Prophecies from the Past

      "And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be pestilences, and famines, and earthquakes in places: Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows." Matthew24: 6-8

 

     Since before the time of the prophet Daniel there havebeen warnings about the

nature of thefinal days of the earth. Perhaps the best known of these is from

the NewTestament:

 

     "When you see the desolatingabomination spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place(let the reader understand), then those in Judea

must flee to themountains, a person on the housetop must not go down to get

things out of hishouse, a person in the field must not return to get his

cloak. Woe topregnant women and nursing mothers in those days. Pray that your

flight not be inwinter or on the sabbath, for at that time there will be

great tribulation,such has not been seen since the beginning of the world

untilnow, nor ever will be." Matt hew 24: 15-21

 

     Aside from these references there are numerous veiledprophecies about the end

times in the Bookof Revelation and the sequence of events that must take place

before the Man ofIniquity reveals himself. Further, since the first century

there have beenprophets who have, with uncanny accuracy, and Church

approbation,described beforehand events in the times they lived in and also

prophesied aboutthe times in the far future - the times in which we presently

live. Theirprophecies form an integral part of Church Tradition. Many of their

descriptions areremarkably similar to messages recently received during some of

the purportedMarian apparitions of the last thirty years.

 

     In reviewing these prophecies, they appear to describetwo distinct periods of

chaos andChastisement separated by a period of peace. The first and less

intenseChastisement appears to be conditional - it may be mitigated through

prayer andrepentance. It is immediately preceeded by a time of rampant

religious heresyand a falling away from the Faith in the Catholic Church -

especially in theRoman rite. This period of Chastisement ends with the rise of

a great and holyPope and a great Monarch who will eventually evangelize the

entire world tothe Catholic Faith and create a second Roman empire - this one

an empire builton faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. The second and Great

Chastisement isnot conditional. It accompanies the rise of the Man of Iniquity

who, in turn, isimmediately preceeded by a false prophet. This "prophet" comes

at a time of aworld-wide falling-away from the Faith, and the dissolution of

the second RomanEmpire into ten separate "kingdoms". These events will occur

despite theperiod of peace and plenty that God grants the world, but the timing

of them isunknown.

 

     This sequence of events emerges from a review ofhundreds of Church-approved prophecies thathave been recorded over the last two thousand years. These

prophets werefrequently Saints of the Church and in many cases workers of all

sorts of wondersin the name of Jesus Christ. Many of their prophecies described

similar events insimilar sequences despite the fact that they were made

centuries apart,in some cases in regions of the world separated by thousands of

miles, and intotally different cultures!

 

The following is alisting of a few of these prophecies:

     "Men will surrender tothe spirit of the age. They will say that if they had

lived in our day,faith would be simple and easy. But in their day, they will

say, things arecomplex; the Church must be brought up to date and made

meaningful to theday's problems. When the Church and the world are one, then

those days are athand"

St. Antony theAbbot - Fourth Century

     "Falsehood will characterize that class of men who willsit in judgment to

pass sentenceaccording to law: between the father and his son, litigations

will subsist. Theclergy of the holy church will be addicted to pride and

injustice. Womenwill abandon feelings of delicacy, and cohabit with men out

of wedlock"

St. Senanus -Sixth Century

     "The time is coming when princes and peoples willreject the authority of the

Pope. Somecountries will prefer their own Church rulers to the Pope. The

German Empirewill be divided."

Saint Hildegard -Twelfth Century

     "In the 20th century there will be wars and fury thatwill last a long time;

whole provincesshall be emptied of their inhabitants, and kingdoms shall be

thrown intoconfusion. In many places the land shall be left untilled, and

there shall begreat slaughters of the upper class. The right hand of the

world shall fearthe left, and the north shall prevail over the south."

Bishop ChristianosAgeda - Twelfth Century

     "Before the comet comes, many nations, the goodexcepted, will be scourged by

want and famine.The great nation in the ocean that is inhabited by people of

different tribesand descent will be devestated by earthquake, storm, and

tidal wave. Itwill be divided and, in great part, submerged. That nation will

also have manymisfortunes at sea and lose its colonies"

Saint Hildegard -Twelfth Century

     "The pope will change his residence and the Church willnot be defended for

twenty-fivemonths or more because, during all that time there will be no Pope

in Rome...Aftermany tribulations, a Pope shall be elected out of those who

survived thepersecutions"

John of Vitiguerro- Thirteenth Century

     "The great Monarch and the great Pope will precedeAntichrist. The nations

will be at warfor four years and a great part of the world will be destroyed.

The Pope will goover the sea carrying the sign of Redemption on his forehead.

The great Monarchwill come to restore peace and the Pope will share in the

victory."

Abbot WerdinD'Orante - Thirteenth Century

     "In the days of peace that are to come after thedesolation of revolutions and

wars, before theend of the world, the Christians will become so lax in their

religion thatthey will refuse to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation,

saying 'it is anunnecessary Sacrament'"

St. Vincent Ferrer- Fourteenth Century

     "The chastisement will come when carriages go withouthorses and many

accidents fillthe world with woe. It will come when thoughts are flying

around the earthin the twinkling of an eye, when long tunnels are made for

horselessmachines, when men can fly in the air and ride under the sea, when

ships are whollymade of metal, when fire and water great marvels do, when

even the poor canread books, and when many taxes are levied for war."

Mother Shipton -Sixteenth Century(... note: not a Catholic prophecy)

     "The fifth period of the Church, which began circa1520, will end with the

arrival of theholy Pope and of the powerful Monarch who is called 'Help From

God' because hewill restore everything. The fifth period is one of

affliction,desolation, humiliation, and poverty for the Church. Jesus Christ

will purify Hispeople through cruel wars, famines, plagues, epidemics, and

other horriblecalamities. He will also afflict and weaken the Latin Church

with manyheresies. It is a period of defections, calamities and

exterminations.Those Christians who survive the sword, plague and famines,

will be few onearth."

Ven. BartholomewHolzhauser - Seventeenth Century

     "During this period, many men will abuse of the freedomof conscience conceded

to them. It is ofsuch men that Jude the Apostle spoke when he said: 'These

men blasphemewhatever they do not understand; and they corrupt whatever they

know naturally asirrational animals do... They will ridicule Christian

simplicity; theywill call it folly and nonsense, but they will have the

highest regardfor advanced knowledge, and for the skill by which the axioms

of law, theprecepts of morality, the Holy Canons and religious dogmas are

clouded bysenseless questions and elaborate arguements."

Ven. BartholomewHolzhauser - Seventeenth Century

     "These are the evil times, a century full of dangersand calamities. Heresy is

everywhere, andthe followers of heresy are in power almost everywhere...But

God will permit agreat evil against His Church: Heretics and tyrants will

come suddenly andunexpectedly; they will break into the Church...They will

enter Italy andlay Rome waste; they will burn down churches and destroy

everything."

Ven. BartholomewHolzhauser - Seventeenth Century

     "It was revealed to me that through the intercession ofthe Mother of God, all

heresies willdisappear. This victory over heresies has been reserved by

Christ for HisBlessed Mother...Before the Second Coming of Christ, Mary must,

more than ever,shine in mercy, might and grace in order to bring unbelievers

into the CatholicFaith."

Venerable Mary ofAgreda - Seventeenth Century

     "The most Holy Trinity confirmed the desire of myQueen, assuring that God

will bless allthose who, by their support and help, contribute in the making

of the HolyStatue, as well as all those who help spread this devotion (to Our

Lady of GoodSuccess) throughout the centuries, making known its origin and

these apparitionsin the 20th century. This will be a time of great corruption

of customs...thesacred sacrament of Holy Orders will be ridiculed, oppressed

and despised, forin doing this, one scorns and defiles the Church of God, and

even God Himself,represented by His priests. The Demon will try to persecute

the Ministers ofthe Lord in every possible way..."

Sr. Marianne deJesus Torres - Seventeenth Century

     "God will punish the world when men have devisedmarvelous inventions that

will lead them toforgetting God. They will have horseless carriages, and they

will fly likebirds"

Blessed Rembordt -Eighteenth Century

     "Before the war breaks out again, food will be scarceand expensive. There

will be littlework for the workers, and fathers will hear their children

crying for food.There will be earthquakes and signs in the sun. Toward the

end, darknesswill cover the earth. When everyone believes that peace is

assured, wheneveryone least expects it, the great happening will begin.

Revolution willbreak out in Italy almost at the same time as in France. For

some time theChurch will be without a Pope.".

The Ecstatic ofTours - Nineteenth Century

     "All states will be shaken by war and civil conflict.During a darkness

lasting threedays the people given to evil ways will perish so that only

one-fourth ofmankind will survive."

Sr. Mary of JesusCrucified - Nineteenth Century

     "The crisis will come on all of a sudden and theChastisement will be

worldwide." .

Marie-JulieJahenny - Nineteenth Century

     In addition to these prophecies, there's a prophecy notattributed to anyone and

found in anEnglish churchyard that seems to point directly at the times in

which we nowlive:

     "When pictures look alive, with movement free, Whenships like fish swim

beneath the sea,When man outstripping birds can soar the sky, Then half the

world deepdrenched in blood shall die."

TombstoneInscription, Kirby Cemetery, Essex, England - Seventeenth(?) Century

     In 1946, just after the end of World War II, ThereseNeumann, a German stigmatic

and mystic, wasasked by an American GI if the United States would ever be

destroyed orinvaded in a war. Her answer was pointed:

     "No, but at the end of this century America will bedestroyed economically by

a series ofnatural disasters."

Therese Neumann,German mystic, Twentieth Century

     Despite the possibility of natural disasters, massiveglobal and civil wars

accompanied bypestilence and famine, and perhaps even a comet or asteroid

strike, thefuture is still one of immense hope, since a period of worldwide

peace wasGUARANTEED by our Blessed Mother at Fatima in 1917. This guarantee

appears tocorrespond to the prophesized period of peace inaugurated by the holy

Pope and thegreat Monarch after the period of Chastisement as described in

dozens ofdifferent prophecies, only a few of which are shown on this site.

 

     Further, the messages contained in recent Marianapparitions conform closely to

both biblicalprophecy and to a number of the prophecies about these times

recordedthroughout history by individuals recognized by the Catholic Church as

Saints. It wouldappear that the quantity and character of recent Marian

appearancesrelates to the proximity of the events - a period of chaos and

calamity finallyovercome through the direct intervention of God - probably

occurring in thelifetime of most of you reading this.

 

     Mary, our Heavenly Mother, appears to be trying to warnher children that they

have seriouslyoffended God and need to change. She also gives us a method to

ameliorate theevents to come and bring hope, joy, and peace back into our lives

- the prayers ofthe Rosary.