A great post by The Orange Mailman.
Matthew 8:14-17 And when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in -law lying sick with a fever. He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”
I have been working through each instance of fulfilled prophecy in the gospel of Matthew. I am calling this series A Tax Collector’s Guide to Fulfilled Prophecy. Matthew the Tax Collector was basically regarded as an unlearned outcast by the religious establishment. However, his desire to follow Jesus has made him one of the most famous scholars of scripture of all time. He had not been to religious schools…
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All Along the Watchtower 
Yes, healing miracles of all sorts, both spiritual and natural, continue to our own day. But none as more spectacular than what happened on October 13, 1917.
“On October 13, 1917, a crowd of 70,000 people assembled in the rain-drenched Cova to witness the first pre-announced public miracle in the history of the world, and the first miracle Heaven had ever deigned to grant in answer to a challenge by the Church’s enemies: the Miracle of the Sun. At precisely the moment pre-announced—noon, solar time—the Miracle began. Over the next twelve minutes the sun danced in the sky, threw off a stunning array of colors that transformed the landscape, and then plunged toward the terrified crowd, instantly drying the muddy field and the clothing of the rain-drenched witnesses before the phenomenon ended with the sun returning to its normal place in the sky. The amount of solar energy involved in that feat would have incinerated everyone present, but not a soul was harmed. Quite the contrary, at the same moment numerous miraculous cures and—hardly surprising!—instantaneous conversions took place among the witnesses.”
Nothing like it occurred before or after that witnessed by so many and affected the lives of so many . . . notwithstanding that all prophets are known by the accuracy of the prophecies: and they have been uncannily accurate.
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I believe we will see more healings in the days ahead .
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. . . or perhaps more death, destruction and chaos as long as we refuse to do as the prophesy demanded: consecration of “Russia” specifically as well as the celebration of 1st Saturdays. It seems almost like a slap in the face of the most widely accepted prophecy of all time . . . and most believed by the Church as authentic and whose message was meant for the entire world. Most of it has been covered up and the ‘medicine’ left in the medicine cabinet untouched. So we get that which was warned of and our remedy is at hand but we won’t avail ourselves of it.
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I’m almost willing to wager if Mary returned to Fatima she’d say, “eh…never mind Russia, how about the consecration of Europe in general now…”
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Not so sure, Phillip. I’m willing to wager than Our Lady who is of the same Will as God makes no mistakes. We already had the consecration of the “world” twice; once in ’82 and again in ’84 but it did not mention Russia. As someone once wrote, to make a consecration of Russia without mentioning Russia is like publishing a recipe for beef stew without once mentioning beef.
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CNN is reporting a layman interrupting Cardinal Wuerl during mass yelling “Shame on you!” Then the video cuts off, so we can’t see anything that follows.
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Good. He needs to resign along with all the other scum hanging around in the bathhouses.
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Btw Bishop Paprocki gave a fairly thunderous condemnation in a homily he made the Priest read at every mass at every Parish in the diocese. Our pastor even had to “warn” the Parishioners who might be shocked with the Bishops words toward the Pope. Naturally, they were fairly mild but to hear anyone say something against the Pope is shocking to some I suppose.
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Yes, Paprocki is to be commended as one of those who has spoken up about this filth and wants this reign of terror to come to an end.
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I was a bit underwhelmed by his initial remarks on the matter. But I imagine he may have to get his ducks in a row from blowback from USCCB and Vatican. He’s been on full tilt here in the past week.
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O he will take a lot of flak from his brother bishops but that is expected. This is an all out war between good and evil and evil isn’t going to play nice.
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Did you see the testimony of the Deacon from Argentina about the Secretary to Abp. Bergoglio? You need to read it if you haven’t already. https://gloria.tv/article/d7EDr74UJuAN4eS96dm3WMqhf
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I’ll take a look, I did see where Argentina and Canadian Bishops came out in support of the Pope.
I’ve been reading Augustine’s sermon on the first epistle of John. It’s rather hopeful with the current state of the Church. And truth, we shouldn’t hate Bergoglio, McCarrick, Wuerl, etc. but rather we need to pray for their souls.
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We hate what they do, what they coverup, what they represent, their lies and deceit and their destruction of the Church and the destruction of Catholic souls not to mention the crimes they have committed or closed their eyes to. As for their souls, only God can judge them, though a civil court has the blessing of God. Yes we should pray for all men’s souls and that they have perfect contrition and shame for what they have done and Confess them and receive absolution. Outside of that justice must be served whether it is in the Church (doubtful) or at the hands of Civil Authority which is probably the only way we will see justice done in our lifetime.
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Due to the holiday, I was able to make daily mass this morning. Polish Priest during the prays of petition, “May Pope Francis repent and believe in the Gospel.”
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:O
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Amen. I like your priest already.
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The devil comes as a angel of light. The only things catholics are sure of what was at Fatima, it wasn’t Jesus.
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Yes he does and you seem to think that angel of light is what you are. No it wasn’t Jesus, it was Mary, the Mother of God (Jesus). And if He is our spiritual brother she is our mother as well by spiritual adoption. She taught nothing new. She, as a good mother, told us that we must stop committing so many sins and to do penance and repent from them and turn back to Faith in God. She cares about our immortal souls and does what anyone with love for the children would do: warn us when we are putting our souls in jeopardy.
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Jesus said that you have Moses and the prophets. if you wont heed them you wouldn’t heed one who came back from the dead. Jesus also said there is a impassible gulf between the two. All we need to know is that this angel of light at Fatima wasn’t The Lord. God says that there is none else. I don’t know how many times the Lord says this in Isaiah from ch 40 on.
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Mary didn’t come back from the dead. She lives in Christ as do all the saints in Heaven.
Mary wasn’t the Lord and nobody said she was. She remains as she always will the Mother of God and the Mother of all Christians who are brothers in Christ.
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Ask Jesus one nite when your alone…ask him to show you the truth. Hes the one who knows. Do you trust him that he is able? Just trust himto do what he said he would do. I did,but I wasn’t expecting anything like I got. I wanted to get home and grab the Gibson and a fat boy. You are different. You will know what has happened. I thought it was mental problem.
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I speak to Jesus all the time and He speaks to me in the Gospels, His Commandments, through His Church and in a host of nudges to do what is right and avoid what is not. He is a guiding light.
Now perhaps the difference you ‘felt’ and still cling to is exactly as you first inclination; that may have been how God tried to help you. You have chosen another other than Him and His intended means to bring all men to Himself; i.e. through His Church (His Bride) and His Mystical Body. You have thrown all of this over for a ‘feeling that you are now different’. I’m sure you are different but being different is not a sign that the difference is a good difference or an evil difference. If it has turned your mind and your heart and your will against that which Christ established for your salvation (especially the Sacraments) then you can bet that this change or difference is from the Evil One.
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I would like to seee the consecration of Russia because it would call that nation to reflection.
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So would I Nicholas. We need to ponder the words of Sr. Lucia which are so appropriate for the present time:
While Sister Lucia said she could not give “details” of the Third Secret, she did say this to Father Fuentes:
“Tell them, Father, that many times the Most Holy Virgin told my cousins Francisco and Jacinta, as well as myself, that many nations will disappear from the face of the earth. She said that Russia will be the instrument of chastisement chosen by Heaven to punish the whole world if we do not beforehand obtain the conversion of that poor nation….
Father, the devil is in the mood for engaging in a decisive battle against the Blessed Virgin. And the devil knows what it is that offends God the most, and which in a short space of time will gain for him the greatest number of souls. Thus the devil does everything to overcome souls consecrated to God, because in this way the devil will succeed in leaving the souls of the faithful abandoned by their leaders, thereby the more easily will he seize them….
That which afflicts the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Heart of Jesus is the fall of religious and priestly souls. The devil knows that religious and priests who fall away from their beautiful vocation drag numerous souls to hell….
The devil wishes to take possession of consecrated souls. He tries to corrupt them in order to lull to sleep the souls of laypeople and thereby lead them to final impenitence….
Father, that is why my mission is not to indicate to the world the material punishments which are certain to come if the world does not pray and do penance beforehand. No! My mission is to indicate to everyone the imminent danger we are in of losing our souls for all eternity if we remain obstinate in sin.”
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Hard words and true not just for Catholics: look at the Protestant leaders.
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Both Lucia and the seer of Akita pointed to all of humanity as suffering from the material chastisement of God. But that Rev. 12:3-4 is connected to the vision such that the 1/3 of consecrated souls (priests and religious) would be swept away. The Church has always seen those stars in heaven as the consecrated persons of the Church. Seems that in that light we are in the midst of what is to unfold in Revelation.
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“the devil knows what it is that offends God the most’
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Jer 7;18
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Indeed He does; blasphemers like yourself would be at the top of the list.
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Its funny that a scripture,gods own words, would anger you towards me.
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Blaspheming angers God, Bozo. My anger counts for nothing.
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the devil does everything to overcome souls consecrated to God, because in this way the devil will succeed in leaving the souls of the faithful abandoned by their leaders, thereby the more easily will he seize them….
I don’t know what consecrated means. Must be some catholic ritual or another. But the born again cant be separated from their leader and shepherd Jesus. If you think the saved can slip out of the Lords hands, the Lord you worship has butterfingers.
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The Lord we worship allows us to have free will and sin and turn our backs from God . . . in other words we can lose our faith if we desire the pleasures of the world more than the promises of Christ. He doesn’t have butterfingers; we have temptations in life that lead us to loose ourselves from His steady hands.
Your understanding of Christianity is rather infantile and makes God a Tyrant that once He has entered your life there is nothing you can do that will change that. You can do what you want, sin as much as like and have no remorse for your sins and yet you are still saved. How convenient for you.
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Well good brother scoop, you have asked the good questions. Bravo. Once god gives us the new spirit that knows him, we cant \unknow him. Its like knowing your brother. No matter how bad you treat him, you will always know him personally. Can undo it. Next, if the born again act wicked, they do feel remorse. The Holy Ghost chastises the ones who are his,like a Father. Havent you read this in the scriptures?
So, that’s rite…once Christ has entered our life, we cant change that. We know the creator of the universe. Its the last thing we think about befor going to sleep and the first thing we think about when we wake up..
You will know what im talking about if you ever meet him.
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And I counter that Satan knows Him as well and can’t unknowingly Him. And yet He will spend and eternity in Hell separated from Him. Might that happen to some of us as well?
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When one asks Jesus to come in and reveal him self,and he does,you are saved from the wrath. For the life of me, I don’t know what arrangement Jesus has with Satan. Why doesn’t Satan throw in the towel?. His demons also. I guess angels have free will to. I know,its odd that Bosco has to guess at things spiritual when he claim toknow it all. I don’t know enough andmy faith isn’t great enough to act as Michael the arch angel does. He doesn’t argue with Satan,he lets the Lord deal with him. I fantasize about meeting the Devil and beating him up. Am I stronger than the arch angel? We just cant fathom whats going on in the spirit world. I heard that if we saw the battle for our souls that rages around us,our hair would turn white with fright.
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PS,most people will spend eternity separated from Christ. Don’t be one of them.
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That would be the warning I’m sending to you Bosco. You are the “maverick” among Christians not the one’s that occupied Christ’s Church after His death.
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working through each instance of fulfilled prophecy in the gospel of Matthew.
Let me help you…….
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many…..Besides the stupid poachers, Jim Jones, Koresh, catholic priests are called “little Christs”, and higher clergy also. Then you have the big blasphemer the “Holy Father”. These wolves are deceiving billions.
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not……Come to the catholic church service….we have god the Lord here on our table in a golden trinket. Come see him.
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So, who came and said “I am Christ”? I’l help you; nobody. “Deceived many” into what? . . . into changing their lives of sin, repenting and turning back to God. Is that deception in your mind?
The foolish say foolish things it seems and you persist in believing whatever foolishness you have decided is true . . . though you have no understanding of what or whom you blaspheme and continually lie about. I think that might be a good definition for foolishness.
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I feel for you and my catholic brothers. Yes, your church sermons exhort goodness and niceness. How can that be bad. But mix a little queen of heaven with it and bowing befor graven images and paying for your own sins, and you’ve got a handful of Rat Poison. As you admit, and I applaud you for,is that the CCs beliefs hasn’t done anything for the costume holymen. They know more about CC teaching than anyone and they deliver the sermons that move you to holiness, and yet it hasn’t done them any good. In Christ,there is no holyman class and lay common man class. We are all brothers. Open the door to Christ and wait for the indwelling of the Holy Ghost.
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We received the Holy Spirit at Baptism and it is up to us to tend to it and not forsake this God given Grace.
It seems to me and many here that the person most acquainted with the faux Angel of Light that fools the unwary believers is you. You have mistaken your private ‘feeling’ of ‘knowing’ and ‘supping’ with Christ for the true Faith and the Truth which is Christ. But it is you that have been led away from Christ and are now dwelling within a new religion that is empty of everything but your own self-knowing; a gnosticism that is as ancient as is the first attacks on Christianity. If you get to heaven, and I pray you do, it won’t be your mistaken beliefs that got you there; but perhaps your invincible ignorance concerning the True Church that Christ Himself gave the world to lead us there.
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Good brother scoop, that is an admirable quality that you stick with your religion and defend it. You would make a great Christian…even better than me. We all know im a pitiful example of a Christian.
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Who better than New Ways Ministry to chronicle our best bishops. They print it, listen to it, rail against it. They have a hard time with the TRUTH. https://www.newwaysministry.org/2018/09/03/bishop-gay-priests-wreaking-great-devastation-in-church-and-cause-of-sexual-abuse/
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Good brother steve brown, and any reading this, does the homosexual revelations just end with the male clergy? Do the nuns recruit young girls and then shakabuku them into their lesbian lifestyles? This seems to be a overlooked aspect of the CC. But there are tons of accounts of it allover the place in books and on the web. lets not forget the young females savaged by these nasty lesbians in the nunneries.
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