We Are Being Called To Our Destiny

Then one of the elders spoke up and said to me,
"Who are these wearing white robes, and where did they come from?"

I said to him, "My lord, you are the one who knows."

He said to me,
"These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes
and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb."

November first is the feast of All Saints.  The feast exists for two reasons.  First, the Church wants to recognize all of thousands upon thousands of people who were faithful to God and His Son Jesus and accepted the promptings of the Holy Spirit and lived a life that won them the greatest prize of all, heaven.  While it is true that the Church does declare that certain of her members are in heaven and are enjoying the Beatific Vision of God and the bliss of eternal life with God, she also wants to recognize these millions of others who also are in heaven.  The vast majority of us who lived worthy lives in private. She recognizes those of us who did the laundry, brought up the children, worked to earn the bread that they ate all while giving God the things that were God and following in the footsteps of Jesus. Secondly, the Church reminds us today. those of us still on the earth that we are called to be saints.  There is no other destiny worthy of souls than to be with God in heaven.  So today as you think of your favorite saint, no matter if it is Saint Francis, or St, Maximilian Kolbe, or Mother Teresa, remember too that this feast day is made for you.  After all, you are a Saint In Training! 

PRAY FOR THE POOR SOULS TODAY

Today, please say this prayer devoutly at least once.  Jesus appeared to St. Gertrude the Great and said that every time a person recites this prayer devoutly one-thousand souls are released from purgatory.  Let's get together and empty Purgatory today! 

“Eternal Father,

I offer You the most precious blood

of thy Divine Son, Jesus,

in union with the Masses said

throughout the world today,

for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory,

for sinners everywhere,

for sinners in the universal Church,

for those in my own home,

and in my family. Amen.”

With Great Sorrow but With Hope

The cowardly attacks that took place in Paris fill me with great sadness.  Innocent people were cut down in the prime of life, their contributions to the common welfare cut off from those that remain on this troubled world.  The perpetrators of this atrocity, those that were killed or those that killed themselves have already stood before God and have rendered an explanation for their actions. God has pronounced his sentence which I will not comment upon.  The innocent too have had their moment of judgement, each standing before the judgement seat of God.  I suspect that their interview may have went differently then that of their murderers. 

The world we are living in is sliding towards lawlessness. In America we have allowed the cancer of disobedience to God's law to creep into the fabric of our society.  We murder babies in the womb.  We approve of and have made legal "marriage" between people of the same sex, showcasing our disobedience with parades and presidential speeches.  We have allowed our egos to edge God out of our world. 

Is ISIS a punishment or plague sent by God as a chastisement? No, I don't believe so.  But I do believe that it is a result of the lowering of our morals so as to the lowest common denominator rather than trying to raise our brothers and sisters up. 

The people of Paris have endured the unendurable and have come together as a people united against ISIS and all that it believes. This fills me with hope for the future.  Someday we will realize what we have done.  We will turn back to God and we will once again, after wiping Isis from the face of the earth enjoy the peace that comes with the obedience to the Word of God. 

There will be trouble ahead, ISIS will attack again.  I believe that they are already planning a strike against us here in the United States.  To defeat these blasphemers we need to bring out our greatest weapons.  We must pray that God moves His mighty hand against them.  When we do this, when we turn back to God, He will step in and defeat ISIS.  It is good to remember that no matter what, the victory is already won and that any gains that the ISIS marauders achieve will be temporary. 

Be at peace Paris for the Lord God is on your side. 

Be at peace America for the Lord is waiting for your return. 

Be at peace our world for the victory is already ours.