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No matter the age, Our Lady has been imparting the same message: "Pray! Pray! Pray!" It is only through constant prayer, taken as a bouquet in loving, motherly intercession before the Throne of God, that the hearts of mankind will eventually be softened and all her little ones brought into accord with the Will of God. This continuing in-depth series on the grace-filled mystical phenomena of Our Lady's appearances through the ages and the meaning of her messages will open eyes and hearts because she is the mother of us all and her words of wisdom and warnings must be taken seriously...very seriously!
If ever an apparition was destined to occur, it was Betania, Venezuela. From the visionary Maria Esperanza to the name of the Apparition site which means "Bethany", God has carefully prepared His children for this special mission of Mercy He is bestowing on the entire world be sending His Blessed Mother with the message of Reconciliation.
Just as Jesus took refuge at the home of Martha, Mary and Lazarus in Bethany, so also Betania serves as a modern-day "refuge" for sinners to come and be cleansed of their sins through the intercession of Mary, Virgin and Mother of Reconciliation of All People and Nations, who leads us all back to her Divine Son by means of the messages, Sacred Scripture and the Sacraments - primarily the Sacraments of Reconciliation, Holy Eucharist and Baptism.
Our Lady has said that all who come to Betania receive the fullness of grace as at the moment of their Baptism and this grace extends to all members of their families on both sides regardless of where they reside. What they do with that grace is up to them for man has a free-will, but God, in His Mercy, is providing all the necessary blessings to bring them back to His Light through those intercessors who go to Betania in sincere, continuous prayer for family members. Maria has reiterated numerous times the importance of family and God does hear our prayers. The results may not be manifested in our time, but always in "God's time."
Our Lady is said to appear on weekends and her major feast days which are the feasts of the Presentation on February 2, the Annunciation on March 25, Our Lady of Fatima on May 13, Our Lady of Mount Carmel on July 16, the Assumption on August 15, Our Lady of Pilar in Zaragoza, Spain on October 12, and the Immaculate Conception on December 8. While these are beautiful times to go, it is recommended one goes also when it is not as crowded in order to capture the serenity of this special place God has chosen from all eternity.
Our Blessed Mother's messages in Betania incorporate the messages of LaSalette, Rue de Bac, Lourdes, Fatima, San Giovanni, Beauraing, Banneaux, Garabandal, San Damiano, Akita, El Escorial in Spain, Medjugorje, San Nicholas, Naju, Hrushiv, Ecuador, Ireland, and here in the United States and Canada, as well as what the Vicar of Christ is exhorting. That is that the messages are becoming ever more urgent. As a loving Mother she begs and pleads and Maria, as a true mystic, knows only too well the seriousness of her supplication.
In the next installment we shall meet Maria Bianchini Esperanza, the special visionary with many mystical graces who God has chosen to convey His Mother's vital messages to all His children as she beckons us to become her "Ambassadors of Reconciliation" part two Chosen and Destined by God.
I come to call you yet again to prayer, fasting, faith, reconciliation and conversion of heart, saying that without these spiritual weapons you shall not persevere in the darkness.
I solemnly tell you that even as fire and wind and rain ravage your land, so has satan ravaged your souls. As the sparks fly from the harsh fire; as the destruction remains after the winds abate, so shall the debris of dead souls lie upon the face of the earth when the Justice of your Heavenly Father comes.
I ask you to come to me, your Mother. I ask you to beseech God to permit the moment of my Heart's Triumph now and to be mercifully swift with His Justice. I solemnly tell you that as the times grow ever more critical, I come to you. I shall be seen by many and countless little ones shall hear me in their hearts. I speak to you of God, of He who Loves You so that you might convert your hearts and persevere in the time of darkness.
Yes, my little ones, there is darkness. Now is the heart and mind darkened! Now does satan seep into every aspect of life. O! If you could only see how he has poisoned your lives until its very meaning is denigrated. That is why I beseech you to turn off your televisions. Do not read your papers or magazines, but turn your whole beings over to God through prayer.
At the moment when all of my little ones with one voice, coming from one mind and one heart, beseech God to be their only ruler shall the face of the world change. I come to prepare you for that change by means of my Heart's Triumph. Be alert! Wait! Pray for discernment for even in my Divine Son's Church does the evil smoke of lies exist. Listen to and be obedient to your Holy Father, my beloved child Pope John Paul II, my true martyr of peace. Heed his words, but discern wisely if you are being given his words or those that the evil one dilutes and twists to his evil purposes.
I am your Mother. I love you. I desire all to be with God for all eternity. The moment is at hand. The seventh seal is unbound. The trumpet sounds. Heed my words, dear children, and pray! pray! pray!
I love and bless you. Thank you for responding to my Call!
It shall appear that all is forsaken, for great shall be the persecution of my little ones. It will appear that the true vine is dead, its little leaves withered and dead, while the false church thrives, deceives and grows in strength.
Do not be deceived. I tell you now that my Divine Son shall not permit His Church, His Mystical Body to die. It's roots are in Him and of Him and from this cruel split shall come the great cleansing of all the world, the supernatural unity which I ask all my little ones to pray for.
I solemnly tell you that I have come to my children to ignite in their hearts a flame of Divine Love. This flame shall take life from the flame of my Immaculate Love which comes from and is one with the Infinite Love of my Divine Son. I shall feed this Immaculate Flame because I lead each one of my little ones into the Eternal Furnace of Love, the Sacred Heart of my Son.
Again, I invite all to seek God, the source of life, of All-Good. I beseech you, heed my words for you do not comprehend what shall befall your world. Be not unbelieving, but believe.
I love and bless you. Thank you for responding to my Call!
We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less common sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.
We spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom and lie too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years.
We've been all the way to the moon and back; but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.
We've conquered outer space, but not inner peace; we've done larger things, but not better things; we've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we've split the atom, but not our prejudice; we write more, but learn less; plan more, but accomplish less.
We've learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes; but lower morals; more food but less appeasement; more acquaintances, but fewer friends; more effort but less success.
We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication; we've become long on quantity; but short on quality.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men and short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships.
These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure and less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.
These are the days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses but broken homes.
These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one-night stands; overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.
It is a time when there is much in the show window, and nothing in the stockroom.
Indeed it's all true. And the only way to change it is through prayer - especially the Rosary, for, as Father Patrick Peyton first coined, "The family that prays together, stays together!"
Each year at this time an appeal is made by the coordinators of the Pilgrim Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to as many people as possible to assist in a week-long Rosary for the intention of ending abortion - ending the culture of death and promoting the celebration of life. We are all asked to pray the Fifteen Decade Rosary for one hour during this week between October 4 (Respect Life Sunday) and October 13 (the Anniversary of the Final Apparition at Fatima). Though one full Fifteen Mystery Rosary is all you're asked during this week, you are encouraged to offer even more Rosaries for each Hail Mary prayed from the heart is a rose forming an awesome bouquet of Rosaries which Our Lady takes to her Divine Son. The Rosary is the ONLY ANSWER to halting the culture of death! God knows each person's heart so it is not necessary to tell anyone when or where you pray...just that you pray! That is vital!
