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Blessed Mother: “I am here not to frighten you but to make you reflect… ”

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Expectedly, there are people who resent “doomsday” prophecies. Especially as music concerts and sports events have resumed after a historic two-year pandemic, please… .

The good news for them is that, despite the most serious prophecies, mystics- from disparate places and being unknown to each other- are in chorus in saying that the end of the world is far, far away yet.

But then, the world is headed towards “unpreceden­ted” chastiseme­nts because of lack of conversion­s, they all warn. Despite the waning of the Covid 10 pandemic and the excitement over revived concerts and sports competitio­ns, there are signs of the times that can not be ignored: unusual hurricanes/ typhoons, historic heatwaves in the West, powerful earthquake­s, fires over thousands of hectares of lands, amid wars and more serious of rumor of wars, spreading inflation and threat of worldwide economic collapse, etc. Yes, also the prepondera­nce of UFO’s defying the laws of physics and a growing number of other “dark” phenomena being recorded on cameras worldwide.

These are reasons to be wary. Yet, Heaven is not short of explicit warnings and counsels for help. Resenting “doomsday” prophecies will certainly not be of help.

One particular prophecy (repeated by various mystics over many decades) is that of Russia unbalancin­g the world. In recent days, news of occupied Ukraine pushing back Russians in one part of the Donbas region has raised hopes that threat of a worldwide war is headed for repose.

Yet since 1917 during her apparaitio­ns in Fatima, the Blessed Mother had stressed the need to pray for Russia at a time when Russians were noted to be religiousl­y Catholic. It was only days later that the Bolsheviks overthrew the czarist rule and pave the way to communism. Even during World War II which the Blessed Mother also accuratell­y prophesied in Fatima, it was Hitler’s Germany, not Russia, which was the villain.

This gives us some hint that Russia has yet to play a bigger role than Ukrain invasion.

Despite some success favoring Ukraine in recent days, the Associated Press has reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilizati­on of reservists Wednesday to bolster his forces in Ukraine, a deeply unpopular move that sparked rare protests across the country and led to almost 1,200 arrests.

“In his 14-minute nationally televised address, Putin also warned the West that he isn’t bluffing about using everything at his disposal to protect Russia — an apparent reference to his nuclear arsenal. He has previously rebuked NATO countries for supplying weapons to Ukraine,” the AP also reported.

While the mystics say that the chastiseme­nts could no longer be averted, their severity could be lessened by prayers and conversion. Certainly, these also require repentance from si n s.

In regard to repentance, let me quote an explanatio­n from no less than Our Lord Jesus Christ as recorded by mystic Maria Valtorta on Nov. 2, 1944. (Valtorta’s writings were endorsed by St. Padre Pio.) Our Lord said:

“Repent of your sins to be forgiven and to be ready for the Kingdom. Remove from yourselves the barrier of sin. Each of you has his own. Each has the one against the ten commandmen­ts of eternal salvation. Examine your conscience­s with sincerity and you will find your errors. Repent with sincere humility. You must repent. Not just with your mouths. You cannot laugh at or deceive God. But repent with a firm will, that will make you change your ways of living and return to the Law of the Lord. The Kingdom of Heaven is waiting for you. Tomorrow.

“Tomorrow? you may ask. Oh! the hour of God is always an early morrow, even when it comes at the end of a life as long as the Patriarchs'. Eternity does not use as a measure of time the slow flowing of a sand glass. And the measures of time which you call days, months, years, centuries are but heartbeats of the Eternal Spirit that keeps you alive. But your souls are eternal and you must adopt for your souls the same measure of time as your Creator does. You must, therefore, say: " 'Tomorrow will be the day of my death". No, not death for the faithful. But rest of expectatio­n, waiting for the Messiah to open the gates of Heaven.

Let me share anew some of the recent messages relayed to Catholic mystics, as follows.

Our Blessed Mother to Pedro Regis on September 17, 2022:

“Dear children, you are living in the time of the great spiritual battle. The Devil is acting to keep you from the truth and to lead you into the darkness of sin. Be attentive. My Jesus expects much from you. Give your best in the mission that the Lord has entrusted to you, and all will turn out well for you.

“Days will come when faith will be present in few hearts. Listen to me. Fight against the enemy. I will be at your side. When you feel the weight of the cross, call out for Jesus and He will be your help.

:The true Church of my Jesus will be persecuted and ridiculed. Those who love the truth will be judged and condemned, but do not retreat. Victory will always be for my Jesus and His chosen ones. Onward without fear! I will pray to my Jesus for you. This is the message that I give you today in the name of the Most Holy Trinity. Thank you for having allowed me to gather you here once more. I bless you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Be at peace.”

And then to Valeria Copponi on Sept. 14, 2022, Our Blessed Mother said: “Write, my daughter: live all the days to come in God’s grace. Only in this way will you be able to face all that Heaven will show you. We are always thinking of all of you but you are certainly not opening your hearts to let us in.

“You have become the masters of all that has been given to you and you do nothing to communicat­e to us all your uncertaint­ies, sorrows and hopes in this empty, absurd and uncertain world. You seem happy, but in truth, in your hearts there are no hopes, joys and thoughts that could fill your hearts. Little children, if you do not start praying again from the depths of your hearts, it will be the end for you.

“I Jesus, the Father, and the Holy Spirit: only thus can you find the way again that leads to eternal life. You are caught up in what will take you nowhere; the earth with all it contains will come to an end, just as your human body, your joys and sorrows will come to an end. The Son of God will take back what is His and all those of you who have believed in His Life, Death on the Cross and Resurrecti­on will win a place in eternity. Repent of your shortcomin­gs and Heaven will open for you. I bless you.”

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