Final Coming Soon?

[Guest T-Bone]

[quote name='Aloysius' post='1097445' date='Oct 20 2006, 10:54 PM']
I think my friend might be the antichrist... one night in the middle of a cornfield he said, in all sincerity, "i think we should gather up all the nuclear weapons of the world and aim them at the moon... then there'd be no more war"

of course he's right... since we'd likely all be dead after destroying the moon...
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There's only one way to find out for sure...

[Lounge Daddy]

this is interesting stuff

[Era Might]

Some thoughts from St. Luigi Orione, writing in 1936:

[quote]We are the Sons of Divine Providence, and we shall not despair, but instead, we shall put our trust unreservedly in God! We are not among those prophets of doom who believe the world will end tommorow. Corruption and moral evil are great, it is true; but I firmly believe that the ultimate victor will be God, and God shall win with His infinite mercy.

God has always won in this way! We shall have "novos coelos et novam terram." Society, restored in Christ, will reappear on the horizon, more brilliant. It will reappear reinvigorated, renewed, and firmly guided by the Church. Catholicism, replete with divine truth, charity, new youth, and supernatural strength, will rise in the world, and place itself at the head of the reanimated era leading us to a restoration of faith, civilization, happiness, and salvation.

A great epoch is about to begin! This will be due to the benevolent mercy of Jesus Christ, Our Lord and the heavenly maternal intercession of Mary Most Holy. I envision a resplendent monument, not based in sand, rising as a luminous column of love and founded upon revealed charity, upon the Church, upon the only rock, eternal, unshaken: "petra autem erat Christus."

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Courage then, my dear ones: Let us cast ourselves among the children of the people. Let us draw the young generation to ways of the good. Let us demonstrate, especially with our Festive Oratories, how the Church is fertile with moral force, beneficial religious influence, and a redemption force, always a lively source of that charity which Jesus Christ came to bring upon the earth. May all our lives be irradiated by a great love of God and love of neighbor, especially for the poorest of the poor and the most abandoned of youth; and God will be with us always![/quote]
John Paul II also seemed to share this optimism that a "new springtime" was on the horizon, so maybe that was his role, to usher in the new springtime. After all, isn't there supposed to be an age of peace before the time of tribulation? So maybe the end is on its way, but not in the immediate future.

[cmotherofpirl]

[quote name='Era Might' post='1113311' date='Nov 6 2006, 10:54 PM']
Some thoughts from St. Luigi Orione, writing in 1936:
John Paul II also seemed to share this optimism that a "new springtime" was on the horizon, so maybe that was his role, to usher in the new springtime. After all, isn't there supposed to be an age of peace before the time of tribulation? So maybe the end is on its way, but not in the immediate future.
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Era have you read Trial Tribulation and Triumph by Desmond Birch?

[Era Might]

I have it, but haven't actually read it all the way through. But I flipped through a lot of the prophecies he records. Very interesting stuff. I'll have to take a look and see what he says about the age of peace.

[the_rev]

they mayan calander ends after this year or next year doesn't it.

[MilesChristi]

[quote name='Ash Wednesday' post='1097470' date='Oct 21 2006, 01:15 AM']
Nobody knows the time but one should always be ready. I for one wouldn't mind if Jesus came and got all this over with.
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Come, Lord Jesus!