Dear children! In a special way I call you all to pray for my intentions so that, through your prayers, you may stop satan’s plan over this world, which is further from God every day, and which puts itself in the place of God and is destroying everything that is beautiful and good in the souls of each of you. Therefore, little children, arm yourselves with prayer and fasting so that you may be conscious of how much God loves you and may carry out God’s will. Thank you for having responded to my call. October 25, 2008
There is no denying that the world’s economic crisis is impacting on the lives of ordinary people around the globe! The poor have always been with us, but now there is a new strata of society suffering impoverishment, displacement and unemployment, all because of the greed of some, never satisfied with what they have, always wanting more.
This “consumerism” has imploded on all of us. It has become the norm. Get fat, get rich at someone else’s expense. But now the whole sham is exposed and suddenly we discover the lie we have been fed and accepted for so long. The value of our investments, our hopes in a financially secure future have tumbled. Our jobs and our homes are disappearing because money ain’t what we thought it was. Should we be surprised?
Was not this distraction part of satan’s plan to destroy our souls anyway? To take our eyes and attention from God, to chase a dream, American or of any other making?
Today, Our Lady invites us once again, for the umpteenth time, to pray, to pray for her intentions, to pray for a better world, to pray so that we can realise God’s love for us, to pray that we may co-operate with God’s will, to pray so that God and Our Lady’s plan for each of us will be fulfilled.
And was anyone out there as blind as I have been in not recognising the real currency in life? The currency that purchases untold wealth and happiness, the keys to the house of God with no mortgage attached, the kingdom of heaven? The currency that never devalues but only increases the true riches in life? The currency that poor and rich possess alike? The currency that was spoken about in last Sunday’s homily – not the tribute belonging to Ceasar – but that which Jesus said belonged to God!
It is prayer that is due to God. Prayer is the real currency of this world and the next. It flows from heaven to earth and from earth to heaven.
Prayer is a true and lasting investment. It multiplies and brings benefit to the world. The only bank necessary is our heart. No plastic, no paper, no coin, just an open heart so that it can transfer freely from bank to bank, heart to heart.
This prayer is not invested in government armies and military equipment to combat the evil in the world. Prayer in itself will stop wars, especially war in our own heart. It will halt satan’s plan for this world and his war against our souls.This is why Our Blessed Mother is asking us to arm ourselves with prayer and fasting, not weapons and military might, not wealth gained through gambling on stock markets and selling on pigs in pokes and parcels of debt that can never be repaid.
Prayer is Our Lady’s currency. Its dividend is grace. It is God’s blessing.
So we should pray to save the world, to save our homes, to save our jobs, to save the poor and the marginalised, to save the sick, to save those whose souls are in danger. It doesn’t cost a penny, just our time, our personal sacrifice, but what better way is there to love than to lay down our life for another.
Prayer is an investment for this life and the one to come.
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October message to Marija
There is no denying that the world’s economic crisis is impacting on the lives of ordinary people around the globe! The poor have always been with us, but now there is a new strata of society suffering impoverishment, displacement and unemployment, all because of the greed of some, never satisfied with what they have, always wanting more.
This “consumerism” has imploded on all of us. It has become the norm. Get fat, get rich at someone else’s expense. But now the whole sham is exposed and suddenly we discover the lie we have been fed and accepted for so long. The value of our investments, our hopes in a financially secure future have tumbled. Our jobs and our homes are disappearing because money ain’t what we thought it was. Should we be surprised?
Was not this distraction part of satan’s plan to destroy our souls anyway? To take our eyes and attention from God, to chase a dream, American or of any other making?
Today, Our Lady invites us once again, for the umpteenth time, to pray, to pray for her intentions, to pray for a better world, to pray so that we can realise God’s love for us, to pray that we may co-operate with God’s will, to pray so that God and Our Lady’s plan for each of us will be fulfilled.
And was anyone out there as blind as I have been in not recognising the real currency in life? The currency that purchases untold wealth and happiness, the keys to the house of God with no mortgage attached, the kingdom of heaven? The currency that never devalues but only increases the true riches in life? The currency that poor and rich possess alike? The currency that was spoken about in last Sunday’s homily – not the tribute belonging to Ceasar – but that which Jesus said belonged to God!
It is prayer that is due to God. Prayer is the real currency of this world and the next. It flows from heaven to earth and from earth to heaven.
Prayer is a true and lasting investment. It multiplies and brings benefit to the world. The only bank necessary is our heart. No plastic, no paper, no coin, just an open heart so that it can transfer freely from bank to bank, heart to heart.
This prayer is not invested in government armies and military equipment to combat the evil in the world. Prayer in itself will stop wars, especially war in our own heart. It will halt satan’s plan for this world and his war against our souls.This is why Our Blessed Mother is asking us to arm ourselves with prayer and fasting, not weapons and military might, not wealth gained through gambling on stock markets and selling on pigs in pokes and parcels of debt that can never be repaid.
Prayer is Our Lady’s currency. Its dividend is grace. It is God’s blessing.
So we should pray to save the world, to save our homes, to save our jobs, to save the poor and the marginalised, to save the sick, to save those whose souls are in danger. It doesn’t cost a penny, just our time, our personal sacrifice, but what better way is there to love than to lay down our life for another.
Prayer is an investment for this life and the one to come.
This entry was posted on Saturday, October 25th, 2008 at 7:00 pm and is filed under Commentary, Messages to Marija. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.