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The Imitation of Mary, by Abbe Alexander de Rouville. No sooner had the incomparable Imitation of Christ appeared than the faithful began to spontaneously wish for an imitation of Our Lady, and finally, in 1768, a monk pulled together a little powerhouse of meditation on the different mysteries and circumstances of her life, from the Immaculate Conception to her Assumption into Heaven! Click here

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"For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."

The "Fargo" River, actually the Red River, flows north into Canada and through Winnipeg, a city with unrestricted government-funded abortions, a legislature with pagan and Masonic symbols, a socialist provincial government, a large school board headed by a known lesbian, and the sight of a future Museum for human rights (pagan temple for earth worship and the celebtration of evil and sin). We have a large floodway to protect us and are being told through the media we have nothing to worry about (we were almost done-in in the 1997 flood which we refer to as the "flood of the century", and this one - 2009 - is worse). Keep an eye on us - we may be taught a lesson this time.

Gord Luy

Winnipeg

North Dakota Catholic Bishops Paul A. Zipfel (Bismarck) and Samuel J. Aquila (Fargo) have flatly refused to endorse a bill criminalizing abortion now pending in the North Dakota House of Representatives.

House Bill 1242, authored by Representative Sally Sandvig (D-Fargo) and co-sponsored by Senator Russell Thane (R-Wahpeton), creates a new section of the North Dakota criminal code: “A person is guilty of a class AA felony if the person intentionally destroys or terminates the life of a preborn child.”

Last night, my husband and I attended the Elton John / Billy Joel concert in Jacksonville, FL. This is the first concert they performed together, kicking off what is scheduled to be a 2-year tour. The singers played the first few song together, and then each played 1 hour solo before rejoining for the finale. During the first 20 – 25 minutes of Elton John’s solo hour, he played a song that I had never heard, (definitely not one of his popular hits). As he played with his band, the base grew so loud that my entire body shook. The lights strobed red as the music became more frantic. Then images came across the enormous overhead screen: demonic skeletons, devils, horned goats. Next, an image appeared of a stained glass window with Our Lady at the center, surrounded by angels. The image then began to turn, counter clockwise, until Our Blessed Mother was upside down. Then came the images of fire as Elton sang, “Burn it! Burn it! Burn it down!”

It was terrible! My husband and I have not been to a concert in more than a decade. I had never experienced anything like this, and I certainly was not expecting anything like what I experienced from the musician. All I could do was pray. We walked out of Elton John’s concert but returned for Billy Joel’s, which was drastically different…in a good way.

I do not think that you seem to understand the very big difference between illness and suffering. For example, Ide is ill, she has a fever, but her mother Jane is suffering, because she is up all night attending to her, worring about her, praying that she will recover, working towards making her better with treatments and tender loving care. The first, ie illness, is a consequent of sin the second, ie suffering, is redemptive. It makes one die to self and live out of love for the other. The misconception that Satan has sown into the catholic mind is that illness is redemptive, it is not, it never has been, it is something that God allows but does not will. He wills that we have life and have it to the full. Remember the Book of Job, Job is afflicted with ill health as a consequence of Satan's activity which God allows, but this event only draws Job closer to God and defeats Satan's judgment of Job, by revealling Job's humility before God. "The accuser of the breathren is thrown down". It is virtue which defeats Satan not illness. And virtue is born of the grace that is poured into our hearts, through the action of the Holy Spirit. So it is to God's glory that we are fully alive.

I hope these points will help your readers to open their hearts to God to receive the healing that he longs to pour into them but which are closed to him through lack of faith and proper understanding.

In Christ,

Jane

That was an excellent article. I sent it to my daughter,whose 16 year
old son Alex has AML Leukemia.
He got the cancer late 2006 had a bone marrow transplant. His youngest
sister was the donor, and
she matched him 6 out of 6 immune factors in the immune system. She is a
miracle herself as her
mother almost lost her. I prayed over my daughter when she was carrying
Kayla and pleaded the
blood and water from the side of Christ to surround the baby in the
womb. Kayla was born with bright
red hair, to me it was a sign of Christ's love and mercy.

The cancer came back and Alex has just gone through a transfusion of his
sisters stem cells. Again,
I am pleading the Blood and Water from the side of Christ flow through
Alex's immune system
and destroy every vestige of cancer.

I feel this coming back of the cancer is demonic, as the boy played
computer games
that invoked spells and curses. Parents may not believe thier child can
be cursed
this way, but it is a definite possibility.

Please, I know Mr. Brown you have much to pray for, but could you add
Alex Blaker to your prayer list.

In the Love of Christ,

Joyce

PS. From Denis Nolan

My understanding of Our Lady’s March 2, 2009 message:

In her March 2, 2009 message Our Lady tells us: “I am here!”   She also tells us, “You have become lost!” She warns that we are letting ourselves become distanced “all the more from the real truth. You are seeking hope and consolation in the wrong places….”

Years ago Jelena confirmed to me that one day Our Lady told her that Satan had offered to give back to God the rest of the world in exchange for Medjugorje!   He is terrified by God’s plan unfolding there. Twenty-five years ago Pope John Paul II said, “Medjugorje is the fulfillment and continuation of Fatima!”

What could be the fulfillment of Fatima? “Nevertheless in the end my Immaculate Heart will triumph!” Medjugorje represents the last battle. Mystics come and mystics go. Medjugorje remains.

It has been reported that when Our Lady stops appearing in Medjugorje (where she comes every day with a crown of 12 stars) Satan will no longer be prince of the world. And with each passing day of her coming she increases in power and Satan decreases in power. But even so, she warns that with each passing day he is becoming more and more war-like because he knows his time is short.

Years ago whenever someone would ask me what I thought about a new visionary giving exciting new messages, I would reply: “If it draws me closer to Our Lady in Medjugorje and her school in Medjugorje, then I would trust it. If it doesn’t, even if it comes from Heaven on the wings of an angel, I wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole!”

Satan has never stopped trying to block, stifle and impede Our Lady of Medjugorje. He will use even “good” things to try to thwart her plans. Our Lady of Medjugorje is God’s plan for these days, and nothing but God’s plan will work the miracles we need today for healing and salvation. If we have been distracted by another school, now is not too late to return to her school in Medjugorje. Only she will lead us to victory. “I call you to follow me and to listen to my messages.” (6/25/08) “Dear children, today I extend my hands towards you. Do not be afraid to accept them… The way on which I lead you is difficult and full of temptations and falls. I will be with you and my hands will hold you. Be persevering so that at the end of the way, we can all together, in joy and love, hold the hands of my Son. Come with me; fear not!” (3/18/08) “Little children, through all this time that God permits me to be with you, I desire to lead you…” (12/25/07)

It seems that many people are losing sight of Our Lady of Medjugorje and her school because of other mystics and visionaries who are offering a different plan for holiness and life with God. The result is that the response to Our Lady in Medjugorje has become dissipated, and her children are not united behind her. I believe Our Lady’s March 2, 2009 message to Mirjana confirms it… “I am here among you....You have become lost, my children!”

When Our Lady says, “Do not forget” it means we already have: “Little children, do not forget that you are all important in this great plan which God leads through Medjugorje. God desires to convert the entire world and to call it to salvation… Open yourselves to this great grace that God gives you through my presence here.” (6/25/07)