St Joseph and the Law

In the famous heavenly apparitions to Sister Mildred Neuzil, St Joseph said to her: " ...Mine was perfect obedience to the Divine Will and it was shown and made known to me by the Jewish law and religion. To be careless in this is most displeasing to God and will be severely punished in the next world...". St Joseph lived perfectly according to the Torah and the Jewish customs which revealed God's Divine Will for him. The New Testament calls Joseph a Tzadik which means that he lived out the torah and mitzvot in a manner that allowed him to gain merit for others. All Christians are called to live according to the Divine Will as revealed in the Torah. Gentiles and Jews live out this obedience to the Divine Will as expressed in the Law at the level appropriate to their calling.

Jews who are Christians or Catholics are still called to live out their vocation in obedience to the Jewish religious practices as did Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Those Catholic authorities who have hindered the Jews in the Church from living out their Jewish vocation and identity in the Church as individuals and as a collective community of Jews will have to answer for it in the next world. The Austrian mystic, Maria Simma who spoke with the holy souls in purgatory stated that Pope Paul IV spent over 400 years in purgatory because of his anti-Jewish policies such as placing the Jews in the Roman ghetto.

Those of us Catholic Jews who make excuses for our lack of living out our Jewish vocation will also have to answer for that. Many of us cling to the idea that Jews in the Church need only live as Gentile Catholics do because to observe the Torah Jewishly is too much of a bother or will make us look eccentric or we will be persecuted by our fellow Catholics. Many of us who were secular or reform were already disobedient to the Jewish law and religion, and we bring that with us into the Church. Of course only God knows who is making excuses and those who sincerely believe they are doing the right thing by living as a Gentile Catholic. Others of course due to their life situation may have to live out their vocation as a Jew in the church in a modified way at this stage of salvation history.

The grace of the Messiah allows us to live not at the level of the letter of the Law but at the level of the spirit of law based on love. This does not mean that we are free to abandon the outward observances of the Law and mitzvot but that we through the grace and love of our Jewish Messiah access the spirit of the Law and observe it as the manifestation of God's Divine Will just as St Joseph did. The Torah obedient life of the Holy Family in the House of Nazareth is a wonderful model of Torah observance for all Catholic Jews. After the resurrection and foundation of the Church Our Lady continued this Torah observant lifestyle in the Holy House of Ephesus- now focused on adoration of her Son in the Eucharist.

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov proclaims Joseph as the Hidden Tzadik who is the Master of the House (Home)in Likutey Moharan 67. "And all this is an aspect of "The Concealment", when the beauty and splendour of the whole world becomes concealed. However there is a Tzaddik who is beauty, splendour and grace of the entire world, and who is symbolised by Joseph, who was "beautiful in form and handsome" (Genesis 39:6), "a beautiful sight, the joy of the entire land" (Psalm 48:3). When the beauty and splendour of this genuine Tzaddik, who is symbolised by Joseph, is revealed in the world by becoming renowned and esteemed, then the eyes of mankind will be opened. And whoever is included in the genuine grace of this Tzaddik, the world's grace and beauty, by following him and surrending his self to become part of this Tzaddik's soul, will have his eyes opened, and he will be able to see."

Rebbe Nachman concludes: "And with this we return to BeREShYT, the beginning, the RoeSh BaYiT, the head and master of the house of the world, namely, the genuine Tzaddik, who is beauty and glory of the world, represented by Joseph, alluded to in the verse, "Joseph is the ruler...he supplies food..." (Genesis 42:6), because he is the RoeSh BaYiT, the master of the house of the world. For he is the one who maintains the Temple and every Jewish house and home...And when the name of this Tzadik, who represents the head of the house, becomes esteemed, the eyes of the Jewish people are opened, as above. So this is the connection of "bereshit' to "l'einei kol Yisrael". Bereshit- this is the master of the house, the Tzaddik, who is the glory of the world, through whom are opened "einei kol Yisael", the eyes of all the Jewish people." The glories of St Joseph are reserved to the latter days according to St Isidore of Seville. These glories are connected with the living out of the Divine Will at the highest levels of sanctity which is the deepest penetration of Torah.

Anglican Ordinariates and the Clerical Control-Freaks

I have been rather concerned about how the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church have been trying to smother and control the Anglican ordinariates in England, America and Australia. It seem that they are laying down conditions on the Anglican Catholics that they have no right to do so. They didn't want these ordinariates in the first place and now they are seeking to control them by placing conditions never intended and by controlling who can be ordained. The sooner the Anglican Catholics have there own Bishops so they do not have to rely on the Roman Bishops the better. While they only have ex-Anglican married Bishops who can only be Catholic priests they will continue to be controlled by those who wish them to fail.

I was pleased to read that I am not the only one thinking this way. Damian Thompson in an excellent blog article entitled "The English bishops are trying to smother the Ordinariate. How long will Rome tolerate this situation?" addresses this very issue from the English perspective. He states: "...The English bishops are quietly reinterpreting (ie, ignoring) Benedict XVI's instructions to them just before he left England last year. They have settled on a policy of incorporating Ordinariate priests into their dioceses and absorbing Ordinariate groups into the parishes where they meet. This policy, dressed up as a "welcome", undermines the Pope's vision of an Ordinariate independent of diocesan structures. Nichols is doing nothing to stop his bishops following this sneaky and subversive strategy...The Vatican is well aware that the English bishops are trying to smother this initiative. The problem is being discussed at a high level. The question is: how will Rome respond?...Much depends on the Pope's state of health. I gather that he is a little frail but essentially healthy for a man of his age. The enemies of the Ordinariate are counting on this pontificate coming to an end before the structures of the English Ordinariate are set in stone..."

Father Christopher Phillips writing on The Anglo Catholic adds further: "...I have been intrigued by Damian Thompson's piece on the Ordinariate, I have certainly been wondering about that illusive church and why the Nuncio should use the word "meticulous" to describe the bishops implementation of Anglicanorum Coetibus and why despite what the Apostolic Constitution says the English and Welsh bishops seem to have a veto on ordinations. "When the Archbishop of Westminster came to talk to us", said a friend who is part of Allen Hall formation group, "he thanked Dr Wang for arranging the very speedy Formation prior to ordination, and (tellingly) added "I don't think we'll let it happen so quickly in future". I am not sure that is what Anglicanorum Coetibus says...".

How the Anglican laity are instructed should be a matter left to their own priests and Bishops who are entering the ordinariate-not Roman Catholic clerics and their Councils of Priests and Conferences of Bishops. How dare the American Roman Bishops insist that they study the American Catechism. The Catechism of the Catholic Church is all that should be required and it should be taught under their own clergy. The Anglicans have agreed to Anglicanorum Coetibus not some new version that is in "the spirit of Anglicanorum Coetibus" but is basically a hijacking of Anglicanorum Coetibus by the masonically and modernist influenced clergy.

We have heard of snooty remarks saying that the Roman Catholic clergy are so much better trained and educated. We must update these ignorant Anglicans in our own enlightened modernism. Anyone who has attended a Catholic seminary has to laugh or maybe cry- the Roman catholic clergy are trained and educated in modernism and liberal theology with almost no spiritual or mystical theology. In my experience most Anglican clergy are much more educated in the Fathers of the Church, Church history and the lives of the saints and spirituality than most of the Catholic clergy. And horror of horrors the main concern is to force these poor Anglican clergy to study Canon Law. I suggest our Roman Catholic clergy study the last Canon which states that the Supreme Law of the Church is the salvation of souls (thus all other canon laws are secondary to that priority). We the laity want priests who burn for the salvation of souls not priests that are experts in Canon law who seem hell-bent on crucifying the Eucharistic Jesus just as their Jewish forerunners among the Scribes (experts in the Law)did 2000 years ago.

It is also disgusting that Archbishop Hepworth who has led this movement for reunion is to be only allowed to be a layman. What happened to forgiveness and respect for the conscience of each person? Archbishop Hepworth left the Catholic Church after being abused by clergy and later he obviously had a sincere conversion of heart back to the Catholic Church. I for one think that this called for generosity of spirit and an invoking of "the Supreme Law of the church is the good of souls". Once again man-made rules are enforced at the expense of the Gospel of Love.

There is also no good reason in my opinion why the married Anglican clergy could not be made Catholic Bishops as this is part of their Anglican heritage. Arguments about upsetting the Orthodox is rather weak. The reason that Orthodox Bishops are celibate is because they are only selected from the monks. Roman Catholic Bishops are not selected in this manner and most of the Orthodox couldn't care less whether Catholics have married Bishops or not. The Orthodox have been close to the Anglicans for years and don't seem to have a problem with the Anglican married Bishops. Most of the apostles were married and so were many of the Bishops in the first thousand years of the Church's history. It seem that we Catholics have a long way to go in truly desiring unity when we are so mean spirited on issues that have nothing to do with doctrine but are just small t traditions or man-made rules and canons. I am sure Pope Benedict who is a man of great vision would have liked to have been more generous but he had to deal with the rather small-minded attitudes of many of his fellow clergy and faithful.

In fact this Orthdoox website of St Mary's Orthdox Church states: "...In 1990, an article from The Orthodox Observer, a Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America publication, states, At the 1992 meeting of the clergy-laity conference of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America (Archbishop Iacovos), held in New Orleans, a formal resolution was sent to the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople 'to consider returning to the practice of ordaining married priests as bishops as was done in the early church.' ... Earlier in December 1991, the Greek Archdiocese stated that it was the original practice of the Church for a married Episcopate. Please also note that Archbishop Iakovos promoted the return of married bishops to worldwide Orthodoxy and agreed that individual jurisdictions could retain the Apostolic tradition of the Early Church..."

New Israel-focused visionary

Father Esseff with Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Michael Brown of Spirit Daily reports on a recent Visionary who sees Israel as the centre of what God is doing in the world. This visionary claims that Jesus said:

"...How long will it be? Keep your eye on Israel. This is the center. By keeping your eye on Israel you will get to know the time. Not exactly, but you will see it coming closer. The more danger there is to Israel, the closer the time will be.

I love Israel and I love Jerusalem. In Jerusalem, I shed my blood, redeemed the world and rose from the dead. It is a sealed city, sealed in my blood and in my Holy Spirit. Even more than geography, I love the Jewish people. They are my people. But Jewish lips do not call out, “Jesus is our Messiah”. I like to hear these words from anyone’s lips. But I have my greatest joy when I hear those words from the lips of a Jew and from the lips of Israel. This is the deepest hope of my heart..."

I do not know if this is a genuine seer or not but his director Father Esseff takes this visionary seriously. However check out the messages for yourself. Of interest is his prophecies about the Pope being martyred in Jerusalem and the shifting of the Papal See from Rome to Jerusalem.

Jesus said to the Visionary: "...The Pope will enter Jerusalem like I entered it. The city will already have suffered much and Israel will begin to despair, wondering what can be done. Then this figure clothed in white will come, sent by the Father just as He sent me. He will come to save Israel, just as I came. He, too will die in Jerusalem but his death will have a profound effect upon the whole world. For the whole world will weep at his death and his death will bless Israel. Why do I reveal these things now? Why do I bring you to the center of the mystery so quickly? Because the time is short. The events are near. They are not far away..."

It would seem the warnings of this seer and of the European seer Maria Divine Mercy are already being fulfilled in regards to Pakistan and Egypt.

Cardinal Bertone Seizes Control of the Curia

It would seem that the dark forces in the Vatican are making their moves to seize control of the Catholic Church. They are using the recent document of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace on the global financial crisis as the excuse to seize autocratic control of all the congregations of the curia and putting them under the control of Cardinal Bertone and the Vatican's Secretariat of State. Whatever the merits or demerits of this document is not the important question but its use as an instrument for ecclesiastical masonry to take control of the Roman Curia.

Chiesa reports: "... ROME, November 10, 2011 – Precisely when the G20 summit in Cannes was coming to its weak and uncertain conclusion, on that same Friday, November 4 at the Vatican, a smaller summit convened in the secretariat of state was doing damage control on the latest of many moments of confusion in the Roman curia.

In the hot seat was the document on the global financial crisis released ten days earlier by the pontifical council for justice and peace. A document that had disturbed many, inside and outside of the Vatican.

The secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, complained that he had not known about it until the last moment. And precisely for this reason he had called that meeting in the secretariat of state.

The conclusion of the summit was that this binding order would be transmitted to all of the offices of the curia: from that point on, nothing in writing would be released unless it had been inspected and authorized by the secretariat of state.

Of course, the fact that Bertone and his colleagues had seen that document only after its publication is astonishing in itself.

Already on October 19, in fact, five days ahead of time, the Vatican press office – which reports directly to the secretary of state – had made the announcement of the press conference to present the document, at which the speakers would be Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, president of the pontifical council for justice and peace, and Bishop Mario Toso, the council's secretary.

Toso, a Salesian like Bertone and his longtime friend, was chosen for this office by the cardinal secretary of state himself..."

The statement that "...from that point on, nothing in writing would be released unless it had been inspected and authorized by the secretariat of state..." should be of concern to all Catholics and demonstrates that ecclesiastical freemasonry is about to realise its goal of taking over the entire structure of the Church for its own evil geo-political agenda. For any one with spiritual discernment the whole story about Bertone not knowing what was being published rings as hollow and fake. It is a pretext to seize control and sideline Pope Benedict and those loyal to him and the true Catholic Faith.

Both Bertone and his predecessor Sodano has tried to sideline Fatima as an event that happened in the past and nothing to do with the future of the Church and the world contrary to the recent statements of Pope Benedict. In Fatima last year the Pope said that those that believe Fatima has been fully fulfilled are mistaken. The prophecies are about to be fulfilled about this Pope in white who flees the Vatican after being betrayed by his closest confidants and the final fulfilment of Fatima. We should expect that the attack on Eucharistic Adoration, on truly spiritual communities of Catholics and true visionaries and apparitions to intensify coming from the Curia itself in opposition to the desires of the Pope himself. Let us pray for our Pope as he ascends his personal Golgotha in union with Our Lord and Our Lady.

The secret sect is about to unleash civil wars in Europe (the crisis in Italy and Greece are the beginning of it) and the nuclear conflict with Iran.

Note: There are many useful idiots among seemingly 'orthodox' Catholics that wish to brand anyone who believes there has been a cover up of the Fatima secrets as anti-Vatican II and anti the Pope. These people try to brand anyone who disagrees with Bertone and Sodano as disobedient. This is rot. I (and many others who hold my opinion on this)are not Latin mass only, we believe in the Vatican II documents and we love the Pope. Not only do I love the Pope I love his writings as Cardinal Ratzinger and get much spiritual fruit from them. These useful idiots are advocating a return to the worst forms of clericalism of the past and the role and dignity of the laity which Vatican II called for is totally ignored. We see Bishops that are more autocratic and usurping the rights of the priests, religious and laity than ever in the pre-Vatican II Church. These Bishops are then controlled by the entity called the "Conference of Bishops" or their "Council of priests" who are then controlled by congregations in the Vatican (who are often controlled by the hidden evil sect that has entered the very heart of the Church). These are all man-made structures and have little to do with the Divine Structure of the Church. Is it any wonder that Pope Benedict XVI has been warning us about the danger of the evil and sins within the Church which are much more of a threat than outward persecution?

Queen's Visit to Australia: No Republic Please

"Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed Solomon King..." goes the famous Coronation Hymn of Handel quoting from the Bible. The mystique and magic of the Monarchy is evident once again with the 10 day visit of the Queen of Australia and her husband ( himself born a prince of Greece and of Denmark). The republicans are upset seeing their dreams for an Australian Republic sailing into the mists of tired ideas. They still cling to the hope that maybe they will get a Republic when the Queen dies but it would seem from the latest polls that the Monarchy is more popular than ever and especially among the young. 55% of Australians polled favoured the Monarchy and only 34% the Republic.(see below)

55% of the 14-17 year olds are for the monarchy and only 31 % for a Republic. This is astounding after years of politicians removing Royal symbols and trappings from our national life and no mention of its importance in schools and the chattering classes continually advocating a Republic. The Republicans hope people will dislike Prince Charles and thus finally get a Republic but they forget or choose to ignore that the young are looking further into the future to when William and Kate will be King and Queen of Australia. Most young people see this as a positive thing. Princess Mary of Denmark-our own Mary Donaldson- has also made Monarchy more visible and popular since she married the Crown Prince of Denmark .

Another factor is the depressing disasters and financial crisis that is happening all over the world. The only time in the last year we saw smiles and happy people was at the Royal Wedding of William and Kate and when Prince William visited Australia. We saw it in Canada and the US when William and Kate visited and now this wonderful visit of the Queen to us that is giving everyone a lift. Thousands are turning out to see the Queen and many more of us are watching every bit of her visit through the media. I watched one media report by a media person who was a republican that showed young people interviewed on the streets of Brisbane were mostly positive towards the Queen and the Monarchy just before her visit to Queensland.

For the first time I actually felt positive towards our PrimeMinister Julia Gillard in the marvellous speech of welcome she made to the Queen and Duke. Tony Abbot also did us proud with his speech. I think both of them captured the mood of the Australian people. It is obvious by recent polls in Canada and the very successful visit of William and Kate that the Canadians have no desire to part with the Queen either. In 1999 when the Republican cause was at its highest level of popularity the Australian people still voted overwhelmingly against a Republic and I doubt it stands a chance when the public and even most republicans have lost interest in the cause. We see the phenomenon of so-called Republicans falling over themselves in the rush to meet the Queen.

Constitutional Monarchy is in my opinion the best form of government and the most stable as has been proved by the nations who have retained their monarchies in Europe. But it is our own anointed Monarch that has that blessing from God in the tradition of the Israelite Kings of Judah of the Royal House of King David. The old Catholic prophecies speak of the restoration of monarchical government in the future era of peace headed by a Great Catholic King-Emperor called Henry the Lion. It is interesting that serious discussion is now under way to remove the discrimination against Catholics marrying into the Royal Family. It is interesting that Tony Abbot who may be our future Primeminister is both a staunch Monarchist and Catholic.

The "Australian" newspaper reported:

"AUSTRALIANS are continuing to shun a republic and move back to the monarchy, research shows.

Roy Morgan polling released in time for the Royal Tour shows support for a republic is at its lowest since the Australian Republican Movement and the push for a local as our head of state built up steam in the first half of the nineties.

Only 34 per cent of Australians aged over 14 support a republic, the lowest level since 1991.

Fifty-five per cent are in favour of keeping the monarchy, the highest level since the same year.

The figures represent a reversal of the strong support received by a republic in the lead up to the 1999 referendum, when polling put backing for the monarchy at just 38 per cent and support for a republic at 54 per cent.

The republic model put then ended up only receiving the endorsement of a little over 45 per cent of voters.

The Morgan figures indicate young Australians are just as keen on the monarchy as their older compatriots.

They show 55 per cent of 14-17 year olds also back the monarchy, while only 31 per cent of their number are republicans.

The monarchy and royal family appear to be a guilty pleasure amongst supporters of the Greens. A surprisingly strong 38 per cent of their voters want to keep the monarchy and 68 per cent of them admit to having watched at least a little of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Support for the monarchy remains highest amongst Coalition voters. Seventy per cent of these back the current arrangement and only 21 per cent back a republic.

Forty three per cent of Labor voters are monarchists and 48 per cent want a republic.

Support for the monarchy is strongest in Western Australia, with 69 per cent of respondents favouring the current constitutional arrangements, with just 26 per cent backing a republic.

Support for the monarchy is also strong in Queensland, with 62 per cent support.

It is lowest in New South Wales and Victoria, on just 51 per cent.

A republic received its strongest support in NSW 38 per cent followed by South Australia on 35 per cent.

But support in Victoria, which came close to carrying the republic referendum in 1999, appears to have cooled, with 33 per cent of respondants supporting a republic and a high 16 per cent now saying they are unsure."


Note: I am a fifth generation Western Australian (the first of my ancestors arrived in the Swan River Colony in January 1830 on the "Wanstead")and both my parents who were born and bred in Western Australia were staunch supporters of the Monarchy and opposed to a Republic. I also attended the Big Aussie BBQ with the Queen and Duke in Perth with some of my Catholic friends and 150,000 other Western Australians.

Crucified Bishop of Thailand

Bishop Manat with me and the Greek Orthodox visionary Vassula
Yesterday I returned from Thailand after praying with and visiting one of the holiest and down-to-earth Bishops I have ever known. Sadly on my return home I found out he died yesterday (20th October). This Bishop was one of the few clergy in Thailand who had a pastors heart for the universal church. This Bishop was crucified by certain figures in the hierarchy of the Church and Vatican and by his own brother Bishops in Thailand.They crucified and treated him like a leper.

I met Bishop Manat in 1997 and we instantly struck up a close friendship. I often ministered healing prayer with him and he often translated my talks to the Thai people. He had once been a modernist Bishop and the Bishop in charge of ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue. He was liked and respected by his priests until he had a conversion to orthodox Catholicism. Most of his priests turned on him except for a handful. Any one who knows the church in Thailand knows that its priests are very arrogant and full of their own importance. They all want to be in charge of big Catholic Schools that have over 90 percent Buddhist teachers and students not because they have a missionary spirit but because they want to make money. (One should not judge these men but the system as they have never come to know divine intimacy with Jesus and have been trained in a very academic and dry intellectual manner rather than with the spiritual richness and warm intimacy of devotional Catholicism). They have no sense of mission (even to the refugees in camps on the borders of Thailand). The Cardinal of Bangkok lords it over the other Bishops in Thailand due to the Bangkok Archdiocese's wealth and even though each Bishop is actually directly under the Pope the Cardinal and the Nuncio think they can rule the other Bishops as if they are somehow subject to them. Bishops are biblical and part of the divine structure of the church - Cardinals and nuncios, congregations,and conferences of Bishops are merely man-made structures and positions which should be assisting the Bishops not controlling and ruling over them.

Bishop Manat became the spiritual Bishop of Thailand, encouraging the charismatic movement and its gifts, the Marian movements and other Catholic spiritual movements. He was also aware of the ecclesiastical masonry in the church and warned his people about it. Thus certain forces in the church set out to destroy him and the international community of priests he founded to spread chapels of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration. These handful of priests have now opened more than 1000 chapels all over the world and continue to be persecuted by the same ones who persecuted Bishop Manat.

Bishop Manat was having second thoughts about starting such a community so he visited Pope John Paul II in person to ask him whether he should found this community of priests. John Paul responded so positively to Bishop Manat's plan that the good Bishop gained the courage to begin such a venture. So Bishop Manat began this venture with Papal approval and strong encouragement. However the enemies of Perpetual Adoration in the heart of the Vatican especially in the Secretariat of State and some of its nuncios and apostolic delegates set out to destroy the work and reputation of both Bishop Manat and his community.

They managed to close down the chapel of Perpetual Adoration in Jerusalem in 2002-3 under manipulation from Cardinal Sodano. He sent a letter (or at least someone signing his name)to the Armenian Catholic Patriarch in Lebanon ordering him to tell the Armenian Bishop of Jerusalem to close down the Perpetual Adoration in Jerusalem. The poor Armenians were intimated and with great reluctance did what was requested. The apostolic delegate of Jerusalem (who later became the nuncio of the US) was involved and stopped any other Bishop from accepting the team who were doing and organising the Perpetual Adoration in Jerusalem. I heard him say this with his own lips that he had already ordered all the other Bishops in Israel to reject us after at first telling us that we should go and ask the other Bishops. (He was so charming and seemingly on your side until I felt a prompting to bind the spirits of deception (quietly in my mind) and then he finally with great fury and anger revealed he had been working against us and the mission of Perpetual Adoration all the time). In fact he pretended to be all for Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration but when questioned he didn't understand the concept at all and was opposed to Perpetual Adoration- he just wanted a couple of hours once a week in some Church to keep the pilgrims happy who had been complaining about the lack of anywhere with Adoration in the Holy city. He told me that one could pray in any of the many chapels and churches in Jerusalem at any time and when I asked him what about at night- he told me very angrily "Go to Sleep". He was furious that we knew about the letter from Sodano and he called us liars. He virtually threw the four of us out the door. When I shared my concern for praying for Jerusalem and Israel and how from the moment we began Perpetual Adoration the bombs stopped in the whole of Jerusalem and Israel until they stopped us when the bombs started again. Pietro Sambi said very rudely to me "that is all just "blah blah blah". The Armenian Bishop at first said there was no letter but later admitted after speaking with the Armenian Patriarch that there had indeed been a letter. It had indeed been divine providence that two priests who promoted Perpetual Adoration had been with the Patriarch when he received this letter in French. They seemed terrified that we knew about the letter for some reason.

They then turned on Bishop Manat more directly causing him so much stress that he asked the Pope if he could retire early in order to work full time promoting Perpetual Adoration with his community. Later many in the Thai Church accused him of being a Lefebrist because he celebrated the Latin Mass and was in dialogue with the Lefebrists. Many Thais believed that the priests he ordained for his community were also Lefebrists- none of them were- they were all ordained according to the Novus Ordo rite of ordination and none of them celebrated the Latin Mass but only the Novus Ordo as far as I know. When Bishop Manat spoke to the Lefebrists he told his story of ceasing being a spiritually dead modernist Bishop and his conversion to orthodoxy or tradition. The Lefebrists interpreted this to mean Tridentine Latin Mass traditionalism but anyone who knew Bishop Manat and the way he celebrated the Latin Mass (which was a mixture of the old and the new)and his support of the charismatic and Marian movements and many other groups anathema to the Lefrebists would know that he was returning to a more orthodox form of Catholicism imbued with the best of the modern spiritual movements not embracing Lefebrists traditionalism. The Bishop like the Vatican and Pope was reaching out with the hand of reconciliation to them.

The new Nuncio to Thailand that replaced the old nuncio (the old nuncio had responded originally quite favourably to Bishop Manat's project but was then removed and was sent to Argentina) put pressure on the new Bishop who succeeded Bishop Manat to suspend the community with the help of a Cardinal from the Secretariat of State. Another Cardinal with no mandate from the Pope then sent letters (claiming the authority of the Congregation for the Clergy) throughout the US saying the Missionary Society of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament was suspended and under investigation. I was told this Cardinal was removed ten days later from his position. None of the priests were contacted or investigated by anyone who had the authority to do so. These ecclesiastical masons and their fellow travellers and useful idiots had no right to do any of these things but of course they intimidate and frighten the other Bishops, Cardinals and priests into doing their will. Why are these so-called diplomats doing their best to destroy Perpetual Adoration in the church and why have they usurped the roles of the Congregations responsible for the clergy and apostolic societies. They thus gave the impression that the Congregation for the Clergy had suspended the society when in reality it had been these false diplomats who had pressured the new Bishop of Rachaburi to suspend the Society for their own purposes of attacking Perpetual Adoration.

In his last few years of illness he was deserted by the clergy and faithful of Thailand (except for a very small number including the new Bishop of Rachaburi who visited him regularly). Bishop Manat was slandered and rejected by the Thai Church and they were even threatening to refuse him a Catholic burial. He was the Crucified Leper Bishop of Thailand. He now is receiving his heavenly reward.

Bishop Manat with Father Patrick and Bishop Panya
Rest IN Peace Bishop Manat John Bosco Chubsamai. If all the Bishops had been like you what a humble beautiful Church we would have.

Note 1: Bishop Manat in a Thai Church full of clericalism encouraged me as a lay man with a ministry as he encouraged the laity of Thailand to embrace their Christian mission as evangelisers of the power of the Gospel.

Note 2: I might add that many of the poor Bishops are not only intimidated by the Secretariat of State and some of its nuncios but also by Conferences of Bishops and (most deadly) the Councils of Priests which are controlled by ecclesiastical masons and their cronies in many places making the life of the Bishop a nightmare.

Note 3: I have forgiven all these people as it is not the person themselves who is opposing Perpetual Adoration but the evil spirits who are controlling them. I pray for the souls of some of these men such as Pietro Sambi who are now dead. Cardinal Vidal of the Philippines once wrote that the only person that would want to close down a chapel of Perpetual Adoration was the Devil. I should also note that ecclesiastical masonry is not only found in the Catholic church but also in the Orthodox Churches and the Protestant Churches. Our Lady in the messages given to Father Gobbi (who also came under attack from these same forces in the Vatican and Church) warns us about this beast like a lamb who seeks to destroy the true Eucharistic Lamb by their attack on the Real Presence and Eucharistic Adoration.

Note 4: It is also interesting to see that Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong has publically criticised Cardinal Dias for his betrayal of the Pope and the Chinese Church. This same Cardinal Dias has been one of the most vicious enemies of those who promote Perpetual Adoration. In recent years Cardinal Piacenza has sent letters to all the Bishops calling for Perpetual Adoration and a generosity of the Bishops to providing a priest in each diocese to promote Perpetual Adoration, a vision that was also precious to Bishop Manat and the community of priests and laity that he founded for this work. Bishop Manat was a visionary in a church that had no vision and he suffered the price that all such visionaries seem to suffer-the way of the Cross.

Note 5: Bishop Manat's funeral Mass was celebrated by Bishop Panya of Rachaburi on October 24.

The Lady of Israel

BeREShYT [In the beginning]...l'eiynei kol-yisrael [before the eyes of all Israel].


At the end of the feast of Sukkot is the holy day called Simchat Torah (Rejoicing in the Torah) which is celebrated also as Shemini Atzeret (Eighth Day of Assembly) in Israel. In the Diaspora Simchat Torah is celebrated on the ninth day. On Simchat Torah the yearly cycle of the liturgical readings of the Chumash (Five Books of Moses)is completed with the last words of Deuteronomy 'l'eiynei kol-Yisrael' (before the eyes of all Israel) and the readings start again with the first word of Genesis 'Bereshit' ('In the Beginning' or 'With the Beginning'). This contains a great mystery which both Nachmanides (Ramban) and Rebbe Nachman of Breslov allude to in their writings.

The Ramban writes in his commentary on Genesis: "...Now Israel, which is called reshit as mentioned above, is the "Kneset Yisrael", which is compared in the Song of Songs to a bride and whom Scripture in turn calls daughter, sister and mother. The Rabbis have already expressed this in a homiletic interpretation of the verse, 'Upon the crown wherewith his mother has crowned Him [Song of Songs 3:11]', and in other places." Similarly, the verse concerning Moses, 'And he chose a first part for himself' [Deut. 33;21], which they interpret to mean that Moses our teacher comtemplated through a Isparklarya (lucid speculum/ clear crystal mirror or looking glass), and he saw that which is reshit (the first) for himself, and therefore merited the Torah. Thus all the Midrashim above have one meaning...." The Ramban reveals that this Bat Reshit (Daughter of Beginning/Wisdom)is the feminine blueprint (uman/amon)of Torah in which Moses gazed and beheld the divine mysteries of the Torah.

The Bahir also alludes to this mystery of the Divine Heart and the Mother. Bahir 63 states: "What is His heart? He said: Mother (Imma), Ben Zoma is out side, and you are with him. The heart(Lev) [in gematria] is thirty-two. These are concealed, and with them the world was created. What are these 32? He said: These are the 32 Paths. This is like a king who was in the innermost of many chambers. The number of such chambers was 32, and to each one there was a path. Should the king bring everyone to his chamber through these paths? You will agree that he should not. Should he reveal his jewels, his tapestries, his hidden and concealed secrets? You will again agree that he should not. What then does he do? He touches the Daughter, and includes all the paths in her and in her garments. One who wants to go inside should gaze there. He married her to a king, and also gave her to him as a gift. Because of his love for her, he sometimes calls her “my sister,” since they are both from one place. Sometimes he calls her his daughter, since she is actually his daughter. And sometimes he calls her “my mother.”..."

The Rabbis teach that the first letter of the Torah is bet [B] (Bereshit) and the last letter is lamed [L] (Yisrael)thus making the word LB or Lev in Hebrew which means Heart in English. It also adds up in gematria to the number 32. This they link to the 32 mentions of the name Elohim (God) in Genesis 1. This Heart is also called Kavod (Glory) which also adds up to the number 32. The Bahir links these concepts of Heart and Glory with the Mother hidden in the opening verses of Genesis on the first day of Creation.

"130. What is the meaning of, “the whole earth is filled with His glory”? This is the earth that was created on the first day. It is on high, filled with God’s glory and paralleling the Land of Israel. And what is [this glory]? It is Wisdom, as it is written (Proverbs 3:35), “The wise shall inherit glory.”

131. What is “God’s glory”? What is this like? A king had a matron in his chamber, and all his troops delighted in her. She had sons, and each day they came to see the king and to bless him. They asked him, “Where is our mother?” He replied, “You cannot see her now.” They said, “Let her be blessed wherever she is.”

132. What is the meaning of “from His place”? This indicates that none know his place. This is like a royal princess who came from a far place. People did not know her origin, but they saw that she was a woman of valour, beautiful and refined in all her ways. They said, “She certainly originates from the side of light, for she illuminates the world through her deeds.” They asked her, “From where are you?” She replied, “From my place.” They said, “Mother, the people of your place are great. May you be blessed, and may your place be blessed.”

133. Is this “glory of God” then not one of His hosts? Is it not inferior? Why then do they bless it? But what is this like? A man had a beautiful garden. Outside the garden but close to it, he had a nice section of field. On this section, he planted a beautiful flower garden. The first thing that he would water would be his garden. The water would spread over the entire garden. It would not reach the section of field however, since it was not attached, even though it was all one. He therefore opened a place for it and watered it separately.

134. Rabbi Rahumai said:
Glory(Kavod) and Heart(Lev) both have the same [gematria of 32]. They are both one, but Glory refers to its function on high, and Heart refers to its function below. “God’s glory” and the "heart of heaven” are therefore both identical."


Rebbe Nachman also writes of the mystery of the Bat Kol (Daughter of All)who is a mystical Daughter of Abraham. The phrase kol-Yisrael alludes to this Celestial Daughter of Wisdom (Bat Reshit). The kol refers to Bat Kol (Daughter of All)who is the amon (nursling mother) who is also uman (the blueprint or prototype of All). The 'Yisrael' refers on one level to her Son (ben/bar/ bera) the Blessed Holy One of Israel (Messiah of Israel) and on another level to the Mother as Kneset Yisrael (Assembly of Israel). The Aramaic word bera for son is also hidden in the word Bereshit as Bera shit (Son of the Six) alluding to the concept of the male Mystical Rose which has 6 petals. The second word of Genesis 1 ' bara' is bera in Aramaic and the Aramiac 'Bekadmin bera' (In the beginning created) could be read as 'With/In the Primordial Son'.

The word Rosh is also hidden in the word Bereshit read as 'Rosh Beit' "Head of the House/Home" according to the Likutey Moharan of Rebbe Nachman. This alludes to the Hidden Tzadik who is associated with the concept of Joseph. Yeshua ha Mashiach is called the Head of Creation, Head of the Church (Kneset)and the First born (reshit/bikkurim) of Creation. The Ramban states: "...For the merit aquired by... three things has the world been created: for the merit of challah (Dough), for the merit of Tithes and for the merit of the first fruits (bikkurim)...Reshit surely signifies the Dough-offering, as it is said, 'The first of your dough' [Numbers 15:20]. Reshit surely signifies the Tithes, as it is said, 'the first of thy grain' [Deut.18;4]. Reshit surely signifies the first-fruits, as it is said, 'the first-friuts of thy land' [Exodus 23:19]..."

Rebbe Nachman also reads Bereshit as Rashei (Heads) and Bat (Daughter/Lady)which he links to "l'eynei" (the eyes). The Rashei are perceived as three Heads and are symbolised by the white /sclera, red/ muscle and colour/iris of the eye. The fourth 'bat' is the black Bat Ayin (Pupil of the eye)this alludes to the Bat Kol (the Daughter/Lady of All) who is also the Bat Ayin (Daughter of Nothingness). Her son is the All (Kol) and the Nothingness (Ain Sof). The three Heads are also linked to the three boxes that make up the Ark of the Covenant and the dark space in the centre represents this dark Bat (Daughter/Lady) who is surrounded and dwells within the Three Heads. This is the Woman with Eagle Wings in the Wilderness (Shekhinah/ Matronita) which alludes to the vacated or empty space or land- the Arabah (dry thirsty land)- the place of total self -nullification -becoming nothing and dwelling in the Divine Will through the Dark Night. This is the place (makom) of the Mother mentioned in Bahir.

This black Bat Ayin is that Dark or Black Light of the Mother/Lady/Woman who in the Song of Songs is called Dark but comely. She is the immaculate dark mirror who perfectly mirrors the Divine Glory back to its source through which Moses received the Torah. She is the Zohar (Dark Light)of Genesis 1 called Night (Lilah)and the Darkness (ha Hoshek). She is the dark feminine waters of the Well of Miriam hidden in the text of Genesis. She is the dark face over/of the Waters who the Spirit of God hovered (or overshadowed)in Genesis 1 just as the Power of God overshadowed the Ark of the Covenant and as the Holy Spirit overshadowed the Virgin at the Annunciation.

The words Miriam (Mary), mayim (waters) and makom (place) are part of the mystery of the double mems (open and closed) that are the Mystical Rose Garden. The open mem represents the womb of the Mother (Binah-female Wisdom) who surrounds her Son-the concealed closed mem (Hokhmah- male Wisdom). The open mem is Matronita and the closed mem is the Mashiach (the concealed or Hidden Messiah). The Book of Proverbs (Mishlei) starts with an enlarged mem to demonstrate that the Wisdom spoken of by Solomon was the female wisdom of the open mem rather than that of the male Wisdom of the Messiah.

The word Bereshit can also be read as brit (covenant/phallus) ish (man/ husband). This alludes to the mystery of the Divine Seed (Zera) who will become a man and who is the bridegroom/husband of the Bride in the Song of Songs. Eve mistakenly believes she has gotten this God-man with the birth of Cain. However one day the New Eve (Mother of all the living)who is the Ishah (Woman)will give birth to this God-man. The concept of the 'brit' also alludes to the yesod (foundation) which is the pillar of the Earth. Yesod in Kabbalah is also associated with Joseph and the Messiah son of Joseph as well as with the concept of the humble Tzadik (riding on a donkey) and the hidden Tzadik.

These Mysteries of Yeshua (Jesus), Miriam (Mary) and Joseph hidden in the word Bereshit is known in mystical Judaism as the hidden or Concealed Saying. Just as the Chumash readings are seen as a Divine Cycle or Round (Galgal)so this Concealed Saying of Bereshit unites Keter (the Crown) with the Kingdom (Malkhut). Keter is the interface between Divine Will (ratzon) and Divine Knowledge (Daat). This cycle or round from Keter to Malkhut is called the Kingdom of the Divine Will or the Kingdom of Holiness (Sanctification/ Malkhut d'Kadishah).

The word Chumash alludes to Chamsa or the Hand of Miriam - the five books of Moses are the five fingers of the hand of Miriam (Chamsa) which allude to the five gates of salvation (yeshuot) which are the five sacred wounds of Yeshua. The five fingers also allude to the five leaves surrounding the Mystical Rose and the fingers of the priests of the Mother (the 13 petalled Rose)who lift the Cup of Blessing.

“Rabbi Hezekiah opened, ‘Like a rose among thorns, so is my darling among the maidens’ (Song of Songs 2:2). Who is Rosa Mystica? Our Lady of Israel (Kneset Yisrael/ Matronita/ Sabbath Queen). For there is a Rose and then there is Rosa Mystica. Just as a rose among the thorns is coloured red and white, so Our Lady of Israel includes judgement and mercy. Just as a Rose has 13 petals, so Our Lady of Israel has 13 attributes of mercy surrounding her on every side. Similarly from the moment Elohim (God) is mentioned (in Genesis 1) he generates 13 words to surround Our Lady (in Eternity) and protect her. Then Elohim is mentioned again. Why again? To produce 5 sturdy leaves surrounding Rosa Mystica. These 5 are called Salvation (Yeshuot/Yeshuah), they are 5 gates. Concerning this mystery (raza) it is written: I shall raise the Cup of Salvation (Psalm 116:13). This is the cup of Blessing, which should rest on 5 fingers and no more – like the Rose sitting on 5 sturdy leaves, paradigm of 5 fingers. This Rosa Mystica is the Cup of Blessing” Zohar 1:1a.

This Lady Chamsa (Chumash) associated with the Eighth Day of Assembly and Simchat Torah alludes to the Sefirot (Attribute) of Binah (Understanding) who is known as Mother and Heart- for the joyful prayer of the heart is the prayer of the Mother. Her hands are hands of prayer and praise. The uncreated feminine Binah is the Holy Spirit and the created female icon of Binah is Our Lady Miriam. Simchah (joy) is associated in Kabbalah with Binah. This also alludes to the joyful song Rinah which is also called the Song of Creation, the song of the Future and the Song of Miriam.

The Eighth Day also alludes to the Groom (chatan) who is circumcised on the Eighth Day and to the Eighth Day as the New Creation and as the Day of the Eucharist (Sunday is both the first day and the Eighth Day). The Eighth Day is also associated with King Solomon as the King of Peace who is also Yedidiah (God's beloved). This alludes to the Song of Songs (also called Song of Solomon) which is the Song of the Groom (chatan) and the Bride (kallah). This Bride is the Dark or Black Lady (Madonna) of the Song. This concept of an Eighth Day Solemn Assembly and Solomon is linked also to the mystery of the Ark of the Covenant as the Daughter of Zion and the concept of joy of heart.

"2 Chronicles 5:2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
2 Chronicles 7:8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people."