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+AMDG+

Urgent. Please pray for my GodMother. She has left the Church and is marrying a Mormon (in a Mormon Church) on Saturday. Please pray that she won't go through with it. Please pray that she comes back. Please pray that her son will have the courage to persevere in the faith.

Joe Zollars

I am praying for your Godmother and her son, that God will spare them from an apostasy. If she (they) go through with the apostasy, perhaps God will use that as a way for her to experience a dark night of the soul, and return to the truth stronger than before.

anastasios

Joe,

My prayers are joined with yours.

May Our Blessed Lady, Mother of us all,my Mistress keep those whom you love in Her tender care and bring them to her Son
Angela

Dear Johanam,

We can't stop your Godmother from doing what she will do. But we can pray for her.

A priest-friend of mine had a thing or two to say about his sister-in-law marrying a Jew and then converting by means of a mikvah.

As her Jewish husband turned to leave their home, the priest said, in despair, "Well, I hope to see both of you in Church one day!"

The Jewish fellow shot back, "Or maybe we'll see you in our synagogue!"

Love your Godmother (is she still your Godmother after she's left the Church?)

You might want to start doing a leisurely study of Mormonism and really get into a comparative approach, just in case your friends ever call you to witness to your faith.

Mormons aren't like that, except when they meet you at the door as missionaries.

I've often found that not all of them agree on what Mormon theology says, either.

When I asked one fellow to explain how Christ can be God, yet less than His Heavenly Father, he said that I was mistaken and that Mormons believed Christ is equal to the Father (NOT!).

I found this approach helpful when dealing with some friends who became Jehovah's Witnesses.

My principal's sister-in-law told me she was going to convert me.

I gave her my Bible and asked her what she was waiting for.

The principal was a little angry at me (!) or "disturbed" or "seriously concerned" with my attitude.

But I just can't help it sometimes, you know . . .

Anyway, this isn't your fault, love her and be accepting of her and her husband (in other words, don't act like a disapproving Ukrainian mother-in-law).

Arm yourself with the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God.

Just as Lazarus died so that Christ could be glorified in His raising him up, so too could your Godmother die spiritually only for God to raise her up again in the Church through His servant, Joe Zollars.

God bless,

Alex

Joe,

I join in your prayer.

May the Spirit guide everyone involved here.

If your grandmother does what she plans, may he lead her and her husband to Himself. May he grant you the wisdom to know what you can do and the heart to do it with love. When you have done that may He help you to know what you cannot do and the courage and will to live with that fact.

May you find it in you to keep the bond that you have with your grandmother and her family. May that love sustain you all through these difficult days.

May the knowledge that God is in charge here keep you from despair. Remember that God writes straight with crooked lines. He knows what we cannot know and works in ways that we cannot understand. Let Him be God.

May you find peace.

Steve.

May God grant Joe's godmother with a renewed vision of His Truth.

Regardless of what your godmother chooses, she is still your godmother. No question. May the Lord continue to preserve her and her family. And may He give you the strength to stand by her no matter what. It's is in the loving that we earn our salvation, and bear witness to the Love who is our Savior.

Blessings!

+JMJ+

Thank you all for the many prayers for my GodMother.

Please allow me to give you a report as to what happened at the illicit/invalid marriage. At the last minute they decided not to get married in the Morman church but rather to get married in a wedding chapel by a woman that thought she was a minister. She forced her son to give her away. It truly was a sad ceremony for those of us who saw it for what it was (illicit/invalid) and a heartfelt reminder to pray for her conversion.

Joe Zollars

Brother Joe, remember that the Lord is present in the hearts of all His children. Baptized, non-baptized or whatever.

Her decisions are her decisions; but the Lord is still present. It must be really hard to accept that one's godmother is not a member of our Church. It would otherwise be a real comfort to know that she is going to assume the responsibilities that we expect. But, the Lord moves in mysterious ways, and we have to accept the choices of others as free-will, but nonetheless under the influence of the Holy Spirit.

Don't EVER give up on her. She is still godmother and I'm sure that she loves you with all her heart and soul because you are more than worthy of her love and care.

Leave her be. And keep praying that the Lord will stay with her -- and with your relationship with her.

Lord -- please ensure that the members of this family keep together as a family and that their love for each other will grow. May our brother find comfort in the knowledge that no matter what happens, the familial and Christ-love will endure in the face of all human frailty. We all here will remember you and her in our prayers.

Blessings!

I am sad to hear when anyone leaves the true faith for an imitation, especially a heresy as ugly as Mormonism or the Watchtower. These two cults are deceiving many souls, and we can only pray that people will see the truth, and join the true Church. First and foremost, pray for her. Know your faith (!!!), so that if she or her hubby ever challenges, you, you will have a response.