Advisory Via Ephesus

Filipinos, especially those in Batangas should not feel so bad about how church authorities handled the Lipa Apparitions in 1948. In fact, in India, there is the case of Our Lady’s apparitions which were neither authenticated nor decided upon either by the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith or under its new name, Dicastery of the Doctrine of Faith. When Paul III established the original Sacred Congregation of Universal Inquisition in 1547, the events in the small town on Coromandel Coast by the Bay of Bengal, Tamil Nadu state, should have been investigated but we do know how limited communication was during the advent of Renaissance was. In fact, the 1948 apparition in Lipa which happened already in modern times and the authorities still failed in dialogue and transparency which led to confusion of the Filipino faithful. But the lessons of faith in Velankanni eludes intrigues and politicking by church officials and we are only happy to explore them in spite of the fact that they only involved legends which lent to credibility and therefore, faith. Not that we are espousing belief in Medjugorje, as it was found to teach heresy but this is a matter of how we discern spiritual fruits.

For more than a decade now, I have come to a disturbing realization. The guidance program of many schools, even of some institutions of higher learning have grown inutile providing only lip services to their supposed clienteles and are only counting the number of people who have felt good or better after being served.

Before any onset of rebellious thought could manifest itself dangerously using the angst and pathos of the “dark night of the soul” I am writing this essay to debunk such a lingering stance, not that the existence of such phenomenon is denied but rather that its cumbersome presence should be shortened for all those who are children of Hope.

Vatican II, the pastoral synod which tried to please the world so that more will enter the church and had been very keen on pleasing the Protestants who didn't relish in what they label as Mariolatry; which for us was simple love and devotion to Mary, Mother of Christ. Therefore, the patronizing cardinals allowed all talks on the Virgin Mary as being Mediatrix and Co-Mediatrix had been duly shelved and assigned oblivion. All that the faithful cardinals could muster was that Truth that She is the Ultimate Exemplar. Thus, the six Protestant advisers assigned to influence the Council felt triumphant for the recognition due to the Mother of the Church Herself was mitigated if not mutilated.

The trench is deep and wide
Be hard for the enemy to penetrate,
Would be hard to see where we hide,
And where our ammo concentrate.
Entrenched, enjoy the furlough of war,
Engage only when they come
Meanwhile, there’s no flesh to scar
Just the hours and days to overcome
And will they come? Let Field Marshall
Bring his best troops instead;
Let them be heroes, who indeed shall
Win this war for us or forestall but dead
But we’re entrenched with security;
Let’s keep the day and sleep the night
If they overrun, ket;s run to safety
Instead of dying, keep flight
Or hold white flag to surrender
For it’s the fault of trenches
That we know this war is over
Too much in mind and heart is enough stress!

- Karam M. Zingh

While the Advocate has His holy outpouring
Spiritu Mundi itself had its own inception
In trance, possessed modern man perchance progressing
Boasting, lusting, seducing; in deep deception
He hooks modern man in the alchemy of drugs
And preys on him through cosmetology, changing
The face of crime, sanitizing the mummy rugs
Introducing fallen stars, for worshipping,
Body is bound and soul is made captive, and so
His dream-like trance’s in multiverse rising,
With the tips of his fingers, like God, he would know
Everything and woe, he will join the uprising
Entranced he’ll dream a life but - forever?
Virtual reality bites, the fire dousing never.

- Daniel Santos

Novos Ordo, the transition had been made the means
In which manner, the world now, in newest way spins
Everything, each being, must be given the chance and means
To deceitfully proceed with lies, errors and sins
Let all the innocent suffer, teach them false freedom
So that they can reverse, their true existence
And by their ‘own’ godless, programmed choice falsely become
An alchemic essence; substance of false existence
Make him feel good and cosmetize whatever’s evil
If he’s a boy, make him a girl; whatever he likes
Shepherd him into this transit, as if it’s his will
Subvert everything that is true; unleash! Leak the dikes
Finally the Alta Vendita is bought wholesale
Let the horns grow longer then, the scourge of the tail

- Daniel Santos

St. Paul writing to the Ephesians defined the spiritual war thus (6:10-13): “Finally, go strong in the Lord, with the strength of His power. Put God's armour on so as to be able to resist the devil's tactics. For it is not against human enemies that we have to struggle, but against the sovereignties and powers who originate the darkness in this world; the Spiritual army of evil in the heavens. That is why you must rely on God's armour, or you will not be able to put up any resistance when the worst happens, or enough resources to hold you ground.”

Jesus was, and still is, the ultimate Unconventional Warrior. He led His enemy to believe that He had died and was defeated but His Resurrection later on would cause Satan to panic for He did not die after all. Godless Japan thought that with Bataan and Corregidor surrender, the Philippines had ceased to be but the guerilla onslaught taught it otherwise, because even before the liberation forces arrived, the Japanese Imperial Forces were already reeling from guerilla warfare.

About AVE

Advisory Via Ephesus is a page dedicated to problematic truth seekers. It provides expert advice concerning Christian ethics, Catholic apologetics and insights on Neo-Judaism. It evaluates behaviour not from a limited scientific viewpoint but on a metaphysical Judeo-Christian foundation which defies a godless modernism. It does not worry about the feel good requirements of modern day guidance and counseling but finds conscience as a built-in spiritual mechanism that allows the soul to reason the gravity of sin and therefore allows the free will to liberate a human person from systematic deception.

Therefore, it does not offer any guidance and counseling format which is only existential in its nature and does not recognize the feelings of guilt just so it can render the seeker to feel good. AVE operates on the definition that faith in the oneness of mind and heart. Simply stated, it defines too much use of mind or reason as not faith, but a fake, and too much use of the heart or emotion as not faith, but a fake. Only True Faith can set the truth-seeker free and only True Faith can provide real Hope so that one can have Sincere Love.

AVE recognizes the true worth of guidance advocates tasked by school authorities to direct wary ward teeners. AVE discerns the value of the sincere attempts to help and therefore provides an avenue for discussions on how to effect positive discipline. AVE opens the forum to genuine ecumenical discussions on matters of faith rather than close possible means at arriving at the truth because of too much care for rational philosophy and systematic censure.

AVE Therefore believes in sincere applications of the spiritual works of mercy as tangible proofs of the Real Presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

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