598 True Life in God Notebook 58 Maranatha! Come! peace, My beloved, do not be in terror; My decision has been taken; I shall ravage the earth with My Purifying Fire and I shall carry out My Plan sooner than foreseen; the time of waiting is soon over; as for you, My child, do not be intimidated by Folly; turn your eyes towards Me and lean on Me, I am your Strength; – look! pray for your priests, 1 pray that they may turn to Me and draw from Me: Resourcefulness, Peace and Love; many are decaying and very fast too; pray for those2who play havoc with My blossoming flowers; 3 tell your priests4 that if among them there are a few who are still alive, it is due to My Tears; I water their faith with My Tears, so I weep in agony to keep this remnant alive; My Church is crumbling like rotten wood and all I hear from them is: “Is there a drought?” they flout piety, they list bitter accusations against the Works of My Holy Spirit and allow their mouth to condemn them! the hour of darkness brought the Hour of Adoration to nil; worse still, they have established a monopoly of ostentation and presumption; I, their Lord, stand before them and ask them: “Why do you scorn the consolation that I give to My children today through the smallest part of My Church?” – the Heavens will wear away soon and you are still unaware and in deep sleep; I shall come to you like a thief without telling you at what hour to expect Me; 5 1The Greek Orthodox priests. 2The Greek Orthodox priests. 3 The newly converted Greek youth. Converted through our Lord’s messages. 4The Greek Orthodox priests. 5Rv. 3:3. I am asking you now, with Tears in My Eyes, tell Me: what happened to My flock? where are My perennial pastures? why are My sons and daughters in captivity? where is the youth of today? why has the fragrance I had given you turned into a stench? – I weep over you – I weep over your excessive pride .... your excessive pride made My Church resemble a gaping grave; but you too will be subdued, My Fire is close now; I will bring you down from your glory .... and when you will ask; “what happened?” I will tell you then: “My Kingdom has been taken from you and given to a people who will now produce its fruit;” 6 it is the Spirit who gives life, surely you have enough respect for My Holy Spirit? then why do you offend My Holy Spirit by persecuting Him? judge for yourselves what I am saying; why are your young people separating from Mother Church to follow a secondrate philosophy? you have done well in remembering My Holy Spirit so constantly and in maintaining the traditions just as I passed them on to you; however, you speak without love and you are blinded by your zeal! you have lost the insights of My Mysteries because of your zeal! have you not read: “there is a remnant, chosen by grace; by grace, you notice, nothing therefore to do with good deeds, or grace would not be grace at all!”; 7 I love you all but it is not without suffering, because you are objecting to My Holy Spirit’s gifts; you are not objecting to a human authority, but to Me your God; I am reminding you of one last thing: one day you will see Me face to face and I will ask you to give Me an account of the way you looked after the souls I had entrusted you with; today still you are making Me out to be a liar because you 6Mt. 21:43. 7Rm. 11:6.
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