TLIG presentation

22 July 1999 07:19

This instructive item comes from Avo and Suzy Vardanian in Australia.

” Your generation is privileged to hear My Voice; I have opened My Mouth to speak and instruct the uninstructed; … today the twigs of the fig tree are supple and its leaves are coming out; do you still not recognise The Times? how is it that so many of you cannot read and understand the Scriptures? how is it that most of you lost your perception? …”

Last Wednesday night we had our second True Life in God presentation in Australia. There were around one hundred people, who attended this successful event. The Holy Spirit was truly present in this meeting.

The presentation was suppose to start right after the regular Wednesday night Mass, but the parish priest decided to cancel it, since there was going to be a big football match on the same night. When that happened, we decided to have a rosary prayer instead. Once this decision was made, Jesus intervened and showed us the best way to go about praying the rosary that evening. He inspired us to use the rosary prayer from the TLIG program guidelines booklet. To use the guide book would serve two purposes. Firstly, people will have a chance to hear and meditate on the messages of True Life in God. Secondly, it would be a natural way of promoting and introducing the content of the prayer guidelines booklet.

After the rosary prayer, we had a few words of welcome by the prayer group leader, then I talked a little bit about the books and videos.

Since Vassula’s last visit here, we found out that a verbal presentation is extremely beneficial when trying to explain and present our TLIG books and also the videos to the people. People like to know a little bit about any books they might buy. Not necessarily the straight volumes 1 to 10 of the messages, but other related books to the messages written by priests, theologians, and the books which are extractions from the messages such as Fire of Love, The Two Witnesses, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Jesus prayer book and Mary- Gate to Heaven. Concerning the videos we decided that this time, as well as our general videos, we added two videos of the May 98 retreat in Jerusalem, plus the combined two half hour programs which were prepared by Vassula and Tom Austin for the prayer groups in December 98, Rome.

Catherine Tsakonas from Melbourne flew to Sydney, and gave the presentation of the messages. Catherine, with Jesus did a wonderful job in presenting the messages. She was put to a test due to illness before she appeared for the presentation of the messages. She became very ill two weeks prior to the presentation. Her throat was in pain as she was loosing her voice with which she was to deliver the messages. Until the last moments she was unwell, suffering from bodily pain and weakness. But like Vassula when she is tested by the Lord, Jesus came to Catherine’s rescue and no one could tell she was unwell. This is a demonstration of her faith and zeal for the Lord’s messages, for if they were any less, she would have declined from her call to speak in front of the gathering. She would not have had the confidence to travel to Sydney in the winter cold and rainy weather of the Australian winter. A difference can be made with faith, being with Him and following Him, does take some suffering from time to time.

We played a half hour video- prepared by Vassula and Tom Austin in December 98, in Rome. It was received very well by the audience and it cleared a lot of questions or misunderstandings they had about the signs of the times. The message was not to look outward for the signs, rather inward, the changes it brings about are inside us, in our hearts. At the end of the meeting some one came forward and said “I am glad I came, this video helped me to understand a lot of things. I think I have to go back to the messages and read them differently, I’ve not understood them properly”.

We had 15 minutes of question time. Important questions were asked and answered by Catherine. The answers given were beneficial to the audience. We closed the meeting with Aaron’s blessing using the cross that Vassula had left with us.

We had the accompaniment of spiritual music all through the program which lasted two hours. People were then able to purchase the books, pictures and videos, and discuss them over tea and coffee with us and the other people of the gathering.

With the fliers that were sent to all the TLIG readers nationally, we also sent them quite a bit of material on the workings of TLIG and what they could do to help. Also a copy of the message from Jesus given on the 3.3.99, and God the Father’s message to us in the Jerusalem pilgrimage, was sent. In the covering letter we asked the readers to come forward with their prayers and thoughts for the cultivation of the messages, a few people have come forward and showed desire to do more for TLIG.

I second the notion of Carol Chamberlain of Scotland when she says “What He gave us, we have to use”. The personality that we each have, the personality that He has given us, is exactly what He wants us to use, and in doing so sanctify us. When we work with Divinity, the flaws of our personality surfaces, and purifies. Like the Iron throughout the fire. Oh! my Lord, how we came to be so blessed!

In His name, I am sharing this with you, for the purpose of learning and being encouraged by each other for the Glory of His Blessed Name.

Let us pray to Our Triune God, to use us intensively for His Sacred Purpose, and not look at our complaints and whingeing. Frail we are, and All Mighty He is.

In Their Two Hearts

Avo and Suzy Vardanian
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