I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But if even we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other
gospel to you that what you have received, let him be accursed
—Galatians 1:6-9 also see 2nd Corinthians 11:2-15
Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings:
for they will increase unto more ungodliness
—2nd Timothy 2:15-16
It is due to these texts that this essay was written; let us search the scripture to see if the things we are being told are truth or falsehood. The main commentary made by this essay will revolve around the article “The Calm Before the Storm Part III” written by Fr. Nicholas Gruner, B. Comm., S.T.L., S.T.D. (Cand.). It was published in “The Fatima Crusader.”1
The Woman in Gen. 3:15 Who will crush the serpent’s head is the Blessed Virgin Mary Who from the first moment of Her Immaculate Conception triumphed over the devil. Our Lord referred to the Blessed Virgin as “Woman”, from the cross. (John 19:26)
We also have the “Woman” spoken of in chapter 12 of the Apocalypse. In Genesis chapter 3 we read: God speaking to the serpent says, “I will put enmity between thee and the Woman, between thy seed and Her seed, and you shall lie in wait and she shall crush thy head with Her heel.” “She Shall Crush Thy Head” St. Jerome, who died about 430 A.D., is still the greatest Biblical scholar. He translated the Bible from the original, inspired Greek and Hebrew text into Latin—into the version which today is called the Vulgate. It is the Council of Trent that teaches there is no doctrinal error in the Vulgate. St. Jerome, unlike any biblical scholar today, had original texts in Hebrew. One of the early fathers of the Holy Ghost Fathers was a Jewish convert and his father was a rabbi. He points out that the rabbis had changed the scriptures of the Old Testament…about a hundred or two hundred years after the death of Christ, [the Jewish scribes] changed the scripture texts because it became more and more evident that the prophecies could only mean that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah. Jesus is the Christ. And therefore, to maintain their hold on their people, the Jewish scribes changed the text themselves. This is a convert from Judaism whose father was a rabbi, saying this. St. Jerome didn’t have the poisoned texts, and he had access besides that to texts that are no longer available, they are just wiped out with time. And St. Jerome translated that passage, by saying, “She shall crush thy head,” meaning the Woman will crush. And so when Our Lady of Fatima says, “Only I can help you,” in a certain sense, not even God can help us, “but only I.”Does that sound almost blasphemous, and certainly to Protestants it will sound like it, but I will explain it to you.
Let us further present some quotes from the article to see just how Fr. Nicholas Gruner defends his “almost” blaspheme.
First, I should note that I have dealt with some of the issues mentioned above already and so I will simply direct the interested readers to the following:
For the issue of “The Woman in Gen. 3:15 Who will crush the serpent’s head is the Blessed Virgin Mary”—see: Will She “Crush Your Head”?
For the issue of “Her Immaculate Conception”—see: Immaculately Conceived?
For the issue of “the ‘Woman’ spoken of in chapter 12 of the Apocalypse [aka Revelation ch. 12]”—see: Assumed into Heaven? which also includes the issues of Coronation in Heaven? and Queen of Heaven?
For the issue of “‘Woman’, from the cross. (John 19:26)”—see: Intercessor? Mediator? Advocate?
There are certain favors, there are certain graces, that God will only give through the merits and intercession of the saints. No other way. So that we do not easily fall into this sin of pride when we get such great graces.
This is a slightly watered down version of the “not even God can help us” assertion. This one demands that if you do not pray for the intercession of the saints through the Roman Catholic system then you will miss out on certain favors and certain graces.
World Peace Absolutely Will Only Come Through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. At Fatima we are told that the peace of the world has been entrusted to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. So peace in the world would not come about any other way except through the merits and the graces of Our Lady, and the acknowledgment of the same by mankind.
That is why Our Lady can say in truth and literally, “Only I can help you.” She actually spoke of Herself in this case, in the third person, “Only She can help you.” But She was speaking of Our Lady of the Rosary. “Only She can help you.” Why can she say that? Because we cannot get this grace except through Her intercession, except through Her merits, except through Her getting the credit.
While the Bible predicts that world peace will come about by the return of Jesus to rule the Earth the Fatima Crusader contradicts this and asserts that “World Peace Absolutely Will Only Come Through the Immaculate Heart of Mary.” That is, “the Immaculate Heart of Mary” as spoken of by “Our Lady of Fatima” who was referencing “Our Lady of the Rosary” who is she herself; or rather, another apparition.
Also, here is more grace that we will miss out on receiving unless we act through the Roman Catholic system to the point where we will not get it “except through Her getting the credit.” Sidestep God, sidestep Jesus and glorify Mary in her various apparitions.