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Prayer for Isabel’s intercession

Almighty Father, in Your infinite goodness You made Queen Isabel the Catholic, a model for young ladies, wives, mothers, women leaders and government rulers.  As the first sovereign of the American continent You granted to her heart a sense of piety, justice, compassion and the vision of a new land full of promise.  Grant us the grace to see Your infinite majesty glorified in her prompt canonisation, and through her intercession... [the success of the Ang Kapatiran Party in the coming May elections] that we ask of You in this present need through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.

Servant of God, Queen Isabel, pray for us.

Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...

Why Isabel the Catholic?

Queen Isabel the Catholic changed the face of the world.  She was instrumental in the defence of Christianity in Europe; she sponsored the discovery of America; began the largest evangelisation campaign since the Apostles; won the longest war in history; promoted women and prohibited slavery; was a devoted wife and mother of five; and she codified universal human rights.

Isabel loved Christ.  She made herself God’s humble instrument and God worked mightily through her.  We believe that Isabel, as a great laywoman, is a vital model for today, not only for girls, wives, mothers, women leaders and government rulers, but for all men and women seeking to love God and love their neighbour in every aspect of their daily lives.

The Vatican recognises Queen Isabel as a Servant of God.  Every day we pray that God’s infinite majesty may be glorified in her prompt canonization.  We pray also through Isabel’s intercession for justice, compassion, peace and for all those goods which God in His everlasting love yearns to pour out upon humanity, His children.

There is today a global crisis in public life, a murderous struggle over the proper relation between Church and State, between faith and politics.  Although she had enemies, Queen Isabel was adored by her people and admired around the world.  She proves that a sovereign can live the Catholic faith to the full, and that it is precisely this combination—capable and courageous leaders who believe in a God of love—which draws the greatest blessings on mankind, bringing peace, order and lasting prosperity. 

Information and prayer from http://www.queenisabel.com/index.html . 

The Close of the Age of Mary

 

 If the speculations are true that the next Pope will be the Angelic Pastor found in Catholic prophecy, the Marian Pope who will restore the Church, then this author speculates that we may see the following things come to pass:

• The canonization of the Ven. Maria de Agreda. 

The objection to her cause for beatification was never her reputation for sanctity. As Fr. Peter Fehlner, F.I. says, "A few years ago, Pope John Paul II, on behalf of the Spanish hierarchy, asked the Holy Office for the Nihil Obstat required in order to reopen for the umpteenth time the cause of the beatification of the Venerable Mary. ...Anyway, the Holy Office said 'No objections to the mystical phenomena however, even though she is a holy woman, an orthodox woman, her Mariology is incompatible with Vatican II.'" In the video linked to, Fr. Fehlner, using Fr. Llamas' book, goes on to explain that the two are compatible, that, in fact, her Mariology anticipates the Mariology of Vatican II in Lumen Gentium.

For me this is but symptomatic of where the Church is regarding a fuller and more complete understanding of Our Lady's role as Spiritual Mother. Therefore, I believe, until we have a genuine appreciation for The Mystical City of God, the lack of which being the only obstacle for her being raised to the altar, then we will not see the Age of Mary come full circle.

• The declaration of St. Louis de Montfort as Doctor of the Church.

I read the following in a small booklet given at a Marian parish event:

 According to Cardinal Mercier, "a worldwide promotion of Grinion's 'true devotion' among Catholics is identical with the success of the proposal for a dogmatic definion" (Hauke p. 91)

If Cardinal Mercier is right, that the widespread undertaking of St. Louis' true devotion is a crucial factor, then we may very well see Saint Louis declared a Doctor of the Church when many follow his teachings. For then it could be said that "the whole Church is held to have derived great advantage" from his writings. 

• The Solemn Definition of Mary as Mediatrix of all grace, Co-redemptrix, and Advocate.

Duh!

Papal Speculation

One of the blogs I frequent, Abbey Roads, recently had a post on locutions about a coming Marian Pope. If I may be so bold, I wager that if these locutions are authentic, then the Marian-Pope-to-be is none other than Francesco Moraglia.

 

Francesco Moraglia, Patriarch of Venice

I first came upon his name in Sandro Magister's article "Who Will Take Up the Keys of Peter". Take note: Magister is a highly respected Vaticanista (Vatican analyst), "well-regarded for both his acuity and his prolificacy." About him, Magister writes,

Not to mention the current patriarch of Venice, Francesco Moraglia, 60, a rising star of the Italian episcopate, a pastor of strong spiritual life and very much beloved by the faithful. His limitation is that he is not a cardinal. Nothing prohibits the election of someone who is not part of the sacred college, but even the highly credentialed Giovanni Battista Montini, although projected as pope in1958 after the death of Pius XII, had to wait until he received the scarlet before he was elected in 1963 with the name of Paul VI. 

 Unlike Magister, I would not easily dismiss Moraglia on the fact that he is not a cardinal. After all, if Pope Benedict XVI's resignation is the first in about 600 years, then the first election of a non-cardinal since Urban VI (over 600 years ago) can also happen.

In fact, from the perspective of the alleged locution, this works in his favor because it speaks of him being hidden:

I will not let him stay in the shadows (even though at present he is covered with the greatest of shadows and is hidden in my heart).

He will not come forward at first, even though he knows that he is chosen by God. He will wait until the discussion is concluded and the Cardinals are settled.

Other Characteristcs

He is distinctly Marian. In the Wikipedia entry, we read: "In 2008 he inaugurated the practice of diocesan Marian pilgrimage on the first Saturday of the month." Emphasis on the First Saturday of the month because the locution mentions a strong like between the Papacy predicted and Fatima:

He will have a Marian papacy, rooted totally in my promises, especially in the words that I spoke at Fatima.

He will be the pope of Fatima and bring to fruition all of the gifts of Fatima, just in time to prepare the Church and the world for the Satanic onslaught.

 Discussion on the locution aside, I find this to be such a breath of fresh air. Many give credence to the message of Fatima but not much weight, unlike Popes John Paul and Benedict.

The most telling, however, is his coat-of-arms.

 

See? Cum Maria Matre Iesu. With Mary Mother of Jesus.

Beautiful. Now I want him to be Pope.

PS. This is not an endorsment of locutions.org. The author of this blog faithfully submits to the Church, on whom rests the final decision on the authenticity on any revelation.

Meme

Don Bosco and the Dogma

Readers of reported revelations are familiar with Don Bosco's vision of the Two Columns. It is my firm belief that the chaining of the Barc of St. Peter to the column of the Blessed Virgin Mary pertains to none other than the solemn definition of the 5th Marian Dogma. There are several reasons for this. For one, on this column read the inscription "Help of Christians." This beloved title of Don Bosco refers to Mary as Spiritual Mother, which is exactly what the 5th Dogma seeks to proclaim. Whereas the first four dogmas refer to Mary's relationship to God and/or her earthly prerogatives, the 5th Dogma refers to Mary's spiritual maternity, or her relationship with us. Mary is the Help of Christians because she is the Mediatress of all graces as well as our Advocate, who pleads our case before her Son. She mediates all the graces of Jesus Christ because she participated, though in a subordinate way with Him, in the acquiring of these graces on Calvary. She is Mediatrix because she is the Co-redemptrix. 

What Bl. Pope John Paul II did in his Papacy was to steer the Barc in the direction of the Two Columns. He did this, for example, when he issued the Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae in 2002, announcing a "Year of the Rosary", followed by a "Year of the Eucharist", announced in 2004. Pope Benedict XVI continued to steer the Church in this direction with Summorum Pontificum and the New Translation of the Holy Mass.

Yet the actual anchoring of the Church to these columns has yet to be fulfilled. It is one thing to steer the Barc in the direction of the columns (as the last two Popes have done) and another to anchor and chain them. Afterall, there is still chaos in the Church and the prospect of peace returning seems dim.

To chain something is to make it secure, and this is precisely what a dogma does. In the words of Fr. Peter Fehlner, of the Franciscans of the Immaculate,

"What is a dogma? A dogma is simply a teaching of the Church; in the narrower sense, it is a definitive, precise, unambiguous proclamation of the teaching of Christ by the Church.... It is so important in the life of the Church because without a clear understanding of the teaching of Christ, we are in the dark about God and his counsels of salvation. It is as simple as that. We have no other assurance except the teaching of Christ. And [if] we cannot be sure if we are arguing over what he said, what he meant, then the Church is paralyzed."