Discourses by Saint Alphonsus Liguori
compiled from various sources
Saint Alphonsus Liguori, great Doctor of the Church, has written
six of the most powerful discourses on how
God uses natural
calamities such as Floods,
Storms, Droughts,
Hurricanes,
Tornadoes, Earthquakes, etc. to
warn people to change their ways, rather
than as punishments. He discusses how
God threatens
to chastise us in order to
save us from
chastisement; how sinners often
refuse to believe in God's Divine
Threats until the
chastisements come upon them; how
God is merciful
for a season and then chastises; how
external devotions are useless if we do not
cleanse our souls from
sin; how God
chastises us in this life for our
good, not for our
destruction; and the
four principal gates of Hell,
which are Hatred,
Blasphemy, Theft and
Impurity. Included are quotes from
Scripture on particular calamities that
God uses to warn
us to change our ways. Insurance companies call natural
calamity
destruction "Acts of God" and so
should we.
One Nation under God
 It is enlightening to read these
century-old Discourses in light of
Natural Disasters (Katrina,
tsunamis,
et al), the Aids epidemic and
Terrorist Activities of recent years.
God is our only
protection! (see proof below) He
has established governments to serve us, but government
is powerless to help us without
His help and aids.
As long as we remain passive, and allow corrupt
men of no-faith to lead us into the
sins of liberality,
relativism, abortion,
paganism, etc., these chastisements
will continue, and we will suffer more and
more, until we finally wake up to God's Word,
which has remained unchanged since the beginning
of time. God has
infused in the soul
of each of us His Word (Synderesis),
and absolutely no one (Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Pagan, et
al) can be excused
for not knowing what God wills for
us. People of God, wake up, as did the
people of Nineveh, before it's too
late!
Note
Bene: Bible verses quoted in these discourses are from the
English Douay-Rheims translation commissioned by the Catholic Church.
Not only does God chastise sinners,
He also protects His own
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| This is the Catholic Basilica
of Vailankanni (Our Lady of Good Health). During the recent (Dec 26,
2004) tsunami, the water reached the second step of the basilica and
then receded. The market place 400 yards farther inland was totally
destroyed. In a
different location, the Shrine Basilica containing the tomb of Saint
Thomas the Apostle was untouched by the tsunami, yet the fishing
village behind the Shrine was wiped out. In both instances there was
no difference in the height above sea level. |
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