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Why We Must Not Wait
by Father Nicholas Gruner, B.Com., S.T.L., S.T.D. (Cand.)
According to the Message of Fatima, if we Catholics do not heed Our Lady's
Requests soon, entire Nations will be ANNIHILATED, completely wiped out. If
the Catholic Bishops do not OBEY Our Lady of Fatima soon, the whole world
including Canada and the United States will be enslaved by Communist Russia.
The hour is late. The Message of Fatima tells us that God will use Russia as a
scourge of mankind for its sins if mankind does not amend soon. Considering
the tremendous increase in sins around the world it cannot but be very late. For
example the sin of Abortion, which Sacred Scripture tells us cries to Heaven for
Vengeance has increased so much that now there are 50,000,000 little babies
murdered each year by the "mothers" and their "doctors".
Why We Must Now Renew Our Efforts to Have Russia Properly
Consecrated
There are some people who work on the Message of Fatima who say to us,
or say to you, "Wait, before we petition the Pope and the Bishops for the
Consecration of Russia, wait some time. Wait years, perhaps we should wait
until 1988, the year of the 1,000th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia on the
Banks of the River Kiev." They seem to reason that if the conversion of Russia
has not taken place by then, then we can know to our own satisfaction that the
Consecration of Russia has not taken place. In answer, let us say briefly, we
already know beyond any reasonable doubt that the Consecration of Russia
according to Our Lady of Fatima's request has not taken place.
We have already dealt with this question at length. See The Fatima
Crusader, Issue No. 17, "The Importance and Necessity of Petitioning the Pope
to Order the Bishops to Consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary".
We have shown and demonstrated that Sister Lucy has officially spoken to the
Papal Nuncio and clearly indicated what conditions are necessary to be fulfilled.
She spoke in 1982 on March 21st, and again on March 19th, 1983, and she has
shown that all that the Pope and the Bishops have done up to now have not
fulfilled the request of Our Lady to Consecrate Russia. We can reason clearly
and simply from this clear statement of Sister Lucy that even after March 25th,
1984, the Consecration of Russia, according to the formula of Our Lady of
Fatima that She enunciated in the name of the Holy Trinity, has not taken place.
The Pope, himself, on March 25, 1984, as we reported in Issue No.
16, "Our Lady of Fatima Awaits the Bishops", has said clearly that the
Consecration of Russia has still not taken place. He said that Our Lady is still
waiting for certain people to be Consecrated to Her, even after he consecrated
the world.
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When the Dam Breaks

These people who argue for waiting because they cannot reason through
something which is very clear, remind us of a real situation in America where
there are some dams. Already the dams are in danger of breaking because the
amount of moisture in the ground around the dams is too high. It has passed
what is safely allowed. Thus, the dams could break, we were informed, at any
time. Some of the engineers are arguing, 'but let us wait, even though it has
gone below the safety level, let us wait and see what happens.' What will they
answer when the ground breaks and the dams fall and thousands of people are
drowned?
What will these protagonists of the Message of Fatima answer when Russia
overruns the United States and the world, because we waited too long, and
because we did not do our part to see that the Pope and the Bishops Consecrate
Russia according to the Specific directions given by Our Lady at Fatima.
And so, to those who tell us "wait, let us see, let us wait for three years
until 1988" we reply, "who is to say that in three years' time, the whole world
will not be under Soviet domination and that the Pope will not be able any
longer to communicate with the Catholic Bishops around the world? How long
will we be enslaved before God has Mercy on us and by some miraculous
communication to the Pope and all the Bishops, allows them to finally obey this
command of God?"
Punishment for Disobedience to God
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The Jews were carried off into slavery for forty years, in the Babylonian
captivity which lasted from 587 B.C. to 547 B.C. The Holy City of Jerusalem,
itself, was taken captive because they decided to wait. They decided to not
listen to the prophet that God had sent them. We are not suggesting that we
should listen to every person that comes by, who supposedly has a message
from God. However in this case, Sister Lucy has been certified by God Himself,
by the great Miracle of the Sun which took place before 100,000 witnesses, a
number of whom are still alive today. Furthermore, the Catholic Church, after a
thorough examination, has recognized the Message of Our Lady of Fatima that
was given to Sister Lucy as indeed coming from God. So we know that Sister
Lucy is truly a prophet of God.
What is so surprising is that in response to such simple and easy requests
of God, many leaders, people, and even some Priests and Bishops, work so hard
to oppose this Message of Mercy and Love. They do this so as to try to impose
their own ill-conceived, man-made solutions to the problems of the world.
Surely, if God has gone to such trouble to show us the way out of this nuclear
dilemma, if He has gone to such trouble to offer Mercy to us for such a little
effort on our part, it is an insult to Him and to Our Lady to ignore His requests.
Such ignoring on our part cannot be without sin, cannot but make us more
worthy of punishment as we have explained in Issue No. 11/12 in the
article, "World Peace Depends on the Catholic Bishops and You."
So let us not wait. Let us redouble our efforts because (1) It is clear the
Consecration has not taken place, and (2) It is also clear that Russian
Communism has not changed one iota or one whit. It is still anti-Christ, anti-
Catholic, anti-God, and anti-man. There are many proofs of this. It was, for
example, demonstrated clearly by the shooting of the Pope in St. Peter's Square
on May 13th, 1981 by Agca. Mr. Agca has freely confessed to the press that he
was put up to this assassination attempt by the K.G.B. (Russian Secret Police).
He was offered one million dollars or so to shoot the Pope.
The Whole World Groans
The persecution of our brothers in Christ, our brothers in the Catholic Faith,
continues in China and North Korea, in Albania, Lithuania and Russia and other
parts of the world under Communist domination. Let us then realize the urgency
of the hour. We can see, even in our own society in North America, that the
devil and his henchmen, the militant atheists who live in North American
freedom, have succeeded in bringing about great moral decline. We witness that
up to 1969, Abortion was a crime and was punished as such, and yet, since
1969, now in Canada, we have 65,000 babies murdered in their mother's womb
each year, and this is done with the protection of the law. In the United States,
one and a half million babies are murdered each year. One and a half million
(1,500,000) babies murdered! And some of these murderers are paid by
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you. The abortionists, or more exactly, the murderers are paid with your tax
money.
Jesus Weeps Today
We cannot but observe that attendance at Mass has fallen off drastically.
People go less and less to Confession and yet increasing numbers go to Holy
Communion. We hear of Communion Hosts, because of the practice of
Communion in the Hand, being found even in Cathedral benches after Mass.
One Archbishop told me this personally; and yet nothing sufficiently effective is
done to protect the most precious and greatest gift the Church has, the Most
Blessed Sacrament. We see the erosion of Faith in so-called Catholic school
books which are not Catholic. These books preach heresy, teach heresy. And we
see some Bishops not only sit idly by, but in their National Conference
Commission on Catechetics, they actually recommend these texts. I'm thinking
of the "Jesus Book" in particular, as I know that it clearly is heretical, as I have
pointed out to a Catholic American Bishop. It was no misprint; it had the same
heresy at least sixteen times on various pages throughout the book. It was the
Nestorian Heresy which denies that Mary is the Mother of God and denies that
Jesus is one person with two natures, Divine and Human.
We see that all sorts of liturgical changes have been foisted upon the
people and that, as a result of this, as well as other factors, that Mass
attendance has fallen way off. For example, in the Province of Quebec, which
was at one time a staunch and fervent Catholic part of the world, now more
than 50% of the people do not attend Mass on a regular basis. And this is
happening not only in Quebec but around the world.
Further Evidence of Russia's Errors Poisoning Us
We see our seminaries being emptied and seminarians continuing to
complain about heresies being taught by the professors. This is not a new
phenomenon. It has been going on for over fifteen years and yet no vigorous
action is being taken to combat the poisoning of the minds of the seminarians,
our future priests. It is by this means that the minds of both clergy and laity are
being poisoned by false doctrine.
These subversive so-called professors of theology are allowed to continue
to pass out their venom under the guise of Catholic doctrine, because, as some
Bishops say, they can do nothing, because the priests and professors in
question have tenure at our universities and "I" have no control over that. What
could be done is to excommunicate the heretics so that they are no longer able
to pretend to the public that they are still Catholic. The very least that should be
done is that they be warned once to revise their theology or to be publicly
declared heretical.
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The list goes on and on. It all happens because the Pope and the Bishops
have not yet consecrated Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This is in
part due to the fact that Communist Russia has deviously endeavored to poison
the minds of Church leaders against the Full Message of Our Lady of Fatima.
Also, the people have not sufficiently heeded Our Lady's requests, thereby
depriving the Pope and the Bishops of the necessary graces they need to obey
God's Command given to them through the Message of Fatima.
Furthermore, Russia, through her various and many agents inside and
outside the Church, continues to try to further break down the Faith of
Catholics. By destroying our Faith, we Catholics can then be overcome by their
propaganda war.1
It Is to Save Russia
Russia is helped secretly but powerfully by the militant atheists of the West
who prop up this regime that would have folded years ago. If it were not for the
continued economic support from the West and the selective silence of the mass
media, Russian Communism could not have lasted this long. Russia has been
chosen by the devil to fight against the Church. The other militant atheists
around the world rally to support Communist Russia by whatever means they
can.
It is not because Our Lady of Fatima is against Russia or because She
doesn't like the Russian people, nor is it because The Fatima Crusader, or
people who work in the Fatima Apostolate are against Russia. On the contrary,
it is because we love Russia that we seek to remove this cancer of militant
atheism, which has taken over the State and the resources of the people of
Russia. We see this cancer there and we know the only way to get rid of it is by
obeying Our Lady of Fatima.
Russians Need Not Feel Insulted
It has been suggested that a Russian might be insulted if we were to ask
for the Consecration of Russia. It is unfortunate if any good Russian citizen
would feel insulted by this request. It is only due to a misunderstanding on the
part of that Russian that he should feel thus.
To explain ourselves let us consider that a church is dedicated to God for
the exclusive service of God. If this consecrated building is desecrated by a very
serious crime committed there, it must be rededicated, reconsecrated to God by
the Bishop before it can be used again for the public service of God.
Now the fact is that Holy Russia has been horribly desecrated by a very
terrible crime committed against her by outside people. Some Russians have
cooperated with the outside militant atheists and have thereby also been
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responsible for forcing the Russian people to put their resources and labor into
the service of the devil, who uses Russia to fight the Church of God, that is the
Catholic Church.
The imposition of the Atheistic State upon Russia by the international
militant atheistic network is not a crime of Russia. But rather, it is a criminal act
against God perpetrated in that country by outsiders. Since Russia has a holy
vocation from God and this sacrilege has been committed there, God asks that
reparation be made by rededicating the country and the peoples of Russia to
God's service through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. (We have explained this
at length in The Fatima Crusader, Issue No. 11/12, "Russia Enslaved and Used
by the Devil to Fight God","Why God Demands the Consecration of Russia by all
the Bishops as the Necessary Condition for World Peace", and Issue No.
16, "Why God Asks for This Act of Consecration of Russia."
The Most Holy Trinity has sent the Blessed Virgin Mary to command that
the Pope and Bishops dedicate and consecrate specifically Russia to the Sacred
Hearts of Jesus and Mary. This fact should be a cause of great rejoicing for any
Russian who truly loves his country and his people. To think that God has
chosen them to be consecrated and set aside in this unique manner, for the
special service of God is indeed an honor. We can see by this choice of God that
He loves the Russian people in a very special way.
Russia Compared to St. Paul
Communist Russia, like Saul, persecutes the Church of God. Jesus, through
the prayers of the Catholic people, converted Saul into St. Paul - a man who
was specially chosen by God to preach and teach the Gospel of Peace to the
world. Russia, similarly, when it is converted to Catholicism, through the
prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be a chosen instrument of God to bring
the Peace of God to the world. For Russia to be chosen for such an important
vocation by God, indeed, is an honor and cause for joy to a true Russian.
If this does not sufficiently answer the objections of those who say a
Russian might be insulted, let him write to us. But in any case the false
reasoning of anyone, which would suggest to us that we must not obey God and
Our Lady of Fatima must clearly be rejected. God has commanded it and He
knows what He is doing. It is enough for us. It is enough for any follower of
Christ. Thus, we must not desist from petitioning the Pope and Bishops to
consecrate Russia. We must do what we can to see that this command of God is
obeyed before it is too late.
Obeying God Is Not Hypocritical
Some people who have been deceived say to us ''do not be hypocritical,
people of the West are also sinners.'' They say, " Look at abortion, it is also
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prevalent in Europe and North America too." "Our law and social institutions are
also stained with innocent blood.''
We, ourselves, should not be deceived by these false arguments which say
the West is just as guilty as Russia and that we should not petition for the
Consecration of Russia. In response, we should first note that Abortion is an
unspeakable crime. The fact that the "laws" and public institutions of the West
as well as of Russia are stained with innocent blood is indeed a horrible
indictment of all our countries. This public and unrepented crime of our public
officials has been the result of the greater sin which is Militant Atheism of a few
citizens of the West. It is this same sin which is the root cause of imposing the
still greater sin of State Atheism (Communism) on Russia. It is this particular
sin which God especially demands that there be public reparation for. It is for
this public sin and for all that flows from this sin that God demands the
Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Furthermore, it is not for us to determine which people are more guilty for
the state of the world. Nor are we to follow the bad example of those who do
not obey God and the Blessed Virgin of Fatima. On the contrary we must obey
God by praying for, working for and petitioning for the Consecration of Russia
by all Catholic Bishops as God commanded.
It would be sinful for us who know how important this Command of God is,
to do nothing when we can do so much to bring peace to the world through the
fulfillment of this Command of God.
Our Lady at Fatima tells us that peace will come to the world through the
Conversion of Russia and that Russia will only be converted after the Pope and
Bishops properly consecrate her. It may be that we are greater sinners in
Europe and North America than the Russians are, God knows, we don't know.
But we do know from this Message of Fatima that peace will be given to the
world when the Pope and the Bishops, on one specific day, solemnly and
publicly Consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. When the Bishops
obey this command, Russia will be converted to Catholicism. It may happen one
day after this conversion of Russia that the sinners of North America and Europe
will be converted through the missionary efforts of the Russians.
Be that as it may, we are not being hypocritical when we inform you of this
most urgent Command of God. We are simply repeating the Message of Fatima
given for the world. To pretend to be messengers of Our Lady of
Fatima's entireMessage and to deliberately withhold part of Her Message, that
would be hypocritical. That is hypocrisy, especially if it is done deliberately to
deceive one's readers and followers.
Be On Mary's Side When She Wins This
Great Victory
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And so, let us redouble our efforts to get Russia properly consecrated and
let us not be put off by the opposition that is certain to come. It has been there
already and we will face more of it still. Let us go ahead with Our Lady's help.
We will win, or more exactly, Our Lady's Immaculate Heart will triumph. St.
Maximilian Kolbe pointed out, 'although Mary does not need our help, She wants
us to participate in Her victory'. So, let us do our part to be on Her side when
She wins this great victory for God over forces of satan and his followers. GOD
BLESS YOU.
Footnote:
1. Read Our Lady's Urgent Appeal to see how the Militant Atheists of North
America secretly fight against us and help Communist Russia in this war. This
booklet is available from The Fatima Crusader. See also The Fatima Crusader,
Issue No. 17,"The Catholic Church Betrayed", to understand the nature of this
war.