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From Mr. CB @ US - Published Posthumously

After I stumbled across the term: Great Winter Retailing Festival, I thought it ties in wonderfully with what you have said regarding Festivus. (1)

The only commercial TV broadcast which seriously makes the attempt to cast shame on the spirit of greed and commercialism with which Christmas is celebrated is the simple animated special: A Charlie Brown Christmas. (1965). It made the point of getting back to the true meaning of Christmas. (2)


This quote from Schultz - "If we don't tell the true meaning of Christmas, who will?" - is pregnant with meaning...

Perhaps I should just let Linus do the talking (3)

Christ be with you!

CB

A. And may you Rest in well deserved Peace, dearest brother!
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(1) December 27th posting
(2)Wikipedia Source
(3) "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!"



From Mr. TJ @ US

Peace be with you this Christmas!

Here is a blog post from LewRockwell.com (1), a libertarian site that hosts many of the writers who share the ‘alternate view of reality”. As such, it is meant much more casually than the columns that are posted daily, but it puts things in exactly the language that you have been predicting for all these years. (2)


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(1) Source at the Wayback Machine
(2) Since 1991 to be exact. Mercifully, had it not been for President Clinton's cooperation with Heaven, it would have happened ten before.





From Mr. IW @ New Zealand

Q. I do not know where to begin.

I am not a religious person other than having attended a church as a child. Throughout my life (I am 40 this year) I have had a feeling of some impending world event around this time in my life.

Of late I have had a feeling of something missing - 'spirituality'. I have also always had a preoccupation with prophesy both biblical and otherwise.

Things are now starting to make sense, so many 'coincidences' over the last year or so - new insights and learning - Fátima, Medjugorje and other events.

Today I prayed for the first time that I can remember. I feel as though I am supposed to be an 'observer' of events to come, in some way or another. I don't know.

I also don't know what I can do - I have done so many 'bad' things in my life, and I feel so sad at what mankind and the world have become.

Is miguel de Portugal, Christ?

What can I do???

IW



A. First we shall answer the next-to-the-last question: Is miguel de Portugal, Christ?

No. What position he occupies now, thus the function he must fulfill, is outlined in his brief biography on-line.

What can you do about your past life? First we suggest that you prayerfully review our document "Don't Despair - Never Give Up!" followed by "PickUp Your Cross and Follow Me".

Those two documents will give you a profound understanding of the reality of the True and Living God - a God of Love and Mercy; and not the one who has been "merchandised" for centuries as a God of Hate and Death.

Next, become familiar with His greatest attribute: His Divine Mercy and learn the reality that the more we need and want His Mercy, the more He wants to freely grant it to us.

Regarding prayer: We suggest that you start praying the Rosary - one mystery a day - while meditating on the events of the Birth, Life and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. If you do that, He will do the rest by drawing you closer to Him, bringing peace to your soul and love to your heart.

Regarding the impending events - Review The Sequence of Events leading to the End of These Times - NOT of the World. Read the Biblical references and visit the Links to which said document lead.

Above all, know that God loves you individually in such a measure that is beyond our human comprehension. The suffering we sometimes must endure is mostly a manifestation of that immense love. We call that "Divine Mercy In Action".



From Various @ Worldwide

Q. What Bible do you recommend? What spiritual books do you recommend?

A. Because of the intoxication of Bibles and other religious/spiritual texts the first criteria that the true children of God should utilize when purchasing such publications is: Avoid recent publications. Late 1980's copyrights being the latest, although much older texts are preferable.


Bibles: We recommend two (for comparison and cross checking when the faithful comes across something that appears not to make sense)

(a) New American Bible by World Bible Publishers (Old Testament copyright 1970, New Testament copyright 1986)

(b) The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible by Tan Books and Publishers, Inc. (This is a reproduction of the original translated from the Latin Vulgate in 1609 and 1582 and republished on 1749-1752)


Spiritual Books: (obviously not a complete list - but sufficient for now)

(a) A condensed, but faithful, biography of St. John Bosco. The earlier the version, the better.

The life of John Bosco and his Evangelization method are as close to the way Our Lord Jesus Christ intended His clergy to live and Evangelize the world. As a matter of interest - Don Bosco's life and work is diametrically opposed to the example given by Jose María Escrivá, the much deified founder of The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei.


(b) "The Interior Castle" by St. Teresa de Jesús (incorrectly known as St. Teresa de Avila) + her other works

(c) A balanced biography of St. Gertrude the Great

(d) The Diary of St. Faustina Kowalska (of the DivineMercy)


Movie:

For the best movie and most accurate portrayal of the real Jesus Christ, miguel de Portugal recommends "Jesus" with Jeremy Sisto, Jacqueline Bisset, Debra Messing, Armin Mueller-Stahl, GaryOldman) originally issued by Trimark and now under the Lions Gate Films label. [Warning: There is a brief scene of May Magdalene practicing as a prostitute which is not apt for minors although is very brief and not much is seen.]





From LT @ USA

Q. How is one supposed to practice their faith to get closer to God?

If the church is in error, what am I to do?

I would sincerely appreciate your response.

Thank you.

LT


A. While the Roman Church is in error and causing unimaginable damage through a variety of scandals, the Catholic Faith is not in error.
The Faithful, although taught otherwise, must realize that the Roman Church Administration IS NOT God and should be able to recognize the difference before whatever little Faith they have left is extinguished.

There will always be a handful of faithful priests loyal to God and who, without giving scandal, manage to walk the finest of lines. That is: Without defying the perverted Roman Church leadership, they place God above all and the well being of His flock next. Just like our beloved St.John Bosco did.

Seek such holy priests and receive the Holy Sacraments from them as often as possible. However, realize that, as we have shown through the Sequence of Events Leading to the End of These Times and the Biblical quotations in there listed, even such refreshing spiritual oases in the midst of the hell this world will become, will eventually be reduced to a minimum.

In summary: Pray much for guidance by the Holy Spirit of God AND for those priests which we have described above, as well as for the deviant leadership of the Roman Church so that God help them regenerate themselves- it is our duty!





From Gloria ad Deum @ USA

Bible says Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son - 1 Peter 1:11 calls the Holy Spirit "the Spirit of Christ"

Gloria ad Deum


A. We sincerely thank you for this opportunity to address what we consider the seed of Fundamentalism and Fanaticism - Biblical Literalism.

You state: 'Bible says Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son - 1 Peter 1:11 calls the Holy Spirit "the Spirit of Christ"'.

Since you have made no other statement we will presume that you are countering some statement which we may have made in one of our documents which addresses the precedence of the Holy Spirit.

Following we shall try to respond to you and to million others regarding Biblical Literalism...

We also read in the Holy Scriptures...


Then, why are Catholics taught to call the priests "Father" and the Pope "Holy Father"?

We also read in the Holy Scriptures...


Then we should cut any bodily member that may cause offense by misuse- for thieves, murderers and adulterers... Right? Wrong!

We also read in the Holy Scriptures...


This should be the end of the Catholic Rosaries, Litanies, Chaplets, etc. Right? Wrong!

We also read in the Holy Scriptures...


From what miguel de Portugal witnesses in this world amongst those who call themselves Christians, Heaven is going to be a mighty empty place. Right? Wrong!

We also read in the Holy Scriptures...


But hasn't the Roman Catholic Church insisted over the centuries that there is no salvation outside the Church? Right? Wrong!

We further read in the Holy Scriptures...


Therefore, we should dissolve all courts of justice and allow all kind of social and moral disorders to take place... after all, since none of us can "cast the first stone" [Jn 8:7] we should "look the other way". Right? Wrong!

This is why, dear reader, we must strive to be coherent in everything; most specially while trying to learn from the Holy Scriptures.

The Word of God is perfect, therefore, the messages through the Holy Scriptures must be perfect AND coherent. If we find conflicts it is only because we are faced with a poor translation OR we are not being illuminated by the Holy Spirit - without Which we cannot truly comprehend His Word.

The world just has too many Biblical Experts and too few humble souls praying as God has consistently asked His children to do through our Holy Mother, Mary. If Catholics would have obeyed what Mary kept instructing us to do, the world would have been a much better place - after all... all She really calls us to do is to go back to Her Son and His Gospel.





From Dr. Abe W. Ata @ Australia

Q. Dear Sir:

The Palestinian Christian is an endangered species. When the modern state of Israel was established there were about 400,000 of us. Two years ago the number was down to 80,000. Now it's down to 60,000. At that rate, in a few years there will be none of us left.

Palestinian Christians within Israel fare little better. On the face of it, their number has grown by 20,000 since 1991. But this is misleading, for the census classification ‘Christian’ includes some 20,000 recent non-Arab migrants from the former Soviet Union. So why are Palestinian Christians abandoning their homeland?

We have lost hope, that's why. We are treated as non people. Few outside the Middle East even know we exist, and those who do, conveniently forget.

I refer, of course, to the American Religious Right. They see the modern Israel as a harbinger of the Second Coming, at which time Christians will go to Paradise, and all others (presumably including Jews) to Hell. To this end they lend military and moral support to Israel.

Even by the double-dealing standards of international diplomacy this is a breathtakingly cynical bargain. It is hard to know who is using whom more: the Christian Right for offering secular power in the expectation that the Jewish state will be destroyed by a greater spiritual one; or the Israeli Right for accepting their offer. What we do know is that both sides are abusing the Palestinians. Apparently we don't enter into anyone's calculations.

The views of the Israeli Right are well known: they want us gone.

Less well known are the views of the American Religious Right. Strangely, they find the liberation Iraqis from a vile dictator just, but do not find it unjust for us to be under military occupation for far too may years. Said Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma): ‘God Appeared to Abraham and said: “I am giving you this land,” the West Bank. This is not a political battle at all. It is a contest over whether or not the word of God is true.’

Past House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) was even more forthright:’ I'm content to have Israel grab the entire West Bank... I happen to believe that the Palestinians should leave.’

There is a phrase for this. Ethnic cleansing.

So why do American Christians stand by while their leaders advocate the expulsion of fellow Christians? Could it be that they do not know that the Holy Land has been a home to Christians since, well... since Christ?

Do not think I am asking for special treatment for Christians. Ethnic cleansing is evil whoever does it and to whomever it is done. Palestinian Christians: Anglican, Maronite Catholics, Orthodox, Lutherans, Armenians, Baptists, Copts and Assyrians have been rubbing shoulders with each other and with other religions: Muslims, Jews, Druze and (most recently) Baha’is for centuries. We want to do so for centuries more. But we can't if we are driven out by despair.

What we seek is support: material, moral, political and spiritual. As Palestinians, we grieve for what we have lost, and few people (the Ashkenazi Jews are one) have lost more than us. But grief can be assuaged by the fellowship of friends.

(signed) Prof. Abe W. Ata - a 9th generation Christian Palestinian born in Bethlehem.


A. May the peace of God be upon you, dear brother in Christ!

As you may be familiar from our publications - we are a-political, that is, unless God or His Most Holy Name is used for political reasons we remain neutral as Jesus taught - "Give what is Caesar's to Caesar and what is God's to God".

However, when His Name is then used for profane causes - like politcal manipulation - that same God insists that we publicly decry such perversion of religion. This is why we have published your letter in its entirety; it is not a political oriented letter - it is a cry for Justice from another downtrodden child of God.

What you are calling for is what we keep insisting for, in His Holy Name: The only prerequisite for Peace IS Justice. There shall be no Peace on Earth unless each one of us, individually and collectively, strive for Justice. The first step to achieve Justice is to do exactly what our Lord Jesus Christ taught us - and which is conveniently ignored because is not popular: Pray for our enemies and persecutors.

When we do so, we are empowering God (yes, we empower God because He so willed) to work the pleasure of His Mercy in the hearts and souls of those who are our enemies and persecutors; then, as their hearts begin to change, they become less unjust and there is more peace - one step at a time - and slowly we reach the goal of living in peace with those who may be, or worship, different than us; something that is most enriching - spiritually and culturally.

Regarding the man-made "Saviors of the World" - including the pro Israeli American Christian Right and their allies - we have addressed them and warned them about this issue, being fully aware that they will not change since, from the results which are visible to all, they are, unknowingly, serving satan. However, God demands that the warnings are issued (nothing has changed in God's Methodology in the last 6,000 years) so that when "the floods come" no one can justly complain.

Dearest brother, in closing and paraphrasing Acts of the Apostles 3:6: I have neither silver nor gold, but I will give you what I have: In the Name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene may the Palestinians of all creeds and faiths be delivered!





From Mrs. LM @ US

[For the convenience of the reader will will comment or respond within the text of Mrs. LM letter using blue bold italic text.

In reference to Part II - Staging the Ultimate Deception... When I read this I assumed that this would occur after the return of Christ to gather His children.


We are told in scripture, that Jesus is returning in the clouds/air.


If anyone announces that Jesus is "here" and we can see him on TV or You Tube, why would anyone believe it, ...



... unless, they don't know the scriptures.


Perhaps, the powers that be are also planning to have there "Jesus" return in the air, also?


Maybe a reminder from you, as to how Jesus will return, is in order.


Now, the Calendar. most of the dates line up this year in Lent. Three still stand out: Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Christ the King. A big difference from Fall to Spring. I see the difference as New Life in the Spring and Death in the Fall. Just my thoughts. Can you give any insight as to why these days were observed in the spring during Jesus' time on earth?


And, It looks like Trump's Impeachment is on track. Christmas may be very different if he goes off track.


Peace and Blessings






From miguel de Portugal

In reference to messages ascribed to Jesus...

As most of you know, we qualify what we publish under the heading Divine Encouragement as follows:


Why can I be sure that those are true words from Jesus "...from first hand personal knowledge,..."? Allow us to explain.

The moment I started reading those sixty year old messages back in 1991 - from a little unassuming booklet - I realized that it was indeed Jesus speaking because I felt the exact same familiarity I experienced when I read Sister Faustina's Diary in the late eighties. That intimate familiarity with the exchanges between Faustina and Jesus was my assurance that what I had been experiencing, since my conversion in 1985, was not the result on an overactive imagination.

In spite of that consoling confirmation, God had another one in store for me.

Shortly after I left the world in 1991, I started reading a biographical type book by St. Gertrude. As I read it, and fully recognized Gertrude's experiences and interactions with Jesus, I was so shaken up that I called my Spiritual Director in tears. I could not doubt any more, and neither could he, that my "condition" was real.

Back to the little booklet...

Next time I was in Houston I stopped by a religious bookstore and found out that the same publisher had issued a Part 2 of that little booklet. I was overjoyed and bought it... only to find out that what was written in that Part 2 book was not from God - it was 100% written by man and purely rubbish. It was obvious that those who were behind the publishing of the first booklet saw what a gold mine it had been, so they decided to invent a Part 2 and keep milking the faithful for all they were worth.

My reaction was such that I actually threw the Part 2 book into the trash!

Yes, I was able to tell the difference between Jesus' real Words and the made up ones, but... how many others can? From what I am seeing today, precious few do. Far too many individuals choose to believe whatever is published as long as it is introduced with a "Jesus said..." qualifier.

Just as the spoken and written words of an individual have a "fingerprint like" identifying mark, so do Jesus' real Words which I would recognized anywhere.

Those who have Ears to Hear and Eyes to See, will recognize and believe what we have just related above. The others will not - and I am glad because just as Jesus said: ...they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven! [Mark 4:12] and we certainly would not want that, any more than Jesus would.


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From miguel de Portugal

For those members of the Focused Prayer Group...

In case that you may have difficulty in verbalizing your request for which our group is offering the Chaplet of Mercy every day, this is how we do it:


When we offer such invocation I feel that is coming from the very core of my being and never fails to move me profoundly.



Yesterday's Mass Gospel... begins with:
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From verse 22...


...we can clearly see that those individuals really thought that they were doing the will of the Father even though, obviously, they were not.

How is that possible? Denial makes it possible! They refuse to see the obvious signs/clues from their behavior that were indicating to them that they were on denial.

Then, one may very validly ask: How can I then be sure that I am not on a denial state and in the end I will be cast with the evildoers?

Believe it or not, as complex the answer to that question seems to be, God can make it crystal clear and quite simple - as He did for me today.

If one is sincerely open to hear and evaluate constructive criticism in order to possibly improve oneself - spiritually and physically - one is not on denial. When one refuses to see what is quite obvious in the spiritual or physical domain, that is concrete proof of being on denial.

What should one do when faced with someone on steadfast denial? The moment the denial is confirmed by steadfast and hollow arguments, just walk away. Just as He said:




From miguel de Portugal

As a matter of public record: The total amount that we have received in royalties from the four books that we published through Amazon has been less than $100.00.

Sadly enough, if we had published a book relating that Jesus told me that aliens are real or that there is proof that Jesus and Mary Magdalene had children or that we could prove that the Bible approved all forms of sexual encounters, Amazon would have had to set up a special division just to handle the orders that would rain in.

The understanding for the lack of sales comes from the knowledge that...


...while the comfort come from the reality that God is indeed in control!





From miguel de Portugal


Whether the campaign ads were for Mr. Trump or for any of the Democratic contenders to the U.S. Presidency, the message to those who have ears to Hear and eyes to See is loud and clear:

Social Media has become a global communications censor accountable to no one except to the World Masters. This confirms that they are free to manipulate the world masses at will.
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(1) Source No. 1 (2) Source No. 2 (3) Source No. 3





From miguel de Portugal

We have enhanced a post made several months ago and turned it into a brief document of a two part series. Part I follows. We strongly recommend our readers to carefully digest the message in Part I as a proper preparation for what we will reveal on Part II.