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Stay particularly attentive to Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict as he leads the barc of Peter through turbulent waters. While many Shepherds seem to be drifting away or caught up in the administration of their Dioceses rather than leading their flocks, unity with Peter's Successor is paramount. Let no one deceive you with promulgations, nuances, and New Age philosophies, no one - be they Prelates, Priests or those in the Consecrated Life. Some have fallen away and caved into the ways of the world but the Church will survive. All of our ecclesial leadership needs our prayers, especially Bishops and Priests. Adopt a Bishop or Priest and pray for him specifically. Pray, Pray, Pray Our Lady repeatedly tells us. She is a Good Mother who cares for her children. She tells each of us to "Do whatever He tells you."
It is my absolute belief that things in the world and some in the Church have evolved into a state whereby only God Himself can straighten out the messes made by men.
Pride, power and politics within man at almost every level of our social structures and even the Churches will prevent corrective actions restoring a way of life consistent with God’s will. Nothing will be initiated by man without God’s chastisements first and even then, it is possible that the hardness of men’s’ hearts may be such that more stringent measures will be permitted or even taken by God. After all, He is Our Loving Father and a Father does not wish that His children should perish. Out of love for them, He will do whatever is required to correct our wayward lives.
The divisions in our lives on a daily basis, the lack of unity within our Church by many of her clerics, the political situations relative to abortion, cloning, and same-sex unions have produced another "Rome" and like Rome, we will likely find ourselves crumbling to dust as the cracks in our moral fabric widen. I truly believe with all my heart that Divine intervention is the only thing that can stop our spiraling down into oblivion totally. Man will never be able to resolve what he has created - organized chaos.
There are two critical things we can do as I see it: 1) The Divine Mercy Devotion with all that it entails [Confession, deeds of mercy etc.) and 2) Consecration of our families to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Mary is the 'key' to surviving the coming chastisements and she always, always points to Jesus and says, "Do whatever He tells you." The choice is ours.
"For those who believe, no explanation is necessary; for those who do not believe, no explanation is possible."
DID YOU KNOW? As you walk up the steps to the building which houses the U.S. Supreme Court you can see near the top of the building a row of the world's law givers and each one is facing one in the middle who is facing forward with a full frontal view . It is Moses and he is holding the Ten Commandments!
DID YOU KNOW? As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each door
DID YOU KNOW? As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see the wall, right above where the Supreme Court judges sit a display of the Ten Commandments!
DID YOU KNOW? There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in Washington, D.C.
DID YOU KNOW? James Madison, the fourth president, known as 'The Father of Our Constitution' made the following statement:
'We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.'
DID YOU KNOW? Patrick Henry, that patriot and Founding Father of our country said:
'It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ'.
DID YOU KNOW? Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid by the taxpayer since 1777.
DID YOU KNOW? Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the established orthodox churches in the colonies.
DID YOU KNOW? Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would overstep their authority and instead of interpreting the law would begin making law, an oligarchy. The rule of few, over the many.
DID YOU KNOW? The very first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay, said: 'Americans should select and prefer Christians as their rulers.'
How then have we gotten to the point that everything we have done for 220 years in this country is now suddenly wrong and unconstitutional? We are so ‘politically correct’ that we practically cannot speak to one another without breaking some new law or local ordinance. Everybody is aware of their rights but almost none of their responsibilities.
It has been said that approximately 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore, it is very hard to understand why there is such a mess about having the Ten Commandments on display or 'In God We Trust' on our money and having God in the Pledge of Allegiance. How did we get to the point where school children cannot pray, Jesus cannot be mentioned, Nativity displays are outlawed, our flag for which millions of Americans have died can be burned, our children go to school and we never know if they’ll come home for certain, and pornography is a right and prayer is a wrong. It is the second largest profit-making industry today with oil being the first.
Needless to say, those empty pews and seats and churches and synagogues were jammed. People stood in the churches, sat on the floor, packed into stadiums and halls and all cried out “God help us.” The thoughts of their business as usual world suddenly stopped as they reflected on immortality. Death was all around them and many lost loved ones.
One day, known only to God Himself, we will awake to a blue sky day and find we are no longer free.
The ball is in our court, not God’s. He has been merciful and ever so tolerant as He was to the people in the Bible. But like the Biblical accounts relate, God too has a point where His ‘tolerance’ is exhausted and then He intervenes either directly through Divine action or simply by leaving man to his own devices.
While there is still time, I pray that all of us will come to a deeper understanding of Who He is, accept Him and repent of any erroneous ways we live and ask His forgiveness. I recommend highly the Divine Mercy devotion. It is a clear and simple plan for attaining His mercy and it is for our time. You do not have to be “Catholic” to employ this devotion. It is awesome and will bring a peace to you which you cannot imagine. Check it out, please.
The most important thing is for one to be sincere in repenting and turning from sin. God expects us to change if we repent. It is not enough to claim Him as Our Lord without giving up those things which offend Him. "Faith without works is dead."
"Eternal Father, I offer You the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for my sins and those of the whole world." "For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world." "Jesus, I Trust in You.
Love and Peace,
Doc
"I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was homeless and you sheltered me..." [Jesus]
Jesus makes very clear in the corporal works of mercy that whatever we do (or fail to do) to our brothers and sisters, we do unto Him. He dwells within each of us and is no respector of persons.
There is enough food in the world to feed every single man, woman and child three nutritious meals a day and snacks as well. There is absolutely no excuse for anyone on this planet to be hungry and starve to death. Restaurants alone in the United States daily discard into garbage containers more food than is necessary to feed every single person in the United States.
I will always remember attending an elaborate wedding at one of the most prestigious hotels in my area. The hotel is famous for its ambiance, food and service and most notably, its desserts. I love macaroons and this hotel has the best I have ever tasted. The Pastry Chef heard that I was at the wedding and like his macaroons, so he sent a waitress to my table with a big box of them for me to take home.
Later, as the reception was winding down, I looked for the Chef to thank him for the kindness. He said he was glad to do it. I asked him what happens to the foods and desserts that are left over. He told me that they [the hotel] used to donate it all to the local 'soup' kitches and missions for the poor in the city. However, he said they were advices by their lawyers that they needed to cease such gratutiousness since by doing so, they were liable for anything that went wrong and someone sued them. Consequently, everything goes into the dumpster daily. Each day, they get new shipments of food items including tomatoes, potatoes and other vegetables as well as meats and poultry. They keep NOTHING from the previous day. Perfectly good vegetables and other foods from one day are discarded daily in favor of having only daily fresh ones.
Now with the prices charged at this hotel and its select clientele one can readily see why it is a popular place among the elite. The very wealthy and notable celebrities when they come to this area are put up in this hotel and it is indeed a beautiful place with a long history of excellent food, drinks and service. I am not putting down the hotel. It is excellent. What bothers me is they had been doing something good for the poor but HAD to stop due to potential legalities. Meanwhile, perfectly good and healthy food is going the way of becoming fodder for pigs [I don't have anything against pigs by the way] on a farm while people starve.
The crux of the problem with feeding and housing the world's population does not lie with a lack of resources for they are more than sufficient. It lay with the distribution of these resources. There is also enough medicine and medical support for the world and yet, people within our own Nation go without it. The world's population is in dire need of help and yet, that help is not available to all of God's children. Surely He takes note. Are we to become a Nation whose resources will be severely diminshed as a chastisement for not supporting as we should the elimination of world hunger and more locally, its elimination within our own cities and areas? Will or can God continue to bless us with plenty while we hord and selectively murder the most innocent of our citizens, little babies in their mother's womb? Can God continue to permit this abomination to continue unpunished? I think not - at least the God I know, love and serve.
