Army of Mary Excommunicated

The word excommunication brings up visions of rebellious medieval monks or indignant kings of old and to see the word in a headline today is intriguing to say the least. The Catholic Church seems on a roll of late, purging heretics as if we were in the religious fervor of the times of the Black Death, looking for someone to blame for God's wrath. We reported on a woman, Patricia De Menezes, who was recently denounced by the church. For years she has seen visions of The Holy Mother in a pine tree and has been urging that aborted babies be declared martyrs by the church. The church decried the intemperance of her language and questioned the revelations she had received. For more details, read the Telegraph story.

Now, six nuns from a diocese in Little Rock Arkansas have been excommunicated for following a sect out of Canada called the Army of Mary, aka the Community of the Lady of All Nations. Fortunately for this six they own their own convent so they won't be out on the streets anytime soon. The archdiocese administrator, J. Gaston Herbert, opined over the "painfully historic" decision but the line has to be drawn somewhere in the doctrinal sand. The nuns were said to have become "entranced and deluded with a doctrine that was heretical". Hebert stated the soldiers of the Army of Mary believe that its 86-year-old creator, Marie Paule Giguere, is the living reincarnation of the Virgin Mary and that God speaks directly through her. The Army of Mary subsequently made a press release in which they defended their beliefs and


In 2002, the Bishop of Amsterdam, Joseph Maria Punt, signed a written announcement in which he endorsed the supernatural nature of the visions of the Lady of All Peoples (Army of Mary), stating that said apparitions are “a help in understanding the signs of the times and to help live more fully the Gospel”.

The controversy seems to surround a 1951 proclamation by the seer(ess) of a fifth Marian Dogma:

“Mary, (as) Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate”:

In Roman Catholicism , there are four dogmas regarding the Blessed Virgin Mary:
1. Mother of God
2. Perpetual Virginity
3. Immaculate Conception
4. Assumption into Heaven.

According to Mary as spoken through Marie Paule Giguere:

“My feet are solidly set upon the globe of the earth because the Father and the Son ‘WISHES’, in this present time, in this world here, to send me in the capacity of Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate. And such will be the subject of the new and last Marian dogma. This picture must precede. The dogma will be furiously contested; but it will be promulgated” (May 31, 1951).

“This dogma will be, as it were, the keystone of the Marian mystery” (April 4, 1954).

“My prophecy, ‘All peoples shall call me blessed’, will be entirely fulfilled when the dogma will be proclaimed. (...) When the dogma, the last of Marian history, will have been promulgated, then the Lady of All Peoples will give peace to the world, true peace.

“But before that, the peoples, in union with the Church, must recite my prayer. But they must know that the Lady has come as Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate. Let it be so” (May 31, 1954).

“I have already said how much controversy this dogma will arouse. Nevertheless, the Church of Rome which will have a long struggle over it, will finally promulgate it. The Church of Rome will be able to face up to the opposition. The Church of Rome will grow in strength and power in the very measure that it confronts this opposition” (April 29, 1951).

The above statements echo the Secrets of Fatima with their promise of world peace following the consecration of Russia to the Sacred Heart of the Holy Mother. Though Pope Pius XII consecrated Russia on July 7, 1952 world peace did not come though Russia as it once was started to disintegrate.

In time when world leaders, politicians, televangelists and, maybe even your own boss, openly talk of doing something because they were guided to do so by God it seems ridiculous to excommunicate a little group of good women who are simply following what their heart is telling them is right. Of course, getting drummed out of the church may bring them more attention and help build recruiting for the Army of Mary. At least they own the mortgage on the convent.

Just another saga in the Apocalypse Times....

Sidenote: The following video is an interesting and enlightened editorial by a self-appointed church expert calling himself OneTrueChurch:

New Comet Discovery--More Parallels With Mira and the Red Dragon

Interesting coincidences were piling up around a month ago on the date August 15, 2007. At the time, the Internet had been abuzz with speculation about an upcoming date, August 18th, which had been deciphered from a series of crop circles in England. With many already in anticipation of some world-changing event, a homily was given by Pope Benedict filled with references to the "red dragon" of the Book of Revelation and, on the same day, details of an amazing discovery were released by NASA regarding new properties of a known star, Mira, unlike any ever seen before. Interestingly, Mira herself is located in the constellation Cetus (gr, Whale). This constellation has been associated with ancient Mother of the Gods of Babylon, Tiamat. Tiamat is the dragon goddess of chaos who battled the Marduk the god of justice and light.

Once again we are drawn to the constellation Cetus with the discovery of a new comet, "P/2007S1(ZHAO)", named after the Chinese astronomer who recently discovered it. Coincidentally, the newly found comet was discovered in the constellation Cetus. Another reference to the red dragon comes to light: China has often been referred to as such! The constellation Cetus seems to be trying to tell us something.

Cetus is amidst a portion of the sky associated with the water signs of the zodiac: Pisces, Aquarius and Eridanus. Is it another coincidence that we are drawn to this wet portion of the heavens at a time when reports of record glacial meltdowns are going on around the planet? Perhaps forecasts of sea-level rises have been underestimated. Certainly, we have no expectation of what may actually occur when the mass of all that ice is redistributed around the globe.

When you look to the southern sky on one of these autumn nights, look carefully. There may be a sign there....

Update: Pope to give strong words on climate....

Could MRSA Become the Black Death of the 21st Century?

An epidemic is quietly growing on the skin of otherwise healthy people and showing up daily in the back pages of local newspapers all over the Globe. The bug MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) was once confined to hospitals but has crept into the community and is striking frequently in settings like football locker rooms.

In a recent, frightening case in the from Virginia, a healthy 26 year old man became ill with what he thought was the flu. Within four days of showing symptoms the man was on the verge of death. Upon admission to the hospital he had eight heart attacks within four hours. The infection damaged a heart valve which led to a stroke leaving him partially paralyzed and both of his legs were later amputated .

On our front page we linked to a story of a high school football player from Grove City, OH who was hospitalized with a "mystery illness". He had originally been infected with MRSA on his foot. The mystery illness was a complication of the original infection and became so severe that doctors induced a coma in order to try to save the boy. As a precaution the school's locker room was disinfected.

MRSA is a bacteria that has gradually become more and more resistant to penicillin. It is often found in the nostrils but can colonize elsewhere both inside and outside the human body. Often boils or abscesses form which must be lanced or drained in order to be treated. MRSA is called a superbug and is becoming more and more prevalent in the community. We suggest you keep your eye on this quietly emerging pandemic of a bug that is becoming increasingly difficult to treat with antibiotics.

India Daily Newspaper Says Peruvian Meteor Marks Beggining of the End

We've found many weird stories at the India Daily site and this one is not an exception. It had already been determined by scientists that:

1. A meteor did impact at the site.
2. Illnesses were caused.
3. Arsenic from the soil caused the illnesses in a release from hot steam caused by the heat of the impact.

Most of this information above was published in an article by National Geographic.

According to the India Daily story, which is labeled as an editorial by their "Technology Team", this impact marks the start of an era "that can see the end of the world, as we know it between year 2012 and 2030". While India Daily disputes a wild claim by Pravda that the meteor was actually a U.S. spy satellite they don't seem to have any qualms about making a bizarre claim of their own:


..."it (the meteor) is an extraterrestrial UFO that has entered the earth’s crust to establish bases below the continental crust. They normally use the ocean. But this is perhaps first time in modern history the UFO has entered the crust in front of all open eyes."


They also claim that the crater is shrinking which, if true, is certainly bizarre. We'll keep following the story to see what more bizarre details emerge.

Long Valley Caldera Getting Active

Long Valley Caldera
Swarm Starting?

A string of earthquakes has started in the Long Valley Caldera area as of today. So far, there have been about 6 very small magnitude quakes per hour since 11 am California time. See Long Valley Quakes, Current map for more information. We'll keep watching!

Long Valley Caldera was created 760,000 years ago when a massive volcanic explosion released very hot ash that later cooled. The eruption was so massive that the entire area collapsed like a deflating balloon. The collapse after the explosion released so much ash and pyroclastic material that it torched thousands or square miles around the area. Most of what is now the Western U.S. was covered by ash from this catastrophic event. A recurrence of this event would indeed be Apocalyptic in proportion. Several years ago, an extended earthquake swarm occurred in the area that had some geologists worried.

Links

Long Valley Observatory

Long Valley Quakes, Current

Long Valley, GIS Database

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The Peruvian Meteor Story--Getting More Interesting

The recent meteor impact in Peru and subsequent illness of about 600 persons has had Internet news fans buzzing for more than a day now. When an object falls from the sky in a place full of ancient tradition and mystery like Peru the Chicken Little in all of us comes to the forefront. So what really happened?

The mainstream scientific and press community is downplaying the story as the product of the creative imaginations of simple people gone wild. The BBC ran a question and answer column on the topic in which they speculated there had been no meteor impact at all and after seeing a fireball in the sky, backward and bucolic citizens went on a march and stumbled onto a boiling pit of toxic sludge that had already existed. Read their Q&A on meteor impacts.

The explanation of mass hysteria as the possible true cause for the illness is disputed by claims found in The Register that animals had become sick and even one bull had died as a result of fumes coming from the crater. We have not heard of animals being subject to the hysteria of people but we suppose such a phenomenon is possible.

On the earth-destroying comet impact front we found an interesting article written by a group headed by Dr. Barry Warmkessel (BA in physics Pomona College and Ph.D. in physics from Arizona State University). We quote from the 1999 article below:

"Our current warm interglacial period began about 10,000 years ago and may be nearing an end. Unconventional sources indicate the probability of multiple comet strikes or near misses within the next 36 years. Two such independent sources indicate that these events will start around 2006-2007 with others following in the next six to thirty-two years. At most, a two-year visual warning is anticipated. Prehistoric catastrophic circumstances are explored and cross-correlated with the current description of the threatening comet swarms."


The site is full of terrifying and interesting information about the collapse of human civilization including this Medieval painting which portrays a comet impact and the sky raining blood. You may recall our mention in a previous post about a similar event in 2001 in India where red rain fell from the sky.

When this story about the Peruvian meteor impact disappears in a few days we will all be left wondering what really happened and we may never find out...just another day in the Apocalypse Times.

Peru--Meteorite Reported to Have Caused Illnesses

In a story that broke in wee hours of the morning of September 18, first reported by the AFP (Agence France Press) a meteor that crashed to the ground in Peru was responsible for making several people ill including seven policemen who were taken to a local hospital.

One might recall the original "War of the Worlds" movie in which a Martian invasion emerged from smoking projectiles that plummeted to the ground.







Scientists have pondered the possibility for years that objects from space might well bring new microbial life to the surface of the Earth. We found it odd that such a report made the news as we have been following stories about falling projectiles for years and have yet to find one that included illness as a result of impact, except for one. In 2001, particles fell to the ground in India and scientists speculated that they may well have been germs from space. "Authorities received reports of 'red rain' 3 hours later. Intermittent rust-colored rain showers occurred for 5 to 6 weeks after the event."

Interestingly, we discovered that the ancient Aztecs feared such events: "...because they were afraid they would be hit by a meteor, develop an infection, and die." We are often told by the press that backward peoples of third world countries aren't worth trusting because they're so likely to panic in reaction to unknown phenomenon. Along this line of reasoning is an official press release from the Regional Health Director for Puno, Peru in which the seriousness of any illness is downplayed. "There aren't any serious cases, but the substance from the object could affect (the people) in the long term, that's why apart from these tests, it will be necessary to follow up the cases in the next few months"

The recent meteor impact in Peru is minor compared to the many that have been documented around the globe over the years. If you feel the chances are slim of a large meteor impact in your neighborhood are slim, take a look at the Earth Impact Database map for North America.
You'll see that the entire U.S., and much of the globe, is pock-marked with hundreds a impact craters much larger than the recent one in Peru.

So this may well be another one of those flash in the pan stories that disappears as quickly as a meteorite flashes across the sky, but it certainly raises an apocalyptic scenario that we don't hear much. Earthlings wiped out by disease from space!