| The Great Spiritual Battle! Which Side Are You On? |
| October 31, 2002 |
| "If My people would but seek My Face, then will I hear their cry from Heaven and heal them." Once again, the Lord Jesus continues to show us His Face. This time on a building in Clearwater, Florida where an Image of His Mother as Our Lady of Guadalupe has been attracting thousands for years. And what is the Truth in this? It is not a coincidence that the Lord chooses to show His Face where His Mother is. Jesus and Mary were inseparable on Earth and they are inseparable in Heaven! It is also interesting to note that the Image of His Face in the windows of a fomer bank building matches the Image of His Face on the Shroud of Turin. More profoundly, the Image of the Lord has appeared in a place now dedicated as a shrine to His Mother and where monthly Mass is said for priests of the Catholic Church. If we are good detectives, then we can deduce several things from this event: First, the Lord Himself is giving His seal of approval -- His Holy Face -- on the shrine dedicated to His Mother as Our Lady of Guadalupe. This, of course, means that the Lord loves the prayers that are offered to His Mother, especially in the Holy Rosary, since that is what many of the pilgrims pray when visiting this shrine. Second, He is once again confirming the Truth of His Image on the Shroud as all true Images of Christ match this incredible miraculous photograph of the Lord during His Resurrection (as they have throughout two millennia). Third, priests of the Catholic Church are in desperate need of prayers -- not because they are illegitimate as many would have you believe, but because they are under an incredible attack that they cannot survive without prayerful help from the faithful. In all of this, which side does this leave you on? Are you praying the prayers that Heaven has asked for, including the Rosary? Or are you going it alone? And please do not make the statement, "Where does it say in the Bible I have to pray the Rosary?" It doesn't. But where in the Constitution does it say a soldier must obey orders? Therefore, if you were a soldier and the president of the U.S. ordered troops to Afghanistan and your commanding officer gave you those orders and you refused to follow them, what would happen to you? Could you say, "I didn't hear the president give that order," or "Where does it say in the Constitution I have to go to a country I do not want to go?" Of course, you wouldn't for that would be absurd. So it will be for those who think they can get to Heaven without following the commanding officer of God's Army. In His good pleasure (you mean God can do anything He wants?) He has chosen His Mother to command His Army. And the commanding officer has order God's soldiers to pray the Rosary. Now please do not get us wrong. If you don't pray the Rosary it does not mean you are going to hell. But there is a place called Purgatory (don't believe it, read I Corinthians 3:10-17). And there are eternal rewards for what we do in life and there are eternal consequences for what we neglect to do in life. Pray the Rosary or not pray the Rosary -- it's your choice. But who do you think God will reward in Heaven? Those who whoop and holler His Name while jumping up and down or those who get on their knees and pray the prayer the devil hates? You don't have to believe us. But what do you think the Lord is doing when He allows the Image of His Face to appear where so many people are praying the Rosary? And if there is anyone who needs this prayer more than others, it is the priests of the Catholic Church! Copyright 2002 Agnus Dei Presents! |