The
LATTER TIMES should not be confused with the END TIMES. The End Times or Final
Judgment is the last step that will take place only after that
period of God’s triumph on earth in the Latter Times.
Based on Scripture and prophecies that agree with
Scripture, the disastrous days in history confirm the prophecies of Fatima and
Quito, as well as those of the great Marian prophet St. Louis Marie Grignion de
Montfort and others, which speak of a great chastisement to be followed by a
long period of peace, which will be the Reign of Christ through Mary.
The Scriptures and private prophecies warn us of
a great chastisement that will come over all humanity – a Judgment of Nations –
to be followed by a long period of peace and universal well-being, prior to the END TIMES.
In the great universal catastrophe that is
coming, the world will not be completely annihilated; rather, the remnant of
mankind that survives the chastisement will be changed and purified. Many of
the prophecies speak of a great leader, a man sent by God, a prophetic figure
beloved by Our Lady, an Eliatic figure, who will lead this restoration.
The following
were words of Jesus Christ to Blessed Ana Maria, as she saw a man in the future
who will play a key role in her Restoration:
"Do
you see him? Observe. Contemplate him. Behold the apostolic soul, the man who
fights for the vineyard, the one equal to those who fought so much for My
glory. His efforts, his sweat, his works will be rewarded in Paradise with such
a glory that no human mind can imagine. The love I have for this person is so
great that it will only be known in Paradise. He is a truly zealous man. A man
with no stain. He has no human ends, no self interest, and, since his earliest
youth, the vice of flattery never touched him.”
"Now
is not the time for miracles, because the hour for the Church to return to her
first state still has not arrived. My children behold your Mother. I bless you;
My Father blesses you, but you must be good, be good, be good. You should
suffer with a good disposition until the Holy Spirit comes to set you afire
with love and bring an end to this iniquitous world. They will have reached the
end. They will have suffered almost everything. All the kingdoms, cities,
peoples, castles, provinces will find themselves suffering, with problems,
tribulation and torments until the definitive day.”
Once
she asked God who would resist this terrible trial. He answered: "Those
to whom I will grant the spirit of humility."
St. Hildegard von
Bingen, (1098-1179) describing the Latter Times:
"Then the fear of
God has been entirely cast aside, when ferocious and cruel wars happen in an
unprecedented manner, when a multitude of people are sacrificed in these wars
and many cities are converted into mounds of ruins ... when society has been
completely purified by these tribulations ... when they fully return to the
practice of justice ... For consolation will follow desolation ... as the new
Law succeeded the ancient Law."
In one of her famous
works, Scivias, St.
Hildegard
was instructed by a Voice from Heaven to record the prophetic visions she had
experienced since childhood. Her confessor and spiritual director, the monk
Volmar, ordered her to obey the Voice, which he judged came from Heaven. She later
received approval from St. Bernard of Clairvaux, as well as the endorsement of
Pope Eugenius III at the Synod of Trier (1147-1148).
In the testimony of
Msgr. Natali in the beatification process, he relates the words of the seer
about the Latter Times:
"Things will be so
convulsed that man would no longer be able to put things in order, but the
omnipotent Arm of the Lord will remedy everything”.
She told me (Msgr.
Natali) that the great scourge of the earth had been mitigated, but not that of
Heaven, for it would be horrible, shocking and universal. Truly, the universal
nature of the coming chastisement makes it a "Judgment of Nations.”
That great Chastisement
would occur long after the holy people of her epoch had been buried, he
continued:
“It will arrive
unexpectedly and in it the wicked will be destroyed. I saw the earth enveloped
in flames, many buildings crumbling the earth and Heaven seemed to be in agony. Many millions of men will die by steel, some in wars, others in
conflicts, and millions more by unforeseen death and this throughout the whole
world. As a result, entire nations will return to the unity of the Catholic
Church, many Turks, Gentiles and Hebrews will be converted in a way that will
surprise Catholics, who will be amazed by the fervor and observance they will
show in their lives”.
This sequence of events
is also foretold by Blessed Ana Maria Taigi (1769-1837), a housewife and mother
of 7 children in Rome who was gifted with extraordinary visions and revelations
about the Latter Times and the future chastisement.
From age 24, Ana Maria Taigi often had before her
eyes a "mystical sun," a supernatural orb-shaped light that allowed
her to see state of consciences, the revolutions and wars, the aims of secret
societies, the rewards of the good and punishments of the bad. In it various
times she saw the Latter Times, the great chastisement that would cleanse the
earth and the Church, the destruction of the Revolution, and the “restorer” who
would lead a victory more splendid than has ever been achieved before.
Many of the prophecies speak of a great leader, a
man sent by God, a prophetic figure beloved by Our Lady, an Eliatic figure, who
will lead this restoration.
She
also spoke of the Reign of Mary, when all the religions will convert to
Catholicism. She said that, after the chastisement ends, amid great convulsions
of nature and loss of life, a heavenly era will start a triumph so great and
astounding that she was left dumbfounded.
Three Days of Darkness
Blessed Ana Maria Taigi
also describes the “Three Days of Darkness”
"There shall come
over the whole earth an intense darkness lasting three days and three nights.
Nothing will be able to be seen, and the air will be laden with pestilence
which will claim mainly, but not only, the enemies of Religion. It will be
impossible to use any man-made light during this darkness, except blessed
candles.
She goes on to tell how
the three days will end with a triumph of Heaven:
“After the three days of
darkness, Saints Peter and Paul, having come down from Heaven, will preach
throughout the world and designate a new Pope. A great light will flash from
their bodies and will settle upon the future Pontiff. ... There shall be
innumerable conversions of heretics, who will return to the bosom of the
Church; all will note the edifying conduct of their lives, as well as that of
all other Catholics. Russia, England and China will come to the Church."
For those who understand
the extremity of evil we are currently witnessing today, it makes full sense
that God should open the doors of the Reign of Mary in an unexpected and
marvelous way, as Ana Maria Taigi predicts.
Further
on, the Prophet Jeremiah concludes specifically mentioning the epoch when these
things will happen: "Behold the whirlwind of the Lord, his fury going forth, a violent storm, it shall rest upon the
head of the wicked. The Lord will not turn away the wrath of his
indignation, till he has executed and performed the thought of his heart: In the latter days you shall understand these things." (30:23-24)
Many Nations will Disappear
The
great chastisement mentioned by Jeremiah will be a Judgment of Nations; and in
that Judgment, nations will disappear as Our Lady told the three shepherd
children at Fatima. But it is not the end of the world. There
must be a time when the people who remain on this earth will give glory to Our
Lord and Our Lady, building the Reign of Mary as predicted by the great 17th-century
Prophet St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort:
In the era that will follow, “Christ will reign from one
end of the world to the other, and
all His enemies will fall at his feet” (1 Cor. 15:25) to
render Him their vassalage. His Church will be gloriously triumphant throughout
the earth.
Several quotes from Scripture confirm a
Chastisement or Judgment of Nations, to be followed by a time when a purified
remnant will fear and glorify the Lord.
Isaiah prophesizes a Latter Times when the earth,
profaned by its inhabitants, will be devastated and only a few of the faithful
will remain:
“Behold the Lord shall lay waste the earth, and
shall strip it, and shall afflict the face thereof, and scatter abroad the
inhabitants thereof. And it shall be as with the people, so with the priest:
and as with the servant, so with his master: as with the handmaid, so with her
mistress: as with the buyer, so with the seller: as with the lender, so with
the borrower: as with him that calleth for his money, so with him that oweth.” Therefore
shall a curse devour the earth, and the inhabitants thereof shall sin: and
therefore they that dwell therein shall be mad, and few men shall be left.” (24:1-6)
“And I will bring the third part through the
fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is
tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art
my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God.” (13:8-9)
A Great Chastisement will come over the earth,
Zacharias foresees, where only a third part will be left.
The Scriptures and
prophecies warn us of a great chastisement that will come over all humanity – a
Judgment of Nations. What is important to note is that some inhabitants, albeit few, will remain after the Great
Chastisement, which is a definitive
sign that it is not the end of the world.
The small number of survivors
of this great chastisement is foretold in the imagery of the few olives that
still cling to the tree after it has been shaken:
“It shall be thus in the
midst of the earth, in the midst of the people, as if a few olives, that
remain, should be shaken out of the olive tree: or grapes, when the vintage is
ended.” (Is. 14:13)
“And there shall be in all the earth, saith the
Lord, two parts in it shall be scattered and shall perish: but the third part
shall be left therein.
This should suffice to
demonstrate that the Universal Judgment of Nations will come over all humanity
in the LATTER TIMES (as the title of the blog says—The Next-to-the-Last Gasp)—but
it is not the END TIMES—The Final Judgement, which will be at the end of the
world (The Last Gasp).
Pray the Rosary and Wear the Brown Scapular.
President
Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette
