Can’t wait until the triumph of Our Lady comes

    Last week a friend of mine visited a convent.  He attended Mass while there. Five minutes before Mass the convent bells rang.  During the Consecration they rang again.

    I couldn't help asking myself when the last time was that I heard bells pealing from a Catholic Church.  I have to admit, it has been a very long time.

    Then I tried to imagine a city with many Catholic Churches whose bells would ring each morning at 6AM to announce the Angelus, and again at noon and 6PM. I also imagined the bells calling the faithful to Mass in these many churches.

    What a tremendous grace that would be.  Bells, like chalices and priests are consecrated.  They receive a special blessing and receive powers. 

    Consecrated bells are exorcistic.  They expel demons.

    So not only do the bells call the faithful to prayer and to Mass, but at the same time their exorcistic power causes the demons to flee.

    This same friend of mine visited Loreto Italy a number of years ago. He recounted that when he and his fellow travelers arrived in Loreto, the noon Angelus bells were beginning to ring.  He told me that everyone in his group commented on a kind of exorcistic presence in the air.  As the bells rang, there was a certain electricity of grace perceived by everyone in the group. 

    Can you imagine living in a city with Church bells ringing everywhere for the Angelus and for Mass?  How magnificent that would be.  Imagine it happening every day.

    The secularists in our society, unfortunately find the ringing of bells to be an annoyance.  Some cities have restricted the ringing of bells so that the neighbors can sleep in.  Sometimes there are great legal battles over the ringing of the bells. 

    When these bells are silent the devils have more freedom of movement to tempt and cause mayhem.

    I have always loved the sound of Church bells, but after reflecting upon the above, I long to hear them ringing in all of the cities in the United States, each and every day. 

    Someday when the Immaculate Heart triumphs, we will hear these bells again.  I can't wait for that day.