Saturday, September 28, 2013

Ridgetown Prophecies 2013

For the last few years words of prophecy have been received by a person in Ridgetown Ontario, under the spiritual direction of Father Sam (Martin) Johnston, a retired priest of the London Ontario Roman Catholic Diocese.

These prophecies are significant, informative and may be used to build up one's faith.  They are of the category in the Church called private revelation, and are not binding on any person of faith.  That does not detract from their potential to improve your faith in Jesus Christ and in His Love for you and me.

Here is the list with links to date of these prophecies for the year 2013.  When I have posted those that came before, I will produce similar listings.

May God richly bless those who read these words, consider them to be from God, and follow them in their own lives.


DATE
TITLE



9/26/2013
YOUR CONVERSION MUST BE ONGOING
9/20/2013
LET YOUR HEARTS BE LIGHTS IN THE DARKNESS
9/11/2013
YOU DO NOT KNOW THE HOUR OR THE DAY
9/4/2013
YOU MUST PREPARE NOW 
8/28/2013
MY MANDATE OF LOVE
8/21/2013
DETACHMENT FROM THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD
8/15/2013
YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN
8/6/2013
THY WILL BE DONE
7/29/2013
ALL FOR THE GLORY OF GOD
7/21/2013
CHILDREN, HAS YOUR JOY BEEN ENCUMBERED?
7/18/2013
IT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU TO HEAR
7/7/2013
MY KINGDOM IS AT HAND
7/3/2013
SOON YOU WILL SEE ME
6/26/2013
IT’S A MATTER OF TRUST
6/19/2013
CONSIDER THE PRIVILEGE GIVEN YOU
6/11/2013
ONLY THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE
6/5/2013
THE REDEMPTIVE VALUE OF SUFFERING
5/23/2013
THEY WILL BE ATTRACTED TO THE LIGHT
5/16/2013
LIVE IN MY LOVE
5/2/2013
YOUR HOME IS WITH ME
4/25/2013
STANDARDS SET HIGHER THAN THE WORLD’S 
4/18/2013
NOT SPECTATORS BUT CO-WORKERS WITH GOD
4/11/2013
DON’T BE AFRAID ONLY HAVE FAITH
4/2/2013
YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED TO NEW LIFE
3/21/2013
ACCORDING TO THE FATHER'S WILL
3/14/2013
YOU WERE NEVER LEFT ALONE Coming
3/7/2013
I AM HERE, OPEN YOUR HEART TO ME
2/27/2013
 HAVE THE LIVING WATERS CEASED TO FLOW
2/13/2013
MY EMBRACE OF LOVE
2/6/2013
MY LOVE FOR YOU IS UNCONDITIONAL
2/2/2013
YOUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT
1/31/2013
I AM COMING TO EXTINGUISH THE DARKNESS
1/24/2013
FAITH OF OUR FATHERS
1/16/2013
REMOVING THE HIDDEN OBSTACLE
1/10/2013
I CAME TO CALL SINNERS

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Conflict in Syria - A Novel Approach

Military Solution?  Political Solution?  Maybe a better Solution!!

In case you are unaware, there is serious conflict in Syria currently, though there is conflict in Egypt and several hot spots around the world as well. 

But, this conflict has had the element of the use of chemical weapons, though by whom they were used is in question.  And so, President Obama wants to use what is going on there as the buttress for a military solution, though what it is intended to solve is also unclear.  Of course, there is always the political solution, where the parties to this conflict actually communicate with each other directly, or through third parties to attempt to broker a peace.

But, in the midst of all of this sabre rattling, and posturing, and Obama going to the Congress to get them to support him attacking another sovereign country, a sane voice has risen out of the morass that is the current situation in Syria.

Our Beloved Pontiff is proposing that people of goodwill turn to prayer and fasting   Why didn't Obama think of that?

Robert Moynihan of the Moynihan Report has documented what we know at the moment here.

As he reported:

Today Pope Francis took the first, dramatic public action of his pontificate.

During his Sunday Angelus message, he called upon Catholics everywhere — and also all Christians and all men and women of good will — to join him in a day of prayer and fasting for peace in Syria, where civil war has left thousands dead, and the involvement of other powers threatens a still wider war, this coming Saturday, September 7, the vigil of the Feast of the Birth of Mary, the Mother of God.

He asked Catholics everywhere to fast on Saturday along with him, and also to gather in their various parish churches to participate with him as he prays in Rome.

So the world will see something dramatic this Saturday: Pope Francis himself will be in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday evening from 7 p.m. until midnight, praying and fasting with the faithful of Rome and of the whole world, for peace in Syria and in the whole world.

(Some of the logistics are yet clear. Those Saturday evening hours in Rome would correspond to Saturday afternoon from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the eastern United States; it would seem that those hours would be the ones to pray along with the Pope. It is not clear whether the Pope will be present throughout the evening in St. Peter’s Square. Nor is it clear whether he will be praying out loud or in silence during those five hours, or in some combination of the two. Such details have not yet been released.)
 Prayer and Fasting are not new approaches to conflict, but they have fallen out of favor, as the military option has been the go to option, when political ones failed.  Who prays these days?  Well, surprisingly, many of us do.  And so, why not pray and fast with the Pontiff this Saturday, and let God handle the situation.

This is surely not unprecedented.  Maybe you have read of the Battle of Lepanto.  If not, you can do so here.  The victory in that battle was credited to praying the Rosary by the people as requested by Pope Pius V.  It resulted in the Feast Day on October 7 each year we now know as Our Lady of the Rosary. 

We pray for our friends, and we pray for ourselves, and if we have faith, we expect answers, though, if our faith is stronger, we do not have expectations about the particular answers, rather trust that God knows the best answer.

At the time of His Passion, our Lord Jesus Christ went into the garden to pray, and left his disciples to do likewise, but they fell asleep instead.  When he returned, he asked them: "Couldn't you men keep watch with me for one hour?"

The pope is asking us if we can pray with him over 5 hours from 7pm to 12 pm Rome time, 1-6 Eastern Standard Time, and to fast for the day on Saturday.

Military solutions in the middle east have not produced any good results to date, so why is this one going to be any different?  Political solutions are hard to come by when ideologies are so disparate among the factions and other interested parties.  So, why not do what we should have done in the first place and turn to the Maker of the Universe and ask Him for His asnwer?

My dear wife and I will be joining in solidarity with Pope Francis, and many others who see this solution as worthy.  Will you keep watch?