Luisa Piccarreta Links (Italian mystic had revelations on the Divine Will)

http://www.divinewill.org/

Although none of the original works of Luisa Piccarreta were ever under condemnation by the Church, at one time, certain edited and changed volumes of her works were placed on the Index. 

My impression from reading articles by those few that are opposed to these revelations, is that the opponents usually rely on secondary sources for their information, refer to collections of  isolated excerpts of her writings, and have not read the original Italian. Yet. they allege to have found serious doctrinal errors in her writings. Regarding this problem, Luisa reports on January 8,1900 that Jesus told her: "however, I assure you that they will not find even the shadow of vice or anything that is not virtuous, because while you are writing, I myself am guiding your hand; at the most they will find what appears at first to look like an error, but upon looking into it closer, they will find that it is truthful".   

What is happening to the Divine Will "movement" at this time is no different than the trials undergone formerly by those who supported St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy writings, and by Padre Pio during his lifetime. From my experience, those who actually start to read her books for themselves,  become touched by their transcendent spirituality and convinced of their authenticity and value. A new work in support of the spirituality of Luisa has recently been written by Fr. Joseph Iannuzzi, and is now available from Amazon.com.    

The cause for the beatification and canonization of the Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta is under consideration by the Church. All authorized theologians appointed by the Church during the past century to evaluate her writings have declared that there is nothing contrary to Catholic teaching in her works. 

There is a discussion group for the Divine Will writings of Luisa that you can join. 

For the opposing view on Luisa's writing, I recommend http://www.cuf.org/nonmemb/divwill.pdf

Padre Pio and Luisa

Olinto De Pretto and E=mc²

In 1903, two years before Albert Einstein published his 1905 paper with the formula E=mc², the formula was presented at a meeting of scientists in Italy by Olinto De Pretto, who discovered it.  Recent research has shown that it is quite probable that Einstein was aware of De Pretto's work, since Einstein was fluent in Italian and studied the writings of contemporary Italian scientists.  Here is a link to the article from the "Guardian" from November, 1999.  Largely because of this formula, Einstein is considered by some to be 'man of the century".  

Quoted below is a translated excerpt from the Italian magazine Gente, issue of Dec. 2, 1999, p. 82:

"There can be no doubts, the proofs are incontestable", affirms professor Bartocci.  "Olinto De Pretto put into writing the most famous formula of our century in 1903, in a work entitled Ipotese sell'etere nella vita dell'universo, which was officially presented on November 29 of that year to the Royal Scientific Institute of Veneto. The news did not pass unobserved, and aroused the interest of the great astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli.  The paper of Olinto De Pretto was included in a small volume on February 2 of the next year, 1904, with a preface by Schiaparelli, that was published by the Royal Institute..."

Visit this link to Joe Anastasio's page on De Pretto. 

Sci-Fi

      The greatest, most widely disseminated, and most popular science fiction story of all time is the theory of evolution.  The main so-called 'mechanism of evolution', natural selection, has been shown to often work against the theory of evolution.  For example, a bird's wings (or flying reptile's) have to be perfectly designed for them to function.  A prototype wing, that couldn't really bring flight, would have no reason to be 'selected' for further development.  In fact, it would make the animal more likely to be encumbered and a prey to other animals.  (In Intelligent Design theory this is the concept of "irreducible complexity," coined by Michael Behe in his book "Darwin's Black Box."  That is, all the parts of certain structures have to be present and fully developed before the structure can function. )

    Therefore today scientists are searching for some other mechanism of evolution, so far unsuccessfully.  They cannot solve the riddle of proteins and DNA.  Proteins are highly complex structures whose growth and development are controlled by DNA.  But the formation of DNA itself requires proteins.  Then how could proteins 'evolve' unless there was DNA present.  But the DNA cannot develop unless proteins are present.  Neither could come first because they both need each other. 

    At best only one in ten thousand genetic mutations is not harmful.   Genetic changes due to mutations therefore could not account for an improvement in the species, but actually would cause it's "de-volution", since negative carryovers far outweigh the positive. 

   Why is the teaching that evolution is a proven fact dangerous?   "It has been shown in the material outlined earlier that belief in evolution is a common denominator of Nazism, Communism, Secular Humanism, Existentialism and Modernism.  Thus it enables those belief systems to appear 'closed', and to purport that they are a total explanation of reality..." (p. 361).  "If, through the influence of Evolution Theory, one loses sight of the fact that the basic dignity of each human being is derived from the possession of an immortal, rational soul, it is quite possible to support changes in society...which do not respect the sanctity of life and rights of human beings, both born and unborn" (p.315-6). 

    These are just a couple of the arguments from the great book, "Creation Rediscovered", by Gerard Keane.  It is available from Tan Books.   I can truly say that by page 25 I was already convinced that the theory of evolution is pure science fiction.

If you have any trouble believing that evolution is incompatible with the Bible and Christianity, read this brilliant essay by Dave Root:"The Biblical Evidence Against the Theory of Evolution"
www.layhands.com/EvidenceAgainstEvolution.htm

"We live by faith, not by sight." (2 Corinthians 5:7)
"Now faith is being sure of what we can hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible." (Hebrews 11:1-3)       

For more info see the article: "Apes "R" Not Us" Catholics & the Debate Over Evolution. By George Sim Johnston

See also the TCR article for more on evolution theory.

EVOLUTION  The basis of all life, or a fairy tale for scientists who reject God?  World Net

Finally, see my article "Evolution as Heresy?"