{"id":14719,"date":"2017-11-13T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=14719"},"modified":"2017-11-14T11:12:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T17:12:46","slug":"the-convergence-and-the-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-convergence-and-the-blessing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Convergence and the Blessing","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Sunset_in_the_eye_of_a_hurricane_-_NOAA_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"560\" \/><br \/>\n <em><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sunset in the eye of a hurricane<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong><br \/>\n SEVERAL <\/strong>years ago, I sensed the Lord say that there was a <em>Great Storm<\/em> coming upon the earth, like a hurricane. But this Storm would not be one of mother nature, but one created by <em>man<\/em> himself: an economic, social, and political storm that would change the face of the earth. I felt the Lord ask me to write about this Storm, to prepare souls for what is coming\u2014not only the <em>Convergence <\/em>of events, but now, a coming <em>Blessing. <\/em>This writing, so as not to be too lengthy, will footnote key themes that I&#8217;ve already expanded elsewhere&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><em><!--more--><\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">THE CONVERGENCE<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">The closer one moves toward the eye of a hurricane, the more powerful the winds become. I sensed the Lord say that, as we approach the &#8220;eye of the storm,&#8221; we would see turbulent events increase manifold, one upon the other. What kind of events? The <em>seals of Revelation.<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-seven-seals-of-revolution\/\">The Seven Seals of Revolution<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> As we look at what is happening daily in the world <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Hurricane_Isabel_from_ISS_000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"588\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"2\" \/>today, are we not seeing precisely the conditions for these events to unfold now, almost exponentially? Just consider:<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong><em>The Second Seal<\/em><\/strong><em>: <\/em>an event or series of events that, according to St. John, <em>&#8220;take peace away from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another.&#8221;<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Rev 6:4<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> As we look at tensions between China and Japan, Russia and the West, Israel and Iran, North Korea and the South&#8230; any one of these, or a combination of them all, could set off World World III. As the popes have warned before, this is precisely the plan of the Illuminati and those secret societies that seek to &#8220;communize&#8221; the world. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/global-revolution\/\">The Great Revolution!<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Their motto: &#8220;Order out of chaos&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><em><strong>The Third Seal<\/strong>: &#8220;A ration of wheat costs a day\u2019s pay&#8230;&#8221;<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Rev 6:^<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Very simply, this seal speaks of hyper-inflation. Economists and market experts are coming out one by one now, speaking in the most dire of terms, of a coming crash in the near future that will be &#8216;horrific&#8217;, leading to civil chaos. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em>2014, and the Rising Beast<\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><em><strong>The Fourth Seal<\/strong>: <\/em>the global revolution set off by war, economic collapse, and chaos leads to massive deaths by the <em>&#8220;sword, famine, and plague.&#8221;<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Rev. 6:8; cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/mercy-in-chaos\/\"><em>Mercy in Chaos<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> More than one virus, whether it&#8217;s Ebola, Avian Flu, the Black Plague, or &#8220;superbugs&#8221; emerging at the end of this anti-biotic era, are poised to spread world-wide. A global pandemic has been expected for some time now. It is often amidst disasters that viruses spread most rapidly.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><em><strong>The Fifth Seal<\/strong>: <\/em>St. John sees a vision of the martyrs crying out for justice. As in past revolutions, such as the French Revolution or <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/LightningVatican.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"276\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"2\" \/>Communist Revolution\u2014both manufactured by secret societies\u2014Christianity becomes a central target, and it won&#8217;t be otherwise again. The growing disdain toward the Catholic Church today is palpable, and already\u2014through Islamic Jihad\u2014she is living this martyrdom as the Middle East is being emptied of its Christians.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><em><strong>The Sixth Seal<\/strong>: <\/em>As these events above converge all at once, causing tremendous world-wide upheaveal, the Sixth Seal is broken\u2014a global earthquake, a <em>Great Shaking<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/great-shaking-great-awakening-2\/\">Great Shaking, Great Awakening<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> occurs as the heavens are peeled back, and the judgment of God is perceived in the interior of every soul. It is an &#8220;illumination of conscience&#8221;, a <em>warning, <\/em>that brings us to the <em>eye of the storm.<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[8]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/eye-of-the-storm\/\">The Eye of the Storm<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> As we look at the great number of large earthquakes occurring all over the world right now, and others in unexpected places, I believe they are <em>harbingers<\/em> of this coming shaking of consciences, which will open up hearts to the coming Blessing&#8230; <em>the Seventh Seal, <\/em>the &#8220;eye of the storm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">&#8230;there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. (Rev 8:1)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">BE NOT AFRAID!<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Brothers and sisters, I realize that all of the above that I&#8217;ve described is terrifying to some. It would, in fact, be unbelievable if we were not reading these things daily in the headlines. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[9]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/warnings-in-the-wind\/\"><em>Warnings in the Wind <\/em>and<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wisdom-and-the-convergence-of-chaos\/\"><em>Wisdom, and the Convergence of Choas<\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> <\/a>And thus, many are becoming afraid\u2014and fear paralyzes. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[10]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-paralyzed-soul\/\"> <em>The Paralyzed Soul<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Jesus does <em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Gethsemane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"281\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"2\" \/>not <\/em>want us to be afraid! Over and over again in the Gospels, we are told &#8220;be not afraid&#8221;. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_11');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_11');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[11]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_11\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">eg. Matt 10:28; 10:31; Mk. 5:36; 6:50; Jn 14:27<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_11').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_11', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> The trials that are coming, particularly to the Church, will require a great grace so that she may follow her Lord through her <em>own Passion, <\/em>so that she will <em>not <\/em>be afraid. It is the same grace given to Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">And to strengthen him an angel from heaven appeared to him. (Luke 22:43)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>There is only one anointing that is strong enough to meet death and that is the anointing of the Holy Spirit, the love of God.<\/strong> \u2014BENEDICT XVI, <em>Magnificat, <\/em>Holy Week 2014, p. 49<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">By which &#8220;angel&#8221; will this &#8220;anointing of the Holy Spirit&#8221; come? It will come <em>by<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, His well-beloved Spouse<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span> As Blessed John Paul II prophesied,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong> Christ will conquer through her because He wants the Church\u2019s victories now and in the future to be linked to her\u2026<\/strong> \u2014POPE JOHN PAUL II,<em> Crossing the Threshold of Hope<\/em>, p. 22<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">&#8230;linked to the Woman who crushes the serpent&#8217;s head. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_12');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_12');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[12]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_12\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Gen 3:15<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_12').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_12', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> It is she who has appeared in these &#8220;end times&#8221; and gathered again, as it were, in the &#8220;upper room&#8221; with her children as we await once more a <em>new Pentecost. <\/em>For as Paul VI said, this is the only hope of the world left.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Not that Pentecost has ever ceased to be an actuality during the whole history of the Church, but so great are the needs and the perils of the present age, so vast the horizon of mankind drawn towards world coexistence and powerless to achieve it, that there is no salvation for it except in a new outpouring of the gift of God.<\/strong> \u2014POPE PAUL VI, <em>Gaudete in Domino, <\/em>May 9th, 1975, Sect. VII;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/holy_father\/paul_vi\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/hf_p-vi_exh_19750509_gaudete-in-domino_en.html\"> www.vatican.va<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>\u2026let us implore from God the grace of a new Pentecost\u2026 May tongues of fire, combining burning love of God and neighbor with zeal for the spread of Christ\u2019s Kingdom, descend on all present!<\/strong> \u2014BENEDICT XVI, Homily, New York City, April 19th, 2008 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">THE BLESSING<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">The popes of the past century have been praying for a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon mankind, <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_13');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_13');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[13]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_13\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/charismatic-part-vi\/\">Charistmatic VI<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_13').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_13', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> and God has answered that prayer in stages through various <em>movements: <\/em>Communione e Liberazione, Focolare, the Charismatic Renewal, World Youth Days, the new apologetics and catechesis movement, and of course, Marian apparitions (though we understand, as Mediatrix of grace, <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_14');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_14');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[14]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_14\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em>Catechism of the Catholic Church, <\/em>n. 969<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_14').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_14', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> the Blessed Mother has a hand in all of these movements). All of these graces have prepared the Church for the <em>hour <\/em>of her greatest witness. But I believe there is <em>one more stage<\/em>, and Our Lady is now asking us to get ready for it.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ImmaculateHeartofMary_000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"2\" \/>The foundation for this next stage was set at Fatima when Our Lady said to Sr. Lucia:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God<\/strong>. <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u2014June 13th, 1917, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtn.com\/library\/MARY\/FIRSTSAT.HTM\">www.ewtn.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Elizabeth Kindelmann (c. 1913-1985) of Budapest, Hungary began receiving messages from Jesus and Mary in 1961. In June of 2009, Cardinal Peter Erdo, Archbishop of Budapest and President of the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe, gave his <em>Imprimatur<\/em> authorizing the publication of the messages given over a twenty year span. Elizabeth also heard Heaven warn of a coming Storm\u2014and t0 my astonishment, one <em>like a hurricane<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><em>The elect souls will have to fight the Prince of Darkness. It will be a frightening storm \u2014 no, not a storm, but a hurricane devastating everything! He even wants to destroy the faith and confidence of the elect. I will always be beside you in the storm that is now brewing. I am your mother. I can help you and I want to! You will see everywhere the light of my Flame of Love sprouting out like a flash of lightning illuminating Heaven and earth, and with which I will inflame even the dark and languid souls<\/em><\/strong> \u2014Message from Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth Kindelmann<br \/>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">It is a grace that will wake up souls and shake them from their darkness.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><em>This Flame full of blessings springing from my Immaculate Heart, and that I am giving you, must go from heart to heart. It will be the Great Miracle of light blinding Satan&#8230; The torrential flood of blessings about to jolt the world must begin with the small number of the most humble souls. Each person getting this message should receive it as an invitation and no one should take offense nor ignore it\u2026<\/em><\/strong> \u2014Ibid.; see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theflameoflove.org\/\">www.flameoflove.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">The invitation is a calling to <em>preparation<\/em>, which is one of the first words I felt the Lord asking me to write. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_15');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_15');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[15]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_15\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/prepare\/\">Prepare!<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_15').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_15', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> In a message to Barbara Rose Centilli, whose purported messages are under diocesan examination, St. Raphael allegedly says to her:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>The day of the Lord approaches. All must be prepared. Ready yourselves in body, mind, and soul. Purify yourselves.<\/strong> \u2014Ibid., February 16th, 1998; (see my writing on the coming \u201cDay of the Lord\u201d: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/two-more-days\/\"><em>Two More Days<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt;\">Beloved, we are God\u2019s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure. (1 John 3:2-3)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">Purify yourselves for what? In this regard, the alleged apparitions of Medjugorje take on a prime significance. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_16');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_16');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_16\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[16]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_16\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf.\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/on-medjugorje\/\">On Medjugorje<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_16').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_16', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>\u00a0Since 1981, our Lady is <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/medjugorje-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"240\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"2\" \/>said to be appearing in the Balkan\u00a0region under the title &#8220;Queen of Peace.&#8221; The apparition site has been the source of tens of thousands of conversions, hundreds of documented healings, and numerous vocations to the priesthood.\u00a0The Ruini Commission, appointed by the Vatican to study the apparitions of Medjugorje, has ruled overwhelmingly that the first seven apparitions were \u201csupernatural\u201d, according to the\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/2017\/05\/16\/vaticaninsider\/eng\/the-vatican\/medjugorje-the-findings-of-the-ruini-report-hvBaZ3ssAeDicjdmEcS3UN\/pagina.html\">Vatican Insider<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>For years, Our Lady&#8217;s message has been an echo of St. Ralphael&#8217;s above: prepare your body, mind, and soul through prayer, fasting, meditation on God&#8217;s Word, frequent Confession, and sincere participation in the Mass. Some people have a hard time believing that Our Lady could possibly be coming to earth to repeat this same message to the Church for over 30 years. But then, how many people are doing this? How many people are prepared? How many have responded?\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>So she talks too much, this \u201cVirgin of the Balkans\u201d? That\u2019s the sardonic opinion of some unabashed skeptics. Have they eyes but do not see, and ears but do not hear? Clearly the voice in the messages of Medjugorje is that of a motherly and strong woman who does not pamper her children, but teaches them, exhorts and pushes them to assume greater responsibility for the future of our planet:\u00a0 \u2018<em>A large part of what will happen depends on your prayers\u2019\u2026 <\/em>We must allow God all the time he wills to take for the transfiguration of all time and space before the Holy Face of the One who is, was, and will come again.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014Bishop Gilbert Aubry of St. Denis, Reunion Island; Forward to<em> \u201cMedjugorje: the 90\u2019s\u2014The Triumph of the Heart\u201d <\/em>by Sr. Emmanuel<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">What is about to &#8220;happen&#8221; is drawing near. In the past two months (2014), Our Lady has pointed four times in her monthly <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/medjmary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"330\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"2\" \/>and yearly message to preparing for a &#8220;blessing.&#8221; On March 2nd, 2014, Our Lady is alleged to have said through the seer, Mirjana:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><em>&#8230; Pray with humble devotion, obedience and complete trust in the Heavenly Father. Trust as I have trusted when it was said to me that I will bring the blessing of the promise. May out of your hearts, from your lips, always come forth &#8216;May your will be done!&#8217; Therefore, trust and pray so that I can intercede for you before the Lord, for him to give you the Heavenly Blessing and fill you with the Holy Spirit. <\/em><\/strong>\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medjugorje.org\/msg14.htm\">medjugorje.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">This evokes the vision of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (c. 1774-1824) in which she saw, from Mary&#8217;s Immaculate Heart, a grace flowing to the Church that gathered souls to Christ. One wonders if this isn&#8217;t something like the &#8220;sign&#8221; that Our Lady said would be left at several apparition sites around the world&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I saw a shining red heart floating in the air. From one side flowed a current of white light to the wound of the Sacred Side, and from the other a second current fell upon the Church in many regions; its rays attracted numerous souls who, by the Heart and the current of light, entered into the side of Jesus. I was told that this was the Heart of Mary. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u2014Blessed Catherine Emmerich, <em>The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations<\/em>, Vol 1, pp. 567-568.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">On March 18th this year, Our Lady of Medjugorje continued this theme with Mirjana, revealing that the grace that is coming is twofold in nature:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Through your love for my Son and through your prayer, I desire for God\u2019s light to illuminate you and God\u2019s mercy to fill you. In this way, I desire for the darkness, and the shadow of death which wants to encompass and mislead you, to be driven away. I desire for you to feel the joy of the blessing of God\u2019s promise. <\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u2014Ibid.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">Here, Our Lady is indicating that God is going to pour out a grace that will also ultimately eradicate fear and the &#8220;shadow of death&#8221;. Our Lady, who is known as &#8220;the dawn&#8221; and is a mirror and &#8220;image of the Church to come,&#8221; is\u00a0mirroring<em>\u00a0<\/em>here the prophetic words of Pius XII:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>But even this night in the world shows clear signs of a dawn that will come, of a new day receiving the kiss of a new and more resplendent <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/factory.jpg?resize=229%2C181&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"181\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"2\" \/>sun\u2026 A new resurrection of Jesus is necessary: a true resurrection, which admits no more lordship of death\u2026 In individuals, Christ must destroy the night of mortal sin with the dawn of grace regained. In families, the night of indifference and coolness must give way to the sun of love. In factories, in cities, in nations, in lands of misunderstanding and hatred the night must grow bright as the day, <em>nox sicut dies illuminabitur, <\/em>and strife will cease and there will be peace<\/strong>. \u2014<em>Urbi et Orbi<\/em> address,March 2nd, 1957; <a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xii\/it\/messages\/urbi\/documents\/hf_p-xii_mes_19570421_urbi-easter.html\">vatican.va<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">The Church must still go through the Passion, the valley of the shadow of death, but she will fear no evil for she will know the Lord\u2014and Our Lady\u2014are at her side. This is precisely what Jesus <em>knew <\/em>before His Passion:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">For the sake of the joy that lay before him he endured the cross. (Heb 12:2)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">Our Lady said the very same thing through Elizabeth Kindelmann, that this coming Flame of Love will both drive out evil and <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/immaculate-heart-of-mary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"258\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"2\" \/>strengthen souls.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><strong>Hurry, the moment is near when my Flame of Love will flare up and Satan will be blinded. So, I want you to experience this in order to increase your trust in me. From this you will be energized with great strength and courage&#8230; The Flame will ignite across nations consecrated to me and then all around the globe. <\/strong><\/em>\u2014Diary, from theflameoflove.org<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">Again, the consonance of this message with other Marian messages is striking:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><em>The love of God will begin to flow through you into the world, peace will begin to rule in your hearts and God&#8217;s blessing will fill you<\/em><\/strong>. \u2014Our Lady of Medjugorje to Marija, March 25th, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">At the heart of these messages is Our Lady preparing an <em>army <\/em>to go into the darkness of our times and free souls for Christ. It is a <em>new <\/em>anointing:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; He has sent me to bring good news to the afflicted, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives&#8230; (cf. Isaiah 61:1)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">This is an<em> extraordinary <\/em>grace for an <em>extraordinary <\/em>time. Our Mother is preparing her children for a Blessing that will flood the world:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">\u2018Rivers of living water will flow from within him.&#8217; [Jesus] said this in reference to the Spirit&#8230; (John 7:38-39)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>&#8230;my dear children, with hearts open and full of love, cry out the name of the Heavenly Father that He may illuminate you with the Holy Spirit. Through the Holy Spirit you will become a spring of God&#8217;s love. All those who do not know my Son, all those thirsting for the love and peace of my Son, will drink from this spring.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u2014Our Lady of Medjugorje to Mirjana, April 2nd, 2014 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jean_II_RestoutPentecote.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"362\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"2\" \/><\/em><\/strong><\/span>In a message to Elizabeth, Jesus says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><em>I could compare this torrential flood (of grace) to the first Pentecost. It will submerge the earth by the power of the Holy Spirit. All mankind will take heed at the time of this great miracle. Here comes the torrential flow of the Flame of Love of My most Holy Mother. The world darkened already by lack of faith will undergo formidable tremors and then people will believe! These jolts will give rise to a new world by the power of faith. Trust, confirmed by faith, will take root in souls and the face of the earth will thus be renewed. For never has such a flow of grace ever been given since the Word become flesh. This renewing of the earth, tested by suffering, will take place through the power and the imploring force of the Blessed Virgin!<\/em><\/strong> \u2014Jesus to Elizabeth Kindelmann, Ibid.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Upon first reading, it would seem that the Flame of Love that is going to be poured out (and has already begun in some) will automatically change the world all at once. But just as the angel in Gethsemane did not take away Christ&#8217;s Passion, the Flame of Love will not take away the Passion of the Church, but lead her on to the Resurrection.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">In this regard, the words spoken to Barbara Rose, allegedly from God the Father, strike the right tone and balance of what is coming:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><strong>To overcome the tremendous effects of generations of sin, I must send the power to break through and transform the world. But this <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Crosslight.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"284\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"2\" \/>surge of power will be uncomfortable, even painful for some. This will cause the contrast between darkness and light to become even greater<\/strong><\/em>. \u2014from the four volumes <em>Seeing With the Eyes of the Soul, <\/em> November 15th, 1996; as quoted in <em>The Miracle of the Illumination of Conscience<\/em> by Dr. Thomas W. Petrisko, p. 53<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">This is confirmed in messages, allegedly also from the \u201cHeavenly Father\u201d, conveyed in 1993 to a young Australian man named Matthew Kelly, who was told of a coming illumination of consciences or &#8220;mini-judgment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><strong>Some people will turn even further away from Me, they will be proud and stubborn\u2026. Those who repent will be given an unquenchable thirst for this light\u2026 All those who love Me will join to help form the heel that crushes Satan<\/strong><\/em>. \u2014from <em>The Miracle of the Illumination of Conscience<\/em> by Dr. Thomas W. Petrisko, p.96-97<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Venezuela mystic, Servant of God Maria Esperanza (1928-2004), also framed this coming grace as a sifting:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>The consciences of this beloved people must be violently shaken so that they may \u201cput their house in order\u201d\u2026 A great moment is approaching, a great day of light\u2026 it is the hour of decision for mankind.<\/strong> \u2014<em>Antichrist and the End Times<\/em>, Fr. Joseph Iannuzzi, P. 37 (Volume 15-n.2, Featured Article from www.sign.org)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">HOW TO PREPARE<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">In summary, what is coming is a Blessing that will culminate in a global outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the destruction or &#8220;chaining&#8221; of the power of Satan and usher in a &#8220;new springtime,&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_17');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_17');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_17\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[17]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_17\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>&#8220;As the third millennium of the Redemption draws near, God is preparing a great springtime for Christianity and we can already see its first signs.\u201d May Mary, the Morning Star, help us to say with ever new ardor our \u201cyes\u201d to the Father\u2019s plan for salvation that all nations and tongues may see his glory.&#8221;<\/strong> \u2014POPE JOHN PAUL II, Message for World Mission Sunday, n.9, October 24th, 1999; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/holy_father\/john_paul_ii\/messages\/missions\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_mes_25051999_world-day-for-missions-1999_en.html\">www.vatican.va<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_17').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_17', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> a renewal of the face of the earth and the reign of the Divine Will. After all, this is what the Church has interceded for in one of her official prayers for years:<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful<br \/>\n and enkindle in them the fire of your love.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>V. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created.<br \/>\n R. And you shall renew the face of the earth.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Summarizing messages that he allegedly heard from Our Lady over the span of decades and that have also received the Imprimatur, the late Fr. Stefano Gobbi said in harmony with all of the mystics above:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Brother priests, this [Kingdom of the Divine Will], however, is not possible if, after the victory obtained over Satan, after having removed the obstacle because his [Satan&#8217;s] power has been destroyed\u2026 this cannot happen, except by a most special outpouring of the Holy Spirit: the Second Pentecost<\/strong>. <\/span>\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmp-usa.net\/arc_triumph.html\">http:\/\/www.mmp-usa.net\/arc_triumph.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Brothers and sisters, I want to ask you: after everything you&#8217;ve read, after everything you&#8217;ve considered above in the spirit of &#8220;testing&#8221; prophecy that St. Paul urges us to do, <em>do you want the grace of this Flame of Love? <\/em>If your answer is yes\u2014<em>&#8220;<\/em>May your will be done!&#8221;\u2014then waste no time from this moment on preparing and <em>asking <\/em>for it. For Jesus said, &#8220;If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_18');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_18');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_18\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[18]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_18\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Lk. 11:13<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_18').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_18', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Jesus does not want us to be afraid, but courageous!<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Our lives are all going to change very soon. Heaven knows this, and has done everything in its power to get us ready. You have heard me say to you many times that &#8220;time is short&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_19');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_19');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_19\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[19]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_19\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/so-little-time-left\/\">So Little Time Left<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_19').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_19', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> We <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/HURRICANE-ISABEL-HITS-E-FER.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"342\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"2\" \/>have heard Our Lady say this over and over again. And yet, we are tempted to fall asleep <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_20');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_20');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_20\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[20]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_20\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/he-calls-while-we-slumber\/\"><em>He Calls While We Slumber<\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_20').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_20', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> <\/a>because another year has passed, another decade has gone by. But look! The Storm is here! Dont&#8217; be fooled by Satan. When the full force of these hurricane winds are felt all over the world, <em>many will long for these present days of preparation. <\/em>But God wants us to prepare for a new era, a new day, the &#8220;Day of the Lord.&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_21');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14719_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_21');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_21\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[21]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_21\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/dear-holy-father-he-is-coming\/\"><em>Dear Holy Father&#8230; He is Coming!<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_21').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14719_1_21', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>The sign will come, you must not worry about it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>The only thing that I would want to tell you is to be converted. Make that known to all my children as quickly as possible. No pain, no suffering is too great for me in order to save you. I will pray to my Son not to punish the world; but I plead with you, be converted.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>You cannot imagine what is going to happen nor what the Eternal Father will send to earth. <\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong>That is why you must be converted! Renounce everything. Do penance. Express my thanks to all my children who have prayed and fasted. I carry all this to my Divine Son in order to obtain an alleviation of His justice against the sins of mankind. <\/strong><\/em>\u2014Our Lady of Medjugorje, June 24th, 1983; <a href=\"https:\/\/mysticpost.com\/2017\/11\/sign-will-come-must-not-worry-cannot-imagine-going-happen-eternal-father-will-send-earth-queen-peace\/\">Mystic Post<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Above, there are already cues in Our Mother&#8217;s words as to what we are called to do to prepare for this coming Blessing. But in January (2014), I was inspired by the daily Mass readings to outline a preparation that echoes the above.<em>\u00a0<\/em>(see<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/five-smooth-stones\/\"> <em>Five Smooth Stones<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Indeed, may the Holy Spirit come upon us now, through the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, that the Flame of Love in her may burst forth in our hearts into a fire of holiness and power so that Jesus Christ may be loved and known to the ends of the earth&#8230; and the <em>world renewed<\/em> through the triumph of the Immaculate Heart.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>We implore her maternal intercession that the Church may become a home for many peoples, a mother for all peoples, and that the way may be opened to the birth of a new world. It is the Risen Christ who tells us, with a power that fills us with confidence and unshakable hope: \u201cBehold, I make all things new\u201d (<i>Rev <\/i>21:5). With Mary we advance confidently towards the fulfilment of this promise&#8230;<\/strong> \u2014POPE FRANCIS, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html#I.\u2002Reasons_for_a_renewed_missionary_impulse\">Evangelii Gaudium<\/a>, <\/em>n. 288<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Empowered by the Spirit, and drawing upon faith\u2019s rich vision, a new generation of Christians is being called to help build a world in which God\u2019s gift of life is welcomed, respected and cherished\u2014not rejected, feared as a threat, and destroyed&#8230; Dear young friends, the Lord is asking you to be prophets of this new age\u2026<\/strong> \u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, Homily, World Youth Day, Sydney, Australia, July 20th, 2008<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DovesandtheHeartofMary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"140\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"CENTER\">Early on in the apparitions of Medjugorje, Our Lady allegedly gave this prayer of Consecration to the seers that directly cites the &#8220;flame of love&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"CENTER\"><em>O Immaculate Heart of Mary, <\/em><br \/>\n <em> overflowing with goodness,<\/em><br \/>\n <em> show us Your love for us.<\/em><br \/>\n <em> May the flame of Your heart, <\/em><br \/>\n <em> O Mary, descend upon all mankind.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> We love You so.<\/em><br \/>\n <em> Impress true love in our hearts<\/em><br \/>\n <em> that we may have a continuous <\/em><br \/>\n <em> desire for You.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> O Mary, meek and humble of heart,<\/em><br \/>\n <em> remember us when we are in sin.<\/em><br \/>\n <em> You know that all men sin.<\/em><br \/>\n <em> Grant to us by means of <\/em><br \/>\n <em> Your Immaculate Heart, to be <\/em><br \/>\n <em> healed from every spiritual illness.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> In doing so, we then will be able<\/em><br \/>\n <em> to gaze upon the goodness<\/em><br \/>\n <em> of Your Maternal Heart,<\/em><br \/>\n <em> and thus be converted through <\/em><br \/>\n <em> the flame of Your Heart. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2014from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medjugorje.com\/prayers\/prayers-a-novenas-of-the-community\/337-consecration-to-the-two-hearts.html\">Medjugorje.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"CENTER\"><em>First published April 15th, 2014.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">RELATED READING<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Is Medjugorje from God or the devil? 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Rev 6:4<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_14719_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_3');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/global-revolution\/\">The Great Revolution!<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_14719_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_4');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. Rev 6:^<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_14719_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_5');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em>2014, and the Rising Beast<\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_14719_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_6');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>6<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. Rev. 6:8; cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/mercy-in-chaos\/\"><em>Mercy in Chaos<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_14719_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_7');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>7<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/great-shaking-great-awakening-2\/\">Great Shaking, Great Awakening<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_14719_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_8');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>8<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/eye-of-the-storm\/\">The Eye of the Storm<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_14719_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_9');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>9<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/warnings-in-the-wind\/\"><em>Warnings in the Wind <\/em>and<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wisdom-and-the-convergence-of-chaos\/\"><em>Wisdom, and the Convergence of Choas<\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_14719_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_10');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>10<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-paralyzed-soul\/\"> <em>The Paralyzed Soul<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_14719_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_14719_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_14719_1_11');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>11<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">eg. 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