The Triumph
AS Pope Francis prepares to travel to
Fatima and consecrate his papacy to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on May
13th, 2013, it is timely to reflect on the Blessed Mother’s promise made
there in 1917, and what it means, and how it will unfold… something
that seems more and more likely to be in our times. I believe his
predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, has shed some valuable light on what is
coming upon the Church and the world in this regard…
In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she shall be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world. —www.vatican.va
Millenarianism — What it is, and is Not
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I WANT to conclude my thoughts on the “era of peace” based on my letter to Pope Francis in hopes that it will benefit at least some who are fearful of falling into the heresy of Millenarianism.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states:
The
Antichrist’s deception already begins to take shape in the world every
time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope
which can only be realized beyond history through the eschatological
judgment. The Church has rejected even modified forms of this
falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism,577 especially the “intrinsically perverse” political form of a secular messianism.578 —n. 676
I deliberately left in the footnote references above because they are
crucial in helping us understand what is meant by “millenarianism”, and
secondly, “secular messianism” in the Catechism.Read more… »
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