We Must Obey God
Fr. John Mary addresses the question of obedience to God vs. obedience to man.
00:00 Intro
02:38 1. Messages from God
06:04 2. Unprecedented Crisis
06:54 2.A. Warnings
08:23 2.B. Prophecies
09:15 2.C Our Current Message
12:08 2.D. Human Evidence
18:04 2.E. Extraordinary Measures Are Called for in a Time of Crisis
19:22 2.F. The Arian Crisis
21:39 3. Obedience to God and Human Authorities
@English Catholic Good catch. Perhaps Don Gobbi has some valid points. I honestly don't know because I've never read his works.
We're living in very turbulent times. I can understand why people would be attracted to messages like this that provide certainty. And maybe there is something to them. It raises some good points and at least is self-aware enough to acknowledge that it's not in a great position. But it's still very easy to get mislead even by people with the best of intentions.
I'm not going to condemn folks that give ear to (at least seemingly) orthodox messages that haven't been formally approved, as long as they don't let it interfere with the faith handed on to us by Christ through the Church. Private revelation is complemental to public revelation, not additive.
The Mother Superior in the convent where I was for 14 months was rather fond of us reading from the Blue Book, during recreations. I had already encountered the writings before entering the convent. I felt drawn to it, like it was drawing me, the messages of Fr Gobbi. Of course, true revelations will be opposed, but salus animarum suprema lex.
I found the messages, for what they were worth, @English Catholic tended to nourish my faith.. so far the bubble has not burst. Re-encountering the messages at the convent seemed like a positive confirmation. I probably would not agree with overall bent of the author you mention. I believe God leads people by different ways. You do need discernment. Maybe relying on ecclesiastical support or approval nowadays is not the be all and end all. The end times of the Church will be a great mess; we will assuredly find out on the other side - what was real from what illusion.