A very old person told me recently that he did not want to live in this world anymore. He said that it was not "his world" anymore. Sad, but true...the individual human is losing control over his own life. God is allowing the hubris of men to go unchecked, for a short time, so that many come back to Him.
See my posting on why God allows persecution. And, here is a short list of postings on persecution.
28 Nov 2013
“What does this mean? It will be like the triumph of the prince of this world: the defeat of God. It seems that in that final moment of calamity, he will take possession of this world, that he will be the master of this world,” he said.
19 Aug 2014
Allow God to bring you into the state of Light which will overcome any persecution. Augustine notes that although it seems like the wicked prosper, in reality God is holding back correction because of His Just Wrath. Those who ...
30 Sep 2013
Sin doesn't scare God! He created it Isa 45:7 to teach us all the knowledge of good and evil Gen 3:22 for our eternal placement in his coming kingdom. Throwing a child of his into a hell fire has never entered the heart or mind ...
23 Jul 2013
As seen in Maccabees, God is faithful and will not let His People go to hell. He wants the salvation of those in His Church as well as outside the Church. Persecution is for us, folks. If you cannot see this, you are ignoring the ...
01 Feb 2013
Can you imagine the town's people burning an effigy of Mohammed? This following poster is from atheistsforum.org. Catholics who are weak-minded have allowed these types of pre-persecution ideas to simmer in the culture.
07 Oct 2014
The perfection series which I started a year ago was an effort to share what I know about the stages and to help you to see how we must be in the illuminative stage at least to face persecution without crumpling. Of course, God ...
06 Feb 2014
Of course, we know, as Catholics, that the teachings of the Mormons are mostly false and that they are not Christians, as they do not believe that Christ is the Incarnate Son of God. Their baptisms are not recognized by the ...
01 Mar 2014
Parents, it is your duty to pass the Faith on to your children. St. Margaret's husband was not a Catholic and he did not take part in her Catholic life of having secret Masses and hiding priests. But, God blessed Margaret's family ...
07 May 2014
God our Father, source of life and freedom, through Your Holy Spirit you gave the Carmelite, Titus Brandsma the courage to affirm human dignity even in the midst of suffering and degrading persecution. Grant us that same ...
05 Dec 2013
I am and have been convinced that families pass on holiness. A habit of prayer, of courage, of making God and His Church priorites created an atmosphere of saintliness. Can we do this in our families? Can we cooperate with ...
20 Jun 2012
Feast of St. Alban. Posted by Supertradmum. In England, today is the feast of St. Alban, the first martyr of these isles. May he pray for us to be strong in persecution, loving and open to whatever God allows. St. Alban, pray for ...
10 Jul 2013
But, it will take something more than a generational change, it will take another persecution to make the Church grow and be strong here. God has His ways to bring people to themselves and to salvation. We must pay .
11 Aug 2013
... of real grace, when they see the obstacles keeping them from truth. In the hard times to come, disobedience, heresy and culpable ignorance will lead many, many people astray, into worse sins, such as complicity in the coming persecution of the Catholic Church. ... Despite my telling them otherwise some still persist in thinking that I can no longer pray to God, because saints and Mary and my priest are in the way. The others - the ones who congratulated me on my ...
01 Mar 2014
I have been researching the number of women who left England in order to become nuns on the continent, owing to the persecution of the Catholic Church in Great Britain. Between 1600 and 1800, at least 4,000 women left ...
27 Aug 2013
Too many Catholics cannot think objectively. Now, I have written on this before, but want to make the point clearer in the context of persecution. First, objectivity is a sign of holiness. In the time of purification, one learns to step ...
01 Mar 2014
Labels: community, Jesuits, nuns in persecution, saints and martyrs ..... If it is God's Will · Any Readers With Extra Cash? Russia moving · Are you still asleep, Catholics? Slap in the face for those who went through painfu.
14 Mar 2012
More Persecution of Christians to Come in Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales. Posted by Supertradmum. I know I have several ... This is out and out persecution of Christians. Thankfully, some Anglicans, including the ...... God our Father, source of life and freedom, through Your Holy Spirit you gave the Carmelite, Titus Brandsma the courage to affirm human dignity even in the midst of suffering and degrading persecution. Grant us that same spirit so that, ...
05 Mar 2014
God our Father, source of life and freedom, through Your Holy Spirit you gave the Carmelite, Titus Brandsma the courage to affirm human dignity even in the midst of suffering and degrading persecution. Grant us that same ...
13 Aug 2013
Persecution Watch. Posted by Supertradmum · http://www.aina.org/news/2013089111228.htm. There are so many articles on Christians being killed in many countries over the weekend, and yesterday, that I can hardly keep track. ...... God our Father, source of life and freedom, through Your Holy Spirit you gave the Carmelite, Titus Brandsma the courage to affirm human dignity even in the midst of suffering and degrading persecution. Grant us that same spirit so that, ...
01 Mar 2014
Will there be any place for nuns to go in the upcoming persecution? This is the ... Here is the first of a smattering of fascinating information from times of persecution. Thomas ..... If it is God's Will · Any Readers With Extra Cash?
19 Dec 2013
Front row seat on Persecution Watch. Posted by Supertradmum · http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/in-the-line-of-fire/42158-duck-dynasty-gay-activism-and-the-clash-of-two-cultures. Some of you can join the online ...
01 Mar 2014
Those of us whose ancestors came as immigrants to America and whose ancestors received persecution for the Catholic Faith understand the problem. But, to extrapolate, too many Catholics have sold out to the American ...
17 Dec 2013
Many of these people are Christians who are dying-Persecution Watch. Posted by Supertradmum. One resident ..... Praise God, some good news · If you are still confused on the Common Core.... Views of Malta · Clarification ...
05 Apr 2014
"I am just going to be quiet and let God take care of these problems which are too big for me." False "All the Christians will come together in the end and stand up against persecution." False And so on... The proper attitude of a ...
07 Oct 2014
A list of the acts of Parliament leading up to the Age of Martyrs in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland can show us how "legal" rulings incrementally persecuted the Church. ... January 10, 1581, "recalling Her Majesty's subjects which under pretense of studies do live beyond the seas both contrary to the laws of God and of the realm, and against such as do receive or retain Jesuits and massing priests, sowers of sedition and of other treasonable attempts."
03 Dec 2013
God the Father allowed His Own Son to incur the just punishment or of our sins and those of all humans from Adam and Eve to the last person to live on earth. This great suffering, which only a God-Man could endure ...... God our Father, source of life and freedom, through Your Holy Spirit you gave the Carmelite, Titus Brandsma the courage to affirm human dignity even in the midst of suffering and degrading persecution. Grant us that same spirit so that, in refusing all ...
04 Nov 2013
We only have to look both at Old Testament history and even recent history to see how God allows evil to chastise those who have become mediocre. .... Labels: Dark Night, lost generation, persecution, saints and martyrs ...
06 Feb 2013
The perfection series which I started a year ago was an effort to share what I know about the stages and to help you to see how we must be in the illuminative stage at least to face persecution without crumpling. Of course, God ...
24 Jul 2013
I shall pray for him, and all those stealthily persecuted for doing their solemn duty to God and their flock. .... It is not a non sequitur to say that silence has allowed great evil to flourish in the Church in America. Did you read ...
03 Feb 2014
But, for those of us on this side of the persecution, that is, those of us who are watching the ratcheting up of forces being put into place to either make Catholics scapegoats, or merely to constrict them severely, the coming days of fines, imprisonment and even death are yet to come. We have time to prepare in four areas: 1) Find that truth in ourselves, that cell with God to know what it is he wants you to do and where to go. If you are married with children, this means ...
22 Feb 2013
The last stage of persecution witnesses laws directly aimed at the target group, making their activities unlawful and forcing them into poverty and fines if they do not cooperate. ... There are bills being written not to allow discussion against homosexuality on blogs and on the Net as well as in papers and other media. If you are ... I completely understand how I came to the conclusion as an adolescent that life is a sick joke and, if there is a God, he is a cruel sadistic tyrant.
02 Feb 2014
Well, God answers prayers quickly, I must say. I am going to highlight in the next few days what it means to be a remnant in a totally pagan and hostile world. ... This was the day which witnessed the largest and worst persecution of Catholics in Rome, called after Diocletian asked the Oracle of Apollo approval for such an empire-wide ruling against the Church. The Diocletianic Persecution was not the first in Rome. In fact, it was the last. From 303 until 313, in some part ...
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