These Last Days News - August 21, 2025
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The Priest Who Died for Refusing to Bless an Invalid Marriage...
"My child, make it known to Our priests in My Son’s houses upon earth, churches, that We want Our priests to shine forth as pure examples of chastity and holiness... "The example that must be shown and given to the children of earth by Our priests must set them apart as representatives of My Son. They do not have any equal upon earth, for their vocation is a special gift of God." - Our Lady of the Roses, Mary Help of Mothers, June 18, 1974
FOR LIFE
"When a man has given himself, and chosen from out of
the world as a priest of his God, he will be a priest for life."
- Our
Lady, March 18, 1973
ETERNITY
"Additional graces I give unto you, My dedicated.
Those who remain true to your teachings know that there is none whom you
will answer to but the Father. Eternity is forever. Do not bargain your soul
for the few years you have on your planet earth." - Jesus, September 13,
1974
The above Messages from Our Lady were given to Veronica Lueken at Bayside, New York. Read more
ChurchPop.com reported on May 7, 2026:
By Cleiton Ramos
On April 29, 1991, at 11:00 a.m., a sergeant from the Military Police entered the parish rectory in Salgueiro, Pernambuco, in Brazil, and shot the parish priest five times. Death was immediate.
The priest was 63 years old. His name was Father José Maria Prada, and he died because he refused to officiate an invalid marriage.
A Life of Mission
Born in 1928 in northeastern Portugal, Father José Maria joined the Redemptorists at a young age and was ordained a priest in 1953. Two years later, he left as a missionary to Angola, where he spent more than two decades serving the people through a demanding life of missionary work.
He later came to Brazil, serving first in the interior of São Paulo before being sent to the backlands of Pernambuco in the 1980s. After ministering in several cities, he eventually arrived in Salgueiro, where he became pastor of Saint Anthony Parish.
Those who knew him remember him as a simple priest—close to the people and unwavering in his convictions.
The “No” He Would Not Compromise
The situation began like many others: a man approached the priest seeking to be married in the Church.
Father José Maria did what any faithful priest would do—he investigated the situation. He soon discovered that the man was already sacramentally married to another woman.
The Catholic Church’s teaching is clear:
“Thus the marriage bond has been established by God himself in such a way that a marriage concluded and consummated between baptized persons can never be dissolved.” (CCC 1640).Given the circumstances, there was nothing to negotiate. The answer was no.
The man persisted, returning several times. He tried pressure, offering money, and finally threats.
But Father José Maria would not yield. He did not alter records, minimize the situation, or look for a “shortcut.”
According to reports from the time, he even said he would rather die than celebrate that marriage.
When the Threat Became Reality
On April 29, the sergeant returned.
He entered the rectory and opened fire.
There ended the life of a priest who remained faithful to his beliefs until the very end.
What Remained in Memory
The funeral drew the bishop, priests from across the region, and a multitude of faithful Catholics.
One detail deeply moved those present: the bloodstained shirt Father José Maria was wearing at the time of the murder was carried at the front of the funeral procession.
Nothing needed to be explained. It said everything.
His heart was later preserved in Saint Anthony Church beneath the inscription:
“Martyr for the sanctity of marriage.”Why This Story Still Matters
To this day, there is no formal beatification process underway in Rome. Yet the memory of Father José Maria remains alive in the community.
It is not difficult to understand why.
He did not die over a mere formality. He died defending something concrete: fidelity to marriage, the truth of the sacraments, and the unity between faith and life.
His story recalls that of John the Baptist, who was also killed for refusing to legitimize an unlawful union.
One Question Remains
This is not merely a story from the past.
It still matters because it touches something every person eventually faces:
What do you do when telling the truth begins to cost you?
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SEVEN SACRAMENTS
"I do not, at this time,
intend to point out any individual, but My voice goes out to you, as My
Mother; you know if you are guilty of any sins against the Sacraments.
"There are seven Sacraments commanded of you by Heaven, My children, and you
will keep them. You shall not take them apart by using rationality, and
modernism, and humanism. This cannot be."
- Jesus, June 18, 1987
NEW MODES
"You must not reject the
Sacraments in My Church; you must not reject the teachings for new modes of
modernism and socialism." - Jesus,
June 2, 1979
100 TRUE PRIESTS LEFT?
“When this battle is
over, you will be most fortunate, without prayer, if you will find one hundred
true priests, men of God, left among you. I say ‘true.’
“My children,
you must pray for your bishops and your cardinals. Pray for your clergy. Many
are falling fast into hell and purgatory.”
– Jesus, May 18, 1977
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