We Are In Dire Straits! Where Have All the Pastors Gone?

“I ask you not to remain silent when you meet with wrongdoing, but to speak out and act to correct a situation that is offensive to your God and destructive to your soul.” - Our Lady of the Roses, November 20, 1979

In the words of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Creator: "If thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother." Matt 18:15 DRB

“His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams. And most impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding: all have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last.” Isaiah 56:10-11 DRB

During the American Revolution, Christians, and especially pastors, were in the forefront of the fight for liberty, freedom, and liberation from tyranny. These pastors were not afraid to risk their lives, their reputations, and everything they had to take a stand for God and country - and against the evils of their day. Some were imprisoned, impoverished and even hanged for “treason” against the crown.
This is a far cry from our pastors and Christian leaders of today, who have zero understanding of the times in which we live or discernment regarding the rising tide of evil in our country; are indifferent and complacent toward this evil; or do understand it hut do not have the courage or guts to speak out against it.

Whether we are considering the murder (via abortion) of over one and a half million babies per year; homosexual marriage; the declaration by Barack Obama of June, 2010 as National Gay/Lesbian Month; restrictions on the free speech of Christians - some of which is now being labeled as “hate speech” or “hate thought”; school sex education, which teaches that gay lifestyles are viable (even desirable) alternatives to heterosexuality; and so much more - the response from 99% of American pastors is resounding silence! Are they so stupid as to not discern what is happening in America; have they bought into the left’s “separation of church and state” propaganda; are they afraid to offend church members by being “political” and possibly see church attendance or financial support decline; or are they afraid of losing their tax exempt status (i.e., intimidated by the government)? This writer would guess some or all of the above. It’s called “Christian pacifism.”

This writer recently spent several hours in the Holocaust Museum at the Imperial War Museum in London. A very sobering experience and a sad illustration of the religious leaders of Germany in the 1930s and ‘40s (both Catholic and Protestant) either turning a blind eye to the great evil of the Third Reich, or actually supporting that regime from its rise to power in 1933, until 1942 - when its great evil was no longer possible to deny or condone.

As Curtis Bowers (a strong Christian and conservative) articulates in a very sobering new film documentary, “Agenda: Grinding America Down,” the political left (which now dominates the U.S. government, courts, educational system, the media, entertainment industry, etc.) is at war with Christianity - is indeed, at war with God. If you want to see the practical outcome of this Communist/Socialist war against Christianity, consider the present Communist regime in China and its war against Christianity.

In that country, serious Bible believing Christians are persecuted, imprisoned, tortured, and sometimes executed. But the Chinese Communists are as shortsighted as the rulers of the Russian Empire - not understanding that real Bible-based, Christ-centered Christianity flourishes under persecution. Hence, the real Chinese Christian Church, with over 100 million participants, has been driven underground - where it functions in low profile, home churches and is growing rapidly. The Communists cannot stop it. (And yes, Christians are violating “the law of the land” in favor of a “higher law.”)

But, in China, there is also the “official,” politically correct, state sanctioned and controlled, “Three Self Church” - which preaches the Communist government line and is devoid of any real, life changing spiritual content. Is that where the American Christian Church is headed in our new Socialist dispensation, with most pastors toeing the government party line - politically correct, never speaking out against the evils of our day, and giving only a watered down message approved by the regime in power? It happened in Nazi Germany, it’s happened in China. Will it also happen in America?

This writer recently read an interesting article entitled “Wandering Sheep” by Coach Dave Dauhenmire (in newswithviews.com, Sept. 2, 2010) which discussed the 500,000 Christians and patriots who recently gathered in Washington at Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally. Discussing how weak, effeminate, and irrelevant the Christian gospel (and most pastors) in America have become today, Daubenmire raised the question as to how many of America’s pastors were at Beck’s rally? His conclusion was probably few to none!

As the coach wrote, “Christianity teaches Jesus alone... ‘l am the way, the truth, the life, no one comes to Father but by Me.’ And that is the only answer to our problems. But this commentary is about America’s pastors and how watered down and irrelevant their message of Christianity has become in our day. America is filled with hungry, wandering sheep today - led by clueless shepherds who neither understand the evils of our day, nor are willing to speak out or take a stand against these evils.

Our Lady of the Roses assures us that we are not judging when we are charitable towards our neighbor and interested in their true good:

"... when a priest tells you that you do not have to speak up ... because you are judging another person, and you should love your neighbor, and therefore never set him up to be judged, you are not judging. If a person is doing wrong, and you tell him in a kind manner, a charitable manner, that they are committing a sin, and that they will lose their soul and go to purgatory, or even hell, that is not judging. You are helping and loving your neighbor. What is love?" - Our Lady of the Roses, June 18, 1982

The awesome Bayside Prophecies... https://www.tldm.org/Bayside/
These prophecies came from Jesus, Mary, and the saints to Veronica Lueken at Bayside, NY, from 1968 to 1995:

COUNSEL
"In charity, you will counsel, but you must also, My child, admonish the wrongdoer." - Our Lady, April 9, 1977

THE “BUCK-PASSER”
“I see, My children, a great evil transpiring upon earth. Those who have the power to stop the evil have chosen to go downstream like ducks upon water, letting everything slide off their backs, neither caring nor visualizing the future. And why? Because they have given themselves to the world.
     “Just as My Son stood before Pilate and he washed his hands and said: ‘This man is innocent; I see no wrong in him,’ however, in his heart he knew of innocence but he feared reprisal from the crowd, My children; he valued his life, he loved his sin, and he was too much involved with the pleasures of this life and the world.
     “You see, My children, it is taking place all over again for those in command in rule. They go along ‘passing,’ as you say, ‘the buck,’ each one not willing to admit his error or his participation in evil, but only too willingly allowing others to take the blame or the responsibility. And I assure you, My children, if evil is being allowed, the ‘buck passer’ is just as guilty as the original one who had started the evil.
     “If you know in your hearts, O pastors, that souls are in danger of being corrupted, misled, and even destroyed, and you do nothing about it, because you do not wish to offend your superiors, because you value your life in this world too much and your good living; I assure you, O pastors, you shall stand before My Son and He shall not know you. You will be disowned, banished from eternal life in Heaven, and you shall join your father who is the father of all liars, satan, and the prince of darkness.” - Our Lady, March 18, 1977

SIN OF OMISSION
“The sin of omission shall condemn many to hell, be they layman or hierarchy. I repeat: not the sin of commission, but the sin of omission will commit many to hell. Among them there will also be mitres.” - Our Lady, October 6, 1980

NECESSARY TO REPEAT?
“My child, is it necessary for Me to repeat My words? Have I not reached the world with an essence of the truth? The truth lies in every man's heart, for every man has been given an inbuilt conscience from the Father. However, of your own will can you shut off your contact with your Father, for you give yourself to the world.” - Our Lady, February 1, 1974

NOT ONE PERSON
“You will always remember, My child and My children, that when the struggle to remain on the narrow path has 'taken all out of you,' as you say, you must remember that eventually you will all be held accountable for your soul. There is not one person who can follow you at the same time over the veil and stand up for you when you are being judged. For every man, woman, and child of conscionable age will be their own master towards their soul. In other words, My children, you must have your God-given conscience forward and placed before you always.” - Jesus, March 18, 1983

TARNISHED
“You must realize, My children, that he who does not recognize My Son as his Savior shall not be given the keys to the Kingdom. My Son has given you all in the Father an inborn conscience and guide. You will not be misled by satan or his agents or by his enticements if you do not throw away the graces that have been given to you. Your souls will only become tarnished if you fall from this grace or cast it willfully away. Then you will become blind, My children. All of you can become blind where you will no longer recognize truth.” - Our Lady, March 25, 1972

NO OTHER RECOURSE
“There is no other recourse, My children. You have all been given an inborn conscience. You must reject the plan of satan and not succumb to his lures. The world about you has become the playground of satan and his agents. Your world is in darkness; Our Church is in darkness. But We still carry the light. And all who follow Me, My children, will be led out of this darkness.” - Our Lady, April 1, 1972

SIN AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT
“The greatest sin that man has on his weakening conscience is a sin against the Holy Spirit. And this is being committed not only in lay life but in the ranks of My clergy.” - Jesus, May 13, 1978

THE PLAN
“You cannot in your human nature understand the plan of your God, your Creator, but you can with your inborn conscience know in your hearts that you have misled, O bishops and cardinals, Our sheep! Turn back, I say unto you, for you shall be punished.” - Jesus, May 20, 1978