This page last revised on 11.20.2024
LOUISIANA
HOLY SPIRIT - AZUSA -
ST. MARY PARISH
William Joseph Seymour
(A Lost Treasure from St. Mary Parish)
Born in Centerville, LA on May 2, 1870
Baptized Roman Catholic as a child in Franklin, LA
Died in Los Angeles, CA on September 28, 1922 at 52 years old.
The image above is from Wikepedia. To begin to learn more about Joseph William Seymour and his life and his "Holy Spirit-led" journey and his mission work and his part in the Azusa Street Mission/Experience, begin by going here.
From that site (and many more), one is led to know more about the unfulfilled man that was a treasure Baptized in the Catholic Church. Due to many reasons, the church lost that treasure as he searched for the fullness of the faith he was born into. William was born in St. Mary Civil Parish of Louisiana! A parish named after Our Lady.
If allowed and encouraged and fostered to practice his faith in St. Mary Parish as a Roman Catholic, as he was Baptized to do, it is this author's opinion, that he and St. Mary Parish, Louisiana would have more directly responded to Pope Leo's Encyclical on the Holy Spirit written and signed on May 9, 1897. For that encyclical, please click here. For reasons of that time, he was not. But have times really changed for all?
Particularly, please read Paragraph No. 11 of that encyclical. So much could have been so different and more full in its essence, if William could have "bloomed where he was planted" by birth! A true loss of the fullness of the faith for Louisiana and all! How different "in the Holy Spirit" things could have been!
St. Mary Parish Today!
(A baby pelican chick from the Pelican State, St. Mary Parish sits centered on the Gulf Coast! One of the baby pelican chicks turning to its mother for sustenance. A prime example for all!
For more on the sybolism of the Mother Pelican and her baby chicks go to the legend on the top left and visit the page titled "Louisiana and the Holy Eucharist").
Wherever Our Lady is remembered, the devil is present as per Genesis 3:16. It is the author's belief (from personal experience), that from seeing the inner workings of the civil parish named "St. Mary", the myriads of demons (snakes) present in the late 1800's, that hindered William, have continued to hinder many of the poor and the little ones of that area since that time.
The demons well know the role of St. Mary, the Mother of Jesus, in salvation history and who this parish is named for. These "snakes" (the old serpernt) pull out all the stops in opposition to God's work and His people in a land named after Her. But, as we will ultimately see, it will be a useless effort by the forces of darkness. God will prevail in St. Mary Parish! As St. Mary Parish goes, so will go the diocese, so will go Louisiana, and so will go America! A Eucharistic reflection of the Eucharistic symbolism of Lousiaiana.
More specifically, it is this writer's opinion, the demons and the people they used in the 1800's suppressed the Catholic procession of faith of William Joseph Seymour. William could not fully express what he was being called to first in in Louisiana - as a Catholic. Therefore, he spent his entire life traveling and seeking and searching for the fullness of his "Holy Spirit Calling" into which he was called from birth. That journey ended in Los Angeles, California in 1922. To see some of the many reasons for that.
The Light will return into the darkness! Suppressors of widows, orphans and the poor...beware! Temporal accountability is but a small payment. "Vengeance is Mine Says the Lord!" And, His vengeance is eternal not temporal! There will be much wailing and grinding of teeth!
Ponder and live by what the late Governor Mike Fostered said at his second inaugaration when he said he loved Roman 12 but especially: Romans 12:16 - Have the same regard for one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly; do not be wise in your own estimation. (See below.)
To read when the battles between good and evil began in time, go to Genesis Chapter 3 (with notes to follow).
To read how to best prepare for those battles, go to Ephesians Chapter 6:10-17 (with notes to follow).
Whatever the perpetrators have done to individuals and/or to the public, even the wrongdoers must be prayed for and their conversion and repentance must be sought. Once done, restitution for their wrongdoings is demanded and required for the victims. When all the above happens, with sincerity, their sins can then be forgiven and true reconciliation may begin in that area.
St. Peter's Catholic Church in Four Corners
St. Mary Parish Courthouse
Many have been praying the Sixth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary over St. Mary Parish since 1998. That and the 2020 Blessing of America with the Blessed Holy Water are just two Random Acts of Faith that are bringing "The Light" of the Truth back into the darkness of this world so that conversion and repentance and restitution may occur. All will exposed in this "Light" of "Truth" named in the person of "Jesus"!
Check the legend on the left to see the specific web site pages about those two Random Acts of Faith as well as much about Our Lady of America moving greatly at this time.
It is this writer's opinion that these two Random Acts of Faith (and many others) have planted more seeds in a land prepared in history for times such as these!
Romans 12:
16 Have the same regard for one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly; do not be wise in your own estimation.
17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil; be concerned for what is noble in the sight of all.
18 If possible, on your part, live at peace with all.
19 Beloved, do not look for revenge but leave room for the wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
20 Rather, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals upon his head.”
21 Do not be conquered by evil but conquer evil with good.
and
1 Corinthians 1
26 Consider your own calling, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
27 Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong,p
28 and God chose the lowly and despised of the world, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who are something,
29 so that no human being might boast* before God.q
30 It is due to him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, as well as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,r
31 so that, as it is written, “Whoever boasts, should boast in the Lord.”s