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THE <\/b>temptation many of us face today is to discouragement and despair: discouragement<\/i> that evil seems to be winning; despair<\/i> that there seems to be no humanly possibly way for the rapid decline in morals to be stopped nor the subsequent rising persecution against the faithful. Perhaps you can identify with St. Louis de Montfort\u2019s cry…<\/p>\n
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\nYour divine commandments are broken, your Gospel is thrown aside, torrents of iniquity flood the whole earth carrying away even your servants\u2026 Will everything come to the same end as Sodom and Gomorrah? Will you never break your silence? Will you tolerate all this for ever? Is it not true that your will must be done on earth as it is in heaven? Is it not true that your kingdom must come? Did you not give to some souls, dear to you, a vision of the future renewal of the Church?<\/b> \u2014Prayer for Missionaries<\/i>, n. 5; www.ewtn.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
To those last questions, yes\u2014the answer is yes<\/i>! Indeed, while Satan has unleashed a torrent of deception against the world (insofar as God has allowed him), the Lord has been preparing a torrent of grace, <\/i>one that will change the course of history as it brings about the Kingdom of God to the ends<\/i> of the earth.<\/p>\n
\nI have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! (Today\u2019s Gospel)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
We have been given a glimpse of what God is planning, and has already begun, through the approved messages of Elizabeth Kindelmann, which explain in greater detail the coming victory of the “Woman clothed in the sun” over the dragon.<\/p>\n
\nThe elect souls will have to fight the Prince of Darkness. It will be a frightening storm\u2014no, 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.<\/b><\/i> \u2014Message from Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth Kindelmann<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
This Flame in Our Lady’s heart, she said, is \u201cJesus.\u201d And He told Elizabeth that this Flame of Love will be poured out through His Mother and the Holy Spirit as in a \u201cnew Pentecost.”<\/p>\n
\nI 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!<\/b><\/i> \u2014Jesus to Elizabeth Kindelmann<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
This \u201ceye of the Storm\u201d will establish in the \u201celect\u201d the reign <\/i>of the Kingdom of God such that the latter part of the Pater Noster may begin to reach its prophetic destiny: \u201cthy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.\u201d <\/i>Thus, praying for the \u201ctriumph of the Immaculate Heart\u201d, said Pope Benedict, is…<\/p>\n
\n\u2026is equivalent in meaning to our praying for the coming of God\u2019s Kingdom.<\/b> \u2014Light of the World<\/i>, p. 166, A Conversation With Peter Seewald<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
And so, brothers and sisters, recognize the demonic distraction that discouragement and despair are: the evil one\u2019s tools to draw you away from preparing for a new Pentecost<\/i>. Our Lady has been forming an \u201cupper room” for a very long time now to prepare us <\/i>for this great grace.<\/p>\n
\nThe Church of the Millennium must have an increased consciousness of being the Kingdom of God in its initial stage.<\/b> \u2014ST. JOHN PAUL II, L\u2019Osservatore Romano<\/i>, English Edition, April 25th, 1988<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The Mass readings today continue to teach us how <\/i>to prepare, to not fall asleep, to not be lulled into complacency or desensitized to the gravity of sin. It is clear how one aspect of the torrent spewed from the dragon\u2019s mouth\u2014pornography\u2014is a direct attack on our preparedness:<\/p>\n
\nFor just as you presented the parts of your bodies as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness for lawlessness, so now present them as slaves to righteousness for sanctification. (First reading)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Today’s Psalm gives us the key to avoiding immorality. And that is to \u201cput on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh<\/i>.” (Rom 13:14) That is, don\u2019t even walk down sin\u2019s street, let alone enter its house (see The Hunted<\/i><\/a>). In a word, avoid the near occasion of sin<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nBlessed the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked nor walks in the way of sinners, nor sits in the company of the insolent, but delights in the law of the Lord and meditates on his law day and night. (Today\u2019s Psalm)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Ask yourself if you have been desensitized to immorality. Do you read gossip on the sex lives of the stars? Do you watch videos or programs that demean sexuality? Do you click on those sidebars that lead to sitting “in the company of sinners\u201d? Moreover, have you embraced the whole of our Catholic Faith, or have you dismissed her teachings on marriage, contraception, and premarital sex as \u201cout of touch\u201d or not a \u201cbig deal”?<\/p>\n
The way to \u201csensitize\u201d yourself again, to purify your heart once more, is to \u201cput on the Lord Jesus Christ\u201d. That is, to rediscover the truth that sets you free. I have written a five-part series on Human Sexuality and Freedom<\/i><\/a> that has been, thank God, a tremendous help to a number of people to help them recover their sexual dignity. Second, it is essential to renew a life of daily prayer, setting aside time for just you and God. Speak to Him from the heart, and \u201cdelight in the law of the Lord,\u201d that is, meditate on the Scriptures, which are \u201cliving and effective\u201d.[1]<\/sup><\/a>Heb 4:12<\/span><\/span>