The Marian Messages

Final events as predicted by the spirits to faithful Roman Catholics

Vance Ferrell

Satan knows the order of final events, for he has carefully studied the Bible and Great Controversy. His concern is to maintain the loyalty of Roman Catholics to their historic beliefs, for far too many are veering off into religious liberalism and practical atheism.

The objective of the Marian visions is to keep the faithful in a continual state of suspense, so they will be ready to fulfill his objectives, when the true final crisis, as delineated in chapters 25 to 42 of Great Controversy begins.

My manifestations will become more frequent.

The time has come when I will make Myself more manifest in the Church, through increasingly greater signs.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), October 30, 1975

Only a little time remains.

Tell the pilgrims that I do not need flowers and candles, that I need prayers because the time left before the catastrophe is very short.Mary, through Tarcisio, one of twelve boy visionaries, in Oliveto Citra, Italy (south of Naples), December 15, 1985.

We are on the verge of a great crisis.

My dear children, God sends Me on earth to come because the whole world is in danger. I come among you to bring peace to your hearts.Mary, through Mafalda, Oliveto Citra (Italy), January 10, 1986.

Terrible events are about to occur.

Therefore, my dear children, pray, pray, pray; if you do not pray, you will receive nothing. The time that you have left is short; there will be earthquakes, disasters, and famines for the inhabitants of the earth . . I will pray that God will not punish you. God says, Save yourselves, pray much, and do penance, and be converted, with prayer you can obtain everything . . I will engage in the final struggle against Satan which will conclude with the triumph of my Immaculate Heart and with the coming of the kingdom of God in the world.Mary, through Mafalda, Oliveto Citra (Italy), January 10, 1986. 295:5

Fire will fall from heaven.

A chastisement worse than the Flood is about to come upon this poor and perverted humanity. Fire will descend from Heaven and this will be the sign . . The beast will enter into the holy temple of God.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), September 15, 1987.

I have been given the message which can solve your problems.

Those who refuse God today will go far from Him tomorrow into hell. I have presented myself to you as the Immaculate Virgin Mother of Jesus, and I will come to you, dear children. Mercy, forgiveness, and peace in the name of God the Father.

Have this message read to priests, and I want it to be communicated to everyone as soon as possible. Do not be ashamed of my message, but say it it to everyone you meet. For the spreading of my message is a great apostolic work, because with information about the apparitions and with knowledge of the messages, many people will pray more.Mary, through Mafalda, Oliveto Citra (Italy), January 10, 1986. 296:1-2.

On the edge of the abyss.

I asked Our Lady if there is danger of a third world war. Our Lady answered me with this message: I, Mary, will not leave you, but I want you to understand once and for all that the world is at the edge of the abyss. Mankind is sliding toward a frightening precipice; therefore, my children pray, pray, pray; be converted and do penance. The three-fold way to save yourselves from sin and punishment is: prayer, conversion, and penance. Mafalda, Oliveto Citra (Italy), letter about a vision received in April 1986. 296:4

APOSTASY HAS ENTERED CATHOLICISM

As we know, the  Vatican is laying its plans to destroy the faithful, who keep the Bible Sabbath and honor the Law of God. But, as it prepares for the coming battle, it has problems keeping its own ranks in line. Frankly, modernism and affluence is weakening, not only other denotations, but the Catholic Church also. Many Catholics in western lands no longer accept the decrees of the pope.

You will recall the McReady opinion poll taken in 1981, mentioned in the Introduction, which revealed the shocking fact that U.S. Catholics, between 14 and 30, are drifting away from faith in the ancient beliefs, and obedience to the pope. Since then, the situation has become even more difficult.

In order to offset this growing laxity, the spirits have been giving messages, purportedly through Mary, to arouse the people to be more loyal to the pope and to the ancient practices of the church.

The spirits declare that the people need to rally to the defense of the church against the enemies. For decades, these enemies have been declared to be masonry and communism.

It will be easywhen the National Sunday Law goes into effectto switch the target from masonry and communismto Sabbathkeepers.

In anticipation of coming events, as outlined in Great Controversy, Satan has been sending messages to faithful Catholics that they must arouse and come to the defense of the churchbecause the enemies are trying to take over the church!

The warning is given:

Where are My shepherds to lead My flock? My flock is crying out for shepherds! You, My people who serve the flesh and its desires before My Mercy, I will cut you down in the light of My Justice. Oh you say to yourselves. This will not be. I tell you, it is close! The clock, its alarm is set. It cannot be turned back. Your cries will be heard now, if you throw yourselves under My mercy and turn from sin and your evil ways. Mary, through Christian Gallagher, Cortnadreha (Ireland), no date. 307:1

Almost the entire church will slide into apostasy.

The apostasy will be as of then generalized, because almost all will follow the false christ and the false church.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), June 17, 1989.

Liberal priests and worshipers are destroying the church.

Error is being taught and propagated beneath the ambiguous formulas of a new cultural interpretation of the truth; the spirit of the world finds welcome; it spreads its malignant influence and leads so man souls to accept sin, to justify it and to live in it; loss of faith is becoming a deluge, and in many places of worship the images of the saints have been removed, even those of your heavenly mother. The apostasy has now been spread into every part of the Church betrayed even by some of its bishops, abandoned by many of its priests, deserted by so many children, and violated by My Adversary.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), August 26, 1983. 215:4

A PREDICTED 100-YEAR SLIDE INTO APOSTASY

The impending crisis for the church is said to be the last segment of a hundred-year apostasy the church will have endured at the hand of Satan. Skepticism and atheism have infiltrated the church. The only solution is to return to the teachings and practices of the Dark Ages.

 Over a century ago, Satan was given permission to tempt and try the church with modernism.

You must realize that Satan exists. One day he appeared before the throne of God and asked permission to submit the Church to a period of trial. God gave him permission to try the Church for one century. This century is under the power of the devil, but when the secrets confided to you come to pass, his power will be destroyed. Even now he is beginning to lose his power and become aggressive. He is destroying marriages, creating division among priests, and is responsible for obsessions and murder. You must protect yourselves against these things through fasting and prayer, especially community prayer. Carry blessed objects with you. Put them in your house and restore the use of holy water.Priest Tomislav Vlasic, letter to John Paul II, December 2, 1983. (Vlasic is a priest who was frequently conferred with the visionaries at Medejorie who have, for years, received messages from Mary.) 244:3-0

It is said that Pope Leo XIII had contact with spirits in 1884, and was told this:

On October 13, 1884, Pope Leo XII had just finished Holy Mass when he heard a deep and guttural voice say: I can destroy your Church . . to do so I need more time and more power? . . The guttural voice responded: Seventy-five to one hundred years and a greater power over those who will give themselves to my service. The gentle voice replied: You have the time.Soul Magazine, May-June 1984. 237:1.

This was supposed to be in fulfillment of a prediction made in 1846 to Melanie Calvat and Maximim Giraud.

In the year 1864, Lucifer together with a large number of demons will be unloosed from hell; they will put an end to faith little by little, even in those dedicated to God. Woe to the prices of the Church who think only of piling riches upon riches to protect their authority and dominate with pride. The Vicar of my son will suffer a great deal, because for a while the Church will yield to large persecution, a time of darkness, and the Church will witness a frightful crisis . . Rome will lose the faith and become the seat of the Antichrist. For now is the time of all times, the end of all ends. The Church will be in eclipse, the world in dismay . . Now is the time; the abysss is opening. Here is the king of kings of darkness, here is the Beast and his subjects, calling himself the saviour of the world.Mary, through Melanie Calvat, LaSalette (France), September 19, 1846.

It was predicted that the apostasy would in great measure begin by the beginning of the 20th century.

The monster shall arrive at the end of this nineteenth century, or at latest, at the commencement of the twentieth . . For behold, the age of ages, the end, the extremity is at hand! The church passes into darkness! The world will be in a state of consternation, perplexity and confusion.Mary, through Maximin Giraud, LaSalette (France), September 19, 1846. 214:2

The apostasy became more rapid in 1963, when Paul VI ascended the papal throne.

My child, I tell you that the final times are near. My children, you are on the threshold of the day of judgment . . And again I ask devout Christians to pray; to pray constantly for the Pope that God might give him the wisdom and strenth to lead the Church to its triumph and to the glory that He has predestined for her. The destruction in the Church began during the pontificate of Pope Paul VI. They began destroying the Church from within.

His authority as Pope is being eroded in disastrous fashion. But God has given the Church strength even here, notwithstanding the internal shortcomings brought about by apostates. The faith of Christians throughout the entire world is being renewed and strengthened through the pilgrimages of the pope.Mary, through Josyp Terelya, Ukraine, September 13, 1992. 287:5-288:1

THE HOLY MASS IN DANGER OF BEING ABOLISHED BY THE ENEMY

In earlier centuries, the people of France were stirred up to destroy the Huegonots. The pretext used was that the Protestants had blasphemed the holy mass. Once again, Roman Catholics are being roused to be ready for an attack against an enemy. At the right time, this attack can be switched from masonry and communismto the commandment-keeping people of God.

The devil is trying to abolish the mass.

Pray a great deal for humanity; the world is growing from bad to worse. The devil is making every effort to abolish the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Divine Justice is prepared to act with My eyes fixed on Heaven. It will be terribly frightful as if it were the end of the world. But the end has not arrived.The Christ Child, through Sister Anna Ali, Kenya, September 23, 1987. 249:5.

Pray for the many lost souls and many of My Own consecrated ones. The devil is using them in order to abolish the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass.The Christ Child, through Sister Anna Ali, Kenya, November 1, 1987. 249:6.

These times are My difficult hours when the devil is making every effort to abolish the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass . . Pray, pray for those who ridicule, abuse, condemn and, more than in the past, step on Me in order to abolish My presence in the Sacrament of Love.The Christ Child, through Sister Anna Ali, Kenya, December 5, 1987. 249:v-0.

The church will be devastated and sacked.

Time is approaching when My church will be devastated and sacked. My Own . . have become like enraged lions. There are many sacrileges committed against My Presence in the tabernacles. Many have lost their dignity and light of reason. The devil has chained their hearts. Led by him they labor hard to abolish the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The chalice is filled.The Christ Child, through Sister Anna Ali, Kenya, January 18, 1988. 250:4

Freemasons within the church are trying to destroy it.

The Freemasons are abusing Me in the tabernacles and in my very Gospel. The iniquity is repugnant. Unite your heart to My tears of blood. These are the moments they are laboring hard to abolish My Holy Sacrifice of the Mass . . Evil concerns are in the hands of the Freemasons. They have all agreed to abolish the Mass.The Christ Child, through Sister Anna Ali, Kenya, January 19, 1988. 250:5

A TERRIBLE SCHISM WILL RESULT

Historically, in Catholic history, schism means not only a split in the church, it also includes two antagonistic popes ruling at the same time, and fighting one another. (See Great Controversy, pp. 86-87, 103-104). Here is a statement by a Roman Catholic regarding this:

There have been at least thirty-seven Antipopes in history. The Great Western Schism came about after the election of Pope Urban VI, April 8, 1378. On August 2, 1878 the Cardinals issued a statement that the election ws invalid, claiming they were pressured into electing him out of fear. They demanded that Urban VI resign his office. He refused so they elected another pope, who called himself Clement VII, who went to Avignon [France]. Each pope excommunicated the other and claimed him to be schismatic and deposed. Both appeared to be validly elected. Countries, saints of the Church, and religious orders were split by this. The Franciscans elected two Master generals of their order, one supported one pope, the other the other pope. Confusion reigned. Who to follow? A Council was called in Constance in 1414 to resolve this.Richard Langley, Signs of the Times, June 24, 1992. [This journal has nothing to do with ours, published by Pacific Press.]

According to the visions, because not all want to cling to ancient Catholic beliefs, worldly leaders will elect a second pope, and another schism will occur in the church. But the faithful will ariseand Mary, who is in charge of the battle, will gain the victory.

Twenty-four years before 1844, an Augustinian nun and stigmatist had a series of visions about the coming crisis within the church.

A strange church being built in Rome.

I saw a strange church building being built against every rule . . No angels were supervising the building operations. In that church nothing came from high above . .There was only division and chaos. Its probably a church of human creation, following the latest fashion, as well as the new heterodos church of Rome, which seems of the same kind . . I saw again the strange big church that was being built there [in Rome]. There was nothing holy about it . . Everything was being done according to human reason. I saw all sorts of people, things, doctrines, and opinions. There was something  proud, presumptuous, and violent about it, and they seemed to be very successful. I did not see a single angel nor a single saint helping in the work. But far away in the background, I saw the seat of a cruel people armed with spears, and I saw a laughing figure which said: Do build it as solid as you can; we will pull it to the ground. Vision, given to Anna-Katarina Emmerick, September 12, 1820. 252:2

Dangerous errors are creeping into the church.

I saw that many pastors allowed themselves to be taken up with ideas that were dangerous to the Church. Everyone was to be admitted in it in order to be united and have equal rights: Evangelicals, Catholics, sects of every description. Such was to be the new Church . . But God had other designs.Anna-Katarina Emmerick, April 22, 1823. 253:3

The church is splitting into two camps.

I had another vision of the great tribulation. It seems to me that a concession was demanded from the clergy which could not be granted. I saw many older priests, especially one, who wept bitterly. A few younger ones were also weeping. But others, and the lukewarm among them, readily did what was demanded. It was as if people were splitting into two camps.Anna-Katarina Emmerick, April 20, 1820. 253:2

There will be two popes.

I also saw the relationship between the two popes . . I saw how baleful would be the consequences of this false church. I saw it increase in size; heretics of every kind came into the city [of Rome]. The local clergy grew lukewarm, and I saw a great darkness . . Once more I saw that the Church of Peter was undermined by a plan evolved by the secret sect, while storms were damaging it.

But I saw also that help was coming when distress had reached its peak. I saw again the Blessed Virgin ascend on the Church and spread her mantle [over it]. I saw a Pope who was at once gentle, and very firm . . I saw a great renewal, and the Church rode high in the sky.Anna-Katarina Emmerick, May 13, 1820. 251v-1

At that time, the antichrist will arise.

I see that when the Second Coming of Christ approaches, a bad priest will do much harm to the Church. When the time of the reign of Antichrist is near, a false religion will appear which will be opposed to the unity of God and His Church. This will cause the greatest schism the world has ever known. The nearer the time of the end, the more the darkness of Satan will spread on earth, the greater will be the number of the children of corruption, and the number of the just will correspondingly diminish.Anna-Katarina Emmerick, April 22, 1823. 253:4

Here are more recent visions concerning this schism:

It will arise from an immense split within the church.

The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, bishops against other bishops. The priests who venerate me will be scorned. and opposed by their own confreres . .The Church will be full of those who accept compromises and the demon will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord.Mary, through Sister Agnes Sasagawa, Akita (Japan), October 13, 1973.

Another schism (in which there are more than one pope) could soon occur.

How great is your responsibility, O Pastors of the holy Church of God! You continue along the path of division from the Pope and the rejection of Magisterium; indeed, in a hidden way, there is in preparation a true schism which could soon become open and proclaimed. And then, there will remain only a small faithful remnant, over which I will keep watch in the garden of my Immaculate Heart. The great trial has arrived for all humanity. The chastisement, predicted by me at Fatima [Portugal, 1917] and contained in that part of the secret which as not yet been revealed, is about to take place. The great moment of divine justice and mercy has come upon the world.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), November 15, 1990. 217:4

Some are already preparing for this to occur.

I am beneath the cross being carried today by the bishops who remain faithful, while the number of those who prefer to go their own way grows ever greater, heedless of and refusing to follow the Holy Father, whom Jesus has placed at the very foundation of His Church. They are preparing another Church, one separated from the Pope, and this will cause a further scandal, that of a sorrowful division.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), September 15, 1983. 215:5

But some are remaining faithful. Satans attacks will bring Mary her greatest victory.

Satan is battling against the apostles with her adversary. She stated: Satan is battling against the apostles of these last times, who have been chosen to combat courageously against the power of him who places himself in opposition to Christ, in order to obtain, in the end, my greatest victory.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), November 15, 1990. 234:1

Masonry and atheism are being increasingly accepted by both priests and church members.

There has also entered into the church disunity, division, strife and antagonism. The forces of atheism and Masonry, have infiltrated within it, are on the point of breaking up its interior unity and of darkening the splendor of its sanctity. These are the times, foretold by me, when cardinals will be set against cardinals, bishops against bishops, and priests against priest, and the flock of Christ will then be torn to pieces by rapacious wolves, who have found their way in under the clothing of defenseless and meek lambs. Among them there are even some who occupy posts of great responsibility and, by means of them, Satan has succeeded in entering and in operating at the very summit of the Church. Bishops and priest of the holy Church of God, how great today is your responsibility! The Lord is about to demand of you an account of how you have administered His vineyard. Repent, seek pardon, make amends and, above all, be once again faithful to the task which has been entrusted to you.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), September 6, 1986. 235:2

THE ANTICHRIST WILL ARISE DURING THIS SCHISM

We know that the Antichrist is the pope of Rome. But, according to the Catholic visionaries, the Antichrist will be an anti-pope, who will, during a final schism in the church in the last days, take the throne of Peter in Rome.

Statements predicting this began to be made long ago. The spirits feared final events on Planet Earth (the events outlined in the book of Revelation), so centuries ago they began preparing Roman Catholics to be faithful in the last days.

Antichrist will overthrow the pope.

Toward the end of the world, Antichrist will overthrow the pope and usurp his see.Joachim (d. 1202).

The pope will leave Rome.

Religion shall be persecuted, and priests massacred. Churches shall be closed, but only for a short time. The Holy Father shall be obliged to leave Rome.Anna-maria Tiagi (19th century). 255:v

Rome will become the seat of antichrist.

Rome will lose the faith and become the seat of Antichrist. The Church will be in eclipse, the world will be in dismay.Mary, through Melanie Calvat and Maximin Guiraud, La Salette (France), 1846.

DESCRIPTION OF ANTICHRIST

In order to divert attention from the true antichrist, a comic picture of a man, with a black mustache, gnashing his teeth, is presented to the faithful.

Satan is the ultimate antichrist.

Lucifer, the ancient serpent, the devil or Satan, the Red Dragon, becomes, in these last times, the Antichrist.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), June 17, 1989. 273:3a/

The human antichrist will be an illegitimate Jew.

The world will be faithless and degenerate after the birth of the Antichrist. Antichrist will be possessed by Satan and be the illegitimate son of a Jewish woman from the East.John Chrysostom (d. 407). 260:2

The devil will be his father.

It will be during that time that the Antichrist will be will be born of a Hebrew nun, a false virgin who will communicate with the old serpent, the master of impurity, his father will be B. At Birth, he will spew out blasphemy; he will have teeth, in a word, he will be the devil incarnate. He will scream horribly, he will perform wonders, he will feed on nothing but impurity. He will have brothers who, although not devils incarnate like him, will be children of evil. At age twelve, they will draw attention upon themselves by the gallant victories they will have won; soon they will lead armies, aided by the legions of hell.Mary, through Melanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, LaSalette (France), September 19, 1846. 257:3

He will not arise until the end of time, and will briefly rule the world.

He will be known as Antichrist who shall come about at the end of the world. His mother will proclaim she gave birth to him while remaining a virgin. He will reign from ocean to ocean. Antichrist shall be an illegitimate child, under the complete power of Satan, and God, knowing his incredible future perversity, will allow the devil to take a full and perpetual possession of him from his very sinful conception.John Damascene (d. 770). 260:4

He will rule for three years.

At the end of this age, the Antichrist will be born. As Christ was born from the highest type of womanhood [Virgin] so Antichrist will be born from the lowest [prostitute]. He will be a child-wonder at birth. His mother will be an accursed woman, who will pretend to be well-informed in spiritual things, and his father will be an accursed man, from the seed of whom the devil shall form his work. The time of this Antichrist, well-known to me, will come when iniquity and impiety shall above measure abound, when injustice shall have filled immeasurable proportions . . He will reign during three years, and shall have dominion over the whole earth . . In the year 1980 the wicked shall prevail.Saint Bridget of Sweden (d. 1373). 261:4

THE SHINING DARKNESS WILL TRY TO DESOLATE THE WORLD

Without naming him as such, it is apparent that the shining darkness is supposed to be Satan. This Shining Darkness is frequently mentioned. But it is not always clear whether the term refers to Satan, the antichrist, or a communist or Masonic leader.

The purpose of the spirits is to keep the faithful mystified. They are frequently told about secret things they will learn shortly, or are given terms which are ambiguous.

The mysterious malefactor.

The Shining Darkness, that malefactor, is drawing your attention to the great evil which he threatens you withthe sort of catastrophe that your minds cannot begin to imagine, while he, in the meantime, is multiplying his evils in other parts of the world. From the beginning you have been warned through this, My child, that these two years are the decisive years for all My children. Through your conversion all of you have been called into My secure embrace of love. More than half of that time has passed, but your hearts remain enslaved in thorns of evil. Today you have the choice of what kind of world you will have after these three days. The evils to which you will soon be witnesses because of your disobedience and hard hearts towards Me will multiply among you. You have already been warned about them. In your apprehension of evil you have taken all the  steps to protect yourselves from the horrors. But few are My children among you who have recognized the malefactors hand among you.Christ Child, through Jim Singer Ontario (Canada), January 12, 1991. 271:2a/

THE UNITED NATIONS IS A DANGEROUS POWER

Casting about for evil organizations to put the blame on, the United Nations is selected as one of them.

The United Nations is said to be the dead headthe head mortally wounded in Revelation 13, which was later healed.

Out of His mercy and grace, the Father has gifted you the Queen of Peace, yet nations prostitute themselves in the United Nations, and My children continue to pay deep homage to the dead head which now lives again in that city by the ocean.

Know that it is . . Satans own servants who toil tirelessly to deliver My children into his clutches. Just as they contaminate and poison so much in your lives, they are the ones also who are overseeing the aims of that organizationthe UN. Know that all their aims, each one of their moves and actions, are always preplanned. In their labors of deceit, even truth has become a sweet bait to be exploited by Satan and his earthly stewards. They lure away even your shepherds, My apostles, along with the entire flocks of My children.The Christ Child, through Jim Singer, Ontario (Canada), May 27, 1993.

In a vision given to Josyp Terelya (Marmora, Ontario; c. 1992) this term dead head was also applied to the UN.

Satan is trying to destroy mankind through the United Nations.

For some time I have been speaking across the globe about the imminent coming of Gods kingdom under Christ, that this kingdom is the hope of the world. This is why the devil is in such a frenzy to drag all the nations of the world into a great war, in order that he might destroy Gods creation. This is why the Organization of the United Nations was established through the agency of the devil, that through this diabolic exchange he might change Gods kingdom, which is the hope of the world.Mary, through Josyp Terelya, Ukraine, September 18, 1992. 288 bottom - 289:0

It is Satan himself who speaks through the false prophet of the Organization of the United Nations using the corpse of the Organization of the United Nations to deceive mankind.Mary, through Josyp Terelya, Ukraine, September 18, 1992. 288:3

RUSSIA IS ANOTHER POWER TO FEAR

The spirits frequently know what is about to happen, for they hear the most secret councils of men. On December 14, 1989. Jim Singer, a native of Zagreb, Croatia, now living in Canada, began receiving apparitions. He was told that soon war would begin in his homelandYugoslavia. This came to pass.

The war would receive worldwide attention.

Our Lord warned us that difficult and tragic times threaten our ancestral homeland. Out of the vicious aggression of the Shining Darkness our ancestral homeland shall be on the front news of the media.Jim Singer, Ontario (Canada), December 14, 1989.

On January 1, 1990, Singer, A Croatian from Zagreb, was told that Russian communism would totally collapse.

The future two years [1990-1991] are decisive for all My children . . This malefactor shall multiply his evil powers . . By the power of My presence you will soon be rewarded with the first victory in this final battle. Communism shall crumble before your eyes, but many of My children will not recognize My hand among you. Many of My children among you will be deceived and seduced . . Dear children, be alert, for you are now entering into the age of the great viciousness by the Shining Darkness. Constantly keep in mind that he uses all possible deceptions and evil powers . . These next two years (1990 and 1991) are of particular significance to you. The consequences of your earthly decisions shall be permanent. Do not rejoice in the disintegration of the evil powers too soon.Mary, through Jim Singer, Ontario (Canada), January 1, 1990. 292:2-3

Wars within Russia itself were predicted in 1990.

The Shining Darkness is preparing for you great bloodshed in the Eastern world, especially the USSR. In the Western world my children shall meet with great injustices, violence, oppression, and an ever deeper and greater loss of dignity with which I gifted you. Because of your conversion, the Shining Darkness shall lose this battle.Mary, through Jim Singer, Ontario (Canada), January 1, 1990.

Predictions are frequently given that, if the faithful do not pray for Russias full conversion to the faith, it will once again become a terribly evil nation, persecuting Roman Catholics.

Do you not remember that I have warned you about the particular aggression that the Shining Darkness desires to unleash among My children of the Soviet Union? I invite you allevict the malefactor from your midst. Fill your hearts with My love. I call you again, return to My embrace, use your hearts with My love. I call you again, return to My embrace, use My gifts. I will protect you. Satan aggressively wants to bring his hell into the Soviet Union. Not only will his fury be unleashed upon My children in that land, but the malefactor will utilize all his powers from hell to spill his rage from that land, through his earthly servants, to other lands as well.Christ Child, through Jim Singer, Ontario (Canada), September 23, 1991. /272:1

Russia will cause trouble in the nations of the east.

But precisely because of their faith in Me, these children will also not be spared from the renewed vicious satanic attempt with which the malefactor will endeavor to flood, from the USSR, all the countries of the east. While they are convinced that they are enjoying liberty and freedom, Satans rage will not spare My children of the Western world, either. Never have My children delighted in sin as now. In Noahs age, I cleansed the world of sins much lesser than these in which my children now take delight.Christ Child, through Jim Singer, Ontario (Canada), September 23, 1991. /272:1/

Revolutionary activities, that will involve the world, are again being planned in Russia.

In Russia preparations are under way for a world-wide revolution; the forces of hell that control the world will continue to say that everything they are doing is for the sake of peace and the welfare of the people, but at the same time they will continue to take away the freedom and free will from the people. They will continue to persecute the Church, but in another way. The overseer leaders of the Red Dragon are so sure that they have defeated the nations. And as their dictatorial power throttles the throats of the people it says Now you have peace and security, but there will be no security.Mary, through Josyp Terelya, Ukraine, September 18, 1992. 289:4

SIGNS THAT THE END IS DRAWING NEAR

Warning signs of the coming crisis are promised to the faithful. These are fairly general in nature.

Mary promises to send signsand interpret them to her visionariesso the faithful can know that the end is near.

With the same familiarity that a mother has for her children, I will reveal to you the cares, the anxieties and the deep wounds of my Immaculate Heart and, at the same time, I will help you to understand and to interpret the signs of your times. Thus you can cooperate in the plan of salvation, which the Lord has for you and which He wishes to carry out in the course of the new days which await you.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), December 31, 1984. 274:2

Four signs within the church itself were given to Don Stefano Gobbi between January and March 1979. Here are excerpted the four signs:

Beloved children, take refuge in My Immaculate Heart. The glorious reign of Christ will be preceded by a great suffering which will serve to purify the Church and the world and to lead them to their complete renewal. Jesus has already begun His merciful work of renewal with the Church, His spouse. Various signs indicate to you that the time of purification has come for the Church: the first of these is the confusion that reigns there. This in fact is the time of the greatest confusion. Confusion is spreading within the Church, where everything in the field of dogma, liturgy, and discipline is being subverted.

Thus, lack of discipline is spreading in the Church and reaping victims, even from among her very pastors. This is the second sign which indicates that, for the Church, the final time of purification has come: a lack of discipline which has spread throughout all levels, especially among the clergy . .

Today, my Immaculate heart trembles and is anguished to see the divisions without the Church. These divisions . . are the third sign which indicates to you with certainty that the final moment of her painful purification has come.

The fourth sign, which indicates to you that the culminating period of the Churchs painful purification has come, is persecution . . She is persecuted in a subtle and painless manner.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), January to March 1979. 275:1-3.

A world war is hinted at.

The signs the Lord sends are neither understood nor accepted; the dangers pointed out by My Pope who courageously and anxiously  is predicting the storm awaiting you, are not believed. The message which I give, through simple and little souls chosen by me in every part of the world, are not taken into consideration. The appearances which I am still making, often in faraway and dangerous places, are ignored. And yet you are only inches from your ruin. When all will be shouting for peace, a new world war could suddenly fall upon you, spreading death and destruction everywhere.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), December 31, 1983. [The reference to my pope is to John Paul II, for whom Mary expresses great affection.]

Three years later, Priest Gobbi received a set of five signs which are to occur in the world.

I have announced to you many times that the end of the times and the coming of Jesus in glory is very near. Now, I want to help you understand the signs described in the Holy Scriptures, which indicate that His glorious return is now close.

These signs are clearly indicated in the Gospels, in the letters of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, and they are becoming a reality during these years.

The first sign is the spread of errors, which lead to the loss of faith and to the apostasy.

The second sign is the outbreak of wars and fratricidal struggles, which lead to the prevalence of violence and hatred and a general slackening off of charity, while natural catastrophes, such as epidemics, famines, floods, and earthquakes become more and more frequent. When you hear of reports of wars, close at hand or far away, see that you are not alarmed; for these things must happen.

The third sign is the bloody persecution of those who remain faithful to Jesus and His Gospel and who stand fast in the true faith.

The fourth sign is the horrible sacrilege, perpetrated by him who sets himself against Christ, that is, the Antichrist. He will enter into the holy temple of God and will sit on his throne, and have himself adored as God. One day, you will see in the holy place he who commits the horrible sacrilege. The prophet Daniel spoke of this. Let the reader seek to understand . .

The fifth sign consists in extraordinary phenomena, which occur in the skies. The sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light; and the stars will fall from the sky; and the powers in the heavens will be shaken (Matthew 24:29).

I am always with you, to tell you that the coming about of these signs indicated to you with certainty that the end of the times, with the return of Jesus in glory, is close at hand.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), December 31, 1992. 289v - 291:1 [Diane: skip 289:6-7]

The great tribulation is drawing near.

Just as the buds which sprout forth on the trees tell you that Spring has now arrived, so also these great signs which are taking place in your time are telling you that even now there has come to you the Great tribulation, which is preparing you for the new era which I have promised you with the Triumph of my Immaculate Heart in the world.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), December 31, 1987. 285:5

Lots of signs are to be seen.

First of all, a great apostasy is spreading in every part of the Church, through the lack of faith which is flooding even among its very pastors. Satan has succeeded in spreading everywhere the great apostasy, by means of his subtle work of seduction, which has brought many to be alienated from the truth of the Gospel to follow the fables of the new theological theories and to take delight in evil and in sin, sought after as an actual good.

Then, in your time, overturning of the order of nature are multiplying, such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, and disasters which cause the unforeseen death of thousands of persons, followed by epidemics and incurable diseases which are spreading everywhere. Moreover, your days are marked by continual rumors of wars which are multiplying and are reaping, each day, innumerable victims. Conflicts and dissensions within countries are increasing; bloody wars are continuing to extend themselves, not withstanding all the efforts which are being make to attain peace.

Finally, in your time, there are occurring great signs in the sun, on the moon, and in the stars. The miracle of the sun which took place at Fatima [Portugal, October 13, 1917] was a sign which I gave you to warn you that the times of these extraordinary phenomena which are taking place in the heavens have now arrived. And how many times during my present apparitions have you yourselves been able to contemplate the great prodigies that are that are taking place in the sun.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), December 31, 1987.

Note: Mary frequently likens herself to the sun; its warm rays, its power, etc. The papacy has always exalted the Sun-day, Easter Sun-day, and Mary the one who is like the shinning sun. In contrast to her own glory (which she often refers admiringly to, she speaks of the shining darkness, which is the epitome of evil.

THE TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH THIS GREAT CRISIS WILL OCCUR

We have here the guesswork of the spirits as to when the true final crisis will occur. But, remember, the Bible calls them lying spirits.

It will come after the 19th century.

Many precursors, false prophets, and members of the infernal secret societies, worshippers of Satan, shall impugn the most sacred dogmas and doctrines of our holy religion, shall persecute the faithful, shall commit abominable actions; but the real and extreme abomination and desolation shall more fully be accomplished during the reign of Antichrist, Which shall last about three years and a half. Woe, woe, woe to the last century which is descending! What tribulations precede its commencements. Out of this mighty voice I recognized that these woeful tribulations will make their appearance in the age before the judgment. And I ponder over and weighed, in God, the century, I saw, that which begins with 1800 will not yet be the last. I see that when the Second Coming of Christ approaches, a bad priest will do much harm to the Church.Jeanne Le Royer (also known as Sister Mary of the Nativity) (d. 1798). 262:1

It will come during or immediately upon the death of John Paul II.

After Pope John XXIII died, Our Lady told me, After Pope John, there will be three more popes, one will reign only a short time, and then it will be the end of times. When Pope Paul VI became pope, Our Lady mentioned this to me again. She said, Now there will be two more popes and then it will be the end of times, but not the end of the world.Statement by Conchita Gonzalez, Garabandal (Spain), 1962.

There would be only two more popes after Pope Paul VI and that one of the popes would have a very short reign. But this does not mean that the world will come to an end.Mary, through Conchita, Garabandal (Spain), 1962.

Note: The popes after Paul VI (1963-1978), have been John Paul I (34 days, 1978), and John Paul II (1978- ). As we will learn later, the Marian view is that life on earth continues on when Christ returns.

In 1373, it was predicted that he would arise near the end of the millennium.

He will reign during three years, and shall have dominion over the whole earth . . In the year 1980 the wicked shall prevail.Saint Bridget of Sweden (d. 1373). 261:4

It will come at about the end of the millennium.

Precisely at the end of the second millennium there accumulates on the horizon of all mankind enormously threatening clouds, and darkness falls upon human souls.Pope John Paul II, December 8, 1983.

It will begin during a ten-year period, beginning in 1985.

I have a message. My message is peace and prayer: tell the people that the water [in this grotto] is blessed . . God is angry with the world. The people will have to improve and pray. My message is for all the people of Gods Church. The people have ten years to improve and pray, and if not, then this is what will happen . . [She then told them about terrible tragedies which would occur.].Mary, through Tom Cliffe and Barry Buckley, Melleray Grotto, County Waterford (Ireland), 1985.

It will begin at some point within 1988 and 1998.

In this period of ten years [1988 to 1998] there will come to completion that fullness of time which was pointed out to you by me, beginning with LaSalette [France, 1846] all the way to my most recent and present apparitions . . In the period of ten years the mystery of iniquity, prepared for by the ever increasing spread of apostasy, will become manifest.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), September 18, 1988.

Between 1990 and 1999.

Eileen George claims to have been given revelations through Mary. In her book, Conversations with God, she says a precursor antichrist is due to arrive in the Middle East between 1990 and 1999. This will be followed by the rise of the final Antichrist who is already living and comes from Syria.

1998 will be an important date.

Lucifer, the ancient serpent, the devil or Satan, the Red Dragon, becomes, in these last times, the Antichrist. The Apostle John already affirmed that whoever denies that Jesus Christ is God, that person is the Antichrist. The statue or idol, built in honor of the beast to be adored by all men, is the Antichrist . . 666 indicated thrice, that is to say, for the third time, expresses the year 1998, nineteen hundred and ninety-eight. In this period of history, Freemasonry, assisted by its Ecclesiastical form, will succeed in its great design: that of setting up an idol to be put in the place of Christ and his Church, a false christ and a false church. Consequently, the statue built in the honor of the first beast, to be adored by all the inhabitants of the earth and which will seal with its mark all those who want to buy or sell, is that of the Antichrist. You will have thus arrived at the peak of purification, of the great tribulation and of apostasy . . almost all will follow the false christ and the false church. Then the door will be opened for the appearance of . . the very person of the Antichrist.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), June 17, 1989. 273:v

THE DURATION OF THE CRISIS

The length of time that the crisis will occur is generally based on a day-day interpretation of the 1290 years.  More on the three days and seven years later.

It will continue for 25 months or more.

The pope will change his residence and the Church will not be defended for twenty-five months or more because, during all that time there will be no Pope in Rome . . After many tribulations, a Pope shall be elected out of those who survived the persecutions.John of Vitiguerro (13th century). 255:4

It will continue for 1290 days.

The Antichrist, predicted in Scripture, is about to arise. He will do terrible sacrilege by abolishing the Holy Mass for 1290 days.

The Holy Mass is the daily sacrifice, the pure oblation which is offered to the Lord everywhere, from the rising of the sun to its going down. The sacrifice of the Mass is not a sacrifice but only a sacred meal, that is to say, a remembrance of that which Jesus did at His Last Supper. And thus the celebration of Holy Mass will be suppressed. In this abolition of the daily sacrifice consists the horrible sacrilege accomplished by the Antichist, which will last about three-and-a-half years, namely, 1,290 days.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), December 31, 1992. 251:2

In order to understand in what this horrible sacrilege consists, read what has been predicted by the prophet Daniel: Go, Daniel; these words are to remain secret and sealed until the end of time. Many will be cleansed, make white and upright, but the wicked will persist in doing wrong. Not one of the wicked will understand these things, but the wise will comprehend.

Now, from the moment that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the horrible abomination is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and thirty-five days. Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), December 31, 1992. 290:6-7

Following three days, there will be seven years of oppression.

But few are My children among you who have recognized the malefactors hand among you. Three days remain for you, by your free will, to consecrated your hearts to Me, to enjoy My rewards and victory over the malefactor. Three days remain for you to allow the malefactor seven years of his particular aggression and oppression among you. Through the ages you have been warned what the malefactor is preparing for you during these final times. Only by your conversion and sincere love will you be protected.Christ Child, through Jim Singer, Ontario (Canada), January 12, 1991. 271:2b

THE THIRD SECRET OF FATIMA WILL BE REVEALED AT THIS TIME

We discuss the background of this third secret of Fatima, which is so much discussed among the faithful. It appears to be another means of keeping them in continual suspense, so they will not drift away from the ancient faith and practices of Rome.

The third secret of Fatima is to be revealed in this, the last ten years of the 20th century.

Now you are beginning the last decade of this century of yours . . I am coming down from Heaven, so that the final secrets may be revealed to you and that I may be able thus to prepare you for what, as of now, you must live through, for the purification of the earth . . My third secret, which I revealed here to three little children to whom I appeared and which up to the present has not yet been revealed to you, will be made manifest to all by the very occurrence of events . . The Church will know the hour of its greatest apostasy . . The man of iniquity will penetrate into its interior and will sit in the very temple of God, while the little remnant which will remain faithful will be subjected to the greatest trials and   persecutions.Mary, thorough Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), May 13, 1990. 235:3

You are already about to reach the most painful and bloody conclusion of the purification which will take place in these years, before the great triumph of my Immaculate Heart in the coming to you of the glorious reign of Jesus. This is the plan which embraces this century: In 1917 at Fatima, I anticipated it, as in a prophetic announcement, at the moment when the great struggle between the Woman clothed with the sun and the Red Dragon became evident, a struggle which was to last throughout the whole century, as a proud challenge to God on the part of my Adversary, who was certain that he would succeed in destroying the Church and in bringing all humanity to a universal rejection of God.

The Lord has granted him this space of time, because in the end the pride of the Red Dragon will be broken and conquered by the humility, the littleness, and the power of your heavenly Mother, the Woman clothed with the sun, who is now gathering all her little children into her army, drawn up for battle.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), November 9, 1984. 13v-14:1

GREAT PROPHETS WILL BE SENT FROM GOD

DURING THIS FINAL CRISIS

We are told in the Spirit of Prophecy that, during the Sunday Law crisis, spirits will impersonate religious leaders of earlier centuries, In anticipation of that event, Satan is preparing men to eagerly receive their messages.

Enoch and Elijah will be sent.

Rome will lose the faith and become the seat of Antichrist. The Church will be in eclipse, the world will be in dismay. But now Enoch and Eli will come, filled with the spirit of God They will preach the might of God, and men of good will believe in God, and many souls will be comforted. They will make great steps forward through the virtue of the Holy Spirit and will condemn the devilish lapses of the Antichrist. There will be bloody wars and famines, plagues and infectious diseases. It will rain a fearful hail of animals. There will be thunderstorms which will shake cities, earthquakes which will swallow up countries. Voices will be heard in the air. Men will beat their heads against walls, call for their death, and on another side death will be their torment. Blood will flow on all sides. Who will be the victor if God does not shorten the length of the length of the test.Mary, through Melanie Calvat and Maximin Guiraud, La Salette (France), 1846. 258:1

Both will be slain by the Antichrist.

All the blood, the tears, and the prayers of the righteous, God will relent. Enoch and Eli will be put to death. Pagan Rome will disappear. It is time; the sun is darkening; only faith will survive. Now is the time; the abyss is opening. Here is the king of kings of darkness, here is the Beast with his subjects, calling himself the Savior of the world.Mary, through Melanie Calvat and Maximin Guiraud, La Salette (France), 1846. 258:2/

Then Enoch and Elijah will ascend to heaven.

Antichrist will kill the Pope, probably by crucifixion. As a child of ten he will know more than anyone else in the world and when he is thirty he will begin his real work. Fifteen days after the ascension of Enoch and Elias into Heaven, terrible catastrophes will come upon the earth: most severe earthquakes, tidal waves inundating much of the earths surface, culminating in a thick darkness over the entire earth.Jeane Le Royer (also known as Sister Mary of the Nativity) (d. 1798). 262:3

ALL THE REVELATIONS OF MARY

WILL BE FULFILLED IN THIS COMING CRISIS

The apparitions of Mary are swelling to an immense crescendo. Visions, voices, and messages are being transmitted to the faithful all over the world. But, according to the spirits,all the events predicted will be fulfilled in the next few years!

All the messages will come to completion.

There will come to completion that fullness of time beginning with [the revelations at] LaSalette all the way to my most recent and present apparitions; the purification will come to its culmination; there will come to completion the time of the great tribulation, foretold in Holy Scripture, before the Second Coming of Christ; the mystery of iniquity, prepared for by the ever-increasing spread of apostasy, will become manifest; all the secrets which I have revealed to some of my children will come to pass and all the events which have been foretold will take place.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), September 18, 1988. /273:1b

ONLY BY THE HELP OF MARY

CAN THE FAITHFUL BE DELIVERED

It is an intriguing fact that the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy continually point us to Jesus and the Inspired Writings as the source of strength, and the means of salvation; whereas, Mary always points mankind to herself as the way, the truth, and the pathway to eternal life. Here is but a brief sampling. You will find more in the Preface and Introduction, at the front of this book.

Her continual intercession is vital.

Without My intervention you can no longer completely triumph over the evil one, for My earthly children are surrounded with traitors. Even among those who enjoy the confidence of My earthly children, there are those who are in the service of Satan. They consciously victimize My Flocktheir own brothers and sisters.Mary, through Jim Singer, Ontario (Canada), April 22, 1991. 271v-0

She has a fullness of mercy for mankind.

I desire that priests proclaim this great Mercy of Mine towards souls of sinners. Let the sinner not be afraid to approach Me. The flames of Mercy are burning Meclamoring to be spent; I want to pour them upon these souls, distrust on the part of souls is tearing at My insides. The distrust of a chosen soul causes Me even greater pain; despite My inexhaustible love for them they do not trust Me. Even My death is not enough for them. Woe to the soul that abuses these gifts.Mary, as recorded in diary of Sister Faustina, Cracow (Poland), 1938 (Faustina was beatified in Rome, April 18, 1993). 305:3

She has infinitely greater power.

The wickedness of men would destroy My plan if possible but My power, given to Me by God Himself, is infinitely greater than all the wickedness in the world.Mary, through Mariamante (mid-west U.S.), February 22, 1987.

WHAT THE FAITHFUL MUST DO

TO FORSTALL THIS CRISIS

Rather consistently, Mary counsels Roman Catholics that they need to pray the rosary, attend the mass, make weekly confession, respect the priests, obey the pope and magisterium of the church, fast, meditate on the crucifix, burn candles, and wear the scapular. But, above all, they should trust in Mary and say the rosary. (Whenever prayer is mentioned, it means to say the rosary.)

They need to totally surrender their minds to Marys messages.

My Mother wishes to continue speaking to you. Listen carefully to everything she tells you. She will employ many of Her faithful followers in accomplishing this wonderful task. You must be prepared to give completely of yourselves now especially, as the time is so crucial. Hold back nothing for yourselves in service to her and the cause for which she inspires you, that is the Triumph of her Immaculate Heart. This will facilitate the reign of My Sacred Heart. As Mary was a foreshadow of My glory when I came to earth, so she will again be the precursor to My age of love and peace which she foretold at Fatima [Portugal, 1917].Christ child, through Mariamante (mid-west U.S.), no date. 378:4

They need to hold their rosaries, so they can remember Jesus.

May the love of God be always in you, because without it, you cannot be fully converted. Let the rosary in your hands make you think of Jesus.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), June 1, 1984.

They need to hold their rosaries, so Satan will know they belong to Mary.

Pray and let the rosary always be in your hands as a sign to Satan that you belong to Me.Mary, through Jakov, Medjugorje (Croatia), September 27, 1984.

They need to say the rosary (until a mesmeric effect grips their minds).

Through all the messages, the Virgin Mary stressed the power of the rosary, and constantly asks that the rosary be prayed . . In one of the first messages, Our Lady advised people who found it difficult to accept My message and those of My Son; pray the rosary from your heart, all three mysteries, for nine days. Offer up these prayers to My Sons Heart and to the Holy Spirit for enlightenment. If you can do that, you will understand. Our Lady has said to me to tell people to arm themselves with her rosary, and never to let it be out of their hearts. It will protect them during the times of trial and suffering.Statement by Christina Gallagher, no date.

Pray very much the prayers of the rosary. I alone am able still to save you from calamities which approach. Those who place their confidence in Me will be saved.Mary, through Sister Agnes Sasagawa, Akita (Japan), October 13, 1973.

I urge you to ask everyone to pray the rosary. With the rosary you will overcome all the troubles which Satan is trying to inflict on the Catholic Church. Let all priests pray the rosary. Give time to the rosary.Mary, through Jelena, Medjugorje (Croatia), June 25, 1985.

They need to fast.

My dear children, I wish you knew the power of prayers . . the power of fasting. For when you pray and fast, My Son and our Father in heaven hears your prayers.Mary, through three adults, Lubbock (Texas), June 20, 1988.

Great wonders can be done through fasting and prayer.

Through fasting and prayer one can stop wars; one can suspend the laws of nature.Mary, through the visionaries at Medjugorje (Croatia), July 21, 1982.

They need to attend mass and receive the wafer at the Eucharist.

My little ones, my graces are poured out to you constantly as I pray for you, but special times of graces and blessings are in the Sacrifice of the Mass.Mary, through three adults, Lubbock (Texas), December 25, 1988.

I am calling you to more attentive prayer, and to greater participation in the Mass! . . come in love and accept the Holy Mass! . . Let Holy Mass be your life! . . Adore continually the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. I always am present when the faithful are in adoration.Mary, to the visionaries at Medjugorje (Croatia), May 25, 1987.

They need to pray for the pope.

My child, I tell you that the final times are near. My children, you are on the threshold of the day of judgment . . And again I ask devout Christians to pray; to pray constantly for the Pope that God might give him the wisdom and strength to lead the Church to its triumph and to the glory that He has predestined for her.Mary, through Josyp Terelya, Ukraine, September 13, 1992. 287:5-288:1

They need to pray for the bishops and priests in the church.

Pray constantly for the pope and for the bishops and priests of the Church.Mary, through Julia Kim, Naju (Korea), August 11, 1985.

They need to pray constantly for Russia.

Pray constantly for Russia, for these people will suffer again exceedingly and will perish in their sins without grace and repentance. Pray in this chapel for peace and for love in this country of Canada. People are not aware that the prophesied times are upon them. My heart grieves; I weep with maternal tears for all sinners, but what of this . . People have torn themselves loose of all restraints. There is no authority; there is no peace; there is no truth nor justice. There is no true piety.Mary, through Josyp Terelya, Ukraine, September 13, 1992. 287:4

If my children do not live evangelical lives, heed my messages and do all they can to alleviate my tears and anguish, they will . . have no way of escaping the sufferings caused by all kinds of evil disasters.Mary, through Julia Kim, Naju (Korea), October 14, 1990.

They need to pray for souls in purgatory.

Pray every day for the souls in purgatory. They are waiting for your prayers and sacrifices [offerings].Mary, through the visionaries, Medjugorje (Croatia),  no date.

They need to use holy water and carry blessed objects.

Protect yourselves . . Restore the use of holy water . . Today I invite you to put more blessed objects in your homes, and may every person carry blessed objects . . because you are armored against Satan, he will tempt you less.Mary, through the visionaries, Medjugorje (Croatia),  July 18, 1985.

They need to pray before the crucifix.

Renew your prayer before the cross. Dear children, I am giving you special graces, and Jesus is giving you special gifts from the cross. Take them and live!Mary, through the visionaries, Medjugorje (Croatia),  February 20, 1986.

They need to adore the crucifix.

Dear children, I wish to tell you these days to put the cross at the center of your life. Pray especially before the cross, which is the origin of great graces. In your homes make a special consecration to the cross of the Lord.Mary, through the visionaries, Medjugorje (Croatia),  September 12, 1985.

They need to unmask dangerous heresies.

As apostles of the last times, you must announce with courage the truths of the Catholic faith . . and unmask dangerous heresies.Mary, through Don Stefano Gobbi, Milan (Italy), June 8, 1991.

They need to crush the heretics.

I have said that this would come to pass, particularly at the end of the world and indeed presently, because the Most High and His most holy Mother have to form for themselves great saints, who shall surpass most of the other saints in sanctify . . These great souls, full of grace and zeal, shall be chosen to match themselves against the enemies of God, who shall rage on all sides; and they shall be singularly devout to our Blessed Lady, illuminated by her light, strengthened by her nourishment, led by her spirit, supported by her arm and sheltered under her protection, so that they shall fight with one hand and build with the other.

With the one hand they shall fight, overthrow and crush the heretics with their heresies, the schismatics with the schisms . . By their words and examples they shall draw the whole world to true devotion to Mary. This shall bring upon them many enemies, but shall also ring many victories and much glory for God.Saint Louis de Montfort, (1673-1716), no date.