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AS<\/b> I was praying before the Blessed Sacrament this past weekend, I felt Our Lord’s intense grief \u2014 sobbing<\/em>, it seemed, that mankind has so refused His love. For the next hour, we wept together… me, profusely begging His forgiveness for my and our collective failure to love Him in return… and He, because humanity has now unleashed a Storm of its own making.<\/p>\n

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When they sow the wind, they shall reap the whirlwind. (Hos 8:7)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The next day, this message came to me, which we posted on Countdown:<\/p>\n

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We \u2014 my Son and this Mother \u2014 are in mourning over the suffering of those who are undergoing what will spread to the rest of the world. People of my Son, do not retreat; offer up all that is within your reach for all humanity. <\/strong><\/em>\u2014Our Lady to Luz de Maria<\/a>, February 24th, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At the end of that time of prayer, I sensed Our Lord asking me, and us, to make special sacrifices at this time for the world. I reached down and grabbed my Bible, and opened to this passage…
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Jonah’s Awakening<\/h5>\n
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Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah … “Arise, go to Nin\u2032eveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD…\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up. Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried to his god; and they threw the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down, and was fast asleep…. (Jonah Ch. 1)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\"It is no surprise what the pagan sailors on the ship did in their anguish: they turned to false gods, casting aside the essential in order to “lighten” their load. So, too, in these days of distress, many have turned toward false gods in order to find comfort, to placate their fears and assuage their anxiety \u2014 to “lighten the load.” But Jonah? He simply tuned out the voice of the Lord and slumbered as the storm began to rage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s our very sleepiness to the presence of God that renders us insensitive to evil: we don\u2019t hear God because we don\u2019t want to be disturbed, and so we remain indifferent to evil… <\/strong>a\u00a0<\/strong>certain callousness of the soul towards the power of evil… T<\/strong>he sleepiness\u2019 is ours, of those of us who do not want to see the full force of evil and do not want to enter into His Passion<\/strong>.\u201d \u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, Catholic News Agency, Vatican City, Apr 20, 2011, General Audience<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The “Passion” Jesus is asking foremost of Our Lady’s Little Rabble<\/a><\/em> is the sacrifice of obedience.[1]<\/sup><\/a>“Obedience is better than sacrifice”, (1 Sam 15:22) <\/span><\/span>