Wednesday, April 30, 2025

"The Island" by De Villo Sloan (April 30, 2025)






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  1. How we live defines our experience after death. Losing the grasp on innocence does not mean one cannot pick it up again; hold it in the palm of one's hand, and consume it whole.

    There is a letter I wrote to Fike recently which restates the plight of Thomas Aquinas; who says there is a logical path to belief. It takes but asking of God to unlock all of Heaven to a soul. It starts by simply tossing a pebble into your sea of the damned; which will, when thrown, unloose a storm which when its thunder breaks over you, shall shatter every preconception you have of Christianity.

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  2. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I've been surprised how many really insightful comments about "The Island" have been made online. I really appreciate it. I was saying on FB about how the poem has literary resonance and Christianity is really part of that. The shaft of light is clearly a reference that a promise of salvation always awaits. I, the speaker, clearly do not choose that path. People think, "DVS Flux Beatnik" but I was profoundly influenced by Confessional Poetry - the tortured Puritanism of (first T.S. Eliot) then Robert Lowell. I dig that sh-t. I only understand suffering when it comes down to it; good time. wha? Recently I had a serious fling with Christianity. I loved Bible studies. But it didn't take. In fact, today I had my first Tarot reading in years. Very incredible.

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  3. The path of every soul must travel through suffering. Even God Himself has chosen this path, as is revealed to us through His Son, Jesus Christ. Every soul must suffer. One cannot escape suffering, and those who try to do so find for themselves the worst suffering imaginable in Hell. The wise choose their suffering here on Earth, and do so with love and charity towards others. Even the angels of God have undergone suffering as they fought to battle the sin of pride in their temptation; their souls suffered in order to maintain humility and service to God.

    All souls have a choice to make; and by the mercy of God, mankind is given not just a single chance like the angels, but we are given God's mercy through stages in our life. Every moment and every breath for a man or a woman is a gift of mercy from God, given in the hopes that that soul will come to sorrow for its sins. This is the moment that God waits for in every soul. No matter how grave a person's sins are, God extends His hand in mercy to that soul by its every breath.

    If a soul can find sorrow in teself, as my soul has done and it hopes it will continue to do so throughout eternity; then God The Father will lead that soul into the heart of Jesus Christ, and there, it will be forgiven. The more sorrow a soul has for its sins, the deeper it will enter into The Sacred Heart of Jesus, fulfilling his words, "those who are forgiven much, love much; and those who are forgiven little, love little."

    Love, then, is the fruit of a repentant heart. And love is the essence of God. A soul that enters deeply into the heart of Jesus, will find itself giving of itself, without a thought of recompense. A true Christian, not one by label, but one that has experienced Jesus in their souls; such a person will be driven to exude themselves of love for others, rather than a proud heart, which God detests, who will seek only after their own benefit.

    The act of love is charity; but unfortunately this word in the English tongue has so varied meanings that it has come to mean nothing at all.

    If you have sought in Bible study, then I invite you to try my poetry; it is a contemporary product born from mainly the study of The Bible and Maria Faustina Kowalska's work, "Divine Mercy in my Soul"; and its aim at present is to mostly expose the interior workings in my soul which have been centered around The Divine Mercy.

    The Divine Mercy has led me to try to have compassion on even the most wicked of people; because I believe that although it may seem improbable, I believe that God's mercy, if a soul will react to it in contrition, is the greatest power in all of known existence. God's mercy, if only a soul will humble itself before Him, has power to forgive even the most terrible of all people; and to transform them into a holy saint of Jesus Christ.

    I invite you to read my humble blog,
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  4. The Great Beast of Revelations,
    is any object which lacks a soul;
    Pope Leo XIV, in his declaration,
    has brought idolatry into The Church.

    He has declared that AI holds power,
    and he has declared that nuclear arms;
    which of themselves can do no harm,
    are the true evil in this world.

    Evil does not stem from these,
    but it is harbored in the heart;
    and only souls are capable,
    of bringing evil into the world.

    To worship an idol,
    is to treat a thing of flesh;
    as though it had a soul.

    And so The Beast has entered The Church,
    prophesied by Anne Catherine Emmerich;
    for what The Church aims to do,
    is to rid the world of evil,
    in a place that evil does not exist.

    They want to drive out Satan,
    through fear & hatred of a thing;
    which of itself holds no power.

    Justice demands that The Church,
    rather than waging war against robots;
    turn its prayer upon itself,
    for she is truly broken,
    and needs the light of her baptism.

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  5. Mary wishes me to give you a warning. I have no other way I know how to contact you but through your blog, but know that you are deep in my prayers, along with many others.

    The end of the world is upon us. We are now in the time of The Antichrist. Soon all the world will come to believe in Jesus Christ, but of those, very few will be spared. They will think they are heading to salvation, but in fact they will be heading into damnation and into fire.

    You may not believe, but soon you will. When this time comes, I sternly warn you, do not be led with your eyes, but with your heart. Many things will transpire soon; right now, the world is asleep but God is going to wake it up. Right now, Atheism is the heart of the people of Earth; but soon, they will believe.

    The Church of Rome has been stripped of its power, and has been abandoned by God. This is The Church of The Antichrist. It will claim to lead people into Heaven, but it has no authority left on Earth; and no saints in Heaven will help it. This is The Dark Church, of which Anne Catherine Emmerich writes of in her prophesies. In The Book of Revelations, it is mentioned as The Seven Hills; of which these hills are well known to be seated in Rome.

    The True Catholic Church no longer rests in buildings; The Pope no longer holds authority; and every priest in mortal sin has been excommunicated, and should they deliver up The Holy Mass or grant to a soul the sacrament of confession, they will have become for themselves Antichrist.

    Those who seek to know the truth will find it best in the words of Jesus Christ himself, as given to us through The Holy Gospel. The Church of Rome will speak her own words, and she will assert her own power and her own authority, but this will not come from Christ or from his teachings.

    My own words do come from God at times, for He has given me to know a great many things. Things about a very far distant future, and a place prepared by Him from the beginning where men who come there will be as gods like Jesus. But this is very far away from us, and there will be yet more fire for souls to pass through. Many who are now in Heaven, who enter into these further tests, will be lost forever in fire.

    If you should find it in you to seek life; the best thing you can do is to open your heart; and the best way that I have found to open my heart, is to pray for people who hate me.

    I have come a very long way since 2018 when I left my life as a mail artist in order to pursue the hand of Jesus Christ. God has led me through a great number of tests, some of which I failed; but most of which I have passed. He Himself has given me The Mark of The Beast, and yet through humility and imploring His Divine Mercy, I have been granted a very high place in Heaven, and a very important work throughout eternity.

    So, this is my warning to you: Hell exists; and most of the world will enter it.

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  6. Sin is that which harms another soul. Every human being on Earth has committed sin except for two: Mary & Jesus. When we sin, the penalty for that sin is death; and unless we seek God’s Divine Mercy, our death will be an eternal death in Hell.

    God is merciful; The God of Abraham is merciful. And in all three of the sacred texts in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, it is stated that our God is a merciful God. But where Judaism & Islam fail, is they do not ascribe Jesus as The Son of The Living God. In Jesus, in the picture you can see when you see Jesus hanging dead upon his Holy Cross, you see a visual representation of God’s Divine Mercy. Jesus, in his suffering and death, is the embodiment of The Divine Mercy of God The Father.

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  7. Religion is a powerful tool, but it is merely a tool. And as all tools, religion can be used for either good or nefarious purposes. Religion is often used as a tool to manipulate people into enacting hatred & violence in the world. The tool is good, but how it is abused is what has caused a great many evils to enter into the world.

    If you believe in God, then read words about God, and try to understand His heart. For many pick up the words of God but do not read them; instead, they listen to the words of those who are appointed over them. Such words very frequently do not lead souls into the heart of God, but rather into fear, hatred, and distrust in other men.

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  8. We are in an age where there are many false shepherds, who lead souls into destruction. You must be wary of men, especially of leaders.

    If you believe in God, then read words about God. When you seek with your heart and with your mind to know God, you will find that of all the attributes which God contains; great power, virtues, knowledge; wisdom, you will find that God’s greatest attribute is His infinite mercy. If someone grovels before God’s feet, begging forgiveness for the wrongs they have done to others and to God; God will forgive that soul. For we are in a period of God’s Divine Mercy.

    There will come a time for justice, but it is not this present moment.

    At the end of the world, when every book of every soul is opened and read before The Judgment Seat of Jesus Christ, and all souls are held accountable for what they have done here on Earth, on that day many souls will weep bitter tears. They will desire God’s Divine Mercy on that day. But on that day, only The Divine Justice will be served to souls. Men and women will cry out to God, “please, spare my life!” But God will say to these souls, “I offered you mercy when it was the time for mercy; and you rejected my hand, extended to you in friendship. Now is the time to pay your penalty, which is death in Hell.”

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  9. Now is the time to embrace The Divine Mercy of Yahweh.

    His Divine Mercy was passed down through Maria Faustina Kowalska, as message from our Lord Jesus Christ, and as a last hope for humanity before The Last Day. Her message has five parts, five devotions; all of which are a single devotion and a single message, God’s undying love for humanity. If humanity can turn to God’s Divine Mercy, they can be healed. But if we continue on our path of self-destruction, the end will surely come; and countless souls will fill the depths of Hell.

    The parts are these: The Divine Mercy Image, The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, The Hour of Great Mercy, The Divine Mercy Novena, and The Feast of Divine Mercy. These are the five parts and the five devotions to God’s Divine Mercy, and they are a single devotion with five parts. Any one of these parts will lead a soul to the entirety of God’s message of Divine Mercy. They all complement the other parts, and they all have a single purpose in The Divine Plan; to bring souls to Heaven.

    In my humble experience, the most key of the five parts is The Divine Mercy Image. In the image of our Lord Jesus Christ, dressed in white, one hand up in a gesture of blessing, and the other hand touching his Sacred Heart, where two rays, one pale, one white, emanate from his Sacred Heart; in this image is everything you need to enter Heaven. You can forsake reading The Holy Bible; you can forsake partaking in The Holy Mass; you can forsake everything else but this image of our Lord, and you will still enter into Heaven if you do so with love & trust in Jesus Christ.

    Let all the rest be as study for your soul, but I encourage you to start here.

    May God bless you,
    Lucretia.

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