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5. Our Lady of Fatima
On May 13, 1917, in a field called Cova da Iria near the Portuguese
village of Fatima, "a beautiful lady from Heaven", shining like the
sun and standing on a cloud over a beech tree, appeared to three
children: Lucia Dos Santos (age 10) and her two cousins, Francisco
(9) and Jacinta Marti (7). Lucia saw and heard the Madonna and spoke
with her. Jacinta also saw and heard her, but did not speak, and
Francisco only saw the Virgin. The radiant being spoke with the
children for several minutes, and asked them to meet her again at
the same place on the 13th of each month until October. Then, she
promised, she would identify herself.
The Madonna reappeared six times in all, and the reports of the
events drew increasing crowds of spectators. About 50 persons
attended on June 13, and nearly 70,000 were present on October 13.
Many witnesses saw a bright cloud over the beech tree, but only the
three children could see and hear the woman.
At the behest of a group of political activists and doubters who
wished to "put an end to the nonsense," the civil prefect of Outrem
seized, interrogated and threatened the children for two days in the
hope of forcing a confession of fraud from them. Though the children
had been prevented from meeting the Madonna on August 13, she
appeared to them on August 19 at Valinhos, near the site of her
first appearance. The Madonna then told them that she would appear a
final time on October 13, and then produce a miracle.
On that day the Madonna transmitted the prophecy known as the Secret
of Our Lady of the Rosary. It was a rainy day, but newspaper
journalists who were eyewitnesses reported that the rain stopped
suddenly and the sun reappeared. In the words of A. Garret, a
professor at Coimbra University, the sun looked like "a burnished
wheel cut out of mother of pearl. This disc spun dizzily around...
It whirled upon itself with mad rapidity, then advanced, blood red,
towards the Earth, threatening to crush us with its weight."
Terrified spectators fell to their knees in prayer. The sun returned
to normal, then twice again repeated the prodigy. In addition, the
rain-soaked clothes of the audience dried out during the brief time
of the solar phenomenon.
The Solar Miracle at Fatima
The Secret of Our Lady of the Rosary is a three-part prophecy that
she ordered to be kept secret for 25 years or until the death of
Lucia, whichever came first. Francisco and Jacinta died in the
influenza pandemic that ravaged Europe in 1918 and 1919. Lucia
became a Dorothe Sister, and in 1948 she became a Barefoot Carmelite
in a closed convent at Coimbra. Lucia learned to write, and recorded
the text of the secret prophecy. This was kept in the Bishopric of
Leiria until 1943, when Pope Pius XII revealed the first two parts
through the agency of Cardinal Schuster. The final, secret part of
the prophecy was opened by Pope John XXIII and several cardinals in
1960, according to the Madonna's directions, but it was not revealed
to the public. The first section is a vision of Hell. The second
part predicts World War II. The following segment was published with
Papal approval:
"If you do what I
tell you, many souls will be saved and we shall have peace. The
war is coming to an end; but it does not cease to offend the
Lord, and another, more terrible one will break out. When you
see a night lit up by an unknown light, you will know that it
the great sign that God gives you of the next punishment of the
sins of the world with war, famine, and persecution against the
Church and against the Holy Father.
"In order to prevent this, I have some to intercede for the
consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the communion
of the first Sabbaths.
"If you carry out my demands, Russia will be converted and there
will be peace. Otherwise the errors will be spread around the
world, provoking war and persecution against the Church; many
good people will become martyrs, the Holy Father will suffer
much; many nations will be suppressed...
"But in the end my Immaculate Heart will triumph, the Holy
Father will consecrate Russia for me, which will be converted
and the world will be granted a period of peace..."
The "great sign", "a
night lit up by an unknown light," occurred on January 25, 1938. It
has been explained as an unusual aurora borealis. World War II began
soon afterward.
The secret section of the prophecy of Our Lady of the Rosary was
leaked by Pope John XXIII to certain Roman Catholic officials and
world leaders of the USA, USSR, and Britain. On October 15, 1963,
the German journal News Europe published the alleged text of the
secret portion of the Fatima Prophecy. The text cannot be verified,
but it is widely accepted as being genuine:
"Have no fear,
little one. I am the Mother of God who speaks to you and asks
you to publish the message I am going to give you to the whole
world. You will find strong resistance while you do so. Listen
well and pay attention to what I tell you.
"Men must be set on the right road once more. With suppliant
humility, men must seek forgiveness for sins committed already
and for sins which will be committed. You wish me to give you a
sign, so that everyone will accept My Words, which I am saying
through you, to the human race. I have seen the Prodigy of the
Sun and all believers, unbelievers, peasants, countrymen, wise
men, journalists, laics and priests, all have seen it. And now I
proclaim in my name: A great punishment shall fall on the entire
human race, not today and not tomorrow, but in the second half
of the 20th century! I have already revealed to the children
Melanie and Maximime at La Salette, and today I repeat it to you
for the human race has sinned and has trampled down the Gift
which I have made. In no part of the world is life in order,
Satan rules in the highest position, laying down how things
should be done. He will effectually succeed in bringing his
influence right up to the top of the Church; succeed in seducing
the spirits of the great scientists who invent the arms. And if
humanity opposes me I shall be obliged to free the arm of My
Son. Now I see that God will punish man with a severity that has
not been used since the Flood.
"The time of times will come and everything will come to an end
if humanity is not converted, and if things remain as they are
now or get worse, the great and powerful men will perish just as
will the small and weak.
"For the Church, too, the time of its greatest trial will come.
Cardinals will oppose cardinals and bishops against bishops.
Satan will march in their midst and there will be great changes
at Rome. What is rotten will fall, never to rise again. The
Church will be darkened and the world will shake with terror.
The time will come when no king, emperor, cardinal or bishop
will await Him who will, however, come, but in order to punish
according to the designs of my Father.
"A great war will break out in the second half of the 20th
century [not...]. Fire and smoke will fall from heaven, and
waters of the oceans will become vapors, the scum will arise in
a confused manner, and everything will sink down. Millions and
millions of men will perish while this is going on and those who
survive will envy the dead. The unexpected will follow in every
part of the world, anxiety, pain and misery in every country.
Have I seen it? The time is getting ever nearer and the abyss is
getting wider without hope. The good will perish with the bad,
the great with the small, the Heads of the Church with their
faithful, and the rulers with their people. There will be death
everywhere as a result of the mistakes of the unfeeling and the
partisans of Satan, but when those who survive all these
happenings are still alive, they will proclaim God once again
and His Glory, and will serve Him as in the time when the world
was not so perverted.
"Go, my little one and proclaim it. For that purpose I shall
always be at your side to help you."
The following version of the third prophecy of Fatima has been
in circulation since about 1985, and published in various
newspapers and magazines:
"A great plague will befall mankind in the year 2000. Nowhere in
the world will there be order, and Satan will rule the highest
places, determining the way of things. Satan will even succeed
in asserting himself at the top of the Church.
"He will succeed in seducing the spirits of the great scientists
who invent arms, with which it will be possible to destroy a
large part of mankind in a few minutes. Satan will have in his
power the leaders who command the people and who will incite
them to produce enormous quantities of arms.
"God will punish man more thoroughly than with the Flood. There
will come the time of all times and the end of all ends. The
great and the powerful will perish together with the small and
weak.
"Even for the Church, it will be the time of its greatest trial.
Cardinals will oppose cardinals, bishops will oppose bishops.
Satan will walk in their midst and in Rome there will be great
changes. The Church will be darkened and the world will be
shaking with terror.
"A huge war will erupt: fire and smoke will fall from the sky.
The waters of the ocean will become mist, and the foam will rise
to tremendous heights and everyone will drown.
"Millions and millions of men will die from hour to hour.
Whoever remains alive will envy the dead. Everywhere one turns
one's glance there will be anguish and misery, ruins in every
country.
"The time draws nearer, the abyss widens without hope. The good
will perish with the bad, the great with the small, the princes
of the church with the faithful, the rulers with their people.
"There will be death everywhere because of the errors committed
by the crazed and the followers of Satan, who will then and only
then rule the world.
"At the last, those who survive will at every chance newly
proclaim God and His glory and they will serve Him as when the
world was not so perverted."
On her death-bed
(February 1920), Jacinta told Mother Godinho:
"There is a secret
of Heaven and one of earth, and the latter is terrifying. It
will seem as though it were already the end of the world. And in
this cataclysm everything will be separated from the sky, which
will turn white as snow."
In 1981 while visiting
in Fulda, Germany, Pope John Paul II was asked about the secret
message of Fatima. He answered:
"Due to the seriousness
of the contents of the Fatima secret, my predecessors in the Throne
of Peter have preferred to postpone the publication. Furthermore, it
may be enough to the christian people to know that, if there is a
message saying that the oceans will flood whole parts of the globe,
and millions of people will die, from a minute to another, it is not
really the case to will the publication of this secret message."
In an interview with Sr.
Lucia with Cardinal Ricardo Vidal in 1993, Sr. Lucia commented on
the secret prophecy:
"The triumph of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary also refers to (her victory over) the
errors that were being spread by Russia... Our Lady's Immaculate
Heart triumphed over the errors that were being spread by
Communist Russia. The Consecration of 1984 prevented an atomic
war that would have occurred in 1985... The `era of peace' does
not refer to a civil peace but rather to a peace that we are now
living with the end of the spread of the errors of Communist
Russia."
Fr. Joseph de Ste.
Marie, who served as Fatima expert to Pope John Paul II, said:
"Let there be no
hysteria concerning dates or concerning expectation of
chastisements. The dates are unknown, the chastisement certain."
Pope John Paul II was
nearly assassinated on May 13, 1981 (the anniversary of Mary’s first
apparitional appearance at Fatima). The gun was aimed at the Pope’s
head, but Agca had to aim for his abdomen instead when the pontiff
turned to a young girl who was wearing a picture of Our Lady of
Fatima. While he was in the hospital, Pope John Paul reviewed the
Church’s documentation of Fatima, and he read the secret Third
Secret of Fatima. In 1984 the Pope consecrated Russia to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary. Communism collapsed soon afterward.
The Vatican released its official document, "The Message of Fatima",
in June 2000. It includes the first and second parts of the "secret"
of Fatima as written by Sr. Lucia on August 31, 1941, and a
photostatic copy of the original manuscript of the third part of the
secret, and comments by Sr. Lucia from conversation with Archbishops
Bertone and Ferreira in April 2000 in the Carmel Monastery of St.
Teresa of Coimbra in Portugal. Bertone noted:
"As is well known,
Pope John Paul II immediately thought of consecrating the world
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and he himself composed a prayer
for what he called an 'Act of Entrustment' which was to be
celebrated in the Basilica of St. Mary Major on June 7, 1981."
Sodano said that the
secret contained a prophetic vision similar to those found in the
Bible, but the events to which the third part of the Secret of
Fatima refers now seem part of the past:
"That text contains
a prophetic vision similar to those found in Sacred Scripture,
which do not describe with photographic clarity the details of
future events, but rather synthesize and condense against a
unified background events spread out over time in a succession
and a duration which are not specified. As a result, the text
must be interpreted in a symbolic key.
"The vision of Fatima concerns above all the war waged by
atheist systems against the Church and Christians, and it
describes the immense suffering endured by the witnesses to the
faith in the last century of the second millennium. It is an
interminable Way of the Cross led by the Popes of the twentieth
century.
"According to the interpretation of the 'little shepherds,'
which was also recently confirmed by Sister Lucia, the 'bishop
clothed in white' who prays for all the faithful is the Pope. As
he makes his way with great effort towards the Cross amid the
corpses of those who were martyred (bishops, priests, men and
women religious and many lay persons), he too falls to the
ground, apparently dead, under a burst of gunfire.
"After the assassination attempt of May 13 1981, it appeared
evident to His Holiness that it was 'a motherly hand which
guided the bullet's path,' enabling the 'dying Pope' to halt 'at
the threshold of death.' On the occasion of a visit to Rome by
the then bishop of Leiria-Fatima, the Pope decided to give him
the bullet which had remained in the jeep after the
assassination attempt, so that it might be kept in the Shrine.
At the behest of the bishop, the bullet was later set in the
crown of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima.
"The successive events of 1989 led, both in the Soviet Union and
in a number of countries of Eastern Europe, to the fall of the
Communist regime which promoted atheism. For this too His
Holiness offers heartfelt thanks to the Most Holy Virgin. In
other parts of the world, however, attacks against the Church
and against Christians, together with the burden of suffering
which they involve, tragically continue. Even if the events to
which the third part of the Secret of Fatima refers now seem
part of the past, Our Lady's call to conversion and penance,
issued at the beginning of the twentieth century, remains timely
and urgent today. 'The Lady of the message seems to read the
signs of the times - the signs of our time - with special
insight... The insistent invitation of Mary Most Holy to penance
is nothing but the manifestation of her maternal concern for the
fate of the human family, in need of conversion and
forgiveness.'
"In order that the faithful may better receive the message of
Our Lady of Fatima, the Pope has charged the Congregation for
the Doctrine of the Faith with making public the third part of
the secret, after the preparation of an appropriate commentary."
The following official
Vatican version is alleged to be the complete translation of the
original Portuguese text of the third part of the secret of Fatima
that was revealed to the three pastorinhos children on July
13, 1917 at Cova da Iria-Fatima, as written by Sr. Lucia on January
3, 1944:
"I write in
obedience to you, my God, who command me to do so through his
Excellency the Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy
Mother and mine.
"After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left
of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming
sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked
as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in
contact with the splendor that Our Lady radiated towards him
from her right hand: pointing to the earth with his right hand,
the Angel cried out in a loud voice: 'Penance, Penance,
Penance!' And we saw in an immense light that is God: 'something
similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front
of it' a Bishop dressed in White 'we had the impression that it
was the Holy Father'. Other Bishops, Priests, men and women
Religious going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there
was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the
bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big
city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step,
afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the
corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the
mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was
killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at
him, and in the same way there died one after another the other
Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious, and various lay
people of different ranks and positions. Beneath the two arms of
the Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium
in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs
and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to
God."
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6. Our Lady of Garabandal
In June of 1961, The Virgin Mary appeared to four girls (Conchita
Gonzales, Mari Loli Mazon, Jacinta Gonzalez, and Mari Cruz Gonzalez,
ages 11-12) near the village of San Sebastian de Garabandal in the
Cantabrian Mountains of northwest Spain. The girls were praying
together when they heard a thunderous sound and saw a beautiful
angel. It said nothing, then disappeared. The girls ran to the
village church and told everyone about the occurrence. The angel
appeared to them several more times before it announced that the
Blessed Virgin would appear to them. Later that day she appeared in
the company of two angels with an all-seeing eye above her. She
visited the girls more than 2,000 times in the next four years. The
apparition repeatedly urged repentance, and said that a miraculous
sign will appear some day. Conchita wrote this about it in her
Diary:
"I am the only one
to whom the Blessed Virgin spoke of the miracle. She forbade me
to say what it will consist of. I can't announce the date either
until eight days before it is due to occur. What I can reveal is
that it will coincide with an event in the Church and with the
feast of a saint, martyr of the Eucharist; that it will take
place at 8:30 on a Thursday evening; that it will be visible to
all those who are in the village and surrounding the mountains;
that the sick who are present will be cured, and the incredulous
will believe. It will be the greatest miracle that Jesus will
have performed for the world. There won't be the slightest doubt
that it comes from God and that it is for the good of mankind. A
sign of the Miracle, which it will be possible to film or
televise, will remain forever.
"The Warning, like the Chastisement, is a fearful thing for the
good as well as the wicked. It will draw the good closer to God
and warn the wicked that the end of times are coming... The
Warning is something that is seen in the air, everywhere in the
world and is immediately transmitted into the interior of our
souls. It will last a very little time, but it will seem a very
long time because of its effect within us. It would be like
fire. It will not burn our flesh, but we will feel it bodily and
interiorly... [It will be] like two stars that crash and make a
lot of noise, and a lot of light but they don't fall. It's not
going to hurt us but we're going to see it and, in that moment,
we're going to see our consciences."
The event will occur
between March 8-May16 on a Thursday at 8:30 p.m. (Garabandal time),
within a year of the Warning foretold by Our Lady of Fatima.
Conchita will be warned of the event 8 days beforehand. It will
occur on the feast day of a Eucharist martyr, and it will coincide
with a "great event" in the Church.
The following message from Mary is excerpted from Conchita’s notes:
"The Virgin told me
about this on January 1st, 1965, up in the pine grove. I cannot
say what it will consist of, because she did not command me to
do so. And, as for when it is going to be, she did not tell me,
so I do not know. What I do know is that it will be visible to
everybody; it will be a direct work of God and will take place
before the miracle. I do not know whether people will die
because of it. They could only die from the shock of seeing
it...
"The Virgin told only me about the miracle. She forbade me to
say what it will consist of. I cannot reveal the date either
until eight days beforehand. What I am allowed to say is that it
will coincide with an event in the Church, and with the feast of
a Saint who is a martyr of the Holy Eucharist; it will be at
half-past eight on a Thursday evening; it will be visible to
everybody in the village and on the surrounding mountainsides;
the sick who are present will be cured and the incredulous will
believe. It will be the greatest miracle that Jesus has worked
for the world. There will not remain the slightest doubt that it
comes from God and is for the good of mankind. In the pine
grove, a sign of the miracle will be left forever. It will be
possible to film and televise it...
"The punishment is conditioned to whether or not mankind heeds
the Blessed Virgin's messages and the miracle. If it does take
place, then I know what it will consist of, because the Virgin
told me, but I am not allowed to say. What is more, I have seen
the punishment. What I can assure you is that, if it comes, it
is far worse than if we were enveloped in fire; worse than if we
had fire above us, and fire beneath. I do not know how long a
time will elapse after the miracle, before God sends it."
In 1962, the Blessed
Virgin told Conchita a prophecy of the popes; according to her, Pope
John Paul II will be the last pope:
"There would be two
more popes after Pope Paul VI and that one of the popes would
have a very short reign. After that would come the end times but
not the end of the world."
Conchita made this
announcement on September 14, 1965:
"The sign that will
remain forever at the pines is something we will be able to
photograph, televise, and see, but not touch. It will be evident
that it is not a thing of this world but from God."
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7. Padre Pio
The stigmata of the Capuchin priest Padre Pio da Pietrelcina
(1887-1968) bled about a cup of blood daily for 50 years. He also
transmitted the following Marian prophecies, excerpted from a letter
to the Commission of Heroldsbach, appointed by the Vatican to
investigate his case:
"My son, My son, I
have been longing for this hour in which I again shall reveal to
you the great love of My heart... Pray and make reparation to
Me. Admonish others to do the same because the time is near at
hand in which I shall visit My unfaithful people because they
have not heeded the time of My grace. Persevere in prayer, so
that your adversary shall have no dominion over you. Tell My
people to be prepared at all times, for My judgment shall come
upon them suddenly and when least expected -- and not one shall
escape My hands, I shall find them all! I shall protect the
just. Watch the sun and moon and the stars of the Heavens. When
they appear to be unduly disturbed and restless, know that the
day is not far away. Stay united in prayer and watching until
the angel of destruction has passed your doors. Pray that these
days will be shortened." (1949)
"Pray! Make reparation! Be fervent and practice mortifications.
Great things are at stake! Pray! Men are running toward the
abyss of Hell in great rejoicing and merry-making, as though
they were going to a masquerade ball or the wedding feast of the
devil himself! Assist Me in the salvation of souls. The measure
of sin is filled! The day of revenge, with its terrifying
happenings is near -- nearer then you can imagine! And the world
is seeping in false security! The Divine Judgment shall strike
them like a thunderbolt! These Godless and wicked people shall
be destroyed without mercy, as were the inhabitants of Sodom and
Gomorra of old. Yes, I tell you their wickedness was not as
great as that of our human race today! (Jan.23, 1950)
"Keep your windows well-covered. Do not look out. Light a
blessed candle, which will suffice for many days. Pray the
Rosary. Read spiritual books. Make acts of Spiritual Communion,
also acts of love, which are so pleasing to Us. Pray with
outstretched arms, or prostrate on the ground, in order that
many souls may be saved. Do not go outside the house. Provide
yourself with sufficient food. The powers of nature shall be
moved and a rain of fire shall make people tremble with fear.
Have courage! I am in the midst of you." (Jan. 28, 1950)
"Take care of the animals during these days. I am the creator
and preserver of animals as well as man. I shall give you a few
signs beforehand, at which time you should place more food
before them. I will preserve the property of the elect,
including the animals, for they shall be in need of sustenance
afterwards as well. Let no one go across the yard, even to feed
the animals-he who steps outside will perish! Cover your windows
carefully. My elect shall not see My wrath. Have confidence in
Me, and I will be your protection.
"Hurricanes of fire will pour forth from the clouds and spread
over the entire earth! Storms, bad weather, thunderbolts and
earthquakes will cover the earth for two days. An uninterrupted
rain of fire will take place! It will begin on during a very
cold night. All this is to prove that God is the Master of
Creation. Those who hope in Me, and believe in My words, have
nothing to fear because I will not forsake them, nor those who
spread My message. No harm will come to those who are in the
state of grace and who seek My Mother's protection.
"That you may be prepared for these visitations, I will give you
the following signs and instructions: The night will be very
cold. The wind will roar. After a time thunderbolt will be
heard. Lock all the doors and windows. Talk to no one outside
the house. Kneel down before a crucifix, be sorry for your sins,
and beg My Mothers protection. Do not look during the
earthquake, because the anger of God is holy! Jesus does not
want us to behold the anger of God, because God's anger must be
contemplated with fear and trembling.
"Those who disregard this advice will be killed instantly. The
wind will carry with it poisonous gases which will be diffused
over the entire earth. Those who suffer and die innocently will
be martyrs and they will be with Me in My Kingdom. Satan will
triumph! But in three nights, the earthquake and fire will
cease. On the following day the sun will shine again, angels
will descend from Heaven and will spread the spirit of peace
over the earth. A feeling of immeasurable gratitude will take
possession of those who survive this most terrible ordeal, the
impending punishment, with which God will visit the earth since
creation.
"I have chosen souls in other countries too, such as Belgium,
Switzerland, Spain, who have received these revelations so that
other countries also may be prepared. Pray Rosary, but pray it
well, so that your prayers may reach Heaven. Soon a more
terrible catastrophe shall come upon the entire world, such as
never before has been witnessed, a terrible chastisement never
before experienced!
"How unconcerned men are regarding these things! Which shall so
soon come upon them, contrary to all expectations. How
indifferent they are in preparing themselves for these unheard
of events, through which they will have to pass so shortly! The
weight of divine balance has reached the earth! The wrath of My
Father shall be poured out over the entire world! I am again
warning the world through your instrumentality, as I have so
often done heretofore.
"This catastrophe shall come upon the earth like a flash of
lightning! At which moment the light of the morning sun shall be
replaced by black darkness! No one shall leave the house or look
out a window from that moment on. I Myself shall come amidst
thunder and lightning. The wicked shall behold My Divine Heart.
There shall be great confusion because of this utter darkness in
which the entire earth shall be enveloped, and many, many shall
die from fear and despair.
"On that day, as soon as complete darkness has set in, no one
shall leave the house or look from out of the window. The
darkness shall last a day and a night followed by another day
and night, and another day-but on the night following, the stars
will shine again, and on the next morning the sun shall rise
again, and it will be SPRINGTIME!! In the days of darkness, My
elect shall not sleep, as did the disciples in the garden. They
shall pray incessantly, and they shall not be disappointed in
Me. I shall gather My elect. Hell will believe itself to be in
possession of the entire earth, but I shall reclaim it.
"Again and again I have warned men, and often have I given them
special opportunities to return to the right path; but now,
wickedness has reached its climax, and the punishment can no
longer be delayed. Tell all that the time has come in which
these things shall be fulfilled." (Feb. 7, 1950)
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8. Sister Agnes Sasagawa
Another Marian apparition that has been approved by the Catholic
Church occurred in 1969 in Japan. An angelic being appeared to
Sister Agnes Sasagawa, who was a postulant in the Order of the
handmaids of the Eucharist. The angel gave her a prayer to add to
her Rosary:
"O My Jesus, forgive
us our sins; save us from the fire of hell; lead all souls to
heaven, especially those most in need."
This prayer was one of
those given by the Blessed Virgin to the children at Fatima! On June
12, 1973, Sister Agnes, who was deaf, heard a voice urging her to go
pray in the chapel:
"Do not fear. Pray
with fervor not only because of your sins, but in reparation for
those of all men. The world today wounds the most Sacred Heart
of Our Lord by its ingratitudes and injuries. The wounds of Mary
are much deeper and more sorrowful than yours. Let us go pray
together in the chapel."
When she went there, she
saw brilliant beams of light emanating from the tabernacle. The
light appeared during the next two days. On June 28, stigmata (the
wounds of Christ) began to appear on her hands in the form of a
bleeding cross. On July 6, while praying in the chapel, Sr. Agnes
heard a the statue of the Virgin Mary speak to her, and other
sisters saw blood dripping from the statue’s right hand later the
same day. The phenomena repeated itself four times, ending on
September 29. On that day, sisters witnessed "sweat" exuding from
the statue’s forehead and neck. Then the statue began to "weep", and
continued to do so until 1982. A Japanese TV crew was able to film
the weeping phenomenon.
Sister Agnes continued to receive messages from the angel (speaking
for Mary) for 9 more years. The following prophecies are excerpted
from the transmissions:
"If men do not
repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible
punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than
the deluge, such as one will never have seen before. Fire will
fall from the sky and wipe out a great part of humanity, the
good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful.
The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will
envy the dead."
"Is the infirmity of your ears painful? Your deafness will be
healed. Does the wound of your hand cause you to suffer? Pray in
reparation for the sins of men. [The apparition gave the text of
a prayer.] Pray very much for the pope, bishops, and priests.
Tell your superior all that passed today..." (July 6, 1973)
"If you love the Lord, listen to what I have to say to you. It
is very important; you will convey it to your superior. Many men
in this world afflict the Lord. I desire souls to console him to
soften the anger of the heavenly father. I wish, with my son,
for souls who will repair by their suffering and their poverty
for the sinners and ingrates.
"In order that the world might know his anger, the heavenly
father is preparing to inflict a great chastisement on all
mankind. I have intervened so many times to appease the wrath of
the father. I have prevented the coming of calamities by
offering him the sufferings of the son on the cross, his
precious blood, and beloved souls who console him forming a
cohort of victim souls. Prayer, penance and courageous
sacrifices can soften the father's anger... Even in a secular
institute prayer is necessary. Already souls who wish to pray
are on the way to being gathered together. Without attaching too
much attention to the form, be faithful and fervent in prayer to
console the master." (August 3, 1973)
"My dear daughter, listen well to what I have to say to you. You
will inform your superior. As I told you, if men do not repent
and better themselves, the father will inflict a terrible
punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than
the deluge, such as one will never seen before. Fire will fall
from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the
good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful.
The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will
envy the dead... The work of the devil will infiltrate even into
the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing
cardinals, bishops against bishops. The priests who venerate me
will be scorned and opposed by their confreres... churches and
altars sacked; the Church will be full of those who accept
compromises, and the demon will press many priests and
consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord. The demon
will be especially implacable against souls consecrated to God.
The thought of the loss of so many souls is the cause of my
sadness. If sins increase in number and gravity, there will be
no longer pardon for them. Today is the last time that I will
speak to you in living voice. From now on you will obey the one
sent to you and your superior." (Oct. 13, 1973)
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9. Veronica Lueken
The Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ appeared to Veronica Lueken over a
period of 25 years during her Rosary vigils in Flushing Meadows
Park, NY.
The Blessed Virgin warned that unless we return to traditional
morals, World War III and a great comet will kill billions of people
"within this century, if not sooner."
Since the event did not come to pass in the 20th century, then
perhaps we have rehabilitated sufficiently for Divine purposes, and
catastrophe has been averted, but more likely it has merely been
postponed. Our Lady has been appointed by God to warn humanity that
there will be a cleansing by fire unless we repent and correct our
ways. The chastisement will be preceded by a worldwide Warning, and
that will be followed by a great Miracle. If mankind still refuses
to change, then God will punish us.
On April 21, 1973, Veronica Leuken received a Warning while in she
was in ecstasy:
"It's as though
everything has exploded in the sky. There is a great flash! Then
it's very hot - very warm - and it feels like you're burning.
There is a huge explosion, and the sky becomes very white. .
.and then there are colors - blues, purples. . . It 's like a
huge explosion. Now this voice -- the voice ...! And the voice,
Our Lady says, is a voice within you: "Your warning before the
Chastisement! Flash, fire, and the voice within you! The final
Warning before Chastisement.
"Man will feel that the very powers of the elements have shaken
the very foundations of his being. So great will be the impact
of this Warning from the Father that none will doubt that it had
come from the Father. . .It will be a major awakening to many.
The rumbling and the shaking of the elements will set fright
into many hearts. . .Hearts will shudder with fear and men will
drop from fright... Many signs of an angry God will appear
before you. . ."
On June 12, 1976, the
Blessed Virgin Mary told Mrs. Lueken that the Warning was close at
hand:
"My child, you must
pray more: do much penance. For the Warning is coming upon
mankind. There will be a tremendous explosion and the sky shall
roll back like a scroll, this force shall go within the very
core of the human. He will understand his offenses to his God.
However, this Warning will be of short duration. and many shall
continue upon their road to perdition, so hard are the hearts
hardened now, My child."
"The Eternal Father will send a Warning to mankind, a great
Warning of such magnitude that very few will doubt that it comes
from the Eternal Father and is not man-made." (July 25, 1978)
"There is to come upon you a great Warning, of such magnitude
that every man, woman and child will feel the burning fires
within." (September 28, 1974)
"All who remain in the light of grace will have no fear. They
will pass through this great Warning without suffering." (April
5, 1975)
"As the day follows night, so shall this Warning follow soon.
Beware of the sunrise! Do not look up to the sky, the flash!!!
Beware of the sunrise! Do not look up to the sky, the flash!!!
Close your windows! Draw your shades! Remain inside: do not
venture outside your door, or you will not return! Pray!
Prostrate yourselves upon your floor! Pray with arms
outstretched and beg for mercy of your God, the Father. Do not
seek or receive your animals into your homes, for the animals of
those who have remained of well spirit will be taken care of."
"O My children, how many will try to go back and restore their
homes when it is too late. Keep blessed candles, water,
blankets, food within your homes. The candles of those who have
remained in the state of grace shall not be extinguished, but
the candles in the homes of those who have given themselves to
Satan shall not burn! Amen. I say to you, as night follows day a
great darkness shall descend upon mankind."
"When the Warning is sent upon man, there will be no doubt in
the minds of man that it descends from the heavens. However,
those who have already committed themselves to Satan will see
and yet not believe." (September 28, 1973)
"The Father chooses to send upon you first a great
manifestation, a Warning. And should you not listen to the voice
within you, He will have no recourse but to go forth with the
plan for full cleansing. My Son has given you His words; you
have received one of the final warning given to man." (May 10,
1973)
On June 8, 1974, Jacinta
also channeled a message through Veronica:
"It is true that I
gave a final message [to Mother Godinho], but I, too, could not
give the date --- only to warn the world that a great Warning
would come to mankind. It would be a great cataclysm Warning,
and then there would be a great Miracle. And after that, if
nothing changes and man continues to offend the Father, He would
have to start this terrible, terrible trial. For there will be a
great War and there will be a great, terrible chastisement."
Bishop John Mugavero of
Brooklyn, however, issued a "Declaration Concerning the Bayside
Movement" (November 4, 1986), in which he declared:
"No credibility can
be given to the so-called "apparitions" reported by Veronica
Lueken and her followers.
"The "messages" and other related propaganda contain statements
which, among other things, are contrary to the teachings of the
Catholic Church, undermine the legitimate authority of bishops
and councils and instill doubts in the minds of the faithful,
for example, by claiming that, for years, an "imposter (sic)
Pope" governed the Catholic Church in place of Paul VI.
"Those who persistently maintain that "no ecclesiastical
permission is required for the publication or dissemination" of
information concerning "revelations, visions or miracles," are
erroneously interpreting the directives of the Holy See when
they attempt to justify the publication of the propaganda
literature on the "Bayside Messages."
This warning was issued
in 1988, but since then it has become just another failed prophecy:
"I, as your Mother,
I am terribly depressed in knowing what is fast coming upon
mankind. I see beyond me a ball, a large ball. Were it placed
next to the sun, this ball would be like two suns in the sky.
But it is a ball of destruction, and I tell you, My children, We
have been attempting to hold this back with all manners of
graces, and fasting, and suffering. But the Eternal Father says,
'Look up, My child'; He said to look far up into the sky. Your
human eyes cannot perceive yet what is up there, but there is a
ball, to mankind known as 'unknown origin.' But it is not
unknown: it is the Ball of Redemption.
"Do not be affrighted, My child, you must see this, for it is
important. Within this century this Ball will be sent upon
mankind.
"My child, I took you from your bed of pain and illness to bring
you here to tell the world to prepare now. It is almost too
late. We have asked also, urgently, and have had great
cooperation from the earth's masses of people-- to Rome to tell
them, Look up, and see what lies beyond your windows: a Ball
that is fast hurtling towards earth! It will be here within this
century, if not sooner. For even the scientists have failed to
recognize the speed of this Ball."
Veronica: "I see a terrible globe, it looks like a globe of
fire. It's frightening! It's now bouncing around, like it has no
control; as though it's not in a general place to be. It has
bounced off another, what looks like a comet, and has actually
destroyed the comet to the left."
VM: "This one will not be destroyed; for mankind has listened,
but has not followed a schedule, as We would say, placed upon
mankind by Heaven., a schedule for prayers and repentance. This
has not been done to the satisfaction of the Eternal Father. All
must get down on their knees and beg for repentance of mankind.
It is mankind's balance."
Veronica: "And I see now, over on the right side, there's
Michael; and he is holding a balance in his hands. He has on one
of the balances, there seems to be gold and silver; but on the
other, it seems to be heaped with rocks! And Our Lady is now
touching Her lips again, like this, with Her crucifix and then
Her finger, like this:
VM: "My child, I also have to tell you: look up and see, and
repeat what you see."
Veronica: "I see a large crowd of people in Rome. No, it's not
Rome, because I can't see the...I know the city. Looks like it
may be in Russia. I am not familiar, Blessed Mother, with Russia
or the buildings."
VM: "You will understand, My child, because at this very moment
there is a dissident under the number five of communism that is
planning to kill the Pope. His words, We hear are, 'This time we
will not fail to destroy him!'
"Please, My children, pray for your Holy Father, the Pope. You
must not lose him, for the one who comes after him will destroy
if he can--he will attempt to destroy, I should say, My child
and My children; he will attempt to destroy Pope John Paul II.
"I know, My child, how this has both a frightened you, and also
made you feel weak from terror. I did not want to bring you here
at first, My child, as I know how weak and ill you have become;
but you see, you must help Our children upon earth.
"Also, they are so lacking in interest in many places. Children
are disappearing by the thousands, and where do they go? They go
straight to the pits of hell, as they become pawns in the hands
of the satanists.
"Yes, My child and My children -- and My child, Veronica -- you
must be very careful. I have warned you not to go out alone, not
even to your roadway; for you heard the music, My child. They
were gathered beneath your windowsill.
"I know, My child, I kept this from you at our last meeting, but
it is urgent that you must know this. They are also going to try
to murder you on your stoop. Do not be afraid, My child; your
destiny is with Jesus and the Father.
"Now, My child, I want you to look up, and look far into the
sky. What do you see?"
Veronica: "I see a group of people, talking outside a building.
The building looks like it may be in Russia. That's the only
place I saw spires like they have there. Now coming out of this
building are two sinister-looking men. They're looking at
shotguns. And they 're also whispering. I can't hear what
they're saying, but they are mentioning the Pope. They keep
repeating, 'the Pope.' Now both of them are laughing, like they
have accomplished something bad; but they are laughing because
they are demons!"
VM: "My child, when We talk of demons, I also mentioned to you
that you must be very careful and warn all that Satan was
trying, and accomplished his mission, to go into the workrooms
of the White Berets and the Blue Berets.
"What is he going to do? He will bring discord and
dissatisfaction. And what are you going to do, My child? You are
going to pray more, and make a decision; for We are not allowing
you to be alone. But you must gain wisdom by making a decision.
"I leave that up to you, My child, as you will follow the rules
of charity, holiness, and, also, faith. The greatest is faith:
faith in your fellow man, not only accepting the sorrows of
earth...
"But do not search, My children, for wealth. Within two years or
less, there will be a great crash of the market. The whole
world's monetary systems will be paralyzed. That, My child, is
why you had to come this evening to the grounds."
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10. Maria Bianchini
The Venezuelan stigmatist Maria Esperanza Bianchini, whose wounds
appear on Good Friday, has been the recipient of many mystical
experiences since 1976. She has reported many conversations with the
Virgin Mary, she has levitated during Mass, and has been seen to
bilocate (appear in two places at once). She and several other
persons have witnessed apparitions of the Blessed Virgin in the
village of Cua in the Finca Betania region of Venezuela. In 1984,
Mary explained the reason for her appearances:
"I come to reconcile
them, to seek them out, to give them faith, which has
disappeared in the noise and din of an atomic awakening which is
at the point of bursting out. My message is of faith, love and
hope. More than anything, it brings reconciliation between
people and nations. It is the only thing that can save this
century from war and eternal death...If a change does not come
and a conversion of life, one will perish under the fire, war
and death...
"Forgive one another. Love one another. Serve one another. Pray
for the Church. Pray for priests. Return to the Sacraments, dear
little children. Confess your sins while the sun shines.
Sacrifice yourselves for the conversion of sinners and for peace
in the world. All of you are children of God. All are loved."
Mary also told Maria
that mankind would be facing its hour of decision in the mid-1990's,
when there would be grave danger of war involving Asia and Russia.
Apparently humanity has passed that crisis for the time being. Mary
also gave this warning:
"There is coming the
great moment of a great day of light. The consciences of this
beloved people must be violently shaken so that they may 'put
their house in order' and offer to Jesus the just reparation for
the daily infidelities that are committed on the part of
sinners..."
Visitors to the grotto
have reported visions of the Blessed Virgin, falls of rose petals
out of the air, angelic choirs, and healings.
After more than 10 years of investigation by the Church, Bishop Pio
Bello Ricardo stated:
"After having
studied repeatedly the apparitions of the Most Holy Virgin in
Betania, and having begged the Lord earnestly for spiritual
discernment, I declare that in my judgment said apparitions are
authentic and have a supernatural character. I therefore
approve, officially, that the site where the apparitions have
occurred be considered as sacred..."
Soon afterwards, a
Eucharistic miracle occurred during the vigil of the Immaculate
Conception on December 8, 1991. Father Otty Ossa (Maria’s spiritual
advisor) was saying Mass when the Host began to bleed as he held it.
Father Ossa said:
"I broke the Host
into four parts. When I looked down at the plate I could not
believe my eyes. I saw a red stain forming on the Host and from
it a red substance was beginning to emanate similar to the way
blood spurts out in a puncture. After the Mass, I took the Host
and protected it in the Sanctuary. The next day at six in the
morning, I observed the Host and I found that the Blood was
fluid and then began to dry, however to this day it still looks
fresh. Amazingly, the Blood is only on one side, not bleeding
through the exceedingly thin Host."
The phenomenon was
videotaped, and analysis of a sample of the blood showed it to be
human.
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11. Our Lady of Medjugorje
In June, 1981, six youths from the village of Medjugorje in
central Yugoslavia met Mother Mary on Mount Podbrdo. The apparitions
have continued since then, albeit with decreasing frequency. Mary
sends a message of faith, conversions, and fasting to brig peace to
Earth. She has come to bring humanity back to her son Jesus Christ,
and she warns that Satan is extremely active now; it is necessary to
pray often and fervently to defend against his assaults. Medjugorje
has subsequently become a major pilgrimage site for more than 10
million devout Christians. The Serbo-Croatian conflict erupted on
the 10th anniversary of the apparition.
Mary has entrusted each of the six visionaries with ten secrets
concerning the fateful events that will occur if humanity fails to
rehabilitate itself in due time. When the apparitions end at
Medjugorje, all other Marian apparitions will stop. Then the secret
prophetic events will transpire, and many humans will expire.
A report sent from the Bishop of Mostar to the Pope stated:
"According to
Mirjana, during the apparition on December 25, 1982, the Madonna
confided the tenth and last secret to her, and she revealed the
dates on which the various secrets will come to pass. The
Blessed Virgin revealed many aspects of the future to Mirjana,
many more up to now than to the other seers. For that reason, I
relate now what Mirjana told me in a conversation on November 5,
1983 I shall summarize the essential things she said, without
any literal quotations. Before the visible sign is given to
humanity, there will be three warnings to the world. The
warnings will be warnings on the earth. Mirjana will witness
them. Three days before one of these warnings, she will advise a
priest of her choice. Mirjana's testimony will be a confirmation
of the apparitions and an incentive for the conversion of the
world. After these warnings, the visible sign will be given for
all humanity at the place of the apparitions in Medjugorje. The
sign will be given as the testimony of the apparitions and a
call back to faith...
"The ninth and tenth secrets are grave matters. They are a
chastisement for the sins of the world. The punishment is
inevitable because we cannot expect the conversion of the entire
world. The chastisement can be mitigated by prayers and penance.
It cannot be suppressed. After the first warning, the others
will follow within a rather brief period of time. So it is that
people will have time for conversion. This time is a period of
grace and conversion. After the visible sign, those who are
still alive will have little time for conversion. For that
reason, the Blessed Virgin calls for urgent conversion and
reconciliation. The invitation to prayer and penance is destined
to ward off evil and war and above all to save souls. We are
close to the events predicted by the Blessed Virgin. Convert
yourselves as quickly as possible. Open your hearts to God. This
is a message to all mankind."
Father Tomislav has
offered an explanation of another prophecy made by the Virgin in
1983:
"They say that, with
the realization of the secrets entrusted to them by Our Lady,
life in the world will change. Afterwards, men will believe like
in ancient times. What will change and how it will change, we
don't know, given that the seers don't want to say anything
about the secrets."
In an interview
conducted by Janice Connell 1990, Marijana clarified some of the
earlier statements:
"The first two
secrets will be warnings to the world -- events that will occur
before a visible sign is given to humanity. These will happen in
my lifetime. Ten days before the first secret and the second
secret, I will notify Father Petar Ljubicic. He will pray and
fast for seven days, and then he will announce these to the
world.
"This sign will be given for the atheists. You faithful already
have signs, and you have become the sign for the atheists. You
faithful must not wait for the sign before you convert; convert
soon. This time is a time of grace for you. You can never thank
God enough for His grace. The time is for deepening your faith
and for your conversion. When the sign comes, it will be too
late for many."
In a letter to Pope John
Paul II dated December 16, 1983, Father Tomisav Vlasic reported
concerning the revelations given by the Blessed Virgin to Mirjana:
“After the
apparition of the Blessed Virgin on November 30, 1983, Maria
Pavlovic came to me and said. ‘The Madonna says that the Supreme
Pontiff and the Bishop must be advised immediately of the
urgency and great importance of the message of Medjugorje.
“This letter seeks to fulfill that duty.
“Five young people (Vicka Ivankovic, Maria Pavlovic, Ivanka
Ivankovic, Ivan Dragicevic, and Jakob Colo) see an apparition of
the Blessed Virgin every day. The experience in which they see
her is a fact that can be checked by direct observation. It has
been filmed. During the apparitions, the youngsters do not react
to light, they do not hear sounds, they do not react if someone
touches them, they feel that they are beyond time and space.
"All of the youngsters basically agree that:
"We see the
Blessed Virgin just as we see anyone else. We pray with her,
we speak to her, and we can touch her... The Blessed Virgin
says that world peace is at a critical stage. She repeatedly
calls for reconciliation and conversion... She has promised
to leave a visible sign for all humanity at the site of the
apparitions of Medjugorje... The period preceding this
visible sign is a time of grace for conversion and deepening
the faith... the Blessed Virgin ha promised to disclose ten
secrets to us. So far, Vicka Ivankovic has received eight.
Marija Pavlovic received the ninth one on December 8, 1983.
Jakov Colo, Ivan Dragicevic and Ivanka Ivankovic have each
received nine. Only Maria Dragicevic has received all ten...
These apparitions are the last apparitions of the Blessed
Virgin on earth. That is why they are lasting so long and
occurring so frequently.
"The Blessed Virgin
no longer appears to Mirjana Dragicevic. The last time she saw
one of the daily apparitions was Christmas 1982. Since then the
apparitions have ceased for her, except on her birthday (March
18, 1983). Mirjana knew that this would occur.
"According to Mirjana, the Madonna confided the tenth and last
secret to her during the apparition on December 25, 1982. She
also disclosed the dates on which the different secrets will
come to pass. The Blessed Virgin has revealed to Mirjana many
things about the future, more than to any of the other
youngsters so far. For that reason I am reporting below what
Mirjana told me during our conversation on November 5, 1983. I
am summarizing the substance of her account, without
word-for-word quotations:
Mirjana said that before the visible sign is given to humanity,
there will be three warnings to the world. The warnings will be
in the form of events on earth. Mirjana will be a witness to
them. Three days before one of the admonitions, Mirjana will
notify a priest of her choice. The witness of Mirjana will be a
confirmation of the apparitions and a stimulus for the
conversion of the world.
"After the admonitions, the visible sign will appear on the site
of the apparitions in Medjugorje for all the world to see. The
sign will be given as a testimony to the apparitions and in
order to call the people back to the faith.
"The ninth and tenth secrets are serious. They concern
chastisement for the sins of the world. Punishment is
inevitable, for we cannot expect the whole world to be
converted. The punishment can be diminished by prayer and
penance, but it cannot be eliminated.
"Mirjana says that one of the evils that threatened the world,
the one contained in the seventh secret, has been averted,
thanks to prayer and fasting. That is why the Blessed Virgin
continues to encourage prayer and fasting:
"You have
forgotten that through prayer and fasting you can avert war
and suspend the laws of nature."
"After the first
admonition, the others will follow in a rather short time. Thus,
people will have some time for conversion.
"That interval will be a period of grace and conversion. After
the visible sign appears, those who are still alive will have
little time for conversion. For that reason, the Blessed Virgin
invites us to urgent conversion and reconciliation.
"The invitation to prayer and penance is meant to avert evil and
war, but most of all to save souls.
"According to Mirjana, the events predicted by the Blessed
Virgin are near. By virtue of this experience, Mirjana proclaims
to the world: "Hurry, be converted; open your hearts to God."
"In addition to this basic message, Mirjana related an
apparition she had in 1982, which we believe sheds some light on
some aspects of Church history. She spoke of an apparition in
which Satan appeared to her disguised as the Blessed Virgin.
Satan asked Mirjana to renounce the Madonna and follow him. That
way she could be happy in love and in life. He said that
following the Virgin, on the contrary, would only lead to
suffering. Mirjana rejected him, and immediately the Virgin
arrived and Satan disappeared. Then the Blessed Virgin gave her
the following message in substance:
"Excuse me for
this, but you must realize that Satan exists. One day he
appeared before the throne of God and asked permission to
submit the Church to a period of trial. God gave him
permission to try the Church for one century. This century
is under the power of the devil; but when the secrets
confided to you come to pass, his power will be destroyed.
Even now he is beginning to lose his power and has become
aggressive. He is destroying marriages, creating divisions
among priests and is responsible for obsessions and murder.
You must protect yourselves against these things through
fasting and prayer, especially community prayer. Carry
blessed objects with you. Put them in your house, and
restore the use of holy water...
"Holy Father, I do not want to be responsible for the ruin
of anyone. I am doing my best. The world is being called to
conversion and reconciliation. In writing to you, Holy
Father, I am doing only doing my duty. After drafting this
letter, I gave it to the youngsters so that they might ask
the Blessed Virgin whether its contents are accurate. Ivan
Dragicevic relayed the following answer: "Yes, the contents
of the letter are the truth. You must notify first the
Supreme Pontiff and then the Bishop."
The Blessed Virgin at
Medjugorje has said this concerning prophecy:
"Do not think about
wars, punishments, evil, because if you do you are on the road
toward them. Your task is to accept divine peace, to live it,
and to spread it."
The primary message of
the Blessed Virgin always has been one of Peace, Prayer, and Mercy,
rather than of her prophecies, which are contingent upon the power
of Prayer. According to Mary, the wrath of God and Jesus can be
averted (or at least delayed) by repentance and the Rosary. This
approach to world peace actually seems to have worked in the case of
the fall of the USSR, which also prevented (or long delayed) the
invasion of Europe by Soviet forces.
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12. References
1. Connell, Janice
T.: Visions of the Children: The Apparitions at Medjugorje
2. Martindale, C.C.: The Meaning of Fatima; 1950, P.J. Kennedy &
Sons, NY.
3. De Marchi, John: Fatima, The Facts; 1950, Mercier Pres, Cork,
Ireland; Read & authenticated by Sister Lucia.
4. Santos, Lucia: Fatima in Lucia’s Own Words
5. Zimdars-Swartz, Sandra: Encountering Mary: Visions From La
Salette to Medjugorje
6. The Messages of the Lady of All Nations: Queenship Publishing
Co., P.O. Box 42028, Santa Barbara, CA 93140-2028 ;
1-800-647-9882
7. The Internet (Keyword Search: Prophecy, Marian Apparitions)
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