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Yes, it is My Mother who calls you to this Land of Grace, for much will be given to those who give all to Me. The confirmation you seek shall be given, and in the presence of My beloved priests My Eucharistic Miracle shall be seen, believed and I will pour forth My Divine Mercy.
Yet, hidden flower, I solemnly tell all the world that there have been far too few who have converted their hearts and returned to Me, their Lord and Savior. Thus, the events which now cause alarm to your government will lead to ever-widening circles of terror and disaster. War shall annihilate many. Governments shall topple. The sleeping giant shall rise like a savage beast to inflict terror upon the multitude. My adversary's plot is in place and the world shall be brought to its knees. Then shall My Father allow the angel to sound the call and Divine Justice shall purify all of creation.
Yet there is always My Divine Mercy. Is there no one to believe in My Divine Mercy? Is there no one to seek It, pray for It and give It to all who are in need.
Now is the moment when those of My faithful remnant must be of one mind and one heart. All must be secure in the Refuge of My Sacred Heart through the Immaculate Heart of My Mother. To those of My faithful remnant who are called to live in community in My chosen places of physical refuge, I, your Lord and Savior, beseech each one to assist in the building and maintenance of these places of Refuge. These are places where My True Eucharistic Presence will be preserved, and I, your God, shall care for all My faithful ones.
No longer doubt. Do not hesitate nor fear anything. Be of strong faith, and know I am always with you. It is I alone Who Am the Savior of the world.
Pray much. Love with My Love and surrender your will to My Father's Will. Then shall all be made clear unto you.
I bless you. I give you My Peace. Heed these words and obey, for the Hour is past the dawning.
Here, in this Land of Grace, I shall speak to each heart. Yes, many shall see me, their Mother. Know I will speak to you through signs. Then shall you proceed to fulfill all I have asked of you.
Little one, become even more little. I bless you for desiring to be nothing, unnoticed by anyone. Continue to pray for the Holy Spirit and the Will of God shall live in you.
I will speak to all the world while you are here. Relay my words, for the time is most urgent.
I love and bless you. Thank you for responding to my Call!
1459 A.D.
Birth of Adriaan Florensz Dedal at Utrecht in the Netherlands. He would not only go on to become a priest and Cardinal bishop of Utrecht, but become the last foreign Pope up until John Paul II when he became Pope Hadrian VI on January 9, 1522 at the age of 63. His pontificate would only last a year and a half.
1810 A.D.
Birth of Gioacchino Vencenzo Pecci (no relation to Joe Pecci) in Carpineto in the hills south of Rome to a family of six children, he would go on to become a priest and rise through the Curia to become a cardinal and then 256th successor of Peter as Pope Leo XIII on February 20, 1878 at the age of 68.
1876 A.D.
Birth of Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli in the shadow of the Vatican to an aristocratic famil of Rome. He would go on to be ordained, become a cardinal and be elected the 260th successor of Peter on this day in 1939, taking the name Pope Pius XII at the age of 63.
1939 A.D.
Election of Pope Pius XII, 260th successor of Peter. He would be a strong opposer of Marxist persecutions and aid Jews during World War II even though many accused him of doing nothing, the facts say otherwise, listing this holy pontiff as a man of convictions who risked much by assuring hundreds of thousands Jews were sheltered from Nazi abuse. He would also discover the tomb of Saint Peter during the excavations under the great Basilica and celebrate the 24th Jubilee in 1950. He would also highlight the Jubilee by proclaiming the Dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother into Heaven on November 1st of that year.
Under norms established in 1983, a "cause"-- the process that can lead to beatification and eventual canonization-- cannot begin until five years have lapsed from the death of the individual involved. But for the first time since the adoption of those rules, the Holy Father has used his authority to dispense with them, in the case of the nun whose work with "the poorest of the poor" made her a revered figure throughout the world.
In an official statement released March 1, the Holy See announced that the process toward beatification for Mother Teresa had been opened "at the insistence of the Archbishop of Calcutta, Henry Sebastian D'Souza, and many other prelates." So the process for Mother Teresa's beatification has begun, with a diocesan inquiry in Calcutta.
The announcement provoked some surprise in Rome, since the Pope had previously indicated that the cause of Mother Teresa would follow the usual pattern. During an interview with reporters on an airplane flight to Brazil in October 1997, just weeks after Mother Teresa's death, he had said that the cause could not begin until the year 2002, under the terms of the apostolic constitution Divinus Perfectionibus Magister, which he himself had promulgated on January 25, 1983.
On the other hand, when he visited India as the Pope's personal representative at Mother Teresa's funeral, Cardinal Angelo Sodano said that the process toward beatification would probably move quickly. And Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had observed that "there are cases so clear that the ordinary procedure can be rapid." In the case of Mother Teresa, whose life was "so splendid in everyone's eyes," Cardinal Ratzinger said, "a long process will not be necessary."
When would a beatification be likely? Ordinarily, a diocesan inquiry itself takes at least a year, and the Vatican-- whose Congregation for the Causes of Saints already has a long backlog of pending cases-- ordinarily takes another 10 years or more to investigate the candidate, issue a decree affirming that the individual lived a life of "heroic virtue," and then await the official recognition of a miracle attributed to the candidate's intercession. However, since the cause for Mother Teresa has already been speeded by an unprecedented papal intervention, it may be foolish to apply the ordinary rules to this case.
"There have been some problems apparently regarding the Pope's desire to visit Cluj and Bacau," Vasile told a meeting of his Christian Democrat Party, one of four in the centrist coalition. "I will see what can be done to settle this." Cluj and Bacau have large Catholic populations in this mainly Orthodox Christian country.
Orthodox Patriarch Teoctist invited the Holy Father to visit the country earlier last month overcoming certain elements in the Romanian Orthodox Church who opposed a papal visit. Relations between Catholics and Orthodox have been strained since the fall of Communism early in the decade as Catholics demanded the return of properties stripped from the Church and given to the Orthodox by the Communists.
The Romanian ambassador to the Vatican has said the papal visit will probably take place in May and be confined to the capital Bucharest. Vasile said the Holy Father had wanted to celebrate Masses in Cluj in Transylvania and in Bacau in Moldova.
The members of the Pontifical Council for the Laity are meeting in Rome this meeting, at the 18th plenary assembly of the body. The members of the Council-- most of them members of the Church hierarchy or founders of lay movements-- are discussing the theme: "The lay faithful, confessors of the faith in today's world."
Pope John Paul insisted that the laity should bear witness to the faith "in word and in deeds." Although there are many signs of hope in the world, he observed, "unfortunately many Christians, forgetting the responsibilities of their Baptism, live in indifference, or succumb to compromise with the secularized world."
The Holy Father followed up this thought in his words during his Sunday Angelus. Noticias Eclesias' Church News reported that the Pope affirmed yesterday that "Charity, in its double aspect of love toward God and toward ones brethren, is the synthesis of the spiritual and moral life of the faithful, and finds in God its source and end."
The Holy Father said to the pilgrims gathered that this virtue, "the greatest of the Christian virtues," has to be lived with special intensity during the time of Lent and through out the whole year in preparation for the Great Jubilee.
Pointing out "the areas in which the Church, along centuries, has testified, with its word and its works, the love of God," the Pope reminded that "today there are a widespread of situations in which the charity of God should be present through the works of Christians."
This year's fair counts with different pavilions and exhibitions on religious art, Marian devotion, apostolate, as well as religious bazaars. Also, a room «of social work» has been mounted, offering health aid and food and clothes for free to assist the needed.
CWN reports that the Guatemala's bishops' conference said in a pastoral letter last weekend that the recently released report on human rights violations during the civil war in Guatemala "should be taken as a occasion for creating conditions for peace and justice in the country.
In the letter, entitled "Repent and Believe in the Gospel," the bishops said that "the grief of the victims, the violations against human dignity, and the loss of moral conscience in the murderers urge us to find the necessary ways to strengthen human rights, promote a culture of mutual respect, and favor peace and national reconciliation in Guatemala." They added, "This commitment for those who claim to be disciples of Jesus, springs from the faith and hope placed in the power of Christ's resurrection."
The report on human rights violations, released by an international "Truth Commission" after almost two years of investigations, claimed that 80% of the violations were committed by the Guatemalan Army, while the rest were committed by the Marxist rebels. The report also claims that the CIA and the Cuban government were both involved in the Guatemalan civil war.
The bishops' letter also encouraged Guatemalans to participate in the upcoming elections which will vote for the confirmation of the peace accords signed between the government and the Marxist rebels which put an end to the 30-year-long civil war.
