Introduction
One could get the impression from
the messages and miraculous signs in Naju that they are filled with
sorrows, pains, and heavy-heartedness. Our Lord’s Sacred Heart is
torn apart by humans’ sins and their refusal to repent of them,
according to the messages that Julia Kim received and the visions
that she saw. Pieces of His heart muscles and drops of His Precious
Blood actually fell to the ground on the Blessed Mother’s Mountain
near Naju several times in 2001 and 2002, wetting thousands of
little stones and some tree leaves. The Blessed Mother also sheds
not only tears but tears mixed with blood because of so many sins in
the world. Her immense sorrows flow from the motherly love that she
has for all humans and her ardent wish for their salvation.
The purpose of God’s sending us these messages
and signs, however, is not to discourage and depress us but to give
us the encouragement of real hope. The world gives us false hopes,
dulling our sense of sin and enticing us to seek pleasure and joy in
this world without regard for God or His Law. Like the Gospel
messages, the special revelations in Naju and elsewhere emphasize
that we can obtain true happiness only when we overcome the sins and
evils in ourselves and in the world. Sin, which is the opposite of
love for God and our neighbors and the contrary of fidelity to God’s
truth and justice, is the real cause of our unhappiness and eternal
misery.
To save us from the bondage of sin, God sent His
Only Son as Our Savior and gave us through Him the teachings of His
saving truths and the channels of His saving graces through the
Church established with the Savior’s infinite merits on the Cross.
In the two thousand-year period since then, the Church has grown and
matured spectacularly despite so many persecutions and other
obstacles, producing thousands of canonized Saints (and countless
other saints not formally canonized) who have reached the lofty
level of sanctity that Our Lord set for all of us: "Be you
therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew
5:48).
The devil, who led our first ancestors to sin,
does not sleep, however. Because he does not want humans to attain
their goal of becoming faithful children of God and heirs of His
Eternal Kingdom, he continues to entice humans with sweet lies and
empty promises. Humans are vulnerable and frequently fall victim to
his temptations because of their weakened will and darkened
intellect as a result of original sin and their actual sins. They
easily become preoccupied with the things that can satisfy their
vain goals and desires and develop insensitivity to the saving
truths and graces that God is making available through His Church.
Because of this, thick clouds of errors and moral corruption loom
over the whole world and even many members of the Church. Truth,
justice, love, and peace in the world are increasingly threatened by
the worsening prevalence of evils.
To rescue us from this crisis, God is sending us
the Blessed Mother so that she may bring us closer to her Son,
Jesus, and that His Kingdom may be established in our souls and
lives. People’s response so far, however, has been slow and weak,
probably because they do not have a clear idea of what the special
revelations brought by the Blessed Mother are and how they relate to
the teachings of the Church and to their lives as Christians. This
publication is a small effort to help our readers gain a clearer
understanding of the special revelations and help them become more
aware of the critical importance of our faithfulness to the Heritage
of the Catholic Faith for our salvation. After all, the Gospel
teachings as well as the special revelations are truly the messages
of hope, because they not only alert us to our present dangers and
problems but also let us know how to overcome them.
Sang M. Lee
August 22, 2004
Feast of the Queenship of Mary
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