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Stormy
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 Posted - Dec 12 2007 : 10:02:12 AM
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ZE07121109 - 2007-12-11
Permalink: http://www.zenit.org/article-21256?l=english
Mary Inspires Believers to Fight Evil, Says Cardinal
Papal Envoy Opens Jubilee Year in Lourdes
By Marta Lago
LOURDES, France, DEC. 11, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The papal envoy sent to open the jubilee year of the Marian apparitions in Lourdes said that Mary inspires an attitude of "permanent battle" for good against the forces of evil.
Cardinal Ivan Dias, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Evangelization of People, opened the jubilee celebrations in France on Saturday, feast of the Immaculate Conception, the title with which Mary introduced herself when she appeared to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858.
The cardinal said that the struggle between the forces of good and evil "began at the beginning of human history, and will continue until the end."
Cardinal Dias said that today "this battle is even bloodier than in Bernadette's time."
"The world finds itself terribly deceived in the spiral of relativism that desires to create a society without God, a relativism that erodes the permanent and unchangeable values of the Gospel; and of religious indifference that remains unconcerned before the higher good of things relating to God and the Church," he added.
But, he said "a mother has bent down from heaven, concerned for her sons who live in sin, far from Christ." The cardinal said Mary enters into world history, which marks "the hostilities between her and the devil, as described in Genesis and Revelation."
"The Virgin is weaving a network of her spiritual sons and daughters in order to launch a strong offensive against the deadly forces and to prepare for the final victory of her divine son Jesus Christ," stressed Cardinal Dias.
The weapons are "conversion of heart, a great devotion to the holy Eucharist, daily recitation of the rosary, constant prayer without hypocrisy, and accepting sufferings for the salvation of the world," he affirmed. "The final victory will be God's."
L'Osservatore Romano noted that for a moment during the celebrations, "around 4:15 p.m. [...] thanks to an international radio connection, everyone prayed to Mary together with the Pope."
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Going to Communion every day for so many years! Anybody else would be a saint by now, you told me, and I ... I'm always the same! Son, I replied, keep up your daily Communion, and think: what would I be if I had not gone?
-- St. Josemaria Escriva: The Way
Come Holy Spirit ...Come by the means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved Spouse.
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BARBAQUED
Mary's Servant
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Posted - Dec 13 2007 : 4:41:02 PM
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RayL
Mary's Servant
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Posted - Jan 14 2008 : 07:04:33 AM
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This is all so true. Revelation 12 is the part of the bible that talks about the war between Mary and satan, first prophecied in Genesis 3:15.
What I have finally discovered after all of these years is that it's not just between Mary and the devil, but between those people on earth who are devoted to Mary and the devil. In other words, we are part of the God's battle plan with satan, with Mary at the top. The devil can't touch her, because of her Immaculate Conception and sinless life. And every time we say a Rosary in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus, it lessens the power of satan.
Mary's name means star of the sea. Just like the 3 wisemen followed the star to find Jesus, we too can follow the star of the sea to find Jesus !!!!
No Mary, no Jesus. Know Mary, know Jesus.
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Antonio A
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Posted - Jan 15 2008 : 11:24:44 PM
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Stormy,
"The papal envoy sent to open the jubilee year of the Marian apparitions in Lourdes said that Mary inspires an attitude of "permanent battle" for good against the forces of evil."
Although the battle is real, it is hard to keep it in people's minds because it is an "invisible" enemy and we are not always aware of what is really going on, as one would in a conventional war where one sees tanks, and planes, and the enemy clearly.
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