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BFP Aug 15 Hagia Sophia Closed Lest The Angels Take Stock

August 15, 2020

On the Feast of the Assumption (Dormition)… 

Mary leads the way to the promises of her son, Jesus.  She was also taken body and soul to Heaven by Jesus after she fell asleep.

Angels protect things precious to Our Lord.  The Hagia Sophia was closed this week after attempts to turn it into a militant islamic outpost…  

Our Lord does not always think it is time for the sword, but when it is, His angels are fast to use it.  The events at the Hagia Sophia seem to indicate time is up.  Buckle up.

___  next episode:  what does this all mean for prelates who ignore and dissuade the faithful from heeding her warnings at Fatima, especially that Hell is real?

That story about the angel with the sword at Our Lady’s funeral was discussed in an old post here on BF.

Dormition icon detail showing St. Michael slice the hands of Anthonius

PODCAST TRANSCRIPT (MACHINE TRANSCRIBED)

[00:00:00.210]Praise be Jesus Christ now and forever. Today is the Feast of the Annunciation. The day we celebrate when our lord came to take our lady up to heaven. Body and soul.

[00:00:15.150]it is an August feast. Get it? Let me say it again, it’s an August feast, Ivan, you get that. August, you know, the August queen, August. Yeah, it’s an August feast. Maybe I’m the only one that thinks that’s funny.

[00:00:38.340]Look, let’s talk about what this means

[00:00:40.230]I’m pulling on Father Hardon here, Father Hardon tells us that Mary’s bodily assumption is the promise of our own glorious resurrection from the grave.

[00:00:49.760]Well, provided we pray, that’s a condition, so provided we pray, we get to follow Mary’s footsteps and get our own bodily resurrection without prayer. And he says, why? Because without prayer, we cannot remain faithful in our service of God. Mary’s assumption is the proof of how profitable it is to make sacrifices.

[00:01:15.920]And finally, Father Hardon says that Mary’s assumption is a call to penance. Yes, penance. And Father Hardon ties that right back to the message from Our Lady of Fatima specifically. He says the lessons are the same prayer penance make sacrifices. It sounds like the message of Fatima, right? Well, that’s precisely what Father Hardon said. We are to pray, make sacrifices and do penance for poor sinners who are offending God. That’s what we’re going to talk about a little bit today.

[00:01:56.940]Title is: Lest the Angels Take Stock. And it’s that part for poor sinners, I’m going to tell you some things that should make you want to do that more to convert them. Do offer them to our lady, we just had the feast of Saint Alphonsus Liguori and he said that nobody gets to heaven without the Blessed Mother’s help. People say, OK, you can OK. He’s right, though. He’s right in on this great feast of Our Lady Mary, pray for us.

[00:02:31.160]We need it. You know, I think we tend to just like kind of make everything flowers and nice. We don’t tend to think of how literal words are. And I’m going to give you some examples today. Lest the angels take stock. The psalm tells us:

[00:02:50.460]Precious in the eye and the sight of the Lord or something, you know, I guess the flowery translations say precious in the eyes ...