After writing my essay, "Death … Or, Our last Graduation", I got caught up in a theory, namely, is Our Mother The Father's chief missionary on Earth and He and His Son are laying back. The more you study Her activities on Earth … assisted by Her Son, the more one has to find that Our Father has appointed Her to act for Him and His Son. As such, we had better do absolutely what She tells us to do.

Why would the Father allow Her to preach while holding His son if He did not approve of Her missionary role? I had to explore this question! Because, if the Father allowed Her to preach so fervently from 1961 to 1965 in San Sebastian de Garabandal, Spain, and allows Her to engage us continuously in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina since 1981 … you have to believe She is chosen.

When one studies the Bible one finds that Our Father spent several millennia selecting prophets, training them and then sent them off to promote His mission. The prophets did carry our Father's mission to tens-of-thousands of people. And, then the Father stood aside.

Next, His Son must have asked His Father to give him a shot at teaching even more people about paradise by making a great personal sacrifice. And, He formed an army of followers who did an effective job two millennia ago. Then He, too, for the most part, has stood aside.

So, in each period the Father and the Son formed bands of followers to take over the role of preaching the message: His mission. And, many have done an excellent job representing Him.

Well, then, right after the Son's death and He elevation to Heaven, She showed up in Saragossa, Spain (40 AD). Why, did She do that so soon after Her Son's crucifixion? I'll guess She convinced the Father She wanted a shot at promoting His mission on Earth even more because His followers needed to be even more effective. It seems millions of people have turned their backs on Him. Whereas, the Father and Son have millions of adherents on earth, She is trying to add everyone else.

Whereas the Father and Son had preached the values of goodness, She would appear to people and tell them they had better straighten out. If not, She would show us a dismal place where we could live forever after we graduate from Earth. If we do, She could show us two other better places. And, She did.

While the prophets and apostles followed the Father and the Son with effective 'have-faith sales pitches' those pitches don't work too well in our time. People in our cultures focus a lot on tangible things. Guessing at what Heaven, Hell and Purgatory are like? Well? They don't understand what that's all about! Explain later when we are not so busy touching things! Or, not at all!

And, She expounded on that point in Medjugorje in October, 1981. She said:

"The Russian people will be the people who will glorify God the most. Regarding the West: the West has made civilization progress, but without God, as if they were their own creators." (Ref. -4-, Page 112)

Without God? The more you read about Europe's culture the more you can believe that. What about us? I can believe She lumped Americans in with Europeans since live in the West. And, She was displeased as was Her Son. If She and He were displeased back in 1983, what must they think, now?

"My Son suffers very much because the world is not converting. May the world be converted and make peace." (Ref. -4-, Page 149)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
September 26, 1983

"My Son suffers very much because men do not want to be reconciled. They have not listened to me. Be converted, be reconciled." (Ref. -4-, Page 150)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
October 15, 1983

Now, if Her Son suffers 'because men … have not listened to Her', that convinces me even more that Her Son and the Father is touting Her as the Father's Chief Missionary on Earth.

Most people don't know the Son is frustrated because they don't listen to His mother. They don't listen to Her because they don't know what's going on.

So, now, She is showing customers-to-be what they are buying into. Let's face it, if a travel agent expects to sell anyone a trip to San Francisco, that agent has to convince the perspective customer what one has to do to get there. Then, what does that place look like? How do you get a customer to want to be there? What is the best hotel to stay in! How do you get to the hotel? What is it like seeing the sights? And, that perspective travel customers will not buy a pitch from someone who has not been there! That's simply the nature of any customer-to-be in today's marketplace. That's why Our Mother sells so effectively.

This was my personal experience in Medjugorje in 1994. She is everywhere! Jaw-dropping signs of Her presence astonish people while walking ... at windows ... in rooms ... on Mt. Krizevac. She overwhelms everyone there with Her presence by continuously showering down signs. Almost everyone in our group witnessed some sign. She allowed many to witness the miracle of the pulsating, sun. Most pilgrims could stare at the sun for as long as they chose. She allowed them to carry that gift back to the States. Rosary chains and medallions turned golden. Mary Jo Baird talked with Her in the apparition room in the Church of St. James.

Another woman heard an internal voice: "I am your mother." Several, including myself, watched lights appear around the cross on Mt. Krizevac (Cross Mountain). An aurora appeared at night along the periphery of the mountain. I photographed the cross glowing at night. Two women saw an aurora around our guide, Sylvia Mario, and Father Petar Ljubicic while they chatted. He is the Franciscan priest who will know the messages Our Mother gave to the visionaries.

Father Jozo's blessings triggered charismatic falls in church and no one got hurt. People fell all over the place. I never saw anything like it.

She sent signs constantly to assure us She is there. She certainly is there. That's a conclusion. I am one of the pilgrims who can stare at the sun's pulsations as long as I choose. Moreover, I carried that gift back with me, proof that Our Mother truly lives there and everywhere. I took my daughter's and a friend's rosary to be blessed. Their chains turned golden as did mine which is still golden

I will tell you what Our Mother showed visionaries but, first, I had to learn whether the Bible describes those three places in either book. So, I searched for passages using a CD (The Illustrated Catholic Bible, Harmony Media Inc., Gervais, OR; ISBN 1-886877-39-A) and the computer.

I looked for a description of Heaven. I found 392 passages in both books that mentioned Heaven and several did so several times. I screened a sampling of the some-odd 1,000 references. They mentioned Heaven, all right, but did not describe it. There was no mention of what it is like to live there!

So, then, I searched for the word, Hell. That resulted in my finding just … 12 passages … but only in the New Testament. Sorry, there are no descriptions there, either.

Purgatory? None! Nada! Not once does that word appear in either book. While it is mentioned in the Catholic Encyclopedia its name is only implied … not mentioned in the Bible, no less described. One passage in the encyclopedia states: "… Even in the Old Testament there was a belief in the existence of purgatory, for there we find Judas Maccabeus sending 12,000 drachmas to Jerusalem to have sacrifices offered for the sins of the dead. That chapter ends with the advice. "It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins" (2 Mac. 12:46)…" Implied! That's about it!

By contrast, Our Mother has shown Heaven, Hell and Purgatory to us through the eyes of Her visionaries. All six of the Medjugorjean visionaries have seen Heaven and Purgatory, and four have seen Hell.

Vicka has seen all three places. She explains what she saw in Heaven:

"Heaven is a big wide space, limitless. There is a glowing light that does not exist on earth. I saw many people and they were very, very happy. They sing. They dance. They communicate in a way unknown on earth. They know each other from the inside. They wear long robes. I noticed three different colors but these colors are not like the ones on earth. …There are also some angels with them." (Ref. -13-, page 35)

They sing and smile..... forever. You might not want to wear robes, smile or sing forever. So, there's Hell and this is how Vicka described what she saw

"After visiting Purgatory, the Gospa showed us hell. It's a terrible place. We even saw perfectly average people, those you would meet on the street, who threw themselves into this fire. No one was pushing them. They dove into the fire to different depths. When they came out from it they looked like beasts. … We could not believe they had once been human beings." (Ref. -13-, page 45)

What about Purgatory? This is what Our Mother said about Purgatory:

"In Purgatory there are many different levels; the lowest is close to Hell and the highest gradually draws near to Heaven. It is not on All Souls Day, but Christmas, that the greatest number of souls leave Purgatory. There are in Purgatory, souls who pray ardently to God, but for whom no relative or friend prays on earth. God makes them benefit from the prayers of other people. It happens that God permits them to manifest themselves in different ways, close to their relatives on earth, in order to remind men of the existence of Purgatory and to solicit their prayers to come close to God, who is just but good. The majority of people go to Purgatory. Many go to Hell. A small number go directly to Heaven." (Ref. -4-, Page 144)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
January 10, 1983

The majority of people go to purgatory? And, it is not even mentioned in the Bible? I think the Mother picked up on that! Now, I always thought I would end up in Purgatory and I would like to live on a higher level like the reason to live in on the ninth floor in a condo in McLean, Virginia.

But, then I shivered when I read what Vicka had to say about that place.

"After showing us Heaven, Our Lady took us to Purgatory. It's a very dark place and we could hardly see anything because of a very thick kind of smoke, gray like ash. We could sense that there were many people there but couldn't see their faces because of the smoke. Nevertheless we could hear them move and scream. There were many of them and they suffered a lot. We could also hear some thumps, as if they were banging their heads." (Ref. -13- page 38)

I don't want to bang my head. Now, I don't want to go there. But, I thought I can't qualify for Heaven. Then my spirits picked up a bit when I went back to read what Our Mother said in 1986:

"If you will abandon yourself to me, you will not even feel the passage from this life to the next life. You will begin to live the life of Heaven on earth." (Ref. -4-, Page 390)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
September, 1986

Mother! I do! Mother! I do!

So, She convince the Father She knew how to sell His mission? And did He permit Her to warn His people on Earth what He intended to do perhaps very soon if they didn't buy Her pitch? You bet!

She has described through Her visionaries in Garabandal and Medjugorje what the end times on Earth will be like and that my analysis indicates they could happen soon. She is trying feverishly to convince as many as She can to turn their lives over to God to assure their salvation. And, She has influenced the development of many organizations that will promote Her messages. One of them is 'Children of Medjugorje' which hopes to open up a Medjugorje TV station in the States.

Meanwhile, when you read her 1990's messages you get the impression She is laying back, too, and expects Her followers to sell Her message. I believe She is counting on organizations to sell Her pitch to the rest of the world. She is now doing what the Father and the Son did. She set up a disciple network and is now laying back. I guess salvation is now up to Her followers!

Unfortunately, She has a tough competitor, Satan. And the Father gives him an equal shot at us. He is pulling people away in the opposite direction and is being very effective. The ant-Judeo-Christian movement underway worldwide is the way he is doing it. He just wants to separate us from God, knowing 'no-God' people are a 'gotcha'. One only has to read newspapers and watch sex on TV to know how effectively his 'no-Gods' are managing the media, courts, schools, and on and on.

Is that only my opinion? Well, I recommend that you read what these people have to say. Read what David Limbaugh ("Warring with Christianity"), Ann Coulter ("Massachusetts Supreme Court abolishes capitalism!"), John Leo ("Apostasy is now rampant in the church of Hillary and Bill."), Chuck Colson ("How Hollywood Portrays Christians"), Clifford May, ("Hatred [against Jews], European Style."), Cal Tomas (Marriage Redefined!) … have to write about this menace. You will find these writings on the website: Townhall.com. By-and-large they expect the anti-Judeo-Christianity movement to get stronger and even more effective.

Now, Our Mother tells us why Satan is feverishly active. She tells us his time is running out and that is why he is so aggressive. He uses secularists to separate as much of mankind as he can from God using such instruments as the ACLU, Hollywood degenerates, state governments, terrorists who attack Judeo-Christians, dishonorable judges and 'no-God' bureaucrats. While they would claim to only separate church and state in the public sector, they and their contemporaries intend, I am convinced, to eliminate God entirely from our culture here and throughout the rest of the world.

Satan is so smart. He is not trying to make everyone evil. He knows he doesn't have to do that. So, if one thinks that since he/she is not evil that person can attain Heaven, that person is wrong. If that person is a 'no-God' type, that person is a 'gotcha'. If Satan separates me from God, I lose, he is the winner.

Satan knows that by eliminating God from our cultures the they will live with him in Hell, forever. And, God has allowed Satan the freedom to try to do that. At the same time, He has assigned Our Mother to compete with him.

She spoke of Satan this way.

"Excuse me for this, but you must realize that Satan exists. One day he appeared before the throne of God and asked permission to submit the Church to a period of trial. God gave him permission to try the Church for one century. This century (1900's) is under the power of the devil, but when the secrets confided to you [visionaries] come to pass, his power will be destroyed. Even now he is beginning to lose his power and has become aggressive. He is destroying marriages, creating division among priests and is responsible for obsessions and murder. You must protect yourselves against these things through fasting and prayer, especially community prayer. Carry blessed objects with you. Put them in your home, and restore the use of holy water." (Ref. -4-, Page 139)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
December 24, 1982

So, the Father allows Her to teach us through visionaries, but allows Satan to compete with Her and roam surreptitiously within all cultures all over the globe. She said so in Medjugorje:

"Whenever I come to you my Son comes with me, but so does satan. You permitted, without noticing, his influences on you and he drives you on." (Ref. -4-, Page 46)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
January 28, 1987

Why do people listen to Satan?

"Men who go to Hell no longer want to receive any benefits from God. They do not repent nor do they cease to revolt and to blaspheme. They make up their mind to live in Hell and do not contemplate leaving it." (Ref. - 4-, Page 144)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
January 12, 1983

Why is She becoming incredibly active? Ah! That is a very interesting question. For nearly two millennia, She spoke to visionaries, only occasionally and infrequently in places like Saragossa, Spain ( 40 AD), Saint Mary Major, Rome, Italy ( 352 AD), Walsingham, England ( 1061), Our Lady of the Rosary, Prouille, France (1208), Guadalupe, Lourdes, Fatima and privately. And, Her messages seemed casual and reflective.

Then, all of a sudden one day in 1961 she appeared anxiously in a little fishing village on the northern coast of Spain, San Sebastian de Garabandal, and She escalated the number of Her appearances ... dramatically. Whereas She appeared only a half dozen times, or so, in each of those previous places, She appeared an unprecedented 2,000 times from 1961 to 1965 in Garabandal. Why did She become so frenetic?

Well, She had startling warnings to announce.

And, since June, 1981 She has been appearing … continuously … tens-of thousands of times, still … to visionaries in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina. I have been told by historians that 20 million people have gone to a city that had been caught up in a war. Man. What a sales market.

What are the secrets I mentioned earlier! She is telling us our cultures are headed toward a climax. She warns us there will be a 'chastisement' (tribulation?) and if we don't devote ourselves to God, we will end up with Satan.

What chastisement? She appeared to four girls in Garabandal: Conchita Gonzales, Loli Mazon, Jacinta Gonzales and Mari Cruz Gonzalez starting July 2, 1961.

In 1962, Conchita spoke of a message:

"The Blessed Virgin said that there will be only two more Popes after Paul VI [JP II is that pope]. But this does not mean that the world will come to an end." (Ref. -2-, Page 164)

Is tribulation mentioned in the Bible the same as the chastisement She depicts? Let's see. Our Mother described future events to the visionary, Conchita Gonzales ... a Warning ... a Miracle ... and a Sign that would precede a Chastisement.

Conchita, regarding the Warning:

"The Blessed Virgin told me ... that a warning would be given before the Miracle so that the world might amend itself. This warning like the chastisement is a very fearful thing for the good as well as for the wicked." (Ref. -2-, Page 127)

... January 1, 1965

Conchita, regarding the Miracle:

"It will be the greatest miracle that Jesus has performed for the world. There won't be the slightest doubt that it comes from God. ... A Sign of the miracle which it will be possible to film or televise will remain at the pines." It will be a permanent visible supernatural sign that will remain at the pines in Garabandal until the end of time. (Ref. -2-, Page 151)

... September 14, 1965

Conchita also said that the miracle will occur on a Thursday evening at 8:30p and last 15 minutes. It will coincide with an event in the Church. (Ref. -2-, Page 151).

Conchita regarding the Chastisement:

"If we do not change, the Chastisement will be terrible in keeping with what we deserve. We saw it, but I cannot say anything else about the chastisement. I can assure you that if it comes; it is worse than being enveloped in fire, worse than having fire above and beneath you. I do not know how much time will elapse between the miracle and the chastisement."

"If we do not change, the chastisement will be terrible in keeping with what we deserve. We saw it, but I cannot say what it consists of because I cannot say anything else about the chastisement. When I saw it I felt a very great fear and that notwithstanding I was looking at the Blessed Virgin." (Ref. -2-, Page 163)

... September 14, 1965

JPII-We-Love-You spoke similarly during a 1976 visit to America:

"We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has gone through. I do not think that wide circles of American society or wide circles of the Christian community realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-Church, of the Gospel versus the anti-Gospel."

Karol Cardinal Wojtyla (John Paul II)
November 9, 1976

How are we to change? Her messages always offer the same prescription:

Prayer. "Pray for three hours a day. You don't pray enough." Say fifteen decades of the rosary every day. Do it while driving; during an otherwise boring workout. It only takes forty-five minutes. Fill your subconscious with prayer for another two hours or so to crowd Satan out. Talking to God becomes easy when you have turned your life over to Him. (Purification of the spirit)

Fasting. "Fast on Wednesdays and Fridays on bread and water. Or, give up something you favor." (Purification of the body)

Reading the Bible. "Dear Children, today I call on you to read the Bible every day in your homes and let it be in a visible place." That way we learn how ancient societies dealt with the rules God established. The bible is on audio tape for those of us who always seem to have our hands full. (Purification of the intelligence)

Confession. "You should go to confession once a month." Cleanse your subconscious of the trash Satan left behind the last time you let him in. (To make God's love grow in us)

Holy Communion. Go often; every day, if possible. Luckily, we might receive communion the moment of our death to make God's love grow in us.

Now, Our Mother confirmed those predictions to the visionaries in Medjugorje.

"Be converted! It will be too late when the sign comes. Beforehand, several will be given to the world. Hurry to be converted. I need your prayers and your penance." (Ref. -4-, Page 341)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
January 12, 1983

So, what is my finding? Rather, what could we conclude? First, we have to believe Our Mother is God's chief missionary on Earth and we must listen to Her. All churches and the Jews-for-Jesus rabbis should be preaching this to prepare parishioners. Next, She is competing with Satan for the souls of mankind on an equal footing. God has not given her a miraculous advantage except that She does appear to us while Satan sneaks around. And, perhaps, most importantly, She knows what She is talking about because She lives with Her Son and the Father in Heaven. And … She knows how we can get there.

What Is Our Blessed Mother Trying To Tell Us?

After writing my essay, "Death … Or, Our last Graduation", I got caught up in a theory, namely, is Our Mother The Father's chief missionary on Earth and He and His Son are laying back. The more you study Her activities on Earth … assisted by Her Son, the more one has to find that Our Father has appointed Her to act for Him and His Son. As such, we had better do absolutely what She tells us to do.

Why would the Father allow Her to preach while holding His son if He did not approve of Her missionary role? I had to explore this question! Because, if the Father allowed Her to preach so fervently from 1961 to 1965 in San Sebastian de Garabandal, Spain, and allows Her to engage us continuously in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina since 1981 … you have to believe She is chosen.

When one studies the Bible one finds that Our Father spent several millennia selecting prophets, training them and then sent them off to promote His mission. The prophets did carry our Father's mission to tens-of-thousands of people. And, then the Father stood aside.

Next, His Son must have asked His Father to give him a shot at teaching even more people about paradise by making a great personal sacrifice. And, He formed an army of followers who did an effective job two millennia ago. Then He, too, for the most part, has stood aside.

So, in each period the Father and the Son formed bands of followers to take over the role of preaching the message: His mission. And, many have done an excellent job representing Him.

Well, then, right after the Son's death and He elevation to Heaven, She showed up in Saragossa, Spain (40 AD). Why, did She do that so soon after Her Son's crucifixion? I'll guess She convinced the Father She wanted a shot at promoting His mission on Earth even more because His followers needed to be even more effective. It seems millions of people have turned their backs on Him. Whereas, the Father and Son have millions of adherents on earth, She is trying to add everyone else.

Whereas the Father and Son had preached the values of goodness, She would appear to people and tell them they had better straighten out. If not, She would show us a dismal place where we could live forever after we graduate from Earth. If we do, She could show us two other better places. And, She did. ,

While the prophets and apostles followed the Father and the Son with effective 'have-faith sales pitches' those pitches don't work too well in our time. People in our cultures focus a lot on tangible things. Guessing at what Heaven, Hell and Purgatory are like? Well? They don't understand what that's all about! Explain later when we are not so busy touching things! Or, not at all!

And, She expounded on that point in Medjugorje in October, 1981. She said:

"The Russian people will be the people who will glorify God the most. Regarding the West: the West has made civilization progress, but without God, as if they were their own creators." (Ref. -4-, Page 112)

Without God? The more you read about Europe's culture the more you can believe that. What about us? I can believe She lumped Americans in with Europeans since live in the West. And, She was displeased as was Her Son. If She and He were displeased back in 1983, what must they think, now?

"My Son suffers very much because the world is not converting. May the world be converted and make peace." (Ref. -4-, Page 149)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
September 26, 1983

"My Son suffers very much because men do not want to be reconciled. They have not listened to me. Be converted, be reconciled." (Ref. -4-, Page 150)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
October 15, 1983

Now, if Her Son suffers 'because men … have not listened to Her', that convinces me even more that Her Son and the Father is touting Her as the Father's Chief Missionary on Earth.

Most people don't know the Son is frustrated because they don't listen to His mother. They don't listen to Her because they don't know what's going on.

So, now, She is showing customers-to-be what they are buying into. Let's face it, if a travel agent expects to sell anyone a trip to San Francisco, that agent has to convince the perspective customer what one has to do to get there. Then, what does that place look like? How do you get a customer to want to be there? What is the best hotel to stay in! How do you get to the hotel? What is it like seeing the sights? And, that perspective travel customers will not buy a pitch from someone who has not been there! That's simply the nature of any customer-to-be in today's marketplace. That's why Our Mother sells so effectively.

This was my personal experience in Medjugorje in 1994. She is everywhere! Jaw-dropping signs of Her presence astonish people while walking ... at windows ... in rooms ... on Mt. Krizevac. She overwhelms everyone there with Her presence by continuously showering down signs. Almost everyone in our group witnessed some sign. She allowed many to witness the miracle of the pulsating, sun. Most pilgrims could stare at the sun for as long as they chose. She allowed them to carry that gift back to the States. Rosary chains and medallions turned golden. Mary Jo Baird talked with Her in the apparition room in the Church of St. James.

Another woman heard an internal voice: "I am your mother." Several, including myself, watched lights appear around the cross on Mt. Krizevac (Cross Mountain). An aurora appeared at night along the periphery of the mountain. I photographed the cross glowing at night. Two women saw an aurora around our guide, Sylvia Mario, and Father Petar Ljubicic while they chatted. He is the Franciscan priest who will know the messages Our Mother gave to the visionaries.

Father Jozo's blessings triggered charismatic falls in church and no one got hurt. People fell all over the place. I never saw anything like it.

She sent signs constantly to assure us She is there. She certainly is there. That's a conclusion. I am one of the pilgrims who can stare at the sun's pulsations as long as I choose. Moreover, I carried that gift back with me, proof that Our Mother truly lives there and everywhere. I took my daughter's and a friend's rosary to be blessed. Their chains turned golden as did mine which is still golden

I will tell you what Our Mother showed visionaries but, first, I had to learn whether the Bible describes those three places in either book. So, I searched for passages using a CD (The Illustrated Catholic Bible, Harmony Media Inc., Gervais, OR; ISBN 1-886877-39-A) and the computer.

I looked for a description of Heaven. I found 392 passages in both books that mentioned Heaven and several did so several times. I screened a sampling of the some-odd 1,000 references. They mentioned Heaven, all right, but did not describe it. There was no mention of what it is like to live there!

So, then, I searched for the word, Hell. That resulted in my finding just … 12 passages … but only in the New Testament. Sorry, there are no descriptions there, either.

Purgatory? None! Nada! Not once does that word appear in either book. While it is mentioned in the Catholic Encyclopedia its name is only implied … not mentioned in the Bible, no less described. One passage in the encyclopedia states: "… Even in the Old Testament there was a belief in the existence of purgatory, for there we find Judas Maccabeus sending 12,000 drachmas to Jerusalem to have sacrifices offered for the sins of the dead. That chapter ends with the advice. "It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins" (2 Mac. 12:46)…" Implied! That's about it!

By contrast, Our Mother has shown Heaven, Hell and Purgatory to us through the eyes of Her visionaries. All six of the Medjugorjean visionaries have seen Heaven and Purgatory, and four have seen Hell.

Vicka has seen all three places. She explains what she saw in Heaven:

"Heaven is a big wide space, limitless. There is a glowing light that does not exist on earth. I saw many people and they were very, very happy. They sing. They dance. They communicate in a way unknown on earth. They know each other from the inside. They wear long robes. I noticed three different colors but these colors are not like the ones on earth. …There are also some angels with them." (Ref. -13-, page 35)

They sing and smile..... forever. You might not want to wear robes, smile or sing forever. So, there's Hell and this is how Vicka described what she saw

"After visiting Purgatory, the Gospa showed us hell. It's a terrible place. We even saw perfectly average people, those you would meet on the street, who threw themselves into this fire. No one was pushing them. They dove into the fire to different depths. When they came out from it they looked like beasts. … We could not believe they had once been human beings." (Ref. -13-, page 45)

What about Purgatory? This is what Our Mother said about Purgatory:

"In Purgatory there are many different levels; the lowest is close to Hell and the highest gradually draws near to Heaven. It is not on All Souls Day, but Christmas, that the greatest number of souls leave Purgatory. There are in Purgatory, souls who pray ardently to God, but for whom no relative or friend prays on earth. God makes them benefit from the prayers of other people. It happens that God permits them to manifest themselves in different ways, close to their relatives on earth, in order to remind men of the existence of Purgatory and to solicit their prayers to come close to God, who is just but good. The majority of people go to Purgatory. Many go to Hell. A small number go directly to Heaven." (Ref. -4-, Page 144)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
January 10, 1983

The majority of people go to purgatory? And, it is not even mentioned in the Bible? I think the Mother picked up on that! Now, I always thought I would end up in Purgatory and I would like to live on a higher level like the reason to live in on the ninth floor in a condo in McLean, Virginia.

But, then I shivered when I read what Vicka had to say about that place.

"After showing us Heaven, Our Lady took us to Purgatory. It's a very dark place and we could hardly see anything because of a very thick kind of smoke, gray like ash. We could sense that there were many people there but couldn't see their faces because of the smoke. Nevertheless we could hear them move and scream. There were many of them and they suffered a lot. We could also hear some thumps, as if they were banging their heads." (Ref. -13- page 38)

I don't want to bang my head. Now, I don't want to go there. But, I thought I can't qualify for Heaven. Then my spirits picked up a bit when I went back to read what Our Mother said in 1986:

"If you will abandon yourself to me, you will not even feel the passage from this life to the next life. You will begin to live the life of Heaven on earth." (Ref. -4-, Page 390)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
September, 1986

Mother! I do! Mother! I do!

So, She convince the Father She knew how to sell His mission? And did He permit Her to warn His people on Earth what He intended to do perhaps very soon if they didn't buy Her pitch? You bet!

She has described through Her visionaries in Garabandal and Medjugorje what the end times on Earth will be like and that my analysis indicates they could happen soon. She is trying feverishly to convince as many as She can to turn their lives over to God to assure their salvation. And, She has influenced the development of many organizations that will promote Her messages. One of them is 'Children of Medjugorje' which hopes to open up a Medjugorje TV station in the States.

Meanwhile, when you read her 1990's messages you get the impression She is laying back, too, and expects Her followers to sell Her message. I believe She is counting on organizations to sell Her pitch to the rest of the world. She is now doing what the Father and the Son did. She set up a disciple network and is now laying back. I guess salvation is now up to Her followers!

Unfortunately, She has a tough competitor, Satan. And the Father gives him an equal shot at us. He is pulling people away in the opposite direction and is being very effective. The ant-Judeo-Christian movement underway worldwide is the way he is doing it. He just wants to separate us from God, knowing 'no-God' people are a 'gotcha'. One only has to read newspapers and watch sex on TV to know how effectively his 'no-Gods' are managing the media, courts, schools, and on and on.

Is that only my opinion? Well, I recommend that you read what these people have to say. Read what David Limbaugh ("Warring with Christianity"), Ann Coulter ("Massachusetts Supreme Court abolishes capitalism!"), John Leo ("Apostasy is now rampant in the church of Hillary and Bill."), Chuck Colson ("How Hollywood Portrays Christians"), Clifford May, ("Hatred [against Jews], European Style."), Cal Tomas (Marriage Redefined!) … have to write about this menace. You will find these writings on the website: Townhall.com. By-and-large they expect the anti-Judeo-Christianity movement to get stronger and even more effective.

Now, Our Mother tells us why Satan is feverishly active. She tells us his time is running out and that is why he is so aggressive. He uses secularists to separate as much of mankind as he can from God using such instruments as the ACLU, Hollywood degenerates, state governments, terrorists who attack Judeo-Christians, dishonorable judges and 'no-God' bureaucrats. While they would claim to only separate church and state in the public sector, they and their contemporaries intend, I am convinced, to eliminate God entirely from our culture here and throughout the rest of the world.

Satan is so smart. He is not trying to make everyone evil. He knows he doesn't have to do that. So, if one thinks that since he/she is not evil that person can attain Heaven, that person is wrong. If that person is a 'no-God' type, that person is a 'gotcha'. If Satan separates me from God, I lose, he is the winner.

Satan knows that by eliminating God from our cultures the they will live with him in Hell, forever. And, God has allowed Satan the freedom to try to do that. At the same time, He has assigned Our Mother to compete with him.

She spoke of Satan this way.

"Excuse me for this, but you must realize that Satan exists. One day he appeared before the throne of God and asked permission to submit the Church to a period of trial. God gave him permission to try the Church for one century. This century (1900's) is under the power of the devil, but when the secrets confided to you [visionaries] come to pass, his power will be destroyed. Even now he is beginning to lose his power and has become aggressive. He is destroying marriages, creating division among priests and is responsible for obsessions and murder. You must protect yourselves against these things through fasting and prayer, especially community prayer. Carry blessed objects with you. Put them in your home, and restore the use of holy water." (Ref. -4-, Page 139)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
December 24, 1982

So, the Father allows Her to teach us through visionaries, but allows Satan to compete with Her and roam surreptitiously within all cultures all over the globe. She said so in Medjugorje:

"Whenever I come to you my Son comes with me, but so does satan. You permitted, without noticing, his influences on you and he drives you on." (Ref. -4-, Page 46)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
January 28, 1987

Why do people listen to Satan?

"Men who go to Hell no longer want to receive any benefits from God. They do not repent nor do they cease to revolt and to blaspheme. They make up their mind to live in Hell and do not contemplate leaving it." (Ref. - 4-, Page 144)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
January 12, 1983

Why is She becoming incredibly active? Ah! That is a very interesting question. For nearly two millennia, She spoke to visionaries, only occasionally and infrequently in places like Saragossa, Spain ( 40 AD), Saint Mary Major, Rome, Italy ( 352 AD), Walsingham, England ( 1061), Our Lady of the Rosary, Prouille, France (1208), Guadalupe, Lourdes, Fatima and privately. And, Her messages seemed casual and reflective.

Then, all of a sudden one day in 1961 she appeared anxiously in a little fishing village on the northern coast of Spain, San Sebastian de Garabandal, and She escalated the number of Her appearances ... dramatically. Whereas She appeared only a half dozen times, or so, in each of those previous places, She appeared an unprecedented 2,000 times from 1961 to 1965 in Garabandal. Why did She become so frenetic?

Well, She had startling warnings to announce.

And, since June, 1981 She has been appearing … continuously … tens-of thousands of times, still … to visionaries in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina. I have been told by historians that 20 million people have gone to a city that had been caught up in a war. Man. What a sales market.

What are the secrets I mentioned earlier! She is telling us our cultures are headed toward a climax. She warns us there will be a 'chastisement' (tribulation?) and if we don't devote ourselves to God, we will end up with Satan.

What chastisement? She appeared to four girls in Garabandal: Conchita Gonzales, Loli Mazon, Jacinta Gonzales and Mari Cruz Gonzalez starting July 2, 1961.

In 1962, Conchita spoke of a message:

"The Blessed Virgin said that there will be only two more Popes after Paul VI [JP II is that pope]. But this does not mean that the world will come to an end." (Ref. -2-, Page 164)

Is tribulation mentioned in the Bible the same as the chastisement She depicts? Let's see. Our Mother described future events to the visionary, Conchita Gonzales ... a Warning ... a Miracle ... and a Sign that would precede a Chastisement.

Conchita, regarding the Warning:

"The Blessed Virgin told me ... that a warning would be given before the Miracle so that the world might amend itself. This warning like the chastisement is a very fearful thing for the good as well as for the wicked." (Ref. -2-, Page 127)

... January 1, 1965

Conchita, regarding the Miracle:

"It will be the greatest miracle that Jesus has performed for the world. There won't be the slightest doubt that it comes from God. ... A Sign of the miracle which it will be possible to film or televise will remain at the pines." It will be a permanent visible supernatural sign that will remain at the pines in Garabandal until the end of time. (Ref. -2-, Page 151)

... September 14, 1965

Conchita also said that the miracle will occur on a Thursday evening at 8:30p and last 15 minutes. It will coincide with an event in the Church. (Ref. -2-, Page 151).

Conchita regarding the Chastisement:

"If we do not change, the Chastisement will be terrible in keeping with what we deserve. We saw it, but I cannot say anything else about the chastisement. I can assure you that if it comes; it is worse than being enveloped in fire, worse than having fire above and beneath you. I do not know how much time will elapse between the miracle and the chastisement."

"If we do not change, the chastisement will be terrible in keeping with what we deserve. We saw it, but I cannot say what it consists of because I cannot say anything else about the chastisement. When I saw it I felt a very great fear and that notwithstanding I was looking at the Blessed Virgin." (Ref. -2-, Page 163)

... September 14, 1965

JPII-We-Love-You spoke similarly during a 1976 visit to America:

"We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has gone through. I do not think that wide circles of American society or wide circles of the Christian community realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-Church, of the Gospel versus the anti-Gospel."

Karol Cardinal Wojtyla (John Paul II)
November 9, 1976

How are we to change? Her messages always offer the same prescription:

Prayer.
"Pray for three hours a day. You don't pray enough." Say fifteen decades of the rosary every day. Do it while driving; during an otherwise boring workout. It only takes forty-five minutes. Fill your subconscious with prayer for another two hours or so to crowd Satan out. Talking to God becomes easy when you have turned your life over to Him. (Purification of the spirit)

Fasting.
"Fast on Wednesdays and Fridays on bread and water. Or, give up something you favor." (Purification of the body)

Reading the Bible.
"Dear Children, today I call on you to read the Bible every day in your homes and let it be in a visible place." That way we learn how ancient societies dealt with the rules God established. The bible is on audio tape for those of us who always seem to have our hands full. (Purification of the intelligence)

Confession.
"You should go to confession once a month." Cleanse your subconscious of the trash Satan left behind the last time you let him in. (To make God's love grow in us)

Holy Communion.
Go often; every day, if possible. Luckily, we might receive communion the moment of our death to make God's love grow in us.

Now, Our Mother confirmed those predictions to the visionaries in Medjugorje.

"Be converted! It will be too late when the sign comes. Beforehand, several will be given to the world. Hurry to be converted. I need your prayers and your penance." (Ref. -4-, Page 341)

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
January 12, 1983

So, what is my finding? Rather, what could we conclude? First, we have to believe Our Mother is God's chief missionary on Earth and we must listen to Her. All churches and the Jews-for-Jesus rabbis should be preaching this to prepare parishioners. Next, She is competing with Satan for the souls of mankind on an equal footing. God has not given her a miraculous advantage except that She does appear to us while Satan sneaks around. And, perhaps, most importantly, She knows what She is talking about because She lives with Her Son and the Father in Heaven. And … She knows how we can get there.

Finally, She did dramatically accelerate Her mission in Garabandal in 1961 to prepare us for warnings. Then, She became frenetic in 1981 in Medjugorje where She has been appearing continuously.

And, it seems that Her predictions could come to fruition in the near future. For, She stated Satan would lose his power in the 20th century. This suggests that God might shut down the competition during the 21st century. This shutdown could be disastrous for so many who have not listened to Her. And, chillingly, when Her commission ends, She will not appear on Earth, anymore. This is what She said in Medjugorje on May 2, 1982:

"I have come to call the world to conversion for the last time. Afterwards, I will not appear anymore on this earth." (Ref. -4-, Page 15)

References:

-1- Cause of Our Joy; Sister Mary Francis Blanc; St. Paul Editions, Daughters of St. Paul; 50 St.Paul Ave., Boston, MA; LOCC # 74-79803.

-2- Our Lady Comes To Garabandal; Fr. Joseph Pelletier A.A.; 1971, An Assumption Publication, 500 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609.

-3- Medjugorje, The Message; Wayne Weible; 1989, Paraclete Press, Orleans, MA; LOCC# 89-062243.

-4- Words From Heaven: Messages of Our Lady from Medjugorje; 1990, St. James Publishing Co., PO Box 380244, Birmingham, AL 350244-0244; LOCC# 89-92808

-5- Medjugorje Under Siege; David Manual (Forward by Wayne Weible) Paraclete Press, Orleans, MA; LOCC# 92-80352.

-6- Spark from Heaven; Mary Craig; 1988, Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556; LOCC# 88-71358

-7- The Thunder of Justice; Ted and Maureen Flynn, 1992; Signs of the Times, 6 Pigeon Hill Drive, Suite 260, Sterling, VA 20165; LOCC#92-073598

-8- To The Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons; 15th English Edition, June 1994; US National Headquarters, Marian Movement of Priests, PO Box 8, St. Francis, Maine 04774-0008; 207-398-3375

-9- Letter From Sister Emmanuel, November 1, 1996; Medugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina

-10- The Apparitions of Garabandal; F. Sanchez-Ventura Y Pascual, 1994; St. Michael's Garabandal Center, For Our Lady of Carmel, Inc., 889 Palo Verde Ave., Pasadena, CA 91104 U.S.A.; LOCC# A 879-508Other Sources

-11- The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is a cable television program produced by Mother Angelica, Irondale, AL. She has broadcast a number of interviews with Medjugorje Visionaries. They may have videotapes for sale. GOSPA USA, Inc., Cardinal Station, PO Box 777, Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, DC 20064; 202-319-5925

-12- The Home Diocese of Medugorje in America, PO Box 2200, Fitchburg, MA 01420; 508-342-9250.