Prepare-for-War

How sad it is that in many many churches the Catholic people are taught that they do not need to read the Bible, neither are they taught to test the spirits as in 1 John 4:1-2. The many apparitions to various people in Roman Catholicism sadly are accepted as being from God. The people are never taught how to test the spirits to see if they are from God or from Satan. The many appearances of a demon masquerading as Mary at Fatima, a town in Portugual, is a good example. Three Portuguese children, Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta, had a series of visits from what was assumed to be an angel in 1916, and in 1917. Later, they received monthly visits from a spirit which, manifesting in a physical manner, spoke to them claiming to be Mary, the mother of Jesus. The spirit has since been referred to as "Our Lady of Fatima" because she appeared in Fatima, Portugal. A national shrine has been built where the apparitions occurred and yearly hundreds of thousands of Catholics make pilgrimages to the shrine to dedicate their lives to the service and worship of Mary. On May 13th, 1946, Pope Pius XII solemnly crowned a statue of "Our Lady of Fatima" and proclaimed her Queen of the World. On May 13, 1983, Pope John Paul II reenacted the ceremony of crowning the statue. In 1986, he issued Acts of Consecration of the whole world to "Our Lady of Fatima.'' In other words, the pope has declared the entire world to be the property of this demon who masquerades as Mary. He went one step further and dedicated the year, 1987, as a special year of worship and honor to Mary. Let's see how this whole terrible deception could have been stopped at the beginning if only the Catholic people had a working knowledge of the Bible. I am going to quote from the writings of Lucia who was one of the three children who saw the many appearances of this demon. At one point Lucia was overwhelmed with doubts as to whether this spirit appearing to her was actually Mary, or if it might be a demon deceiving her. These were God-given doubts, I am sure.

"How much this reflection made me suffer, only God knows, for He alone can penetrate our inmost heart. I

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