Mark

Of Despair and a Dairy Cow

 

THERE is much happening in the world that, frankly, seems depressing. Or at least, it can be without viewing it through the lens of Divine Providence. The season of autumn can be bleak to some as the leaves fade, fall to the ground, and decay. But to the one with foresight, this fallen foliage is the fertilizer which will produce a glorious springtime of color and life.

This week, I intended to speak in Part III of the Prophecy at Rome about "the fall" which we are living in. However, aside from the usual spiritual warfare, there was another distraction: a new member of the family arrived.

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Published in: DAILY JOURNAL, SIGNS | on February 6th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Silence


Photo by Martin Bremmer Walkway

 

SILENCE. It is the mother of peace.

When we allow our flesh to become "noisy," giving in to all its demands, we lose that "peace which surpasses all understanding." But silence of the tongue, silence of the appetites, and silence of the eyes is like a chisel, carving away the passions of the flesh, until the soul is open and empty like a bowl. But empty, only so as to be filled with God.

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Published in: DAILY JOURNAL, SPIRITUALITY | on February 4th, 2010 | No Comments »

Esperanza


Maria Esperanza, 1928 – 2004

 

The cause for canonization of Maria Esperanza was opened today. This writing was first published on September 15th, 2008, on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. Today is the feast of St. John Bosco, who prophesied many of the events that are echoed in the words of Maria Esperanza regarding our times.

 

THIS past year, when I would pray in the Spirit, a word would often and suddenly rise to my lips: "esperanza." I just learned that this is a Hispanic word meaning "hope."

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Published in: DAILY JOURNAL, TIME OF GRACE | on January 31st, 2010 | No Comments »

My Testimony

 

SCRIPTURE tells us that there is power in our testimony. For the first time, Mark gives his entire testimony in Episode 12 of Embracing Hope… a powerful story of God’s mercy and grace working when it seems most undeserved. Mark speaks about his childhood, and a family crisis that changed the course of his future… and his calling.

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Published in: DAILY JOURNAL | on January 28th, 2010 | No Comments »

On Heresies and More Questions


Mary crushing the serpent, Artist Unknown

 

First published November 8th, 2007, I have updated this writing with another question on the consecration to Russia, and other very important points. 

 

THE Era of Peace—a heresy? Two more antichrists? Has the "period of peace" promised by Our Lady of Fatima already happened? Was the consecration to Russia requested by her valid? These questions below, plus a comment on Pegasus and the new age as well as the big question: What do I tell my children about what’s coming?

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Published in: DAILY JOURNAL, MILLENARIANISM, THE ERA OF PEACE | on January 28th, 2010 | No Comments »

The Prophecy at Rome – Part II

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Ralph Martin meeting with Pope Paul VI, 1973


IT is a powerful prophecy, given in the presence of Pope Paul VI, that resonates with the "sense of the faithful" in our days. In Episode 11 of Embracing Hope, Mark begins to examine sentence by sentence the prophecy given in Rome in 1975. To view the latest webcast, visit www.embracinghope.tv

Please read the important information below for all my readers…

 

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Published in: DAILY JOURNAL, WEBCAST & VIDEOS | on January 22nd, 2010 | Comments Off

The Last Effort


The Last Effort, by Tianna Mallett

 

IMMEDIATELY after Isaiah’s beautiful vision of an era of peace and justice preceded by a purification of the earth, which leaves a remnant, he writes a brief prayer in praise and thanksgiving of God’s mercy—a prophetic prayer, as we will see:

You will say in that day… Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. You shall draw waters with joy out of the savior’s fountain… (Isaiah 12:1-2)

 

THE LAST EFFORT

At the very moment in history when Satan began to sow the philosophical lie of deism, which sought to turn God into a cold, distant creator, Jesus appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690 A.D.). He revealed to her His flaming Sacred Heart, burning with love for His creation. More than that, He was revealing His counter-plan to the dragon’s lies:

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Published in: DAILY JOURNAL, TIME OF GRACE | on January 19th, 2010 | Comments Off

The Prophecy at Rome – Part I

 

AS serious disasters in nature continue to seige the world, the prophecy given in Rome in 1975 in the presence of Pope Paul VI is taking on greater urgency and meaning day by day.

In Episode 10 of Embracing Hope, Mark shares this prophecy and why it plays a role in understanding where we are at in salvation history. In future episodes, Mark will examine this prophecy line by line in the light of Church teaching and our Blessed Mother’s apparitions to help us understand how this prophecy may be reaching fulfillment in our times.

Part I is freely available to the general public. It can be viewed at www.embracinghope.tv or in the video below.

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Published in: DAILY JOURNAL, WEBCAST & VIDEOS | on January 16th, 2010 | No Comments »

Mercy in Chaos

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People were screaming "Jesus, Jesus" and running in all directions. —an Earthquake victim in Haiti after a 7.0 quake, January 12th, 2010, Reuters News Agency

 

IN coming times, God’s mercy is going to come in various ways—but not all of them easy. Again, I believe we may be on the verge of seeing the last Six Seals of Revelation defiinitively opened, the hard labor pains at the end of this era. By this, I mean that war, economic collapse, famine, plagues, and persecution are imminent, though only God knows the times and seasons (see The Seven Year Trial-Part II). Yes, I know—it sounds like "doom and gloom." But in many ways, it is the only hope some souls have, and perhaps the only means left to bring nations back to the Father…

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Published in: DAILY JOURNAL, THE GREAT TRIALS | on January 12th, 2010 | Comments Off

11:11

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FOR some time now, I have spoken with the occasional reader who is befuddled as to why they are suddenly seeing the number 11:11 or 1:11, or 3:33, 4:44, etc. Whether glancing at a clock, a cellphone, television, page number, etc. they are suddenly seeing this number "everywhere." For instance, they won’t look at the clock all day, but suddenly feel the urge to look up, and there it is again.

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Published in: DAILY JOURNAL, SIGNS | on January 11th, 2010 | Comments Off

Empty-Handed

 

    FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY

 

First published January 7th, 2007.

 

Magi from the east arrived… They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.  (Matt 2:1, 11)


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my Jesus.

I should come to you today with many gifts, like the magi. Instead, my hands are empty. I wish I could offer you the gold of good works, but I bear only the sorrow of sin. I try to burn the frankincense of prayer, but I have only distraction. I want to show you the myrrh of virtue, but I am clothed by vice.

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Published in: DAILY JOURNAL, SPIRITUALITY | on January 8th, 2010 | No Comments »

Become the Face of Christ

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A voice did not boom from the sky…. it was not a flash of lightning, an earthquake, or a vision of the heavens opening with a revelation that God loves man. Rather, God descended into the womb of a woman, and Love itself became incarnate. Love became flesh. The message of God became living, breathing, visible.

 

LOOKING FOR LOVE

Perhaps this is the crisis of our age. Not the lack of a message. Heavens no! Everywhere one turns, one can find the "message" of the good news. Cable television, radio, the internet… the message is blaring like a trumpet. But what is missing is often the demonstration of that message: of souls who have met Love itself, and then become vessels of that Love. Where can we find this message incarnated today?

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Published in: DAILY JOURNAL, SPIRITUALITY | on December 30th, 2009 | Comments Off