The Flight into Egypt by Miguel Cabrera, 18th Century
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Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel. - Isaiah 7:14
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I recently stumbled upon this well-produced, clever and emotionally-charged video via one of those Substacks that claims to be Christian while mostly peddling fearmongering links.
Much to unpack and dissect in this 30 minute film, but what first grabbed my attention was the odd, prophetic music video that appears around the 4:00 mark (with reprises throughout). The video is for a very catchy synth-pop song called “Cathy Don’t Go [to the Supermarket],” about the Biblical mark of the beast as detailed in the Apocalypse of St. John.
At first, I thought the song was some kind of modern deception—a digital era song and video made to look vintage.
The high production value and the lack of easily available relics from the era (i.e. used CDs, VHS tapes, cassettes, contemporaneous commentary, etc.) made me suspect more recent occult (and/or intel) origins.
However, additional research leads me to believe that the video was, in fact, produced in the late 1980s by a gnostic group known by several names, including Children of God, The Family International, The Family of Love and The Family. It’s perhaps best known as the so-called cult that actors River & Joachim Phoenix were born into.
“Cathy Don’t Go” holds up quite well. What surely seemed alarmist to most viewers 35 years ago is decidedly less so now. Same goes for some of their other videos.
The synth-pop band called itself “Heaven’s Magic” and its record label was dubbed “Aurora Productions.”
Heaven’s “Magic” ain’t exactly Biblical (unless you’re talking about fallen angels).
And “Aurora” happens to be the name of the false pagan Roman god of the dawn…
Sound Christian to you?
With a few more keystrokes and clicks, a bizarre interconnected world of pseudo-Christian vintage media unfolds on the web.
Where is this stuff really coming from? Is it truly prophetic? Or just another limited hangout?
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We live in an upside-down world.
The devil is real.
He is both ancient and far more intelligent than us.
As the Gospels unambiguously tell us, he is the ruler of this fallen domain.
His deceptions run far deeper than any “sane” person living in the world and for the world dares to consider.
Even those who seem to be mostly telling the truth about the terrible depths of the deceptions are often subtle deceivers themselves.
How can I be sure?
How can anyone be sure of anything?
The answer is discernment through Our Blessed Mother.
The devil hates us. He hates the One True God and he hates the Truth.
But Satan, his demons and his followers—the witting ones and the unwitting ones alike—despise the Blessed Virgin Mary most of all.
If content/media—whether it claims to be Christian or not—in any way diminishes, ignores or blasphemes the Living Mother of God, the Virgin Queen Conceived without original sin, the One Who Crushed the serpent’s head, then it is (at best) presenting an incomplete picture—a limited hangout.
What do the Talmudists, Muslims, Orthodox, Lutherans, Anglicans, Calvinists, Baptists, Methodists, Mormons, non-churched “Bible-only” Christians, Pentecostals, Adventists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christian Scientists, Gnostics, Freemasons and thousands of other non-Catholic God-fearing sects have in common?
They all simultaneously acknowledge and diminish the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Even the few breakaway sects that hold fast to Her Most Holy Rosary find some way to heretically demean Her.
Only those who profess the One True and Apostolic Catholic Faith founded by Jesus Christ Himself and practiced by the Saints rightfully respect and honor Her.
Mary’s Immaculate and perfectly humble “Yes” conquered forever the ruler of this valley of tears.
She is our Victory.
She is our Consolation.
She is the Vessel of Truth,
The Ark of the New Covenant,
Our faithful guide along the narrow path, who lovingly shelters us as she leads us to the Way, the Truth and the Life: Her Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ.
As the deceptions compound, fear not!
It is incredibly difficult for us in the Church Militant to know exactly how and through whom the ancient evil one is attacking, manipulating, dividing and enslaving us.
But it is very easy for us to get to know Our Blessed Mother Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth.
Turn off the screen and pick up the Rosary beads.
Look to Her.
Follow Her instructions.
Live Her example.
Ask for Her protection.
She’s been clearly warning us about all of this insanity for centuries.
Trust in Her.
Maria, Semper Virgine, Ora Pro Nobis!