Bands of darkness, rays of light
The mystics have taught us or quoted the Lord or Blessed Mother through the
years as teaching us that as a society we get the leaders we deserve, and so
when we look at what is forming in the world and our own country we keep this in
mind: we try to blame it all on them, but leaders often reflect overall
morality. Not always. Not perfectly. But certainly to a large extent. And if any
particular candidate has any negative traits to excess, this may mirror such
negative inclinations in the culture as a whole. One visionary warned that the
fruit of current sin would be tyranny. America is not above that. Anything can
happen. We live in dynamic times! We must pray for all candidates and for all of
their and our own conversions, for conversion is a constant challenge and
mission. We judge not on a personal level (only God can do that), but we can
evaluate the overall 
tenor
of our times, and it is a dangerous time, due to societal immorality. To know
the state of the collective soul takes only a look at the movies currently at
the theatre -- witch-themed or ghost-laden or demonized, filled with gratuitous
sex and vulgarity, as never ever before, the Lord's Name in vain, on the "silver
screen" (that magical magnification), in one case even earning the movie (now at
theatres everywhere) an imprimatur from the Church of Satan (which now not only
endorses movies but is making inroads at city councils and other governmental
bodies that have allowed themselves to be forced into permitting the official
"prayers" or invocation before meetings to be conducted by pagans or outright
devil worshippers, in the name of religious freedom; allowed also, in a couple
instances, to place a statue of the devil in the public square). The
manifestations of evil in our times are too extensive for a quick summary. The
pornography, the rudeness, the hatred, the bigotry (on all sides), the genetic
meddling, the scientific hubris, the corruption through our systems of
education, the exploitive costs of medical care, the public nudity, the occult
themes at every turn, the drugs, the degradation of God's Creation, and so forth
-- the divorce, the violence, the crime, the surrogacy (it isn't just abortion) -- is such that
America must quickly turn a corner or face tyranny, plus whatever nature will
serve up (and does she rumble!). Is there already tyranny in the way of
homosexual marriage? A recent mystic in Australia notes that "all
the people in the
world still remain deaf
and blind to these signs." Many don't realize -- those who reject the notion of
chastisement -- that the greatly extolled Abraham Lincoln signed a proclamation
in 1863 stating
directly that "by His Divine law, nations like individuals are subjected to
punishments and chastisements" and fretting that "we have grown in numbers,
wealth, and power, as so other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God.
We have forgotten the gracious Hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied
and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the
deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some
superior wisdom and virtue of their own." Arrogance is at epidemic levels. So is
rancor. This is written before the result of primaries and pertains to any
election, though this year we have what
seem like locomotives headed for each other. Dynamic indeed! And prayer
works. Everyone has the power to change the world -- everyone, from the comfort
of the home or pew. We start with love and purity in our own souls, and this
translates outwardly -- it really does; it sends lightness out there into the
cosmos, a light that, however improbable it seems, however difficult to
conceive, erases bands of dark.
[for full proclamation signed by Lincoln, click here]
[resources: Retreat, Michael Brown in Vandalia, Illinois, April 23 and Spirit Daily pilgrimage announced for Guadalupe]
[Second illustration courtesy of Quotesily.com]
[Feedback, "word of knowledge": "An astonishment will soon occur that will cause a new development. When the development runs its course, the landscape will clear and there will be the disruption of nations."]
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