I spoke of my anger surrounding the recent Catholic sexual abuse scandals in my previous post, but anger without rational, compassionate, prayerful action causes nothing but further destruction. Anger does not help victims. Anger does not bring justice to the guilty. Anger does not prevent the next attack.
I am Catholic, and I am angry. I am beyond angry. I am shamed, horrified, humiliated, disappointed, pissed off (an expression I’ve rarely used since I was about 15), and a slew of other emotions I can’t put into words. My stomach churns as details of the latest Catholic Church sex scandal surface. I think …
Sex, Lies, Predators, & “Fixing” the Catholic Church Part I – Anger Read More »
I know many will scoff at the vision of Purgatory I experienced after Marian Consecration. They will dismiss my experience in Purgatory as a dream. They will say I am crazy or lying or whatever. I understand. I’d have doubted me too once. In fact, I still question why I was chosen to have this horrific, amazing, life changing vision. I might have …
Marian Consecration Anniversary – Reflections on Purgatory & Lasting Life Changes Read More »
I vomited. A green, gray, brown, yellow, fleshy, uncolored substance spewed forth from my mouth. The smell was vile. The smell of me was vile. Worse than anything I’ve ever smelled. Pungent. Intense. Gross. Indescribable. Words to describe my smell but also how I looked. I shook uncontrollably. Tremors overtook my body. They were no …
Marian Consecration Anniversary – A Vision of Purgatory Read More »
The morning of Marian Consecration filled with an an odd combination of Peace, Joy, excitement and I can’t explain what. It was a combination of absolute ecstatic energy and utterly calm peacefulness. Consecration was more right than anything I had ever done. I was sure of it in a way that’s impossible to explain. On a …
Marian Consecration Anniversary – Giving My All to Jesus Through Mary Read More »
Marian Consecration was no easy task. In fact, I am wondering if I was undergoing a spiritual attack of some sort. Nothing seemed to be going right. The weather interfered. Confirmation classes I was teaching interfered. My own stubbornness, lack of understanding, and inability to love better interfered. When it all came together and I got it, …
Marian Consecration Anniversary – Mary’s Role in God’s Love Story for Us Read More »
One year ago I made my Consecration to Jesus through Mary on February 11th, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. I’m still processing the awesome reality of lasting change that can only have come through giving myself in Marian Consecration. I’m still in wonder over God’s Grace permitting a poor wretch like me to Consecrate myself to Jesus’ Immaculate …
Marian Consecration Anniversary – God Is Love. I Am Not. Read More »
On the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima’s promised Miracle of the Sun, modern man asks if there is truth to such crazy Catholic prophecies or if they are nothing more than Friday the 13th superstitions? Skeptics wonder why we bother with such ideas. Christians find Marian appearances and devotion to her Immaculate Heart heretical. Saddest of all, social …