Fatima, Lourdes, Akita and Our Lady of Good Success: Sure help in times of need

Here are some links I want to share regarding the above Church Approved Apparitions which are so VERY important today to those of us living in the 21st century. You will do well to familiarize yourself with them and help spread the devotions.

The world is now (1/9/19) in a place of unprecedented violence and evil in all areas and sectors of life. Bible prophecy is being fulfilled before our very eyes. Yet there are some that totally disregard all the blatancy of our times and happily go on with their parties, planning vacations and doing whatever it takes to accumulate more wealth.

Those with eyes to see and ears to hear take the time to become well versed in eschatology, Scripture and valid apparitions in an effort to not only save themselves, but loved ones and all they hold dear. More than this, is to live in the Divine Will, yearning for all to be saved and none be lost - all for the love of God.

These 4 Apparitions are the most prominent, being Church approvedm and all tie into each other. Nothing contradicts Holy Scripture and most certainly, nothing diminishes the Sovereignty, Divinity or Dominion of our Lord and Savior, Jesus.

Please pray the rosary daily and don’t forget to pray daily for your loved ones in purgatory. Here’s a prayer I use in my daily 3pm’s: "Eternal Father, please take all the pain and suffering of the holy souls in purgatory, along with my own and unite them all to the Perfect, Holy Passion of Jesus, His True Presence in the Eucharist and the benefits and graces of all Masses said this day and please empty purgatory into heaven daily during this special hour of Divine Mercy; (especially those that have no one to pray for them) in the precious Name of Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen."

FATIMA
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/10/13/our-lady-of-fatima-the-virgin-mary-promised-three-kids-a-miracle-that-70000-gathered-to-see/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6f47f440be6a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OcDWNGXmnw

AKITA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OTxTIbUWfA

LOURDES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Lourdes

OUR LADY OF GOOD SUCCESS

http://www.tfp.org/prophecies-of-our-lady-of-good-success-about-our-times/

http://www.cmri.org/05-our-lady-of-good-success.shtml

https://youtu.be/ZkTtPFtfBqM

As an aside, I’d also like to bring attention to an important ICON

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP
http://catholicstraightanswers.com/what-is-the-story-behind-the-image-of-our-lady-of-perpetual-help/ 

May our dear Lord bless you and all you hold dear!

Jan 1st Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God / Happy New Year

On January 1, the Church commemorates the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God - the greatest title of Mary. This feast in the oldest Marian feast of the church of Rome and it celebrates Mary's vocation to be the mother of Jesus Christ. Through Mary, Jesus Christ entered this world, taking on human flesh and a human soul. Jesus is true God and true man. In His person are united both a divine nature and a human nature. Mary is in every history with Jesus and by her intercession we obtain all necessary graces to our life. Besides, being the Mother of God, Mary assumed the mother of all humanity working and helping all those who seek her. So when we look at the image of the Virgin Mary we felt an encouragement in our heart which fortifies our spirituality and comfort our soul. It is the fragrance of the immense and grandiose love.

"So they hurried away and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. When they saw the child they repeated what they had been told about him, and everyone who heard it was astonished at what the shepherds said to them. As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds went back glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as they had been told. When the eighth day came and the child was to be circumcised, they gave him the name Jesus, the name the angel had given him before his conception." ~Luke 2,16-21
Meanwhile, January 1 also marks the jubilation of the New Year and every faithful exchanges new years greetings as an expression of hope for a peaceful new year. Along with this, the date has been designated as “World Day of Peace”. As a deep aspiration for peace, this particular day is reserved for intense prayer for peace, education towards peace and those values inextricably linked with it, such as liberty, fraternal solidarity, the dignity of the human person, respect for nature, the right to work, the sacredness of human life, and the denunciation of injustices which trouble the conscience of man and threaten peace.

Just like the Great Jubilee that Saint Pope John Paul II observed, we have another opportunity not only to celebrate a new year, but an Extraordinary Jubilee Year. John Paul taught that “the Jubilee, ‘a year of the Lord’s favor,’ characterizes all the activity of Jesus; it is not merely the recurrence of an anniversary in time.” Anniversaries are not mere numbers, but a way of making present what we celebrate. This New Year’s Day let us celebrate God’s transformation of history by His coming into the world and then let this celebration continue to mark our observance of ALL JUBILEES in our history ... not only making them PRESENT to us today, but LIVING THEM ALL YEAR THROUGH!!

For more information on the Solemnity of Mary, please click on the following links:
• New Year's Prayer for Church and State
• Blessing for the New Year
• Veni, Creator Spiritus
• Prayer for Peace
• St. Cyril of Alexandria's Litany of Praise of the Mother of God
• Table Blessing for the Feasts of the Mother of God