In November 1996, 19 years ago, President Fidel Ramos welcomed 17 state leaders to the second and final day of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference. This was held at the Leaders Hall located on the highest hill over Cubi Point, the airstrip the US Naval Force reclaimed from the bay area. By then, just five years after the Mt. Pinatubo volcanic explosion, Subic could rightfully claim that she has risen from the ashes, with her economic recovery evident in the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), which then employed 52,000 workers, but the real miracle deeper and richer, lies within the ‘inner plane’ or ‘spiritual dimension.’ Many other blessings were bestowed on the people when the Mt. Pinatubo Hidden Temple Shrine was mystically established across the volcano a year after it erupted.
Last Nov. 17-20, President Benigno Aquino III welcomed again the APEC leaders, this time of 21 Asia Pacific countries with US President Barack Obama and Xi Jinping of China as speakers. Obama focused his talk on the vital need for the world to address climate change. He emphasized that the effects of climate change had already caused major ecological disasters including Typhoon Yolanda and the continuous sinking of the island nation of Kiribati, one of the 14 small islands close to Australia.
1991 – Mt. Pinatubo’s ash cloud circles the globe
Mt. Pinatubo erupted on April 2, 1991. The 1,259 meter high mountain on the island of Luzon, 87 km from the almost seven million inhabitants of Manila, slowly awoke from a 600-year slumber. Steam and ash first blew out from vents on its sides, and then the lava dome on its top began to puff up. On June 11, the dome had doubled in size, an evacuation was ordered on the basis of the volcanologists’ prediction of an imminent eruption. Four days later the mountain spewed out stones and lava and blasted ash and gases 40 km into the atmosphere and invaded the land with devastating pyroclastic flows. The eruption believed to have been triggered by a series of earthquakes, starting with a magnitude 7.7, an incident in 1990 that allowed magma to penetrate a cavity under volcano.
One may wonder at the relatively minor number of deaths – nine hundred, none among US troops – in such a major catastrophe, but two reasons for this relatively small-scale death toll are the sparsely populated region of small villages around the volcano and the relatively lengthy distance of the volcano from the populous capital. The rain of ash changed day into night and made breathing difficult in Manila. Major earthquakes of the 20th century recorded were Philippines (1990), magnitude 7.7 with 1,700 deaths. With similar magnitudes except the 1923 Japan’s 8.3 magnitude had a record of 100,000 deaths while Peru (1970) had 66,800 deaths; Italy (1908) with 83,000 deaths and Iran (1978) with 25,000 deaths.
One glorious reminder of this dramatic event survived for months: Along a wide band straddling the equator, as the evening sun slowly set below the horizon, the skies revealed their expected pink hue evanescing into blue, but instead of rapidly darkening, there first appeared a red, then a violet, and finally a phosphorescent purple color that lasted an unusually long time. This superb show of natural beauty, seen as far as the United States, was due to the volcanic particles of Pinatubo blown by the wind around the world, a strangely beautiful fruit of the brutal forces of nature. A mystical phenomenon to strike mankind with hope? (Why Earth Quakes by Levy and Salvadori. W.W. Norton & Co. 1991)
Mary’s message to the world
Mrs. Punay Fernandez agreed in 1992 for us to cite portions, paraphrases and summaries of the book entitled, “Mary’s Message to the World” by Annie Kirkwood, a nurse from Houston, Texas. It has the same message as that of Our Praying Blessed Mother and her Son of the Palan Shrine. Basically Mother Mary communicates to Annie Kirkwood “strongly” through the mind and Annie “hears” internally what Mother Mary says. Under Mother Mary’s guidance, Annie’s husband, Byron, helped compile the information.
In 1988, when Annie came to understand that it was Mother Mary who was speaking to her, Annie protested, “I don’t believe in the Virgin Mary. I’m sorry, I don’t believe in you like the Catholic Church does. Marty (Annie’s friend) is the Catholic, I am not.” Annie was adamant that Mother Mary had to appear to a Catholic, not to her. “Nor I,” Mary responded. Marty then said, “The Virgin Mary is Jewish.” This was the first time that Annie had realized that Mary, the Mother of Jesus, was not Catholic (something Mother Mary has made clear in her messages).
Blessed Mother exhorted, “I have learned to love as God loves us, ignoring cultural and religious differences. One religion or one culture is better than another. Each has its uniqueness and its beauty of faith and of creed. But one must be aware that the most important element is your faithful seeking of God through your mind and heart. It must go beyond the teachings of one religion and enter the lofty principles of Spirit.”
Mary’s message to all religions
“I plead with all people of the Earth to spend time in prayer for yourself, your loved ones, and for your world. Praying is something each person can do. Prayer is urgent. Say the prayers you were taught as a child. Over and over God has said that praying is simply talking to Him. What is it you do not understand? What is it you dread? What is it you need? What are your goals? How do you wish to be treated by others? Are you happy? Are you healthy? Are you living harmoniously? All these needs and desires are to be brought to God in your heart and in your mind.
“To the Catholics, I urge you to pray the rosary because it is a good way to allow your mind and heart to dwell on the miracles and mysteries of God. It is good to pray daily and to follow the teachings and practices of your particular religion. If it is of benefit to enter a church to pray and meditate, then by all means do so. If you are better able to pray on your knees, do so. Use whatever position, words or place that enables you to pray. Places, words, beads, and churches are not the issue. Your ability to commune with the One God is of utmost importance.
“I wish for people to understand that God loves each one no matter what color is their skin. He loves people. No matter what religion or what culture, all are children of God and all are loved with a love, which is immeasurable. It is a love so great and pure that to catch a fleeting glimpse would heal your spirits, your bodies, emotions and your minds. Pray, pray for the world – not only for your people and loved ones, but for all people and all nations. Pray for all religions and all cultures. We are all children of God, and all are loved equally.”
Mary’s warning to the world
Mary, the Mother of Jesus, is sending the people of this world, predictions for the future. These predictions are only a part of the message that Mary has been sending for over 200 years, but the message still has not reached the people of the world. These are only the predictions – the main message is to return to God. Mary told Annie, “With more people praying more often and intensely, the severity can be lessened.”
There will be increases in the frequency and activity of earthquakes and volcanoes, many in areas where earthquakes have never happened before. In her message sent in July 1988, Mary predicted that there would be earthquakes in India. On Aug. 22, 1988, The Dallas Morning News front-page reported, “At least 550 die in quake. India, Nepal rocked by strongest tremor since 1950.”
Mary predicted an earthquake in Italy. The April 8, 2009 Bloomberg.com reported that “The death toll from Italy’s deadliest (www.earthquake.usgs.gov) earthquake in almost 30 years reached 260 as rescue workers braved aftershocks to continue digging for possible survivors. About 1,500 people were injured, 10,000 buildings destroyed, leaving 28,000 people homeless.”
Weather patterns will change dramatically all over the world. The winter months will be colder and in many areas wetter. The ocean currents will be changing and the magnetic fields of the Earth will be moved about. Barometric and magnetic fields will set new records. The animals on land and in the sea will die in great numbers, and many wild animals will become extinct.
On Sept. 12, 1988, hurricane Gilbert occurred in the Gulf of Mexico and was described as the biggest hurricane in history. Mary told us, “You on earth have just begun to see the fury of these storms. The storms, which will come this year and next year, even though they will increase in size, will be as nothing in comparison to the future storms, which will lash the globe.”
‘The polar caps will begin to melt’
The polar ice caps will begin to melt and large chunks of ice will break off and become a danger to ships and to the seashores. The melting polar caps will cause the water level of the oceans to rise, changing the seacoasts around the world permanently. On March 26, 1989, The Dallas Morning News Easter Sunday article on page 37A headlined “The Rising Tide, researcher links Antarctic ice to retreat of Texas coastline.”
There will be unusual lights coming from space, like none, which has ever been seen on earth before. Debris from space will land on Earth causing crater changes.
The Dallas Morning News reported on March 8, 1989, page 4A, that “Intense solar flare may threaten broadcast waves” and on March 13, 1989 “Northern Lights were seen as far south as Chicago and Dallas.”
Mary will increase her apparitions throughout the world. There will not be a third world war. The countries of the world will be too concerned with sustaining themselves against the elements to wage war. There will be famine in those lands, which have had the most wars. After the turning of the earth, there will be two suns. This will become a binary solar system.
It is not God who will punish, but planet Earth
“When these happen, most people will look to the church and to their religious leaders. There will be vigils and prayer meetings in which multitudes will seek to placate God. The churches will be blaming God and telling its people this is punishment for all the sins of the past.
“These are not punishments, but are brought on by your acts and the acts of your ancestors. There has been a complete disregard for the Earth as a planet. The collective consciousness has been steeped in fear and anger. Somehow these pressures must be released. It is not God who will be punishing you, but the planet herself. Mother Nature or planet Earth is the one who has been abused and ignored all these many years.
“The pollution of the Earth is the cause of the severity of the coming storms and earthquakes. It is the planet trying to save itself, by fighting back. All the brains in the world will not be able to stop the onslaught of the Earth’s rage. You cannot keep on polluting the seas and the forest without planet Earth herself taking a defensive position.
“As the Earth gains ground in her fight with man, she will become the aggressor and will put you through much unnecessary pain.”
(Reference: Mary’s Message to the World as sent by Mary, the Mother of Jesus to Annie Kirkwood. Blue Dolphin Press. California, USA. 1991)
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