Virgin Mary -- Marian Apparitions & Prophecies


 


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 ***Marian
Apparitions & Prophecies***

by **Robert A.
Nelson**

 

Copyright 2000

 

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The misogynist Septuagint Council
thoroughly edited the female principle from the first
official edition of the New Testament, with the
exception of a few polite mentions of Virgin Mary and
Mary Magdalene (who may well have been Jesus wife;
the heretical 1970s paperback book *The Jesus
Scroll* makes that assertion). The Mother is not
so easily suppressed by ignorance, however, and she
has appeared to her devotees many times throughout
Church history, albeit at irregular intervals. She
often makes appointments for her next visit. She
usually appears within a globe of white light, wearing
a dress and scarf, her feet in a cloud, sometimes
holding the infant Jesus. Lightning and thunder,
clouds of unusual shapes, and angels sometimes
accompany her manifestations. There were over 300
reported apparitions of Mary in the 20th century
alone. The visitations reviewed here (in
"chronological" order) are the most credible of the
many such. Several include interesting prophecies,
some of which have come to pass.

 

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**[Our Lady of the Pillar](#pillar)**
  
**[The Black Madonna](#blackmadonna)**
  
**[St. Mary Major](#mmajor)**   
**[Our Lady of Guadalupe](#guadalupe)**
  
**[Venerable Mary of Agreda](#agreda)**
  
**[Our Lady of Lavang](#lavang)**
  
**[Our Lady of La Salette](#lasalette)**
  
**[Our Lady of the Miraculous
Medal](#miracmedal)**   
**[Our Lady of Lourdes](#lourdes)**
  
**[St.
John  Bosco](#bosco)**   
**[The Apparition at Pontmain](#pontmain)**
  
**[Our
Lady of Knock](#knock)**   
**[Our Lady of Fatima](#fatima)**
  
**[The Mediatrix of All Grace](#mediatrixlipa)**
  
**[Our Lady of All Nations](#ladyallnations)**
  
**[Pope Pius XII](#mediatrixlipa)**
  
**[Pope John XXIII](#johnxxiii)**
  
**[Our Lady of Garabandal](#garabandal)**
  
**[Padre Pio](#padrepio)**   
**[Sr. Agnes Sasagawa](#sasagawa)**
  
**[The Madonna at Zeitun](#zeitun)**
  
**[Our Mother of the Word](#motherword)**
  
**[Veronica Lueken](#lueken)**   
**[Maria Bianchini](#bianchini)**
  
**[Our Lady of Medjugorje](#medjugorje)**

 

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**Our
Lady of the Pillar**

 
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The
Blessed Virgin Mary began making appearances to others
of the new Christian faith even before she died. Witness
Our Lady of the Pillar by James the (Greater) Apostle in
Saragossa in northeast Spain, ca. 40 AD. The Blessed
Mother appeared to the despondent missionary while he
was deep in prayer, and presented him with column of
jasper and a small wooden statue of herself. She
instructed him to build a church there, the first ever
dedicated to the Virgin Mary:

 

"This
place is to be my house, and this image and column shall
be the title and altar of the temple that you shall
build."

 

James
later returned to Jerusalem, where he was executed by
Herod Agrippa in 44 AD, thus becoming the first apostle
to be martyred. The wooden statue and jasper column
still reside at Saragossa and are displayed on special
occasions in the Compostella cathedral.

 

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**The
Black Madonna ~**

 
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According
to legend, the Black Madonna was painted by St. Luke the
Evangelist on a tabletop built by Jesus. While Luke was
painting Mary, she told him about the events in Jesus
life that he wrote into his gospel years later. St.
Helen found the painting in Jerusalem in 326 AD while
she was there on a pilgrimage. She gave it to her son
Constantine, who enshrined it in Constantinople. The
painting is credited with saving the city from a Saracen
invasion when it was displayed on the city wall; the
heathen were utterly demoralized and subsequently
routed.

 

Charlemagne
came to possess it, and presented it to Prince Leo of
Ruthenia (in northwest Hungary). During an invasion of
Ruthenia in the 11th century, the king prayed to the
Blessed Mother for help. A mystic darkness descended on
the enemy, who began attacking each other in confusion,
and Ruthenia was saved. The painting was entrusted to
the care of a Pauline monastery in Czestochowa, Poland.
The Madonna is called black because of soot coating it,
due to countless votive candles.

 

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**St. Mary Major ~**

 

Circa
352 AD in Rome, a wealthy Christian nobleman named John
of Rome and his wife both had a dream in which Mary
appeared and asked them to build a church on Romes
Esquiline hill. John told Pope Liberius of the dream.
The Pope also had received the same dream, and together
they went to Esquiline hill, which was covered with snow
--- on August 5 --- in the outline of a church!
Construction was begun immediately in conformity with
the floor plan. The resulting Basilica of Santa Maria
Maggiore is one of the largest churches on earth.

 

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**Our
Lady of Guadalupe ~**

 
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One of
the most phenomenal Marian apparitions occurred in 1531
at Guadalupe in central Mexico. An Aztec Indian named
Juan Diego (age 57) was walking near Tepayac Hill when a
beautiful woman appeared to him, surrounded by a
brilliant ball of light. She spoke to him in Aztec:

 

"My
dear little son, I love you. I desire you to know who I
am. I am the ever-virgin Mary, Mother of the true God
who gives life and maintains its existence. He created
all things. He is in all places. He is Lord of Heaven
and Earth. I desire a church in this place where your
people may experience my compassion. All those who
sincerely ask my help in their work and in their sorrows
will know my Mother's Heart in this place. Here I will
see their tears; I will console them and they will be at
peace. So run now to Tenochtitlan and tell the Bishop
all that you have seen and heard."

 

Juan
Diego went to the palace of Bishop-elect Fray Juan de
Zumarraga and requested an audience. Zumarraga told
Diego that he would consider Our ladys request, and
asked for proof. Juan Diego was disappointed and asked
Mary to send someone else. She instructed him thus:

 

"My
little son, there are many I could send. But you are the
one I have chosen"

 

"My
little son, am I not your Mother? Do not fear. The
Bishop shall have his sign. Come back to this place
tomorrow. Only peace, my little son."

 

"Do not
be distressed, my littlest son. Am I not here with you
who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and
protection? Your uncle will not die at this time. There
is no reason for you to engage a priest, for his health
is restored at this moment. He is quite well. Go to the
top of the hill and cut the flowers that are growing
there. Bring them then to me."

 

Although
the weather was freezing Juan found a blooming bush of
Castilian roses at the  top of the hill. He cut
them and put them in his tilma, a poncho woven of cactus
fiber. Mary rearranged the roses and sent Juan Diego
back to see Zumarrage:

 

"My
little son, this is the sign I am sending to the Bishop.
Tell him that with this sign I request his greatest
efforts to complete the church I desire in this place.
Show these flowers to no one else but the Bishop. You
are my trusted ambassador. This time the Bishop will
believe all you tell him."

 

When
Juan Diego opened his tilma, there was found a picture
of the Virgin Mary, exactly as Diego had described her.
She also appeared to Diegos uncle, and gave him a
message:

 

"Call
me and call my image Santa Maria de Guadalupe".

 

Some
scholars think that the word Guadalupe is a Spanish
mistranslation of the Aztec language. It is probable
that the correct word was Coatlallope, meaning One who
treads on snakes. Some six million Aztecs converted to
Christianity within six years after this apparation
appeared. The tilma with its portrait has been
marvelously preserved from decay and damage for nearly
five centuries; usually they last only a few years. It
can still be seen in the cathedral that was built for
it.

 

The
Blessed Virgin said the following to Juan Diego on
December 9, 1531:

 

"Know
for certain that I am the perfect and perpetual Virgin
Mary, Mother of the True God . . . Here I will show and
offer all my love, my compassion, my help and protection
to the people. I am your merciful Mother, the Mother of
all who love me, of those who cry to me, of those who
have confidence in me. Here I will hear their weeping
and their sorrows . . . their necessities and
misfortunes . . . Listen and let it penetrate your heart
. . . Do not be troubled or weighed down with grief. Do
not fear any illness or vexation, anxiety or pain. Am I
not here who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow
and protection? Am I not your fountain of life? Are you
not in the folds of my mantle? In the crossing of my
arms? Is there anything else you need?"

 
 

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**Mary
of Agreda ~**

 

The
Venerable Mary of Agreda, who lived in the 17th century,
left this Marian message for us today:

 

"It was
revealed to me that through the intercession of the
Mother of God, all heresies will disappear. This victory
over heresies has been reserved by Christ for His
Blessed Mother...Before the Second Coming of Christ,
Mary must, more than ever, shine in mercy, might and
grace in order to bring unbelievers into the Catholic
Faith."

 

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**Our
Lady of Lavang ~**

 
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The
nation of Vietnam was embroiled in power struggles and
revolutions during the 18th century, but by 1792 a
dynasty had been established with the passing of King
Quang Trung and enthronement of his son, who became King
Canh Thinh. He perceived an enemy in the Catholic Church
and began a cruel persecution of the religion that
lasted till 1886.

 

The
Lady of Lavang came to the Vietnamese people in a forest
of La Vang trees. The name Lavang also comes from the
Vietnamese word meaning "Crying out", as the people were
for succor. The first apparition of the Lady of Lavant
occurred in August, 1798 when refugees from the town of
Quang Tri hid in the forest. She appeared as a beautiful
lady wearing a dress and long cape, holding a baby and
accompanied by two angels.

 

The
Virgin Mother gave the people solace and instructed them
the boil the la vang leaves for use as a medicine. She
also said that from that day on, all who come to this
place would have their prayers heard and answered and
answered. At one point, a group of 30 Catholics martyrs
asked to be executed there, and they were.

 

A tiny
church was built at the site, which became a refuge for
thousands of Christians for over a century. The Blessed
Lady appeared many times during that period. After the
persecution ended in 1886, an official church was built
there, but it was destroyed in 1972 during the Vietnam
War.

 

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**Our
Lady of La Salette ~**

 
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**Maxime Giraud (L)
& Melanie Calvat (R)**
 

The
shepherdess Melanie Calvat (1831-1940) was the daughter
of a stonemason in La Salette, France. On September 19,
1846, Melanie, then 14 years old, and Maxime Giraud, age
11, were approaching a mountain stream near when they
saw a ball of light downhill from them, looking "as
though the sun had fallen there. A beautiful lady, all
light and flowers," appeared in the brilliant light and
sat crying on a stone. Then she levitated before Melanie
and Maxime and delivered a prophetic warning of a
terrible future:

 

"France,
Italy, Spain and England will be at war. Blood will flow
on the streets, Frenchmen will fight Frenchmen and
Italian against Italian and in the end will come a war
that will be terrible.

 

"For a
period of time God will not remember Italy or France for
they will have forgotten the Gospel. The evil ones will
display all their malice and there will be murders even
in houses. At the first blow of the sword of God which
will fall, like lightning on humanity, the mountains and
all nature will tremble because the disorder and the
misdeeds of man will rise to the vault of heaven.

 

"Paris
will be destroyed by fire and Marseilles will be
inundated by the sea, other great cities will be
destroyed by fire and razed to the ground. The just will
have to suffer much: their prayers, penitence, and tears
will rise to heaven; all the people of God will pray for
pardon and sing misericords, and they will come to Me
for My intercession and My help... There will be
reconciliation between God and man and peace. They will
serve, adore, and glorify Jesus Christ: love will
blossom everywhere. The new rulers will be the right arm
of the holy Church, which will be strong, humble, pious,
poor, fervent, and a perfect imitator of the virtue of
Jesus Christ. The Gospel will be preached everywhere and
men will make great progress in the faith because there
will be union between the workers for Jesus Christ and
all who live in the fear of God.

 

"But
this peace will not last for long; twenty-five years of
plenty will be almost forgotten and the sins of men will
be the cause of all the punishment which will once again
be meted out to Earth.

 

"A
forerunner of Antichrist will marshal an army drawn from
all nations, united under his banner. He will lead them
in a bloody war against those still faithful to the
living God. He will shed much blood in eradicating the
cult of the living God and by taking His place. Then
there will be seen many types of punishment on Earth
besides the diseases and hunger which will be universal.
Wars will follow wars and the final one will be led by
one of the ten kings of Antichrist who will have only
one will and will be the only ones to rule in the world.

 

"Before
this event the world will have apparent peace and people
will think of nothing but pleasure and the bad ones will
commit sins of all kinds. But the sons of the Holy
Church, the Sons of Faith, My perfect imitators, will
grow in the love of God and in all virtue, under the
guide of the Holy Spirit. I will fight on their side
until they arrive at the fullness of time.

 

"For
the evil done by men even Nature will cry out and
earthquakes will occur in protest even against those who
have committed crimes on Earth. The Earth will tremble
and you yourself will also tremble of you, who are
dedicated to the service of Christ, yet inside only
admire yourselves. Tremble! The Lord is on the point of
giving you into the hands of your enemies, inasmuch as
the holy places are contaminated by corruption. Many
convents are no longer the houses of God, but pastures
of "Asmodeus," that is of the devil, impurity, and their
followers.

 

"Thus
the time will be reached in which the Antichrist will be
born of a Jewish nun, a false virgin who will have
intimate relations with the ancient serpent, the master
of luxury. His father will be a bishop. As soon as he is
born he will have teeth and pronounce blasphemies; in a
word he will be a born devil. He will emit fearful
cries, work miracles and wallow in luxury and impurity.
He will have brothers who are demons incarnate as he
will be, but sons of evil, and at the age of twelve
years they will distinguish themselves in brilliant
victories. Almost all of them will be the head of an
armed force, supported by the infernal legions.

 

"The
seasons will change their characteristics, the Earth
will be lit with a fiendish red light; the water and the
fire will cause terrible seismic movements which will
engulf mountains and cities.

 

"Rome
will lose the Faith and become the seat of the
Antichrist. The demons allied to Antichrist will operate
on Earth and in the sky and Humanity will become worse.
But God will not give up his truly faithful servants who
are men of good will. The Gospel will be preached
everywhere to all the people and the nations will know
the truth.

 

"I make
an urgent appeal to the whole universe; I call the true
disciples of God who lives and reigns in the sky! I use
my voice as the perfect imitator of the Word Incarnate,
Christ, the only Savior of men. I warn my sons, those
truly devoted to me, who are faithful to Me because they
lead me to My Son, whom I carried in My arms and Who
lives always in My Spirit. Lastly, I appeal to the
apostles of the last days, the disciples faithful to
Jesus Christ who wait for the rule Melanie will receive
for them, who lead a life despising the world and
themselves and who live in sight of a world in poverty
and humility, in silence and in self-effacement, in
continual prayer and in mortification, in love and in
union with God in concealment and in suffering.

 

"The
time has come that you should show yourselves to lighten
the world. Go and show yourselves, my beloved sons. I am
with you and in you. While your faith is the light which
will help you in these days of disappointment, your zeal
will give you fame in the glory of Christ.

 

"Fight,
Sons of light, you small number who see, because the
time of times, the final end, is near.

 

"The
Church will be in the dark, the world will be convulsed,
but in this confusion Enoch and Elijah will appear full
in the spirit of God. They will preach, and in their
words will be the power of God, and men of good will
believe in God, and many spirits will be consoled, in
virtue of the Holy Spirit they will make great progress
and condemn the diabolical errors of Antichrist.

 

"Woe to
the inhabitants of the Earth. There will be sanquinary
war, hunger, pestilence and epidemics, terrible rains of
insects, thunder which will shake entire cities,
earthquakes which will make entire regions
uninhabitable. Voices will be heard in the air, and men
will strike their heads against the wall, wishing for
death, but this will bring them, for their part,
terrible torture. Blood will flow everywhere. Who could
ever report victory unless God shortened the time of
trial?

 

"Enoch
and Elijah will be put to death; pagan Rome will be
destroyed and fire will fall from heaven destroying
three cities. The sun will be blackened and only the
Faith will survive.

 

"The
time is at hand. The abyss is opening: the king of
darkness is watching, the beast is watching with his
subjects who will proclaim him "savior of the world." He
will rise into the air superbly to reach the sky, but
the breath of Archangel Michael will kill him. He will
fall back and the earth will shake without ceasing for
three days. It will then open its womb full of fire and
the best and his followers will be allowed into the
eternal abyss of inferno. Then water and fire will
purify the earth to destroy all human pride and
everything will be renewed.

 

"If
humanity is converted, stones and rocks will become
fertile and produce grain, and the fields will give
abundant harvest."

 

Another
account of the apparition adds the following
admonitions:

 

"Come
near, my children; do not be afraid. I am here to tell
you great news.

 

"If my
people refuse to submit, I will be forced to let go the
arm of my son. It is so strong and so heavy, I can no
longer hold it back. How long a time I have suffered for
you! If I want my son not to abandon you, I am obliged
to plead with him constantly.

 

"All
nature will tremble because of the disorder and the
misdeeds of men, which will rise to the very heavens.
During the period of the hollow peace, the seasons will
change.

 

"The
peace among men which will set in after the great
scourge [WWII ?] will be only an ostensible peace.
During this period the earth will shake because of
manifold concussions and convulsions. Mankind will
experience continuous wars, which finally will lead to
the last great war.

 

"A
period of peace will follow (WWII implied) but only for
the space of twenty-five years. The forerunner of the
Antichrist will assemble an army of men drawn from many
nations united under his banner. He will lead them in a
bloody war against those still faithful to the living
God.

 

"The
seasons will be altered, the earth will produce nothing
but bad fruit; the stars will lose their regular motion;
the moon will only reflect a faint reddish glow. Water
and fire will give the earth's globe convulsions, and
terrible earthquakes which will swallow up mountains and
cities.

 

"If you
have wheat, you must not sow it. Anything you sow, the
vermin will eat, and whatever does grow will fall into
dust when you thresh it. A great famine is coming.
Before the famine comes, children under seven will be
seized with trembling and die in the arms of those who
hold them. The rest will do penance through the famine.
The walnuts will become worm-eaten; the grapes will rot.

 

"Melanie,
what I am about to tell you now will not always be a
secret. You may make it public in 1858. The priests,
ministers of my son, the priests, by their wicked lives,
by their irreverence and their impiety in the
celebration of the holy mysteries, by their love of
money, their love of honors and pleasures, the priests
have become cesspools of impurity. Yes, the priests are
asking vengeance, and vengeance is hanging over their
heads. Woe to the priests and to those dedicated to God
who by their unfaithfulness and their wicked lives are
crucifying my son again!

 

"May
the Pope guard against the performers of miracles. For
the time has come when the most astonishing wonders will
take place on the earth and in the air. Evil books will
be abundant on earth and the spirits of darkness will
spread everywhere. They will have great power over
Nature: there will be churches built to serve these
spirits. People will be transported from one place to
another by these evil spirits, even priests. On
occasion, the dead and the righteous will be brought
back to life. Everywhere there will be extraordinary
wonders, as true faith has faded and false light
brightens the people. Woe to the princes of the Church
who think only of piling riches upon riches to protect
their authority and dominate with pride.

 

"The
Vicar of my Son will suffer a great deal because for a
while the Church will yield to large persecution and
will witness a frightful crisis. Spiritual faith having
been forgotten, each individual will want to be on his
own and be superior to people of same identity. They
will abolish civil rights; all order and all justice
would be trampled underfoot and only homicides, hate,
jealousy, lies and dissension would be seen, without
love for country or family.

 

"The
Holy Father will suffer a great deal. I will be with him
until the end and receive his sacrifice. The mischievous
would attempt his life several times to do harm and
shorten his days, but neither he nor his successor will
see the triumph of God. All the civil governments will
have one and the same plan, which will be to abolish and
do away with every spiritual principle, making way for
materialism and vice of all kinds.

 

"The
earth will be struck by calamities of all kinds in
addition to plague and famine which will be wide-spread.
There will be a series of wars until the last war, which
will then be fought by the ten Kings of the Antichrist,
all of whom will have one and the same plan and will be
the only rulers of the world. Before this comes to pass,
there will be a kind of false peace in the world. People
will think of nothing but amusement. The wicked will
give themselves over to all kinds of sin. But the
children faith will grow in their love for God and in
all precious virtues. Blessed are the souls humbly
guided by the Holy Spirit! I shall fight at their side
until they reach a fullness of years.

 

"The
Church will be in eclipse, the world will be in dismay.
Woe to the inhabitants of the earth! There will be
bloody wars and famines, plagues and infectious
diseases. It will rain with a fearful hail of animals.
There will be thunderstorms which will shake cities,
earthquakes which will swallow up countries. Voices will
be heard in the air. Men will beat their heads against
walls, call for their death, and on another side death
will be their torment. Blood will flow on all sides. Who
will be the victor if God does not shorten the length of
the test? All the blood, the tears and the prayers of
the righteous: God will relent. Enoch and Eli will be
put to death. Pagan Rome will disappear. The fire of
Heaven will fall and consume three cities. All the
universe will be struck with terror.

 

"The
earth, which will have been in a continuous series of
evolutions for three days, will open up its fiery
bowels; and then water and fire will purge the earth and
consume all the works of men's pride, and all will be
renewed. God will be served and glorified."

 

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**Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal ~** 

The
Marian apparition known as Our Lady of the Miraculous
Medal occurred in the summer of 1830, when Catherine
Labour, a 24-year old novice with the Sisters of
Charity, was awakened by a child who appeared to be
about 5 years old and said:

 

"Catherine,
Catherine, wake up. Come to the chapel; the Blessed
Virgin is waiting for you."

 

Catherine
followed the child to the chapel. After about 30 minutes
of waiting, a beautiful young woman appeared in a sphere
of white light. The child announced her as the Blessed
Virgin, who said:

 

"My
child, the good God wishes to charge you with a mission.
You will have much to suffer, but you will rise above
these sufferings by reflecting that what you do is for
the glory of God. You will know what the good God wants.
You will be tormented until you have told him who is in
charged with directing you. You will be contradicted,
but do not fear, you will have grace. Tell with
confidence all that passes within you. Tell it with
simplicity. Have confidence. Do not be afraid."

 

Catherine
wrote down "in forty years" (1870) in her notes for this
prophecy. She experienced another apparition five months
later. Mary was dressed in white and held a ball with a
little golden cross on its top. The ball, she said,
represented the whole world, especially France, and each
person in particular. Mary stood on a white globe with a
green serpent under her feet. An oval window formed
around the Blessed Virgin, inscribed with these words:

 

"O Mary
conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to
thee".

 

A voice
said to Catherine, "Have a medal struck after this
model. Those who wear it will receive great graces;
abundant graces will be given to those who have
confidence."

 

The
oval image then turned over to reveal the reverse die:
the letter M surmounted by a cross, and two hearts below
it; one heart is crowned with thorns, and the other is
pierced by a sword.

 

Although
her spiritual supervisors doubted the veracity of
Catherines visions, they authorized that the medal be
struck since it did not violate Church dogma. Soon
afterwards, many cures and spiritual conversions were
attributed to the medal, which became known as the
Miraculous Medal. Catherine never received any more
visits from the Blessed Virgin, and she died in 1876.
Millions of Miraculous Medals have been produced since
then.

 

![](miracl.jpg)![](miracl%7E2.jpg)

 

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**Our Lady of Lourdes ~**

 

The Immaculate Lady
appeared on February 11, 1858 to Bernadette Soubirous,
her sister Marie and a friend, Pancho. The children were
gathering firewood when Bernadette heard sounds coming
from the nearby grotto of Massabielle. Bernadette went
to investigate, and found a rosebush moving as if it was
being windblown (the air was calm). A young, beautiful
Lady appeared from a golden cloud in the interior of the
grotto and stood above the rosebush. She beckoned to
Bernadette to approach, and they prayed together.
Bernadette met Mary 18 times during the next 6 months,
but she did not know who she was until the last
visitation, when Mary said:

 

"Que soy era Immaculado Conceptiou" (I am the Immaculate
Conception).

 

Mary instructed Bernadette to dig a hole at a certain
spot and to drink and bathe in it. The hole became a
spring, and Mary promised that it would heal those who
used its water. Thousands of cures have occurred among
the millions of visitors to Lourdes since then.

 

Mary requested that a chapel be built in honor of her
appearances there, but the local pastor refused to
believe that the apparitions were genuine. He accused
Bernadette of lying, and demanded that the apparition
perform a miracle by making the rosebush bloom. The
apparitions were determined to be genuine in 1862, and
the site has become one of the major pilgrimage sites of
Christians.

 

Saint Bernadette Soubirous (Sr. Marie-Bernarde, The
Sleeping Saint of Nevers) died April 16, 1879. Her body
now lies incorrupt in the chapel of the convent of
St.Gildard Sisters of Charity at Nevers. The Lady of
Lourdes promised Bernadette in 1858:

 

"I do not promise to make you happy in this world, but
in the next".

 
**St.
Bernadette Soubirous**   
![](bernsoub.jpg)
 

In
September 1988. Father Don Stefano Gobbi received the
following messages by the Blessed Virgin Mary concerning
a period of 10 years of tribulation:

 

"Today
you are corning from every part of France to the foot of
this rock upon which I appeared as the Immaculate
Conception, to hold your great cenacle of prayer and
fraternal sharing and to renew together the act of
consecration to my Immaculate Heart.

 

"From
here I bless my Movement; from here I bless each one of
you; from here I bless the Church and all humanity. You
have entered into my times. On this day, I am asking you
to consecrate to me all the time that still separates
you from the end of this century of yours.

 

"It is
a period of ten years. These are ten very important
years. These are ten decisive years. I am asking you to
spend them with me because you are entering into the
final period of the second Advent, which will lead you
to the triumph of my Immaculate Heart in the glorious
coming of my Son Jesus.

 

"In
this period of ten years there will come to completion
that fullness of time which was pointed out to you by
me, beginning with La Salette all the way to my most
recent and present apparitions.

 

"In
this period of ten years there will come to its
culmination that purification which, for a number of
years now, you have been living through and therefore
the sufferings will become greater for all.

 

"In
this period of ten years there will come to completion
the time of the great tribulation, which has been
foretold to you in Holy Scripture, before the second
coming of Jesus.

 

"In
this period of ten years the mystery of iniquity,
prepared for by the ever increasing spread of apostasy,
will become manifest.

 

"In
this period of ten years all the secrets which I have
revealed to some of my children will come to pass and
all the events which have been foretold to you by me
will take place.

 

"Therefore
I am asking you today to consecrate to me all this
period of time, as though it were a more extended and
continuous Marian Year. Open to me the doors of your
hearts and let me work in you. Open to me the doors of
your families, of your parishes, of your religious
houses and let the immaculate light of my presence enter
in.

 

"Multiply
your cenacles of prayer and live in the greatest trust
and filial abandonment to me, without allowing
yourselves to be seized by vain curiosity to know what
is awaiting you.

 

"May
the water of divine mercy purify you of every sin and
make of you new buds for the era of grace and of
holiness which, in my Immaculate Heart, I am preparing
for you each day.

 

"From
this most venerated shrine of mine, I bless you all."

 
 

**Fr. Gobbi**

 

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---

 
**St.
John Bosco ~**

 
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"St.
Giovanni Bosco (1815-1888), the patron of editors and
homeless children, founded the religious order of the
Salesians (Society of St. Francis de Sales) in 1859. Don
Bosco, as he was better known, was devoted to serving
homeless children. He was ordained in 1934. He was also
devoted to the Virgin Mary ("The August Queen of
Heaven"), who graced him with some prophecies. St. John,
however, said:

 

"Do not
call me a prophet until the things I have foretold have
come to pass".

 

His
predictions especially concern the Catholic Church and
the Papacy, which will be forced to evacuate Rome when
"Cossack horses will drink from St. Peter's fountain."
The following is his most famous prophecy:

 

"War
comes from the south, peace from the north. French laws
no longer recognize the Creator, but the Creator will
make himself recognized and will visit her thrice with
the rod of his wrath. In the first visit he breaks her
pride by conquest, plundering ruined harvest and
butchery of men and beasts.

 

"In the
second visit the great prostitute of Babylon, which
makes decent people sigh and call the Brothel of Europe,
will be left without a leader and will be a victim of
disorder.

 

"Paris!
Paris! Instead of arming yourself in the name of the
Lord, you fortify with Houses of Immorality. They will
be destroyed by you yourself. Your idol, the Pantheon,
will be burnt to ashes in order that this may come true:
"violence, uttereth lies against me." Your enemies will
reduce you to want, to hunger, to fear, and will make
you the abomination of nations. Ah, woe to you, if you
do not recognize the hand that strikes you! I want to
punish immorality, the despising of, and the contempt
for My Law, says the Lord.

 

"In the
third visit you will fall into the hands of foreigners.
Your enemies standing afar off will behold your palaces
in flames. Your homes will become a heap of ruins with
the blood of your heroes who are no more.

 

"But
there will come a great warrior from the North carrying
a banner and on the right hand that supports it is
written: "The Irresistible Hand of the Lord." At that
very moment there went out to meet him the Venerable Old
Man of Lazio, holding aloft a brilliantly glowing torch.
The banner then increased in size and turned from black
to snow-white. In the middle of the banner, in letters
of gold, there was written the name of Him who is able
to do all things. The warrior with his men bowed and
shook hands with the Venerable Old Man.

 

"Now
Heaven's voice is addressed to the Shepherd of
shepherds. You are now in conference with your advisors.
The enemy of the good does not stand idle one moment. He
studies and practices all his arts against you. He will
sow discord among your consultors; he will raise up
enemies amongst my children. The powers of the world
will belch forth fire, and they would that the words be
suffocated in the throats of the custodians of my law.
That will not happen, they will do no harm but to
themselves. You must hurry. If you cannot untie the
knots, cut them. If you find yourself hard pressed, do
not give up but continue until the head of the hydra of
error is cut off. This stroke will make the world and
Hell beneath it tremble, but the world will be safe and
all the good will rejoice. Keep your consultors always
with you, even if only two. Wherever you go, continue
and bring to an end the work entrusted to you. The days
fly by, your years will reach the destined number; but
the great Queen will ever be your help, as in times
past, so in the future She will always be the exceeding
great fortress of the Church.

 

"Ah,
but you, Italy, land of blessings! Who has steeped you
in desolation! Blame not your enemies, but rather your
friends. Can you not hear your children asking for the
bread of faith and finding only those who smash it to
pieces? What shall I do? I shall strike the shepherds, I
shall disperse the flock, until those sitting on the
throne of Moses search for good pastures and the flock
listens attentively and is fed.

 

"Of the
flock and over the shepherds My hand will weigh heavy.
Famine, pestilence, and war will be such that mothers
will have to cry on account of the blood of their sons
and of their martyrs dead in a hostile country.

 

"And to
you, Rome, what will happen! Ungrateful Rome, effeminate
Rome, proud Rome! You have reached such a height that
you search no further. You admire nothing else in your
Sovereign except luxury, forgetting that you and your
glory stands upon Golgotha. Now he is old, defenseless,
and despoiled; and yet at his word, the word of one who
was in bondage, the whole world trembles.

 

"Rome!
To you I will come four times.

 

"The
first time, I shall strike your lands and the
inhabitants thereof.

 

"The
second time, I shall bring the massacre and the
slaughter even to your very walls. And will you not yet
open your eyes?

 

"I
shall come a third time and I shall beat down to the
ground your defenses and the defenders, and at the
command of the Father, the reign of terror, of dreadful
fear, and of desolation shall enter into your city.

 

'But My
wise men have now fled and My law is even now trampled
underfoot. Therefore I will make a fourth visit. Woe to
you if My law shall still be considered as empty words.
There will be deceit and falsehood among both the
learned and the ignorant. Your blood and that of your
children will wash away your stains upon God's law. War,
pestilence and famine are the rods to scourge men's
pride and wickedness. O wealthy men, where is your glory
now, your estates, your palaces? They are the rubble on
the highways and byways.

 

"And
your priests, why have you not run to "cry between the
vestibule and the Altar," begging God to end these
scourges? Why have you not, with the shield of faith,
gone upon the housetops, into the homes, along the
highways and byways, into every accessible corner to
carry the seed of My word? Know you that this is the
terrible two-edged sword that cuts down My enemies and
breaks the Anger of God and of men?

 

"These
things must come one after another. They are inexorable.

 

"Things
are happening too slowly.

 

"But
the August Queen of Heaven is present.

 

"The
power of the Lord is in His hands. He scatters His
enemies as a cloud.

 

"The
Venerable Old Man attires himself in all his ancient
raiment.

 

"There
will come a violent hurricane.

 

"Iniquity
is consummated. Sin will have its end. And before two
full moons of the month of flowers will have run their
course, the rainbow of peace will rise above the earth.

 

"The
Great Minister will see the bride of his King arrayed in
festive fashion.

 

"Throughout
the world the sun will appear so luminous that the likes
of which never has been seen since the tongues of fire
descended on the Cenacle until this day, nor will such a
sun ever be seen again until the very last of days.

 

"It was
a dark night. Men could no longer tell which way to take
in order to return to their homes. Suddenly there
appeared in the heavens a very bright light that
illuminated the steps of the travelers as though it was
midday. At that moment there was seen a host of men and
women, of young and old, of nuns, monks and priests with
the Holy Father at the head. They were going out from
the Vatican and were arranging themselves in line for a
procession.

 

"And
then there came a furious storm which clouded that light
somewhat and made it appear that light and darkness were
engaged in battle. In the meantime they arrived at a
little square covered with dead and wounded, some of
whom cried aloud and asked for help.

 

Very
many were dropping out of the line of procession. After
having walked for a time that would correspond to two
hundred risings of the sun they realized that they were
no longer in Rome. Struck with fear they all ran to the
Holy Father to defend him personally and to attend to
his wants. Instantly two angels were seen carrying a
banner; they presented it to the Holy Father and said:

 

"Receive
the banner of He Who fights and scatters the strongest
armies of the world. Your enemies are dispersed. Your
children with tears and sighs beg you to return."

 

Looking
at the banner one could see written on one side, "Queen
conceived without sin," and on the other side, "Help of
Christians."

 

The
Holy Father joyfully took the banner, but looking
closely at the small number of those who remained with
him, he became  very sad. The two angels add:

 

"Go
quickly and console your children. Write your brothers
dispersed throughout the world that there must be a
reform in the morals of men. That cannot be obtained
except by distributing to the people the bread of the
Divine Word. Catechize the children, preach the
detaching of the heart from the things that are of the
earth. The time has come," concluded the two angels,
"when the poor shall evangelize the people. Vocations
will come from among those working with the spade, the
ax, the hammer to the end that they fulfill the words of
David: God has raised up the poor from the land in order
to place them on the thrones of the princes of His
people."

 

Having
heard that, the Holy Father began the march. The farther
he went the greater did the procession behind increase.
When finally he set foot in the Holy City, he wept
bitter tears for the distress in which he found the
people and the large number now missing. As he entered
St. Peter's he intoned the "Te Deum" to which a choir of
angels replied singing:

 

"Glory
to God in the highest and on earth peace to men of good
will."

 

With
the end of the hymn there came an end to the thick
darkness and the sun shone with a brightness all its
own. The cities, the towns, and villages were thinly
populated. The land had been leveled down as if by a
hurricane, by a tempest, and a hailstorm. People went
from one to another saying in tones of great emotion:

 

"There
is a God in Israel."

 

"From
the beginning of the exile until the singing of the "Te
Deum", the sun rose in the East two hundred times. The
time that passed for the fulfilling of these things
corresponds to four hundred risings of the sun".

 

The
following prophecy (excerpted from a longer version) was
given to St. Bosco by the Queen of Heaven:

 

"In the
midst of this endless sea, two solid columns, a short
distance apart, soar high into the sky. One is
surmounted by a statue of the Immaculate Virgin, at
whose feet a large inscription reads Auxilium
Christianorum (Help of Christians). The other, far
loftier and sturdier, supports a Host of proportionate
size, and bears beneath is the inscription Salus
credentium (Salvation of believers).

 

"The
flagship commander -- the Roman Pontiff -- standing at
the helm, strains every muscle to steer his ship between
the two columns, from whose summits hang many anchors
and strong hooks linked to chains. The entire enemy
fleet closes in to intercept and sink the flagship at
all costs. They bombard it with everything they have:
books and pamphlets, incendiary bombs, firearms,
cannons. The battle rages ever more furious. Beaked
prows ram the flagship again and again, but to no avail,
as unscathed and undaunted, it keeps on its course. At
times, a formidable ram splinters a gaping hole in its
hull, but immediately, a breeze from the two columns
instantly seals the gash.

 

"Meanwhile,
enemy cannons blow up; firearms and beaks fall to
pieces; ships crack up and sink to the bottom. In blind
fury, the enemy takes to hand-to-hand combat, cursing
and blaspheming. Suddenly the Pope falls, seriously
wounded. He is instantly helped up, but struck a second
time, dies. A shout of victory rises from the enemy, and
wild rejoicing sweeps their ships. But no sooner is the
Pope dead than another takes his place. The captains of
the auxiliary ships elected him so quickly that the news
of the Pope's death coincides with that of his
successors election. The enemy's self-assurance wanes.

 

"Breaking
through all resistance, the new Pope steers his ship
safely between the two columns; first, to the one
surmounted by the Host, and then the other, topped by
the statue of the Virgin. At this point, something
unexpected happens. The enemy ships panic and disperse,
colliding with and scuttling each other.

 

"Some
auxiliary ships, which had gallantly fought alongside
their flagship, are the first to tie up at the two
columns. Many others, which had fearfully kept far away
from the fight, stand still, cautiously waiting until;
the wrecked enemy ships vanish under the waves. Then
they too head for the two columns, tie up at the
swinging hooks and ride safe and tranquil beside their
flagship. A great calm now covers the sea".

 

St.
John Bosco reiterated his prediction in 1862:

 

"There
will be an Ecumenical Council in the next century, after
which there will be chaos in the Church. Tranquility
will not return until the Pope succeeds in anchoring the
boat of Peter between the twin pillars of Eucharistic
Devotion and Devotion to Our Lady. This will come about
one year before the end of the century."

 

Not...

 

---

 
**The
Apparition at Pontmain ~**

 

An
amazing apparition of Mary occurred at Pontmain,
France on January 17, 1871 during the Franco-Prussian
War. As the Prussian troops advanced on the village of
Pontamin, the people there prayed for protection. For
several minutes, the Virgin Mary appeared in the sky,
wearing a dark blue dress and holding a crucifix.
Below the apparition were written the words:

 

"Pray, please. God will hear you soon. My son lets
Himself be touched".

 

That night the German army received orders to pull back
from Pontmain, and the Armistice was signed 10 days
later.

 

---

 
**Our
Lady of Knock ~**

 

The
Virgin Mary visited the oppressed Irish on August 21,
1879, at Knock in County Mayo. The apparition began
when Margaret Beirne was locking up the church in the
village of Cnoc Mhuire. She saw a strange bright light
that covered the church as she left, but thought
nothing of it. At about the same time, Mary Beirne was
walking nearby with the churchs housekeeper, Mary
McLoughlin, when Mary Beirne said:

 

"Oh,
look at the statues! Why didnt you tell me the priest
had got new statues for the chapel? But theyre not
statues, theyre moving. Its the Blessed Virgin!".

 

Fifteen people saw a cloud of light on the church wall,
in which appeared a beautiful woman in a white dress,
wearing a large crown. She held her hands as if in
prayer. It was understood that she was Mary, Mother of
Jesus, Queen of the Angels. St. Joseph stood at her
right, and St. John the Evangelist stood at her left. To
his left there was an altar on which stood a lamb and a
cross, surrounded by angels. The apparition lasted two
hours. Other villagers who were not at the church
reported seeing a brilliant light around the area of the
church. Afterwards, there began to accrue reports of
miraculous healings there. The local Archbishop
Gilmartin later authorized devotion to Our Lady of
Knock.

 

---

 
**Our
Lady of Fatima ~**

 
 

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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.

 
 

![](fatima%7E2.jpg)  
**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 Marys first apparitional appearance
at Fatima). The gun was aimed at the Popes 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 Churchs 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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**Sr. Lucia &
Pope John Paul II**

 

---

 
**The
Mediatrix of All Grace ~**

 

The
Blessed Mother appeared 19 times in 1948 to Teresita
Catillo, a novice in the Carmelite order in Lipa City,
Philippines. She stood in radiant beauty on a cloud
with a golden Rosary clasped in her hands. Her message
emphasized the need for humble prayer and penance. She
identified herself thus:

 

"I am the Mediatrix of
All Grace".

 

The Mediatrix told
several secrets to Teresita, who said that there was one
for herself, one for the convent, one for China, and one
for all humanity. Our Lady requested that a statue of
her be erected at the site of her visitation. A blue
bird reportedly appeared repeatedly at the vine where
Our Lady manifested, and there were accounts of a
spinning sun (per Fatima), the fragrance of roses, and
showers of rose petals that bore miraculous images of
Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary, and scenes such as the
Crucifixion! The petals are said to have remarkable
powers of healing.

 

Teresita experienced
many other mystical visions that included angels, many
saints, and the Sacred Heart. She was seen to enter an
unconscious trance in which she would enact the
Crucifixion. The apparitions caused much disturbance in
the community, and the convent was persecuted. All
records of the apparitions, including Teresitas diary,
were destroyed. The statue of Our Lady was hidden by the
nuns, however, thus saving it from destruction. The
convent was sealed and the nuns were forbidden to speak
to any outsiders. Teresita left the convent in the 1950s
under the pressure of negative media and fraudulent
"Holy Rose Petal" vendors who were exploiting the
situation. The apparitions ceased.

 

Then in
February 1990, a new appearance occurred in Lipa Citys
Granja District. The glowing form of a woman in prayer
appeared on one of the leaves of a coconut tree. It was
visible only in the evening. On her deathbed on May
21,1990, Sister Aphonse begged that the statue of the
Mediatrix be restored to the convents chapel ; her wish
was granted the next day, and the statue was displayed
again for the first time in 40 years.

 

On
January 24, 1991, rose petals once again fell from the
sky at the Carmelite convent, and a few days later
several children who were playing in the convent garden
saw the statue become animated.

 
 

**Miraculous
Lipa Rose Petals: Prayer w/ Crucifix, &
Crucifixion**

 

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---

 
**Our
Lady of All Nations ~**

 

On
March 25, 1945, the Virgin Mary appeared as Our Lady
of All Nations and delivered her message to Ida
Peerdeman, a single woman who was 40 years old at that
time, living in Amsterdam. Ida continued to receive
messages from her (56 in all) until 1950. Much
emphasis was placed on the Eucharist, which can save
the world. Following are excerpts from some of the
messages:

 

I see on my left somebody standing over me in a
long white garment, full of womanly grace. I understand
her to be the Blessed Virgin. She lifts up three, then
four, and finally five fingers while saying to me, "The
3 stands for March, the 4 for April, and the 5 for May
5th." Then she shows me her Rosary and says, "This has
saved you. Persevere to the end [in saying it]." After a
brief silence she adds, "The prayer is to be made known
everywhere." Then in front of me I see nothing but
soldiers, many of them Allies, and the Blessed Virgin is
pointing to them. She takes the crucifix of her Rosary
in her hand and points at it and then again to the
soldiers. I am given to understand that the Cross must
become the support of the lives of those soldiers, for
the voice continues: "They will soon go home now ---
these here", and she points to the troops.

 

"I ask, "Are you Mary?"

 

"She smiles and answers, "They will call me 'The Lady
Mother'." The figure walks past me and then I look at
the palm of my hand. A cross is being laid down before
me and I have to take it up. I do so very slowly; it is
heavy. All at once everything is gone." (First
Apparition, March 25, 1945)

 

"The Lady looks at me and moves a warning finger from
side to side, saying, "Listen, mankind. You will
preserve peace if you believe in Him. Make this known,"
she adds. This is repeated three times. While speaking,
she puts a crucifix in my hand and I have to hold it up
in all directions for everyone to see. The Lady points
to the crucifix." (April 21, 1945)

 

"I hear the voice again and suddenly I see a sacrifice
being offered as in ancient times. The smoke, however,
hangs over the altar. I hear the voice say, "Yahweh
warns His people." Then I hear,   
"Be faithful. They have scattered my lambs." Then the
Lady plants a crucifix upon the sacrificial altar and I
see, as it were, the whole world gathered around it. The
people, however, are standing there with downcast looks
and turned away from the cross. "Come, my faithful
ones!" the voice now calls and I see a chalice being
offered to the crowd. "But for a number of them in
vain", I hear the voice say. I feel an impulse to look
up and all at once I see the Lady standing before me.
She smiles, extends her arms and calls invitingly,
"Come." A large number of men of all sorts is now
standing before me: "gentlemen", "rough men" and men
dressed in black (priests and religious). Among then all
there is a mixture of good and not so good. The Lady
urges them to follow her, promising to guide them. Now I
see a long and hard road before me, at the end of which
there is a great light. "This way", says the Lady, and
with an impressive gesture she indicates to the men that
they have to walk along this road. The going is very
difficult. On both sides men are falling away. The Lady
watches with motherly solicitude and keeps smiling at
them compassionately. Then I see written before me, "Be
renewed in Jesus Christ." After this the Lady looks sad
and says, "England will find her way back to me." She
pauses and then adds very slowly and quietly, "So will
America." Then the Lady disappears and I see a peculiar
cloud hanging over the world." (July 29, 1945)

 

---

 
**Pope
Pius XII ~**

 
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Pope
Pius XII once witnessed the solar phenomenon of Fatima
while he was walking in the gardens of the Vatican. Two
days later he formally declared Assumption to be as
Catholic Dogma: Mary was assumed body and soul into
Heaven. He described his solar experience in a letter to
one of his cardinals:

 

"Having
lifted the papers I had in my hand, I was struck by a
phenomenon I had never seen before. The sun, which was
fairly high, looked like a pale yellow opaque globe
completely surrounded by a luminous halo, which
nevertheless did not prevent me at all from staring
attentively at the sun without the slightest discomfort.
A very light cloud was before it. The opaque globe began
moving outward, slowly turning over upon itself, and
going from left to right and vice-versa. But within the
globe very strong movements could be seen in all clarity
and without interruption."

 

---

 
**Pope
John XXIII ~**

 
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According
to accounts available only on the Internet, Pope John
XXIII, who reigned from 1958 to 1963, apparently kept a
secret diary that contains his handwritten accounts of
visions of Christ and the Madonna. The diary was found
by a cleaning woman in a storage room at the Vatican.
Father DeAngelo released some of the entries made
between February 1959-April 1963. The first appearance
of Christ took place February 12th, 1959:

 

"Dear
God, I have been blessed like no man before me. The
Savior has granted me a special audience here in my
chambers. He tells me that I've been chosen to hear the
truth no matter how awful it may be. It scares me a bit
to be so entrusted, but I am honored all the same. Jesus
tells me the Virgin Mary will come soon to deliver the
first news of what will be."

 

"She is
more beautiful than I had ever imagined. The Madonna is
a joy to behold. I just wish her message was a more
positive one. She says in four years time the world will
lose a great leader, and a powerful nation will find
itself involved in a conflict it cannot win. The
fighting will take its toll on the battlefield and from
within as the population despises the loss of its young
men. The Holy Mother sheds tears as she describes the
heart-breaking vision." (April 7, 1959)

 

"The
Madonna's second visit is much like the first. She
speaks sadly of unrest in her homeland, a change in the
balance of power, and much blood being spilled in the
sand. She says several madmen will send their people
into battles in the name of God, but the Creator will
have had nothing to do with these senseless struggles
among brothers." (August 17, 1959)

 

"Christ
comes to me again. I yearn to tell my fellow Christians
of these miraculous appearances, but I am advised to
keep quiet until the time is right. I cannot help but
think I could perhaps head off some of the trouble that
looms for us all. But Christ tells me that misery must
take place for the master plan to succeed." (January 30,
1960)

 

"The
Virgin Mary says the world will get a false sense of
hope 30 years from now when the chains of repression are
shattered throughout Eastern Europe. The joy however,
will be short-lived as the freed people fight among
themselves on how to run their countries. Thousands of
poor, innocent children will perish due to the
foolishness of their fathers." (June 13, 1960)

 

"Just
when I thought my heavenly visits were over, the Madonna
comes to me once again. She seems tired of the heartache
she must share with me. My heart aches to see Her
hurting so. The news again is foreboding. The early
1990's will be a period of deadly natural disasters. She
says paradise will be struck by powerful winds and waves
while killer floods and earthquakes will shatter
dwellings. By the middle of the decade, regional
skirmishes will develop into full-fledged conflicts. As
the casualties mount, worldwide famine will strike. The
devastation will be like none seen before, especially
throughout Africa, where millions will perish." (July
19, 1962)

 

"She
has returned with yet more bad news. It is becoming
truly difficult for this humble servant to hear of such
overwhelming hardships. The Madonna tells me terrifying
diseases will be unleashed on the already weakened
population of the world by late 1984. Wars will begin to
wind down because the fighting nations will be greatly
weakened from within. This is the beginning of the
change. Hallelujah." (September 23, 1961)

 

"From
the heavens will appear the saviors. They will arrive on
June 5, 1995 [not...] and begin the task of assisting in
the cleanup and repair of the environment and the
crippled countries. Many will fear these odd- looking
beings but they come in peace and will, with God's
guidance, transform earth from a charred spinning rock
to a lush oasis in space. The survivors will flourish in
a world without war, disease, or hatred. My heart is
finally at peace with this knowledge that there is hope
for humanity."(May 19, 1962)

 

"The
Madonna tells me this will be her final visit. It is a
joyous one for she shares tremendous news. As the year
1998 arrives [not...], our heavenly friends will have
shared much of their advanced knowledge. Mankind will at
last wipe out most of its diseases, and our life span
will increase to the length of those listed in the
bible. The visitors will also share the remarkable power
of resurrection and throngs of wrongly dead will rise
again. Finally a wondrous miracle will take place in the
sky above New York City, December 25, 2000 [not...] when
millions will witness the sensational appearance of a
messiah who will announce the beginning of a second
paradise here on earth." (July 2, 1962)

 

---

 
**Our
Lady of Garabandal ~**

 
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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 occurence.
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 Conchitas
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."

 
 

**Manifestation
of the Eucharist on Conchita's Tongue:**

 

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---

 
**Padre
Pio ~**

 
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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)

 

[ He
has since been discredited ]

 

---

 
**Sister
Agnes Sasagawa ~**

 
![](sasag.jpg)
 

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
statues 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
statues 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.

 
 

![](akitas.jpg)

 
 

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)

 

---

 
**The
Madonna at Zeitun ~**

 

The
phenomenal apparition of Mary at Zeitun, Egypt began
on April 2,1968 and lasted for three years. During
that period, she was witnessed by more than 4 million
people, photographed and televised. Egyptian President
Abdul Nasser also saw her. Egyptian police searched a
15-mile radius around the site but could not find any
form of equipment that could project images in such a
manner. The apparitions lasted up to 9 hours, and were
accompanied by doves of white light. Fragrant purple
smoke rose from the church at the same time. An
orthodox commission was formed to investigate the
phenomenon, and several members observed the events.
The apparitions were silent, but they spoke volumes to
the faithful who witnessed them. They received little
publicity outside of Egypt.

 

Moslems who saw her
chanted the Kuranic passage, "Mary, God has chosen thee,
and purified thee; he has chosen thee above all women."

 
 

![](zeitun.jpg)

 
 

Another
Marian apparition began to occur in Egypt in 1983, when
a beautiful woman clothed in light appeared walking in
the air above the Church of St. Damian in Shoubra, a
suburb of Cairo. Thousands of people witnessed her
manifestation, and in 1987 a commission of the Coptic
Church concluded that this was a "blessing on the people
of Egypt --- May God save our country!"

 

---

 
**Our
Mother of the Word ~**

 

The
Blessed Virgin (and occasionally Christ) appeared to
several visionaries (Alphonsie, Emmanuel, Anathalie,
Marie-Claire, Stephanie, Agnes, and Vestine) at Kihebo
in Rwanda (Africa) in November 1981. Three of them
were students at a college administered by nuns in
that area, and the others lived in the bush. Emmanuel
was given the following message from the Holy Mother:

 

'There isn't much time
left in preparing for the Last Judgment. We must change
our lives; renounce sin. Pray and prepare for our own
death and for the end of the world. We must prepare
while there is still time. Those who do well will go to
Heaven. If they do evil, they will condemn themselves
with no hope of appeal. Do not lose time in doing good
and praying. There is not much time and Jesus will
come."

 

During one vision of
the future, which lasted 8 hours, they saw horrible
images of tragedy: massacre, decapitated bodies, and
many bodies thrown into the rivers. They saw that if
Rwanda did not return to God, there would be "a tree in
flames, a river of blood, and many abandoned,
decapitated corpses". The Rwandan holocaust that came a
few years later fulfilled their words.

 

The
apparitions ended for the visionaries by 1983, with the
exception of Alphonsine, who continued to receive a
visitation from "Our Mother of the Word" [**AETZI**]
every November 28 until 1989. She emphasized the
importance of prayer, especially the Rosary, and of love
for ourselves and others. Christ once said to Emmanuel
(who was killed in the Rwandan holocaust):

 

"Too
many people treat their neighbors dishonestly. The world
is full of hatred. You will know my Second Coming is at
hand when you see the outbreak of religious wars. Then,
know that I am on the way."

 

The Blessed Mother told the seers why she had returned
as well:

 

"I have come to prepare the way for my Son for your good
and you do not want to understand. The time remaining is
short and you are absent-minded. You are distracted by
the goods of this world which are passing. I have seen
many of my children getting lost and I have come to show
them the true way".

 

The apparitions in Kibeho have been approved for public
devotion, and the Church is continuing to review the
events there.

 

---

 
**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 affrightened 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". [not...]

 
 

**A "Miraculous"
Photo from Flushing Meadows:**   
**The Virgin
Surrounded by Rosaries (December 31, 1999)**

 

![](image011.jpg)

 

**A "Miraculous
Photo" from Flushing Meadows:**   
**The Grim Reaper**

 

![](image013.jpg)

 

---

 
**Maria
Bianchini ~**

 
![](mebian.jpg)
 

The
Venezuelan stigmatist Maria Esperanza Bianchini, whose
wounds appear on Good Friday, has been the reciprient 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..."

 
 

**The Grotto at
Cua**

 

![](betani.jpg)

 
 

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 judgement 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 (Marias 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.

 
 

![](betani%7E2.jpg)

 

---

 
**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.

 
 

![](medj-g.jpg)

 
 

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."

 
 

**Medjugorje**
  
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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.

 

Amen...

 
 

**AETZI**

 

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**Recommended Reading**

 

Connell,
Janice T.: *Visions of the Children: The Apparitions
at Medjugorje*  
 Martindale, C.C.: *The
Meaning of Fatima*; 1950, P.J. Kennedy & Sons,
NY.  
 De Marchi, John: *Fatima,
The Facts*; 1950, Mercier Pres, Cork, Ireland; Read
& authenticated by Sister Lucia.  
 Santos, Lucia: *Fatima
in Lucias Own Words*  
 Zimdars-Swartz,
Sandra: *Encountering Mary: Visions From La Salette
to Medjugorje*  
 *The Messages of the
Lady of All Nations*: Queenship Publishing Co.,
P.O. Box 42028, Santa Barbara, CA 93140-2028 ;
1-800-647-9882  
 The
Internet (Keyword Search: Prophecy, Marian Apparitions)

 

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