{"id":250,"date":"2006-08-25T16:07:14","date_gmt":"2006-08-25T21:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=250"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:06:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:06:05","slug":"be-fearless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/be-fearless\/","title":{"rendered":"It Is Time&#8230;","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-images\/The_Agony_in_the_Garden.jpg\" \/><br \/>  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em><font size=\"2\">Ag0ny In The Garden<br \/>  <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>AS <\/strong>a senior citizen put it to me today, &quot;The news headlines are unbelievable.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, as stories of increasing pedophilia, violence, and attacks on the family and freedom of speech descend like a heavy rainfall, the temptation is to run for cover and see all as gloomy. Today, I could barely concentrate at Mass&#8230; the sorrow was so thick.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s not water-down reality:&nbsp; it <em>is<\/em> gloomy, though the occasional ray of hope pierces the gray clouds of this moral storm. What I hear the Lord saying to us is this:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I<em> know you are carrying a heavy cross. I know you are heavily burdened. But remember, you are only sharing in <u>my Cross<\/u>. Therefore, <u>I am always carrying it with you<\/u>. Would I abandon you, My beloved? <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Remain as a little child. Give not into anxiety. Trust in me. I will supply your every need, whenever you need it, at the right moment. <u>But you must go through this Passion&#8212;the whole Church must follow the Head.<\/u>&nbsp; It is time to drink the cup of My suffering. But as I was strengthened by an angel, so too, will I strengthen you. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Be of courage&#8212;I have already overcome the world!<br \/>   <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><code>Do not be afraid of anything you are going to suffer... remain faithful until death, I will give you the crown of life. <\/code><em><font style=\"font-size: 9pt;\" size=\"2\">(Rev 2:9-10)<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ag0ny In The Garden AS a senior citizen put it to me today, &quot;The news headlines are unbelievable.&quot; Indeed, as stories of increasing pedophilia, violence, and attacks on the family and freedom of speech descend like a heavy rainfall, the temptation is to run for cover and see all as gloomy. 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