{"id":40133,"date":"2020-04-04T20:15:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T02:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=40133"},"modified":"2020-04-07T14:30:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T20:30:59","slug":"the-labor-pains-are-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-labor-pains-are-real\/","title":{"rendered":"The Labor Pains are Real","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Sheep have been scattered…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m in Chicago and the day all the churches closed down, <\/strong><\/span>
\nbefore the announcement, <\/strong><\/span>
\nI woke up at 4 am from a dream with Mother Mary. She said to me, <\/strong><\/span>
\n“All of the churches will close today. It has begun.”<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2014from a reader<\/span><\/p>\n

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OFTEN<\/strong> a pregnant woman will feel slight contractions in her body several weeks before child birth, what are known as “Braxton Hicks” or “practice contractions.” But when her water breaks and she begins hard labor, it is the real deal. Even though the first contractions may be tolerable, her body has now begun a process that cannot be stopped.<\/p>\n

Many voices are suggesting that the pandemic COVID-19 is merely a “test,” a warning that will soon pass. Well, this is not<\/em> false labor\u2014it is<\/em> the beginning of the “birthing” process. It’s a warning only insofar as it is a first taste of the reality that is now here…<\/p>\n

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WHAT IS THE BIRTHING?<\/p>\n

The global <\/em>process that has begun will not reach its climax until the “birth”: when the entire<\/em> People of God will pass through the birth canal of tribulation into an Era of Peace when there will no longer be a divided flock\u2014Catholic and Protestant; Jew and Gentile\u2014but one body<\/em>. Then, all \"\"believers will be Catholic<\/em> (since Christ only founded one <\/em>Church). Coincidentally, these are the very Mass readings for today[1]<\/sup><\/a>see One Flock, One Shepherd<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span>