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February 26, 2012

xxx No god but Bashar al Assad???

For false Christs and false prophets will appear... 
Mark 13:22

Watch out for false prophets. 
They come to you in sheep's clothing, 
but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 
Matthew 7:15

Is the world getting crazy, or what?

Recently, I came upon a Syrian video that truly surprised me. Over the past few decades we have all watched news footage in which Muslims proclaim, "There is no God but Allah." For 23 million Syrians, however, there may be another god muscling in on Allah's turf. It appears that Bashar al Assad, Syria's President, now claims that title.
 

February 23, 2012

+ More miracles of myrrh ... and a prayer request

Here are more pictures of the miracle of myrhh (My name for it, although I do not know if the label technically fits.) It is a fragrant oil that exudes from some Christian statues and pictures during prayerful gatherings. 

Previously, I reported on this seemingly miraculous oil HERE, HERE and HERE.

Some of these pictures were taken in a home that is owned by a family that is going through a very difficult time, right now. Please pray for that family.

The Pilgrim Crucifix
Florida's Rosa Mystica

February 20, 2012

++ Medjugorje investigations nearing conclusion?

Reports here and here indicate that four of the Medjugorje visionaries are in Rome for interviews today, February 20. For Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo and Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti, this is their second round of questioning at Vatican City. Reportedly, Ivan Dragicevic and Jakov Colo will be experiencing their first set of interrogations. 

MedjugorjeToday reported in December that Ivanka Ivankovic-Elez and Vicka Ivankovic-Mijatovic were questioned earlier last year. So, if reports are true, all six seers have been questioned, lending credence to reports here and here that the Vatican's investigations are expected to conclude this year. 

Though the visionaries are sworn to secrecy, regarding the questioning, each one's attitude afterward reportedly has been very upbeat. Still, conclusions will and should be reached at whatever time the Church deems appropriate. So, there is no certainty regarding when final determinations  will be announced.


2/25/12 UPDATE: Vatican Insider confirms that commission is likely to conclude its work this year.


8/21/12 UPDATE: Always keeping a close eye on Medjugorje, Jakob Marschner reports a postponement to the Vatican Commission's report.

February 15, 2012

++ More pictures of Mary's Bleeding Heart

“The training and education of the great saints, 
who will appear towards the end of the world, 
is reserved for the Mother of God. 
These great saints will surpass in holiness the majority of the other saints 
like the cedar of Lebanon surpasses the lowly shrub.”
St. Louis de Montfort

Earlier, I reported the intriguing story of an apparently miraculous statue of a youthful Blessed Virgin Mary. It has belonged to Ruth Werkowski since her teenage years. 

One year, Ruth discovered that it might be starting to exude holy fragrant oil, known as myrrh, like what was reported HERE and HERE,. So she placed a cotton ball on the statue to collect any oil that might be wept while she went away for the summer. 

When she returned, the statue had not appeared to exude oil, but blood. In fact, the cotton now mysteriously resembles heart muscle.

Here are more pictures of the apparent miracle. 

February 6, 2012

Want to learn more?

"Do not put out the Spirit’s fire; 
do not treat prophecies with contempt. 
Test everything. Hold on to the good. 
Avoid every kind of evil." 
1 Thessalonians 5:19-22

I recently attended a Michael H. Brown retreat which I highly recommend for anyone who hopes to learn more about the subjects of this website: Miracles in our time; prophecies for our time. 

Michael is a Pulitzer prize nominated journalist who has since become a prolific Catholic author and founder of the must-read website called Spirit Daily. I got to know him and his lovely family on a recent trip to Medjugorje and it was great to see them, working together, at the retreat in Miami.

Though he is light years ahead of me, Michael is one of those people I can identify with, in that he does what he believes he is called to do, even when it is uncomfortable. On that subject, I liked his story regarding how he reluctantly decided to title his most successful book, The Final Hour. 

February 5, 2012

Pray for Israel. Pray for peace.

"God, do not be silent;
God, be not still and unmoved!
See how Your enemies rage...
They say, 'Come, let us wipe out their nation;
let Israel's name be mentioned no more!'"
Psalm 83:2 ff

The fuse is lit and -- without God's intervention -- the Middle East appears ready to explode. This time, however, the catastrophe is not likely to remain contained in the region. Iran has a global strategy.

Nine years ago, Iran publicly announced its intentions to develop nuclear power capabilities for peaceful purposes. The claim that the Iranian people wanted nuclear technology for power purposes was laughable for those who observed the announcement from out of range. Closer neighbors, however, were alarmed. They knew that the facts contradicted Iran's stated agenda:
  • Iran does not need nuclear capabilities for power purposes because it sits on a sea of oil. 
  • Iran is not developing nuclear power for the welfare of its people because, from the beginning, Iranian officials made clear that they will not be deterred no matter how much their economy suffers as a result of sanctions or isolation from the international community.
  • Iran's leaders (not low-level yahoos) have professed that they have been communicating with Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, the Twelfth Imam (also known as al-Mahdi) who disappeared in 872 AD. They believe that he will return soon to re-establish the rightful governance of Islam and establish peace and justice throughout the world. However, on the way to that perfect utopia, they believe he will lead them in destroying Israel and bathing the world in the blood of all non-believers who refuse to submit to their rule. (For a small sampling, see video, below.)

February 2, 2012

Demand Conscience Rights!

"For the time will come when you will say, 
‘Blessed are the barren women, 
the wombs that never bore 
and the breasts that never nursed!’ 
Then they will say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' 
and to the hills, 'Cover us!”’
Luke 23:29-30

The Obama Administration has "ordered 
almost every employer and insurer in the country 
to provide sterilization and contraceptives, 
including some abortion-inducing drugs, in their health plans."
Cardinal-elect Timothy Dolan, President of the USCCB 


FROM THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS: "Never before has federal law forced citizens to purchase what violates their deeply held beliefs and ethical convictions. But now the Administration is forcing us to act as if pregnancy were a disease to be prevented at all costs. For many Americans that means choosing between violating our consciences and forgoing health care -- literally an unconscionable dilemma.

"Our country's longstanding laws protecting conscience rights must now apply fully to the implementation of health care reform. For that we need more than rule-making, we need a law.

"The bishops are urging Congress to support the "Respect for Rights of Conscience Act" in light of the new HHS rule and the "unprecedented threat to religious freedom" it poses."


Read HERE to learn why increased access to contraceptives DOES NOT reduce abortions or unwanted pregnancies. 

Go HERE for more information and to see what you can do to help.