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Do you wonder... what all, besides the obvious (1), is really behind the story of the presentation of Jesus at the Temple and the meeting with Simeon and Anna? (2)

Consider the following...


Obviously, it is only the ones who have Eyes to See, regardless of their state - regular citizen or self consecrated to God - who will recognize Jesus then, and now.

Statistically speaking, the fraction belonging to the priest, pharisee and scribe classes who would recognize Jesus, then and now, is negligible.

As a bonus - we are also shown that the Holy Spirit of God was already working on the people of God long before the Pentecost.



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Do you ever wonder... why it seems that God simply does not respond to some of our almost desperate prayers no matter how hard we may try?

In a document (1) published in the year 2005 we addressed the most common reasons for unanswered prayers. However, if after reviewing said document one may, in response, paraphrase what a certain ruler [Luke 18:18 - 21] said to Him, after Jesus had listed all that was required to possess everlasting life: All these things have I done since my conversion, there still is one more thing that one can do.

He is never the block, we are. However, we may not see what it is that we are doing to cause the block therefore... "place the ball in His court" and, in all sincerity and with a wide open heart, ask Him What is it that I am doing to block Your generous action and thus grant my request?

If you are sincere - you will soon find out.

One must also remember what we have published in the past in the Divine Encouragement page:


We are not "theorizing" on this subject matter. miguel has been living it for nearly 25 years and could write a book full of examples.



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Do you ever wonder... if a communicant may receive Holy Communion more than once in the same day?

Canon Law (1) is quite specific... then vague... about it; actually, it depends greatly on the circumstances. In the simplest of cases - a person who is not in danger of death - and ...who has already received the Most Holy Eucharist can receive it a second time on the same day only within the eucharistic celebration in which the person participates.

That is, within two eucharistic celebrations (two Masses); not one eucharistic celebration (one Mass) and a communion service.



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Do you ever wonder... if satan's First Act in his war against humanity was to convince Eve to eat the forbidden fruit so that humanity, Biblically represented by Adam and Eve, would become like (equal to) God, then, what was his Last (yes, we have said "last") Act which will bring These Times to a thundering close?

Let us "take it from the top". The last hope for humanity - to reverse the apparently unstoppable slide into the abyss - was the integrity of the family. A well ordered family produces the citizens who, one step at a time, would change society, and thus the world. A family of monotheistic believers - living their faith without fanaticism - would produce solid citizens who could freely, constructively and productively interact with each other and work toward a just world.

satan (who, as the saying goes, "was not born yesterday") knew this. he also knew exactly what to do to make that fortress of values collapse regardless of the faith they professed. satan mused... if it worked well the first time... they (women) will fall for it again first, with men, just as Adam did, following suit.

Before the fall, mankind "had it all" - we mean All! Amazingly enough, archeological and anthropological finds continue to confirm that when man went from a "happy go lucky" nomadic hunter to a "buckled down" farm worker, exactly the misery which God announced, happened:


In the New Testament, Jesus (and many of His Apostles) explained how a male-female relationship should work for the benefit of a spiritually healthy family. It was not a matter of who, man or woman, was better! (As we have explained in a document (1), when all is said and done women were the Crown of Creation. It is a woman, not a man, Who wields the greatest power in the Universe; whatever that perfect Daughter, Spouse and Mother, Mary, asks from the Divine and Most Holy Trinity, She will obtain! More power than that does not exist.)

God has given us the "instruction book" so that relations between men and women would work perfectly according to His Plan. Of course, women must be equal before the law and have equal opportunities to fulfill her potential – but this is to be her full potential as a woman, not as a copy of a man. Had we been obedient to God's plan, a woman would be someone who, while not being titular "head of the household," could manage to obtain all that her exquisite female instincts told her were necessary for the good of the entire family (just as Mary intercedes for all humanity, and just as Esther (2) interceded to save her race from extermination).

Against this Divine teaching, satan has been carrying out his counter-strategy. Taking advantage of real abuses against women in certain social environments, satan started his campaign against the alleged inequality of the sexes. he began selling to women the idea that they could be equal to men; the Genesis parallel had been selling the idea that mankind could be equal to God. Thus began radical feminism, a rebellion against the Divine reality that each sex was created specifically by God for a function.

As the feminist revolt progressed, brassieres went up in flames, make love and not war became the password and, worst of all, the women who fell prey to this trap lost an intangible and priceless attribute (which I can feel and understand, but simply cannot fully explain) that made them the absolutely precious creature that they were created to be.

So, dear brethren, the radical feminist revolt - which started in the US and western Europe in the 1800s, and has spread worldwide since then - was the Second - and we assure you - final great Fall of humanity before the End of These Times.

That claim may seem exaggerated, but the awful spiritual toll taken worldwide by radical feminism may be gauged by the global death toll resulting from active promotion of legal and "morally justified" abortion. The holocaust of the unborn is one of the great mass murders of history. In the US alone, 50 million unborn babies have been slain since abortion was made legal nationwide in 1973. Worldwide, about one fifth of all pregnancies end in abortion, for a global death toll of more than 40 million per year. (3) We can give radical feminism the credit for most of these deaths. To put it crudely, radical feminism is a deadly ideology, taking a toll in lives which amply surpasses Nazism and Communism.

Given humanity's track record of falling for the same satanic tricks over and over again, God will now provide the definitive correction to the malady of the human race. He (not man!) will repeat what He did in what we know as Noah's Flood; this time, just as He promised (4), without using water.

May God have Mercy on His Elect!



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Do you ever wonder... why those bio- and socio- "illuminated scientists" waste so much ink and (hot) air explaining that all deities are man-made since humans are born with "a need" to have deities upon which place their faith?

In plain English: They claim - and go to incredible lengths to do so - that we manufacture God or many gods because we are bio-genetically programmed for that.

They fail to see that such being a universal human trait - just like eating and breathing - such "bio-programming" must be imperative for a healthy life.

Our readers know that we do not have the slightest doubt about the reality of God; as a matter of fact - we just do not believe in God, we know God!  However, let us play "pin the tail on the donkey..."

Even if God or many gods were non-existent...

Since some level of faith in the unseen is as old as man itself, wouldn't the logical behavior by the "illuminated ones" be to ensure that the God or many gods promoted by "this" or "that" religion are as beneficial for the mental and physical health of the humans just as the Department of Health and Agriculture guidelines insure safe food?

Wouldn't the persistent effort to destroy the little true and healthy faith left in the world be the equivalent of a worldwide campaign to promote bulimia?

It is becoming more evident every day that the "illuminated ones" are no more than the human equivalent of the "black holes" found in space.


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Do you ever wonder... if as many (incorrectly) claim that the Chair of Peter is vacant since the death of Pius XII, and the "rule of the law" is that the College of Cardinals is the only body that can elect the next Successor of Peter, and the last Cardinal named by Pius XII is probably long dead... then, who could elect the next legitimate (by their account) Successor of Peter after Pius XII?

We are sure than in some of the "cook books" of the Vatican Cafeteria, someone must have found a "long lost recipe" that could be used to prepare such "dish".

[We publish this just to illustrate the total incoherence of the many claims made by the anti Vatican II groups (1) and not that it really matters. It is a moot point - the Papacy, as it has been know for centuries, ended long before H.H. John Paul II died.]



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Do you ever wonder... if God allowed the recent massive floods in Africa - already forgotten due to the massive destruction caused by earthquakes and tsunamis in the Pacific region - as a punishment for the people in those regions?

Once again, we find the answer in the Holy Scriptures...


Do notice the difference He makes between enduring suffering as the result of sinful behavior and avoiding suffering as the result of "doing penance" for oneself and on behalf of others as He expects us to do.


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