Missionary of the Cross: Bronze wall

identity and Mission of the men of Love Crucified

8/30/18

Understanding the difference between the vocation to be a MC and the call to all to be victim souls. Clarity on what it means to be the “bronze wall.” Mission and identity of a MC.

Jeremiah 1:17-19

“But you, gird up your loins; arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them. 18 And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests, and the people of the land. 19 They will fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, says the LORD, to deliver you.”

Mark 6:17-29  The Death of John the Baptist

For Herod had sent and seized John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife; because he had married her. 18 For John said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” 19 And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not, 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he was much perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.

21 But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and the leading men of Galilee. 22 For when Herodias’ daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests; and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will grant it.” 23 And he vowed to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, even half of my kingdom.” 24 And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the baptizer.” 25 And she came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.” 26 And the king was exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to break his word to her. 27 And immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard and gave orders to bring his head. He went and beheaded him in the prison, 28 and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. 29 When his disciples heard of it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

What would move John the Baptist to confront Herod with the truth, knowing that Herod is a pagan and would not receive his words, and would probably have him killed? What makes him God’s bronze wall?

-       John the Baptist knows who he is and his mission in life – bring souls to repentance as the means to prepare for the coming of Christ.

-       Courage rooted in the love of God and zeal to complete the mission of God given to him.  Courage moves him through his fears to act.

Herod, on the other hand, is controlled by fear, his ego, pride, arrogance… He is the “people pleaser”, more concerned about looking good, powerful, and in control before his guests. Therefore, he acts like a coward.

We also have the mission of John the Baptist that requires great courage in a world that has become dark and pagan, but the qualities of Herod are also at work in us. The more we can see the traits of Herod in our hearts and come to the foot of the Cross in repentance, the more we will be able to grow in courage to do what is most difficult for us to fulfill our mission. 

What part of me is still bound, like Herod, as a “people pleaser”, or arrogant & prideful to look good, successful, important, prestigious, intelligent, in control…?

The mission of a Missionary of the Cross requires great COURAGE and ZEAL.

What is the mission of a MC?

¨     Prophets that prepare the way for the coming of the Lord by preaching repentance through the power of the Cross.

¨     Be the “bronze wall”, which means that a MC must be “willing to say everything that I command you” (Jeremiah 1:17)

-       “Bring to light the darkness of sin hidden in the hearts of My priests.”

-       “preach what I desire” (myself and the Miss. of the Cross) “you will be condemned and persecuted by many”

-       “bring to light the devastating darkness Satan continues to keep concealed.”

¨     Console the SHJ and IHM by being PURE and the hands of Jesus removing the thorns that pierce Mary’s Heart.

¨     Fight the battle as warriors of love.

¨     Bring Jesus victim souls by being living witnesses of victims of love in the world, in your homes, in the community. Propagate the resources of LC, especially the Simple Path, to bring to many the wisdom of the Cross, an understanding of the grace of a victim of love, and calling forth many to be Christ’s victim souls as warriors for these decisive times.

3/28/11

The time of the great and horrible devastation is drawing near. Prepare the way for My Son. My little ones, you must set out to preach with the fire of God. I am commissioning you as my prophets to prepare the way for the coming of the Lord. You must preach repentance as St. John the Baptist. But repentance through the power of the Cross of Jesus Christ. You must bring to light the darkness of sin hidden in the hearts of My priests. My fire will consume this darkness. My Missionaries of the Cross are my Son’s Green Berets. The Green Berets will face head-on the darkness that consumes the priesthood. They will fight with the sword of the Spirit. They will be clothed and possessed by the power of God because they are one with the Word of the Cross. You, my daughter, will raise up my Missionaries of the Cross along with the hidden force of the Mothers of the Cross. 

Do not be afraid to speak with the fire of the Holy Spirit you possess. The time is at hand when all my priests will be separated into two camps, the goats from the sheep. You are My prophets for these decisive times, called to build the bronze wall of my Son’s army of holy priests around the Bride, the Church. During the great devastation, many will enter her safety through her holy ministers. The main responsibility of the Missionaries of the Cross is to bring to light the devastating darkness Satan continues to keep concealed. Bring to light the sin of My ministers and call them to repentance at the feet of Jesus crucified. They all must unite to the Word of the Cross so that they can possess the power of God to lead my Church to safety during the storm that is approaching.

What is the difference between a man called to be a victim soul and one called to the vocation of a MC? 

¨     A MC has the mission to confront the darkness with love, tenderness, and respect because of love. The salvation and conversion of souls is the moving force in the heart of a MC. Therefore, they are willing to be persecuted, condemned, misunderstood, cast out

6/29/12

My Missionaries of the Cross are My Apostles of Light during this time of great darkness. They will expose the darkness of sin in the hearts of My ministers and bring them to repentance at the foot of My Cross. They will lead them through the Cross to transformation in Me. Do not be afraid of rejection and persecution, for you each are called to be ONE with the Crucified...

¨     They are chosen by God to be His “green berets”. This means that many men are called to the army of Christ, but FEW are called to be MC. The “green berets” training is more difficult, demanding, longer and few persevere. It is the same with the MC. They MUST be willing to do what very few men are willing to do—to enter the depth of their own hearts with the Light of the Holy Spirit and “work and sweat” through the Path to be purified by the fire of Divine Love to be fully transformed into the Man of Sorrows.

-       “Through it all, God has been crushing me in the crucible of my own brokenness, revealing the areas of my life that need to be purified. While it feels like punishment, it is actually preparation—for deeper union with Him. How exciting is that? Yet, it has been extremely painful to enter into the depths of self-knowledge… but I see the loving discipline of the Father through it all.” Mark Mallett

-       3/29/11       *MISSIONARIES OF THE CROSS (expose the darkness)  

You have learned to suffer with Me by allowing the Holy Spirit to use your own suffering to enter My suffering. Through the gold of precious repentance, your heart has been purified, thus allowing you to suffer the sick condition of your brothers and sisters’ hearts with Me. But there is still the deep suffering of My persecution that you must suffer with Me. I am preparing your hearts for this most difficult suffering. When you preach what I desire (myself and the Miss. of the Cross), you will be condemned and persecuted by many. Will you drink from My chalice to the last drop, My daughter? Fr. Jordi and Fr. Ron must be completely abandoned to Me, willing to be My prophets for these decisive times. They must be willing to expose with great courage and love the darkness that has blinded My ministers and is suffocating their souls. Satan will try to silence you, but you must persevere in humility, purity, and love as ONE with Love crucified. This armor that you will possess, as One victim with Me, will protect you and give you the power of God to fight the principalities of darkness and win. You must listen with faith to My voice being spoken through Lourdes, for she is the Father’s prophet chosen by Him for these decisive times. Be humble and submit to God’s plan. I bless you, love you, and protect you. Go, therefore, My humble ones, and raise up My army of holy priests needed to protect My Bride during these decisive times. 

¨     They are WARRIORS that must acquire the weapons of HUMILITY, PURITY, SIMPLICITY, TRUST, and COURAGE to “fight the principalities of darkness.”

1/18/12   SAMUEL 17: 32-51         David and Goliath

My little one, the time draws near. You hold the sword of the Spirit in the mission given to you. My family of LC are My warriors of love that will defeat the dragon in the decisive battle that draws near. Be ready to approach this evil in the same way that David approached Goliath. You will conquer the dragon in your littleness and purity because it is God who is with you. You must not fear and believe with the innocence and zeal of David. My daughter, form My family well in the teachings I give to you. You each must approach the battle with five stones also. 

First, the stone of humility, possessing the perfect knowledge of your nothingness and My power and majesty. 

Second, the stone of purity, purity of mind, heart, intention, word, desire... 

Third, simplicity, detached from all, most especially your ego.

Fourth, trust perfectly abandoned to My will. 

Fifth, courage, courage rooted in love of Me to be perfectly obedient to My commands. 

These stones are your weapons for battle, for the dragon will not be defeated according to the standards of the world but in the Light of Love

¨     They are the knights of our Blessed Mother and of all women, especially their wives and MOC. They remove each thorn of suffering in the Blessed Mother’s Heart through their determination & commitment to be pure by fighting through the power of the Cross every temptation to impurity through TV shows, music, books, magazines, pornography… They honor the Blessed Mother by restoring the dignity to all women by being tender gentlemen always.

CONSOLERS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS AND THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

5/16/11

The little mustard seed of LC will be known, above all, as the consolers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and My Immaculate Heart.  You (LC) are Our true contemplatives of the Cross and the oasis of Our suffering Hearts. I cry tears of blood because My Heart profusely bleeds with so many thorns. It is your hands, as you suffer all with Jesus, that removes so many thorns that cause Us to suffer. It is you (LC) that the Father is most pleased with. Tell Fr. Jordi that the hands of the priests are the hands of My Son who come to me to remove these thorns that cause me so much suffering. The hands of purity remove these thorns but purity in every act, purity in every thought, purity in every desire… It is not busyness with so much to do that consoles our Hearts but pure love in every act, thought, and desire. The Missionaries of the Cross, above all, must be PURE and the hands of Jesus removing the thorns that pierce my Heart. Teach this SIMPLE PATH OF HOLINESS Jesus, and I are leading you into all. Go in peace, my daughter. Remain steadfast in your mission and share the treasures you are receiving with all.

¨     They must be willing to love, respect, and honor the MOC as one with the Blessed Mother and protect and defend them through their PERSEVERANCE to pray and sacrifice for them daily.

¨     Tireless in propagating the Simple Path and bringing the understanding and importance of victims of love to the multitudes through the different gifts given to each—teaching, website, preaching, music, writing, multimedia…

What is the identity of a MC?

¨     The Man of Sorrows in Isaiah 53/ The Bridegroom that gives all 

¨     10/12/17 Isaiah 53 MAN OF SORROWS

Jesus placed in my heart to ponder Isaiah 53. I ponder my Beloved—The Man of Sorrows, “despised and rejected.” He voluntarily receives God’s Will to be “bruised for our transgressions,” “grieved” He accepts the Will of the Father for love, as one with Love. God promises that He will see the “fruit of the travail of his soul.” 

Our Lord, God’s anointed Son, redeemed me as the Man of Sorrows through His pain and grief. He remains on earth in the Eucharist as the Man of Sorrows, fully present in silence. Only in silence can I encounter the Man of Sorrows. Only in the silence of Eucharistic Adoration can I choose to REMAIN with Him as His spouse—to adore, thank, bless, caress, embrace, console, and love Him. 

The Man of Sorrows is the identity of the Missionaries of the Cross, as the Mother of Sorrows is the identity of the Mothers of the Cross. To become one with the Man of Sorrows, men must be willing to be stripped of all their human glory – prestige, good name, honor, power… They must be willing to live despised and rejected in the eyes of the world. This purification by fire is very difficult for all men, and very few will be willing to undergo it.

FEAR

4/27/11  BELIEVE ONLY IN THE TRIUMPH OF MY CROSS

 2 Maccabees 7 

The time is at hand when the justice of the Father will come upon the world. My little one, you must trust in Me, in all that I have taught you and all I have placed in your heart. You need to be the mother of 2 Maccabees. You need to raise up My victim priests with the fire of a mother’s heart. A fire ignited by the Spirit of God. It is fear that blinds you and keeps you from igniting the hearts of all I desire for you to touch. Tell Fr. Jordi he will have to suffer much persecution and condemnation for the sake of My Kingdom here on earth. The Missionaries of the Cross will rise by the blood of My martyrs of love. Suffer all with Me. Believe only in the Triumph of My Cross. Resurrection is the fruit of glory that comes from My Cross.

IN HUMILITY THERE IS NO FEAR

Simple Path, p.68-69

The Lord wants us to have the humble boldness to speak the truth as He did. In humility, there is no fear; there is confidence—not in self, but in God. He said to our community, do not fear to speak the truth of the sin in the hearts of My people with courage and love and call them to repentance at My crucified feet. Therefore, we need to know our fears and their root system so that they do not become a barrier that prevents us from living and speaking the truth:

·      Fear rooted in shame, guilt. Adam and Eve hid from God after eating from the tree (cf. Gen 3:8). 

·      Fear rooted in low self-esteem, feeling incapable of fulfilling God’s will for our lives. In the Parable of the talents, the servant hid his talent in the ground (cf. Mt 25:25). 

·      Fear rooted in self-love, lack of trust. Peter follows Jesus at a distance, unable to defend him (cf. Mt 26:58).

Therese loved enough to challenge souls to face the truth. This is her advice: 

We should never allow kindness to degenerate into weakness. When we have scolded someone with just reason, we must leave the matter there, without allowing ourselves to be touched to the point of tormenting ourselves for having caused pain or at seeing one suffer and cry. To run after the afflicted one to console her does more harm than good. Leaving her to herself forces her to have recourse to God in order to see her faults and humble herself. Otherwise, accustomed to receiving consolation after a merited