UPDATE...RUSSIA FIRES ICBM NUCLEAR CAPABLE MISSILE.
http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20140304/188097323/Russia-Test-Fires-ICBM-to-Target-in-Kazakhstan.html
MOSCOW, March 4 (RIA Novosti) – Russia test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from a test site in southern Russia on Tuesday evening, a Russian defense ministry spokesman said.
Kapustin Yar is about 450 km (280 miles) east of the Ukrainian border. The launch coincided with reports of large deployments of apparently Russia-commanded troops in Crimea, which President Vladimir Putin denied on Tuesday.
Spokesman Igor Yegorov said the launch took place at 22:10 Moscow time (6:10 p.m. GMT) from the Kapustin Yar testing range in southern Russia’s Astrakhan Region.
The test was successful as the simulated warhead hit a designated target at a test range in Kazakhstan.
Yegorov said the aim of the test was to test suggested improvements of the ICBM, which entered service in 1985
THE POWER OF THE ROSARY
AND WW3!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqb2igFYt_U
AS WE HURL INTO A COMING WORLD WAR, WHICH WILL BE NUCLEAR TO SOME EXTENT, I WOULD NOT BE DOING MY JOB AS A SENTRY/WATCHMAN, IF I DID NOT SHARE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS BLOG FOR A YEAR OR MORE, YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM CONSTANTLY URGING YOU ALL TO PRAY THE ROSARY. WHETHER CATHOLIC OR NOT, IT IS A VERY POWERFUL PRAYER.
AS THE WORLD'S SUPERPOWERS FACE DOWN EACH OTHER, AND THINGS BEGIN TO ESCALATE MORE AND MORE, I URGE YOU TO PRAY THE ROSARY DAILY IF POSSIBLE.
I HAVE ATTACHED A LITTLE KNOWN STORY FROM WWII:
Rosary Miracle at Hiroshima - August 6th, 1945 There was a home eight blocks (about 1 kilometer) from where the A-Bomb went off in Hiroshima Japan. This home had a church attached to it which was completely destroyed, but the home survived, and so did the eight German Jesuit missionaries who prayed the rosary in that house faithfully every day. These men were missionaries to the Japanese people, they were non-military, but because Germany and Japan were allies during WWII they were permitted to live and minister within Japan during the war. Not only did they all survive with (at most) relatively minor injuries, but they all lived well past that awful day with no radiation sickness, no loss of hearing, or any other visible long term defects or maladies. Naturally, they were interviewed numerous times (Fr. Schiffer, a survivor, said over 200 times) by scientists and health care people about their remarkable experience and they say "we believe that we survived because we were living the message of Fatima. We lived and prayed the rosary daily in that home." Of course the secular scientists are speechless and incredulous at this explanation - and they are sure there is some "real" explanation - but at the same time over 55 years later the scientists are still absolutely bamboozled when it comes to finding a plausible scenario to explain the missionaries’ unique escape from the hellish power of that bomb.
http://www.tldm.org/News18/EightJesuitPriestsSurviveHiroshimaAtomicBombBlastThroughThePowerOfTheRosary.htm
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/features/2010/08/05/the-priests-who-survived-the-atomic-bomb/
JUST AS THESE 8 PRIESTS WERE SPARED WITHIN THE FIRES OF A NUCLEAR BLASTS, AS WELL AS THEIR CHURCH, WE SEE HOW THE GOOD LORD HAS ALWAYS DONE THIS FOR THOSE WHO ARE FAITHFUL TO HIM.
IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL WE READ AND GET THE SAME MESSAGE. A MESSAGE OF BEING SAVED EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD BEEN THROWN INTO THE FURNACE OF FLAMES.
Daniel, chapter 3
CHAPTER 3
The Fiery Furnace. 1King Nebuchadnezzar had a golden statue made, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, which he set up in the plain of Dura* in the province of Babylon. 2He then ordered the satraps,* prefects, and governors, the counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the officials of the provinces to be summoned to the dedication of the statue which he had set up. 3The satraps, prefects, and governors, the counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the officials of the provinces came together for the dedication and stood before the statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 4A herald cried out: “Nations and peoples of every language, 5* when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute, and all the other musical instruments, you must fall down and worship the golden statue which King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 6Whoever does not fall down and worship shall be instantly cast into a white-hot furnace.” 7Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute, and all the other musical instruments, the nations and peoples of every language all fell down and worshiped the golden statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
8At that point, some of the Chaldeans came and accused the Jews 9to King Nebuchadnezzar: “O king, live forever! 10O king, you issued a decree that everyone who heard the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, and double-flute, and all the other musical instruments should fall down and worship the golden statue; 11whoever did not was to be cast into a white-hot furnace. 12There are certain Jews whom you have made administrators of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have paid no attention to you; they will not serve your god or worship the golden statue which you set up.” 13Nebuchadnezzar flew into a rage and sent for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who were promptly brought before the king. 14King Nebuchadnezzar questioned them: “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you will not serve my god, or worship the golden statue that I set up? 15Now, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I made, whenever you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute, and all the other musical instruments, then all will be well;* if not, you shall be instantly cast into the white-hot furnace; and who is the God who can deliver you out of my hands?” 16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, “There is no need for us to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17If our God, whom we serve, can save us* from the white-hot furnace and from your hands, O king, may he save us! 18But even if he will not, you should know, O king, that we will not serve your god or worship the golden statue which you set up.”
19Nebuchadnezzar’s face became livid with utter rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace to be heated seven times more than usual 20and had some of the strongest men in his army bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and cast them into the white-hot furnace. 21They were bound and cast into the white-hot furnace with their trousers, shirts, hats and other garments, 22for the king’s order was urgent. So huge a fire was kindled in the furnace that the flames devoured the men who threw Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into it. 23But these three fell, bound, into the midst of the white-hot furnace.
Prayer of Azariah.* 24They walked about in the flames, singing to God and blessing the Lord. 25Azariah* stood up in the midst of the fire and prayed aloud:
26“Blessed are you, and praiseworthy,
O Lord, the God of our ancestors,
and glorious forever is your name.
27For you are just in all you have done;
all your deeds are faultless, all your ways right,
and all your judgments proper.
28You have executed proper judgments
in all that you have brought upon us
and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our ancestors.
By a proper judgment you have done all this
because of our sins;
29For we have sinned and transgressed
by departing from you,
and we have done every kind of evil.
30Your commandments we have not heeded or observed,
nor have we done as you ordered us for our good.
31Therefore all you have brought upon us,
all you have done to us,
you have done by a proper judgment.
32You have handed us over to our enemies,
lawless and hateful rebels;
to an unjust king, the worst in all the world.
33Now we cannot open our mouths;
shame and reproach have come upon us,
your servants, who revere you.
34For your name’s sake, do not deliver us up forever,
or make void your covenant.
35Do not take away your mercy from us,
for the sake of Abraham, your beloved,
Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one,
36To whom you promised to multiply their offspring
like the stars of heaven,
or the sand on the shore of the sea.
37For we are reduced, O Lord, beyond any other nation,
brought low everywhere in the world this day
because of our sins.
38We have in our day no prince, prophet, or leader,
no burnt offering, sacrifice, oblation, or incense,
no place to offer first fruits, to find favor with you.
39But with contrite heart and humble spirit
let us be received;
As though it were burnt offerings of rams and bulls,
or tens of thousands of fat lambs,
40So let our sacrifice be in your presence today
and find favor before you;
for those who trust in you cannot be put to shame.
41And now we follow you with our whole heart,
we fear you and we seek your face.
Do not put us to shame,
42but deal with us in your kindness and great mercy.
43Deliver us in accord with your wonders,
and bring glory to your name, O Lord:
44Let all those be put to shame
who inflict evils on your servants;
Let them be shamed and powerless,
and their strength broken;
45Let them know that you alone are the Lord God,
glorious over the whole world.”
46Now the king’s servants who had thrown them in continued to stoke the furnace with naptha, pitch, tow, and brush. 47The flames rose forty-nine cubits above the furnace, 48and spread out, burning the Chaldeans that it caught around the furnace. 49But the angel of the Lord went down into the furnace with Azariah and his companions, drove the fiery flames out of the furnace, 50and made the inside of the furnace as though a dew-laden breeze were blowing through it. The fire in no way touched them or caused them pain or harm. 51Then these three in the furnace with one voice sang, glorifying and blessing God:
And blessed is your holy and glorious name,
praiseworthy and exalted above all for all ages.
53Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory,
praiseworthy and glorious above all forever.
54Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom,
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.
55Blessed are you who look into the depths
from your throne upon the cherubim,
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.
56Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven,
praiseworthy and glorious forever.
57Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord,
praise and exalt him above all forever.
58Angels of the Lord, bless the Lord,
praise and exalt him above all forever.
59You heavens, bless the Lord,
60All you waters above the heavens, bless the Lord,
praise and exalt him above all forever.
61All you powers, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
62Sun and moon, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
63Stars of heaven, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
64Every shower and dew, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
65All you winds, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
66Fire and heat, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
67Cold and chill, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
68Dew and rain, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
69Frost and chill, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
70Hoarfrost and snow, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
71Nights and days, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
72Light and darkness, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
73Lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
74Let the earth bless the Lord,
praise and exalt him above all forever.
75Mountains and hills, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
76Everything growing on earth, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
77You springs, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
78Seas and rivers, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
79You sea monsters and all water creatures, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
80All you birds of the air, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
81All you beasts, wild and tame, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
82All you mortals, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
83O Israel, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
84Priests of the Lord, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
85Servants of the Lord, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
86Spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
87Holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
88Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
For he has delivered us from Sheol,
and saved us from the power of death;
He has freed us from the raging flame
and delivered us from the fire.
89Give thanks to the Lord, who is good,
whose mercy endures forever.
90Bless the God of gods, all you who fear the Lord;
praise and give thanks,
for his mercy endures forever.”
Deliverance from the Furnace. 91Then King Nebuchadnezzar was startled and rose in haste, asking his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?” “Certainly, O king,” they answered. 92“But,” he replied, “I see four men unbound and unhurt, walking in the fire, and the fourth looks like a son of God.” 93Then Nebuchadnezzar came to the opening of the white-hot furnace and called: “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out.” Thereupon Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire. 94When the satraps, prefects, governors, and counselors of the king came together, they saw that the fire had had no power over the bodies of these men; not a hair of their heads had been singed, nor were their garments altered; there was not even a smell of fire about them. 95Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent his angel to deliver the servants that trusted in him; they disobeyed the royal command and yielded their bodies rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. 96Therefore I decree for nations and peoples of every language that whoever blasphemes the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be cut to pieces and his house made into a refuse heap. For there is no other God who can rescue like this.” 97Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
98* King Nebuchadnezzar to the nations and peoples of every language, wherever they dwell on earth: May your peace abound! 99It has seemed good to me to publish the signs and wonders which the Most High God has accomplished in my regard.
SO AGAIN, I URGE YOU TO PLEASE BEGIN PRAYING THE ROSARY ON A DAILY BASIS AND ALWAYS PRAY FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS AND THE COVERSION OF SINNERS. SEEING HOW THIS COMING WORLD WAR WILL TAKE MANY MANY SOULS TO HELL BECAUSE OF THE MORAL STATE OF MANY MANY NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD.
OUR LADY AND QUEEN MOTHER WILL ALWAYS SHIELD THOSE THAT PRAY THIS MOST HOLY AND MOST POWERFUL PRAYER OF THE GOSPEL. TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS.
UPDATE...
3/3/2014
FALSE POPE CUSSES DURING SUNDAY'S MASS!
I HAVE POSTED THE FOLLOWING PRAYER TO ST. MICHAEL IN PREVIOUS POSTS, BUT I KEEP POSTING IT BECAUSE I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF POPE LEO'S MESSAGE IN THE PRAYER AS HE ALLUDES TO THE FALSE PROPHET IN IT.
ALSO, THE FIRST THING THAT ALL OF THE SECULAR MASS MEDIA SAID, IN DEFENSE OF THE POPE (WHICH IS REALLY STRANGE, BECAUSE THE SECULAR MASONIC MEDIA NEVER DEFENDS THE POPE) IS THAT THIS WAS JUST A 'SLIP OF THE TONGUE.'
THIS IS AGAIN A VERY CLEVER RUSE. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE, THAT SUCH AN EDUCATED MAN DOES NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SIMPLE WORD FOR CASE IN ITALIAN AND A CURSE WORD???
IN ANY LANGUAGE, THE VERY FIRST WORDS ONE USUALLY LEARNS EITHER TO SAY OR NOT TO SAY ARE THE CURSE WORDS!!!
AND HERE FRANCIS SAID IT DURING THE HOMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION IS WHAT THE PROPHET DANIEL, OUR LORD, POPE LEO, BISHOP SHEEN, AND MANY OTHERS WARNED US ABOUT. OUR LORD SAID THAT WHEN YOU SEE THIS INSTALLED, OR PLACED IN THE PLACE IT SHOULD NOT BE (THE FALSE/MASONIC POPE) YOU WOULD KNOW THE TIME HAD COME!
WHAT IS IT WERE ARE SEEING AROUND THE WORLD NOW? RUSSIA AND NATO ABOUT TO GO TO WAR. CHINA AND JAPAN, TAWAIN, PHILLIPPINES ABOUT TO GO TO WAR. ISRAEL, IRAN ABOUT TO GO TO WAR.
OUR LORD'S WORDS ARE BEING FULFILLED AS WE SPEAK. THIS FALSE POPE HAS FOOLED MANY, BUT REMEMBER WHAT JESUS SAID IN THE GOSPELS.
IT IS NOT WHAT COMES OUT OF THE BODY THAT MAKES US IMPURE, BUT RATHER THE MOUTH, BECAUSE THESE WORDS COME FROM THE HEART. FRANCIS IS LETTING US KNOW WHAT HE TRULY IS AND THAT HE IS REALLY FILLED WITH INIQUITY.
1934 POPE LEO'S PRAYER TO ST. MICHAEL:
Quote:
UPDATE...
3/3/2014
FALSE POPE CUSSES DURING SUNDAY'S MASS!
I HAVE POSTED THE FOLLOWING PRAYER TO ST. MICHAEL IN PREVIOUS POSTS, BUT I KEEP POSTING IT BECAUSE I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF POPE LEO'S MESSAGE IN THE PRAYER AS HE ALLUDES TO THE FALSE PROPHET IN IT.
ALSO, THE FIRST THING THAT ALL OF THE SECULAR MASS MEDIA SAID, IN DEFENSE OF THE POPE (WHICH IS REALLY STRANGE, BECAUSE THE SECULAR MASONIC MEDIA NEVER DEFENDS THE POPE) IS THAT THIS WAS JUST A 'SLIP OF THE TONGUE.'
THIS IS AGAIN A VERY CLEVER RUSE. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE, THAT SUCH AN EDUCATED MAN DOES NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SIMPLE WORD FOR CASE IN ITALIAN AND A CURSE WORD???
IN ANY LANGUAGE, THE VERY FIRST WORDS ONE USUALLY LEARNS EITHER TO SAY OR NOT TO SAY ARE THE CURSE WORDS!!!
AND HERE FRANCIS SAID IT DURING THE HOMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION IS WHAT THE PROPHET DANIEL, OUR LORD, POPE LEO, BISHOP SHEEN, AND MANY OTHERS WARNED US ABOUT. OUR LORD SAID THAT WHEN YOU SEE THIS INSTALLED, OR PLACED IN THE PLACE IT SHOULD NOT BE (THE FALSE/MASONIC POPE) YOU WOULD KNOW THE TIME HAD COME!
WHAT IS IT WERE ARE SEEING AROUND THE WORLD NOW? RUSSIA AND NATO ABOUT TO GO TO WAR. CHINA AND JAPAN, TAWAIN, PHILLIPPINES ABOUT TO GO TO WAR. ISRAEL, IRAN ABOUT TO GO TO WAR.
OUR LORD'S WORDS ARE BEING FULFILLED AS WE SPEAK. THIS FALSE POPE HAS FOOLED MANY, BUT REMEMBER WHAT JESUS SAID IN THE GOSPELS.
IT IS NOT WHAT COMES OUT OF THE BODY THAT MAKES US IMPURE, BUT RATHER THE MOUTH, BECAUSE THESE WORDS COME FROM THE HEART. FRANCIS IS LETTING US KNOW WHAT HE TRULY IS AND THAT HE IS REALLY FILLED WITH INIQUITY.
1934 POPE LEO'S PRAYER TO ST. MICHAEL:
"O GLORIOUS Archangel St. Michael, Prince of heavenly host, be our defense in the terrible warfare which we carry on against principalities and powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, spirits of evil. Come to the aid of man, whom GOD created immortal, made in his own image and likeness, and redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of the devil. Fight this day the battle of the LORD, together with the holy angels, as already thou hast fought the leader of the proud angels, Lucifer, and his apostate host, who were powerless to resist thee, nor was there place for them any longer in Heaven. That cruel, ancient serpent, who is called the devil or Satan, who seduces the whole world, was cast into the abyss with his angels. Behold, this primeval enemy and slayer of men has taken courage. Transformed into an angel of light, he wanders about with all the multitude of wicked spirits, invading the earth in order to blot out the name of GOD and of his CHRIST to seize upon, slay and cast into eternal perdition souls destined for the crown of eternal glory. This wicked dragon pours out, as a most impure flood, the venom of his malice on men of depraved mind and corrupt heart, the spirit of lying, of impiety, of blasphemy, and the pestilent breath of impurity, and of every vice and iniquity. These most crafty enemies have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the immaculate Lamb, and have laid impious hands on her most sacred possessions. In the Holy Place itself, where has been set up the See of the most holy Peter and the Chair of Truth for the light of the world, they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety, with the iniquitous design that when the Pastor has been struck [THIS IS RELEVANT TODAY BECAUSE POPE BENEDICT WAS BROUGHT DOWN IN ORDER TO INSTALL THE CURRENT FASLE SHEPHERD POPE. TODAY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS DIVIDED BETWEEN MODERNS AND TRADITIONALISTS. NOTICE HOW HE SAYS, “THEY HAVE RAISED THE TRONE OF THEIR ABOMINABLE IMPIETY.” BY 'THEY' HE MEANS ILLUMINATI/MASONS.], the sheep may be scattered. Arise then O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost spirits to the people of GOD, and give them the victory. They venerate thee as their protector and patron; in thee holy Church glories as her defense against the malicious power of hell; to thee has GOD entrusted the souls of men to be established in heavenly beatitude. Oh, pray to the GOD of peace that He may put Satan under our feet, so far conquered that he may no longer be able to hold men in captivity and harm the Church. Offer our prayers in the sight of the Most High, so that they may quickly conciliate the mercies of the LORD; and beating down the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, do thou again make him captive in the abyss, that he may no longer seduce the nations. Amen.
AFTER READING THIS, THEN COMPARE TO WHAT OUR LORD SAYS IN MATTHEW 24:15
The Great Tribulation.* 15 “When you see the desolating abomination* spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place (let the reader understand) [THIS IS THE FALSE POPE IN THE SEAT OF PETER.], 16then those in Judea must flee* to the mountains [JUST AS OUR LADY STATES IN HER LA SALETTE WARNING AND SAME THING REVELATION STATES. THE PEOPLE WILL FLEE INTO THE WILDERNESS, THE MOUNTAINS, THE DESERT.] 17* h a person on the housetop must not go down to get things out of his house, 18a person in the field must not return to get his cloak. 19Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days. 20* Pray that your flight not be in winter or on the sabbath, 21* i for at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will be. 22And if those days had not been shortened, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect they will be shortened. 23j If anyone says to you then, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. 24False messiahs and false prophets will arise, and they will perform signs and wonders so great as to deceive, if that were possible, even the elect. 25Behold, I have told it to you beforehand. 26So if they say to you, ‘He is in the desert,’ do not go out there; if they say, ‘He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.* 27k For just as lightning comes from the east and is seen as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.
ALSO NOTE THE FOLLOWING QUOTE FROM BISHOP SHEEN:
The Antichrist will not be so called; otherwise he would have no followers. He will not wear red tights, nor vomit sulphur, nor carry a trident nor wave an arrowed tail as Mephistopheles in Faust. This masquerade has helped the Devil convince men that he does not exist. When no man recognizes, the more power he exercises. God has defined Himsel as "I am Who am," and the Devil as "I am who am not."
Nowhere in Sacred Scripture do we find warrant for the popular myth of the Devil as a buffoon who is dressed like the first "red." Rather is he described as an angel fallen from heaven, as "the Prince of this world," whose business it is to tell us that there is no other world. His logic is simple: if there is no heaven there is no hell; if there is no hell, then there is no sin; if there is no sin, then there is no judge, and if there is no judgment then evil is good and good is evil. But above all these descriptions, Our Lord tells us that he will be so much like Himself that he would deceive even the elect--and certainly no devil ever seen in picture books could deceive even the elect. How will he come in this new age to win followers to his religion?
The pre-Communist Russian belief is that he will come disguised as the Great Humanitarian; he will talk peace, prosperity and plenty not as means to lead us to God, but as ends in themselves. . . .
. . . The third temptation in which Satan asked Christ to adore him and all the kingdoms of the world would be His, will become the temptation to have a new religion without a Cross, a liturgy without a world to come, a religion to destroy a religion, or a politics which is a religion--one that renders unto Caesar even the things that are God's.
In the midst of all his seeming love for humanity and his glib talk of freedom and equality, he will have one great secret which he will tell to no one: he will not believe in God. Because his religion will be brotherhood without the fatherhood of God, he will deceive even the elect. He will set up a counterchurch which will be the ape of the Church, because he, the Devil, is the ape of God. It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content. It will be a mystical body of the Antichrist that will in all externals resemble the mystical body of Christ. . . .
. . . But the twentieth century will join the counterchurch because it claims to be infallible when its visible head speaks ex cathedra from Moscow on the subject of economics and politics, and as chief shepherd of world communism.
(Fulton J. Sheen, Communism and the Conscience of the West [Bobbs-Merril Company, Indianapolis, 1948], pp. 24-25)
Nowhere in Sacred Scripture do we find warrant for the popular myth of the Devil as a buffoon who is dressed like the first "red." Rather is he described as an angel fallen from heaven, as "the Prince of this world," whose business it is to tell us that there is no other world. His logic is simple: if there is no heaven there is no hell; if there is no hell, then there is no sin; if there is no sin, then there is no judge, and if there is no judgment then evil is good and good is evil. But above all these descriptions, Our Lord tells us that he will be so much like Himself that he would deceive even the elect--and certainly no devil ever seen in picture books could deceive even the elect. How will he come in this new age to win followers to his religion?
The pre-Communist Russian belief is that he will come disguised as the Great Humanitarian; he will talk peace, prosperity and plenty not as means to lead us to God, but as ends in themselves. . . .
. . . The third temptation in which Satan asked Christ to adore him and all the kingdoms of the world would be His, will become the temptation to have a new religion without a Cross, a liturgy without a world to come, a religion to destroy a religion, or a politics which is a religion--one that renders unto Caesar even the things that are God's.
In the midst of all his seeming love for humanity and his glib talk of freedom and equality, he will have one great secret which he will tell to no one: he will not believe in God. Because his religion will be brotherhood without the fatherhood of God, he will deceive even the elect. He will set up a counterchurch which will be the ape of the Church, because he, the Devil, is the ape of God. It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content. It will be a mystical body of the Antichrist that will in all externals resemble the mystical body of Christ. . . .
. . . But the twentieth century will join the counterchurch because it claims to be infallible when its visible head speaks ex cathedra from Moscow on the subject of economics and politics, and as chief shepherd of world communism.
(Fulton J. Sheen, Communism and the Conscience of the West [Bobbs-Merril Company, Indianapolis, 1948], pp. 24-25)
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