In the greatest gathering of bishops since Vatican II, the Pope conducted a series of events that may dramatically affect a world situation that is spinning out of control.
According to Lucia dos Santos, the only surviving of the three Fatima seers, a similar act in 1984 caused the collapse of Communism and prevented a nuclear war. It was this war that seemed related to the vision in the third secret, which described "an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendor that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand: pointing to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: 'Penance, Penance, Penance!'" Pope John Paul II has now summoned all the Cardinals to Rome, for this very special world consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope John Paul, at a ceremony entrusting the new millennium to the Madonna, said that humanity had the power to turn the world into a garden or reduce it to a pile of rubble.
The Pope, a devotee of the Madonna, spoke at the end of a solemn ceremony in St. Peter's Square where he prayed before a statue of the Madonna of Fatima, who he believes interceded to save his life during a 1981 assassination attempt.
``We are the men and women of an extraordinary time, exhilarating yet full of contradictions,'' he said at the ceremony attended by tens of thousands of people.
``Humanity now has the instruments of unprecedented power. We can turn this world into a garden or reduce it to a pile of rubble,'' he said. In his prayer, the 80-year-old Pope spoke of an array of topics facing humanity, making reference to topics ranging from cloning to abortion, from unemployment to hunger.
``We have devised the astounding capacity to intervene in the very wellsprings of life,'' he said.
``Man can use this power for good, within the bounds of moral law, or he can succumb to the short-sighted pride of a science which accepts no limits but tramples on the respect due to every human being,'' he said.
The Pope said humanity today was standing at a crossroad as never before in the past.
He prayed for protection of the weakest members of society and delivered a clear condemnation of abortion.
``We entrust to you all people, beginning with the weakest, the babies yet unborn, and those born into poverty and suffering, the young in search of meaning, the unemployed and those suffering hunger and disease,'' he said.
Last May, during the Pope's visit to Fatima, the Vatican revealed the ``Third Secret of Fatima,'' said to have been told by the Madonna to the three children.
The Vatican said the secret was a prediction of the persecution of Christianity by communism in the 20th century and a vision the children saw which foretold the assassination attempt that took place 64 years later in Rome.
Mary is calling all Her children to the Consecration to Her Immaculate
Heart for the Conversion of Russia and the whole world, now more than
ever. We are being called to be Her Warriors, in Her army! We must NOW
reach out and take hold of Her hand and let Her gently guide us to The
Father!
The consecration is a necessary act in fulfilling Our Lady's Triumph.
Her Triumph will raise the faithful to the state of fulfullment necessary
for the Reign of the Sacred Heart, and together will give way to the
purpose of redemption and coredemption, the union of two hearts.
"Our Lady will carry us from the consecration and through the Triumph:
the Triumph shall then give the foundation for the Reign of the Sacred
Heart. Within these two hearts, holds God's plan of redeeming and
coredeeming grace for the world."
This is the last Consecration of the year, and better than that, the year
of GOD our FATHER.
The next consecration schedule begins on November 5 and is completed on
December 7, with Consecration day being December 8 (Feast day of the
Immaculate Conception)!
This is a 33-day program that takes approximately 20 minutes per day. It
is the most beautiful prayer to the Holy Spirit to obtain the Virtues of
Faith, Hope, Charity, Humility, Patience, Perserverance and Obedience!
This 33-day preparation of the Consecration to the Immaculate heart of
Mary available for free downloading:
Prayer
Other books available for the Consecration to The Immaculate Heart of
Mary:
"True Devotion to Mary" by St. Louis DeMontfort.
"In the End My Immaculate Heart will Triumph" from Queenship Publishing.
Email questions regarding the prayer to: Gary Schaefer
Please join me in prayer to honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for their special intentions...this is a volatile time...our precious Two Hearts are trying desperately to save us from the fires of hell...God helps those who help themselves...we know the difference between right and wrong. Don't be led by discriminative people to accept anything less than what is pleasing to our Almighty Father.
Please, let's join together in prayer to avert all evil from our midst and to be filled with Holy Spirit, we are children of God, now and forever...Keep your eyes on Jesus and let Him lead you to the path He wants you to take. His precious mother Mary is interceding on our behalf to our most powerful God, Whose mercy knows no bounds...Praise the Lord! Thank you Pope John Paul II for stepping out in faith and consecrating our world to our Holy Mother in Heaven...for the consecration of all the sinners in the world...
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