to have correctly foreseen a flood in Madeira, Portugal, the Haitian disaster, and a potent Chilean quake.
Now, some saw another "hit" in that Pedro (whom his diocese has not yet discerned) had just a few weeks ago quoted the "Virgin Mary" as saying: "Death will pass through Assis [a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil] and my poor children will have to weep and lament. Akita (Japan) will drink the bitter cup of pain. Bend your knees in prayer. Your victory is in The Lord. Open your hearts and accept My appeals. Now is the time of Grace for all of you."
That was February 15, and in fact Akita -- which is in the northern region of Japan -- indeed felt the effects of the quake -- albeit not like some areas; it was left in the dark by a great power outage. Still, it was interesting because Akita was the site of another alleged set of revelations to a nun named Sister Agnes Sasagawa, who heard Mary's voice from a statue that wept 101 times.
Just about exactly a year ago, on March 20, 2010, Pedro quoted the apparition he claims to see as saying, "A megaquake will shake Japan and My poor children will weep and lament. Greater pain never existed."
Moreover, last October 30, Pedro reported the words, "You are heading towards a future of great difficulties. The earth will shake and Egypt will drink the bitter chalice of pain. Pray. Pray. Pray. The Middle East will experience a heavy cross and My poor children will shout for help. The beautiful country will be in tears for the death of her children. Bend your knees in prayer. Your victory is in The Lord. Don't cross your arms. This is the message I give you in the name of the Holy Trinity. "
The question, of course, it whether a seer who mentions so many places is not likely by the simple turns of chance to hit a few predictions. Pedro, no doubt a good believer, receives several messages a week, and a single message often mentions two or more locales. He has cited disasters for 22 locales just since February 1. At that rate, more than a hundred places are mentioned in a year.
Still, Pedro draws much interest, and so does a Protestant, David Wilkerson, who has had a notable recent "miss" (foreseeing utter financial destruction right after the recent Wall Street crisis) but who wrote a book in 1975 about a vision he had in 1973 called The Vision in which (on page 32) he said: "The U.S. is going to experience, in the not-so-distant future, the most tragic earthquake in its history... Another earthquake, possibly in Japan, may precede the one I see coming here."
Of course, Japan is always a likely candidate (see Sent To Earth). We even traveled there specifically to research quakes. But there is certainly much going on and not just there. In Aayanagar, India, an image of Mary is weeping blood and oil since last month and images of Jesus continue to be reported in many places (more on this next week). Perhaps we can speculate this:
When the first of several "warnings" prophesied at Medjugorje are announced, it might be on the scale of what just transpired in Japan -- since seer Mirjana Soldo once replied, when asked if people would rush to see the event in her first secret, that it would be a local event that everyone would hear about from afar but that "it is one thing to go and see a sign, quite another to go and see suffering or a disaster. Who would want, for example, to go to Italy to see a dam collapse?" Her words.
Just before the recent quake, we were receiving concerns about the New Madrid fault in the Midwest (which created a massive series of tremors in the early 1800s south of St. Louis), and it is peculiar how the Japanese quake was preceded by the destructive quake in Christchurch, New Zealand (note the name), a tremor in Japan itself, a quake that destroyed buildings earlier this week in China, a volcano that suddenly heightened its activity on the Big Island of Hawaii, and a strange, massive fish kill in southern California (not to mention all the weather across the continental U.S.). Meanwhile, a similarly historic quake once occurred (in Alaska) on Good Friday (1960) -- the last Friday of Lent, where this is the first Friday of the same holy period.
It takes no seer to see that "signs" are following one another with increased and perhaps portentous rapidity. Noted one viewer, John Olenik -- from snow-buried Upstate New York: "The first time I looked at the clock today, the time read 1:11. I then read my e-mail from someone who is trapped in the Tokyo airport, giving an account of what is happening. His e-mail was dated March 11, 11. Significance? The signs are becoming stronger, are they not?"
I Will Never Fail You Nor Forsake You!...Jesus
Monday, April 18, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Prophecies
Vassula's comment on Prophecies (author of the True Life in God)
In this article I will be pointing out the prophecies given to us by God reminding us of His call of repentance and love, prophecies that spoke of the two towers in the USA, and now of the tsunami in Asia that took hundreds of thousands of lives away, most of them innocent children.
I am sure every one of you is in prayer for those that survived and that you have participated in the donations given through your churches. It is a terrible thing to see the pain and the suffering of people of different nationalities who lost their beloved ones, from one minute to the next, especially when it comes to children. Then we remain in awe before some miracles that happened, like the floating little mattress with the 20 day old baby, and the Swedish little boy who was found, and others.
Perhaps this phenomenon had made some people understand how, before God, we are nothing: that our lives depend on God and not on ourselves. We cannot do anything without God’s help.
Unfortunately, when a disaster of this magnitude happens, taking away innocent lives, there will be some who will put the blame immediately on God rather than on sinful humanity. For many, it will also be the only time they will remember God, speaking of Him in anger, thus offending God even more. At the same time, pain and sorrow sometimes make people say things they do not mean. We should pray for these broken hearts that they may be consoled by our Lord.
When someone asked me once, why do good people and children have to suffer and even die? I asked our Lord. He responded, saying: "If you die, it is because of your apostasy", meaning that we draw these sufferings upon ourselves. From our own wickedness we are self-destructing, making even nature turn against us. Mother Teresa, when asked the same questions, responded by saying that the lives of good people and innocent children are taken because these were ready to enter into the Kingdom of God. In the Scriptures Christ explains it in (Lk 13, 1-5):
"It was just about this time that some people arrived and told Him (Jesus) about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices. At this He said to them, "Do you suppose these Galileans who suffered like that were greater sinners than any other Galilean? They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell and killed them? Do you suppose that they were more guilty than all of the other people living in Jerusalem? They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did."
When God speaks, like He does in the messages of True Life in God, it is to counsel His people and draw them near His Heart. When God speaks we have to listen and respect His sayings. When God speaks, He speaks to correct us and console us. He speaks, and we have to listen by bending our stiff necks, whether we like it or not. Pride is the root of the disbelief that refuses to listen. As a father, God who is our Father will reprimand us for our rebellion and our indifference towards Him, but will never neglect to encourage us, lift us and give us hope to enliven our faith. At the same time God comes to us out of His infinite mercy to warn us that unless we convert and live holy there will be trouble lying ahead of us. God does not like us to suffer and that is why, in His infinite mercy, He will take any means to come to us and warn us, because all the evil will be drawn by us alone, not Him.
When I hear sometimes how people diminish God in His Justice, I feel like crying out: "heresy!" God is a God of Love, but also of Justice. In the Scriptures it is written that God’s severity is as great as His mercy. When they say, "I do not believe that these inspirations come from God, because they are too apocalyptic", when God is warning us, revealing to us clearly what could happen if we do not shape up, to these I would ask: "Can you face the day of Judgment without fear?" What about Nineveh? Has God not given a warning through Jonah? God did not want to destroy a whole big town, but He sent His prophet to warn that town. And they listened and fasted. The town was not destroyed.
One of many examples in Scriptures of how God reacts in times of rebellion and apostasy is from Jeremiah 4: 23-28. Jeremiah says:
"I looked to the earth, to see a formless waste; to the heavens, and their light had gone. I looked to the mountains, to see them quaking. And all the heights astir. I looked, to see no man at all, the very birds of heaven had fled. I looked, to see the wooded country a wilderness, all its towns in ruins, at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of His burning anger. Yes, thus speaks Yahweh, "the whole land shall be laid waste, I will make an end of it once for all; at which the earth will go into mourning, and the heavens above grow dark..."
God had been warning us unceasingly to return to Him and reconcile with Him and with one another. Christ has been pleading with His church to unite. He has been asking the shepherds now for 20 years to repent and reconcile, bringing forth unity by unifying the dates of Easter. The whole world is decaying in its evil and its apostasy, transgressing not only God’s Law, but all that is Holy, unceasingly offending God. Why, then, is anyone surprised when the grace of the Holy Spirit increases in these times of darkness to help us? But Darkness is persecuting the Light once more. Obstacles, persecutions, accusations, mockery, slander, prohibitions and calumnies were pouring out from several people, all these years, as I was trying to testify and pass on to the world the Word of God, making this an extremely difficult mission. Many of these people thought they were doing a holy duty to God...
It is written in Scriptures that: "In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God." (John 1:1) "The Word was the true Light that enlightens all men; and He was coming into the world. He was in the world that had its being through him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own domain and His own people did not accept Him." (John1:9-11).
Through all these years, Our Lord has tried to awaken a true understanding in all of us by repeatedly giving us reminders: recalling what was said in the past by the holy prophets and His own commandments. His calls, as well as our Blessed Mother’s, were calls to repentance, peace, love, unity and a life of prayer. Our Lord came and still comes in this manner into the world to enlighten all those who have gone astray, but to this day very few recognized His graceful presence and fewer still accept His call. He did not neglect to come first to His own domain, among His own, but flesh in its hardness of heart and incredulity rejected Love once more. To this day, very few are those who accepted Him entirely in His call of mercy and repented, allowing Him to reign in their hearts.
The world today has an attitude, just like Pharaoh’s, of rejecting, in their stubbornness and disbelief, all that is Holy. Of others, our Lord says their behavior is worse than that of Sodom and Gomorrah. All these years, Christ has been begging His Church for peace, reconciliation and unity among the shepherds; He has been speaking to them, to His own. Yet, to this day, unity is not being accepted. Instead, many of His shepherds are scorning His very words given in these inspirations, making fun of His intimate Love and treating the word "unity" as an enemy in their hardened hearts. These very ones are at the brink of destruction, and yet they go on their own way doing their own thing.
When the Word was made flesh, the world did not know Him. Even when He went to His own people, they did not accept Him... In our times He has made Himself accessible to every human being but many have ignored His ways and sayings. There is no difference between the way the world was then and the way it is today; rejection and disbelief is what they carry in their hearts. Our Lord asks His shepherds:
Later on, in another call, Christ asks His shepherds:
Then there are those who would say to God’s mouthpieces:
But our Lord says:
Despite these words, they would go on persecuting and prohibiting the Word of God from being made known to His creatures, the Word that can lead many nations to repentance, conversion and faith, making God relent, as He did over Nineveh. Here is another warning:
In the year 1991, 11 September, exactly 10 years before the great disaster of the two towers in the USA, our Lord, looking at the earth with displeasure, warned us in these words:
On the 11th September 2001 the world was scarred with the fall of the two towers, taking away so many lives, among them many innocent people. Horrific apocalyptic scenes were shown to the world, and despite this horror that came upon us, instead of truly turning to God and repenting, the world became worse than before and was set for war. Instead of understanding that this happened because of our own faults, sins, guilt, apostasy and the world’s rejection of God, we continued to listen to Satan and go on his way rather than the way God was showing us.
On the 24th December 1991, on the eve of Christ’s birth this message was given to us by Christ who was very offended:
Christ is showing us that He is offended when we celebrate Christmas by gathering our family without remembering the real cause; Christ’s Birth.
At Christmas every Christian is asked to celebrate Christ’s birth by rejoicing and going to Church and celebrating His Holy Name. Many, in their apostasy, celebrate and worship the Christmas tree instead, exchanging gifts, eating until sick, and amusing themselves to folly.
After that date there were several warnings. But the ones that I believe speak of the tsunami of the 26th December 2004 in Asia were the three that follow here below. The first one is as early as :
I wrote: "Suddenly Jesus reminded me of a dream I had last night and had forgotten. It was the vision I saw lately, but it appeared worse in my dream". The Lord then said:
I wrote: "I remember when I saw it coming like a giant wave. I tried to run and hide, knowing it’s impossible." Then I asked our Lord: "But why do this, if you love us? Why?" He answered:
I asked: "What can we do to stop this?" God answered:
The tsunami news shocked and dismayed all of us, but no one can say that God did not send us warnings. When warnings were sent by those He chose as mouthpieces, many were saying: "We have no need of these warnings; we have the consolation of the holy books of the Fathers and the Holy Bible in our possession. We never lack to offer sacrifices and prayers either, so what has Christ to tell us more than what He has given us?" And they shut their ears.
Another warning was given to us on the :
According to the scientists, when the earthquake happened under the sea, the whole earth shook, stopped for a split second and went out of its normal axis. The island of Sumatra and other islands too, moved several meters from their original place. One of them was thought to have disappeared altogether, but was then rediscovered in another place.
Then on the again a last warning came from God; here is an excerpt:
As the prophecy explains, it happened in the early hours of the morning.
Our Lord is warning us that, because of our apostasy, we are endangering the cosmos - not only the earth, but the entire cosmos, provoking nature to rebel against us.
But this is not all, our Lord is warning us of a still worse event to come if we do not change our hearts and return to God. The Lord says;
On the , God is warning us saying:
We are given time, once again, to repent before this prophecy comes on us. Although God says, "nothing can be subtracted from them", we can still diminish the power of this scourge by prayer, repentance and change of life to live holy.
We are called to lead a True life in God. God can relent, just like He did with Nineveh.
The True Life in God inspirations are not prophecies of doom and gloom. God gives them to us in these times of mercy to shape us up; they are a call out of the sublime Love of God. God will not allow us forever to offend His Holy Name. This is the reason why He comes, in His mercy, to give us many warnings.
God bless you all,
In Christ,
Vassula
I am sure every one of you is in prayer for those that survived and that you have participated in the donations given through your churches. It is a terrible thing to see the pain and the suffering of people of different nationalities who lost their beloved ones, from one minute to the next, especially when it comes to children. Then we remain in awe before some miracles that happened, like the floating little mattress with the 20 day old baby, and the Swedish little boy who was found, and others.
Perhaps this phenomenon had made some people understand how, before God, we are nothing: that our lives depend on God and not on ourselves. We cannot do anything without God’s help.
Unfortunately, when a disaster of this magnitude happens, taking away innocent lives, there will be some who will put the blame immediately on God rather than on sinful humanity. For many, it will also be the only time they will remember God, speaking of Him in anger, thus offending God even more. At the same time, pain and sorrow sometimes make people say things they do not mean. We should pray for these broken hearts that they may be consoled by our Lord.
When someone asked me once, why do good people and children have to suffer and even die? I asked our Lord. He responded, saying: "If you die, it is because of your apostasy", meaning that we draw these sufferings upon ourselves. From our own wickedness we are self-destructing, making even nature turn against us. Mother Teresa, when asked the same questions, responded by saying that the lives of good people and innocent children are taken because these were ready to enter into the Kingdom of God. In the Scriptures Christ explains it in (Lk 13, 1-5):
"It was just about this time that some people arrived and told Him (Jesus) about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices. At this He said to them, "Do you suppose these Galileans who suffered like that were greater sinners than any other Galilean? They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell and killed them? Do you suppose that they were more guilty than all of the other people living in Jerusalem? They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did."
When God speaks, like He does in the messages of True Life in God, it is to counsel His people and draw them near His Heart. When God speaks we have to listen and respect His sayings. When God speaks, He speaks to correct us and console us. He speaks, and we have to listen by bending our stiff necks, whether we like it or not. Pride is the root of the disbelief that refuses to listen. As a father, God who is our Father will reprimand us for our rebellion and our indifference towards Him, but will never neglect to encourage us, lift us and give us hope to enliven our faith. At the same time God comes to us out of His infinite mercy to warn us that unless we convert and live holy there will be trouble lying ahead of us. God does not like us to suffer and that is why, in His infinite mercy, He will take any means to come to us and warn us, because all the evil will be drawn by us alone, not Him.
"Every day of your life generation, My grace is being revealed and as I shine on the whole human race to bring it to make peace with Me and neighbor, so will they too shine amongst themselves if they only would listen to Me..."
When I hear sometimes how people diminish God in His Justice, I feel like crying out: "heresy!" God is a God of Love, but also of Justice. In the Scriptures it is written that God’s severity is as great as His mercy. When they say, "I do not believe that these inspirations come from God, because they are too apocalyptic", when God is warning us, revealing to us clearly what could happen if we do not shape up, to these I would ask: "Can you face the day of Judgment without fear?" What about Nineveh? Has God not given a warning through Jonah? God did not want to destroy a whole big town, but He sent His prophet to warn that town. And they listened and fasted. The town was not destroyed.
One of many examples in Scriptures of how God reacts in times of rebellion and apostasy is from Jeremiah 4: 23-28. Jeremiah says:
"I looked to the earth, to see a formless waste; to the heavens, and their light had gone. I looked to the mountains, to see them quaking. And all the heights astir. I looked, to see no man at all, the very birds of heaven had fled. I looked, to see the wooded country a wilderness, all its towns in ruins, at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of His burning anger. Yes, thus speaks Yahweh, "the whole land shall be laid waste, I will make an end of it once for all; at which the earth will go into mourning, and the heavens above grow dark..."
God had been warning us unceasingly to return to Him and reconcile with Him and with one another. Christ has been pleading with His church to unite. He has been asking the shepherds now for 20 years to repent and reconcile, bringing forth unity by unifying the dates of Easter. The whole world is decaying in its evil and its apostasy, transgressing not only God’s Law, but all that is Holy, unceasingly offending God. Why, then, is anyone surprised when the grace of the Holy Spirit increases in these times of darkness to help us? But Darkness is persecuting the Light once more. Obstacles, persecutions, accusations, mockery, slander, prohibitions and calumnies were pouring out from several people, all these years, as I was trying to testify and pass on to the world the Word of God, making this an extremely difficult mission. Many of these people thought they were doing a holy duty to God...
It is written in Scriptures that: "In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God." (John 1:1) "The Word was the true Light that enlightens all men; and He was coming into the world. He was in the world that had its being through him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own domain and His own people did not accept Him." (John1:9-11).
Through all these years, Our Lord has tried to awaken a true understanding in all of us by repeatedly giving us reminders: recalling what was said in the past by the holy prophets and His own commandments. His calls, as well as our Blessed Mother’s, were calls to repentance, peace, love, unity and a life of prayer. Our Lord came and still comes in this manner into the world to enlighten all those who have gone astray, but to this day very few recognized His graceful presence and fewer still accept His call. He did not neglect to come first to His own domain, among His own, but flesh in its hardness of heart and incredulity rejected Love once more. To this day, very few are those who accepted Him entirely in His call of mercy and repented, allowing Him to reign in their hearts.
The world today has an attitude, just like Pharaoh’s, of rejecting, in their stubbornness and disbelief, all that is Holy. Of others, our Lord says their behavior is worse than that of Sodom and Gomorrah. All these years, Christ has been begging His Church for peace, reconciliation and unity among the shepherds; He has been speaking to them, to His own. Yet, to this day, unity is not being accepted. Instead, many of His shepherds are scorning His very words given in these inspirations, making fun of His intimate Love and treating the word "unity" as an enemy in their hardened hearts. These very ones are at the brink of destruction, and yet they go on their own way doing their own thing.
When the Word was made flesh, the world did not know Him. Even when He went to His own people, they did not accept Him... In our times He has made Himself accessible to every human being but many have ignored His ways and sayings. There is no difference between the way the world was then and the way it is today; rejection and disbelief is what they carry in their hearts. Our Lord asks His shepherds:
"I solemnly ask everyone: what have you done with Scriptures? Scriptures are a mirror that reflect Me; how is it, if you say you know the Scriptures, you do not recognize My speech? How is it you so easily contradict the truth? I tell you, if you do not recognize Me in My sayings now, it is simply that you do not know nor understand the Scriptures that are a key of the Holy Spirit. If some of you say: "we do not need this prophetic revelation, we are not obliged to listen to it or read it because Scriptures are enough for us and we can learn all knowledge from them;" I ask you in your incredulity: "Do you know why you do not believe and do you know why you are so indifferent and determined to close your heart? Do you know why you do not seek anything beyond it?" It is because you have not the Holy Spirit who could have risen you from darkness into His Light enlightening your soul to see the Son together with the Father manifesting Themselves to you; the Holy Spirit would have breathed in you a resurrection breath invigorating you, giving you life in Me.
Can a soul who is dead understand Scriptures and put them into practice if he is not alive? If you would have understood the Scriptures that are as a mirror, reflecting My Image, you would not have said: "Scriptures are enough for me." No, My friend, Scriptures are not enough if you do not possess the Holy Spirit. It is through the Light of the Holy Spirit that Revelation can be understood and all that seemed then impenetrable mysteries in Scriptures, and sealed, would become knowable and clear because the key of knowledge would be given to you by the Spirit."
Can a soul who is dead understand Scriptures and put them into practice if he is not alive? If you would have understood the Scriptures that are as a mirror, reflecting My Image, you would not have said: "Scriptures are enough for me." No, My friend, Scriptures are not enough if you do not possess the Holy Spirit. It is through the Light of the Holy Spirit that Revelation can be understood and all that seemed then impenetrable mysteries in Scriptures, and sealed, would become knowable and clear because the key of knowledge would be given to you by the Spirit."
Later on, in another call, Christ asks His shepherds:
"When in your days I am speaking and the shepherds are not listening and do not believe I am intervening they are as Scriptures say: "our watchmen are blind, they notice nothing... they all go their own way, each after his own interest..."
Then there are those who would say to God’s mouthpieces:
"If you are sent by God and if those words you say come from God, prove your humility by hiding yourself and all those sayings; stop parading yourself and the sayings around the world;"
But our Lord says:
"To these people answer the following: "I am not going to be like the wicked servant who hid his talent and then was condemned for having done nothing; on the contrary, I will multiply my talent and give glory to the One who entrusted it to me; I will pass on, not only to this generation this prodigious wonder, but the angels will carry the words of God and will continue spreading them like a rain of seeds thrown from above to all future generations to renew God’s creation and embellish the Church; to sweeten the mouths of His children and open their mouths to praise Him; to open their eyes and enable them to examine their hearts; I am sealed by our Lord’s divine Name all over me and I do not fear. I am His Loud book declaring the same Truths our Lord has passed on to us; so, nothing is new, I have nothing new that is of my own, brothers, but all that is said to me comes from Divine Knowledge and from the Mouth of the Triune God;" this is what you are to tell them in My Name;"
Despite these words, they would go on persecuting and prohibiting the Word of God from being made known to His creatures, the Word that can lead many nations to repentance, conversion and faith, making God relent, as He did over Nineveh. Here is another warning:
"(...) As for those who have not yet received My visitation, many torments await them, the Day of the Lord will come upon them too, and what a day that will be! I shall be swift to show My Mercy, provided you repent... I will show My Mercy and gather all of you from everywhere under heaven; but before that, I, the Author of this Love Hymn tell you, unless the world in its wickedness turns to Me, repenting, rendering love for evil, what can happen to you all will outline all historical records of purification! There is no fervent repentance, no real compunction... the nations are in uproar, and their achievements are the measure of their godlessness... all the earth will suffer unless I hear a true cry of repentance; ah, and those who stand up on platforms proclaiming peace and how, and in which way one has to establish peace among themselves, when these very ones are transgressing My commandments and are at war with Me, how do they expect in their right mind to bring peace?"
In the year 1991, 11 September, exactly 10 years before the great disaster of the two towers in the USA, our Lord, looking at the earth with displeasure, warned us in these words:
"And I, for My part, My Eyes look down at the world of today, searching nation after nation scanning soul after soul for some warmth, for some generosity and for some love but very few enjoy My favor. Very few bother to live a holy life and the days are fleeing and the hours are now counted before the great retribution (...) (Jesus suddenly changed tone and after waiting a few seconds, with a tone very grave that left me in awe said: "The earth will shiver and shake and every evil built into Towers (like the towers of Babel) will collapse into a heap of rubble and be buried in the dust of sin! Above the heavens will shake and the foundations of the earth will rock! The islands, the sea and the continents will be visited by Me unexpectedly with thunder and by flame. Listen to My last words of warning, listen now that there is still time. Read our Messages and stop being scornful or deaf when Heaven speaks (...) Soon, very soon now, the Heavens will open and I shall make you see the Judge."
On the 11th September 2001 the world was scarred with the fall of the two towers, taking away so many lives, among them many innocent people. Horrific apocalyptic scenes were shown to the world, and despite this horror that came upon us, instead of truly turning to God and repenting, the world became worse than before and was set for war. Instead of understanding that this happened because of our own faults, sins, guilt, apostasy and the world’s rejection of God, we continued to listen to Satan and go on his way rather than the way God was showing us.
On the 24th December 1991, on the eve of Christ’s birth this message was given to us by Christ who was very offended:
"I come today and offer all mankind My Peace, but very few listen. Today I come with peace-terms and a message of Love, but the peace I am offering is blasphemed by the earth, and the Love I am giving them is mocked and jeered in this Eve of My Birth. Mankind is celebrating these days without My Holy Name. My Holy Name has been abolished and they take the day of My Birth as a great holiday of leisure, worshipping idols. Satan has entered into the hearts of My children, finding them weak and asleep. I have warned the world..."
Christ is showing us that He is offended when we celebrate Christmas by gathering our family without remembering the real cause; Christ’s Birth.
At Christmas every Christian is asked to celebrate Christ’s birth by rejoicing and going to Church and celebrating His Holy Name. Many, in their apostasy, celebrate and worship the Christmas tree instead, exchanging gifts, eating until sick, and amusing themselves to folly.
After that date there were several warnings. But the ones that I believe speak of the tsunami of the 26th December 2004 in Asia were the three that follow here below. The first one is as early as :
I wrote: "Suddenly Jesus reminded me of a dream I had last night and had forgotten. It was the vision I saw lately, but it appeared worse in my dream". The Lord then said:
"Listen, I have let you see the vision in your sleep, to make you feel it. No, there is no escape!"
I wrote: "I remember when I saw it coming like a giant wave. I tried to run and hide, knowing it’s impossible." Then I asked our Lord: "But why do this, if you love us? Why?" He answered:
"I am known as a God of Love, as well as a God of Justice."
I asked: "What can we do to stop this?" God answered:
"tremendous amendments are required now from all of you. Uniting and being one. Loving one another, believing in My Heavenly Works, for I am among you always."
The tsunami news shocked and dismayed all of us, but no one can say that God did not send us warnings. When warnings were sent by those He chose as mouthpieces, many were saying: "We have no need of these warnings; we have the consolation of the holy books of the Fathers and the Holy Bible in our possession. We never lack to offer sacrifices and prayers either, so what has Christ to tell us more than what He has given us?" And they shut their ears.
Another warning was given to us on the :
"See the days are coming when I am going to come by thunder and fire but I will find, to My distress, many of you unaware and in deep sleep! I am sending you creation, messenger after messenger to break through your deafness, but I am weary now of your resistance and your apathy. I am ever so weary of your coldness; I am weary of your arrogance and your inflexibility when it comes to assemble for unity - you filled and overflowed now the Cup of Stupor. Intoxicated by your own voice you have opposed My Voice but it shall not be forever - soon you shall fall for you have opposed My Voice by your voice, misleading nonsense; naturally My Church is in ruin because of your division (...) the earth will shake and like a shooting star will reel from its place, extirpating mountains and islands out of their places. Entire nations will be annihilated; the sky will disappear like a scroll rolling up as you saw it in your vision daughter. A great agony will befall on all the citizens, and woe to the unbeliever! Hear Me: and should men say to you today: "ah, but the Living One will have Mercy upon us, your prophecy is not from God but from your own spirit", tell them: although you are reputed to be alive, you are dead; your incredulity condemns you, because you refused to believe in My time of Mercy and prohibited My Voice to spread through My mouthpieces to warn and save My creatures..."
According to the scientists, when the earthquake happened under the sea, the whole earth shook, stopped for a split second and went out of its normal axis. The island of Sumatra and other islands too, moved several meters from their original place. One of them was thought to have disappeared altogether, but was then rediscovered in another place.
Then on the again a last warning came from God; here is an excerpt:
"My Imperial Reign is at your very doors, but are you ready to receive Me? With largesse and with royal prodigality I laid out a banquet of spiritual food to revive your spirit; when I was there, waiting for you to feed you by My Own Hand to save you from death, you refused to come forward; considering therefore, your reluctance to a true metanoia, and how you have shown hostility instead towards My warnings, what former scenes of wailing took place (on the 11th September 2001) are nothing in comparison to the sorrowful mornings that lie ahead of you; sorrowful mornings that will be drawn by your own hand. Your nation governs in complete opposition to all My Law of Love which differs from your outlandish system of laws; laws that commit the most heinous crimes to the point of endangering not only the earth but the stability as well of the whole cosmos;" (...) I see from above how your designs will turn against yourselves; the world already is tasting the fruits of its own course, provoking to rebel with convulsions, drawing upon yourselves natural catastrophes choking itself with your own scheming. I had beckoned you for years now but very few took notice; this purification that is now like a scourge upon you, generation, will draw many towards Me and those who spurned My warnings will return to Me in their distress..."
As the prophecy explains, it happened in the early hours of the morning.
Our Lord is warning us that, because of our apostasy, we are endangering the cosmos - not only the earth, but the entire cosmos, provoking nature to rebel against us.
But this is not all, our Lord is warning us of a still worse event to come if we do not change our hearts and return to God. The Lord says;
"You see daughter, I will soon reveal My Justice too. My Plan has a determined time. My Merciful calls have also a determined time. Once this time is over, I will show everyone, good and evil that My severity is as great as My mercy, that My wrath is as powerful as My forgiveness. All things predicted by Me will pass swiftly now - nothing can be subtracted from them..."
"The sixth seal is about to be broken and you will all be plunged into darkness and there will be no illumination for the smoke poured up out of the Abyss will be like the smoke from a huge furnace so that the sun and the sky will be darkened by it; and out of My Cup of Justice I will make you resemble snakes; vipers. I will make you crawl on your belly and eat dust in these days of darkness; I will crush you to the ground to remind you that you are not better than vipers... you will suffocate and stifle in your sins; in My anger I will tread you down, trample you in My wrath! (...) When the hour of Darkness comes, I will show you your insides; I will turn your soul inside out and when you will see your soul as black as coal, not only will you experience a distress like never before, but you will beat your breast with agony that your own darkness is far worse than the darkness surrounding you. I will make human life scarcer than ever before; then when My wrath will be appeased, I will set My Throne in each one of you and together with one voice and one heart and one language you will praise Me, the Lamb."
We are given time, once again, to repent before this prophecy comes on us. Although God says, "nothing can be subtracted from them", we can still diminish the power of this scourge by prayer, repentance and change of life to live holy.
We are called to lead a True life in God. God can relent, just like He did with Nineveh.
The True Life in God inspirations are not prophecies of doom and gloom. God gives them to us in these times of mercy to shape us up; they are a call out of the sublime Love of God. God will not allow us forever to offend His Holy Name. This is the reason why He comes, in His mercy, to give us many warnings.
God bless you all,
In Christ,
Vassula
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