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Barnabas (Nwoye) and the false revelation, part 6

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Here are some very unusual prayers and hymns from the Devotion to the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ of Barnabas Nwoye:

Consolation Prayers To the Agonizing Jesus Christ (23 June 1997) p. 21.

(1) Prayer: Eternal Father, when You were about to send Your only-begotten Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, into the world with the aim of saving us and bringing a new paradise into the world through the Most Precious Blood, out of love You said, “Whom shall I send, who will go to redeem My people?” The heavenly court was silent until Your Son answered, “Here I am, send Me Father.”

From a Novus Ordo perspective, this prayer may be inspirational. Something to think about, they would say. But when you really start to reflect on it, it makes a lot of insensible nonsense. It is the development of an average person trying to write a creative poem. This prayer does not come from revelation, but from human ingenuity. The Son was always with the Father before becoming man, and so what the Father knows so does the Son. The messengers of God cooperated with God’s revelation even before the creation of the world, and part of their role is still to help man attain the eternal life with God. The angels helped facilitate with Coming of Jesus Christ by going before as messengers of the good news. Also, a new paradise is a bit off, theologically, because there is one paradise and that is the kingdom of God, which was present in the Garden of Eden and closed off to man since the Fall of Adam and has been reopened by Christ.

Hymn p. 23.

“Calm the heat of Your anger, O Lord…

We are sorry…

We all have sinned…

We will never sin again.”

Need I need to say more? The devotees of the Devotion to the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ according to Barnabas Nwoye will have to pray for the grace of perseverance, against the possibility of sinning again in the future.

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Barnabas (Nwoye) and the false revelation, part 5

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

In the Devotion to the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ belonging to Barnabas Nwoye, additional prayers and offering are added to the recitation of the Rosary. After every first Mystery (Luminous included) of every set, we have hymns to be prayed or sung with the invocation to St. Michael the Archangel. After all the Mysteries are completed, we have the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Prayers for the Pope which consist of an Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, and A Hymn to the Blessed Virgin.

So far so good, as far as innovation goes.

But let’s take a closer look at Opening Offering: I unite with all the Angels and Saints in heaven, the poor souls in Purgatory, and all the just on earth with all the Masses and prayers that have ever been, or ever will be prayed; all the tears, joys, sacrifices and sufferings of every soul who ever has, or ever will live. I unite it all to the Sorrowful Heart of Mary at the foot of the Cross and offer Jesus the whole of creation with it; for the conversion of sinners, the deliverance of the souls in Purgatory, the sanctification of priests and religious, the desires of The Two Hearts, peace in the world, and for my intentions (mention them here).

The Offering is far beyond the limitation of true Catholic offering in a form of prayer. For one thing, the merits of preexisting souls do not apply and cannot be efficacious because they do not exist or have not existed. But even all the tears, joys, sacrifices, and sufferings of every soul should not be invoked because we have those conditions far greater in sanctification with Our Blessed Lord and Blessed Mother. It would be useless to suggest they are worthy or meritorious to call upon since we have but one Mediator and justification in, Jesus Christ, between God and man. Even so, the suggested offering is ambiguous because not every soul is saved.

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Barnabas (Nwoye) and the false revelation, part 4

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Like so many modern-day apparitions given to seers, there are numerous instances, including Divine Mercy chaplet, in which the Rosary is given a new approach. A different method is built upon the layout and the structure of the beads of the Rosary. Humanly speaking, there is nothing wrong or evil about creativity. It would be considered innovation that tries to build on the original. But spiritually speaking, it is a distraction and even a distortion from the true devotion of the Rosary, from the time-honored Tradition, from the set of Mysterious that are approved and sanctioned by the Church, equally in harmony with the number of psalms.

The supposed Devotion to the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ is given to Barnabas Nwoye of Olo, Enugu State of Nigeria, approved by Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, OP. Bishop of IIorin Diocese (Nigeria).

“My son, pray your Holy Rosary always as My Mother has ordered you. Pray the Holy Chaplet of My Precious Blood immediately after your Holy Rosary. You must do this because the hour of salvation is very short.” (19 January 1997).

There is nothing inherently wrong with being ordered by God or the Blessed Mother, but the fact is that Barnabas Nwoye still has the free will to choose to pray the Rosary. Our Blessed Mother and Our Blessed Lord always ask things conditionally from those who are still on this earth. We have the free will to accept it or not. This message seems to make Our Lord and Our Lady hasty and quite demanding against personal decisions from the seers. Do you think this is the work from above, or maybe from below? The devil can easily be exposed for his hastiness even for demanding something quite devotional, as exemplified in many modern-day apparition techniques, if something new and renovated is added to suit his purpose. The hour of salvation is very short? How many times have we heard that from modern-day apparitions and seers? Only the Father knows the time and hour and day.

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Barnabas (Nwoye) and the false revelation, part 3

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

The supposed Devotion of the Precious Blood given to Barnabas Nwoye from Olo, Enugu State, Nigeria, approved by Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, OP. Bishop of IIorin Diocese (Nigeria).

The Precious Blood Devotion are divided into the following:

1. Chaplet
2. Consolation
3. Adoration
4. Reparation
5. Intercession
6. The Seal
7. Gethsemane Hour

We will focus on the Call to Holiness. I quote: “Above all, the Devotion is a way of life. The Lord describes it as “the dry and desert way” full of crosses. It is a reminder that only through the cross can a soul reach the land of happiness, which is Heaven. Any other way will result in Hell. It is a holy call to Catholics and all Christians to return to the True Faith in a corrupt world, deceived by Satan, in which all sorts of Gospels are now being preached even within Catholicism.”

From A Summary of the Precious Blood Devotion.

Does anybody see a conflict with this summary? What is the problem? Inherently, it is mind-splitting. Apparently, there are Christians who are non-Catholic, imagine that. That is a much broader designation given to anyone who believes in Christ, no matter how different they are from Catholics, in degree or proportion. We are not talking about those who are in good faith and living up to the message of the Gospel according to the dictates of their conscience to the best of their ability, without culpable ignorance for not knowing other teachings of the Church.

But Catholics and all Christians are exhorted to return to the True Faith and even within Catholicism, all sorts of Gospels are being preached, except the “true” message of Barnabas Nwoye and the Seal, without which you will not survive the Great Tribulation or the Chastisement.

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Barnabas (Nwoye) and the false revelation, part 2

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

From the Novena of the Precious Blood in Honor of the Holy Trinity, July 13th-15th, dated 14 July 1998,

Our Lady said: “Adore the Precious Blood of my Son which is constantly flowing for His children in this last era: invoke it for protection always. Through the Chaplet… the kingdom of God will come on earth…” p. 79.

The message was given to Barnabas Nwoye, approved by Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, OP. Bishop of IIorin Diocese (Nigeria).

How many people who are of the Catholic Faith can say that the kingdom of God has yet to come? It is a blasphemy against God to say such, because the kingdom of God is already in the world, but not of it. Precisely because the kingdom of God can only be found with the True Church of Jesus Christ, the Catholic Church, we fully condemn such statement. It cannot come from Our Lady. Our Lady cannot make such a mistake. God forbid such error to be promulgated as a private or public devotion to the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Even proponents of Barnabas Nwoye’s private or public revelation of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ have to admit that Our Father prayer does not say “thy kingdom will come” but rather “thy kingdom come, thy will be done”. The kingdom of God is among us, since the day of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

“But if I by the finger of God cast out devils; doubtless the kingdom of God is come upon you.” (Luke 11:20)

“But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.” (Matthew 12:28)

“Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. For lo, the kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:21)

“And heal the sick that are therein, and say to them: The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.” (Luke 10:9)

“Even the very dust of your city that cleaveth to us, we wipe off against you. Yet know this, that the kingdom of God is at hand.” (Luke 10:11)

“So you also, when you shall see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at hand.” (Luke 21:31)

“And saying: The time is accomplished, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel.” (Mark 1:15)

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Barnabas and the false revelation, part 1

Monday, June 21st, 2010

This is to continue the critique of the revelations given to Barnabas Nwoye, a modern-day seer from Olo, Enugu State, Nigeria.

While there are many good verses from the book Devotion To The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, I should point out doctrinal errors coming from the revelations given to Barnabas Nwoye, a Novus Ordo seer whose apparitions are approved by the local bishop Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P.

Doctrine is important because truth is how the Church determines the origin and status of the messages. If the messages are contrary to faith, even on one point of doctrine, they are to be entirely rejected, because God cannot commit error, neither will He allow his messengers to transmit errors, and the Church will not allow them.

We know that John Paul II is very fallible, especially in the area of doctrine including public approval of any kind of decent modern-day apparition that spur on charismatic spirit.

From the Book, we read of many things that are held to be ‘mysteries’, including but not limited to ‘the Blood of Christ’, ’self-giving’, Rosary, etc.

The Christianity Faith, or the Catholic Faith, is filled with many mysteries.

Some will argue that there is a mystery to the Blood Christ, and we would admittedly accept a certain context that would put the Blood of Christ into the category of mystery. The mystery of the Blessed Trinity, for example, is a mystery that, in the context which is far beyond comprehension, cannot be reached by any human person or angel, or even by all of created intelligent beings collectively. But outside of that context, we know as an absolute necessity in order to be saved, that the Blessed Trinity is three Persons in one God, distinct from one another yet of the same substance and nature.

Here leads us to the problem of the message given to Barnabas.

Cross of Humility, 25 July 2000, Jesus said: “My children, drop the heavy Cross of pride which the evil one lifted on you and receive from Me the royal light Cross of humility… Consider that your God took the nature of man and became man. Your God abandoned His divinity and lowered Himself to the same nature as His creature… He took the lowest position. He is the poorest among the poor… so as to console those that are poor…”

It is an absolute heresy to say that God had abandoned His divinity in the Person of Jesus Christ. While Our Lord did become man, He never forsook His divinity. This error alone exposes the work of the devil as an ‘angel of light’.

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Barnabas and the Precious Blood: The Seal

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Quite interesting is the purported “Seal” portion of the messages given to Barnabas Nwoye of Olo, Enugu State, Nigeria. Here is the statement issued by the booklet “Devotion To The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ: The greatest devotion of our time”:

6. The Seal

One will discover from this Devotion about the Great Seal of God, the living Tabernacle in our Hearts, without which one will carry the enemy’s own seal of 666. The Great Seal is obtained by perpetually struggling to remain in the state of Sanctifying Grace, especially within the specified periods when the Angels tour the earth to place the Seal.

Notice here is the inevitable fate of those who do not possess “The Seal” during the Great Tribulation is the enemy’s own seal of 666. One could sense a problem immediately. A more concerted effort to discern what the supposed devotion is trying to imply. Without this immediate “Seal” impressed upon an individual through special devotion, attachment to a certain apparition, accessed by group prayer, we are liable to accept the mark of the beast. The devil knows well what he ought to do to confuse the faithful. On the one hand, he will reduce people to the spirit of liberalism and ultimately to the lost of faith. On the other, he will put together an apostolate, special and unique, upon the faith already established, as the sole proprietor for individual (or group) salvation as an improvement and an addition to the Catholic Faith.

With the grace of God, it is easy to remain in the state of sanctifying grace, but the Great Seal “is obtained by perpetually struggling to remain in the state of Sanctifying Grace.” Interesting, only a false devotion will fail to make that distinction.

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false apparition and devotion: Barnabas and the Precious Blood

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

First, let’s take a look at the history of this modern-day apparition.

“The visionary is called Barnabas Nwoye. He started receiving messages from Jesus in July 1995, in Enugu State, Nigeria. He was only a teenager then, when on the first week of July 1995, he heard at the hour of Divine Mercy (3pm) a voice calling him interiorly. This experience repeated many times until in June 1996, when he was praying, he fell into a trance and witnessed the whole Passion of Jesus from Gethsemane to the end. Jesus gave Barnabas a mission, to revive the devotion to the Precious Blood. Since then Barnabas has received visions of Jesus, Mary, Angels and various Saints. With his fellow Precious Blood devotees, he started the Apostolate of the Precious Blood in 2000 in Nigeria.”

“His book of messages was approved by Rev. Stephen Obikuwu in July 1999, and has received an official Nihil Obstat. The official book of prayers dictated to Barnabas by Jesus, received an Imprimatur from the Rev. Dr. Ayo Maria Atoyebi, Bishop of Illorin, on June 17, 2001. Barnabas still receives messages from Jesus, Mary and Saints to this day.”

N.B. Copies of the aforementioned Prayer book and chaplet may be purchased through Queenship Publishing.

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The Novus Ordo Church (hierarchy) is horrible at keeping the doctrine of the faith and their teaching from falsehood and deception.  Their priests and bishops lack the very integrity to keep their published materials from doctrinal corruption, all the while they continue to put imprimatur and nihil obstat on their materials.

It seems John Paul II has given, at least implicit, approval to the messages of Barnabas and his Precious Blood “apostolate”.

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