When Fr. Scanlon predicted judgement on Church: Archives: The Prophetic Pulse: Metaphors? April 16, 2018 by sd We have long seen how all the prophecies, locutions, and endless visions — literally, thousands of them — have foreseen a time of tremendous storms, war, earthquakes splitting our continent in two, and assorted other cataclysms. We speak about this at retreats, among other topics. We have ones planned for Connecticut/NYC and Ohio. A question can be how many of these supposed precognitions are to be taken literally or whether at least some of them, the legitimate ones, are metaphors. If metaphors, they have largely begun to materialize. For example, quakes: We have spoken to a number of people who say they were shown great rents in the earth in the Midwest and even formation of a large inland sea or lake. Might this symbolize the cultural, economic, and political division currently tearing asunder America? Might visions of California breaking off into the Pacific be a metaphor for the conflict that state now has with Washington over immigration — with the state refusing to obey mandates from the federal government and openly talking of secession (while internally, various factions speak of breaking the state into two or three smaller ones)? Could prophecies of various invasions — from Russians, Chinese, or Islamists — be a metaphor for the cyber-attacks from those nations or the slipping across the border of terrorists? Perhaps. The view from here is that both may materialize: first the metaphoric rendition, with precursors in nature (these too we already see), then literal upheavals in the way of megalithic tremors. Years ago, when I led a pilgrimage to Ireland with Father Michael Scanlan of Franciscan University, I asked this charismatic, Marian priest what he saw for the future and his reply was that we were approaching a some kind of “high-point event.” I thought that was a good way of putting it. We have seen many precursors, but not yet the kind of high-point event many anticipate (although 9/11 in some ways fit the bill). Years before — on January 13, 1980 — this astute priest (a graduate of Harvard law school, as well as one of the first to write a book about Medjugorje) presented his own “word of knowledge” pertaining to the future — one that met the general outline of apparitions that began in earnest a year later. It is a prophecy worth our note, as the times he foresaw materialize: “The Lord God says ‘Hear My Word.’ The time that has been marked by My blessings and gifts is being replaced now by a period to be marked by my judgment and purification. “What I have not accomplished by blessings and gifts, I will accomplish by judgment and purification. My people, My Church is desperately in need of this judgment. They have continued in an adulterous relationship with the spirit of this world. They are not only infected with sin, but they teach sin, pamper sin, embrace sin, dismiss sin… Leadership unable to handle it… fragmentation, confusion throughout the ranks. Satan goes where he will and infects who he will. He has free access throughout My people and I will not stand for this. “My people specially blessed in this renewal are more under the spirit of the world than they are under the Spirit of My baptism. They are more determined with fear for what others will think of them, fears of failure and rejection in the world, loss of respect by neighbors and superiors and those around them than they are by fear of me and fear of infidelity to My Word. Therefore your situation is very weak. Your power is so limited. You cannot be considered at this point in the center of the battle and the conflict that is going on. “So this time is now come upon all of you – a time of judgment and of purification. Sin will be called sin. Satan will be unmasked. Fidelity will be held up for what it is and should be. “My faithful servants will be seen and will come together. They will not be many in number. It will be a difficult and a necessary time. There will be collapse, difficulties throughout the world, but – more to the issue – there will be purification and persecution among My people. You will have to stand for that which you believe. You will have to choose between the world and me. You will have to choose what word you will follow and who you will respect. And in that choice what has not been accomplished by the time of blessing and gifts will be accomplished. “What has not been accomplished in the baptism and the flooding of gifts of My Spirit will be accomplished in a baptism of fire. “The fire will move among you individually, corporately, in groups and around the world. I will not tolerate the situation that is going on. I will not tolerate the mixture and the adulterous treating of gifts and graces and blessings with infidelity, sin, and prostitution. “My time is now among you. What you need to do is to come before me in total submission to my word, in total submission to My plan. “In the total submission of this hour, what you need to do is to drop the things that are your own, the things of the past. What you need to do is to see yourselves and those whom you have responsibility for in the light of this hour of judgment and purification. You need to see them in that way and do for them what will best help them to stand strong and be among My faithful servants. “For there will be casualties. It will not be easy, but it is necessary. It is necessary that My people be in fact My people, that My Church be in fact My Church, and that My Spirit in fact bring forth the purity of life, purity, and fidelity to the Gospel.” –MHB [resources The Final Hour] https://spiritdaily.org/blog/prophecy/the-prophetic-pulse-metaphors
Ya think???? Just responding to the headline. But seriously folks... Pope Francis roll up your sleeves and start the hard work of REMOVING every single one of these clergy bishops Cardinals including your BFFs. Now. Nothing less suffices. Or get out and make way for someone who will.
Yes this walking the middle line thing is sooooooooooo vexing. If he believed it to be false why did he post it? If he believes it to be true why not stand over it? If he hasn't a clue what is going on, fair enough, say this. Was it Jesus who said, 'Let your yes be yes and your no be no?' Matthew 5:37 37 But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.
In case you're wondering why Pope Francis has not given Cardinal Wuerl the boot , may I remind you that he and Cardinal Mc Carrick are and were amongst his storngest supporters as were all the other top ranking involved in the current mess is the USA. Pope Francis is not about to shoot the geese that lay the golden eggs for him. It would be rather like shooting himself in the foot. So I wouldn't hold me breath waiting for action from the Vatican in that regard. They're both singing from exactly the same page on exactly the same hymn book and anyway Wuerl knows too many secrets be a sacrificial lamb like Uncle Ted McCarrick. It would be one sacrificial lamb too far. The other Cardinals and Archbishops would start to wonder when their use might run out too. Make no doubt about it , if dumping Wuerl helped Pope Francis he would dump him in a trice. But Donal Wuerl is too big a lamb to dump.... and boy does he know it. Which is why he's opted to tough things out. They both have. How's that for, 'Zero tolerance'? The only hope now is that the police drag him away in handcuffs to jail; which now looks an ever distinct possibility. Personally I hope they give him a good beating on the way.
I just learned of a new Meetup group started by a protestant ordained minister intended as a gathering to discuss frustration with this issue. I sent her a note of this posting. She has no idea how deep this goes. I asked her to refer any Catholics to a trusted authority within the church to help with the purging. She greatly appreciated my comments and said her intention was to refer anyone to a psychologist.
My reaction to this astute observation was a recall of an old public service ad to quit smoking. “It’s enough to make you sick! Isn’t it enough to make you stop?” Lots of trivia clogging up my brain but it seemed appropriate to the situation. What else could shake PF loose but the strong arm of the law?
The US authorities have very recently deported a 95 year old who is alleged to have worked in a NAZI extermination camp. This gave me hope that Wuerl will end up in court and will serve time in spite of his age and status. He is a proven liar and protector of deviants who endangered children by his subterfuges. What more do they need? To see him dragged out of his luxurious apartments to sit in a cell would send just the message needed to encourage other members of the hierarchy and to the Vatican that something concrete and effective to cleanse the hierarchy, the priesthood and seminaries of deviants, instead of repeated apologies and hand-wringing, had better be done and done fast.
I am in the AD of Washington. Our pastor is having a special Mass of atonement next week, in the evening, and he has told the parish to attend. I am so glad we are at least trying to do reparation publicly. As a parish.
Can you believe the nerve of this guy? https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/f...-abuse-victims-should-be-ashamed-to-speak-the New cardinal: Abuse victims should be ‘ashamed’ to speak due to their own failings Catholic, Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal, Homosexuality, Sergio Obeso Rivera, Sex Abuse Crisis In Catholic Church MEXICO, August 21, 2018, (LifeSiteNews) – Reacting to the recent avalanche of reports of clerical sexual abuse around the world, a newly minted Mexican Cardinal has suggested that victims who accuse priests should be “ashamed” because they too have skeletons in their own closets. Those who “accuse men of the Church should [be careful] because they have long tails that are easily stepped on,” said Cardinal Sergio Obeso Rivera according to a report in Crux. “I’m here happy to talk about nice things, not about problematic things, it’s an accusation that is made, and in some cases it’s true,” said Obeso Rivera. The cardinal’s remarks to journalists came after the release of a sweeping, two-year-long Pennsylvania Grand Jury investigation into sexual abuse by Catholic priests. That report has sent shockwaves around the globe. The bombshell Pennsylvania report became public while the scandal of homosexual abuse of seminarians and other young men and boys by disgraced, former Cardinal McCarrick was still making headlines. Obeso Rivera’s statement also came on the heels of reports of a Honduran Cardinal’s mishandling of a crisis involving rampant homosexual activity at a major seminary in his archdiocese, as well as reports of complicity by Chilean Bishop Juan Barros in covering up a widespread child sex abuse scandal in his country. Obeso Rivera was made a Cardinal by Pope Francis less than two months ago. He was formerly the Archbishop of Xalapa, in Veracruz, Mexico.
So essentially the message is be careful, we know your secrets also? Is this not clearly an intimidation and not so subtle form of blackmail aimed directly at those who speak out? Since the accusations themselves will not be addressed, I guess it is time to assassinate the messenger eh? Dig that hole deeper.
I was wondering earlier why these pedophile perverts don't get locked away. Is it because families (the few that believe their children) file their complaints with the church and not with law enforcement?
