"When you pray, pray first for the Holy Spirit because when you have the Holy Spirit, you have everything."        - Medjugorje April 4, 1985

"You have forgotten that through prayer and fasting you can avert wars and suspend the laws of nature."       - Medjugorje Dec. 2, 1982

Thank you to all of you who are praying with us leading up to June 25^th for peace in light of what we learned last weekend, namely that this is a particularly urgent moment for humanity.  Thank you also for fasting with us today. You will be glad you made the effort for all of eternity….

“Who is going to save [the] church? Do not look to the priests. Do not look to the bishops.

It’s up to you …” - Fulton Sheen

Below we highlight excerpts from a recent article written by sign.org.  “A turning point” – potentially

in every way for our world.  On June 25, 2017, we will commemorate 36 years since the Medjugorje phenomenon began.

If this were a business story it would be a Harvard case study – born without any chance of success.

Impoverished let alone under-funded, led by children who were below average and unmotivated

in the eyes of adults, constrained to a geographic area that was desolate, speaking a language that

barely 1% of the world understands and without any technology. Let me get this straight Heaven:

Your goal is to change the world with this rag-tag handful of underachievers?

Nearly fifty million conversions later there is nothing like it today. It even seems to flourish on the

persecution that comes from within the Catholic church where bishops like mine forbid the mere

mention of the name “Medjugorje” in their dioceses. And while dioceses like mine shutter churches

and participation plummets, Medjugorje reaches out to other faiths with the invitation:

Get on board. Start today … and watch the Lord move.

It is fascinating to observe divisions that flare within homogeneous groups such as Catholics based

on whether they are open to the call to repentance are almost entirely absent across faiths

that practice this call to return to living as the 1^st century Christians lived. Fasting as I observe it

unites the views of believers as we begin to see things differently.

It is my sense that in 1981 when Medjugorje first threw down the gauntlet that Christians must

return to fasting twice weekly, there was no other movement leading with this wake up call.

And now I believe we can see the reason - fasting leads to spiritual insights

that Heaven doesn’t let go of otherwise, no matter how much one prays.

Medjugorje makes that dramatic statement – you will see the battle and the world differently if you fast

Even more exciting are the revolutionary words from Medjugorje that prayer when combined with fasting, can prevent wars.

What a promise and what a cause for hope.

Fasting is a way for Christians to go on the offensive.

Per the story below, anti-God agendas slung at us come so fast, so furious it feels often as though

Christians are backpedaling if not in full retreat in this world vs. the Obama model articulated

in Rules for Radicals, the book America’s former president pointed to as the playbook for his endeavors

… dedicated to Lucifer.

Rather than fighting well organized political, legal and social onslaughts with a similar response,

Heaven tells us to lead with repentance, prayer and fasting to change the world.

The combination of the three is the great equalizer that evil cannot combat.

So on this anniversary of revival, let us ask for extraordinary grace and help from Heaven

around all of our endeavors and intentions.

Let us remember our neighbors to the north given what this article discusses – for their sake

as well as ours.

Medjugorje once shared with us that a severe blight destined to afflict mankind was scratched

from Heaven’s to-do list. Why? The repentance and fasting of that little town which then had

barely 100 families moved Heaven to such mercy for the entire world.

That is incredible – and that is biblical. Standing on the shoulders

of Leviticus which talks about the exponential power a small group committed to the Lord

has in battle. So as you read the following, don’t be discouraged – decide you will step up

today and make an impact with your little sacrifice in a way that exceeds our imagination.

You will be glad you did for all of eternity.…….

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For anyone who missed it, the first week of June 2017 witnessed a momentous event. The event will ripple not only throughout the vast Canada provinces where it was implemented, but the rest of the world. On June 1, Bill 89 called Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act in the Ontario legislature was passed by an overwhelming majority of 63 to 23 that the Ontario Government has the right to seize children from their parents opposing gender transition. Note the vote was not even close with a near 3 to 1 margin.

The Minister of Children and Youth Services said that “a parent’s failure to recognize and support a child’s gender identification is a form of child abuse, and a child in these circumstances should be removed from the situation and placed into protection.”

There are many terms used to discuss a political philosophy. Several are: democratic, progressive, socialist, Fabian socialism, national socialism, democratic socialism, Marxism, Stalinism, Maoism, Leninism, Fascism, Communism, and so forth. These all have specific meanings, but are often misused in discussions because young talking heads being told what to spew by bosses really don’t know the difference. When a young broadcaster is making $500,000 a year and has use of the corporate jet, don’t expect independent thinking.

Of all the above, we’ll just touch on socialism and communism. Socialism is the gradual destruction of society through a slower process than communism. Communism is in a hurry, socialism is more patient to carry out an agenda. Mikhail Gorbachev as the former General Secretary of the Communist Party in what was once the USSR, said at the one thousand year Anniversary of Kiev Russia in 1988 “if the communists had implemented more of a socialist agenda rather than the violence the communists imposed, the experiment of the USSR would have succeeded.” Speaking at the Presidio in California, he would say that many times in differing ways as he looked back on the failed state of the USSR. Principally, he said it failed because Russian roots were Christian, and we failed to rid Christianity from the Russian soul before we imposed political structures.

As T.S. Elliot said, “the world will not perish with a bang, but it shall perish with a whimper.” The point is inch by inch socialists have used the politics of Antonio Gramsci and the social and political structures of incrementally taking turf one yard at a time, year after year, decade after decade where national leaders are allowed to vote this type of law in motion — and then get elected again. Gramsci as head of the Italian Communist Party at the time of the Russian Revolution went to Russia to see it for himself. After spending a year there observing the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Gramsci determined Russian communism would fail because it was too violent. Therefore, in what was arguably one of the greatest political minds since Machiavelli, Gramsci said the best way to win advancement through state control was incremental wins through socialism. A bite at a time can equal a sumptuous feast.

In the June 2, 2017 the monthly message of the Blessed Mother at Medjugorje to Mirjiana something was said that may not have been said since the apparitions began in June of 1981. She said, “be ready, this time is a turning point. That is why I am calling you anew to faith and hope.” The Blessed Mother is speaking to us as the Daughter of the Father, the Mother of the Son, and the Spouse of the Holy Spirit. She speaks with the consent and the authority of heaven.

It is time to speak up, because shortly you will have no voice if you don’t speak up now.

Jesus I Trust in You

Why We Fast – Our Core Fasting Intentions

1) We add the new fasting intention of taking back the church from evil. We submit the three-step process to achieve this victory is 1-Repent, 2-Prayer & Fasting and, 3-Imitate our Savior by throwing the evil leadership from the church. We will seek to emulate the Savior in our effort to End the USCCB, an organization that has been devastating to the church.  “You shall know the spirit by the fruits” - Matt. 7:16

2) For the Holy Spirit to reign down upon America, renewing our land as the Christian, capitalist meritocracy we were founded to be.

3) For the protection of our police, firefighters, military and their families from harm and that the Lord bless their courageous generosity on our behalf.

4) For the protection of the families who fast with us, and for God’s blessings of abundance upon them and that true to His word, we will be able to witness that He prospered us in famine.

Would you like to learn more about fasting?

We maintain a repository of ideas and information we have learned over the last decade while fasting weekly for America. From scientific studies on the benefits of fasting, to the differences between intermittent dieting vs intermittent fasting, to scriptural references regarding the power of fasting to the history of first century Christians who stated believers are obligated to fast weekly, we hope you will find numerous insights with our free resource located here.

Together let us also implore Heaven while fasting for intentions you have highlighted:

4) For all patriots who put themselves on the front lines in combatting evil and for all of the warriors who are stepping up around the nation to fight for the gospel – May The Father cover them in the blood of our savior,  protect them and their families from evil and bring victory to their endeavors.

5) For priests, ministers and all who aspire to lead others to the Lord, that the Holy Spirit will reign down upon them as at Pentecost filling them to overflowing. 

6) For the Americans jailed after January 6th who were admitted to the Capitol building by the police, and who were not found to have destroyed any property at the capitol yet who have been held captive ever since on our own soil - That God's Spirit will move quickly to bring justice back to this land and free them.

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