Comment from UTT:
The following article clarifies that an obsession with Mary will be one of the major ways that ecumenism will take place. While those who are being deceived believe that this "Mary" is the mother of Jesus, the Bible forewarns and end times deception that is headed by the Queen of Heaven (also a name for the Roman Catholic Mary) that we read about in Jeremiah chapters 7 and 44.
July 23 - Cardinal Dias to Conference of Anglican Communion
Article: Roman Catholic Church And The Last Days
CANTERBURY, England, JULY 23, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Here is the
address Cardinal Ivan Dias, prefect of the Congregation for the
Evangelization of Peoples, gave at the Lambeth conference of the
Anglican Communion. The meeting is under way through Aug. 4 in
Canterbury.
As for inter-religious dialogue, we are all aware that the Holy
Spirit works also outside the visible confines of the Churches,
and that there exist in other
religious and cultural traditions elements which are true, good
and holy. We should not reject them, but rather regard with
sincere reverence those ways of conduct and of life, those
precepts and teachings which, though differing in many aspects
from the ones we hold and set forth as Christians, nonetheless
are seeds of the Word and often reflect a ray of the Truth which
enlightens all human beings.And, finally,
a dialogue of experiences would lead both
Christians and their non-Christian partners to learn about each
other's spiritual practices and mystical encounters.
Among the many points of the Christian creed,
which the Anglican Communion and the
Catholic Church share together, is their love and devotion to
the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, as has been
spelt out in the Anglican Roman Catholic International
Commission's (ARCIC II) 2005 Seattle Statement: "Mary: Grace and
Hope in Christ".
As, in God's Providence, the Blessed Virgin Mary had the unique
privilege of giving the Savior to all humankind,
her assistance would be indispensable to evangelizers who seek
to continue her mission of giving Christ to the world.
She is the Star of the New Evangelization.
Besides being a subject of religious piety, she can be called
upon to teach Christians how to be truly Spirit-filled and
Spirit-led by imitating her singular virtues of Fiat, Magnificat
and Stabat: Fiat, saying "yes" always to God's plan for us;
Magnificat, praising God for His many mercies to the human
family; and Stabat, living our Christian commitment with
courage, coherence and perseverance till the very end. These
three virtues can be powerful incentives to genuine Christian
living and strong antidotes against whatever opposes it.
And since Mary, the most blessed of all women, is
profoundly revered even by persons of other faiths, she must be
considered an important point of reference for inter-religious
dialogue as well.
The role of shepherds which Bishops are called to play in the
Church requires that they continuously discern whether their
pastoral endeavors are inspired by God, or motivated by human
criteria, or prompted by the Evil one. In this
the Blessed Virgin Mary
should be their model, guide and intercessor, to teach them
to have "the mind of Christ" (Phil 2:5), to discern
His presence, His word and His will, and to avoid being
cunningly deceived by one's ego or by God's adversary and ours.
This is important for the spiritual combat in which we are all
engaged.
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