Robert: Russia isnt CONVERTED. Our Blessed Mother didnt say anything about the fall of Communism - she spoke about the CONVERSION of Russia. Are you saying that Russia is converted and now a Catholic Country? Once again , obviously not.
As for thinking “Bigger” It would appear that you have a rather “worldly” concept of Catholic conversion - a rather worldy concept of what true morality is and a rather worldy concept about peace. Putin is not a Catholic and Russia is supporting Iran’s goal of attaining Nuclear armaments which will be unacceptable to NATO and lead to War with Israel and or the United States. Our Blessed mother speaking in 1917 spoke of fashions that greatly offend her son. Are you saying that todays fashions are not exactly what she predicted? All the bad things she predicted are coming true and here today most catholics sit in their ignorant bliss thinking that her request has come true all the while we hurl towards Armaghedon.When I read this post from you - all I could think of was the attitude that the daughters of Jerusalem had when Our Lord told them not to weep for him but for themselves and a few short years later the Romans beat Jerusalem flat to the ground. No , we Catholics do need to think much bigger - that part I agree with - but by doing as Our Blessed Mother has requested. In the meantime - Babies are ripped legally from their mothers wombs and slaughtered or created in test tubes and dismembered - people use artificial contraception - Homosexuals march proudly in the streets and marry -women and men dress and act immodestly to the point that immosdesty no longer even shocks the average person anymore - the media produces entertainment that is either geared towards witches and warlocks and vampires and werewolves with the immodesty mixed in - I could go on for days and days. And you sau that I need to think bigger? I think that all Catholics need to open their eyes and see this world for what it is today - not a Holy place and to understand that just because sin no longer shocks many of us - it still offends Almighty GOD because it is against his Commandments. And I dont write these things to alarm anyone or to criticize people - but in Charity - because as of this moment it is not too late. But if these things are merely “accepted” as the way things are then I am reminded that a chastisement is in order. One need only read Romans Chapter 1 with emphasis on Verse 32. I agree we are t5hinking too small for GOD by allowing ourselves to ignore the Warnings of the Blessed Virgin Mary and thereby consenting to the cesspool of sins that surround us.
Pax
All of the “cesspool” you enumerate above is exactly in line with my thinking. The cesspool is a manifestation, a proof of the apostasy of the end times. When I said ‘bigger’, I meant the period peace is a time of reconciliation between God and man. We are in the period of peace, or I should say the period of reconciliation. We are in the time of converting - turning back to God. God has extended an olive branch to mankind. (btw, conversion of Russia does not mean conversion to Catholicism - it means conversion or turning back to God - i.e. to doing God’s will, which demonstrates love of God. Those who love God, that is those who do His will, will be saved. Jesus says this many times, and it is found throughout Scripture. As the reading of a few Sunday’s ago said, it is not rocket science to know what we must do:
(July 11, First Reading from Deuteronomy 30: 10 - 14 )
10 if you obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
11 "For this commandment which I command you this day
is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.
12
It is not in heaven, that you should say,
Who will go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' 13 **Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say,** Who will go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’
14 But the word is very near you; **it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it. **
If we take hold of the olive branch and convert - i.e. turn back to God, we will be saved. Conversion is a daily process; it is not “Once converted, always converted.” We must till the garden daily to root out any weeds, which always find a way in.
When this period of reconciliation is over, it will be the end of this present world. Those who took hold of the olive branch held out to us by God will live. Those who continue to follow Satan in this itme of apostasy will not.
That is what I meant by ‘think bigger’. The consecration has been done - Blessed Mary said once done, a period of reconciliation would be given to mankind, and it is here, now. So pray, pray, pray. Hold tight to your rosary and say it as often as possible. Fast. Look up.
The only thing you need to do is to pray, and perform other acts of mercy as per the Divine Mercy devotionals, so that your hands are filled with acts of mercy when the end arrives. The last day is very near. Fast and pray and be merciful. There is nothing else left to do.
Blessed Mary told St. Faustina the last day is already set.
Nothing is going to stop it from arriving.
Now do you understand ‘bigger’?
