*THE AFTERMATH ----
After the three
days of chastisement are over, there will be no ungodly persons left, the godless will be annihilated. Seventy-five percent of humanity will be destroyed, more men than women.
Everyone left on earth will believe in God with all their hearts. The
devastation will be astonishingly great, but the earth will be purified. The
spiritual fervor of the Christians will return, but there will be so few men left on earth.
When all seems lost, then in a twinkling all will be saved, the sun will shine again and it will be springtime, all
fair and beautiful. The Holy Angels will descend from Heaven and spread the spirit
of peace over the earth, and the just will be able to start life anew.
Some nations will
disappear entirely, and the face of the earth will be changed. There will be
no more big business, huge factories and assembly lines which will sap men’s souls and moralities. People will return to the land.
Our Holy
Church will rise again, and religious communities will flower. A feeling of immeasurable gratitude will possess the hearts of those who survive this terrible ordeal and,
upon the return of light, all should kneel down immediately and give thanks to the Holy Trinity for their protection, and
Bless God. Then will follow the era of peace as promised by the Blessed Virgin at Fatima.
*WE MUST GET and REMAIN IN THE STATE OF GRACE NOW ---- for we never know the day
nor the hour when God may call us. We must let none of these signs turn us from
our Holy Mother Church, but we must cling to our Holy Faith and Trust in God’s mercy.
He has promised to protect the just. Do not offend Him by lack of trust.
“Those who
believe my words and spread this message will have nothing to fear. Those who
fight for my cause will receive Grace from My Divine Heart.”
There are
always some who say they would rather not hear these things because they are frightening --- these people are like a person
who does not want to be told when their house is burning down! Surely it is better
to make the endeavor to sanctify ourselves and be saved, than to scoff and risk our eternal happiness. God sent His Son to suffer and die for our salvation. He wants
us all to behold His Holy Face for eternity.
We must b true
Christians, fervent and zealous for our souls. Respect and obey priests. Support our Holy Catholic Church, and not only with alms and occasional attendance,
but with daily Mass and reception of Holy Communion; also with more faithful attendance at the various church devotions: Rosary, Novenas, Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Holy Hour and special
devotions. We should particularly keep Our Lord company during the days or nights
of exposition, as prayers before the Blessed Sacrament are the most valuable of all and the most beneficial to us.
We shold pray wholeheartedly
and steadily for our Holy Father, for priests, brothers, nuns, seminarians, postulants, and all those good people who work
for our Holy religion ---- to give them courage and strength to go on in these evil times.
Love poverty, abhor
possessions, relieve the poor. Jesus gave us two commandments: Love God and Love each other. We must live these commandments
in our daily lives. No one can carry hatred, bitterness, unforgiveness, ill feeling,
gossip, backbiting or any such malice into Heaven. The more we truly love God
and love our neighbor, the more we shall be protected and given special graces.
Our Lord pleads
for generous souls to offer themselves as victims for the salvation of many. This
victimhood can be accomplished in countless ordinary ways: little mortifications, sacrifices and penances – to curb
the tongue of a curt remark, to suffer a headache or pain without speaking of it, never complain about anything, to be silent
when accused justly or unjustly, to deny our senses and appetites, ect. We are
asked to make more reparation, as “Many Souls are lost because there is no one to pray and make sacrifices for them. The prayers and reparation of faithful souls will work miracles!”
Discouragement
is the finest tool of the devil, his opening wedge. Do not give it to it. Persevere in prayer, to keep your adversary from taking dominion over you. Remember that N o one goes to hell unless he himself wills it. Think
of that! You cannot be dragged down to hell without your own consent –
you yourself have to will to go to hell. Therefore, take courage and Will to
go to Heaven where God wants you.
We must have very
great devotion and recourse to Mary – especially to her Immaculate Conception and to Her Immaculate Heart. Both Our Lord and Our Lady beg for many more Rosaries. “Pray
the Rosary, but pray it well, with meditation on the mysteries and with true devotion.”
Our Lord said, “Tell the people not nearly enough of them are praying the daily Rosary. They must pray the Rosary for the conversion of Russia.” Remember what the Blessed Virgin said at Fatima:
“In the end, Russia will
be converted, and there will be an era of peace.” Do not belittle the power
of the Rosary. Gather together and pray in unison. In Christian charity.
The Family Rosary, the Block Rosary, especially the Rosary in Church before
the Blessed Sacrament. The Saintly Pope Pius XII said that “Next to Mass,
the Fatima Devotions are the most important.”
If you can, attend more than one Mass, have said or offer your Masses in honor of the “Holy Spirit”,
and “The Holy Angels”, “The Immaculate Heart of Mary”.
We are urged to
give much attention to the Holy Eucharist, to receive daily and thanksgiving. We
should keep our tongues pure and
clean to receive Our Lord in a way most pleasing to Him (not stained by gossip or other malice.) Saint Teresa of Avila said, “that we should be most careful of our tongue since it
is the most privileged member of our body, the table on which we receive the True Body and Blood of Our Crucified Lord. Every effort should be made to receive Daily Communion because every Communion received
in the state of grace not only strengthens you, but also strengthens the Mystical Body of Christ. Therefore, be generous in this effort, as we can easily understand that the neglect of Communion has the
opposite effect.
It is best to become
a “tertiary” and thus gain the greatest spiritual benefits. The benefits
of a tertiary are far above those of any association or confraternity, because the tertiary or oblate actually belongs to
an established religious order of the Church. A number of orders offer this privilege;
Franciscan, Dominican, Benedictine, Carmelite, Trinitarian, and others. Anyone
can become a tertiary, male or female, married or single. A tertiary lives in
the world, but endeavors to live a more holy life.
Let no one foolishly
say that they are too bad or too ordinary to become a Saint, for this would be denying God’s merciful plan. Holy Scripture tells us: “This is the will of God: Your sanctification.” It is up
to each of us, His creatures whom He created out of love of His Heart, to seek to obey Him.
Remember, those beautiful words in Holy Scripture: “What does God ask of you, but to walk in His way and do His Holy Will.
*Have
Your Home Blessed and Consecrated to the Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary. And always
keep on hand: Holy Water, Blessed Wax Candles, Blessed Palm, Blessed Crucifix,
Images of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
Recommended
Prayers and Devotions
Holy Mother Church gives us a choice of many
devotions and a great treasury of indulgences. She tells us that we should value
indulgences highly and we should gain as many as possible for ourselves and others.
After Holy Mass,
Holy Communion, the Sacraments, and the Sacramentals, there is the Rosary, of which we have already spoken. It is good to join the Archconfraternity of the Holy Rosary, remembering Our Blessed Mother’s promise: “I have obtained from My Divine Son that all members of the Rosary Confraternity
shall have for their intercessors he entire Celestial Court
during their life and at the hour of their death.”
Be enrolled in
and constantly wear the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which is “Our Lady’s Livery.” Every day recite the communion prayers of seven times Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be, to gain the Sabbatine
Pivilege (rescue from purgatory the Saturday following your death).
Be enrolled in
and wear the Miraculous Medal of Our Lady, which bestows such great graces. Remember
Her words when She sadly said: “Many people do not receive graces, because they do not ask for them.”
O Mary, Conceives
without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee.
It is well also
to wear the Saint Benedict Medal, which is the highest indulgenced Medal of the Church.
Learn and recite the prayers against Satan, which are engraved on the Medal.
We should cultivate
much devotion to Saint Joseph.
It is revealed that wherever the Blessed Virgin is, Saint Joseph is always be with Her, because it was given to Him
to take care of Her.
We must always
draw nearer to and rely upon the Holy Angels, remembering that they are not only our guardians but also our messengers, ready
to d our bidding. There is a chaplet in honor of the Angels, which contains remarkable
promises for those who recite it.
We are urged to
make Many more visits to the Blessed Sacrament, and make Holy hours. If we cannot
go to a church for theses things, then we should send our Angel to attend Holy Mass for us, to visit Jesus in the Blessed
Sacrament, to attend our prayers. We should make Very many spiritual communions. Our Lord asked Sister Benigna to let not even a quarter of an hour pass without making
a Spiritual Communion. So desirable this is.
The “Storm
Novena” is valuable, in that it brings us to the Blessed Sacrament nine times in one day. Another devotion most pleasing to Our Lord is to His Holy Face. He
not only wishes us to make reparation for the insults to His Holy Face, but he wants us to behold Him face to face for all
eternity. Saint Athanasius relates that the devils on being asked what verse
in the Scriptures they fear the most, replied: “That with which the 67th Psalm commences: Let God arise,
and let His enemies be scattered, and let them that hate Him flee from before His Face!” They added that this verse always compelled them to take flight.
We should give
special attention to Saint Michael, the Archangel, and continue to recite the prayer (by Pope Leo XIII) after each Mass. This holy Pope composed
this prayer after his terrifying vision of Satan’s power of destruction in these times.
Much more devotion
should be given to the Holy Spirit. We should be impressed with the importance
of the Holy Ghost when we recall that Our Lord said that He must go, in order that the Holy Spirit could come.. and “The
Holy Spirit will teach you all things that you need to know.”
We should not forget
the Poor Souls in Purgatory. We ask them for favors, and pray for their release.
The Green Scapular
continues to bestow many blessings and effect many conversions and returns to Church, with prayer: “Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.”
In Our Lord’s
revelations to Berthe Petit, He particularly asked devotion to Our Blessed Mother under the title of “Sorrowful and
Immaculate Heart of Mary.”
A prayer too much
forgotten is the one which Our Lady of Fatima asked to be said when we offer sacrifices:
“O Jesus, it is for love of Thee, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins committed against
the Immaculate Heart of Mary.” This is a Miraculous prayer…please
use it often.
When Sister Josefa
Mendendez (Called the “second Margaret-Mary”) asked Our Lady for a prayer to be said constantly while working,
She gave this: “O My Beloved, Who art also My God, make my heart a flame of pure love for Thee!”
Very great promises
to save countless souls accompany this prayer which Our Lord taught to Sister M. Consolato Betrone (Capuchin Nun): “JESUS, MARY, I LOVE YOU! SAVE SOULS!”
The fifteen prayers
of Saint Bridget of Sweden, on the passion
of Our Lord, are most timely, since Our Lady has recently impressed upon us that we “must think more of the passion
of Jesus.”
Booklets, leaflets,
chaplets and medals are available for any devotion of your choice. However, out
of all these private devotions, we must remember that Our Blessed Mother’s Rosary is the most important, according to
the requests of both Jesus and Mary.
Also the stations
of the Cross, and the Stations of our Sourrowful Mother… since all of these cause us to meditate upon the Passion of
Our Lord and the compassion of Our Lady.
In one of Our Blessed
Mother’s revelations to a stigmatic nun in Italy,
she said: “My daughter, the time is not far off. When men least expect
it, the course of Divine Justice will be accomplished. My Heart is so big for
poor sinners and I make use of every possible means that they may be saved. Look
at My mantle, how big it is! If I were not bowed over the world, to cover all
with My maternal love, the tempest of the fire would already have broken upon the nations.
This is the mantle of My mercy for all those who, have repented, come back to My Immaculate Heart. See, My right hand holds the mantle to cover and save poor sinners, while My left hand holds back Divine
Justice so that the time of mercy may still be prolonged. To help me in this,
I ask that the prayer of “Maternal Refuge” be spread as a most useful means to obtain graces and salvation for
poor sinners.
Say often, with
your arms crossed:
“QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE, MEDIATRIX OF MEN TO GOD, REFUGE OF ALL OUR HOPES!
HAVE MERCY ON US!”
