Dear brothers and sisters of the MMP,
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IV. Our Holy Father, Pope Francis
Over the last few months, I have placed several statements in support of Pope Francis on our MMP website. Having read and meditated on Our Lady’s messages for many years, I can find nothing that says that there would be a false pope as some are stating publicly, some even within the MMP. Our Lady consistently asks us to pray and make sacrifices for the pope. She certainly was very fond of Pope John Paul II, totally consecrated to Her from his youth, but She does not discount any of the popes that Divine Providence has given to us. Although Satan has been allowed to bring his desecration to the highest levels of the Vatican, entering into the Holy Church and Temple of God, I don’t believe he has been given the power or permission by God to bring about a so-called false pope. Our Lady speaks of a false idol and a false church as part of the great purification, and it is our faithful prayers, sacrifices and rosaries that will bring us all through this unspeakably difficult trial which will lead to Her Triumph in the world, but nothing is said of the pope being a part of the problem, only that we are to love him and pray for him, and to quietly form his spiritual support. I hope that this is helpful to those who might experience confusion concerning this. How the devil would like to openly divide the Church into a schism, but our prayers and rosaries in our Cenacles have thus far prevented this. How good God is, and how powerful Our Lady is. Let us remain faithful to the task given to us by Our Lady to love and support the pope, and now our Pope is Pope Francis. Fr. Luca Pescatori, our new MMP International Director, tells us in his 2020 newsletter that prayer and sacrifice for the pope is part of the foundation of the Marian Movement of Priests, and that it is an integral part of the consecration we make in our Cenacles. I prefer therefore, when there is confusion, to be silent and to pray all the more for Pope Francis, and to let Our Lady do 5 things. She is able and certainly can bring clarity in every situation. We have only to quietly pray and wait for Her to act. Our Lord promised that the “Gates of Hell” would never prevail against the Rock of Peter upon which the Church has been built! Our Lady reinforces all of this in Her messages. V. St. Jacinta Marto On May 17, 2017 Pope Francis went to Fatima in Portugal where he canonized St. Jacinta Marto and her brother, St. Francisco Marto. St. Jacinta is the youngest canonized saint in the history of the Church (she died at the age of 9). I would like to encourage you in the Cenacles, especially in May and October, the months of Our Lady, to invoke the intercession of St. Jacinta upon Pope Francis. Her short life after the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima were a constant prayer and offering of sacrifices for the pope. She was always asking people to remember him in prayer, and also to offer reparation for sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I would like to encourage you in the spirit of St. Jacinta to remember Pope Francis in all your rosaries and in your Masses and Holy Communions, along with your other intentions. St. Francisco Marto, by the way, was inspired to offer many holy hours before the “hidden Jesus” in the Blessed Sacrament. What wonderful saints of grace and innocence St. Jacinta and St. Francisco are! VI. Light at the End of the Tunnel When you see the light, you know that all is going to work out. Our Lady is growing stronger; Her light is becoming brighter. Satan is losing power, even though he seems increasingly more violent and out into the open (cf. message #507). He knows his time is very short, and he is afraid of this little army or cohort of Our Lady which is totally consecrated to Her Immaculate Heart. He can’t stand the light which is reflected from the Immaculate Heart of Mary onto this little cohort. At times it seems as though 6 we are somewhat like Gideon’s small army as described in the book of Judges, whittled down from 32,000 to only 300. (Judg 7:2-7) In the last message of December 31, 1997, She told us how pleased She was with everyone’s response to consecrate themselves to Her Immaculate Heart and to enter into the Cenacles. I propose that each one of us entrust and consecrate this new decade to Our Lady, the years from 2020 to 2030. We don’t know what events are awaiting us, but for sure we can trust that Our Lady will be acting even more powerfully, Her light will grow even stronger, and Her consoling presence with each one of us will be even more tender and intimate (refer again to message #507). And so, let us continue to pray the Holy Rosary, and live each day in the love and union of life with Her who loves us so much and is our leader in this great battle. May God bless you and Our Lady keep you safe in the secure refuge of her Immaculate Heart.