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Fr. Stephen Shin’s Reflections on the Messages
 
April 25, 2025

Dear children, Winds of peacelessness, selfishness and sin are catching hold of many hearts and leading them into peacelessness and perdition. That is why I am calling you, little children: return to God and to prayer, so that it may be good for you in the hearts and on the earth on which you live. I love you, little children, and that is why I am not tiring of calling you to conversion. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (With Ecclesiastical approval)

 

Dear children, Winds of peacelessness, selfishness and sin are catching hold of many hearts and leading them into peacelessness and perdition. That is why I am calling you, little children: return to God and to prayer, so that it may be good for you in the hearts and on the earth on which you live. 

Peacelessness, selfishness, and sin not only break the relationship between God and humanity, but also sever the bonds between human beings themselves. The inevitable result is peacelessness and destruction. Although this tragic reality is unfolding in the lives of countless people, many of God's children continue to live unaware of its seriousness. To these children, the Blessed Mother speaks with a voice that is gentle yet firm, offering a clear and loving warning.

The Blessed Mother, who knows better than anyone the gravity of the situation we are currently facing, conveys this truth to us, her beloved children. It is not difficult to imagine how deeply her heart must ache as she does so. The pain she feels must be like a heart melting away and being torn apart. What parent would not suffer, watching their children rush down a path of division and destruction? If even earthly parents feel such sorrow, how much deeper and more sorrowful must be the pain felt by Our Blessed Mother, the spiritual Mother of our souls?

But the Blessed Mother does not stop at grieving over the sorrowful state of her children or at warning them. She clearly shows us the way to escape this crisis. That way is to return to God and to prayer. When we return to God and reconnect with Him through prayer, we can finally recover peace and turn away from the path of destruction. 

We must not take lightly this simple yet profound call of the Blessed Mother—her invitation to "return to God and to prayer." Though it may sound simple, it is, in truth, the only path that leads us away from division and ruin. Therefore, we must receive her words with seriousness and begin to respond to them from this very moment.

There can be no true peace in the heart of a person who does not place God at the center of their life and who does not pray. For it is God Himself—who is Peace and the source of all peace—who gives the gift of peace to our hearts through prayer.

Saint Paul speaks to us with these words:

"We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose" (Rom 8:28). Yes, we are the ones who love God and have been called according to His divine plan. For those of us who love God and strive to live in accordance with His call through constant prayer, all things indeed work together for good. Even in this life, here on earth, everything is guided toward what is good. This is because God, who sees the faith within our hearts and our love for Him, personally arranges and directs all things in His providence.

The psalmist, who experienced how those who place all their hope in God and follow His teachings and ways are blessed—even in this life—proclaims:

"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the company of the arrogant, but delights in the law of the Lord and meditates on His laws day and night. He is like a tree planted near streams of water, that yields its fruit in due season, and whose leaves never fade. Whatever he does prospers" (Ps 1:1–3).

 

I love you, little children, and that is why I am not tiring of calling you to conversion. Thank you for having responded to my call.

Love knows no fatigue. Love does not grow weary. The Blessed Mother has been calling us to conversion, without rest or weariness, for the past 43 years and 10 months. She does so for one reason: because she loves us. She calls us tirelessly to conversion because only through conversion can we be saved. Thus, her unwavering call is not simply an expression of affection, but a profound, motherly love that is deeply concerned for our salvation. This love of the Blessed Mother continues to reach out to us, even at this very moment. But the real question is this: do we truly recognize the meaning of that love? And are we receiving it with all our hearts?


 
 

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