Anniversaries

2017 marks several anniversaries of note, 

as we've spotlighted elsewhere 

on the TLB Prime Network... 

Anniversaries of events 

that testified of The Truth - 

and some that altered 

the way it was perceived... 

Anniversaries of Miracles - 

and of revelations 

leading the way, paving it 

towards The Revelation...

None is closer to our hearts 

than FATIMA: 

Those years... 1917 and 2017... 

are so very important 

and only now do we realize it...

On all levels of life... 

100 years - nothing but a bleep 

in the infinity of time and space. 

And yet -  we are here, now, 

to witness it; by His Design... 

So many greats, little-known and well-known, 

came to this Earth to accomplish their Task 

precisely in 1917 -  with many of them destined 

to depart in 100 days... or less. 

And some more than that 

 

Lifetimes that matched a world's metamorphosis... 

Some of it for the best, some not - 

they witnessed it all 

But there is, also, several centuries back, 

another event in particular, most notably 

that has shaped the world in many ways 

- and our vision of The Truth. 

And it has been building up to a momentous 

resolution, each and every year, 

on the same date - but we feign not to see it. 

Distractions rise to divert our focus, of course...

For, on this very day, October 31st, 

when everybody else is celebrating 

elements of darkness... 

Pagan rites coming to the fore... 

Costuming and partying 

are the only things they have in mind... 

We remember... 

Martin Luther's plea 

and the beginning of a great schism 

in the Church... 

This year marks the 500th anniversary 

of Martin Luther's ''revolution''... 

May the Lutherans, 

Catholics, 

the Orthodoxy 

and all forms of Protestantism 

unite again, as one - 

One Christianity 

before God 

and men. 

AMEN. 

+++

More on 1917 - here. 

150 Years Ago; Forever Lourdes

150 Years Ago...

Bernadette de Soubiroux

was blessed enough 

to be granted 

an august audience 

with the Holy Virgin Lady 

in Lourdes, France... 

Her "spiritual sisters" 

such as her venerable

fellow French countryfolk,

Thérèse de Lisieux, 

(seen in the composite picture above, 

at Bernadette's left) 

and so many others

like these two

are truly in a class

all their own.

The third one of note,

and most modern of the three,

is Lucia Dos Santos

from Fatima, Portugal.

She was granted numerous

audiences with the Luminous Lady,

Mother of Our Saviour,

starting in 1917.

She only passed away in 2003.

Of all the messages that she received,

the most urgent and most pressing

is still so very actual today;

to convert RUSSIA.

Many were those who thought it

out of whack with world events now -

yet, with recent activity,

the European Union's criticism

and American ingerence in

Russian policies

concerning Georgia most notably

- with the prospect of another

COLD WAR looming...

The Fatima urging is VERY actual

indeed.

Lourdes deserves to be celebrated

in this 150th anniversary

And the current pope, 

Benedict XVI,  

delivered a beautiful message 

while in Lourdes and Paris 

for this occasion: 

one that told of the 

supreme liberty 

found in the 

absolute dignity 

of purity. 

Bernadette is a great example 

of just that. 

So is Thérèse. 

And so is Lucia. 

So are a great many other 

"spiritual sisters" 

of lesser renown, too; 

they may have not been 

privy to communicating 

with the Holy Mother 

or with Our Redeemer 

Himself - but they are 

without a shadow of a doubt 

purity incarnated 

in our less-than-perfect

sinful world...  

There are countless more like these -

and all are spiritual sisters of great worth

and above average merit

in the Eyes of Our Lord.

As we recognize Bernadette, once again,

let us have a thought for all the rest too -

including those next-to-no-one 

has ever heard of, 

such as those I make mention of 

here and elsewhere...

+++ 

My father is not merely in a better place now - as many would be tempted to say
He certainly is - since he was not well on this earth, the past 13 years...
He had been ill, with various complications stemming from that illness...
An illness with various sources of affliction...
My father is not just "better off now" though
My father has returned where he came from
For he passed the test brilliantly
He trode through the valley of death
He passed the strife-rich test we call "life"
And he did so with patience, grace, acceptance
As we say in our ancestors' land, "mancidão"
With great dignity and poise as well
With great faith - quite obviously
And so - my father is back now WHERE HE BELONGS
Where he has always belonged
He is not merely better off
He is not merely one of us, the Pimentels
He always belonged to a far greater clan
than any family on this earth can aspire to be
He always belonged to Heaven
and God's Family

Hora por mim, pai
So that I too can access such bliss

Je prierai pour ton âme aussi
Comme il est prescrit de le faire
dans la Sainte Bible

Now that your spirit - your lifeforce - your soul
has left your earthly vessel and has ascended, back whence it came
You are back where you have always belonged, dear saintly man

May we all be so lucky as well - when our mortal remains lose their ethereal glow
May we all be as lucky as you are

Kyrie Elieson

Amen