Overview of Catholic Prophecy

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will be martyred.

9. "Various nations will be annihilated."

10. The Virgin's Triumph which ushers in a period of peace.

It is remarkable how this Marian apparition had accurately foretold thefirst seven items. The Wall Street journal (September 27, 1991) featured anarticle entitled, "Fatima Fever: Did Mary Prophesy Soviet Goings-On?Believers say Blessed Virgin Beat CNN to the News by More than 74 years."

The said article quotes Francis Irons, a former Defense Departmentanalyst: "Recent events in the Soviet Union are 'only explainable insupernatural terms,' he said."

A TIME magazine cover story on the Virgin Mary (December 30, 1991)

highlights the following quote: "The world will recognize in due time thatthe defeat of communism came at the intercession of the mother of Jesus."

One of the visionaries, Lucia dos Santos, entered the convent. Sister Luciawas told that she would live to see all the Fatima messages fulfilled. Sheis now over 90 years old. So she will see the persecution of the Church and theHoly Father, the martyrdom of the good, the annihilation of nations, andthe Virgin's Triumph.

Mary at Fatima calls mankind to turn away from sin -- or face annihilation.The nature of the punishment is hinted by the miracle of the sun: the ballof fire came crashing to the earth.

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, the Vatican's chief theologian, said, "A sternwarning has been launched from Fatima which is directed... to the perilswhich threaten humanity today."

Fatima expert to Pope John paul II, Fr. Joseph de Ste. Marie, said "Letthere be no hysteria concerning dates or concerning expectation of chastisements. The dates are unknown, the chastisement certain."

FIRE FROM THE SKY THIS ENDING CENTURY

Marian apparitions imply that the chastisement threatens mankind as the20th century ends.

Another visionary APPROVED by the Church is Sister Agnes Sasagawa of Akita,Japan. In the apparition of October 13, 1973, the Virgin said,

As I told you, if men do not repent and better themselves, the


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Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the deluge, such as one will never have seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will

envy the dead.

Bishop John Ito of Akita was very reluctant to approve the apparitions. Itmeant confirming the truth of the terrible warning. He went to Rome againeven after two commissions working for more than 10 years called theapparitions authentic. The Vatican told him to go ahead with the approval.

A journalist asked Bishop Ito, "What is the message of Akita?" The bishopanswered, "It is the message of Fatima."

In 1991 the bishop said in a statement, "It seems to me that our Heavenly

Father needs to purify this corrupt world before allowing mankind to enter the 21st century."

Other apparitions APPROVED by the Catholic Church speak of the urgency of the 20th century: Quito (Ecuador), Corota (Italy), Betania (Venezuela),Cuapa (Nicaragua). The many other apparitions under investigation declarethe same urgency.

Numbers alone are significant. In the 19th century, there were only 5Marian apparitions. In the 20th century there is an explosion of more than300 apparitions scattered around the globe.

SCIENTISTS CONFIRM THREAT TO EARTH

Astronomers now warn that yes, the Earth faces the danger of fire from thesky. Here are some clippings:

* "Earth Faces Asteroid Threat" Reuters, in Today, November 14, 1996."The earth could be hit at any time by a deadly asteroid, andgovernments should urgently fund more programs to seek them out andfind ways of destroying them, British and Australian astronomers said onTuesday. Scientists and amateur astronomers met in London todiscuss the best ways to track the thousands of asteroids that passclose to then Earth every decade."

* "A Shot Across the Earth's Bow: Last week's heavenly near miss was arecord. Are we ready for the next incoming asteroid?" -- TIME magazine,June 3, 1996

* "Scientists Warn of Asteroid Danger to Earth," DPA in the Philippine


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Star, November 28, 1996

* "Pentagon Eyes Asteroids Threat." Agence France Press, in the ManilaBulletin, February 20, 1997."The United States is taking seriously the threat of asteroids

collidingn with Earth and learning to track them when they arestill farout in space,' a pentagon spokesman said yesterday."

* "Close Calls from Comets on the Rise." The Boston Globe in Today, November 13, 1996

* "Mysterious Comets may One Day Destroy the Earth." The Guardian NewsService in the Manila Bulletin, February 15, 1997

* "Geologists Say Earth Due for Extraterrestrial Bump." Reuter, Mercury News, February 18, 1997

"Geological data show the Earth could be overdue for a major impactfrom a comet or meteorite, experts said Tuesday. 'We can't say when, andwe can't say how big, but it will definitely happen.' RobertHutchinson of the London Natural history Museum told Reuters."

* "Comet Rains Can Cause Global Extinction." Manila Bulletin, November 20, 1996

Caution: the astronomers are NOT saying that there is a particular asteroidor comet on a direct collision course with Earth. At least not yet. (Acheck with PAGASA reveals no asteroid/comet headed exactly this way.)However, one visionary says that the astronomers will later raise the alert

but the public will not believe them.

FATIMA POPE: JOHN PAUL II

On May 13, 1981, on the anniversary of Mary's first apparition at Fatima,John Paul II was almost killed. The gun was aimed at his head, but the Popewas saved when he turned to a young girl wearing a picture of Our Lady of Fatima. The assassin fired two more shots at the abdomen.

At first John Paul II did not pay attention to the fact that his brush withdeath took place on May 13. The Pope took the message more seriously. Whilein the hospital, he asked for the documents on Fatima, wrote to Sister Lucia, and reread the famous undisclosed Third Secret of Fatima.

John Paul II then obeyed the Virgin's request. Together with the bishops of the world he consecrated Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in March1984. One year after, In March 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev came to power, andthe world watched as communism collapsed.


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Pope John Paul II is now getting the Church ready for the great Fatimaevents as humanity enters the third millennium. He said in Crossing theThreshold of Hope, "Mary appeared to the three children at Fatima inPortugal and spoke to them words that now, at the end of this century, seem

close to their fulfillment."

His subtle program is superior to sounding the alarm. It is the best preparation of all: prayer. Catholics are to spend in special prayer theyears, 1997, 1998 and 1999. That is the subject of his Apostolic Letter Tertio Millennio Adveniente.

"The Pope seems to be hoping for some equivalent 'collapse' in the power of evil, some great new 'springtime' for Christianity and the world," says the

journal Inside the Vatican (December 1994), commenting on the document.

TIME OF TRIAL: A SEQUENCE OF COMING EVENTS The Marian Messenger complied the messages on the events awaiting thisending century. The product of this research is a paper called "The FatimaCountdown: Coming Events According to the Marian Messages."

The events are based primarily on apparitions which have been officiallyapproved by the Catholic Church. Pending apparitions, or those not yetapproved, repeat the themes and reveal more details.

These events are controversial and may sound hard to believe. The Churchteaches that she will indeed pass through a final trial, but she does notsay when this will happen.

Catholics are not obliged to believe these messages, even as the Churchallows the faithful to distribute them. Believing the Marian messages is a

personal decision. We in the Marian messenger submit to the authority of the Catholic Church as regards apparitions under investigation.

Here is a summary of the sequence.

1. Current situation:* Apostasy (loss of faith, disobedience to the Church)* Devotion to the Eucharist in decline.* Mary prepares her "cohort": her own army of people consecrated to

her, who pray and gather in cenacles.* Disasters serve as initial warnings: hunger, epidemics, etc.

2. Conflict erupts in the Catholic Church: cardinals versus cardinals, bishops versus bishops. The immediate trigger of the conflict may


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be the Pope's declaration of the Fifth Marian Dogma: the Virgin Mary isCo-Redemptrix, Advocate, Mediatrix of All Grace.

3. Schism: open revolt in the Church. A false church emerges,consisting of rebel bishops, priests, and laity. However, the

Church in the Philippines remains loyal to Pope John Paul II, according to anAmerican visionary. Mary has a special plan for the Philippines,according to an Italian priest visionary, Fr. Stefano Gobbi.

4. Revolution breaks out in Italy. The Pope has to evacuate Rome.

5. A great Cross appears in the sky.

6. The Great Warning: we will all see our unconfessed sins and suffer painfor them -- our souls will feel the fires of Purgatory or Hell.

(The Marian Messenger suggests that all take advantage of the Feast of Divine Mercy every year. That's the first Sunday after Easter. Go toconfession during Lent, even before Holy Week. Then take Communion onthe Feast. Those who do so will be granted complete remission of their sins and the punishment due them. Jesus told this to the Polishvisionary Sister Faustina Kowalska.)

7. A comet or asteroid crashes to the Earth.

8. Aftermath of the crash:* Terrible earthquakes* Global freezing* Crop failure, famine* Pest infestation

9. Global hunger

10. Global wars break out over resources.

11. World government emerges. Antichrist comes to power and puts the worldin order. (Note: the severe economic crisis and social chaos grippingGermany in the 1930's called for a strong leader. This popular demandled to the rise of Adolf Hitler, who put the nation in order.)

12. Antichrist rules Rome. Catholics loyal to Pope John Paul II are persecuted. The Philippines is kept safe, according to an Americanvisionary ceives messages of Jesus under the title, "King of All

Nations."

13. "Great suffering" for the Pope.


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14. The Great Miracle.

* This will be Eucharistic and Marian.* Mary will appear as the Great Sign described in Rev. 12:1* It will be a gift of the Divine Mercy. There will be a tremendous

outpouring of grace.

15. Climax of the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart: mass conversions. Russiais converted.

16. Nations enter the Church reunited and purified.

17. The Great Chastisement* "Atomic awakening." According to one visionary, the Antichrist

instigates nuclear war.* Fire will fall from the sky. Another comet or asteroid hits the Earth.

* Various nations are annihilated.* The Earth gets shrouded in darkness.

18. An Era of Peace follows.

FAMILIES PROTECTED BY JESUS AND MARY

When the atom bomb destroyed Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, it somehow spareda building only eight blocks away from ground zero. In it were living eightJesuits who were unharmed by the blast, heat, and radiation.

Some 200 scientists have examined the priests, trying to determine why theywere unhurt. Speaking on American TV, the German Jesuit Father HubertShiffner gave the startling answer:

"In that house, the Rosary was prayed every day. In that house we wereliving the Message of Fatima," he said. His words seemed to repeat theessence of Sister Lucia's statement in 1977: "Our Lady will protect allher dear ones."

How does one live the Fatima message? How can families secure Mary's protection?1. People must first CONVERT: turn away from sin and go back to God.

This entails the usual demands of the Christian life like prayer,reading Scripture, obedience to the commandments, concern for others.Beyond it there are special requests from the Blessed Virgin:

2. DAILY OFFERING. "Offer up each day whatever God requests of you...for the conversion of sinners and reparation for sin."


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3. REPARATION. "Pray, fast, and make sacrifices for your sins and for the sins of all sinners and unbelievers."

4. EUCHARIST. Frequent prayer, adoration and reparation beforeJesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

5. FIVE FIRST SATURDAYS. "Confess, offer Mass, receive Holy Communionon the First Saturday of five consecutive months... with theintention of making reparation to me..."

6. ROSARY. "Each day recite the prayers of the rosary, five decades atleast -- meditating on the mysteries -- to make reparation for sin." (AKITA)

7. CONSECRATION. Consecrate yourself to the Sacred heart of Jesus andthe Immaculate Heart of Mary. This means entrusting yourself to

their care and protection. Wear the brown scapular as a sign.Here is a sample consecration prayer:

I a faithless sinner renew today in Your hands the vows of my baptism. Irenounce forever Satan, his pomps and his works, and I give myself entirelyto Your Sacred Heart, O Lord Jesus Christ. I will carry my cross after Youall the days of my life and will be more faithful to You that I have ever

been before.

I choose you this day for my mother and Queen, O Blessed Virgin Mary. Ideliver and consecrate to your Immaculate Heart my body and soul, my familyand all those dear to me, my parish, and my country. Use us according toyour good pleasure and for the greater glory of God. Amen.

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