Cardinal Burke calls on Catholics to prepare for possibility of martyrdom due to faithfulness to Christ
ASBURY, New Jersey (LifeSiteNews) — Cardinal Raymond Burke called on Catholics to prepare for the possibility of martyrdom for remaining faithful to Christ.
On July 13th, Cardinal Burke delivered a stirring homily at the World Apostolate of Fatima in Asbury, New Jersey, reminding Catholics to sacrifice for the conversion of sinners according to the message of Our Lady of Fatima.
“The instruction of the Mother of God resounds in our hearts today as we live in a world which is ever more beset by the rebellion against God and His plan for our eternal salvation through the Redemptive Incarnation of God the Son,” he declared.
Cardinal Burke’s homily was delivered at the Votive Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary hosted by the Knights of Columbus in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and Our Lady’s Blue Army, a lay group that works to spread the Fatima message.
The cardinal referenced the Fatima apparition to the three young children, Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto and Venerable Lucia dos Santos, that took place on July 13, 1917.
During the apparition, the Blessed Virgin requested that the children pray the Holy Rosary daily and offer sacrifices for the reparation of sins. Our Lady gave the children a vision of hell, where those who reject Christ burn for eternity.
Cardinal Burke compared the vision of hell to “the rebellion within the Church herself, in apostasy from Christ, from the Apostolic Tradition by which Christ continues to teach, sanctify, and guide us along the way of our earthly pilgrimage to our eternal home in Heaven.”