I heard Fr Calloway tell his conversion story a few years ago at the Divine Mercy Conference in Dublin. Powerful story.
Thanks for the links Padraig & Steve. I was wondering if there was a link between something in Fr Calloway's story and the date of March 18th, but I didn't hear anything in his story that ties with this subject. Maybe there is no link and Fr Mark was just reminding viewers to listen to the amazing conversion story again.
There is no big Feast Day on March 18th , I can't see anything exceptional about that day. I think it must be about something that is going to occur on that date in the future, not related to the past.
Last year on March 18th is when I went to daily mass and there was a sign on the door saying all Masses were cancelled because of a government emergency order. I immediately thought of Medjugorje ....
March 17 last year was the last Mass I was able to attend. Everything closed down after that on the 18th.
During a Q & A session between Mirjana and a group of English-speaking pilgrims in Medjugorje, and in response to a comment by one of the pilgrims about sharing the same birthday as Mirjana, the visionary responded: “Great people were born on the 18th of March. But I never have my birthday because that is the day of the apparition. And many people have the wrong opinion about it. They feel that Our Lady comes to me on the 18th of March because it is my birthday. She doesn’t come for sure for that reason because she never said to me Happy Birthday. When everything starts happening, then you will be able to understand why the 18th of March, why every second of the month, why Wednesdays and Fridays are days of fasting, everything will be clear.” Who are the Great people?
https://www.themedjugorjewitness.org/mirjana-march-18 https://www.spiritdaily.org/mirjanasecret.htm Mirjana is on record as saying the first ‘secret’ relates to a severe regional event, a disaster, and people in Medjugorje “will know immediately that it is in connection with the secrets”. Could the region be that encompassed by the Federation of Bosnia Herzegovina, which includes Medjugorje?
I looked at the lists of people and saints born on that date, also events and astronomical events to occur. But nothing. Though many great saints are hidden and God knows about them only Himself.
Last grand Knight templar was burned to death 18th March the 13th Oct is also a significant date with the knights.. No surprise considering their loyalty to Our Lady
I got the feeling that Mirjana was being humble by pointing to great people, as if to say others matter but I am no one special or important. But how could her date of birth not be relevant since it the date of birth or death of a seer or mystic is often tied to their mission? I feel like sharing a wild and crazy theory that I had about something that could tie in the dates from Medjugorje (the 18th, the 2nd) and a few numbers important from other apparitions too like the 13th (Fatima), the 11th (Lourdes) etc. I wondered how on earth are all of these dates supposed to be "clear" to us all? It would have to be something really obvious and huge so that no idiot (like me) could misunderstand. When we consider that there is a cosmic event announced with the warning (like two stars colliding says Conchita) perhaps there will be (and should be?) a reset in how humanity tracks time, a return to the ways of old found in Hebrew tradition. In that old system, men looked to the skies for the signs from God to determine the calendar, so it was a joint affair to set time and not just man deciding arbitrarily. The start of the month was set based on observing the signs in the skies, signs which had to be confirmed by two witnesses. A month had 28 or 29 days and the first day was marked by the new moon, which is invisible for 2 days before a crescent appears on the 3rd day. Using the lunar cycles, there is an adjustment to be made of 11 days annually. The Hebrews (and Jews today) would adjust by adding a 13th month every 3 years and this is inserted before the month of Adar, which corresponds to Feb-March period. So just in the above we have the number 28 (length of moon cycle), the 2 (# of days of new invisible moon), the 11 (number of days per year to adjust), the 13 (extra month added to adjust year). What else is 28 days long? A woman's cycle is about that time, and since the moon is often used to compare to Mary (she reflects the light of the Sun, Jesus), well the possibilities can go from there. A woman's fertile period lasts about 7 - 10 days (Mirjana will announce secret to the priest 10 days before, they will fast 7 days then on 3rd day he will announce to the world).... Apparently, a year with 13 months is called a pregnant year. I'm sure others can come up with interesting possibilities from this. As for the significance of the 18th, maybe it refers to a sign in the sky? Or the date of an adjustment? The 18th is 7 days before the 25th and that is the Feast of the Annunciation, so maybe someone can figure out more from this. Since everything is to come through Mary and the Virgin delivering her Son, these dates as part of a birth process of a woman matter too. Scripture is full of references to the stars and moving away from the old calendar system dumbed us down somewhat and prevent us from seeing other signs and meanings in the bible because we aren't looking at the skies.
It is only a guess, but I suspect a mass Solar event, blacking out the planet. Our Lady has spoken of this recently in two different apparitions sites. Gisella Cardia and Luz De Maria. From the messages it seems to be going to happen very soon (March 18th?). I was reading up on this and such Solar Flares are highly unpredictable and scientists don't see them coming really until two or three days beforehand. Although they say March is a month when such things are much more likely. This would tie in with the Dancing Suns we see all over the place, going back to Fatima. It's only an educated guess, but it's fun guessing.
I hope and pray something comes from God soon because too much will be lost if that does not happen, something needs to wake up so many. Even wake me up and fill me with the holy spirit that I need.
Maybe someone has already noticed this but here is a curious thing. In 1517 Luther began the "destruction" of the Church. In 1717 masonic cabal was formed and began its mission to create a universal "brotherhood" and destroy the Church. In 1917 the Communists began their atheistic conquests. Each attack 200 years apart. Each subsequent attack worse than the one preceding.. there does seem to be a pattern.
Perhaps events have been speeded up now due to the messages given to the Church through Sister Lucia, although you have raised a good point.
After the Miraculous Medal apparitions to a nun, it seems modern apparitions started happening-Lourdes- our Lady appeared to Bernadette 18 times. Fatima, the miracle of the sun{which I always called it the warning of the sun. Now these "miracles" of the sun are happening at on going apparitions. It's all connected. One constant thing is Our Lady's message-pray and fast and penance, penance, penance. An odd thing about the number 13. One time when I was praying the glorious mysteries with an online adoration site, I suddenly stopped praying before the 3'rd mystery and was just sitting there smiling at Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. Suddenly I saw as if it were a live plateau, Mary and the apostles at the descent of the Holy Spirit. Suddenly a huge gold number 13 left Mary's chest and just hit me like a bolt of lightning and I blurted out, Mother that's why your number is thirteen, you are the 13'th apostle. {perhaps I was like St. Peter and didn't know what I was saying.} Also tells me to shut up so God can speak to me.
