Hello Everyone:
This Sunday is May 13. It is the anniversary of when Our Lady appeared to the three children of Fatima to give all of us a vital message – a message of hope before the Great Apostasy. Fatima is a private revelation but since there was a public miracle for more than 70,000 people to witness; this becomes more than a private revelation – it is a message for the world with worldly consequences. The message is of great importance for the world and it comes from the Queen of Heaven at the authority of the God of the Universe. It seems like common sense that we should be paying attention to this message. Others think not! As many of the readers of this website know, the enemy has infiltrated the walls of the Church. The enemy hates God and therefore, many who are in high places of the Church have done their best to keep the message of Fatima from reaching the faithful with the eternal consequence of lost souls and the mortal consequence of a chastisement that will see the annihilation of nations. Only Satan as his cohorts would be happy with that outcome! For those souls who seek to live and promote the Fatima message there is a pertinent quote. St. Basil at the height of the Arian Heresy stated: “Only one offense is now vigorously punished: an accurate observance of our fathers’ traditions. For this cause the pious are driven from their countries and transported into deserts.” If this describes you – welcome! You are on the right path because we are now living in the Great Apostasy where good is look upon as evil and evil is looked upon as good. (I was in a Third Order Discalced Carmelite Group and asked to leave because I wanted to live the Old Carmelite Rule because it is more Marian and truly Carmelite. It is claimed that I have started something "new". Talk about upside down. In reality, the current Third Orders are new. Their promise is made to their superiors and not to God for starters. That is enough to encourage one to seek the Old Rule (an example of the new orientation of Vatican II to man over God) Here are some facts about the state of the Fatima message:
WHAT TO DO: Be Obedient to Our Lady – Wear the Brown Scapular, Say the Rosary, Go to the Traditional Latin Mass, Pray the Prayers of Reparation Taught at Fatima and Found on this Website, Observe the First Saturdays of Reparation, Promote Devotion to the Immaculate Heart, Pray for the Church and its Leaders. Study the Catholic Faith taught pre-Vatican II and defend it! Do not compromise it! REMEMBER: In the End Her Immaculate Heart will Triumph!! Be a soldier of Jesus Christ for the glory of God and for the salvation of souls!
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Hello Everyone: As Traditional Lay Carmelites, we preserve the Traditions that have been lost over the years such as True Devotion to Our Blessed Mother through the Rosary and the Scapular. By being faithful to the Fatima message, we can pray the Rosary for the Church in imitation of Our Lady. By wearing our Scapular daily, we are consecrating ourselves to Her service and begging Her for guidance and protection as we journey toward our goal which is Heaven. To remind the three children of their special vocation and to inspire them to greater fervor and courage for the future, Our Lady said: "Sacrifice yourself for sinners and say often, especially when you make some sacrifice, 'My Jesus, it is for the love of Thee, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.' " We as Traditional Carmelites can live this as well. In each of the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima, she insisted on praying the Rosary. "Pray the Rosary every day to obtain peace for the world." Lucia often repeated and emphasized what Our Lady had first recommended to her: "Yes, She wishes people to recite the Rosary; people must recite the Rosary." Our Lady asked them to add after each decade the short prayer: "Oh my Jesus forgive us our sins; save us from the fires of Hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy." In the final apparition on October 13, 1917, Our Lady silently held out the Scapular (the brown scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel). Lucia had said that the Blessed Mother wants everyone to wear it by stating: "The Scapular and the Rosary are inseparable." Lucia spoke to Our Lady of the sick who had been recommended to Her. "Yes, I shall cure some of them within the year." But she went on teaching them to pray rather for the health of souls than of bodies. "Pray! Pray a great deal and make sacrifices for sinners, for many souls go to Hell because they have no one to pray and make sacrifices for them." Lucia asked Our Lady about two girls who used to come to her house that had recently died. "Is little Maria Das Neves, who died recently, in Heaven?" "Yes, she is in Heaven." . . . "and Amelia?" "She will be in Purgatory till the end of the world." Remember also that when Our Lady told Lucia that they were all going to Heaven someday, She also stated that Francesco would have to say many Rosaries. He was only nine years old. This is something we all need to meditate on. IT IS NOT EASY TO GET TO HEAVEN! We are so complacent in this modern world of ease and comfort. We are told to loosen up and tolerate more than we use to. Has God changed??? The answer is no - the enemy has entered in and is deceiving MANY - MANY SOULS! Therefore, we must be diligent and pray daily - especially the Rosary - especially during this month of May. Our Lady predicted that God would work a great miracle on October 13, 1917 to prove the authenticity of the apparitions. The Fatima message is so little known and so little loved that I can not imagine how much more this message would be silenced if this miracle did not happen. IT WOULD BE WORSE!! The Popes since then have made an effort to appear there or to give honor but is it enough? Has the First Saturday message, The Daily Rosary message, The Scapular message been promoted and loved by the faithful? This is crucial for the salvation of so many! We only get one life - eternity never ends. Do you have family members that have fallen away from the Church? Maybe some friends? God had allowed a tremendous prodigy to happen on that day just as Our Lady had promised. For four minutes, the noontime sun spun around giving off various colors, one after the other. It stopped and started again for four more minutes, this time giving off even more beautiful colors. Then it stopped again. Then it started again. This time it detached itself from its regular position and began to zigzag in the sky. It "danced" for about four minutes, then started to plummet to the earth. It looked like it was the end of the world. Many people fell on their knees to ask for mercy of God. The sun then returned to its original position in the sky. It was witnessed by over 70,000 people who all, both believers and unbelievers, came away acknowledging that a great miracle had occurred. Several learned men present testified: "I have seen it but I cannot explain it." This miracle, after the Resurrection, was the first public miracle that was predicted to happen and did. This makes Fatima a different kind of message. Yes, it is a private revelation but being that God wanted a public miracle to take place means that the message is for all and that it is a serious one. We, as Carmelites must be diligent in giving The Hearts of Jesus and Mary many prayers of Reparation to repair for the offences received by them from ungrateful souls especially the sleepy leaders in the Church who are not advocating this message in order to bring peace to the world and salvation to souls. There are many souls falling into Hell each day and each hour – we must be attentive to that and pray the Rosary for their salvation. She had asked the children to pray for the souls that are falling into Hell because there is no one to pray for them. (No second chance on eternity) This gives our Carmelite vocation true meaning. It gives us a means to strive for perfection through our daily duty and our prayers that are scattered throughout our busy day. By wearing Our Scapular and praying the Rosary, and making acts and prayers of Reparation – we are living as true Carmelites in imitation of Our Lady. We must strive to do our Little Office morning and night for Our Lady and to give Our Eternal Father worship for all those who do not love Him – we must thank Him for all that He gives the world each day! This gives our day meaning and a great participation in the redemptive work of the Trinity. Praying the Little Office is requested for the Sabbatine Privilege. We are fulfilling the obligation necessary for Our Lady to look upon us as true Carmelites and to give her the opportunity to release our souls from Purgatory on the Saturday after our death. This is a great gift from God and this is no longer required in the changed post Vatican II Rule! Tomorrow starts the first day to the Novena to Our Lady of Fatima. Below are the prayers that we can say for each of the nine days! God bless all of you through the prayers and intercession of our good Queen and Mother of Mount Carmel. Hello Everyone: Today is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. For all of us that work, we can turn to St. Joseph so that our work will be consecrated to God. Here are some prayers to help us turn to him with great confidence. Have a blessed day! PS - Please say a little prayer to St. Joseph for my husband whose birthday it is today. His name is Mike. Thank you and God bless your day!! THE MEMORARE OF ST. JOSEPH REMEMBER, O most illustrious Patriarch St. Joseph, on the testimony of St. Teresa, thy devoted client, never hath it been heard that anyone who has invoked thy protection or sought thy mediation has not obtained relief. In this confidence I come before thee, my loving protector, chaste Spouse of Mary, Foster-father of the Saviour of men and dispenser of the treasures of His Sacred Heart. Despise not my earnest prayer but graciously hear and obtain my petition. [Mention your request.] ACT OF CONSECRATION TO ST. JOSEPH O DEAREST St. Joseph, I consecrate myself to thy honor and give myself to thee, that thou mayest always be my father, my protector and my guide in the way of salvation. Obtain for me a great purity of heart and a fervent love of the interior life. After thine example, may I do all my actions for the greater glory of God, in union with the Divine Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary! And do thou, O blessed St. Joseph, pray for me that I may share in the peace and joy of thy holy death. Amen. ANOTHER ACT OF CONSECRATION TO ST. JOSEPH O BLESSED JOSEPH, foster father of my Savior and chaste spouse of the mother of God, this day I irrevocably adopt thee for my intercessor with the Almighty as well as my model, my protector and my father in this valley of exile. O St. Joseph, whom the Lord constituted guardian of His Family, I beseech thee to extender thy tender solicitude over all my interests. Kindle in my heart a vehement love for Jesus and enable me to serve Him with all thy devotedness and fidelity. Aid my inability to venerate Mary as my advocate, to honor her as my Queen and to love her as my Mother. Be my never-failing guide in the way of virtue and piety, and grant that, after having faithfully followed thee in the path of justice, I may receive thy powerful protection at the hour of my death. Amen. |
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