I was praying there and it suddenly came to me what truly good and holy Catholics are here on The Mother of God's home, her Loreto I am so grateful for you Faith and trust, you are,all of you wonderful. Many fled and ran away, for whatever reason, you stayed the course Bless you for this We are about to go to another place in the Church and the World. Hold onto your hats!! Stick with it!! .
Everything is about to change very dramatically. A lot of what was hidden is about to be revealed Not all, but most Hang on to your hats!!
It is now winter here, Padraig, I've got to hang onto my hat to keep my head warm! Sometimes my wonderful wife winces at my humor.
I thank God and the Blessed Mother for you Padraig and for this forum. It has been a constant blessing in these terrible times. A place of faith hope and love. A place of prayer support and encouragement. God bless you a hundred fold for doing this. It is a true apostolate.
Either, or, we know that God can and will bring all things to good. But I was wondering also what exactly padraig means by this. I think I get it, as we know many signs are happening that fortell what times we are in and the pace is certainly quickening.. Pray, pray, pray!
I think I expressed this back in August or September. In light of all that is going on, spiritually I am at great peace. Probably the best peace I have ever felt. It is amazing the graces God can give. Constantly in prayer my thoughts and prayers recently are only to accept His will in whatever he sends to me and in return all I ask is for His help to deal with what He has sent in a manner pleasing to Him. Who am I to to be fearful or angry over what His loving hands have delivered to me at any moment. Really thinking deep on this a lot and in doing so brings me great peace in my heart to deal with what is to come. I find these thoughts so interesting in timing to with the release of the modern take on the Book of Job about to hit streaming services and theatres. We really all should be revisiting the Book of Job with what is about to happen! We are in the calm still but the dark dark clouds seem so so close to us now. @padraig , I love this place you have built. It still saddens me greatly for that period when we lost so many. I miss them all and their love, voices and wisdom so much. I also understood back then why they left and agreed with them, but for whatever reason, I just knew deep down in my heart that I could not leave here. Something inside of me told me what you and several others felt and what you saw what was to come was right. I think we definitely see that clearly now in this papacy and in the state of the whole church. So, to all those so long ago now family members of this place who I like to think still check in from time to time. Please come home. We need your love and wisdom, your faith and trust, your voices more than ever for those who will wander onto this forum confused and lost as the storm hits us. So many are not prepared and so many will need the tender love, comfort, wisdom and faith you have to give! God bless this family and this forum. Thy will be done my Lord, my God, my Savior, my Love and my King!
Yes, I remember switching to Padraig's start-up forum back in September, 2007, if my memory serves me right. Maryrose, Padraig, Darrell, Rain, Lee... We fled from Ron C's forum and here we are, Padraig, 16 years later! If only for the power of intercessory prayer, it has been a blessing par excellence. God is good. I've been blessed and encouraged by you all. At that time, I was an accountant with a wonderful wife and 6 children. Darrell found great support after his young son, Johnny (I believe), had died in a roadside accident. Many sad, but uplifting stories because GOD IS FAITHFUL.
This forum is an oasis of peace that helps me immensely with continuing to put that peace into practice. I love the sharing, the family feeling and the way we all count on each other for extra prayer when needed. I am constantly amazed that the forums and people I follow online seem to all be connected.. This certainly is not random. I believe all of us here were MEANT to find each other. God is so good! You are all special to me and I wish to thank Padraig for founding this heavenly niche! May God continually keep you (and this forum) in the palm of His hand
I think someone in Spain formed a Site called the Mother of God Forums and which is quite similar to this one. It us very, very popular. I suspect, but am not sure that it is based on this one
16 years...wow. My daughter isn't exaggerating when she recalls me talking about this forum back when she was a little tot. Lol. Time sure flies.
I really can’t add a thing to these sentiments. Our Lady, this forum and the people here are dear to my heart.
These times are a very great adventure, almost like a fairy tale. It is a very great privilege to be living now. Future generations who live in more more peaceful days will very much envy us . The days when the overwhelming might of Satan comes against the Faithful Remnant. Led by Mary, Queen of Prophets .
An awful lot of what is occurring at the moment reminds me of Lord of the Rings, written by Tolkein who was a very devout daily mass goer Catholic. One if the main themes was that the good who fought evil were constantly betrayed from within. This is prophetic in that we , as a Church are betrayed from within by evil Judases at the very highest levels
You know I think good people are very. innocent as regards evil. Before my conversion I was a very evil person myself. So I know it when I see it and nothing about it surprises me about it in the least.There was no sewer so deep I would not have gladly climbed into to defeat my enemy no wickedness I would not have done. Anything to win. But I am constantly amazed at how innocent people are in general in understanding what we face But I know it. Been there, done that, it is as familiar tome as my own face .
