Lenei e le o se Tofotofoga

 

ON le pito o le a mala o le lalolagi? O se tele mala o le akerise ma faafitauli o meaʻai i le Horn o Aferika ma Pakistan? O le lalolagi tamaoaiga i luga o le tumutumu o le paʻu? Faʻamamaina numera o iniseti taufaamataʻu i le 'paʻu o le natura'? Malo i tafatafa o leisi taua mataʻutia? Faʻaulufale agafesoʻotaʻi i totonu o malo temokalasi? Totalitarian tulafono faaauau pea tuʻimomomoina le saolotoga e tautala ai ma lotu? O le Ekalesia, ua gatete mai le taufaaleaga ma aʻafia i aʻoaʻoga sese, i le pito o le fevaevaeaʻiga?

To be honest, these headlines aren’t what disturbs me. It’s that our generation cannot interpret the “signs of the times.” It’s like those news stories we’ve heard of large women who did not realize they were pregnant, did not feel or comprehend the baby’s kicks, and thus, did not recognize what the labor pains were… until, like “a thief in the night,” they unexpectedly gave birth in a public bathroom stall. So too, our generation has slowly progressed to the point of the hard labor pains. Yet, we are almost completely oblivious to key markers, faʻailoga, ma faailoga; we are stuck in denial and apathy, lulled to sleep by a false sense of security, comfort, easy credit and banal entertainments. We continue to ignore the prophetic voices that tell the truth of our reality, that seek to prepare us for the inevitable. But in our stubbornness and pride, we cry out: “I’m not pregnant! I’m just gaining weight like everyone else! Mind your own business. Stop fear-mongering. Stop making me anxious. My life is not going to change. Go away!” 

Within just two generations, the world has experienced the most heart-wrenching and obvious signs: two world wars, genocides, an explosion of diseases, skyrocketing suicide rates, broken families and marriages, an epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases, an unspeakable death toll from abortion, and now, the complete overturning of natural law and the moral order. The more science and technology “advance”, the less civilized we are becoming. This generation is not on a trajectory of order and peace, but vevesi ma maliu. Just as labor pains are the natural end of pregnancy, so too, the kind of destruction we are seeing in nature ma sosaiete are the natural end of mortal sin. 

Mo le totogi o le agasala o le oti, ae o le meaalofa a le Atua o le ola e faavavau ia Keriso Iesu lo tatou Alii. (Roma 6:23)

It would indeed be a cause for depression and despair if God did not exist. The hopeless wails of the Greta Thunberg’s of the world would be justified. The deliberate introduction of auupega o meaola, harmful pharmaceuticals, destructive vaccines, deliberate poisoning of the food supply, and the primary tools of eugenics: abortion, contraception and forced sterilization—all in order to reduce the world’s population—would sound reasonable to the one who follows through the “logic” of Darwinism and Evolution. If there are no moral absolutes, why wouldn’t the strong eliminate the weak?

E i ai ni lipoti, mo se faʻataʻitaʻiga, o loʻo taumafai nisi atunuʻu e fausia se mea e pei o le Ebola Virus, ma o se mea mataʻutia tele lea, e fai mai sina tala ... o saienitisi ia latou fale suʻesuʻe [o] taumafai e fausia ni ituaiga o pathogens o le a faʻapitoa ituaiga ina ia latou mafai ona na o le faʻateʻaina o ni ituaiga ituaiga ma ituaiga; ma isi o loʻo latou fuafuaina ni ituaiga inisinia, ni ituaiga o iniseti e mafai ona faʻaleagaina ni faʻapitoa laʻau. O isi o loʻo aʻafia i se ituaiga siʻosiʻomaga o faiga faatupu faalavelave e mafai ai ona latou suia le tau, tuʻu ese mafuʻe, maugamu e ala i le faaaogaina o galu eletise.. - Failautusi o le Puipuiga, William S. Cohen, Aperila 28, 1997, 8:45 AM EDT, Matagaluega o le Puipuiga; vaai www.defense.gov

If there is no God, then the international network of “sosaiete faalilolilo” (Freemasonry), the so-called “deep state” behind these seemingly nefarious instruments of death, would seem like brilliant strategists as they seek to bring humanity to a higher consciousness and the planet to a point of “sustainable development.” Then, according to their agenda, the genderless enlightened survivors could inaugurate an Tausaga o le Aquarius, a world of “true” peace and harmony. If we are merely advanced random particles of matter; if humans are but meaningless molecules on top of the food chain, then why shouldn’t the “law of the strong” prevail?

ae if God exists, then these acts are intrinsically evil. If God exists, then that means He created us. And if He created us, then He established an order. And if we humans wish to survive—no, thrive—then we must return to that order. And that is why God has sent us thousands of unmistakable signs, miracles, and souls to testify that indeed “God exists.” That is why God has sent the Virgin Mary in over 2000 reported apparitions all over the world in the past two centuries: to call us back to Jesus, the Savior of mankind. That is why God has put my career and dreams on hold and called me, among others, to be watchmen who announce—not so much the inevitable destruction that man has prepared for himself—but the new birth e mulimuli mai. 

Le au talavou talavou, e tatau lava ia te oe ona avea ma tagata leoleo o le taeao ua latou faʻailoa mai le afio mai o le la o ai le Keriso Toe tu mai! —STST. JOHN PAUL II, Savali a le Tama Paʻia i le Autalavou a le Lalolagi, XVII Lalolagi Autalavou, n. 3; (Mata. 21: 11-12)

Mo outou lava iloa lelei o le aso o le Alii o le a sau e pei o se gaoi i le po. Pe a fai mai tagata, "Filemu ma le saogalemu," ona faafuaseʻi lea o mala ona oʻo ia i latou, e pei o tiga tigaina i se fafine maʻitaga, ma o le a latou le sosola ese. (1 Tesa 5: 2-3)

Jesus spoke of a future period where the world, nations, and peoples would be torn apart by intense divisions; that there would be unusual earthquake activity, large famines, and plagues from place to place that would thrust the planet into unparalleled tribulation. These would be “the beginning of the labor pains.” ^[1]Mati 24: 8 Then, after the hard labor of a universal persecution by an anetikeriso (ie. the Church’s Passion), there would be born a moni “Vaitaimi o le filemu” in which the remaining inhabitants would declare in thunderous joy and song: “God exists!”

Years ago, the Lord spoke clearly in my heart that a Great Storm like a hurricane was coming upon the earth. To my astonishment, I only stumbled upon this translation just the other day:

Look, the Lord’s hurricane, his wrath, bursts out, a fearsome hurricane, to burst on the heads of the wicked. The Lord’s wrath will not turn back until he has done and achieved his purpose. In the final days, you will understand this clearly. (Jeremiah 23:19-20; O le Revised New Jerusalem Bible, Suʻesuʻega Lomiga [Henry Wansbrough, Fale Tasi]]

Well, this is the time to “understand” that what is unfolding now is “not a test.” That we are at the end of an era and truly entering into the labor pains that Jesus described in order that the Gospel may, at last, prevail to the ends of the earth. 

O lenei tala lelei o le malo o le a talaiina i le lalolagi atoa o se molimau i atunuu uma, ona oʻo mai ai lea o le iʻuga. (Mataio 24:14)

 

YES, YOU

What is the point of saying all this? As Christians, we often say, “Unless the world repents, we are headed for disaster.” But look, the “world” doesn’t repent; tagata taitoatasi repent. Thus, this article today is not addressed to an abstract group but to you who are reading this. This is to say that, if you haven’t, it is time to saunia for the labor pains at hand. The greatest, most important preparation is that you are in a “state of grace.” This means foremost that you are not living in mortal sin, and if you are, to turn away from it, go to Tautinoga, and objectively place yourself again in God’s free gift of mercy and salvation: ie. a “state of grace.”

Brothers and sisters, I have rarely spoken in the following terms because few can process it: events are here and coming upon this world that will literally come like a “thief in the night” catching some moni lava by surprise. Millions will be gone from one moment to the next in the “blink of an eye” — and I’m not speaking here of the false teaching of a “pre-tribulation rapture.” If you want to understand this in the context of God’s love, read Alofa mutimutivale i Chaos. Or consider this exchange of St. John Paul II with some German pilgrims:

If there is a message in which it is said that the oceans will flood entire sections of the earth; that, from one moment to the other, millions of people will perish . . . there is no longer any point in really wanting to publish this secret message [ie. the “third secret of Fatima”]. Many want to know merely out of curiosity, or because of their taste for sensationalism, but they forget that “to know” implies for them a responsibility. It is dangerous to want to satisfy one’s curiosity only, if one is convinced that we can do nothing against a catastrophe that has been predicted…. (At this point the Holy Father took hold of his Rosary and said:) Here is the remedy against all evil! Pray, pray and ask for nothing else. Put everything in the hands of the Mother of God!” —ST. JOHN PAUL II; from Lolo ma le afi, Fr. Regis Scanlon, ewtn.com

Yes, this is the second thing you and I must personally do aside from putting our spiritual lives in order: take “responsibility” for what is happening by assuming our dignity as part of the royal priesthood of Christ, and engage in fasting, prayer, intercession and reparation. The last word is not evil; the last say is not that of the wicked. Every bead you thumb, every word you pray, every act of intercession and little sacrifice you offer is one more victory, one more soul, one more defeat over Satan. Neither the labor pains nor the new birth that are coming can be averted now; but the loss of individual souls mafai. That’s where the battlefield lies. 

The words of many seers appear to be coming true ma e on the verge of being fulfilled. The corruption has run too deep; nearly every public institution is rotten to the foundations for the reason that people have behaved as if God does not exist. 

… Ua taufaamatau faavae o le lalolagi, ae ua faamataʻuina e a tatou amioga. Ua luluina faavae i fafo ona ua luluina faavae i totonu, o amio lelei ma faʻavae faʻalelotu, o le faʻatuatua e tau atu i le saʻo o le olaga. —POPE BENEDICT XVI, sauniga muamua o le sinoti faʻapitoa i Sasaʻe tutotonu, Oketopa 10, 2010

Afai ua faʻaleagaina faʻavae, o le a le mea e mafai ona faia e le toʻatasi? (Salamo 11: 3)

A cosmic surgery is needed. A divine purification. Understand, it is not only because God exists, but because O le Atua o le alofa that these days are upon us:

Afai e faʻaliliu e le Atua le 'oona' oliʻoli oona i le oona, pe afai Na te faʻaleagaina a latou fiafiaga, ma afai na te faʻataʻapeʻapeina vao tuitui i le ala o la latou vevesi, o le mafuaʻaga e alofa pea o ia ia i latou. Ma o le saua paia lea a le Fomaʻi, o le, i tulaga ogaoga o maʻi, faia tatou sili ona oona ma sili ona mataʻutia vailaʻau. O le alofa mutimutivale silisili o le Atua e le faʻatagaina na malo e nonofo filemu i le tasi ma le isi e le o maua le filemu ma Ia. —St. Pio o Pietrelcina, Laʻu Tusi Paia Katoliko i Aso Taʻitasi, i. 1482

Are you ready? This is not a test. 

 

 

Lau lagolago tautupe ma tatalo o le mafuaaga
o loʻo e faitauina lenei mea i le aso.
 Faʻamanuia ma faʻafetai. 

E malaga ma Mareko i le Lenei le Upu,
kiliki i luga le fuʻa i lalo e lesitala.
O lau imeli o le a le faʻasoaina i se tasi.