A Bishop Dressed in White

Sister Lucia said, "We had the impression that it was the Holy Father".

"On his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious, and various lay people of different ranks and positions."

Sister Lucia received the Secret on July 13th, 1917. Despite commentaries to the contrary, could the vision refer to Benedict XVI, the current Pope?

What could possibly cause the Pope and those loyal to him to be so persecuted between now and 2017?

"When the third angel blew his trumpet, a large star burning like a torch fell from the sky.  It fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. The star was called "Wormwood," and a third of all the water turned to wormwood. Many people died from this water, because it was made bitter." (Rev 8, 10 and 11)

Imagine if a part of the Fatima secret provides important deails of a 'star' falling from the sky?
Imagine these details are being withheld because there are other embarassing details about apostasy within the Church at the highest levels?
Imagine how people will react, inside and outside the Church, if Wormwood arrives and it turns out the Church had foreknowledge but failed to act on it?

Jesus said to Sister Lucia in August of 1931:
"Make it known to my ministers that, given they follow the example of the King of France in delaying execution of My command, they will follow him into misfortune."
Notice how Jesus uses the word, 'execution' of my command."

Exactly one hundred years before the French revolution in 1789, Jesus appeared to Sister Margaret Mary Alacoque giving her a message for the King of France, Louis XIV. Neither the Sun King nor his successors acted on the message and exactly 100 years later the monarchy was overthrown.
Jesus did not spare France even though it is the Elder Daughter of the Church.

The Roman Catholic Church is a monarchy. Could it go the way of the French monarchy between now and 2017?

The 599th Birthday of Saint Joan of Arc

The talking heads are adding their bit to global warming with their comments on the new version of Mark Twain's Huck Finn, from which the "n" word has been removed.

Today, is the anniversary of the birth of the Church's great saint, Jean d'Arc or Joan of Arc, as we English speakers call her. Being British by birth, there are some things of which I am ashamed but none more than the way the British hierarchy, secular and eccesiastical, treated their enemy Joan.

Being American by adoption, it is a source of some joy that my compatriot Mark Twain is the author of, what many agree, is the best biography on Joan. The fictional biography, "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc",  was originally published under a nom de plume. Twain was unsure how the work would be received under his own name. He claimed the work as a labor of love when he said,
 "Possibly the book may not sell, but that is nothing - it was written for love."
Quite a claim for an opus that he spent more than a decade researching and writing.

In days gone by, we celebrated the feast of the Epiphany on January 6. Today, Epiphany is a moveable feast and of late, it falls on the second Sunday after Christmas. We know so little about the Magi, not even how many there were. In contrast, we know so much about Joan and her contribution to France becoming known as the Elder Daughter of the Church. Given the key role that France will play in the restoration of the Catholic Faith, I would like to use this occasion to say ,"Vive le France and Vive the Maid".

2012, will be the six hundred anniversary of Joan's birth. Think about it!
How much France and the world owes Joan, yet how little does the average Catholic know about her. Give your children a treat by reading Twain's biography on Joan to them. It is both exciting and inspiring. Perhaps this is one way to help form the hearts of the young people Henri will need to accompany him as he rids the world of  God's enemies. I believe you can gain  more than a glimpse of Henri's character, in Joan. For example, Joan never shed her enemies' blood despite the engagements in which she fought. Henri's hands too will be free of blood, despite his many battles.

"This is an appeal to citizens, young and old, to take responsibility for the things in our society that don't work."

The above comment came from an essay, recently published as a book, by Stephane Hessel a former member of the French Resistance. Hessel has identified a number of issues about which he is indignant and invites other citizens to do the same. Hessel's essay is fast becoming a "best seller" with sales of one million copies predicted soon. No doubt it will be translated into many languages.
Hessel recommends peaceful and non-violent insurrection; interesting given his background in the Resistance.

Are there any issues about which you are indignant?
Is there anything that upsets you about which you are prepared to advocate insurrection?
The things that Hessel was indignant about were of little interest to me; but each to his own.

I wonder what are the things that God is indignant about today?
Is the Creator content with the behavior of the creatures, especially the human ones?
Is there a nation or group of people that one can look toward and confidently say the Creator must be content with them?
Is there a country whose citizens are a model to the rest of the world?
Is there a commercial enterprise that has the right motives?
Is there a charity or NGO one can say is admirable?

It was revealed to Marie Julie that her Creator was very unhappy with the people of France who had formerly been know as the Elder Daughter of the Church.
Not only had France murdered its King and Queen, but it had in large part turned its back on belief in Jesus as the Christ of God.
Mary Magdelene, her sister Martha and  her brother Lazarus, among others had brought the Good News to, what was then Gaul, shortly after the murder of Jesus.
Today, in France, belief in the Creator described by Mary Magdelen is all but dead, but a new community of believers has sprung up. It believes the Creator has no son, and that his last prophet was not in fact Jesus but Mohammed.

I am indignant that it is permissible to say that Jesus was not the son of God but it is not permissible to say that Mohammed was never his prophet.
How can such a dual standard be allowed?
Why are the people of France not indignant that such hypocracy is permitted?
I wonder is the Creator, if there is one, not indignant too?