Time To Redirect The Fatima Prayer Petitions?
Traditional Catholics of a certain age—you know, enemies of the State in America—will remember the days when we said prayers after Mass for the conversion of Russia. That went back to 1917 and Our Lady of Fatima—Fatima being a small town in Portugal. Without going into all that—non-Catholic readers will bear with me—one has to wonder whether it’s time to redirect. After all, is it not possible that the prayers for the conversion of Russia have been answered, as far as that’s possible on this earth? Consider:
Russia to protect its children against spiritual degradation, Putin pledges
TASS Russia ^ | 2/21/2023 | TASSAccording to the Russian president, millions of people in the West realize they are being led to a "real spiritual disaster"
MOSCOW, February 21./TASS/. Russia will protect its children against spiritual degradation and decay, President Vladimir Putin said in his State of the Nation Address to the Federal Assembly on Tuesday.
"We have to protect our children. And we will do this, we will protect our children from degradation and degeneration," Putin stressed.
According to the president, millions of people in the West realize they are being led to a "real spiritual disaster." "The elites, frankly speaking, are going crazy, and it seems that there is no cure in sight. But that's their problem," the Russian leader stressed.
He also drew attention to the Anglican Church's proposal to consider the idea of a "gender-neutral" God. "What is there to say? Father forgive them, for they know not what they are doing," he added.
So what’s up with our Conciliar clergy? Shouldn’t we be praying now for the conversion of America? Or wherever we live in the collective West?
When you see that the head of another country is defending God's morality and you are fighting that leader, that isn't good for your country's future, is it? Is Putin a modern-day Cyrus? Could be, I think. The Lord does work in mysterious ways. God IS our ultimate and only hope.
Any Christian who has observed and/or been subject to our recent history should already have been praying long and hard for the U.S. God does listen and he will work in His particular ways to bring about the best result for all who believe in Him.
It dawned on me several years ago that I needed to pray daily for the conversion of the Church’s hierarchy. I was just telling my wife that maybe 1 in 10 bishops is worthy of the office, 5 are full-on heretics, and the rest are gutless mediocrities. Kyrie eleison!