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2017 Cleveland Rally Report
Jul 10, 2017 / Written by: Antonio Fragelli
July 8, 2017: Cleveland, Ohio - Rally of Reparation for the "Testament of Mary" Play
And Her children defended Her
If I were an unbeliever, the mere fact that Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Catholic Church are the main targets for blasphemers would be sufficient reason for me to suspect that THIS must be the true religion. For why should the powers of evil insist on persecuting it so much while leaving other religious groups alone?
Yet, another proof of this is the so-called Testament of Mary play, which is nothing but an offensive and blasphemous attack on the pure and sublime character of the Mother of God. Based on a novel by Colm Tóibín, it was first presented in New York City and most recently announced to be showing in Cleveland, Ohio this July.
Having publicly protested and offered reparation twice before in New York City for this degrading play, America Needs Fatima again convoked a Rally of Reparation and Protest in Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio. Over 150 participants attended the act of Reparation and Protest which took place on July 8th from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Rosaries, litanies and Marian songs were part of the program and loud shouts of “REPARATION! REPARATION! REPARATION!” were heard through the streets of Cleveland. Joining our efforts in spirit were all those who added their names to the large America Needs Fatima banner—a total of 31,686 names in all!
The play’s offensive misrepresentation of the character of Mary was expressed by an actress who does not think her son is the Son of God and she is portrayed as a skeptic who did not follow her own Son. In the play, she says: “I am not one of His followers.” She thinks the apostles are “a group of misfits.” At the Crucifixion she fled, saying: “It was my own safety I thought of; it was to protect myself.”
While true and loyal friends of Mary Most Holy were outside praying, inside it seems the interest for the offensive play was minimal, as few were the people seen to waste their time or money on such literary rubbish.
