Nordic Countries Program 2017
Denmark, Faroe Islands & Iceland:
This is an account of the Nordic mission. God is the One and only who leads us in the race we have started, and it is indeed a training to be going on a mission. It is noticeable that God always provides His instrument enough strength to proclaim a resurrected Christ and to glorify Him. His Voice, as it is heard through His messages, puts blazing fires in each heart without exception, leading His people with grace in their faith, so as to bring it to perfection.
Wednesday, May 31:
Vassula’s mission started before she even left her home. The Daily Christian newspaper’s Mette Skov Hansen interviewed her at home, and then published the interview in the newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad on June 2, the day Vassula presented her talk in Copenhagen. It was a good interview, having a more positive rather than objective angle. (View the original newspaper article)
Thursday, June 1:
Vassula and I left Athens for Copenhagen on Thursday, since the program was scheduled for the following day. We did not encounter any disturbances while travelling to the destinations for this mission; instead we felt the Holy Spirit’s presence providing us with open-hearted people.
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Friday, June 2:
The following morning, a meeting was arranged with the publishers, Scandinavia, who published Vassula’s book, Heaven is Real But so is Hell, in Danish. We arrived at the publisher’s office and were cordially greeted. They had even prepared a morning breakfast. Since this was their first time meeting Vassula, they wanted her to feel very welcomed. Asked to lead them in prayer, Vassula opened our little prayer book and read the prayer that Jesus gave her on July 18, 1990. She asked everybody to stand while she prayed.
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The owner, Jorgen Vium Olesen of Scandinavia Publishing House, was very impressed that Vassula read the prayer while standing. He said that normally, when they prayed around a table, they never bothered to stand. He understood this was a wonderful and significant gesture. He said he would adopt this manner of praying–that it is a way of ‘showing respect.’
Then he and his son, Jacob Vium Olesen, along with their employees asked Vassula a series of personal questions as well as questions pertaining to her spiritual mission, as they listened to her story and how her experiences began. Jacob ended the meeting with a prayer, and our TLIG friend, Frank, offered them a copy of a painting done by Vassula of Jesus’ Shroud. They were very touched and happy to hear that she had painted it. Frank explained that Vassula sees Jesus in the manner He is depicted in the painting–with blue eyes.
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We then departed for the church where Fr. Lars Messerschmidt, a longtime supporter and believer of the Messages is stationed. He is also the only exorcist priest in Denmark. You can read this interesting interview on him.
Fr. Lars celebrated a special Mass for us and thanked Vassula for coming to Denmark. He asked the congregation for special intentions directed towards the fruitfulness of her witness meeting. Moreover, he prayed for the organizers, asking our Lord to enflame his people to preach about Christ.
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After Mass, Elisabeth Astrup from the Danish newspaper Politiken came to interview Vassula at the church. The interview was published on June 11. Here is the interview in Danish.
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The following is an English translation of Vassula’s interview with Elisabeth Astrup:
Politiken, June 11, 2017:
“On Friday the second of June this year, she stands in the spotlight on a stage adorned with flowers in outer Nørrebro. Several church communities in the Nordic Countries have invited her to give talks about her conversations with God throughout three decades.
Earlier this day Politiken meets with her in the Catholic Knud Lavard in Lyngby. It is Friday evening in outer Nørrebro. The doors are open to Københavns Kulturcenter on Drejervej. Music of praise sounds from inside: old revival hits from the seventies. About 300 people have found their way inside. Most of them from the generation with reading glasses, but also many young people with sunglasses in the hair, Catholic priests and German speaking people. Most of the evening’s program is simple: Vassula Rydén reads from her conversations with God and places the conversations in a context–a kind of sermon.
She reads these words from God: ‘I will not blame you for your sins. I forgive you now. I can forgive you a million times. I ask you to come to me. Let me enkindle your heart.’ And then she explains: ‘If you are here, it is because you want to know and understand more about God. This is the reason He speaks to us through these messages. However, he also speaks through silence. There is a lot of noise in the world.’
Vassula Rydén’s talk lasts one and a half hours. The hall is dim apart from the spotlight on the stage. Nobody whispers or fools around. Some listen with their eyes closed. Others have their eyes fixed on the stage.
Fifty-year old Lene Gosvig and 31 year-old Karen Reiter are among the listeners. They both have associations with the Church, and their everyday jobs are as a psychiatrist and a nurse. ‘I was a little in doubt and skeptical when I arrived. However, I am pleasantly surprised. It is very much about having focus on the grace,’ says Lene Gosvig. Karen Reiter sees the messages as ‘very insisting,’ probably because she has experienced all of it herself. ‘They were delivered with a high degree of presence and are actually very simple–they return constantly to the love of God,’ says Karen Reiter.
One can find many interviews with Vassula Rydén on YouTube. Here she speaks prophetically. She is more cautious this Friday, as though wanting to disclaim that name that people usually attribute to her.
‘People call me all sorts of things. It does not bother me. I am an ordinary person, who does shopping and cooking, but at the same time, God has given me a task that I am committed to. However, I am not responsible whether people believe in it or not.’
Are you a prophet?
‘No, I am not a prophet. Others have attributed me this name. I am what I have just told you. I just transmit what God says. He himself explained it like this: “Let those listen who want to. Leave alone those who do not want to listen.” If anybody calls me a false prophet, they mean to say that I am a liar who wishes to seduce people. I am not interested in that. I just transmit the words of God–they are also for everyone.’
The average Dane will consider your words as far out. They live as you once lived. What will you say to them?
‘If God had not approached me, I would have rejected anyone who would try to preach to me. God revealed himself to me, this made the difference.’
How can ordinary people make contact to God?
‘I once said to God: “If only you would meet every single human being on Earth in the same way that you met me, just say one sentence to them, where it is clear that you are the one speaking, then people will turn to you as willingly as a pancake gets turned over on a pan.”‘
What did God answer?
‘There was silence.’
Silence?
‘Yes, he did not answer.’
Why was he silent?
‘I do not know. I still wish that everybody could have such an experience, for it is amazing.’ – // <![CDATA[ document.write('‘); document.write(‘elisabeth.astrup’); document.write(‘@’); document.write(‘pol.dk‘); // ]]> elisabeth.astrup at pol dot dk
Gethsemane, one of the TLIG volunteers, mentioned to me that she heard the newspaper’s web designer who was present say she had never before heard anyone speak like this. The newspaper’s photographer, Finn Frandsen, said he had never before heard of anyone having had an experience like Vassula’s. This shows how attentive they were to the nearly one-hour interview. At 6:30 p.m., people began arriving at the Copenhagen‘s Cultural Center,, Københavns Kulturcente to hear Vassula’s talk.
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I was able to get a few testimonies from the people about how the talk had touched them.
Krista:“You could feel the presence of Jesus in there definitely. The message was very powerful; it touched the soul and the heart.”
Natalie: “The simplicity of the message touched me.”
Karina: “I have been a TLIG reader for years and the most important message is Vassula herself–the way she goes around the world witnessing in a very simple and loving way. This time I brought my kids and husband.”
Jolie Mary: “I come from India and I didn’t know about this message. I am fortunate that God called me, as I know somebody. It is a blessing, and I am very blessed and am very happy. We hope that Denmark is blessed for both Muslims and Christians–everybody.”
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Evie: “I come from Vietnam. I am here three months. I believe God said, ‘Come to Me.’ I feel God’s love and it teaches me how to love. He takes the hurt from us, as I cry about it.”
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Markus: “What really touched me was the speech about the Holy Spirit; that He is alive and lives in us. What touched me was that every human being has the capability of the Holy Spirit to speak through him/her. So, we are joyful and happy and we have access to peace and love. She said He is pouring into the earth right now from God and we just have to repent. I like the message and the fact that it is for everyone, no matter what faith you have, whether you are a Christian, an atheist, a Buddhist, or a Muslim, and it is accessible–a beautiful message.”
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Ernst: “What really touched me was the sincerity of the love that God has for us.”
Irene: “I loved the message of the Unity of the Churches. We are all called to be united to each other and united to God.”
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