May 13, 1917, Mary’s Promise ~ Return to Fatima - Crusaders of the Immaculate Heart2024-03-29T00:15:00Zhttps://op54rosary.ning.com/forum/topics/may-13-1917-mary-s-promise-return-to-fatima?commentId=5691517%3AComment%3A528748&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThere is so much good in this…tag:op54rosary.ning.com,2019-05-16:5691517:Comment:5287482019-05-16T00:07:48.943ZDavid Kaftalhttps://op54rosary.ning.com/profile/DavidKaftal
<p>There is so much good in this article that I feel like a spoilsport or fault-finder by pointing out a few things about it that I find very disturbing. (Poison is an otherwise delicious cake? Perhaps. I can't say for certain, but maybe.)</p>
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<p>1.) "<span>Lúcia, Francisco and Jacinta were declared saints by the Immaculate Mother of God from the very start of the Fatima message. They have no need of a “Holy Father” of this sort who offers no more relevance for them than Caiphas and…</span></p>
<p>There is so much good in this article that I feel like a spoilsport or fault-finder by pointing out a few things about it that I find very disturbing. (Poison is an otherwise delicious cake? Perhaps. I can't say for certain, but maybe.)</p>
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<p>1.) "<span>Lúcia, Francisco and Jacinta were declared saints by the Immaculate Mother of God from the very start of the Fatima message. They have no need of a “Holy Father” of this sort who offers no more relevance for them than Caiphas and Herod had for our dear Savior." (Referencing "...the tragic betrayal of the Church by Popes and Bishops...".) The writer doesn't spell it out, but may well be referring to every pope since 1917, which would include Benedict XV, Pius XI and Pius XII; especially Pius XII who many hoped would release the third secret before he died in 1958... to say that the children of Fatima have no need of a pope like Pius XII would be outrageous. But the writer doesn't come right out and say it, so maybe the writer meant the Conciliar popes.</span></p>
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<p><span>2.) However, I see no room for questioning what the writer really means regarding the over-the-top statements at the end equating those who advocate for the ex cathedra declaration of the doctrine of Mary as co-Mediatrix and Mediatrix of all graces (the "Fifth Marian Dogma") to be agents of the devil: <em><strong>we simply assert that those who deceive the faithful by rushing around making a luxurious living off of proclaiming the need for a “Fifth Marian Dogma” are betraying Our Lady ... The people who hawk these unasked for devotions serve her ancient enemy and betray her yet again.</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span>This is a horrid thing for this person to assert, and I believe that no amount of charitable spin can make it otherwise.</span></p>