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The Holy Black Madonna Icon in Poland who survived an attempt of destruction bearing scars and was painted by Saint Luke the Evangelist; doctor and author of The Gospel of Luke and The Book of Acts.

One of my greatest encounters in the "Miracle of CommunionFire"

It was 2014 during a CommunionFire encounter with Jesus while having Communion with my wife Camille in our home. Dining with the Lord upon the bread He calls His flesh, therefore so do I, I saw Jesus in a n octagonal library room that for some reason made me think is this what the rooms in the Library of Congress look like? It was austere and made of 8 walls and a doorway, probably a study room for privacy from the public. Perhaps 10-12 feet high and at 10oclock from where I saw the Lord, the door was open inviting sunlight from another entry/exit door to the outdoors. The light cascaded down the steps probably because the sun was just where it needed to be.

As I took drink of the wine that had become His precious blood, again through the miracle He invites us all to participate in, I felt the fire of His passion transfusing into my bloodstream to quicken me to become the righteousness of God in Christ. He had become sin for me that I might become a partaker of His divine nature.

As I waited for a moment I saw coming from the staircase a scroll surfing on the rays of light from the sunbeam. As it entered the room above our heads it unfurled and out fell the person of a young woman. She stood next to her Son Jesus and Jesus introduced me to His Mother, the Holy Virgin Mary!

About 5 Months later the same vision repeated itself as Camille and I share the Table of the Lord together. It was early morning and this time from the scroll came Saint Peter, Saint Ephraim of Syria, Holy Mother Mary and Saint Joseph. As they stood with Jesus across from me, Mary spoke to me directly for the very first time. She looked at me and with a gentle smile in a soft and caring voice said, "Bob, be bold." That was it and I felt almost translated into a new dimension of faith. About 8 months later I began to go on an evening prayer walk to pray the Rosary. That was almost 3 years ago now on June 20th 2015 and I still take my evening prayer walks praying the Rosary every night. I have to say of a truth, I now know my Savior more personally and intimately because I have met His Mother who now has become my Mother in Christ and my Queen of heaven who is preparing the Bride for her Son.

When Heaven Comes Down, Epiphanies Happen!

10/6/2016

Intercessory Prayer is the trigger that releases the effects of Joel 2 (28-32); Acts 2 (17-21; 22-28)

Almost every night for 17 months, I prayed for my dear sweet Mother, Betty Jean. There is quite a backstory that perhaps I will share one day, but for now: A miracle this week.

I started doing daily, evening prayer walks June 6, 2015 and as I got stronger after my open heart surgery in March 2016, I took to the road on my red, .church flea market purchased, $20 Huffy, 'Good Vibrations' bicycle.

The odd thing about these prayer walks and bike rides was that I started praying the Roman Catholic Rosary! After 44 years of daily prayer and study of prayer; intercession with international, national and local focuses everything changed. I grew up, even before I was born again saying The Lord's Prayer once a day. I was a committed stuudent of prayer and evangelism,

But, I had honestly never seen so much direct answer to prayer until I started praying the Rosary a year and a half ago. Uniting with Holy Mother Mary in prayer has a tremndous impact on the effectiveness of personal prayer to Jesus. Some misconceive, as did I, that the RC Rosary is worship of Mary. It is not prayer to Mary or in any form worship of Mary, but prayer with Mary and the Holy Spirit as our advocates or prayer partners in praying to Jesus -our intercessor. Mary too is by virtue or her position as Queen of Heaven and our Heavenly Mother the best co-intercessor to Jesus because she is Jesus physical and Heavenly Mother. (More on that at another time). But Jesus' Mother has a role to point us to Jesus, to do as He says but keep in mind she was with Him step by step for 33 years and for nine months was the Ark of the New Covenant. Mary gav.e Jesus her flesh in the womb. In effect, she was the way God chose to become flesh. She knew Him ten times longer, plus nine months within her, than any other person on earth! In Jewish culture the Queen was alwys the mother, not the wife. When the time came Mary becae the Mother of the Church and the Queen of Heaven after Jesus filled the throne of David.

Most of those who are reading this may understand the 5 decades and 5 mysteries of each of 4 mysteries of The Rosary, of but for those who don't know - The Rosary is a prayer that joins us to the Holy Mother of God, We hold hands with the "Theotokos" Mother of God, ever Virgin Mary and with the Saints in heaven as well as to those billion earthbound Roman Catholics around the world who, at one place of other, at any time day or night are praying the same prayer called The Rosary. this has been going on in the church for over a thousand years.

The Rosary is about our meditation and reflection on the 4 Mysteries of Jesus: as Suffering Savior, Joyful Word made Flesh, Glorious Redeemer and Luminous Lord and King. Other aspects of prayer includes 7 repetitions of the Lord's Prayer within each full Rosary each day, The Glory be to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and prayer of dependence upon Jesus, "O My Jesus, forgive us our sins"

Each Rosary begins with The Sign of The Cross, "In the name of The Father, The Son and Holy Spirit" (puting on the whole armour of God) and then the declaration to all power in heaven and earth of The Apostle's Creed. "I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of He,aven and Earth, etc....

Each of the four Mysteries has five parts about Jesus and Mary. Between each meditation or reflection are 10 Hail Mary Prayers for a total of 5 decades (ten) for each Mystery.

My way of doing this was to pause and pray between each of ten "Hail Mary" prayers with a prayer or (intention) for 1 of 50 different people, family members, friends, people groups and various targets as directed by the Holy Spirit. Now the way I prayed was, again as the Holy Spirit led.

For example: 1st of fifty Hail Marys each night might include:

Hail Mary full of grace
The Lord is with you
Blessed are you among women and
Blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary Mother of God
Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death

(Then as The Holy Spirit led, I would insert specific intentions; for exammple: "Lord I pray for all who travel tonight, that you protect and grant them safe passage wherever they are going" or for example "Mary please pray for (insert specific name of someone)'.

Then I would pray the next Hail Mary and so on.

My Mom Betty Jean, My Sister Sarah and My Wife Camille

Now when I got to praying for my Mother, Betty Jean - (now almost 90 years young) I would pray the following every night:

"Mother Mary please ask Jesus for me, to send divine intervention to my Mom (on earth); to restore her faith and if necessary, even to awaken her in the middle of the night or visit her in her dreams and let her know how much you love her."

It was like this every night for almost 17 months! During that time I also had open heart surgery and even then I managed to pray when I was cognizant.

.This past monday evening my mom called. She announced from her "nursing home hacienda" - in Georgia, "Bobby I have good news! She told mme about some healing going on fo one of my amily members!" That particular situation was an answer to prayer and part of my evening Rosary prayer walks. But its what she told e next that was a blockuster moment for me..

I said, "Mom that is answered prayer and I will keep praying for them."

Then she said, "I also have some other news and I just had to call you! Last night I heard from heaven. Jesus wants me to write a book for children about how much He loves them and how they don't have to be afraid of Him. He wants the story to be about His friends to see He was a real boy who had to grow up just like all His friends. I think I want it to start with Matthew and then Mark and Luke and john! Do you think you could help me?"

"Wow Mom! Thats wonderful, of course I'll do anything I can to help... "

Mary, Jesus and all of heaven must have been involved. Mom was so excited and she said her faith, that had become cold and distant for much of her life, had been restored in one dream and she said it with a sense of mission as well. As my Pastor in California, Rick Warren said, "She had found purpose that allowed Jesus to take the drivers seat in her heart." Just like that, prayer had been answered, Mom was restored in faith and the Lord gave her new purpose.

St. Padre Pio said that the Rosary is the power of the Church in the last days. I think he may be on to something.

Please note, I am not Roman Catholic per se, I grew up Methodist, born-again through the witness of Campus Crusade for Christ, was baptized in the Chesapeake bay by Dr. John Pepper of Furnace Branch Baptist church, then became a street Christian, evangelical and charismatic. for 40 years. I did all the stuff that various chuurches, groups, movements, authors and teachers told me. But almost 5 years ago, Camille, my wife and I started having Communion at home together every morning.

It was in CommunionFire one morning that I saw Mary with her Son for the first time. Then months later she spoke to me for the first time, just three words, "Bob, Be Bold." thus the name of this blogsite! So, with heaven's help, their prayers and yours, I am going to document the writing of this book with my earthly Mother and the assistance of my Heavenly Mother as part of my Bob Be Bold postings. I hope you can follow along with us and watch as Heavn reveals another part of its tresuries!

Scripture Notes on The Rosary see:

#Bob Be Bold - Part 1 - Theotokos
http://www.bobbebold.com/bob-be-bold/theotokos-the-mother-of-god-orthodoxy
#BobBeBold- Part 2 - Full of Grace
http://www.bobbebold.com/bob-be-bold/full-of-grace
#Bob Be Bold - Part 3 - The Rosary
http://www.bobbebold.com/bob-be-bold/bbb-part-three-the-rosary
#BobBeBold - Part 4 - The Sign of the Cross
http://www.bobbebold.com/bob-be-bold/the-sign-of-the-cross-the-armor-of-god

Blessed: Part One - Elizabeth
http://www.bobbebold.com/bob-be-bold/blessed-part-one-prophetic-word-from-elizabeth
Blessed: Part Two - Mary's Prophecy
http://www.bobbebold.com/bob-be-bold/blessed-part-two-mother-marys-prophetic-song
Blessed: Part Three - Gabriel's Greeting
http://www.bobbebold.com/bob-be-bold/blessed-part-three-gabriels-message
Blessed: Part Four - Gabriel's Visitation to Zechariah
http://www.bobbebold.com/bob-be-bold/blessed-part-four-gabriel-zechariah
Blessed: Part Five - The Witness of Simeon and Anna
http://www.bobbebold.com/bob-be-bold/blessed-part-five-simeon-annas-witness

Thank you also to the prayers of St. Pio who I have great regard for along with St. Francis.

Here are a few comments from St. Pio with regard to His love for His and our heavenly Mother Mary.

With the feast day of St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) coming up this Tuesday, September 23, I found it fitting to provide you 10 quotes of his speaking about the Blessed Virgin Mary. Like many of the saints before him, Padre Pio had a great devotion to the Blessed Mother, particularly though the Holy Rosary. Padre Pio knew the importance Our Lady plays in the life of every Christian and knew the importance the Rosary plays in the hands of us Christians. For him, the Rosary is the weapon against Satan.

For us who face many trials these days in our world, St. Pio of Pietrelcina is one of the saints we must turn to for prayers and guidance. He faced his trials and sufferings head on through prayer, the Holy Eucharist, and the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Always remember these words from him – “Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry.”

It is my hope that you will share this blog post with your family and friends as well as use some of these quotes on your social media sites as a way to evangelize for Jesus Christ and His Blessed Mother through the divine inspired words of the great 20thcentury Franciscan saint, Padre Pio –

1. “Let us bind ourselves tightly to the Sorrowful Heart of our Heavenly Mother and reflect on its boundless grief and how precious is our soul.”

2. “May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every heavenly blessing.”

3. “Go and keep company with Jesus in His Passion, and with His Sorrowful Mother.”

4. “…It is enough for you to know that Mary is the Mother of Jesus…She loves us so much that she offered to God the Father His only natural Son to save His adopted sons…She is a great and inestimable treasure who encloses in herself an infinite treasure, the Son of God.”

5. “…If we do what we have always done, what our fathers did before us, we cannot go wrong. Satan wants to destroy this prayer, but in this he will never succeed. The Rosary is the prayer of those who triumph over everything and everyone. It was Our Lady who taught us this prayer, just as it was Jesus who taught us the Our Father.”

6. “Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother.”

7. [When asked if the Blessed Virgin is present during the Holy Mass], “Yes, she places herself at a side, but I can see her, what a joy. She isalways present. How can it be that the Mother of Jesus, present in Calvary at the foot of the Cross, who offered her Son as a victim for the salvation of our souls, not be present in the mystical Calvary of the altar?”

8. “Let us endeavor, like so many elect souls, to follow this blessed Mother, to walk always close to Her, not following any other path that leads to life, except the one trod by our Mother.”

9. “Always stay close to this Heavenly Mother, because she is the sea to be crossed to reach the shores of Eternal Splendor.”

10. “Love the Madonna and pray the Rosary, for her Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the world today. All graces given by God pass through the Blessed Mother.”

St. Pio of Pietrelcina…Pray for us.

Posted by Kresta in the Afternoon on September 23rd, 2014
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Midnight

7/16/2016

This morning during our Communion, Camille made an innocent comment, "Oh I'll bet Jesus comes in the middle of the night - while I am sleeping!" : ) A bit tongue in cheek but something I think all of us talk about or at least think about. Simultaneously for two mornings in a row Camille kept getting the story about the man who goes to his neighbors house at midnight to get bread for a friend who has traveled quite distance!

I started to do a little study because the Lord doesn't often repeat a message two mornings in a row. However the second morning (today) I woke up from a dream about seeing the Bride and "she had made herself ready!"

What if "The Man" Jesus spoke about was an angel or even Jesus Himself?

Chapter 11 of Luke begins with the Lord's Prayer
In the Lord's Prayer here's what we see:

Our Father who is in heaven
Hallowed be your name
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done
On Earth as in Heaven
Give us each day our daily bread,

The new manna of the new covenant meal - where the eyes of our spirit are opened and we "recognize you" and the new wine of your blood that opens our ears "to hear your voice"; that we might understand in our heart; become more converted/transformed - for you alone can make us whole (to become the people you always intended us to be"
Luke 24:30-31; Matthew 13:15;
John 12:40; Acts 28:27

Then the Story of the Bread at Midnight

LUKE 11:5 (1-13) And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 2 And he said unto them, When you pray, say,

Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

3 Give us today our daily (day to day) bread.

4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us no t into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

5 And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 For a friend of mine in his journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give you. 8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give to him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needs.

A.S.K. for the Holy Spirit

9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10 For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. 11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

The focus of the Prayer is the reality of eternity vs. the temporary things of this life.

Prayer is everything in heaven made real on earth to those in Communion with Jesus at His Table on a day-to-day basis.

Matthew 6 also describes this Prayer and what it conveys.

When you pray:

1) Don't be like the hypocrites who stand on the corners in public to be seen

2) But, go into your room and pray to your Father who is unseen.

3) Don't go on babbling like pagans who think they will be heard for their many words

4) Don't be like them. for your father knows what you need before you ask Him.

5) Then your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Pray this instead:
Our Father in heaven hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done
on earth (below)
as it is in heaven (above)
Give us
this/each (calendar) day
our

daily (day-to-day) bread.

The combination of daily and bread is a very curious term. Note that it is preceded by two modifiers:

1) the Lord knows what you need before your ask Him.

2) Give us this/each day our "daily bread".

This is the only place in all of scripture this term occurs. It was a wod created for this purpose because there was no other word to describe this phenomenon, It is possible Jesus spoke this concept in Chaldean.

Its importance is so significant it would do every believer a great service to study the details; that is to drill down into the very root words that are used in the greek to best capture what Jesus was intending here.

We will start the "drill-down" with "Daily" and then with "Bread" and then see how when put together they represent the most profound spiritual truth

O.T. Midnight (Hebrew) Chatsoth: division, middle (from) >Chatsah; divide in half

N.T. Midnight (Greek) Mesonuktion: at midnight (at the disappearance)
From: from mesos
and nux

Mesos = In The Midst (In the middle of, between)
+
Nux: genitive (from a root meaning 'to disappear')

Luke 24:30-*31
30 While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.

31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus -and He disappeared from their sight.

Disappeared:
Aphantos: invisible (alpha/phaino)

Alpha: (indeclinable) as a number (from Greek) 1 or 1,000; or as prefix (1) negative (non, un); (2) copulative (union, fellowship) (3) intensive (intimate).
+
Phainó: to bring to light, to cause to appear (as in sunrise) from base word:

Phos: properly, light (especially in terms of its results, what it manifests); in the New Testament, the manifestation of God's self-existent life; divine illumination to reveal and impart life, through Christ. From:

1) Phémi: to declare, say to show or make known (reveal) one's thoughts

2) Lego from lay down to sleep) - to say; speech, progress to conclusion, lay it to rest

3) Laleo (Speak), to utter a sound (la-la, etc.) , to emit a voice make oneself heard; hence to utter or form words with the mouth, to speak, having reference to the sound and pronunciation of the words and in general the form of what is uttered. while λεγο refers to the meaning and substance of what is spoken; hence λαλεῖν is employed not only of men, especially when chatting and prattling, but also of animals --> lego

a) Rheo: flow, overflow with, command, make, say, speak of - pouring forth

b) Ereo: utter, speak, say or tell

Rhema: 4487 rhḗma (from 4483
rhéō, "to speak";

From a modified form of ereó) – a spoken word, made "by the living voice" the Lord speaking His dynamic, living word in a believer to inbirth faith ("His inwrought persuasion")

Phos + Rhema

Daily
Epiousios: for the coming day, for subsistence

Epioúsios (from epí : "upon, fitting" and ousía: "being, substance") properly, aptly substantive, appropriate to what is "coming on" (happening) that is what is suitable (apt) for the coming day.

1967 (epioúsios) is cognate with 1966 epioúsa, "the next day," "the following (approaching) day," "the coming day,"

Epioúsios ("aptly substantive")
only occurs in the Lord's Prayer. It refers to God's provision that is needed for each day
(Mt 6:11; Lk 11:3)

literally, "bread that fits (meets) the unique demands of the coming day."

Origen testifies (de orat. 27) that the word was not in use in ordinary speech, and accordingly seems to have been coined by the Evangelists themselves.

Others explain the word by bread for sustenance, which serves to sustain life, and generally denotes either essence, real nature, or substance, property, resources. to be present, and to understand it bread which is ready at hand or suffices, so that Christ is conjectured to have said in Chaldean דְּחֻקָּנָא לַחְמָא (cf. חֻקִּילֶחֶם my allowance of bread,
Proverbs 30:8

In praying to God for sustenance does not go beyond the absolute necessity of the nearest future.

Nor is the prayer, so understood, at variance with the mind of Christ as expressed in Matthew 6:34, but on the contrary harmonizes with it finely; for his hearers are bidden to ask of God, in order that they may themselves be relieved of anxiety for the morrow.

epeiper: since indeed, seeing that
From epei and per; since indeed (of cause) -- seeing

Perhaps from the same as epiousa; tomorrow's; but more probably from epi and a derivative of the present participle feminine of eimi; for subsistence, i.e. Needful - daily.

Bread
Artos: bread, a loaf
ártos – properly, bread;

(figuratively)
divine provision; all the sustenance God supplies to yielded believers scene-by-scene to live in His preferred-will

From Airó: to raise, take up, lift I raise, lift up, take away, remove.

DAILY BREAD
What God provides that fits (meets) the unique demands of the coming day. Sustenance that does not go beyond the absolute necessity of the nearest future. Divine provision; all the sustenance God supplies to yielded believers scene-by-scene to live in His preferred-will

Exodus 11:4 (1-7)

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go from here: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out from here altogether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man request of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. 3 And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.

4 And Moses said, Thus says the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:

5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sits upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. 6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. 7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that you may know that the LORD does put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

Ruth 3:8, 7-9

7 When Boaz had eaten and drunk and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain; and she came secretly, and uncovered his feet and lay down.

8 It happened in the middle of the night that the man was startled and bent forward; and behold, a woman was lying at his feet.

9 He said, "Who are you?" And she answered, "I am Ruth your maid. So spread your covering over your maid, for you are a close relative.

Acts 16:25, 24-26

24 On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

25 About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

26 Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose

Approved Marian Apparitions Since 1531-1981

7/12/2016

Get to Know some of the moments Dear Mother Mary made appearances, when and perhaps why and discover the fire of Jesus burning in the hearts because of their encounters. There are many many more (billions?) but these will inspire your hearts. There are others throughout Church history in the Roman Catholic Journals as well as Eastern Orthodox, Coptic, and eastern Catholic histories. There are additional Apparitions or Visitations beyond 1981

Now with CommunionFire we boldly say that we Believe! - this is God's intention and will become the rule not the exception. "On Earth AS IT IS in Heaven!" How? "Give us this day our day to day bread" We encounter the Lord and His realm every day whenever we have Communion - there is CommunionFire! Always has been and ever more shall be!!!

"Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost - As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be... amen."

From http://www.miraclehunter.com/

Vatican Recognition (after Investigation and approval by Local Bishop)*

Guadalupe, Mexico (1531)
Siluva, Lithuania (1608)
Laus, France (1664)
Rue du Bac, France (1830)
Rome, Italy (1842)
La Salette, France (1846)
Lourdes, France (1858)
Filippsdorf, Czech Republic (1866)
Pontmain, France (1871)
Gietrzwald, Poland (1877)
Knock, Ireland (1879)
Fatima, Portugal (1917)
Beauraing, Belgium (1932)
Banneux, Belgium (1933)
Kibeho, Rwanda (1981)

* Please note: As established in the Council of Trent (1545-63), the local bishop is the first and main authority in the judgement of the authenticity of apparition claims. Vatican approval is not required for an apparition to be considered authentic. After an episcopal approval, the Vatican may do nothing but it may release an official statement or after some time give non-written forms of approval such as a papal visit with the crowning of the associated icon or a gift such as a golden rose, the approval of the construction of (or elevation of an existing shrine to) a basilica, the establishment of a feast day, or the canonization of the associated visionary.

Positive judgments by the local bishop (but not yet by the Vatican) theoretically are able to be reversed by a subsequent bishop - but this has never happened in the history of the Church. Negative judgments (Constat de non supernaturalitate) and rulings of no evidence of supernaturality (Non constat de supernaturalitate) have later been changed to positive judgments on a few rare occasions with the ruling of a subsequent bishop.

If a Marian apparition is recognized by the bishop, it means that the message is not contrary to faith and morals, that Mary can be venerated in a special way at the site and that the faithful can believe with confidence in the supernaturality of the event. But, because belief in a private revelation is not required by the church, Catholics are at liberty to decide how much personal spiritual emphasis (if any) to place on apparitions and the messages they deliver.

Click here for more on the discernment of apparition claims.
Vatican Recognized Apparitions

Title: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Feast Day: December 12th
Investigated: 1666, 1723
First Apparition: Dec 9, 1531
Approved: 1555 by Archbishop Alonso de Montúfar (1551-1572)
Last Apparition: Dec 12, 1531
Visionaries: St. Juan Diego (57), Juan Bernardino
Number of Apparitions: 5
Miracles & Signs: Tilma of Juan Diego with imprint of image of Virgin; conversion of millions of indians
Summary: Mary proclaimed herself "the Mother of the true God who gives life" and left her image permanently upon the tilma of Juan Diego, a recent convert to Christianity.

Lezajsk, Poland (1578)
Investigated: Henryk Firlej, Bishop of Przemysl (1631-1635)
First Apparition: 1578
Approved: Maciej Pstrokonski, bishop of Bishop of Przemysl (1601-1608) built a larger church on the site of the apparition in 1606; Henryk Firlej, Bishop of Przemysl (1631-1635) confirms the supernatural origin of the miracle; On September 8, 1752, Pope Benedict XIV himself crowned the image with Waclaw Hieronim Sierakowski, Bishop of Przemysl (1742-1760), who afterwards personally blessed the crown.
Last Apparition: 1578
Visionaries: Thomas Michalek (woodcutter)
Number of Apparitions: 2
Summary: A pious woodcutter saw a bright light in the forest. Tthe Virgin asked him to alert the authorities to build a church. Thomas, scared, did nothing. The Virgin, then, appeared again, asking him to take action and ending his silence. Thomas went to the authorities but was not believed. After the death of the curate who was against the vision, a chapel was finally built by the parish priest.

luva, Lithuania (1608)
Title: Our Lady of Siluva
Feast Day: September 8th
Investigated: 1612
First Apparition: 1608
Approved: Aug 17, 1775 by Pope Pius VI.
Last Apparition: 1612
Visionaries: 4 children
Number of Apparitions:
Many over 4 years
Miracles & Signs: Complete conversion of Calvinist town; blind man cured.
Summary: One summer day, in 1608, a number of children were playing while tending their sheep in a field on the outskirts of the village of Siluva. They beheld a beautiful young woman standing on the rock holding a baby in her arms and weeping bitterly. The town which had lost its Catholic identity to the Calvinists over the course of 80 years was restored to the Faith.

Title: Our Lady of Laus / Our Lady of Happy Meetings
Feast Day: September 27th
Investigated: 1665, 2007
First Apparition: 1664
Approved: May 4, 2008
Bishop Jean-Michel di Falco of the Diocese of Gap
Last Apparition: 1718
Visionaries: Benoite (Benedicta) Rencurel (17)
Number of Apparitions: Many (over 54 years)
Summary: Benoite Rencurel, a poor shepherdess, was born in 1647. The Virgin Mary started appearing to her in 1664 and continued visiting her throughout the rest of her life. The Blessed Mother told her to “pray continuously for sinners.”

Rue du Bac, Paris, France (830)
Title: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Feast Day : November 27th
Investigated: 1836
First Apparition: July 18, 1830
Approved: July 13, 1836 - Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen of Pari
Last Apparition: Nov 27, 1830
Visionaries: St. Catherine Laboure (24)
Number of Apparitions: 2
Miracles & Signs: Miraculous Medal; Prediction of Paris Revolution (1871); incorruptible body of Catherine Laboure
Summary: In the chapel of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Mary showed herself three times to novice Catherine Laboure. Laboure said she was commissioned by the Virgin to have the medal of the Immaculate Conception or "Miraculous Medal" made in order to spread devotion to Our Lady.

Rome, Italy (1842)
Title: Our Lady of Zion
Feast Day : November 17th
Investigated: Feb 1842
First Apparition: Jan 20, 1842
Approved: June 3, 1842 by the Vicar General of Pope Gregory XVI, Cardinal Patrizi
Last Apparition: Jan 20, 1842
Visionaries: Marie Alphonse Ratisbonne (28)
Number of Apparitions: 1
Summary: Marie Alphonse Ratisbonne, an anti-Catholic Jew, befriended a baron in Rome and began wearing the Miraculous Medal as a simple test. On Jan 20, 1842 while waiting for the baron in the church Saint Andrea delle Fratte, Ratisbonne encountered a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He converted to Catholicism, joined the priesthood, and began a ministry for the conversion of Jews.

La Salette, France (1846)
Title: Our Lady of La Salette
Feast Day : September 19th
Investigated: 1846
First Apparition: Sept 19, 1846
Approved: Nov 16th, 1851 by Mgr de Bruillard
Last Apparition: Sept 19, 1846
Visionaries: Maximin Giraud (11), Melanie Mathieu (14)
Number of Apparitions: 1
Summary: Six thousand feet up in the French Alps, Mary is believed to have come to Maximin and Melanie while they tended sheep. Her appearance in sorrow and tears called for conversion and penance for sins.

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Lourdes, France (1858)
Title: Our Lady of Lourdes
Feast Day : February 11th
Investigated: 1858
First Apparition: Feb 11, 1858
Approved: Jan 18, 1862 by Bertrand Severe Laurence, Bishop of Tarbes
Last Apparition: July 16, 1858
Visionaries: St. Bernadette Soubirous (14)
Number of Apparitions: 18
Miracles & Signs: Healings, Conversions, Incorruptible body of St. Bernadette.
Summary: At the Grotto of Massabielle, the Virgin showed herself 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous. Under the title "the Immaculate Conception," she called for penance and prayer for the conversion of sinners.

More Information Filippsdorf, Czech Republic (1866)
Title: Help of Christians
Feast Day: January 13th
Investigated: 1866
First Apparition: January 13, 1866
Approved: Bishop's commission examined the miraculous event and recognized the healing and supernatural character. Church was elevated to minor basilica and consecrated by Pope Leo XIII in 1885.
Last Apparition: January 13, 1866
Visionaries: Magdalene Kade (31)
Number of Apparitions: 1
Miracles & Signs: Cure of Magdalene and many others at the shrine.
Summary: Magdalene Kade, an orphaned 31 year woman bedridden due to many illnesses, received a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary who immediately cured her. A bishop's commission examined the miraculous event and recognized the healing and supernatural character. In the period between 1870 and 1885 a neo-Romanesque church was built and was elevated to minor basilica by Pope Leo XIII, who officially consecrated it and dedicated to Mary, "Help of Christians."

More InformationPontmain, France (1871)
Title: Our Lady of Hope
Feast Day: January 17th
Investigated: 1872
First Apparition: Jan 17, 1871
Approved: February 2, 1872 - Casimir-Alexis-Joseph Wicart, Bishop of Laval
Last Apparition: Jan 17, 1871
Visionaries: Eugene Barbadette (12), Francoise Richer (11), Jeanne-Marie Lebosse (9), Eugene Friteau (6)
Number of Apparitions: 1
Miracles & Signs: Prussian army halts advances after soldiers see Virgin in the sky.
Summary: Mary appeared on a farm to students at the nearby convent school. Mary's message was written on a banner that unfurled from her feet: "But pray my children. God will hear you in a short time. My Son allows Himself to be moved by compassion.

More Information Gietrzwald, Poland (1877)
Title: Our Lady of Gietrzwald
Investigated: 1877
First Apparition: June 27, 1877
Approved: Bishop Filip Krementz 1878; Warmian Bishop, Jozef Drzazga Sept 11, 1977
Last Apparition: Sept 16, 1877
Visionaries: Justyna Szafrynska (13), Barbara Samulowska (12)
Number of Apparitions: 9
Miracles & Signs: Healing spring; return of piety and devotion to the villagers; Primate of Poland Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski is cured on 100th anniversary of apparitions.
Summary: In 1877, the Virgin Mary appeared to two girls over the course of 3 months and encouraged a return to prayer.

More Information Knock, Ireland (1879)
Title: Our Lady of Knock
Feast Day : August 21st
Investigated: 1879, 1936
First Apparition: August 21, 1879
Approved: In 1936 Archbishop of Tuam, Dr. Gilmartin's investigative commission returns a positive verdict.
Last Apparition: August 21, 1879
Visionaries: 18
Number of Apparitions: 1
Miracles & Signs: 300+ miraculous cures
Summary: During a pouring rain, the figures of Mary, Joseph, John the Apostle and a lamb on a plain altar appeared over the gable of the village chapel, enveloped in a bright light. None of them spoke. At least 15 people, between the ages of 5 and 75, saw the apparition.

More information Fatima, Portugal (1917)
Title: Our Lady of Fatima / Our Lady of the Rosary
Feast Day : May 13th
Investigated: 1919
First Apparition: May 13, 1917
Approved: October 13, 1930 (Dom Jose Alves Correia da Silva, Bishop of the Diocese of Leiria-Fatima)
Last Apparition: October 13, 1917
Visionaries: Lucia dos Santos (9), Jacinta Marto (8), Francisco Marto (7)
Number of Apparitions: 6
Miracles & Signs: Dancing Sun, Healings, Conversion of Russia, Incorruptible body of Jacinta.
Summary: While tending sheep, Lucia de Santos and her two cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, reported six apparitions of Mary, who identified herself as "Our Lady of the Rosary." Mary urged prayer of the rosary, penance for the conversion of sinners and consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart.

More Information Beauraing, Belgium (1932)
Title: The Virgin with the Golden Heart
Feast Day : August 22nd
Investigated: 1949
First Apparition: Nov 29, 1932
Approved: July 2, 1949 by André Marie Charue, Bishop of Namur
Last Apparition: Jan 3, 1933
Visionaries: Fernande Voisin (15), Andree Degeimbre (14), Gilberte Voisin (11), Gilberte Degeimbre (9)
Number of Apparitions: 33
Miracles & Signs: Miraculous cures, fireball
Summary: Mary is believed to have come 33 times to the playground of a convent school to five children. Identifying herself as "the Immaculate Virgin" and "Mother of God, Queen of Heaven," she called for prayer for the conversion of sinners.

More Information Banneux, Belgium (1933)
Title: The Virgin of the Poor
Feast Day : May 31st
Investigated: 1935-37
First Apparition: January 15, 1933
Approved: March 19th, 1942 Bishop Kerkhofs of Liege; Aug 22, 1949
Last Apparition: March 2, 1933
Visionaries: Mariette Beco (11)
Number of Apparitions: 8
Summary: In a garden behind the Beco family's cottage, the Blessed Mother is said to have appeared to Mariette Beco (age 11) eight times. Calling herself the "Virgin of the Poor," Mary promised to intercede for the poor, the sick and the suffering.

More Information Kibeho, Rwanda (1981)
Title: "Nyina wa Jambo" (Mother of the Word)
Investigated: April 1982
First Apparition: Nov 28, 1981
Approved: June 29, 2001 (Bishop Augustin Misago of Gikongoro)
Last Apparition: Nov 28, 1989
Visionaries: Alphonsine Mumureke (17), Nathalie Mukamazimpaka (20), and Marie Claire Mukangango (21)
Number of Apparitions: Many
Summary: The apparitions began in November 1981 when six young girls and one boy claimed to see the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus. But only the visions of the first three -- 17-year-old Alphonsine, 20-year-old Nathalie, and 21-year-old Marie Claire -- have received Bishop Misago's solemn approval. Because there were reservations about the other four visionaries, and the supposed visions of Jesus, Bishop Misago didn't confirm the authenticity of either those visions or visionaries.

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The Miracle of Guadalupe

7/11/2016

Below is a nicely done dramatization 52 minutes with professional voice-over., interviews history.

Published on Jan 9, 2014Learn more about the Rosary. Visit http://www.abouttherosary.com/

December 1531, Mexico. The Virgin Mary appears to a Indian humble peasant, but nobody believes in him. On Her request the Indian wraps in his "tilma" some Castilian roses, mysteriously flowered on a bared scree. In front of the Bishop he opens the cap discovering the miracle: the image of the Virgin is impressed upon it.
The image is extraordinarily real. The results of analysis are amazing. In the Virgin's eyes the 13 figures who witnessed the miracle are visible. The stars on her cloak are positioned exactly as they were in the miracle's day (12.12.1531). The painting technique used is unknown. The colours keep intact, the cloth is uncorrupted.

And that's not all: an extraordinary discovery reveals the Spanish origin (from Extremadura, Spain) of the name of Guadalupe and its incredible connection with the Evangelist Saint Luke.

Guadalupe

Parts 1-4 of Introduction to Our Lady of Guadalupe
The lecture on Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Miracles
given by Luis Fernando Castaneda Monter on February 9, 2013
at Saint Francis Chapel in Boston's Prudential Center.
About 34-45 minutes each

The Videos are in Sequential Order
Do not skip Part One - It is very very good background to understand part 2-4.

Part One: He builds his case on understanding Aztec culture in the time of the Miracle. Its real talk about an idol-centered culture who worship creation rather than the Creator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMG-7naKeTs

Part Two: First missions were a disaster including fights between native people groups and fights between missionaries and people groups. When the missionaries trigger a 'plague' wiping out many native peoples. Then the prayer from a Franciscan for nothing but Divine Intervention! Heaven heard and responded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhPoYbThJ44

Part Three: The Miracle extends to the culture through Juan Diego's Tilma. The cultural observations and those of the natural creation re astounding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-wsvR-1JxQ

Part Four: The Scientific proof of many aspects and final Q & A reveals some very good observations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzj7xzxMe58

Enjoy and feel free to leave your comments.

preDESTINATION. What is this? Not what you think.

6/28/2016

One Morsel and One Sip at at Time

What is God's plan for your life?

To find out, you need to sit down with Him at His Table and He will show you, He will reveal it to you.

"preDESTINATION" happens at the table of the Lord. We feed on His presence and become more and more the person He created us to be! This transformation is understanding how God gets us into the destiny He always intended,

Predestination, prior to understanding our eternal destiny, has to do with living our lives within the framework of Communion with Jesus or living our lives apart from an intimate relationship with Him.

Each of our lives were created and packaged to be unwrapped, unfolded, and understood through a real and personal, one-on-one, intimate relationship with Jesus. When Jesus is the chief cornerstone of your life you get to find out from Him where you fit into the plan He has for you. For this to happen it involves all of creation, all of Bible history, and a life-time of Jesus revealing the details as you spend time with Him.

In over 45 years not one course of study, book or teacher has ever had the golden ticket for knowing God's purpose for my life. I was given the same rhetoric you have been given, "God's will is a mystery so just trust and obey for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey!"

Then there is the Romans 8:28 catchall and don't worry, "All things work together for good (and oh yeah) - "for those who are the called" (then don't forget part c) - "according to his purpose".

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"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

"Communion-centric"

The Lord created you that way! Within you He has bundled His specific purpose inside the package that He calls "you". "You" are My beloved!" "I have great plans for "you". For the "you" to evolve there needs to be a miraculous connection with He who made you. The connection begins or began the moment you turn from the temporal and believe in the eternal love God has for you. You believe Jesus and open your life to Him, he saves you and promises you eternal life. When He becomes your Good Shepherd He leads you to His Table.

It is there that the relationship happens. At His Table in Communion, we feed on His love and life, This is where we encounter Him. It is the place of His Presence or Glory! In His Glory we are transformed from one degree of glory to another. Another way of saying the same thing is that experiencing the revelation of His life within us when we eat and drink the meal He has prepares for each one of us. He gave His life so that we might receive His life which includes our current and eternal destiny.

How can this happen?

We feed on "revelation" given to us from Him. It happens morsel by morsel as the bread of His Body and sip by precious sip in the revelation of His love in the wine of His blood. We feed and drink on what is eternal, now! You don't have to wait until this temporal life is over; He not only wants us to share in His love and life now but within the purpose and destiny He pre-designed for you before you were ever born.

4 obstacles that will hinder you are all lies and can be placed beneath and washed and cleansed by the power of His blood right now as you read.

Lie one: Your sin keeps you from His plan, purpose and most importantly a 24/7 relationship in Communion with Him.

Overcoming truth: "It is finished" Jesus took all your sin, past, present and future upon Himself. He paid your full debt in FULL. You now live by grace through His faithfulness!

Lies two-four: Your shame, guilt and condemnation will not allow you to believe or have communion.. You never stop sinning. You are not worthy!

Overcoming truth: "It is finished" means Jesus did it all. He paid the price and forgives ALL sin, not just past and present but future as well. With the forgiveness is the cleansing power in the flow of His shed blood and poured out waters of His divine mercy.

In Communion the Holy Spirit reveals what Jesus wants to show you and speak to you about. Everything He shares with you is life giving, purpose driven, and full of love and acceptance. You are free of sin, guilt, shame and condemnation.

If you wake up to any of these 4 hindrances, start everyday with Communion and feed upon His bread of life and wine of love. Lies are real but only work in the temporal time zone, The Truth/Jesus is both then, now and forever!

Be Bold Believe! You are the righteousness of God in Christ. He who knew no sin was made to be sin for you. You are the righteousness of God in Him. The law judges but the spirit gives life. You are no longer "under the laws demands" but guided by believing that He loves you and gave Himself for you. His oceans of love pound the shores of your heart with waves of grace unceasingly and when storms come up those waves become even greater and mightier.

When I woke up this morning the Lord said, "I have put my strength in your legs so you can get up and walk in My victory! I rose up and walked normally for the first time since open heart surgery New Year's Eve! The message is that we walk in His victory when we follow Him! I am walking and leaping and praising God! Alleluia!

The influence of the presence of Jesus purges out the poisons and toxins of my life before Christ and infuses me with the blessings and promises that bring about the new creation and purpose He has destined for me. This is the same for all who will come to Him and believe, even a little bit. .

The Math of The Miracle Meal

One morsel of bread from bread we offer Him can feed forever. It is the bread of heaven, the body of Jesus, the flesh of the Lord. It never grows stale and has the power to multiply into morsel sized revelation, sandwich sized, meal sized, feast size and banquet sized revelation. One morsel will keep feeding you forever, It is the bread of His medicine to heal and make you whole. It is the New Manna of His Flesh hat feeds us with the greater life of His realm, His Kingdom.

One sip of wine offered to Him, comes back as the eternal drink of His life and love. When we sip, He pours! When we drink - we are transformed. Like the bread the wine never loses its capability to inebriate our spirit forever. More and more, we are so filled with His lie and love - it pours out from us like a fountain of blessing in all of our life and onto all we come into contact with. Its no mere common wine - its miracle empowered wine of His holy blood. It has within is the power to forgive, heal, deliver, provide, prepare as well as to transform and in the last day to raise us up to realize the full reality of eternal life.

One day - very very very sooooooon! We will drink with Him where He is as His Bride without a single spot wrinkle or blemish made clean by the Blood of The Lamb! (It works in eternity as well as Right Now!)

Of The Holy Spirit in Communion with Jesus

Novenas: Learning to Wait on the Lord while looking for Him in the womb of intercessory prayer

6/12/2016

"Always pray and never give up." Luke 18:1 "Seek His face continually".Psalm 27:8

What is a Novena?
It a form of worshipful intercession consisting of special prayer focus or services on nine successive days.

This came from the nine days between Jesus Ascension and the outpouring the Holy Spirit in the Upper Room. What do you suppose was going on in the Upper Room during that time.

The 120 were "waiting for the Holy Spirit just as Jesus had directed them to do as He was ascending to heaven..

"Waiting" is a form of prayer. "wait on the Lord and be of good courage".

There is lots to learn about here especially since, in the womb of the Upper Room the Church was about to be born. Intercession is also like a womb where answer to prayer is born.

Most who were there, they knew Jesus, what He did and what He said for no more than 3 years. But Mother Mary had know Jesus every day for 33 years! Can you imagine what she might have shared with those who were hidden with her awaiting the birth of the Church?

It boggles the mind. Again, though pretty much a practice of the Roman Catholic Church, why not get on board with praying for nine days in agreement with others for the persecuted church around the world?

See:http://www.ewtn.com/library/ANSWERS/NOVENA.htm

Who is the Sacred Heart? The devotion to the Sacred Heart (also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu in Latin) is one of the most widely practiced and well-known Roman Catholic devotions, taking Jesus Christ's physical heart as the representation of his divine love for humanity.

Psalm 27:14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait ...

Isaiah 8:17 I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from ...

Psalm 130:5 I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in his ...

1 Corinthians 1:7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly
wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed

Psalm 130:6 I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning,
more than watchmen wait for the morning. ...

1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. ...

Psalm 33:20 We wait on the LORD; he is our help and our shield. ... We wait
for the LORD; he is our deliverer and shield. ...

2 Kings 6:33 Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?" ... ...

Psalm 37:34 Wait for the LORD and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land;

Psalm 37:9 For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.

Isaiah 40:31 but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not ...

Luke 12:36 And you yourselves be like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open unto him ...

Psalm 123:2 as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God ...

Psalm 31:24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD! ... Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the LORD!

http://www.praymorenovenas.com/

The story of this miraculous egg-thin fresco of Our Lady starts hundreds of years ago. In fact, the origins of Genazzano date back to the times of the Roman emperors.

This special invocation of Our Lady of Good Counsel of Genazzano is for those who are searching for good advice. Her feast day is on April 26. So please say a novena to Her.

Novena to Our Lady of Good Counsel

A view of the town of Genazzano, resting place of the miraculous painting of Our Lady.

Because of its proximity to Rome, the city was chosen by many patricians and imperial courtiers as a site for their country villas. The vast gardens surrounding these villas often served as the stage for perverse feasts, pagan games and heathen rituals in honor of the gods to whom the Romans attributed the fertility of their fields.

One of these celebrations was held every April 25 in honor of the goddess Flora or Venus. For this event, people of all social classes—freemen and slaves, patricians and plebeians—gathered together for a great feast. This practice gradually dissolved and the temples fell into ruins as the life-giving breath of Christianity regenerated the peoples of Europe.
In the third century, an order was given to build a shrine dedicated to the Mother of God under the tender invocation of Mother of Good Counsel on the ruins of the Roman temples.
As the years went by, the city became more populous and the shrine grew in fame. During the Middle Ages, the Franciscans and the Augustinians founded monasteries nearby. With the passing of years, the primitive temple erected in honor of the Mother of Good Counsel began to show signs of disrepair. Moreover, as the shrine was small, the faithful built larger and richer churches for their solemn functions.

In 1356, about a century before the appearance of the miraculous painting that would introduce Genazzano into the annals of marvels in the Church, Prince Pietro Giordan Colonna, whose family had acquired lordship of the city, assigned the most ancient church of the city and its parish to the care of the Hermits of St. Augustine.
The faithful would thereby have the necessary pastoral assistance, and repairs could be made on the old church.

Although the prayers of the faithful intensified, financial difficulties prevented the necessary and urgent restoration of the ancient temple. But the Mother who gives wise counsel in every circumstance and attentively provides for the necessities of men chose a Third Order Augustinian, Petruccia de Nocera, to carry out a supernatural prodigy that would bring about the much-desired restoration.

Petruccia had been left a modest fortune following the death of her husband in 1436. Living alone, she dedicated most of her time to prayer and services in the church of the Mother of Good Counsel. It grieved her to see the deplorable state of the sacred premises, and she prayed fervently that they would be restored.

Finally, she resolved to take the initiative. After obtaining permission from the friars, she donated her goods to initiate the restoration in the hope that others would help complete it once it was commenced.

A plan was drawn up for the building of a magnificent church. However, once that arduous undertaking had begun, Petruccia, who was already eighty years old, found that her generous offering was scarcely enough to complete the first phase of the new construction. To make matters worse, no one came forth to help.

To her dismay, the building had hardly risen three feet when construction came to a halt due to lack of resources. Her friends and neighbors began to ridicule her, and detractors accused her of imprudence. Others severely reprimanded her in public. To all of them she would say: "My dear children, do not put too much importance on this apparent misfortune. I assure you that before my death the Blessed Virgin and our holy father Augustine will finish the church begun by me."

On April 25, 1467, the feast day of the city's patron, Saint Mark, a solemn celebration began with Mass. It was Saturday, and the crowd began to gather in front of the church of the Mother of Good Counsel. The only discrepant note in the celebration was the unfinished work of Petruccia.

At about four in the afternoon, everyone heard the chords of a beautiful melody that seemed to come from heaven. The people looked up toward the towers of the churches and saw a white cloud that shone with a thousand luminous rays; it gradually neared the stupefied crowd to the sound of an exceptionally beautiful melody. The cloud descended on the church of the Mother of Good Counsel and poised over the wall of the unfinished chapel of Saint Biagio, which Petruccia had started.

The miraculous image of Our Lady of Genazzano.

Suddenly, the bells of the old tower began to ring by themselves, and the other bells of the town rang miraculously in unison. The rays that emanated from the little cloud faded away, and the cloud itself gradually vanished, revealing a beautiful object to the enchanted gaze of the spectators.

It was a painting that represented Our Lady tenderly holding her Divine Son in her arms. Almost immediately, the Virgin Mary began to cure the sick and grant countless consolations, the memory of which was recorded for posterity by the local ecclesiastical authority.

The news of the painting and its miracles spread throughout the province and beyond, attracting multitudes. Some cities formed enthusiastic processions to see the picture that the people called the Madonna of Paradise because of its celestial entrance into the city. Numerous alms were donated as an answer to the unwavering confidence that Our Lady had inspired in Petruccia.

Amidst the general enthusiasm caused by the painting, Our Lady wished to divulge the true origin of the marvelous fresco to her devotees. Two foreigners named Giorgio and De Sclavis entered the city among a group of pilgrims that had come from Rome.
They wore strange clothes and spoke a foreign tongue, saying they had arrived in Rome earlier that year from Albania. While most people had refused to believe their story, it had a special significance for the inhabitants of Genazzano.

BLESSED: Part Five - Simeon & Anna's Witness

5/28/2016

Anna, Simeon, Jesus Mary and Joseph

All the glories of the Annunciation; The Visitation from the Throne of God in Heaven by ArchAngel Gabriel to Mary, Joseph and Elizabeth; the visit of Mary and Fetus Jesus to Elizabeth and Fetus John; The Filling of the Spirit of John in the womb, Elizabeth upon Mary's greeting and the comes the prophecy of Simeon and the first of The Seven Sorrows of Mary.

Why my emphasis on Mother Mary in this series?

Because Mary spoke with me about being bold when I would speak of her to my Orthodox, Roman Catholic and non-catholic friends! "Bob, Be Bold!" She has told me this on two different occasions during CommunionFire.

The only other time I heard her say anything was to her Son in this morning's Communion!

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While partaking of the Bread of Jesus' Holy and Glorious Flesh, I thought, "Lord this bread is crunchy like the skin roasted on the brazen altar! He said, "grind each piece you can between your teeth, because every time my Body is broken it releases more revelation for you to feed upon. "Oh, taste and see the Lord is good!"

The physical flesh was broken in Jesus Body for the sickness of sin and all our guilt, shame and condemnation. He bore our griefs and carried our sorrows and we esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God. The Lord had laid on Him the iniquity of us all. By His stripe we are healed. The physical actions of Jesus for the total purchase of our salvation and redemption cost Him His natural life, but death could not hold Him. After descending into hell stripping Satan of the keys of sin, hell and death - Jesus rose victorious over death. he was resurrected by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Paul tells us that the same Spirit that raise Jesus from the dead dwells in us. It is by "doing this" as Jesus invited, that we become aware that we are the full beneficiaries of all that Jesus. By partaking at his table through the gift of Communion, we encounter the resurrected, ascended, glorified Jesus Christ. We feed not on His mortality but on His immortality. We feed not on death but on the resurrection. We sit and present our bread and wine to Him. He takes it, blesses it, breaks it and returns it. When He does our spiritual eyes are opened and our spiritual ears are opened. We encounter the Lord Jesus Christ by His Spirit. He has something prepared for us every time we do. Now, when we eat physically temporal is replaced by eternal, death is replaced by life, sickness is replaced by healing, health and wholeness; physically, mentally and emotionally. the spirit is transformed from glory to glory - that is one revelation after another. In His glory we are transformed from one degree of glory to another.

Without him we are nothing. We are sinful and separated from God. None is righteous no, not one. Anyone who says they have no sin is deceived and the truth is not in them. If we do not dine on His flesh and drink His blood we have no life in us.

BUT

If you believe, all things are possible. When we receive Jesus, we receive eternal life and the promise that He will raise us upon the last day. It is no longer us that lives, but Christ that lives in us. When we dine with Him we come empty and leave full to overflowing with new revelation or His glory, love, life, truth, friendship, healing, kindness... so as I ate the Bread of His glorified flesh:

I saw His face as He quickly looked to the right at His Mother (and our Mother), Mary.

Jesus said, with a loud voice! "Hail Holy Queen!" With a big smile.

Then I drank in the wine of His divine and holy Blood:

Immediately, I saw Mary respond head bowed to the right and a little away from Him and I heard her say, "Aw, Go on." While grinning some with a shyness of humility.

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About The Seven Sorrows
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
From The Catholic Book of KNOWLEDGE Volume Two

"Mary, our Mother, is also Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows. More than any other human person she shared in the Passion of her Divine Son. That is why she has been given the title of Co-redemptrix.

When we commit sin, we bring sorrow to Our Lady, for she is our Mother, our spiritual Mother, and she watches over us as she watched over her Baby, nearly two thousand years ago.

It is the desire of Jesus that we should think of His Passion, to offer Him our sympathy, and to renew our sorrow for offending Him by sin. It is also His desire, as the Church makes clear to us, that we should think of the compassion of His Mother, her sharing in His Passion."

(At the end of this post I have listed the Seven Sorrows for you.)

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21 And after eight days were accomplished, that the child should be circumcised, his name was called JESUS, which was called by the angel, before he was conceived in the womb. (The Orthodox church believes it was *40 days from birth to dedication)

22 And after the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord: 23 As it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord: 24 And to offer a sacrifice, according as it is written in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons:

Simeon Prophecies About Mary & Jesus

Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.

27 Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, 28 Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:

29 “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your servant in peace.
30 For my eyes have seen your salvation, 31 which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.”

33 The child’s father and mother marveled at what was said about him.

34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, 35 so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed.

And a sword will pierce your own soul too.”

There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, 37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.

She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

38 Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

Joseph, Anna Mary Jesus and Simeon

* When Jesus was forty days old, Mary and Joseph took Him to the Temple in Jerusalem. They were not wealthy, so they took two turtle doves with them to offer as a sacrifice at the Temple. As they arrived at the Temple, Mary and Joseph were met by a very old man named Simeon.

(Isaiah 61:1-11; Matthew 2:19-23; Matthew 13:53-58; Mark 6:1-6; Luke 4:16-30)

39 And after they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their city Nazareth. 40 And the child grew, and waxed strong, full of wisdom; and the grace of God was in him.

Mary's Tears for Jesus Suffering and Yours

The Seven Sorrows of Mary

First Sorrow - The Prophecy of Simeon
Sorrow as sharp as a sword shall pierce Mary’s heart because of her Child. Mary is in the Temple. She has come with Joseph to present the Child to God. They meet Simeon, the holy man, and Anna, the prophetess. Simeon takes the baby in his arms, saying now he will die in peace because he has seen Christ. Then he foretells the sorrow to come.

Second Sorrow - The Flight into Egypt
Soon the sword of sorrow strikes. Herod the King seeks to kill the Child. Warned in sleep by an angel, Joseph takes the Child and His Mother and sets out for Egypt. “Why should men want to hurt my darling Baby?” Mary asks herself, holding Him tightly, on the long and dangerous journey, sad at heart because all the babies in Bethlehem are to be killed on account of Jesus.

Third Sorrow - The Loss of Jesus for Three Days
When Jesus is twelve, He is taken to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. On the return journey Joseph and Mary find at the end of the first day that Jesus is not with them. Racked with anxiety they return, searching for Him. Nobody in the crowded streets, not even the beggars, can tell them where He is. Not till the third day do they find Him.

Fourth Sorrow - The Meeting of Jesus and Mary on the Way to Calvary
Mary has known fear and sorrow, but none so great as seeing her beloved Son stumbling along under the weight of the Cross. She hears the jeering shouts from the crowds and has not power to help Him. Pity and love are in her eyes as she gazes at his blood-stained face. To many around her He is no better than a criminal, and her heart is breaking as she follows Him to Golgotha.

Fifth Sorrow - The Crucifixion
With John, Mary stands at the foot of the Cross. “A sword shall pierce thy soul,” Simeon had told her. Truly her heart is pierced with sorrow. Her beloved Son is dying. She shares in His suffering. She does not ask God to take away the suffering. She is His Mother, so close to Him that His pain is her pain too. And now He speaks from the Cross. “Woman, behold thy son.” Jesus gives His Mother to John, and to us. For all eternity she is our Mother.

Sixth Sorrow - The Taking Down of the Body of Jesus from the Cross
It is over. Darkness has come down upon the world. Jesus is dead. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus take down the Body from the Cross, and Mary receives it into her arms. She is filled with a sadness that no human heart has known. This is her Son. Once she had cradled Him in her arms, listened to His voice, watched Him working at the carpenter’s bench. Now He is dead. She does not weep : her grief is too great for tears.

Seventh Sorrow - The Burial of Jesus
Hastily the Body is wrapped in a clean linen cloth. Nicodemus has brought myrrh and aloes, and the Body is bound in linen cloths with them. Nearby is a new tomb, belonging to Joseph of Arimathea, and there they lay Jesus. Mary and John and the holy women follow them. They watch them roll the great stone to the door of the tomb. It is the end.

6 Myths & 7 Truths about Communion Part 5

5/27/2016

Myth 3: Passover is a Symbolic Memorial, therefore, Communion is a Symbolic Memorial.

He manifested His Holy Mercy to all of Israel once per year at Moses Tabernacle in the WIlderness and in the Land of Promise in the more permanent Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.

In the Old Testament ongoing ritual demanded by the Mosaic Law that the Passover Night of deliverance be celebrated as a memorial.

Passover night included 3 parts. The slaying of a one year old lamb, the painting of the lamb's blood on the doorway of each Jewish household and finally the eating of the entire lamb before morning while they stood up, wearing their sandals with their staffs in hand.

Before God gave Israel the Law from Sinai, like Abraham's visit from Melchizzadek with the Bread and Wine of the Presence of the Lord. Moses and 74 Elders met with and saw the Lord and heard Him speak halfway up Mt. Sinai. (Exodus 23-24) It was after this that Moses went up the rest of the way to receive God's commands and plans.

In the wilderness the Law demanded animal sacrifice and ritual washing in the Outer Courtyard on the Brazen Altar and
the Washing at the Laver. Inside the first room, The Holy Place (Golden Table of the Bread of His Presence that included Wine and incense; The Golden Lampstand - Menorah; and the Altar of Incense). Then once per year the High priest on behalf of all Israel, would pour out the blood of a lamb on the mercy seat to atone for their sin as His chosen people, a holy nation.

The Law also said that there would be a perpetual memorial and celebrated once per year and remembered in the weekly Sabbath. to keep it current they were to act as if they were a part of that night as a household.

Then, after King David restored the Ark of the Covenant as King of Israel, He placed it on Mount Zion where there was 33 years of open worship before the presence of the Lord. Then Solomon built The Temple where the Lord established His House for his Presence as a permanent place of remembrance and sacrifice. There is more involved in this elaborate Memorial.

The rebuilding of the Temple, the Life of Jesus and the Apostles, the Destruction of the Temple, The Diaspora, and in 1948 the restoration of Israel as a nation.

Today there is an annual march to offer up the sacrifices once per year to mark the rebuilding of the Temple. How that will happen we don't know, but in 2016 the 4 men who brought 4 goats were all arrested and taken from the Temple Mount.

That is a lot of work, focus and history for keeping one memorial alive!

None of this brings Jesus to life for us. It only points to, or foreshadows the Crucifixion. These ritualistic, law driven, types and shadows only contribute as clues God gave to point to His Son. We no longer work to remember clues - We are given the Holy Spirit to bring to mind all that Jesus did, does and says..

Truth 3: Communion is bread and wine that, when blessed by the Lord Jesus Christ, is supernaturally sanctified to become 'something else'. Jesus calls it His Flesh and Blood. It's the form He chooses to reveal Himself "as often as we do this" not as a symbolic memorial but as Himself.

Jesus makes himself known to us by the action and work of the Holy Spirit. His broken Body and Poured out Blood make a way for natural sinful men and women to encounter His Holiness and Presence as His provision of Grace to sustain us spiritually until His return.

His once and for all divine sacrifice of His perfect humanity by His own Flesh and Blood satisfied all the demands and conditions of His own Law. So, His once paid in full price of His own life for All who come to Him and believe, He is the Rewarder of every Good and Perfect Gift.

In The New Testament it is clear that Jesus has done the work that we could not and cannot do! You can't obey enough, repent enough, or be faithful enough to accomplish what Jesus accomplished in one moment of time. The crucible of our salvation was His crucifixion. The crown and glory of our salvation was His resurrection on the third day! Now we pray as He taught His disciples to pray,

"Give us today our day to day bread."

He is speaking of the day to day provision of Jesus as the bread and wine of His presence. He is revealed in the shewbread and poured out in the wine as Blood.

When we eat, we see.
When we drink, we hear
Our heart understands
We are converted in His glory
to be transformed from glory to glory
to become whole and healed from the bruises, sicknesses and diseases brought about by our separation from Him due to our sin.

Now we become His New Creation. We are rooted and grounded in His love, joy and peace. All things have becomes new! We who were dead in our trespasses and sin are born again.

That's why we "Do this to remember Him!" as He invites us to. We don't "Do this to remember Moses or Elijah - but just like on the Mount of transfiguration, The Father said to the disciples, "Hear Him!" speaking of his only begotten Son full of grace and truth.

A Most Extraordinary CommunionFire This Morning

5/27/2016

Our CommunionFire on 5/27/2016
Friday: 8am on Fairway Ridge: Jesus, Bob & Camille in the Livingroom!

Camille
Certified Royalty by his Blood

As I partook of The Bread, He said, “You are Royalty. You are part of My Royal Family!”

As I drank the Wine, He said, “This Certifies that you are!”

Bob: Eyes of DiamondFire and
Face of "Lightning" Bright Glory

When receiving Communion this past 5 months – I have occasionally been under attack by many distracting images that are vying for my attention. (The enemy’s way of trying to keep me from focusing on Jesus)

then while eating the Bread. The Lord said… “While you chew the bread and it is broken, again and again, between your teeth, Jesus said,

"Look for My face the whole time!”
(Oh! Thanks Lord, I will and I did).

When I ate the last piece I saw Him. There He was! I looked up a bit, right at His face and I saw DIAMONDS for His eyes! He said, “Eyes of fire!? Right?” I was so excited. “Yes Lord!” His eyes are so clear they are like diamonds. Diamonds with FireClarity! Jesus doesn't just look He Sees!

Then, when I had the wine, as soon as I drank,
the Holy Spirit said, “And face like lightning, right?”
Then I heard an “electricity sound” and

the Holy Spirit said the glory of His Face is so bright we compare it to lightning but it is much more powerful! It is the brightness of His love and life that you see when In Communion with Him!”

Overflow

The blood covenant is His covenant to us! This drink is His daily certification that we are Royal Family and part of His Royal Priesthood.

I cannot covenant with Him and I cannot covenant with you.
Those covenants are bound for failure. When we have a choice we, in our own strength,
it seems we are incapable of making the right decision.
It seems we always choose badly!

But when we rest in His Covenant, the Covenant of His Blood, we rest in His fiery love, in pastures of His peace, beside the calm waters of His grace.

His love consumes us as we consume Him as The Bread and Wine of Life.

When we do, we discover more and more about the Royal Family beginning with the King. In His glory we are transformed from one degree of our awareness of His glory to another.

He is ever expanding our awareness of the hugeness and eternalness of Himself, His royal realm and His clarity of purpose!

BLESSED! Part Four: Gabriel & Zechariah

5/21/2016

Gabriel come from the Throne of Heaven with a message for Zechariah who is next to the Alter of Incense in the Holy Place

The Holy Queen of Heaven, Mother Mary, Dear Sweet Ark of the Covenant, Pillar of David and Mother of Saints, Stalwart Pillar of Ivory and Mother of Her Suffering Son, The Lord Jesus our Savior, said, "Bob, Be Bold!"

Now He's in trouble you say? No,

The Lord is calling me and all of us to His Table and those who come and receive from Him will see His face and hear His voice... and there is more... "Behold the Love of God!'

Mary filled with Grace and the Son of All Glory chooses by God's grace and mercy to share, like Angels, or like my own Mom or a prudent family member or friend wherever and whenever, as directed by the Lord.

God gives us impulses and leadings by His Spirit, through the Scriptures but after 40 years, or 80 years if you include Camille Communication from Heaven happens more through Communion at Jesus' Table.

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Luke 1:5-23
Mary's Older Cousin Elizabeth and Her Husband the Priest,
Zechariah

In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron.

6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly. 7 But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.

8 Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.

11 Then an angel of the Lord (Gabriel) appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear.

GABRIEL CONFIRMS THE MIRACLE
of ELIZABETH'S CONCEPTION

13 But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah;

Your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.

14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and

He will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born.

16 He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

18 Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.”

19 The angel said to him,

“I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.

20 And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.”

21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple.

22 When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.

23 When his time of service was completed, he returned home.

24 After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion.

25 “The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days he has shown His favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”

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Below are Messianic Prophecies of another Man of God, the Prophet Zechariah!
Matthew 23:35

There is something going on right now. The Lord sees ALL His children as unique. special and created within His love, plan and purpose. He is excited, and passionate about this. We should be too!

Mary's simple phrase to me seems more like Motherly advice and is spoken in the kindness of an all merciful, ever interceding Queen who wants to see the Bride of her Son prepared for the wedding feast; without spot, wrinkle or blemish.

Maybe my encounters, like a billion others, have some sort of small important purpose in the overall plan of God. Jesus builds His Kingdom and will shape these living stones together as a habitation for His Glory. "Living Stones!"

(Walking in His faithfulness, believing, before you and Him and the rest of the Church. Lord, have mercy on me and friends, please pray for me. I know Jesus is right there alongside of Mother Mary!

CommunionFire is real and for all who respond to Jesus invitation to "Come!"
He is waiting for you too!

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Luke 1:57-66
Elizabeth Gives Birth
to John The Baptist Six Months Before Christmas.

57 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. 58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.

59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,60 but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”
61 They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”
62 Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. 63He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.” 64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God.

65 All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. 66 Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

Luke 1:67-80
Zechariah’s Prophetic Song

67 John's father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because

He has come to His people and redeemed them.

He Prophesies about Jesus:

69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), 71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us

72 to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant,

73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham:

74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear

75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

He Then Prophesies About John, His Son, God's Prophet Who Jesus Later Calls the Greatest of All Prophets

76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,

77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,

78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven

79 to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit ; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.

Michelangelo. The Prophet Zechariah. 1508-1512. Fresco. Sistine Chapel

Messianic Prophecies and Fulfillments:

1. Prophecy: Zechariah 2:10-13 Fulfillment: Revelation 5:13, 6:9, 21:24
The Messiah on the Throne.

2. Prophecy: Zechariah 3:8 Fulfillment: John 17:4
Messiah would be God’s servant.

3. Prophecy: Zechariah 6:12-13   Fulfillment:Hebrews 8:1
Messiah would be Priest and King.

4. Prophecy: Zechariah 9:9   Fulfillment: Matthew 21:8-10
Messiah greeted with rejoicing in Jerusalem.

5. Prophecy: Zechariah 9:9   Fulfillment: John 12:12-13
Messiah beheld as king.

6. Prophecy: Zechariah 9:9   Fulfillment:  John 5:30
Messiah would be just.

7.Prophecy:  Zechariah 9:9   Fulfillment: Luke 19:10
Messiah would bring salvation.

8. Prophecy: Zechariah 9:9   Fulfillment: Matthew 11:29
Messiah would be humble.

9. Prophecy: Zechariah 9:9   Fulfillment: Matthew 21:6-9
Messiah would be riding a donkey into Jerusalem.

10. Prophecy: Zechariah 10:4   Fulfillment: Ephesians 2:20
Messiah would be the cornerstone.

11. Prophecy: Zechariah 11:4-6 Fulfillment: Matthew 23:1-4
When the Messiah comes, Israel’s leaders will be unfit.

12. Prophecy: Zechariah 11:4-6   Fulfillment: Luke 19:41-44
Rejection of Messiah cause God to remove His protection.

13. Prophecy: Zechariah 11:4-6   Fulfillment : John 19:13-15
Messiah rejected in favor of another king.

14. Prophecy: Zechariah 11:7   Fulfillment: Matthew 9:35-36
Messiah to have ministry to the poor.

15. Prophecy: Zechariah 11:8    Fulfillment: Matthew 23:33
Unbelief forces Messiah to reject the people.

16. Prophecy: Zechariah 11:8   Fulfillment: Matthew 27:20
Messiah is despised.

17 Prophecy:. Zechariah 11:9   Fulfillment: Matthew 13:10-11
Messiah stops ministering to those who rejected him.

18. Prophecy: Zechariah 11:10-11   Fulfillment:
Again, rejection causes God to remove His protection. Luke 19:41-44

19. Prophecy: Zechariah 11:10-11   Fulfillment: John 14:7
Messiah would be God.

20. Prophecy: Zechariah 11:12-13   Fulfillment: Matthew 26:14-15
Messiah betrayed for 30 pieces of silver.

21. Prophecy: Zechariah 11:12-13   Fulfillment:  Matthew 26:14-15
Messiah rejected.

22. Prophecy: Zechariah 11:12-13   Fulfillment: Matthew 27:3-5
Thirty pieces of silver thrown into the house of the Lord.

23. Prophecy: Zechariah 11:12-13    Fulfillment: John 12:45
Messiah would be God.

24. Prophecy: Zechariah 12:10   Fulfillment: John 19:34-37
Messiah’s body would be pierced.

25. Prophecy: Zechariah 12:10   Fulfillment: John 10:30
Messiah would be both God and man.

26. Prophecy: Zechariah 12:10   Fulfillment: John 1:11
Messiah would be rejected.

27. Prophecy: Zechariah 13:7   Fulfillment: John 18:11
It is God’s will that He die for mankind.

28. Prophecy: Zechariah 13:7  Fulfillment: Matthew 27:35
Messiah will die a violent death.

29. Prophecy: Zechariah 13:7   Fulfillment: John 14:9
Messiah would be both God and man.

30. Prophecy: Zechariah 13:7   Fulfillment: Matthew 26:31-56
Israel scattered as a result of rejecting Him.

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