Volume XXIX, Number 8
April 8, 2025
Tell Me What's in Your Heart
This should be fun because I have no idea what I am going to write today until I see it on my screen. Of course, we will pray together at the end. Hey, if I don't know what's coming, then you can't know...
Encouragement
I have always loved the word "encouragement" because it contains the word courage. It literally means to inculcate bravery in another person. So dig this: if God wants you to do something, be brave. Don't lose your nerve. Fear nothing. Figure out the next prudent step, then do it.
The Bud and the Bear
I always try to write in such a way that you hopefully "hear my voice." If you would like to actually hear my voice and see me, I was honored to be a guest on my friend Bear Woznick's EWTN show.
I had a blast recording it in my living room next to a real fire—can you spot the Saint Joseph statue on my mantelpiece? We talk about Operation True Cross and spiritual warfare and I think the second half is the best part.
God's Jiujitsu
The key principle to most martial arts is to use your opponent's force against him. God is doing this right now with the powers and principalities attempting to decimate our nation. As economic uncertainty, political change, problems in the Church, and rumors of war dominate the news, please do not fear but instead take solace that we live in a diabolical Era of Lies.
Everything is going to be okay. Saint Teresa of Avila got it right: "Let nothing disturb you. God alone suffices." Jesus is Truth, and our dark era of deception will illuminate our Savior all the more brightly for unbelievers.
Remember how my astounding vision of an "ocean of souls" that started the Mary Foundation in 1991 changed recently? History is speeding up. You have been prepared. And when you hear lies everywhere? Remember what the Father proclaimed at the Transfiguration, "This is my son, my chosen one. Listen to him."
Are You on the Path of Sanctity?
Over the past two years my messages and the Mary Foundation have focused on giving you what you need to become a saint starting right now.
In particular, through Father Ripperger's Three Angelus Cure and our transformative How to Pray and How to Evangelize Anyone books.
If you have put these into practice, I would like to hear from you. Has anything changed for you spiritually? Just reply to this email—it goes directly to me. Be frank.
The Terrible Doorway of Death
I had a peaceful visit with my parents in New Jersey two weeks ago. My father, now in his early nineties, was still a towering, brilliant evangelist a decade ago. He has congestive heart failure and is struggling physically. Mentally, he is like a very nice little boy during this final season of his life. My mother, in her late eighties, has a myriad of serious health issues. They are still holy, still in love.
Some of you may not know that I grew up with nine sisters and a brother. I have three older sisters. Four years ago, my eldest sister passed away from cancer. My next oldest sister is valiantly battling terminal cancer. My next sister suffers from ALS and will not live much longer. All are well cared for.
Additionally, serious mental illness has plagued my siblings and some of our many children for decades.
My mother's father Joe died before I was born. When my Grandpa Bill died while I was in college, it hit me hard, and I began preparing for my own father's death. I don't know how to prepare for my mother's, much less my sisters'.
Heart-wrenching loss is coming for me. Some of you are likely facing similar near futures.
You are not alone. That is all I have. You are not alone. When I assure you of my daily prayers for you, know that my entreaties to heaven burst from the heart of a man who understands suffering and embraces it. I am with you, because the Christ dwells within us.
Praying the World Over
Let us begin, tens of thousands of us together, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit...
Dear Lord, we do not know what will happen to us today or tomorrow—we only know that nothing will happen that was not foreseen by you and directed to our greater good from all eternity. We adore your holy and unfathomable plans, and submit to them with all our hearts for love of you, the pope, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Amen.
And amen. As I said at the beginning, that's what you get when I just sit down and start typing. I hope it gave you hope.
There she is, Saint Patricia of Verona, New Jersey!
"Stay alert, for we know not the hour." Fear nothing.
Smile big. Smile often. Smile now. Feel my smile.
With the King of Kings,
Bud Macfarlane
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