No. 159, April 16, 2020, Fatima, Russia & the Universal Church
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Fatima, Russia & the Universal Church
The Consecration of Russia which Our Lady of Fatima called upon the Catholic Church—the pope and all the bishops in concert—to do has not been done, though over 100 years have passed since.
Part of why the Consecration of Russia was so important is foretold in the marvelous book by Vladimir Soloviev.
Who is Vladimir Soloviev? (b. 1853, d. 1900)
In the preface to the new 2013 edition of Soloviev’s book, Russia and the Universal Church, William G. von Peters, Ph. D writes:
“Lenin considered him the enemy…After the Revolution Soloviev was banned from the libraries of the Soviet Union; as well as in Soviet occupied Eastern Europe after WWII”…
“The Blessed Virgin appeared to him three times during his life and set him upon his life’s mission. This mission, which gradually unfolded for him, was that of the reunion of the Russian Orthodox Church with the Catholic Church”…
“Hans Urs von Baltasar, considered one of the most important Roman Catholic theologians of the 20th Century, ranked Soloviev as only second to St. Thomas Aquinas, as “the greatest artist of order and organization in the history of though.” (pp. iv-v)
“It is a fact that in 1890, four years before his early death, he was received into the Catholic Church…”
“Near the end of his profession of Faith, Soloviev presciently recalled the voices from the West and East that had urged reconciliation. Their prayers, he said, needed “only a simple amen from the Eastern Slavs.”
“Soloviev prophetically announced, “I come to speak this amen, in the name of a hundred million Russian Christians, in firm and full confidence that they will not repudiate me.”
“His prayer was heard and ratified by heaven, with the Blessed Virgin appearing at Fatima in 1917 asking the Pope to pray for the conversion of Russia, promising the help of heaven, stating that the conversion of Russia will be accomplished, though late.”
Vladimir Soloviev. (2013 edition by William G. von Peters, Ph.D.). Russia and the Universal Church. Catholic Resources: Chattanooga.
The importance lies in the fact that millions wanted to remain a Christian country rather than a Communist one—as is true today—and had the Consecration of Russia taken place as called for by the Holy Mother, Vladimir Soloviev would have played a much more important role in the history of Russia than Lenin.
Be well everyone, and pray the old school rosary in the old school way, see https://catholiceye.wordpress.com//?s=15+decade+rosary&search=Go
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David H. Lukenbill, President, The Lampstand Foundation
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