I’ll bear my cross happily and with proactive vigor when this occurs.

. . .and in France the Reign of Terror will come to its conclusion and the last remnants of DeCartes, Robespierre, Marat, and the rest of the Jacobin & Cartesian ilk will be deposed and the Fleur-de-lis will return to its proper place.

The First Daughter of the Church will return to her former glory and displace the Mohammedans, atheists, and other false faiths and raise the Sacred Heart of Jesus above all others.

There will be a gnashing of teeth from the New York Times to Mecca as Christ the King is proclaimed!

Have you read Father Elijah by Michael O’Brien? That book will get you to the Confessional mighty quick to make sure your soul is in order! I don’t know much about Catholic Prophecies, but I had never heard about the French Emperor part. I feel like something wicked this way is coming, but then again, I imagine people at every time in history have felt that way…

Sounds like it would make a great story, but this current economic crisis doesn’t seem unique enough to spark the kind of chaos that prophesy foretells. However, if it turns out I’m wrong and this prophesy rings true in the near future, I don’t know whether to be excited or horrified.

PLEASE CHECK OUT THE LADY OF ALL NATIONS PROPHESY AND HER IMPLORING AND BEGING US TO PRAY HER PRAYER LORD JESUS CHRIST SEND NOW YOUR SPIRIT OVER THE EARTH.LET THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF ALL NATIONS,THAT THEY MAY BE PRESERVED FROM DEGENERATION,DIASTER AND WAR.MAY THE LADY OF ALL NATIONS,WHO ONCE WAS MARY,BE OUR ADVOCATE.AMEN.“THESE PROPHECIES HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY OUR CHURCH.READ HER WORDS,CHRIST MUST COME FIRST GOD OUR FATHER MUST BE GIVEN THANKS GLORY ONCE AGAIN,THE HOLY SACRIFICE LIFTED UP WE MUST REALIZE WHAT WE HAVE,THE HOLY SPIRIT WE MUST IMPLORE TO ONCE AGAIN COME SET OUR HEARTS ON FIRE WITH THE LOVE OF GOD AND LOVE FOR ALL HUMANITY.

In 1884, Pope Leo XIII heard Jesus talking to the Devil (he guessed that those were the two voices he heard), and that when the Devil told Jesus he could destroy the Church if given enough time and power, and said he needed 75-100 years in which to do it, Jesus said he had the time and the power to try.

Our Lady of Fatima said that if her warnings weren’t heeded, a Chastisement was coming and that we would know it by a strange light in the sky—and some believe that the aurora borealis on January 25, 1938 was that light.

Putting those together, if this is a correct interpretation, that period will end between January 25, 2013 and January 25, 2038.  Although other factors make me suspect it will be later rather than sooner.

I could be mistaken in my interpretation, though—I’m no prophet.

The best summary of these Catholic prophecies is contained in the book “Trial, Tribulation & Triumph: Before, During, and After Antichrist” by Desmond A. Birchon.

It’s definitely worthwhile reading.

Last fall, Pope Benedict XVI beatified Venerable Elena Aiello, bringing to light her little known prophecies, which have strong parallels to those of both Our Lady of Akita as well as statements Pope JPII (at Fulda Germany) and Cardinal Ratzinger made in the past regarding the Third Secret of Fatima.

Pope Benedict XVI has also drawn attention to St. Hildegard of Bingen, by declaring her a Doctor of the Church. In addition to her many accomplishments, St. Hildegard is also known for a number of apocalyptic prophecies.

Maybe Pope Benedict XVI is trying to tell us something?

IF you’re right, how does it alter Christian life for you and I?  Not much, I would say.  After you read the prophecies, look to the Example of the saints.  Otherwise you will be caught in the trap of 1) trying to decipher more detail about what’s going to happen and 2) attempting to avert it.  In so doing, you will neglect Christian living, love of neighbor, attendance to your vocation, etc.

Its not so much a French king that will be crowned, as a man of French Royal descent. This could mean anything from someone from the House of Bourbon, or even a Bonapart or an Orleanist for the three major dynasties. Or hell, maybe even from the House of Valois or older French dynasties. This presents huge problems for the identification of this Great Monarch of Prophecy, (although this is probably for the best, we don’t want folks going around proclaiming this or that guy is the king who will restore peace). He could be anyone from a man in Louisiana of French Descent to one of the noble families that still rule in Europe (who will likely be desposed in the coming chaos)

As for myself, an Irish Monarchist, I want to believe these prophecies, because I know that at least the troubles they predict are going to come, I just hope the light at the end of the tunnel comes to pass and puts an end to this charade that is the modern world.

Jamie,
You are saying that if this is true, and God went to all the trouble to make sure we knew about it, that it is of no value and we should ignore it.

Ok.

Vincent says: “MAY THE LADY OF ALL NATIONS, WHO ONCE WAS MARY, BE OUR ADVOCATE. AMEN. Our Lady appears at Medugorjie and says: “MY TIME IS NOW”

The Declaration of the United Nations on Human Rights says that all human rights are endowed by the state and derived from the people leaving mankind without recourse to God. This is where Obama is taking America: to one world government under the world bank and without recourse to God. What is happening in Europe is a blessing in that it may prevent what Obama is doing, trying to remove “their Creator” from the souls of men. Pray like your soul depends upon it. Pray for one another and “Do not be afraid”. It will come to pass. Was Jesus Christ not crucified and laid in the tomb for three days? Did Christ not descend into hell? And did Jesus not rise from the dead in obedience to the Holy Scripture? Does not FRANC mean “man” as does every other term from every other nation, man, who is made in the image and likeness of God?

No, I’m not saying we should ignore approved revelations.  But if we are not going to ignore it, what are we to actually DO?  We are called to bring the gospel into our daily lives.  As a practical matter, how do you make dire prophecies about the future a practical reality, growth in virtue, love of neighbor?  I really think that Focusing on the future impedes Christian life.  So, do what you and Matt are usually so good at, and give me an Action Step in response to these prophecies.  Leave out Prayer, Repentance, Spread the Gospel—which is our calling by baptism anyway, without additional prophecies.

Jamie,
I think “approved” private revelations are worthy of credence & can be helpful to particular times & eras, but belief in them are not necessary to our salvation.
I agree with you that how we live our every day lives according to Christ’s teachings is what’s key.
Too often I see Catholic folk caught up in end-time prophecy & withdrawing from the world rather than being a light.And it can become cultish & schismatic if carried to the extreme.

The Declaration of the United Nations on Human Rights says that all human rights are endowed by the state and derived from the people leaving mankind without recourse to God.

Really?

Preamble: Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

Art. I •All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood

Sorry, but I see nothing in there that says these rights are endowed by the state or derived from “the people.”  At worst, it makes no statement as to their origin, and in fact negates that the “state” endows these rights because the rights are inherent.  The state can’t endow what you already have; it can only recognize it (or not).

Crowning someone king is one of the few things the Church has left that could actually function as
sign of contradiction. 
I also like the idea of the king being of French descent.  I’m of French descent, and I also know the idea of a French king would be especially galling to certain Americans.

Perhaps the king of Ninevah could shed a little light on the importance of listening to the prophets.  Perhaps the pharoah and Naaman could expound.  Perhaps Sirach had something to say.  Or even Saul of Tarsus who said pray that you may prophecy.  Perhaps there was and remains a reason.  Perhaps had Abraham looked a little harder he could have found ten or twenty righteous souls.  Perhaps Mary wasn’t wasting Her time or people’s time in all of Her warnings.  Maybe all of these people knew something and spoke for a very good reason.

Posted by August Hurtel on Friday, Aug 10, 2012 9:06 AM (EST):Crowning someone king is one of the few things the Church has left that could actually function as
sign of contradiction. 
I also like the idea of the king being of French descent.  I’m of French descent, and I also know the idea of a French king would be especially galling to certain Americans.”
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Not in Louisiana.:)

I’m guessing Prince William will be the great monarch? The reason being the prophecy of the three saints of Sutton St Helens, Blessed Dominic Barberi,Elizabeth Prout and Fr Ignatious Spencer who is directly related to Prince William who one day will be a King.

Doubtful, there are also rumours and speculation in Monarchist circles the current Prince of Luxembourg or even Monaco could be the Monarch of Prophecy.

That and the numerous prophecies regarding this monarch (there REALLY are alot of them) generally agree on him being of French descent. One Irish saint even predicted he’d have a limp in his right leg.

I have so much to say, I don’t know where to begin. I’ve been following these and other Catholic prophecies for years and reading the various interpretations on them. I’m always amazed how easily they are dismissed or diminished in importance to our Catholic life. God sends these prophecies and signs for a reason. Jesus Christ Himself spoke in detail about signs to look for at the end, and the Bible is full of prophecy about the future. Much prophecy in the OT was about Christ and all of it was fulfilled. How many in His day missed the signs??? Most other prophecy in the Bible pertains to the end of days. Should we be like the people at the time of Christ and miss the signs? No, we should be alert and ‘watch and pray’! Not sleeping like the Apostles in the Garden when the enemy approached, but alert and prepared to fight the good fight….they all fled precisely because they were not prepared! We on the other hand, have an opportunity to respond differently when the Passion of the Church comes upon us, as described in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. In order not to flee in terror, we need all of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, so we need to be sober and preparing by obtaining all the grace and conversion we possibly can obtain before it begins. That is the purpose of the signs and the reason God told us in advance what to watch for. He was speaking to His children alive at the time it comes upon us.  Now, it is our free-will choice to seek the extra graces He intends for us or not. Of course we should always be living the Christian promises of our Baptism, there is no escaping that duty. But we need much more than that these days! The daily practice of prayer and fasting obligated by the Church is enough for normal living but insufficient for the battle before us! We need to fill our lamps overflowing with oil, the oil being extraordinary graces obtained through daily reception of the Eucharist, frequent Confession, deep and lasting prayer, and fasting from the entertainments and pleasures of the world. In other words, we need to build ourselves up for the fight. There is nothing better than fasting for this purpose, as well as a fierce struggle against our nature and immediate and prompt obedience to God -at all times and in all things. I don’t remember the verse, but there is a biblical saying that in the end days people will act and rely on their nature or own inclinations for survival. That’s a rough interpretation of the verse, which I cannot recall now. Simply put, if we are undisciplined in the virtues, accustomed to ignoring our conscience, rationalizing laziness, lax in our duties, ignoring the promptings of the Holy Spirit, putting ourselves first, satiating every appetite, etc., how do you suppose we will do otherwise in a crisis? We will resort to our practiced behaviors. These are serious times. God has given His Church these signs so as to alert us to the need to reach beyond the ordinary simple and holy life and to strive for perfect obedience, fidelity, and self-sacrifice, so as to completely master our minds, bodies, and soul before this battle begins. You will need to have this mastery to triumph, and you will need to be practiced in perfect obedience and trust in God to do the right thing at the right time whether it seems like the right path or not. You have to become very accustomed to God’s voice in every moment of your day, because He NEVER stops talking to you. If you haven’t heard Him, you haven’t been paying attention. 

Kathleen,
Louisiana is, coincidentally, where I am.

c matt: “Art. I •All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” Citizenship is the ONLY benefit to being BORN. If birth gives a man dignity and inherent rights,  then it follows that the state’s endowment of citizenship brings with it reason, conscience and inherent human rights. You are accusing me of reading out (exegesis)something that is essental, yet, isn’t it you, c matt, who is reading into (isogesis) something that is not really in the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights? It is not what is written that is dangerous, but what is not written. And what is not written is an acknowledgment of “their Creator”.

c matt: if the state gives human rights through birth and citizenship, the state can take away inherent human rights.

Having said all of the above in my former post, what I have discerned is that there are main 2 schools of thought in Catholic eschatology. One is that the Antichrist follows immediately on the heels of a horrible manmade chastisement, or that the wars and insurrections that occur naturally from man‘s folly lead to collapse which paves the way for the Antichrist, who is subsequently defeated by Christ. After this, there is a period of peace while the enemies of Christ regroup. Finally, Satan is once again unchained and his cohorts attack again. Somewhere in the mix of this (I can’t keep the timelines straight), God sends a chastisement from heaven in the form of 3 days of darkness. This scenario is important for us today because it means the AC could be on the horizon in our own lifetimes if this collapse is imminent. We better be on the watch so we do not fall for him when he comes.

The other school of thought, in various scenarios, is that there is a manmade chastisement in the form of wars, insurrections, chaos, breakdown of law and order, followed by a period of peace, and then the Antichrist rises at the end of the period of peace. Much of what was described in other peoples’ posts above describe this order of things.  I’ve always struggled with this school of thought because I have a hard time seeing how the Antichrist could rise up out of a period of peace. It makes more sense to me that he would follow immediately on the heals of the initial collapse offering a solution for man’s problems.

This school of thought also seems at odd with the order of the Book of Revelation, but I’m no expert on that book and I’ve read that it does not put things in chronological order. I saw 3 excellent videos on this topic by a Catholic theologian at Steubenville University. He adhered to this second school of thought; he put the period of peace at about 25 years, which means the AC would rise up within the lifetimes of our children/grandchildren. Better be preparing them. Interestingly, he pointed out that all approved Catholic sources on the subject of end-times pinpoints events to conclude before or by the year 2050 (I don‘t recall the exact year he quoted). In other words, there are no approved prophecies that identify a time period after mid-century when events relating to the ‘end times’ occur.

There are numerous sources for both versions. Someone mentioned “Trial, Tribulation & Triumph: Before, During, and After Antichrist” by Desmond A. Birch, which is a must have source, although I think the writer underestimated (at the time he wrote the book) how fast things would change.

Mark Mallett has an excellent book on the subject and a blog site where he comments regularly on the topic. He references approved Church apparitions, homilies, speeches, encyclicals, writings of the Popes, and writings of the early Church Fathers, as well as Scripture. He seems to lean toward the first school of thought which is that the collapse leads to the AntiChrist. His website is at the link below. Follow back on his calendar or categories for writings that go back about 10 years now:
http://www.markmallett.com/blog/

Mark’s book does an excellent job of presenting the historical roots of our culture today and organizing the references named above into an intelligent analysis of the ‘Final Confrontation’ we face.

http://www.markmallett.com/blog/marks-book/

Michael O’Brien is another source, though I don’t know his work as well. I have a book called ‘The Reign of the Antichrist’ by Gerald Culleton which I occasionally use as a reference.

Posted by August Hurtel on Friday, Aug 10, 2012 12:42 PM (EST):Kathleen,
Louisiana is, coincidentally, where I am.’
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Et, voila!
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To folks reading here: any thoughts on Malachi Martin?
Thanks!

If the Great Monarch is to alive today, then I agree with Ron Conte of CatholicPlanet that it is Ferdinand Zvonimir Habsburg, who is I think 14 tohis year. I did a lot of research on this boy after reading Ron’s assessment about him. His great grandfather is actually a saint who died to feed his family. This boy is a logical candidate for many reasons. I know some will discredit Ron Conte because he incorrectly predicted the date of the Illumination.  But that is because he got too specific and confident in his own analysis. That does not mean the information he brings to the table in his analysis is not good data, it just means he read the information incorrectly. I refer to his data and corroberate the facts he presents but don’t rely on his own analysis because I think he is too confident and this is a sign to me not to listen to him.

http://www.catholicplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4284
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Zvonimir_Habsburg-Lothringen

Here is everything you ever wanted to know about the Antichrist and the order of events according to Catholic prophecies. Yves Dupont is expert on this topic. His analysis is that the Antichrist comes after the Era of Peace or Age of Mary, consistent with the theologians at Steubenville.

http://www.thepopeinred.com/antichrist.htm

Try reading The Book Of Destiny by Rev Herman Bernard Kramer.  Originally published in 1955 With the imprimatur of Bishop Joseph M. Meuller of Sioux City, Iowa.

Tis is an interesting read of revelations. Uncanny, actually.

I have a hard time seeing how the Antichrist could rise up out of a period of peace.
-Jean (12:30 PM)

If you’re in the U.S., just look around you.

Good times make ignoring a multitude of sins seemingly painless.

@ Mary De Voe,

I believe that you are in error and have grossly misinterpreted the The Declaration of the United Nations on Human Rights! Below is is the preamble of the declaration & the link to the UN webpage. I would also like to draw your attention to articles 18 -20 of this declaration which protects the rights to freedom of thought; conscience and religion; freedom of opinion and expression; the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.

I would like to get rid of Obama as much as the rest of you. But you simply must not resort to the dishonest tactics of his campaign staff to raise fear and alarm amongst the faithful readers of NCR blogs. Please think twice before you make any further any false and misleading statements!

http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,

Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,

Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,

Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,

Now, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.

@Lux et Veritas : Where is there a mention of God, the Supreme Sovereign Being, Creator of man and all creation, the Prime Mover, the First Principle? All the talk about how wonderul is inherent human rights and how wonderful is man and nary a word acknowledging and recognizing almighty God. Where did they put their faith but in: “Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter REAFFIRMED THEIR FAITH IN FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS (human rights that are endowed by their Creator when “WE hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created,not born, but created equal”)in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom. So, Light and Truth where is God?

Read

So, Light and Truth: Where is the Person of God?

The time is not yet; for our days is appointed the Collegial Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary of RUSSIA (not of the world, of RUSSIA) led by and in union with the Holy Father, that by this means that country may be converted and become an instrument of conversions world-wide. This will inaugurate a period of peace. The prophets to be given whole-hearted attention presently are the three shepherds of Fatima.

Medjugorje! (I believe)

So, Light and Truth: Where is the Person of God? Again, I must ask: Why isn’t the Person of God given the same rights as the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights is apparently giving to ordinary human beings? Is it because the SOVEREIGN PERSON OF GOD has no place in society, the same society, the human race who are the adopted children of God, created in the image and likeness of God IN SOVEREIGN PERSONHOOD, free will and endowed with FREEDOM by God, not by the state or the United Nations, or is it because the adopted children of God are second class persons who may be denied the acknowledgment of their SOVEREIGNTY, access to their freedoms of religion to respond to their vocation for God in conscience, thought and speech, or to peaceably assemble before God or exercise their SOVEREIGNTY of conscience, thought and speech in response to the call of “their Creator”? Where is the Person of God in your words: “I would also like to draw your attention to articles 18 -20 of this declaration which protects the rights to freedom of thought; conscience and religion; freedom of opinion and expression; the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association” Please show me, as in your words . “I believe that you are in error and have grossly misinterpreted The Declaration of the United Nations on Human Rights!” Light and Truth: In The Declaration of the United Nations on Human Rights WHERE IS THE PERSON OF GOD, THE SOVEREIGN PERSON OF GOD, THE SUPREME SOVEREIGN BEING, “their Creator”?

@Lux et Veritas: The acknowledgement of the Supreme Sovereign Being “their Creator” is not with abortion, it is not with same sex marriage, it is not with prayer ban, it is not with atheism. Where, may I ask, has the United Nations permitted the acknowledgement of GOD?

@August Hurtel and Kathleen.
Don’t forget that without the help of a French king, Louis XVI, and that of the French kingdom, the United States would probably not be the US you are living in today.

  The constant teaching of the Church is the only revelation a Catholic is bound to believe in the Gospels otherwise all we do is speculate about the future needlessly. Not to long ago Fr Z discussed the prophecy of Quito, and there is also the visions of Don Bosco. Take your pick of any and them but don’t get fixated on them at the expense of Divine Revelation.

@Mary De Voe,Thank you for great posts.  God bless!

Posted by eastern shore of va on Saturday, Aug 11, 2012 11:35 AM (EST):@Mary De Voe,Thank you for great posts.  God bless!

eastern shore of va: Say one Hail Mary for priests. We need priests. and one Hail Mary for you.

@eastern shore of va: A THEOCRACY: There will always be a theocracy of the Triune God WHO has created man in his Divine Image of sovereign personhood, of our God, WHO has endowed His children with unalienable rights to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness, of our God of Truth, WHO loves man unconditionally. There will always be a theocracy of God, our Father, WHO has adopted man as his children, a theocracy of ONE GOD IN THREE DIVINE PERSONS.

Dear Pat,

Thank you for posting this. I firmly believe that the last forty years have been the minor apostasy of which these generally approved Private Revelations speak.  That seems to be the assumption of the late Father Most who wrote a foreword to Desmond Birch’s masterpiece alluded to above.

I would say the current spiritual crisis, in its NATURE, is of a spiritual DEGREE of darkness that is full, as opposed to any other greater spiritual affronts to the Church’s witness.

Simply look at the history:

The first heresies after Constantine and then Islam, were indeed attacks, but they mainly targeted the highest source of Divine Truth, The Triune and Incarnate Natures of God.  But that is not totally depraved.  An Arian is practically a Christian. An Islamic, as the CCC points out, can be saved if they ignorantly innocent of the Gospel, since they can have at least the IMPLICIT desire for Baptism:  faith and repentance.

Moving on, the next great significant crisis for the Church was the Great Schism of 1054(?), which is practically Catholic, only rejecting the next most reliable source of God’s Truth, the Petrine Office, the SUPREME Apostolic Successor.

Still later, the clearest next great, epic disturbance was Protestantism, which moved down the ladder to general Apostolic Succession and Sacred Tradition, which are slightly less reliable than the final word of the Pope. Still, you do not have anything like total darkness here, for Protestants are still Christians, still retaining, if they are not formal heretics, two sacraments in validity, Baptism and Marriage, and the Scriptures and Reason [sic].

The next great epic disturbance then went down the ladder to Scripture, rejecting all sources above, the Enlightenment, out of which arises the lowest form or religiosity, natural religiosity, the retention of Reason, proving a Supreme Being and an intrinsic natural law, but nothing else, no intervention from God, no Revelation. This indeed was terrible spiritually, but still not UTTERLY dark, since it retained the natural light of Reason.

But the modern crisis, born out of the last generation or so, is a rejection even of Reason, a refutation of ALL the sources of Catholic truth:

Rejection:
God’s Triune and Incarnate Nature
The Pope
The General Bishops and Sascred Tradition
Sacred Scripture
Reason

Modern ideologies deny even what can be known reason:  monotheism and natural law, taking two primary forms:  atheism, relativism.

So I do not agree with dismissers of the modern spiritual crisis as though it has been present in such magnitude and in same spiritual DEGREE as today.  Today is unique.

It is like this:  Yeah, the saint has many desolations in the illuminative way, but the DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL is unique, it caps them all, and is the WORST night of that way.

Similarly, there have been all these spiritual desolations of the Church in Her “kind-of” illuminative way of doctrinal development since pagan Rome (and I think Pagan Rome was really a type of the purgative way, the outside world resisting the Incoming Spirit of the Church and stinging it in much the same way that the flesh of the saint stings her body that is infused with the Spirit forcing painful physical penance), but the current crisis, the modern secular godless apostasy, is surely a dark night of the soul, capping all the desolations of Islam, Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Enlightenment.

PS, side note, it is interesting, the chastisement that comes, if so, will restore the faith gloriously in the world for an indeterminate time, as if to image the next stage of the saint, the unitive way: the Church is vindicated in Her teaching as the world sees the fruits of its ways, renewing humanity and making Our Lord’s grace rest upon the earth, in much the same way that when the saint enters the unitive way, her footsteps are practically one with God, peace and love ,joy.

And even more appropriately enough, at the conclusion of the unitive way, more often than not, the saint crosses the threshold of this age to the next with a martyrdom, whether literal or of the bed, just as we see from both the private AND Public revelation, the period of peace must dissolve into the ultimate trial and martyrdom of the Church under Antichrist, after which the Church crosses this age into the next the Second Coming and end of human history.

Final addenduum, same thing in Jewish history:  after the Jews were led out of purgation under Egypt into the Holy Land, they repeatedly fell from the Law, the prophets experiencing repeated desolations of an unfaithful people, but the greater Jewish wickedness just before the exile, the Scripture says was an apex, “an irremedial situation”, bringing the supreme intermediate chastisement on the OT People, a type of what this article talks about, the Babylonain exile.

Just my two cents. Sorry for long diatribe, but hope it is helpful as speculative way to support idea that the Minor Chastisement is imminent.

Our Father prayer is the key:

Pray for God’s Kingdom to come!

Daniel 2:44 “and in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.”

Fear not! Luke 21:28 “But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

Douay-Rheims Bible—from Mt. 6
Be not therefore solicitous for to morrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

While many of us know that chastisement is infallible given the enormmity of the sins of our world, what we need to concentrate on is our holiness today!  It is today that we worship the Lord and be an instrument of His charity and love to others.  It is today we pray and seek to do good and avoid evil. It is today we attend Holy Mass and prepare for our next regular confession.

We might keep one eye on the future bt it is today that we must seek God’s will in our lives.

@Mary De Voe,

I haven’t been avoiding your harangue. I’ve been on retreat - no online access in a cloistered community.

I would like to direct your attention to the Church’s position on the UN and in particular Pope
John Paul’s praise of the UN’s human right’s declaration.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH has supported the United Nations and taken part in its work from the beginning. The Holy See has permanent observer status at the UN in New York, the Office of the United Nations in Geneva, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Paris.

Besides the Holy See, many Catholic groups—especially religious communities—participate in the UN as Non-Government Organizations, and in that capacity influence the work of this world body.
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(Source: Compassion:Passionists at the United Nations// The Catholic Church & the United Nations.  http://www.cptryon.org/compassion/70/cath-ch.html )
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On a personal note, Mary, your snarky remark about my screen name was not very charitable. I chose this name because I am one of many souls who are on a quest to bear the light of Truth to issues and conflicts.

In all honesty, Mary, you took a highly respected and cherished declaration of individual freedom and twisted the language and it’s intent into something that is totally devoid of God. Even when “c Matt”  (see below) pointed out to you were in error error of comprehending the language of the preamble, you failed to acknowledge your error and set out to make further inflammatory remarks.

Several orthodox Catholics have read your combox remarks and are of the opinion that the strife you are trying to stir up up is eerily parallel to the Chick-filet-a conflict that the Gay Rights activists created over Mr Cathy ‘s innocent remark regarding his belief in traditional marriage. These activists twisted & turned his innocent remarks into bigotry.

You should examine your conscience. If you have difficulty reconciling what Pope JP wrote in his encyclical, Redemptor Hominis (1979), with your belief,  you may want to seek advice from your confessor.

Oooops - C. Matt’s combos remarks got lost. ( Typing lengthy combox remarks on an iPad is quite a challenge.)

Mary, can you explain why you continuously refuse to acknowledge Articles  18-19? The word religion acknowledges the presence of God. 

You stated: ” The Declaration of the United Nations on Human Rights says that all human rights are endowed by the state and derived from the people leaving mankind without recourse to God.”  However, there is no such statement in the declaration—you won’t find that language anywhere; moreover, the UN is not a state! You apparently have very little knowledge of the history of the UN and the history behind this declaration. 
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Article 18.
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Furthermore, there is no reason to preach to me about the evils of abortion, the need to defend marriage, etc, I am very active in the Pro-life movement, Defense of Marriage, and Religious Freedom advocacy groups. You will find me out on the front lines praying in front of Planned Parenthood, marching for religious freedom, etc. I wonder if you can say the same….
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   Posted by c matt on Friday, Aug 10, 2012 8:54 AM (EST):
The Declaration of the United Nations on Human Rights says that all human rights are endowed by the state and derived from the people leaving mankind without recourse to God.
Really?
Preamble: Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Art. I •All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood
Sorry, but I see nothing in there that says these rights are endowed by the state or derived from “the people.”  At worst, it makes no statement as to their origin, and in fact negates that the “state” endows these rights because the rights are inherent.  The state can’t endow what you already have; it can only recognize it (or not).

While reading through much of the neo-royalist tripe, which might as well have come right out in plain English ... excuse me, the King’s English, and called for a return of the Stuarts, Bourbons, perhaps the Romanovs and of course, Hapsburgs.
  Have some of you people forgotten already why we fought a revolution? Or that our nation was fighting for its very life two centuries ago as I write this? Regardless of whether or not Madison and the War Hawks did the right thing in taking the young nation to war against the British Empire (through Canada) and its ships at sea, we had plenty of reasons to seek redress on the issue of impressment alone. Oh, to be sure, sailors were “paid” as opposed to slaves shipped from Africa. Well, we’re splitting hairs on this point because any sailor impressed into HM’s Navy could count on many years of duty on frigates, ships of the line or sloops and sent to any place on the planet. (Slavery is slavery, however its darkest meaning becomes cheapened by parsing.)Floggings were common and often fatal. They were seldom paid on time and ... well, for those of you familiar with the perils of naval combat, lives were often lost in seconds, as they were ripped apart by flying missiles consisting of oak, metal and glass during a “broadside.”
  I’ve come to respect the English monarchy far more as I’ve grown older and watched it evolve with the times. At least the English were bright enough to watch their bumbling and hyper-arrogant cousins on The Continent. (And it wasn’ the Crown that sought war with Germany in WWI, but Parliament.) Ah, what were those noble Hapsburgs up to in 1914? Pretty much the same thing their Russian and German monarchial “peers” were up to at this very same time ... making the beginngs of what was (up until 1939) the most barbaric bloodletting conducted by organized nations in history.
  And to think some American Catholics want to give these Continental butchers ... well, look at their history ... and Britain’s woefully blundering Parliament ... a far greater benefit of history’s doubt than they’ll ever deserve.
  Weren’ they dashing? Weren’t they ever so open in their defense of Christendom in their own ways?
  Weren’t they ever so hypocritically barbaric as well?
  American Catholics, don’t fall for this kind of romanticist b.s. any more than (thankfully a small, albeit too influential) Protestant brethren have fallen for the Texas Textbook Committee’s revisionist trough of its own pro-WASP romantically inspired horse manure.

Steven, have you noticed the tax on tea lately?
What was fought for we do not have.
My political views are largely based on freedom- you would likely consider me libertarian.  I was briefly describing myself as a private property anarchist, but I stopped because it seemed I was only confusing people.
But a monarchy, especially one with the appropriate knowledge (and the industrial revolution in particular was hard to handle because few had such knowledge) is more likely to provide decent governance than this zombie government.  Our officials have know ownership interest in the nation, no chance of passing anything on, so their incentive is to simply steal or use up every single shred of resources available to them while they are in office.  Fewer and fewer of them display restraint or appear intellectually aware of the problem.  The republic is dead.  The great abolition of slavery is an abolition of a word, not a condition. 
There may be other ways to achieve decent governance, but you would do well to get your own house in order and stop making fun of the monarchists.

The Republic’s very much alive and well. As for the East India Tea Company, I don’t know and don’t care. I’ll leave it for Mr. Romney to tell me if that corporate body’s still warm enough for him to dismember as Bain did to other companies, no matter how healthy they were before he got his hands on it.

YOu didn’t think I’d say, mittens, right? LOL!

Some exegetes hold that the prophecy was already fulfilled with Charlemagne being the King of France and the formation of the literal Holy Roman Empire of the 8th-9th Century. 

As for the persecution, it’s already started and it’s going to be severe.  As the best priest I know says, “You better get prayed up.”

There are many messages being given by Jesus in apparitions now. Websites of ‘Christina Gallagher’, ‘Pedro Regis’ and ‘The warning second coming’. Most visionaries seem to indicate the anti christ’s reign will start in Dec 2012.he will appear as a man who brokers peace in the middle east. He will be in league with the false pope who will depose Pope Benedict soon and ban the Eucharist.

If you look at world events, it looks like the setup for the perfect storm. As I have heard it said, if something doesn’t happen, God better apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.

What about considering the length of time (generations) God took in dIealing with israil to reform them in old testament times? I throw this out there to show that after a period of peace why couldent it take generations to re-corrupt (its taken 500 forus to become this way) and then the unleashing of anti christ? Discerning dates seems futile when we look at the good’ol testament and see that Gods ways are not our ways.Both holiness and corruption take GENERATIONS to do complete work on a given people,in our case seems to be the whole world. Come Holy Spirit.

In his book “the fourth secret of fatima”, Antonio Socci says that when Jesus apeared to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, asking the king of France to consecrate France to His Sacred Heart or else France will sufer, the king didn´t obey (he had to make the consecration); and, exactly 100 years later his grandson the king Louis xvi was killed in the french revolution. Now, during the aparitions to Saint Margaret Jesus said that the king would not obey, and by the time they realize their mistake they would try to make de consecration but it will be too late.  Well, the king Louis xvi, while in prision, consecrated France to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, but it was too late.

Bless your heart :), thank you for talking about this.

There is a website - www.thewarningsecondcoming.com which has been posting daily messages a European prophet has been receiving from Heaven since 2010.  The prophecy revealed at Garabandal (Illumination of Conscience) is imminent and the Book of Revelation and three Seals have been opened.  The Great Tribulation commences in December 2012.

May God bless and protect us.

I have noticed a number of references to President Obama. 

What Obama has done is that he has bought lock, stock and barrel into the ‘truths’ (government of the people by the people, etc.)of America like most ‘all american’  people have. He has been honed by the culture that is the United States of America and has tried to implement all the “change” he spoke of during his campaign born from the culture of the US.  He was voted for because of these changes for which he stood.  Obama reflects the ‘ALL AMERICAN person’.  When you really look at the things he promotes, it is all of what you as a nation wanted.  His only problem is that he is a black man promoting it legally.  You all accepted the scourge of abortion LEGALLY long before Obama wanted to become president.  You all accepted Euthanasia long before Obama finished college.  You all accepted homosexuality long before Obama entered politics.  You have all educated the man and he has learned well and now you hate him for it.  Please note that HIS FAMILY LIFE APPEARS CLEAN OF ALL THESE THINGS.  He seeks to please you, the American people.  NOW you might well do to pray for his conversion to the Catholic faith because as a Catholic he will be a Paul. A mighty force to contend with.  It is noticeable that you are not praying for his salvation and sanctification only for his demise.  You are displaying a facet of the culture of death.

In reading this I don’t know about the veracity of a particular scenario and yet it doesn’t take a gift of prophecy to see the increasing evil in the world today and to read the history of God’s punishment of unrepentant sins. SO I believe it is wise for us all to Trust God and to prepare ourselves spiritually for hard times. And if they come sooner or later it is always wise for us to strive to be in closer union with our God. As Jesus reminded us, in Matt ch 24 vs 12 “Because of the increase of evil the love of most will grow cold” and thus we should especially pray for the grace to love God, others and, even ourselves, that is, to be more forgiving of ourselves, especially in these times. Apart from that I believe we will need to learn ways to become more supportive of each other in our material and financial needs, also.

Virtually anyone of European descent can trace a line back to Charlemagne, so the eligibility is probably quite broad. Similarly, the vast majority of Israelites at the time of Jesus were direct descendants of King David (and of every other person who had offspring at the time of David). So these prophecies are less about providing eligibility criteria than they are about providing a mythic narrative. In this case, it’s about restoring Christian kingship. In the case of Jesus, it was about a savior who was anointed by God even in obscurity. David saved Israel from the Philistines. Jesus saved us from sin. He did not, however, set up a kingdom like David’s. So it’s important to understand that prophecy does not always fulfill itself in ways that we might expect in a literal reading. In this particular case, I think it would be a rather large mistake to consider the prophecies an endorsement of monarchism or an assurance that a literal monarchy is going to arise in France.

janet afflick, Obama is NOT a product of America. He has and does however seek to exploit America for his own glory. You are correct in that Obama has read the American people/culture and formulated his platform based on what he perceives we are and what we want, and for that we are guilty. But make no mistake about it, he is a product of another worldview outside of America and his central aim is to advance that world view at the expense of traditional American values and principles. Go see the movie 2016 and then reevaluate your statement.

Micha Elyi said:

I have a hard time seeing how the Antichrist could rise up out of a period of peace.
-Jean (12:30 PM)

If you’re in the U.S., just look around you.

Good times make ignoring a multitude of sins seemingly painless

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Good point Mica,I really hadn’t given that much thought but it is true. However, I always understood the period of Peace to be a period in which Christians excelled in holiness/humility and is accompanied by the Great Evangelization spoken of by PJPII where mulitudes come into the faith. It’s hard to see the AC coming out of that environment. However, there will always be those who refuse to convert or grow in faith. Those who don’t grow in holiness will no doubt fall away (maybe by the masses) and will then be looking for another ‘leader’ to follow other that Christ. This I can envision easily.

As John 1 tells us 1 John Ch 2 vs 18 reminds us that many antichrists have come and it is the final hour. So we will likely see many precursers to the final Evil just as there are many Godly people leading to Christ’s final return. someone once said that God has likely planned it that way so that we are always living in faith and expectation. And the reality is that for each of us it is the final hour as we don’t know when we will each face judgement.

I have been studying this particular area for 30 years.  Many of the saints/blesseds/venerables that spoke about this have yet to be known in America (European Catholic publishers have put books out on this for decades).  It is my firm belief that we are seeing the beginning of the cycle of events that have been foretold by these holy men and women.  Most of the worst of the predicted events will occur rapidly and take most people off guard.  And Europe will suffer the worst.

What century do some of you arch-romanticists think you’re living in? It’s not that I haven anything against monarchy; it’s the foolish “divine right of kings” poison that some people just don’t seem to see has no more place in this world than a theme park set up by religious fundamentalists designed to accommodate both humans and dinosaurs in their idiotic attempts to “prove” creationism. This is NUTS, just absolutely NUTS; much akin to that other nutty idea, absolute monarchism.

Any of you ever experienced peace in Medjugorje?  John in Walsingham!

Yes I’ve read about the Great King and the Great Pope in prophecy. The king is suppose to be a decendent of Charlemagne, but he doesnt know it. Hes just a common man living his life when Europe is destroyed, but he rises up and takes up arms and gathers an army of Christians and then the Pope knowing who he is declares him King. Having Kings is not a bad thing. It was unfortunate that the kings became evil. Most at the beginning were good men.

The prophecies are true regarding the Great Monarch and the Holy Pope. They both French descendent and coming from Hungary. The Holy Crown is waiting the King to be crowned.
http://regnummarianum.blogspot.hu/

God Bless the Hungarians.

As a born again believer in the LORD Jesus Christ, saved BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH ALONE, THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES ALONE, (not a believer in “Mary” or “purgatory” or “indulgences” or “transubstantiation” or “confessionals” or the rosary or the “pope”, JUST Jesus), I must say that the writer’s comment,  “lest someone think that we are like those wild-eyed folks, bless their hearts, with the “in case of rapture this car will be unmanned” bumper stickers.”....
Proves CONCLUSIVELY that “most” “Catholics” REALLY ARE CLUELESS, really don’t get it about their “religion”, and are on the broad road as the Lord Jesus Christ said, leading to HELL, eternal darkness, eternal pain, and weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
REPENT, Catholics, of your false Masonic-satanic-Babylonian-talmudic religion, and COME TO THE REAL JESUS CHRIST TODAY, BEFORE HE REALLY DOES COME TO TAKE US HOME, AND YOU’RE LEFT SCRATCHING YOUR HEADS SAYING, “what just happened, where did all those people GO?”

Felix, sweetheart…you have a lot to learn. Clearly, you yourself have been indoctrinated with anti-Catholic bias built on generations of lies. But, please, don’t take my word for it. Go out yourself and dig deep into the writings of the early Church Fathers and Church history in the first few centuries. Be sure to get as wide a swath of information as you can absort and educate yourself with the facts, in honesty, and without prejudice. Pick Protestant and Catholic sources, compare them, and follow up on discrepencies until you understand the source of those discrepencies. I think you will be suprised. I think there is a formerly ‘Protestant’ theologian who wrote a book called “Surprised by Truth” (or something along those lines). You will be too.

Luis Solares,

Your point is well taken. My daughter made this observation a few years ago and related it to Fatima, that the ‘100 years’ will be up in 2017.

Well where ever you are in your faith, continue to look to Jesus for

guidance. It’s not easy out there in the world today but as Catholics,

Protestants and people of all religions…we need to look at the world now

and ask ourselves, is the world moving closer to God or moving farther

away, or are we at a neutral place with God.  Where are we in respect to

Almighty God’s plan for the salvation of humanity and do we respect God’s

plan and Word for each of us.  We always need to be ready with our hearts

and minds as someday we will join Oue Lord and our families in

heaven.  We need to make those choices daily to eventually get there.

God bless.

www.thewarningsecondcoming.com/

What a great article!  This is the best summary of Catholic prophecy I’ve ever read.  I’m especially delighted to find that the “Great Monarch” will be of French descent. 

Felix, you believe in “Sola Scriptura”, how do you know whether your interpretation of Sacred Scripture is correct?  For example, do you believe in strict predestination (Hyper Calvinist position), or do you believe in the importance of free will (Arminian position)?  Do you believe in the importance of infant baptism (Luther, Calvin and Wesley), or do you believe in “believers’ baptism (Simons, Grebel, etc.)?  Do you believe like Luther that the Bible plainly teaches some sort of real presence of Christ in the Eucharist (“consubstantion”), or that Christ is spiritually present and makes the Eucharist a channel of grace (Calvin, Wesley)?  What about participation in war; are you a pacifist like the Mennonites and other Anabaptists and Brethren in Christ, or do you belive fighting in war can be an option for Christians? 

Gee, there sure is a range of opinion and beliefs among those of you who believe in “Sola Scriptura”!  And to think you’ve had five hundred years to sort this out.  Hmmm, it does lead one to wonder who’s got the right doctrine on some pretty important issues.

The end times, refers to the end of Satan’s rule on earth - not the “end of the earth”. The writings of a few recent prophets, little known outside of very conservative Catholic circles might add significant light on where we are and what is taking place here in the USA. I refer to the collected writings of George Collins, scribe to the visionary of Conyers Georgia, to whom the Blessed Mother and Christ, as the Sacred Heart appeared for many years. The series of books of that time, are limited in availability, but you can find a copy of the smaller volumes 1 and 2 on Amazon from time to time, and if you are fortunate the much larger Volume III. Read it at your own comfort risk…Then there is Fr. Stefano Gobbi, organizer of the Marian Movement of Priests. The book of messages collected from his reported locutions of the Blessed Mother, also shed a bright light on the times in which we live.

oversight…I forgot to put in the name of the visionary; Nancy Fowler (maiden name Shea) and the books which were printed with the title of our Lord’s response to one of her first questions to him: “What do you ask of me?” ans: To bear witness that I am the living son of God.

“By thy holy and immaculate conception, O Mary, deliver us from evil.”—Written at the behest of Our Lady of America to Sister Mary Mildred Neuzil, October 5, 1956.  www.ourladyofamerica.org

i have read ,after the darkness , by michael brown . he delivers a stiring chonology of which you speak . i also read , john leary . com/ .prepare for the great tribulation and the era of peace . i believe that mr.browns book refers to the end of the era , and john leary refers to now . ives dupont is also very important . but , it seems to be the time frame that tells what must be done . one prophesy talks about the day of the lord , another about , the day of the lord , but the description of the event is different . in learys’ messages the first , day of the lord , which is the seventh seal , i think would be akin to the day of the illumination of conscience . after which we , as believers are to go out and evanualize till we go to the refuges .(in this day of the lord ) there will be a major volcanic eruption which will cover the air with soot/ash . that is the sixth seal ,hapening about a week or so befor , this day of the lord will be focused on a comet which will be unable to be plotted ,due to the ash , but , a meteor will travel so close to the earth that it will burn half of russia (vassula riden messages )one prophesy speaks of a cross formed in the sky by the collision of a comet and a meteor . as with all things of gods mercy things can be mitigated by prayer , or stopped . due to the extrete coruption of children , i think this day of the lord will take place very , very soon . our prayers will be used to get people prepared to see their lives and sins thru god’s eyes , and their just punishments . after that they will be given a chance to return to god or continue on their path of life . this will cause them be become enemies of god and us . we will need to be gone when this comes about . - revelation speaks about the women clothed with the sun fleeing to the wilderness after the death of the pope ( her priest son ) and then it speaks that the devil turns his attention on her other chidren we are the women as the church remnant and her other children are those who do not go to the refuges and must fight the antichrist ( possibly returned catholics and protestants)as the church militant under the banner of - our lady of america - as we at the refuges will carry the faith and traditions as prayer wariors and food producers .

I tend to shy away from futurist interpretations. What really matters in history is spiritual stages of history, the degree to which, in any age, the world in immediate relations with the Church has the truth and grace. This varies:  Islam, Orthodox, Protestantism, Enlightenment, modern age.

The modern age is largely like pagan Rome, mostly godless, neo-pagan.

Ages should be the focus, not volcanoes or dust clouds, or hail storms, or geo-political permutations of world wars.  It is the spiritual condition of societies that matter.  Any temporal calamities are just secondary issues.

In that vein, the only two layers of meaning in apocalypse that are very useful is idealism and spiritual historicism.  But preterism and futurism are mostly useless, since they do not get at the root of the problem.

“[A]fter centuries of acting like the Hatfields and the McCoys . . .”

What is he talking about?  I don’t understand the reference.  Is this author trying to pick a fight, like the McCoys were always doing? 

LOL-Good article.

Felix, I’ve got some bad news for ya buddy: You’ve been drinking in too much froth from the tap of Jack Chick or his ilk. I’ll say this: you’re an interesting contributor. Geesh, I still have this feeling the romanticists are taking over the Church and the biggest contributor to this might not be old prophecies, or the ardent desire of some people desiring to see some monarch-to-be rising out of the ranks of the great unwashed. (C’mon, from France? LOL…the last time they had a REAL leader, he was sent packing to St. Helena. At least for a lot of his battles, he knew how to FIGHT.)
Put down your LOTRs and whatever else that’s giving rise to this fantasy of the hero king rising to rid Europe of its sniveling buro-legislators.
They’ve permanently ruined the original vision of the Euro’s founders.

Jamie,

I wholeheartedly agree.  One of the great church doctors talked about the present moment as the only one which touches eternity.  The present moment is where we find God.  The past is left to His mercy, and the future to His providence.    A very human reaction to future prophecies is fear. Legitimate warnings are meant to inspire ongoing personal repentance and conversion, not fear.  They are meant to led us all to want to embrace God’s will ever more completely in the present moment.  This is what will lead others most effectively to God.  This is what may change the future for the better, God permitting.  An excellent read is:  “Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence”  by Father Jean Baptiste Saint-Jure , S.J. and Saint Claude De La Colombiere, S.J.  God bless us, everyone!

Felix, I pray for believers like you every single day.  I belive the protestant reformation and the continued splitting and splintering of christianity is the biggest tragedy in the history of christianity.  You need to know that the Eucharist is the body, blood, soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, it is not a symbol or metaphor it really is Christ truly present.  This is extreemly clear from the scriptures and from the writings of the early church fathers.  Look at John 6:51 “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” Here Jesus equates the bread with his flesh, and since his flesh was real and not a metaphor so also is the bread real tha he says is his flesh, this bread is the eucharist the body of Christ Felix, and it is saddening that you and many other of our protestant and evangelical brothers and sisters fail to realize this.  Let me quote from St. Ignatius of Antioch.  St Igatius is what we call an apostolic church father meaning he was a disciple of one of the apostles, St. Ignatius was a disciple and hearer of the Apostle John, this is well agreed upon by historians, Ignatatius was martyred in about the year 110 AD by being fed to wild beasts in the colosium because he refused to deny Christ Jesus.  St.  Ignatius was also friends with St. Polycarp who was for sure an aquantance of the apostle John.  St. Ignatius said in his letter to the Romans said ” I have no taste for corruptable food nor for the pleasures of this life.  I desire the brea of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, who was the seed of David, and for drink I desire His Blood, which is love incorruptable.”  And he stated in his letter to the Smyrnaeans ” They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our saviour Jesus Christ, flesh which suffered for our sins and whichthe father in his goodnesss raised up again”  Felix these are just 2 quotes of literally hundreds from the early christians as to the eucharist being the body and blood of our lord Jesus Christ.  There is plenty of biblical passages to the same effect as well I can not list all o them now.  The fact is Felix is that you are misinformed, and if you olove Jesus you will love him even more and your relationship with him wll deepen to a level you could have only dreamed of when you discover the truth of the Eucharist, namely that it is the Real presence of the body, blood, soul and divinity of our blessed and holy Lord Jesus Christ, king of kings before all ages.  Felix, I can prove to you from scripture and the writings of the early church fathers and by all the eucharistic mirales that have happen in ther world that the eucharist is Our Lord Jesus Christ.  Here is my email address   sanctepat@yahoo.com please email me and you will discover the holiest of all holies that is on this earth, the eucharist.  There have been many an anti-catholic protestant and evangelical who have converted to the Catholic Church after learning and realisng the trut of the Eucharist, I pray you will be one of these felix.  May God have mercy on your soul.

As to the antichrist:  I believ we are living in the end times, there are many signs.  Do any of you know the prophecy of St. Malachi, he prophesied about 112 future popes and after the last pope the 112 would conme the last pope, Pope Benedict is the last pope before thislast pope according to the prophecyand according to wikapedia article on this prochecy.  I belive the antichrist will be Jewish and claim to be the Jewish essiah that thJews are still waiting for.  He will claim to be the messiah and God and will force people to worship him as such.  I know it is not healthy to be obbsessed wit these prophecies and reading about them all the time, but I do absolutley feel a general sence that the antichrist is going to appear very soon, within my lifetime I belive, How it will come about I can only speculate, but I think it will have something to do with Iran and Israel and the antichrist will swoop in and save Israel from a nuclear iran or save israel from other attacking nations after israel attacks iran to prevent their nuclear capabilities, that how I think it will happen, of course it is pure speculation, but I ill be watching the news.  Praise and glory forever to our Holy Lord of Lords an King of Kings Jesus Christ in the most blessed sacrament of the alter, the Eucharist.

Patrick

If anyone desires some of the most comprehensive information on the article above and the commments section, I suggest http://www.catholicplanet.com/ as the web site for extensive research and analytical information on the subject of eschatology. Not saying everything written there is 100% accurate to the near future events that prophets, saints and the Blessed Mother have revealed, but it is better then anyting else out there.

Personnaly, I am a firm believer in the Garabandal messages from our Blessed Mother from the early 1960’s. You have to read Joey’s Story http://www.garabandal.us/joey.html (scroll down and watch the video with Mother Angelica where he tells the whole story). He lost his ability to smell and see from an accident 60+ years ago. He has no olfactory nerve or optic nerve. He got his smelling back from the great Church mystic, Padre Pio in the 1960’s (even though he has not olfactory nerve)and will get his sight back at Garabandal when the miracle in the skies appears. He is 84 years old now with heart trouble. The time is very close at hand.

I have found some of this man’s posts to be good on what may be coming. This man Mark Mallott prays a lot and I once, when he was in the st Louis area, saw him prostrate for an hour before the Blessed Sacrament, in his private prayer before he gave a talk and a concert.
http://www.markmallett.com/blog/category/daily-journal/

If I used all the bible quote this would be too lenghty, this is a simplfied version from my understanding of the bible.

1 Iran’s military force will be broken like Iraq’s was.

2 2015 New York city will be desroyed (nuked)

3 Apophis asteroid will hit round easter/passover 2029

4 Just after Apophis hits is the rapture.

5 42 months Jesus’believers will be kept by God out of the way as the Devil is thrown to the earth. The beast is allowed to exercise it’s power for 42 months.

6 Jesus return will happen after the 42 months with the raptured believers.

7 The Devil is locked up for a thousand years while Christ reigns on the earth.

8 The Devil is let loose for a short period to test those who are alive.

9 After that what is mortal will become immortal, the Devil and friends will be chucked in the lake of fire and God’s people will be with God for eternity.

I have read so many messages by saints and our lady about the end times . the one that bothers me is medjugorie
dont say to me the mothe rof God comes down to earth to say ... all religions are great and all the same .
this is heresey. There is only one true religion .
so medjugorie sounds very fake.
Akita Garabandal Fatima Lourdes and our lady of the Roses are real . There are so many people who have had visions etc from God many people have picked up mysterous hitch hikers who look like angels where the hitch hiker says that Jesus is coming and very soon. then they vanish - there were many instances of this many accounts .

But it makes no difference when the end is near if you are not a good person and dont believe in Jesus you are going to hell - if you are a good person and live for Jesus then you are going to heaven so who cares when the end time is.

Not only is the Prince the defender of ALL faiths, his blood line going through the French kings, pretty much head of the freemasonary and a lot of other secret organisation (directly or indirectly) his bloodline flows from the kings of different countries.

ARAB Queen Elizabeth II descends from the Muslims who created the Arab Andalusian civilisation of Spain. Since some of those people sprang from the family of the Prophet, The Queen herself is a descendent either directly or collaterally of Mohammed. When Her Majesty visited Morocco in 1980, the Moroccan media pointed out this Islamic ancestry of Canada’s Queen.

ARMENIAN The Prince of Wales (Charles) descends from both the medieval Armenian Kings and from the earlier rulers of ancient Armenia.

AUSTRIAN (and SWISS) All the immediate Royal Family have Habsburg ancestors who came originally from Switzerland, and who created the state of Austria.

BELGIAN Although the modern Belgian state dates only from 1830, the Belgian cultural heritage is that of old Burgundy. The famous Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, is a direct ancestor of Charles the Prince of Wales. Pictures also show that the Prince and Charles the Bold look remarkably alike.

BYZANTINE GREEK The Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip) has the blood of the Angeloi and Sommenoi Emperors of the East as well as the famous Palaeologus Sovereigns of Byzantium in his veins.

CHINESE During the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to China in 1986, articles published in the Chinese media traced Her Majesty’s lineage to the Tang Dynasty who Emperors provided the Chinese Empire with a period of great peace, prosperity and artistic achievement.

CROATIAN The Croatian ancestry of The Queen included the House of Subic. Her Majesty is also descended from several Bans of Croatia.

CUMAN The Cumans originally lived in south Russia before being driven west into Hungary by the Mongols. Kutyen, their Khan, is an ancestor of Charles the Prince of Wales.

CZECH All the Bohemian Kings who left children are ancestors of the Prince of Wales.

DANISH Through the Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip) the Royal Family is Danish in the male line.

DUTCH William the Silent, Prince of Orange and founder of the Dutch state, is a forebear of the Prince of Wales (Charles).

ENGLISH Charles the Prince of Wales descends from every English King who left descendants except Charles I, Charles II and James II. The Prince’s son, Prince William of Wales, is a descendant several times over of Charles I, Charles II and James II through his mother Diana, Princess of Wales.

FRENCH Queen Elizabeth II is descended from Saint Louis, who was King Louis IX, the most famous medieval King of France, and from many other Carolingian, Capetian and Valois Sovereigns. Prince William of Wales, through his mother Diana, is descended five times over from Henri IV, King of France, who sent Champlain to Canada and who by insisting that commercial activities in the new land be accompanied by settlement laid the original foundations of the French-speaking community of Canada.

GEORGIAN Now once again an independent country, Georgia was a kingdom as long ago as the days of the Greco-Roman world. The Prince of Wales (Charles) descends from many of its monarchs, ancient and modern.

GERMAN German ancestry makes up a good part of the Royal Family’s background. Included in it are the great medieval Emperors and the dynasties of Bavaria, Saxony, Hesse, Baden, Mecklenburg, Wurttemberg, Brunswick and Anhalt, as well as such famous families as Hohenlohe, Molkte and Trauttmansdorf. Frederick the Great was an ancestral uncle of the Duke of Edinburgh (Philip).

IRISH Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother brought the blood of the Dal Cais and Eoganacht dynasties of Munster and that of the Ui Neill High Kings into the Royal Family. The Prince of Wales (Charles) also descends from Brian Boru, Nial of the Nine Hostages and the Iron Age sacral Kings of Tara.

ITALIAN The Duke of Savoy, the medieval Kings of Sicily, the Orsini of Rome, the Visconti of Milan, the della Scala of Verona, the Doria of Genoa and the Gonzaga of Mantua are among the many Italian families who blood has come to Charles the Prince of Wales. The Royal House of Brunswick, after which New Brunswick was named and which everyone thinks of as German, was actually founded in Germany by an Italian named Azzo II, Marques of Este.

JEWISH The Prince of Wales (Charles) descends from the Colonna family who were Jewish in origin. He has also a descent from the Khazars (see below) who adopted Judaism as their religion. The Queen, her husband and her children have another Jewish descent from an historical figure named Makhir. Makhir was a Jewish Prince of the Davidic Royal House sent by Caliph Harun-al-Rashid as ambassador to the Emperor Charlemagne at the end of the 9th century. Makhir remained in Europe where he founded a family, one of whose descendants marries into the medieval English Royal Family.

KHAZAR The Khazars formed a powerful state between the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic world. The Queen is descended from Menu Morat, Elteber of te Bihar Khazars.

LITHUANIAN The Queen is a descendant of Gedimin, the last pagan King of the Lithuanians who died in 1341.

MONGOL The Prince of Wales (Charles) certainly has Mongol blood and is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. This relationship provides the Royal Family with another link to China, for Genghis Khan’s grandson Kublai Khan became Emperor of China and founder of its Yuan Dynasty.

NORWEGIAN Harold Haardrade, King of Norway, and the old Norse jarls of Orkney are ancestors of the Prince of Wales (Charles).

PERSIAN Through his mother, Prince William of Wales descends from Arsakes Vologaeses V Dikaios Epiphanes Philhellen, sacral King of Parthia, of the Parthian Royal House of Arsaces who ruled Persia (Iran), Mesopotamia and Babylon. The Parthian kings in turn claimed descent from the earlier Achaemenid Dynasty. If true, that relationship would make Prince William a descendant of Cyrus the Great and establish a blood link with classical Greece.

POLISH The original Piast Dynasty and Jagielonian Kings up to Sygmunt I (d. 1548) are all ancestors of the Prince of Wales (Charles). During her visit to Poland in 1996, The Queen made public reference to her Polish ancestors.

PORTUGUESE Alfonzo, Duke of Braganza (son of King John I) is an ancestor of the Royal Family. The Holy Constable who secured the independence of Portugal is also an ancestor several times over of Prince William of Wales.

ROMANIAN Queen Mary, grandmother of Elizabeth II, brought Romanian blood into the Royal Family as well as Hungarian. Thus The Queen is descended from Vlad Dracul, Prince of Wallachia and father of the original Dracula.

RUSSIAN The Prince of Wales (Charles) descends from Peter the Great and Catherine the Great as well as the princes of the Rurik period. The later Russian Emperors right up to and including Nicholas II were close relatives of the Royal Family.

SCOTTISH King George VI (his grandfather) and the Duke of Edinburgh (his father) together have provided the Prince of Wales (Charles) with twenty-two descents from Mary Queen of Scots and over two hundred from Robert the Bruce.

SERBIAN Serbia’s greatest ruler, Emperor Stephan Dusan, and the first King of Serbia, Stephen I, are both ancestors of The Queen.

SPANISH Ferdinand and Isabella, sponsors of the discovery of America by Columbus, and the epic Spanish hero El Cid are among the notable Spanish Ancestors of Queen Elizabeth II.

SWEDISH Through the Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip), the Prince of Wales (Charles) is descended from the Peace Kings of Uppsala and the rulers of Sweden in the age of the sagas, as well as many other historic figures of that land.

UKRAINIAN Elizabeth II is 31st in direct descent from Volodymyr Monomachus ruler of the Ukraine.

WELSH As befits a Prince of Wales, Charles is descended from Llywelyn the Great and most of the Welsh kings and princes back to the time the Romans left Britain.

For those who profess the “Rapture” theory it is a lie born from hell. It is a myth that is only a little over 100 years old. It is not a teaching that has been tuaght by the Apostles, the Church Fathers the 1500 years prior to the protestant religion and even 400 years after the protestant religion. It is a man made teaching procurred by the ignorant who take scripture and twist it to their own interpretation. I am fairly sure that NYC and the year 2015 is in the bible. Get on your knees and pray that you will receive God’s mercy and follow the truth that has been handed on from the Apostles. God does not change and neither does his teachings he left his Church.

Me thinks some of you are getting too specific in what you think will happen before major change and purification occurs. Many have looked really foolish trying to be too specific. Still I think it likely that God will need to intervene soon to bring about His intervention in the world to bring us to change. Several facts to consider, The Catechism paragraphs 674 and 675 where it is mentioned that The children if Israel must come to faith in Messiah (674) . Also see Romans Chapter 11.  Paragraph 675 refers to the trial the church must go through before the second coming. These are good paraqraphs to ponder and this demonstrates that considering preparation for the end times is not some radical fringe if we try to not have God’s plans figured out too much.

I am very fortunate to have been to many different Apparition sites of Our Lady in my lifetime…Fatima, Lourdes, Medugorje, Knock, Garabandal Betania, Achill Island ect…

When you go on pilgrimages to these different Holy sites, and learn the History behind them….you are able to connect the dots….Our Lady is clearly TRYING to get our attention….I say trying because as She lamented to Fr. Stefano Gobbi# 298 MY URGENT INVITATION “and now I am revealing myself to you , toshow you the road of salvation: it is the road of return to God.If humanity does not accept my motherly invitationto return to the Lord,it will be inevitably lost.”

Our Lady is giving strong messages to us because THESE ARE HER TIMES John Paul II often said we are in Mary"s Times.  I do not know why people can’t see this….I would like to suggest they read Our Holy Mothers words to Fr. Gobbi.

Many people want a king but they don’t want the TRUE KING TO RETURN.
I personally enjoy reading about prophecy I have read about this suppossedly French King and I don’t buy it at least the interpretations of it.

Look, I don’t know where and why would he be French(No offence intended)
I believe that many of these Catholic Saints who prophecied this King who will return and bring this period of peace to the world DID NOT understand all they prophecied or if they try to explained their prophecies, maybe they did not do a good job at it.

I believe IN THE RETURN OF THE TRUE KING, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, HE IS A PRIEST (the pope is a priest) Christ IS KING (THE KING OF KINGS)
and Christ is also a PROPHET (the greatest of all the prophets).
So again I believe and I am not saying a I am right either but I believe the RETURN OF THE KING,THE HOLY POPE AND THE PROPHET is all EMBODIED IN CHRIST (AND WHO BETTER THAN HIM FITS THE DESCRIPTION OF THESE SUPPOSSEDLY THREE CHARACTER MENTION IN PROPHECIES HE EMBODIES THEM ALL IN HIS GOD/MAN PERSON, JESUS CHRIST IS FULLY GOD AND FULLY HUMAN AT THE SAME TIME).
Many people don’t want Christ to return, they want to find every possible excuse to continue in this world and they also want the world to keep on going and going the way it is even though they complaint about all that is wrong in it.
We need Christ and we need HIM TO RETURN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, the Parousia of Christ (SECOND COMING OF CHRIST)is an event of HOPE AND JOY, not something to be afraid of, that is what we pray when we say the Our Father “Thy Kingdom Come”, and also that is what we pray when we prapere for Advent we are not only preparing for the Birth of Christ but we are ESPECIALLY preparing for CHRIST SECOND COMING as well (SADLY MANY PRIESTS DON’T EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF ADVENT VERY WELL).
We must go through Calvary and Crucifixion and then Resurrection to be able to follow our Lord and God just like what He experienced on this earth, Christ went through Calvary, Crucifixion, and then Resurrection to redeemed us and enter into HIS KINGDOM, so his followers will have to go through something as well.
That is why we must always remain Vigilant and Prepared, why??? we could die at any moment, (our death will bring us face to face with the eternal destiny of our soul and where it will be spend) or we could be experiencing the time to suffer just like Christ did on the way to Calvary, but the best part is that if we are faithful we are promised Eternal Life in a place that is so wonderful we cannot imagined but most importantly in the companyof the Eternal One.
The Second Coming of Christ would be that fulfiment to that promised and we should not be discourage but on the contrary we should be praying for it, we should be expecting it and we should be JOYFUL FOR IT TO HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 

You want to know something?  ASK HIM.

Seriously.  If you want to know what God is willing to tell you, just ask.
I did.  He answered.  He always does.
No, you do not need to go to Adoration or church to ask although it would be a nice gesture to do so.
Ask in bed before you sleep.  When you least expect it, you have your answer.  All my answers come as sudden knowledge. I just know all of a sudden. It happens at a quiet time. This way you do not get 500 different answers from 500 different people.  You get it direct.  Now you have established the beginning of a relationship with your Father.
See how easy that was?

Kathleeen,
    You mentioned Fr Martin and I was wondering if you could share his thoughts on prophesy. I remember he said something about it (all chastisements being over by 2017) and he had some very interesting views on our (modern) world. Thanks, CS

What if the “King of France” in the prophecy was Eisenhower?  Think about it - he led the army that destroyed Nazi Germany by invading and liberating France.  Then he was “crowned” the head of NATO - a pan-European council that unified Europe in the face of Soviet aggression.  Then he became President of the US. 

The only reason that wouldn’t hold up is the part about the pope crowning the king of France… which in this day and age seems very unlikely.  Wondering now if Ike ever met the Pope.  He certainly wouldn’t have before D-Day, but perhaps after?  Who knows.

John Mueller ,
Actually I was hoping that others might be able to share some insight about Malachi Martin. I know someone who’s currently caught up with his writings, fearful of the future & now questioning what goes on in the Vatican.
I read at least one of his books years ago & thought he had some credible points but since have seen other sources that link him to schismatic elements.
I’m leery about end world prophecies & conspiracy theories concerning Fatima.Our Lady always leads us to her Son & the Church He established, not away from it.

John, a book you might be interested in is Windswept House by Malachi Martin.  It tells a fictional story that seems to have much truth about how homosexuals gained much influence in the church as well as how Masonry intended to take over the church.  It is a deeply disturbing but thought provoking book.
I, too, have been a student of the end times for many years and I also believe that we are living in those times.  We are certainly experiencing the great apostasy.  The apostle Paul says that the apostasy and the antichrist are the two signs of the end times.  Many seers and prophets of our day predict that in a time of great crisis soon to come and of the making of the antichrist, he will appear as a savior, meek and humble and fool most of the people. 
Jesus tells us that we must continue to pray, fast and do penance, but most of all, we must, nomatter what happens, trust in Him completely.

This story speaks of Catholic Prophets past, but no one is writing stories about the modern prophets out there today.  www.thewarningsecondcoming.com - (European end time prophet and suffering victim, and before you freak out I mean end of times as we know it- I truly believe Satan’s days on earth are numbered)The Book of Truth was just made available for purchase.  www.holylove.org Apparations since the 1980’s with Maureen Kyle Boyle.  And of course Medjugorje 1981-present www.medjugorje.org, 6 visionaries, 4 of which are still receiving apparations.  I think the annual youth festival is going on now & they were expecting over 60,000 !!  Pray, Pray, Pray.

A good new book on all of this is A While Longer.  Visit http://awhilelonger.com to see more about it.

Basically, it indicates that Catholic apparitions of and around the 20th century point to this time we are living as being the Short Time of Satan found in Rev chapter 20. It points out that we are in Fatima’s period of peace now and that when it ends, Satan’s reign in the world will be ended forever. It explains that the period of peace is actually a period of reconciliation for mankind - a time to reconcile or turn back to God - before the final end of this present world. But at the same time, the book explains that this is also the final hour of Satan. We are being given messages to pray, fast, confess, receive the Eucharist, and love; and we are witnessing the evil of Satan via greed, lust, abortion,contraception, same-sex marriage etc. The final battle between the force of good led by Our Lady is arrayed now in our day against the forces of evil led by Satan.

And this battle is nearing an end, which will come soon, sooner thanmany thing, so says thae book A While Longer.

God bless.

Someone above said that they didn’t see why any prophecied “great king” was 1) necessary to God’s plan 2) descended from a certain bloodline regardless what country he emerged from.  Here’s why:  God planned creation in hierarchies, and monarchies mirror God’s relationship with creation.  Historically, Republics and Democracies were historical anomalies and experiments man has had the freedom to explore, but not God’s choice for the running of society.  That said, we all know that we have had good Presidents and Republics, and bad Kings and monarchies.  The point is that God made a promise to Abraham, “that from his descendents would come kings of nations to the end of the world, and God keeps his promise through the relatedness of the royal houses of Europe with all their farther-flung ancestors.  A descendent of Abraham and the house of David through Charlemagne and St Louis XII will be the last king of the world, BECAUSE God keeps his word to Abraham. 
Re Malachi Martin : you don’t have to read his books to know his thought.  A couple of his radio interviews by Art Bell are on U-Tube in 5-minute bites.  Google U-tube for “Malachi Martin on the antichrist” and listen to these interviews in sequence.  Make up your own mind whether Martin was a dingbat conspiracy nut or not.

You have misquoted St Nilus in your ‘article’ here - putting words in his mouth based more on American politics than the truth of what he may or may not have said. I will leave you to figure it out.

Paul

Well I for one am looking forward to the coming of the great Catholic Monarch Henry and the restoration of monarchical government throughout Europe.

I LOVE this conversation!

I’ve never given it a thought one way or the other, but I’m a thinking we’re all about to see the down side of Democracy.

The prophecy also speaks of the French Emporer as a direct descendent of the Bourbon line and will be victorious in the Battle of the Birch Tree Forest. Sounds like the North German plains which NATO for years prepared to defend against the Russian hordes. This time it be against Muslim forces.

It’s awfully late at night, so this observation might not be accurate, but I don’t think I have seen, in all these comments, any reference to the website www.locutions.org.  At this website, the great prophet of our time, Mary the Mother of God, is speaking through the locutionist (if you believe it, and of course it is not necessary to your salvation to do so, but) If you read it, you will be able to draw your own conclusions.  Please do so, and compare the writings at this website with what Pat and the rest of you are saying.  When I first read it, I saw that much of what was said was identical to what Mark Mallett has been saying for years.

I want to thank   a pro lifer for the website he provided. I have been familiar with Mark Mallett for a long time, but not Locutions Org.
When i read that the Monsignor that created this site was from Scranton, I had the same reaction Archie Bunker had on one of the episodes of “All in the Family”    SCRANTON?!!!!  but after reading the locutions, I feel better about it.
And I was lead to believe that the National Catholic Register was a Liberal Leaning Paper.  I subscribed to Our Sunday Visitor instead.
I may be wrong since they allowed Pat Archbold to even pose such a question as he did, And then allow people to continue to comment on it.
Maybe NCR is not the anti-Catholic rag I was lead to believe. But I could be wrong about that too.

Thomas, I believe you’re confusing the National Catholic Reporter (NCR) with the National Catholic Register.  There IS a difference!

THANKS MARY It is much appreciated. I wouldn’t want to get confused.
Both have the same initials.
It is getting harder and harder to discern and trust today.
Even when the difference is known.

Thomas: When the day arrives that the Register’s bought up by either Fox, the Koch Brothers or Heritage Foundation and YAF, or God forbit, Opus Dei(!) ... you’ll hardly be able to tell the difference between what it’s becoming now than what it’ll remain till hell freezes over once the real hardest of hard core righties take over. But you sure will be able to tell the difference between the Register and every other Catholic paper.

I can’t believe I’m the first to suggest this here, but surely there is a prophesy we can shoehorn this whole Dolan thing into. Maybe one of the 34,542 prophesies from Medjugorje? Something about an apostate bishop from the capital of the world who doesn’t blog in Latin? That would really get the ball rolling.

(Pat, I know you asked people like me not to comment. Lo siento, amigo.)

All these blogs on the End Times and not one mention of Divine Mercy . . . how very, very sad. God has given us consolation and comfort in THE DIARY OF ST. M. FAUSTINA . . . He said to St. Faustina I am preparing you for the End Times and Our Lady said to her I brought into the world the Son of God but you are to usher into the world The End Times . . . and Our Lord gave for our comfort and consolation The Chaplet of Divine Mercy which He told St. Faustina to pray without cease . . . and He also gave to us via St. Faustina Divine Mercy Sunday, happens the first Sunday after Easter . . . for those of you who have never heard of these Messages from Divine Mercy Himself to St. Faustina go : thedivinemercy.org for more information from the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception . . . . In the words of Bl. John Paul the Great : “Divine Mercy - Our Hope and Our Remedy ! How greatly today’s world needs God’s Mercy! . . . Mercy is needed to insure that every injustice will come to an end in the Splendor of Truth !” If it be that we are in End Times or approaching it then let us do all we can to save souls while we still have time. . . . and put all our Trust in God . . . . . . .  “JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU!”

Posted by Steven Barrett on Friday, Aug 17, 2012 7:02 PM (EST):Thomas: When the day arrives that the Register’s bought up by either Fox, the Koch Brothers or Heritage Foundation and YAF, or God forbit, Opus Dei(!)”
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I noticed that one of “the Koch brothers” sponsors PBS programs.It doesn’t seem to have affected much at PBS.

All these blogs on the End Times and not one mention of Divine Mercy . . . how very, very sad. God has given us consolation and comfort in THE DIARY OF ST. M. FAUSTINA . . . He said to St. Faustina I am preparing you for the End Times and Our Lady said to her I brought into the world the Son of God but you are to usher into the world The End Times . . . and Our Lord gave for our comfort and consolation The Chaplet of Divine Mercy which He told St. Faustina to pray without cease . . . and He also gave to us via St. Faustina Divine Mercy Sunday, happens the first Sunday after Easter . . . for those of you who have never heard of these Messages from Divine Mercy Himself to St. Faustina go : thedivinemercy.org for more information from the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception . . . . In the words
of Bl. John Paul the Great : “Divine Mercy - Our Hope and Our Remedy ! How greatly today’s world needs God’s Mercy! . . . Mercy is needed to insure that every injustice will come to an end in the Splendor of Truth !” If it be that we are in End Times or approaching it then let us do all we can to save souls while we still have time. . . . and put all our Trust in God . . . . . . .  “JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU!”

Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/blog/pat-archbold/catholic-prophecy-europe-and-the-return-of-the-king#ixzz24CGnsuEh

To avoid nuclear attack on our country,
we need all the US bishops to process in with the statue of Our Lady of America
into the National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in D.C.
Thus we will have garnered favor,
from God, thru the Mediatrix.
as asked in the approved Catholic apparition
Arcdiocece of Cincinnati, ‘57 to Sr. Ephrem.
The bishops want to do this, have the statue, but are waiting on some trivial thing…

“A Russian, nuclear-powered attack sub patrolled the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, off the U.S. coast, undetected for a month, a new startling report from the Washington Free Beacon says.

The sub, the Free Beacon says, is an Akula vessel loaded with cruise missiles and is one of the quietest in the Russian fleet.

The fact that the Akula was not detected in the Gulf is cause for concern, U.S. officials said.”

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-russian-nuclear-attack-sub-patrolled-waters-off-gulf-for-a-month-undetected/comment-page-9/#comment-3948626

The notion that the Bible foretells that there will be a singular antichrist in the form of a hugely deceptive future world ruler is nowhere validated in scripture. That there are, and have been, many antichrists is attested to by what scripture actually does say about the matter, which is simple, direct, and clearly not susceptible to the “end times” prophetic mythologies currently constructed around this topic.

I John 4: 2 By this is the spirit of God known. Every spirit which confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God:
3 And every spirit that dissolveth Jesus, is not of God: and this is antichrist, of whom you have heard that he cometh, and he is now already in the world.

If antichrist was “already in the world” as of the first century, according to holy scripture, what shall we say of those who prophesy today that antichrist is yet to come?  There is not one “Antichrist”, but there have been and are many antichrists, since by definition, he who does not confess “that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh” is antichrist.  That definition takes in billions of nonbelievers, all of whom are antichrist.
 

As for the idea that there is no singular antiChrist, Bighoss, my brother, please read the Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 675, while there is some vagueness about the events the antichrist is mentioned. As you quote John, and that many antichrists have come is true. I believe that Scripture and the church teaches that at the time God permits the number of antichrists have been increasing and there will likely be a final one which God, in His wisdom that we humans don’t understand,will permit,  and this final one will be permitted to be so evil that God will intervene directly to remove the evil. The important thing for us is that we must pray for the grace to discern the spirit of antichrist so that we will be able to ask God for the wisdom and the prudence in how to respond if it is the lessor or the greater evil.

As for many Antichrists Nero, Diocletian, and more recently Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, Lenin, Chairman Mao, and some will see antichrist tendencies in some of our leaders today Barak Obama, for example. And we must discern for this and pray for the wisdom to learn to refute it. And remember that Satan even used Peter as a devil once or more often. So let us pray to be of God and not of the evil one but we must be aware that the number and severity of antichrists is likely to go up over time, although we do not know the final evil which will force God’s hand.

Yes indeed,Bob Gavlin, those bigots and fools who ignorantly and viciously identify the President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of her armed forces, the HONORABLE Barack Hussein Obama, as in any way related to “the Antichrist” very much need to abandon such a perverse notion.  And those who have stood by and said nothing while such disordered persons utter such scandalous and libelous nonsense need to arise and refute that kind of scurrilous garbage!

Please see:  www.TheWarningSecondComing.com.

It seems like Jesus is going to show us His Mercy very soon…in a very large way…are we all ready?

I’d have to agree that Obama is the most evil leader I’ve seen in my lifetime.
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The problem with prophecy is that it is easy to interpret signs in any time.  We went through prosecution of the early church, the dark ages, the “false” popes, the Muslim murder of Christians and sacking of the holy lands, WWI and WWII.  Were these not the worst times.  We have seen the murder of 10s of millions in the USSR and the attack on faith as a crime. Were these not the worst of times.  We saw revolution for revolution sake by an insane leader in China who killed over 60 million and again killed God’s people.
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I think the devil has been leading us astray and attacking Christ’s church since Cain and Saul. Obama is only the latest antichrist.  We need to learn to stand up for right and our religion before it is too late, but I see nothing that says this is the final time. However, be prepared for the end, for it will come like a thief in the night.

Are many weather events, like hurricanes, droughts, fires and floods, small chastisements to wake us up? It seems they have been increasing and far worse than in times past, throughout the world and in this country. Now, looming before us, the economic crises the world is facing. I think the Lord and the Blessed Mother are saying. “Wake Up and Prepare Your Hearts first, Love your neighbor and turn to me.” I am happy that people on this forum are doing just that. God Bless Us All.

Dear Faithful,

The future king is already here. He has been anointed by God. He is indeed Hungarian. Have hope, trust and serve the true Catholic God called Jesus Christ. Beware of the False Teachers.

http://www.bassfishing.org/thebiblespeaks/falseteachings/beware.htm

I give you little help!!!!

Ecumenism is False. Anyone who is preaching ecumenism is a false teacher.
If you search for the true do not look for what is uniting us look out who is lying to us.

“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”

Only one true church. It is the Holy Roman Apostolic Catholic Church.

VI. The Catholic Church

  The Catholic Church was founded by the God-Man Jesus Christ.
  Christ founded the Catholic Church in order to continue His work of redemption for all time.
  Christ gave His Church a hierarchical constitution.
  The powers bestowed on the Apostles have descended to the Bishops.
  Christ appointed the Apostle Peter to be the first of all the Apostles and to be the visible Head of the whole Catholic Church, by appointing him immediately and personally to the primacy of jurisdiction.
  According to Christ’s ordinance, Peter is to have successors in his Primacy over the whole Catholic Church and for all time.
  The successors of Peter in the Primacy are the Bishops of Rome.
  The Pope possesses full and supreme power of jurisdiction over the whole Catholic Church, not merely in matters of faith and morals, but also in Church discipline and in the government of the Church.
  The Pope is infallible when he speaks ex cathedra.
  By virtue of Divine right, the bishops possess an ordinary power of government over their dioceses.
  Christ founded the Catholic Church.
  Christ is the Head of the Catholic Church.
  In the final decision on doctrines concerning faith and morals, the Catholic Church is infallible.
  The primary object of the Infallibility is the formally revealed truths of Christian Doctrine concerning faith and morals.
  The totality of the Bishops is infallible, when they, either assembled in general council or scattered over the earth propose a teaching of faith or morals as one to he held by all the faithful.
  The Church founded by Christ is unique and one.
  The Church founded by Christ is holy.
  The Church founded by Christ is catholic.
  The Church founded by Christ is apostolic.
  Membership of the Catholic Church is necessary for all men for salvation.

The prophecies are true regarding the Great Monarch and the Holy Pope. They both French descendent and coming from Hungary. The Holy Crown is waiting the King to be crowned.
http://regnummarianum.blogspot.hu/

God Bless the Hungarians.

Divine Mercy is not just a devotion or a private revelation.
In the Catholic Church, devotions from private revelation
are optional. They are good of course, but they are not
necessary for you to get to heaven. Divine Mercy is both
a message and a devotion. While the devotion is optional,
the message is not. Blessed John Paul 11, the Great Mercy
Pope, taught that if you reject the message of Divine Mercy,
you reject the Gospels. If you reject the message of Divine
Mercy, you reject the Liturgy, because each has the mercy
of God and His love for us at its core. . Blessed John Paul 11
imparted this Apostolic Blessing for all the faithful who recite
The Divine Mercy Chaplet for pro-life causes.  Pray with us in
the Chapel for world peace, the elections, and to stop abortions
of every kind, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3 PM on Fri/Sun.
Join us in spirit . . . .

Wow! Lucas dezso!  The future king, you say, is already hanging out somewhere and he is “Hungarian”!!??

You say “I give you little help.”  Well, I can’t disagree with that.  The diatribe you have submitted is of little or no help toward any useful purpose. Your hyper-Catholicism is so out of line with the Catholic Church’s teaching on salvation that even I, a non-Catholic, can plainly see that. Have you ever read what your Catechism says about the Muslim religion?  It is pretty astonishing stuff, so grab hold of your catechism and read Part 841, which extends the blessings of salvation to Muslims (lest you or others jump to false conclusions, I am no Muslim).

Excerpts from the Amicus Curiae Brief filed by Mother Teresa
of Calcutta with the US Supreme Court in 1944 in Loce v.N.J. :

“Yours is the one great nation of all of history which was
founded on the precept of equal rights and respect for all
humankind, for the poorest and weakest of us as well as the
richest and strongest.  As your Declaration of Independence
put it in words which have never lost their power to stir the
heart : ” We hold these truths to be self evident : that all men
are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness . . .

A nation founded on these principles holds a sacred trust :
to stand as an example to the rest of the world, to climb ever
higher in its practical realization of the ideals of human dignity,
brotherhood, and mutual respect It has been your constant
efforts in fulfilling of that mission, far more than your size or
your wealth or your military might, that have made America
an inspiration to all mankind.

“I have no new teaching for America. I seek only to recall you
to faithfulness to what you once taught the world. Your nation
was founded on the proposition—-very old as a moral precept,
but startling and innovative as a political insight—-that human
life is a gift of immeasurable worth, and that it deserves always
and everywhere, to be treated with the utmost dignity and respect.”

I agree with Mary DeVoe.  The UN with the help of the Obama administration is shoving birth control, and abortion down everyone’s throat. There is no God in that organization.

Dear Bighoss,

Learn about the true Catholic faith. Please see the link below and you will understand what is the real fight about the end time.

www.catholictraditiofightn.org/Eucharist/roman-mass4.htm

The future king will have to restore the true mass first.

I wish you the best for searching for the true.

God bless the Hungarians.

“What they? Catholic prophets. Yes, we do have those believe it or not. We just don’t like to talk about it lest someone think that we are like those wild-eyed folks, bless their hearts, with the “in case of rapture this car will be unmanned” bumper stickers.”

## Which magisterial documents say we have to believe them ? I’ve never heard *that* before, & won’t believe it without better evidence than a layman’s musings. I want theology & doctrine, not empty nonsense about some visionary who confused his own dreams for Divine truth. These people are nothing but the Catholic equivalent of Rapture-seekers, AntiChrist spotters, and End-of-the-world merchants; sometimes with a bit of French or German nationalism to give space to the mixture. To mix this nonsense with the Faith is to degrade Catholicism and make it fit only for the very credulous. We do not need these lying visions, in which there is nothing supernatural or gracious or holy. 

@Steven Barrett

“While reading through much of the neo-royalist tripe, which might as well have come right out in plain English ... excuse me, the King’s English, and called for a return of the Stuarts, Bourbons, perhaps the Romanovs and of course, Hapsburgs.
  Have some of you people forgotten already why we fought a revolution?...”

## US Catholic longing for a monarchy never ceases to amaze me. Having one really is no big deal here in the UK - not in the real world, the world we actually have to live in, the world without all these fables of “Emperors of the Last Days”. It is naive to think that having a monarchy solves all social &  religious problems. Such a ruler cannot possibly arise - a lot of this dreamimg is based on the longings of Germans for half-remembered (& far from ideal !) figures like the Emperor Frederick II Barbarossa (1120-90); & a country as humiliated as France had been during the 19th century was sure to produce a crop of visionaries with wish-fulfilment dreams about the restoration of Catholicism. Some of these “Emperors of the last days” look alarmingly like Hitler, or rather, he looks alarmingly like them - he probably exploited such fantasies as these in order to strengthen his position. If people are not careful what they wish for, they could get a US fascism/Hitlerism of their very own. There are some totalitarian & illiberal things in US Christianity - a Dominionist USA is not impossible. Catholics would not like it.

Dear Faithful,

Before Christ’s second coming the Church (Catholic) must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers. The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth will unveil the “mystery of iniquity” in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth. The supreme religious deception is that of the Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God and of his Messiah come in the flesh.
The Antichrist’s deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond history through the eschatological judgement. The Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism, especially the “intrinsically perverse” political form of a secular messianism.
The Church will enter the glory of the kingdom only through this final Passover, when she will follow her Lord in his death and Resurrection. The kingdom will be fulfilled, then, not by a historic triumph of the Church through a progressive ascendancy, but only by God’s victory over the final unleashing of evil, which will cause his Bride to come down from heaven. God’s triumph over the revolt of evil will take the form of the Last Judgement after the final cosmic upheaval of this passing world.
(CCC 675-677)

King Josiah, who turned the people of Judah back to God before the land was finally destroyed by Babylon, appears to be the biblical prototype for the Great Monarch of Catholic prophecy - who is foretold to help restore the faith at the end-time together with the Angelic Pope, before the coming of the Antichrist. Does the example of Josiah foreshadow this future restoration? And does the description of his death in the battle of Megiddo provide an insight into the events leading to the battle of Armageddon? As Qoheleth states in the Book of Ecclesiastes:

What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done,
and there is nothing new under the sun.
(Eccl 1:9)

God bless the Hungarians.

@Lucas,

But Lucas, Babylon wasn’t the final dark stage for the Jews.  Maccabees was.

Maccabbees is what fulfills Antichrist, not Babylon.  Babylonian exile, by way of extension, would foreshadow the Minor Chastisement (From which Assyria seems an adequate type of the communism, which assaulted the kingdom in schism in the East, the four of the five apostolic Sees being in schism, even as Ten of the twelve tribes in the North went into schism and were chastised first by Assyria.  Later ,Judah, the remnant, like Peter in the West, the lone true king, got chastised, just as we await chastisement).

The return from the exile and repentance of Jews would foreshadow the renewal and age of peace after the Minor Chastisement, and the Maccabbean apostasy and persecution under the singular self deifying antichrist figure Antiochus IV Epiphanies, foreshadows the great apostasy and persecutions of NEW Testament Antichrist.

And just as Maccabbees if the final Biblical history before Christ came the first time, so the NT Antichrist and great apostasy is the final history before Christ comes the SECOND Time.

Note, rewinding, pagan Rome before constantine fulfills Egypt

Dear Scott,

You are making very good points.

The Lord has been kind to us by warning and giving sings to us, so we can understand the time. Mel Gibson called Pope John Paul II “the anti-Christ” and “the devil,”. than makes a movie called The Passion of the Christ,
Apocalypto and than Mel Gibson will move forward with ‘The Maccabees’. Do you see here a Sequence??? Mel is trying to tell us something.

Revelation 13:3
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

By the time of Vatican II, of course, the voices crying out for “peace with Judaism” were strong. A new “appreciation” of Judaism was underway in the Church, culminating in the decree of Nostra Aetate that the Jews did not kill Jesus. Flogged by the whip of the Holocaust, the Church was on the run and trying to prove its sympathy for synagogues. If only Paul VI, in reviewing this audacious “swap” in the Mass, had heeded the strong exhortation of St. John Chrysostom: “Since there are some who think of the synagogue as a holy place, I must say a few words to them. Why do you reverence that place? Must you not despise it, hold it in abomination, run away from it? They answer that the Law and the books of the prophets are kept there. What is this? Will any place where these books are be a holy place? By no means! This is the reason above all others why I hate the synagogue and abhor it. They have the prophets but do not believe them; they read the the sacred writings but reject their witness——-and this is a mark of men guilty of the greatest outrage.” But the advice of this Doctor of the Church was not only ignored, one could say it has been the target of a papal apology actually given within the Synagogue of Rome on April 13, 1986.

By who????

The Prophecy of St. Francis

Shortly before he died, St. Francis of Assisi called together his followers and warned them of the coming troubles, saying:

1. The time is fast approaching in which there will be great trials and afflictions; perplexities and dissensions, both spiritual and temporal, will abound; the charity of many will grow cold, and the malice of the wicked will increase.

2. The devils will have unusual power, the immaculate purity of our Order, and of others, will be so much obscured that there will be very few Christians who will obey the true Sovereign Pontiff and the Roman Church with loyal hearts and perfect charity. At the time of this tribulation a man, not canonically elected, will be raised to the Pontificate, who, by his cunning, will endeavour to draw many into error and death.
3. Then scandals will be multiplied, our Order will be divided, and many others will be entirely destroyed, because they will consent to error instead of opposing it.
4. There will be such diversity of opinions and schisms among the people, the religious and the clergy, that, except those days were shortened, according to the words of the Gospel, even the elect would be led into error, were they not specially guided, amid such great confusion, by the immense mercy of God.

5. Then our Rule and manner of life will be violently opposed by some, and terrible trials will come upon us. Those who are found faithful will receive the crown of life; but woe to those who, trusting solely in their Order, shall fall into tepidity, for they will not be able to support the temptations permitted for the proving of the elect.

6. Those who preserve in their fervour and adhere to virtue with love and zeal for the truth, will suffer injuries and, persecutions as rebels and schismatics; for their persecutors, urged on by the evil spirits, will say they are rendering a great service to God by destroying such pestilent men from the face of the earth. but the Lord will be the refuge of the afflicted, and will save all who trust in Him. And in order to be like their Head, [Christ] these, the elect, will act with confidence, and by their death will purchase for themselves eternal life; choosing to obey God rather than man, they will fear nothing, and they will prefer to perish rather than consent to falsehood and perfidy.

7. Some preachers will keep silence about the truth, and others will trample it under foot and deny it. Sanctity of life will be held in derision even by those who outwardly profess it, for in those days JESUS CHRIST WILL SEND THEM NOT A TRUE PASTOR, BUT A DESTROYER.”

A German Anti-Pope has been Predicted For Centuries
In his classic 1941 Imprimatured book, The Prophets and Our Times, Father Gerald Culleton includes the prediction
attributed to the 7th century Holy Catholic Merlin the Bard. The Catholic Prophet Merlin the Bard foretold:
“There will come a German Anti-Pope. Italy and Germany will be sorely troubled ...”

“The French King will restore the true Pope.” (Merlin)

Now I hope you see what happened who is the so called Destroyer.

God bless Hungarian.

Private prophecy is like Ripleys..“believe it, or don’t”.

The “Great Monarch” in my opinion, is real, the prophecy is authentic Catholic prophecy from dozens of approved saints, blessed, and mystics of the Church.

Marie Julie Jahenny, Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich and others even name this future French king: Henry V de la Croix.

He was/will be born in France and exiled in his youth. He is pure and untainted by corruption and Our Blessed Lady will even acknowledge him as her own. He is/will be a Bourbon king (no Orleans King will ever rule France again). He is a DIRECT descendant of Louis XVI, Louis IX, Charlamagne, Pippen, etc. French kings are a Davidic line and thus he is descended from King David as well. He can best be described as a “Frankish” king both German and French of course but France is the first nation on the earth, the Eldest Daughter and defender of the Holy Catholic Church. European kings are crowned at Aix la Chappelle(Aachen), and Reims. In these two Cathedrals he will be crowned.

After economic failures in Europe. civil strife, attacks within and into Europe will occur.  An invasion by Prussians and Russians seizing Rome, an invasion of Italy from Albania, horrible events in Paris, the Great King, unknown to all (up to that point) will come forward and be crowned by the Holy Pontiff. He will lead a army which will lose battles initially until the three days of darkness which is itself a horrible chastisement of fire for the earth. The earth will be made quite desolate with some countries disappearing completely. After these three days, men will stop fighting each other and fight only the enemy of peace and enemy of The Church. He shall uproot every republic and all nations of the earth shall enjoy the “age of peace”, or “age of Mary”.

Read Marie Julie Jahenny’s prophecies if you have time. I promise you it will open your eyes and your heart in preparation of the times ahead.

A free book about Marie Julie Jahenny’s prophecies is available for download here:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/74402052/We-Are-Warned-The-Prophecies-of-Marie-Julie-Jahenny

Some prophecies from the saints..

St. Augustine, 5th Century : “A Frankish King will one day rule over the entire Roman Empire.”

Old Saxon prophecy: “He will come from the Fleur-de-Lis…”

St. Cataldus, 5th Century: “... a King of the House of Lilies…”

St. Caesar, 5th Century: “He shall recover the Crown of the Lilies…..”

St. Hildegarde, 12th Century: “The White Flower again takes possession of the Throne of France.”

Bishop Ageda, 12th Century: “He shall inherit the Crown of the Fleur-de-Lis”

St. Francis de Paola (15th Century): “(He and the Holy Pontiff) shall obtain dominion over the whole world.

Ven. Bartholomew Holzhauser: “He will restore everything.”

St. Hildegarde: “Peace will return when the Lily ascends the Throne again. The land will be very productive.”

St. Bridget: “And the earth shall enjoy peace and prosperity.”

St. Thomas Becket, AD 1118-1170: A knight shall come from the west. He shall capture Milan, Lombardy, and the three crowns. He shall then sail to Cyprus and Famagusta and land at Jaffa, and reach Christ’s grave where he will fight. Wars and wonders shall befall till the people believe in Christ toward the end of the world. -

St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, Cure‚ of Ars (19th Century): “But God shall save all like a sign of the last judgement. God will come to help. The return of the king shall be announced. This will re-establish peace and prosperity. Religion shall flourish again better than ever before” .” This shall re-establish a peace and prosperity without precedent”....“The good people will triumph when the return of the King is announced.”

Vive Henri V de la Croix, FUTURE Most Christian King of France.
† In Hoc Signo Vinces †

manticore, you have shown that not all Catholics are deranged prophecy wonks like all too many on this forum.  Do not expect, however, to deflect these nutjobs from their crackpot notions.  They are indeed “true believers” from the same mold that casts the Darbyite-Scofieldian dispensational premillennialist evangelical prophecy hounds and they are exemplary of the description that H.L. Mencken coined when he referred to “the virulence of the national appetite for bogus revelation.”

It seems to me that when God sends The Blesed Mother to His children it usually is to warn us. She rarely if ever has been sent to tell us that everything is okay.  And when God sends His messenger, we are morally bound to heed the messenger’s request. Foe example, in the bible, Zechariah doubted and was struck dumb.

When the “Blessed Mother” allegedly shows up, she does so out of the fertile imagination and inflamed zealotry of self-deceived idolaters, not as an incident of ambassadorially-delivered revelation from God. Fantasy is rampant, from Medjurgorje to Guadalupe, catalyzed by the imaginings of the ignorant and the superstitious .

  so much abuse of children today, 250,000 in
  human trafficking and these are horror stories of how
  they are being treated like animals against their will,
  and the millions being killed by abortion . . .  pray for
  the children :

  “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them;
  for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”. .  There
  is an express joy that we all find in children, the spring
  time of life, the anticipation of the future history of each
  of our present earthly homelands. No country on earth,
  no political system can think of its own future otherwise
  than through the image of these new generations that
  will receive from their parents the manifold heritage of
  values, duties and aspirations of the nation to which
  they belong and of the whole human family. Concern
  for the child, even before birth, from the first moment
  of conception and then throughout the years of infancy
  and youth, is the primary and fundamental test of the
  relationship of one human being to another. So what
  better wish can be expressed for every nation and for the
  whole of mankind, and for all the children of the world,
  than a better future in which respect for human rights
  will become a complete reality. Acceptance, love,
  esteem, emotional, educational, and spiritual concern
  for every child that comes into this world should always
  constitute a distinctive, essential characteristic of all
  Christians, in particular of the Christian family : thus
  children, while they are able to grow “in wisdom and
  stature, and in favor with God and man.” offer their own
  precious contribution to building up the family community
  and even to the sanctification of their parents. . . .  this is
  the example and the Commandment of Christ the Lord,
  who placed the child at the heart of the Kingdom of God :
  “Let the children come to Me, and do not hinder them; for
  to such belong the Kingdom of Heaven.” Come to pray in
  the Chapel with us for all children especially those in jeopardy
  of losing their lives to abortion at 3 PM on Fridays and Sundays

The pimps who are trafficking young women and girls on the street have a great marketing tool: the media. You can turn on the TV now and see pimps glamorized in TV shows, music videos, and movies. Young people use “pimp” in everyday conversation: “my ride is pimped out,” “your clothes are pimping.” They do not understand the reality behind the term.  full story :

        http://www.redstate.com/2012/09/03/sex-trafficking-at-the-conventions/

Wait so a guy comes on here writing openly critial, hostile messages towards Our Blessed Mother and Church approved apparitions. I simply ask him why he doesn’t go elsewhere if he doesn’t believe in the Catholic faith and MY comment is deleted? You guys can take a flying leap, Archbold brothers you’e no more Catholic than this protestant hack.

But, doesn’t the Bible say that prophecies shall cease?
“Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail…” I cor. 13:8
When the Word of God (”... that which is perfect is come .. ” I Cor. 13:10) was given to us there are no longer any needs of pmore ropecy.  Even Rev. 22:19 says don’t add anything more to God’s Word.  All we need is in the pages of His Word.  The only prophecy we need now is to apply what has been written to today. A blog entry at http://www.openthoumineeyes.com/blog/2012/08/22/corinthians-14/ may make it clearer.

Also - 1Pet 1.20-21 First of all you must understand this,that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of ones own interpretation,because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man,but men being but being moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God

John, that doesn’t really answer my question.  I was just quoting what the Scriptures said.  I was not interpretting anything.  I was just commenting that if there are prophets today they are violating the Word of God and cannot be from God.

Sorry! I wasn’t answering your question I was agreeing with you : )

Ah be keep on reading to 1 Cor 14:

“Pursue love, and tearnestly desire the uspiritual gifts, especially that you may vprophesy. 2 For wone who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. 3 On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.”

That’s the problem with Solo Scriptura, (beyond the fact that nowhere in the Bible does it say by scripture alone). Without the teaching authority of the true Church, you’ll always find another verse ton counter what you just quoted

I know the prophecies about the restoration of the Empire of Charlemagne for years. After the attacks of july 22, 2011, I have read a while in the manifest of Anders Behring Breivik. The plans he unfolds about Europe and the Middle East are such that I am amazed that I heard nobody suggest that he could be the Great Catholic Monarch. Only a few academics have remarked that he could be like an OT prophet or a Godsend defender of Israel. What do you think about this? God bless.

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Recent prophecies also say that Great Britain will convert.  Watching the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate, I was impressed with the serious religious message, and it occurred to me that with the Beatification of Cardinal Newman and other points of reconciliation, this COULD happen with William and Kate leading the way.  I have read many Catholic prophecies saying that the Great Monarch will restore Christian order in the world, and I can certainly envision what’s left of Christian Europe rallying around this warrior King William, especially if the fire of the Holy Spirit burns in a newly converted Catholic heart.  It all may be falling into place… in this time.  Just sayin.  ;)

@susan I agree Venerable Fr Ignatious Spencer is the Princes great great great uncle. Both Harry and William are active in the armed forces, Harry in Afghanistan and William in the Falklands. Their Father Charles is a Field Marshal. So through Our Lady of Walsingham England will be converted,so said St John Vianney I believe. Makes sense to me.

Abigail, TRUE Catholic monarchs or Catholics in general don’t go around slaughtering innocent, defenseless people. The Ander guy was a fanatical murderous nut. The future Catholic monarch comes to aid France and the Church, not slaughter kids.

Susan,..ah..no. Neither William or Harry is the Great Catholic Monarch. The Great Catholic Monarch is deeply devout and holy man his ENTIRE life, another Saint Louis. He is also born in France so unless either one of these was born in France it ain’t them.

They (William &Harry;) most certainly DO have French blood

As do I a 5th generation American, but it also in no way makes me the Great Monarch. The mystics have even described the physical appearance of the futre King. It is neither William or Harry unless perhaps every single prophecy was somehow incorrect.

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I’ve been studying the life of Fr. Aloysius Ellacuria, CMF. Some have pointed out certain parallels in Father’s life and references to the great monarch.
1. Both are identified with France. Fr. Aloysius is from the Basque provinces, and three are in France. In the time of Napoleon, he was considering a completely separate nation for the Basques, because they are unified in their language and culture.
2. The Fleur-de-Lis as a reference to purity, a special virtue cultivated by Fr. Aloysius with his teaching on heroic chastity.
3. In his role as a founder and administrator of a congregation of men, Fr. Aloysius could be considered a monarch or superior general of his new order.
4. He work was like a personal prelature through which he wanted to continue until the end of time. Opus Dei is a personal prelature and Father instructed us to look into how the Opus Dei was organized. Father Aloysius authority over the movement was like that of the prelate in a personal prelature.
5. The sinew of Father’s hip was operated upon and he did limp the rest of his life.
6. He went to Jerusalem to dedicate his life’s work to Our Lord. He was received by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and he prostrated himself on location of the Holy Sepulture. There are photographs of these moments.
7.Father insisted on a renewal in the faith and morals of Catholics, i.e., a restoration to the beauty of the faith.
8. Father’s family goes back to the 9th Century, the time of Charlemagne. So does the family Coat of Arms.
9. Henry is the name of the monarch. This name “Henry” means “home rule” which is what Father Aloysius did. he ruled his order, and he made sure it would continue afterwards.
These parallels are not hard to see. If there is such a prophesy, and if Fr. Aloysius can be identified with the prophesy, we still haven’t seen the restoration of Faith, at least not yet!

I thought the dispensational premillennialists among the fundamentalists were uniquely wacky with respect to the “End Times.”  From this article, it is apparent that some in the Catholic community entertain many of the same wackadoodle delusions!

Following : A Remedy for all the above . . . join us in spirit . . . and for the Cardinals that they will be inspired by the Holy Spirit and listen to His promptings for a Pope rich in Mercy and Love that will make known
and teach the the Message of Divine Mercy via Mercy Missions via Parish
Missions. As in the words of Divine Mercy . . . this “Mercy” is My last call . . . . after this comes My Justice.

Divine Mercy
Mark your calendars now! The Novena of Divine Mercy in preparation for Divine Mercy Sunday will be prayed in the Chapel at 3 p.m. on nine con-secutive days beginning on Good Friday, March 29 (after 2:45 p.m. Stations of the Cross). Divine Mercy Sunday is the 2nd Sunday of Easter, April 7, 2013.
On the mystery of human suffering and the mystery of Divine Mercy: At first sight these two mysteries seem to be opposed to one another. But when we study them more deeply in the light of faith, we find that they are placed in reciprocal harmony through the mystery of the Cross of Christ. As Pope John Paul II said in this place: “The Cross is the most profound bowing down of the Divinity towards man ... the Cross is like a touch of eternal love on the most painful wounds of humanity’s earthly existence.” (August 17, 2002) Dear friends who are sick, who are marked by suffering in body or soul, you are most closely united to the Cross of Christ, and at the same time, you are the most eloquent witnesses of God’s mercy. Through you and through your suffering, he bows down toward humanity with love. You who say in silence: “Jesus, I trust in you,” teach us that there is no faith more profound, no hope more alive and no love more ardent than the faith, hope and love of a person who in the midst of suffering places himself securely in God’s hands.” — Bl.John Paul II’s address to the sick. Let us offer up our sufferings and pray the Chaplet that the Cardinals will be inspired by the Holy Spirit in the election of a new Pope. Please join us on Fridays and Sundays at 3 p.m. in the Chapel.
Please join us in spirit if you can’t be with us.

Following a Remedy for all of the above :

Divine Mercy
Mark your calendars now! The Novena of Divine Mercy in preparation for Divine Mercy Sunday will be prayed in the Chapel at 3 p.m. on nine con-secutive days beginning on Good Friday, March 29 (after 2:45 p.m. Stations of the Cross). Divine Mercy Sunday is the 2nd Sunday of Easter, April 7, 2013.
On the mystery of human suffering and the mystery of Divine Mercy: At first sight these two mysteries seem to be opposed to one another. But when we study them more deeply in the light of faith, we find that they are placed in reciprocal harmony through the mystery of the Cross of Christ. As Pope John Paul II said in this place: “The Cross is the most profound bowing down of the Divinity towards man ... the Cross is like a touch of eternal love on the most painful wounds of humanity’s earthly existence.” (August 17, 2002) Dear friends who are sick, who are marked by suffering in body or soul, you are most closely united to the Cross of Christ, and at the same time, you are the most eloquent witnesses of God’s mercy. Through you and through your suffering, he bows down toward humanity with love. You who say in silence: “Jesus, I trust in you,” teach us that there is no faith more profound, no hope more alive and no love more ardent than the faith, hope and love of a person who in the midst of suffering places himself securely in God’s hands.” —Bl. John Paul II’s address to the sick. Let us offer up our sufferings and pray the Chaplet that the Cardinals will be inspired by the Holy Spirit in the election of a new Pope. Please join us on Fridays and Sundays at 3 p.m. in the Chapel.

While we are waiting for the end -time clues . . . in the meantime another line of thought to restore the Faith :In the words of Pope Benedict XV1 : “The Servant of God
John Paul II wanted the Sunday after Easter to be dedicated
in a special way to divine mercy, and providence disposed that
he should die precisely on the vigil of that day (in the hands of
Divine Mercy). The mystery of the merciful love of God was at
the center of the pontificate of my venerated predecessor. Let
us recall, in particular, the encyclical Dives in Misericordia of
1980, and the dedication of the new shrine of Divine Mercy in
Krakow, in 2002. The words he pronounced on that last
occasion were as a synthesis of his magisterium, evidencing
that devotion to Divine Mercy is not a secondary devotion,
but an integral dimension of a Christian’s faith and prayer.
— Regina Caeli Address for Divine Mercy Sunday on April 23, 2006.
[Being] at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Lagiewniki allowed me to
emphasize that only Divine Mercy illuminates the mystery of man.
In the convent near this shrine, on contemplating the luminous
wounds of the risen Christ, Sister Faustina Kowalska received a
message of confidence for humanity, the message of Divine Mercy,
which John Paul II echoed and of which he became the interpreter.
It is a really central message for our time: Mercy as the force of God,
as the divine limit against the evil of the world”. . .  In this light of hope
join us in the Chapel for the Chaplet to pray to safeguard our Freedom
of Religion, and for a Mercy Pope to emerge from the Conclave, at 3 PM
on Friday and Sunday.

I was led to this discussion by an acquaintance.  I’m one of the authors mentioned above. One of the posters of comments wrote:

“I’ve always struggled with this school of thought because I have a hard time seeing how the Antichrist could rise up out of a period of peace. It makes more sense to me that he would follow immediately on the heals of the initial collapse offering a solution for man’s problems.”

I cover the answer in depth in Trial, Tribulation & Triumph.  The period of Peace or as Our Lady of Fatima described it to the 3 shepherd children - ‘...a certain period of peace will be granted to the world’.

That is the period of time during which the “regions” of the world which have - according to Popes JP II & Benedict XVI - not yet received their initial evangelization, will finally be evanagelized.  And it is that which leads to the ‘fullness of the gentiles’ described by St. Paul.  It is that which leads to the great Apostasy amongst the ranks of the Christians.  Scripture tells us what leads to this; the Christians begin to ask themselves ‘where is Christ’s return [if he is real] why does He delay?’  Massive nubmer of them lose faith in that regard - and that is what leads to the great apostasy.

After the great apostasy - it is ‘Katy bar the door’ - here comes the Antichrist.

All my love in Christ

Desmond A. Birch