I found this read beyond inspiring!
It was sent to me by Michael Drake, who received it from Sue Lopez in San Diego.
From Sue Lopez:
On Friday, Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I was notified after Mass by a fellow Mass attendee that the blasphemous play Corpus Christi had been showing in San Diego at the *Diversionary Theatre for the month of May and was ending on the weekend of May 31/June 1st.
On June 1st, the first day of the month we dedicate to the Sacred Heart, a public Rosary of reparation was held at the sight of this evil. Many of us were somewhat anxious about confronting the homosexual community as they attended this atrocity, but our Mother in heaven transformed our fears into the overwhelming desire to console Our Lord.
Many not wanting to come alone brought friends and family with them, adding to our numbers.
Over 50 faithful Catholics publicly defended Our Lord against the assaults on His purity in “Corpus Christi” which portrays Him as a gay man having a love affair with Judas in modern times in the city of Corpus Christi, Texas. The Rosary warriors gathered across the street from the Diversionary Theatre at 4545 Park Blvd. in University Heights in two rows along the sidewalk and prayed the Rosary interspersed with beautiful heavenly hymns that filled the street honoring the Blessed Virgin and praising her Son. A statue of Our Lady of Fatima on a platform was held by several people throughout the prayer vigil which lasted from 6:00 to 7:00pm. Participants held homemade signs that read, “Stop blaspheming Our Lord, NOW”. Others held a large banner that read “We are praying for an end to blasphemy.”
We began by asking our Guardian Angels to join us in the Rosary and for the protection of St. Michael. It turned out that the last (7:00pm) showing was cancelled. Apparently the 2:00 showing occurred as scheduled. When one of the participants had called the box office on Friday, the person answering referred to the Sunday night show as if it was still scheduled. Due to the cancellation, the hour was peaceful as we were met with very little opposition barring a few yells from cars going by. Most people slowed down to read our signs and think about their meaning. What a blessing from Our Lady to have one less performance of this atrocity!
My son recalled Tim Staples, a Catholic apologist, saying that the worst heretics of history attacked all kinds of doctrines but they never dared to attack Jesus’ chastity. Now we are fighting a much greater evil as Jesus’ chastity is up for grabs and is blatantly being attacked in The Last Temptation of Christ, The Da Vinci Code and for the last ten years in Corpus Christi among others.
According to St. Louis de Montfort on the exponential power of prayer, having over 50 people praying, adding to that everyone’s Guardian Angels (100 people/angels praying multiplied by 100 Rosaries credited to each one) and each praying three Rosaries - over 30,000 Rosaries were lifted up to heaven in reparation for the evil done at this location. Thank you so much to everyone who came to pray this evening especially Fr. Nabil Mouannes of St. Ephrem’s, Deacon Tim Treadwell and the students at John Paul the Great as well as all the faithful prayer warriors and many who participated for the first time in a public Rosary. Thank you also for everyone who prayed for our protection and this intention from home. It was especially important to counter this evil on a Sunday, the worst day to commit sin – especially to blaspheme Our Lord. Fr. Mouannes gave us his blessing in closing and encouraged everyone to continue to defend our Faith in a public way.
On June 1st, the first day of the month we dedicate to the Sacred Heart, a public Rosary of reparation was held at the sight of this evil. Many of us were somewhat anxious about confronting the homosexual community as they attended this atrocity, but our Mother in heaven transformed our fears into the overwhelming desire to console Our Lord.
Many not wanting to come alone brought friends and family with them, adding to our numbers.
Over 50 faithful Catholics publicly defended Our Lord against the assaults on His purity in “Corpus Christi” which portrays Him as a gay man having a love affair with Judas in modern times in the city of Corpus Christi, Texas.
The Rosary warriors gathered across the street from the Diversionary Theatre at 4545 Park Blvd. in University Heights in two rows along the sidewalk and prayed the Rosary interspersed with beautiful heavenly hymns that filled the street honoring the Blessed Virgin and praising her Son.
A statue of Our Lady of Fatima on a platform was held by several people throughout the prayer vigil which lasted from 6:00 to 7:00pm. Participants held homemade signs that read, “Stop blaspheming Our Lord, NOW”. Others held a large banner that read “We are praying for an end to blasphemy.”
We began by asking our Guardian Angels to join us in the Rosary and for the protection of St. Michael. It turned out that the last (7:00pm) showing was cancelled. Apparently the 2:00 showing occurred as scheduled.
When one of the participants had called the box office on Friday, the person answering referred to the Sunday night show as if it was still scheduled. Due to the cancellation, the hour was peaceful as we were met with very little opposition barring a few yells from cars going by.
Most people slowed down to read our signs and think about their meaning. What a blessing from Our Lady to have one less performance of this atrocity!
My son recalled Tim Staples, a Catholic apologist, saying that the worst heretics of history attacked all kinds of doctrines but they never dared to attack Jesus’ chastity.
Now we are fighting a much greater evil as Jesus’ chastity is up for grabs and is blatantly being attacked in The Last Temptation of Christ, The Da Vinci Code and for the last ten years in Corpus Christi among others.
According to St. Louis de Montfort on the exponential power of prayer, having over 50 people praying, adding to that everyone’s Guardian Angels (100 people/angels praying multiplied by 100 Rosaries credited to each one) and each praying three Rosaries - over 30,000 Rosaries were lifted up to heaven in reparation for the evil done at this location.
Thank you so much to everyone who came to pray this evening especially Fr. Nabil Mouannes of St. Ephrem’s, Deacon Tim Treadwell and the students at John Paul the Great as well as all the faithful prayer warriors and many who participated for the first time in a public Rosary.
Thank you also for everyone who prayed for our protection and this intention from home. It was especially important to counter this evil on a Sunday, the worst day to commit sin – especially to blaspheme Our Lord. Fr. Mouannes gave us his blessing in closing and encouraged everyone to continue to defend our Faith in a public way.
* The Diversionary Theater has built a comfortable niche as San Diego’s most established gay and lesbian theatre” --Sign on San Diego
The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture provides major support for Diversionary Theatre.
---www.diversionary.org
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