For those who do not know, the Battle of Lepanto was the last crusade; by the grace of God, and after intense prayer, the Christians won a decisive battle against the Muslim navy on October 7, 1571.
If that battle had been lost, it is possible that Rome would have fallen into Muslim hands, and St. Peter’s basilica would have been stolen, and turned into a Mosque.
That is exactly what happened to the magnificent Church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. When the Muslim army captured Constantinople and destroyed most of Byzantium Christianity, they stole the Hagia Sophia Church and made it into a Mosque. (I have stood in that incredible building, and wept.) In recent years, the government made it a museum.
incredible building, and wept.) In recent years, the government made it a museum.
I urge you to read the wonderful article that follows on the Battle of Lepanto. (Frankly, it is worth your time far more than any of today’s headlines.)
Please Pray with Us.
We are considering doing a
“teaching event” in cities around the country
On October 7.
Several people who have written to me, or with whom I have spoken by phone, have
e said that they would like to hold some calm, yet prophetic event in their own community. We are praying about that, focusing on the date of October 7 – the date of the Battle of Lepanto.
I urge you – for the sake of your mind and soul – to read the article that follows. You will learn more from this article than from every newscast you have ever seen on the religion of Islam.
Tomorrow or the next day, we will decide what, if anything, we are DOING or NOT DOING. And I will tell you why.
Again, I will read EVERY LETTER that comes to me in response of this email.
Please read this article; it shows the place of PRAYER, MARY, and FIERCE ACTION that saved the Latin Church from the sword of Islam.
The Battle that Saved the Christian West
[The Battle of Lepanto]
By Christopher Check 
“…1571, the year of the battle of Lepanto, the most important naval contest in human history, is not well known to Americans. October 7, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, celebrates the victory at Lepanto, the battle that saved the Christian West from defeat at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. That this military triumph is also a Marian feast underscores our image of the Blessed Virgin prefigured in the Canticle of Canticles: "Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in array?..."
You will LOVE this historic record!
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