Any well-educated Christian should be well acquainted with the Lord's promise of creating a New Heaven and a New Earth. This was predicted by Isaiah, as well as Saint Peter, and also described in Saint John's Revelation of Jesus Christ, the last book of the New Testament. These events are suppose to happen after the Resurrection and Last Judgment. But as I read Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si, I also see the need of a restoration of this our "Old Earth" if you want.
Clearly, the rich developed nations cannot go on living like they do. The poor and indigenous are suffering because of them, and so is everyone in some way. All I can think about is how after years of biking everywhere, observing, spending time in nature, gradually eating healthier and slowly learning about ecology, permaculture, falling in love with plants and so on . . . how disgusted and disappointed I am with the U.S. way of life, including my own. Our military alone is the world's largest polluter. We are an unwise and unenlightened people. I'm ashamed about how we generally live in more ways than one. And the sort of base and example of greed we have set up in the U.S. is appalling. And our state of health is despicable. And in general we are unhappy.
From a resource analysis, the only future I see is in these enlightened projects in regards to ecological restoration, agroecology, permaculture, holistic management, Pope Francis' call, and so on. I see the Holy Spirit hidden in these projects. But again, its devastating to see people who have been living close to nature for thousands of years suddenly struck by problems because of the models developed countries impose on everyone. This is not a myth or some problem one with a conscience can close a blind eye too. Research what is happening to the Marshall Islands. They are getting their apocalypse before everyone else. And it is becoming increasingly difficult to deny that the Earth is slowly being converted by humans into a Martian like desert as well as a CO2 filled atmosphere like that of Venus.
I don't even know what to do or say. I feel so unsophisticated and humble in comparison to other brilliant people who are trailblazing and helping others find genuine long term solutions to problems. These are the type that are wise and far-reaching, unlike quick fixes. There are so many civilized, and sophisticated solutions to problems, literally thousands upon thousands conceived by some of the most brilliant people we have never heard of and these could be taught and implemented . . . I guess it all starts with education and hope that people will take the call to change.
And all these environmental problems are closely related to ethics and social problems. It might sound naive but I think people would be happier if they could skillfully live close to the land, understand ecosystems, establish family farms, help the Earth, let the Earth help them and help each other. There are ways to produce abundant yields and treat animals humanely without all the drudgery, oil, and oppression of conventional farming. I'm not opposed to science, technology, arts, culture, civilization, etc. but this will always spring up from different basics of living via humans.
But . . . I also see that there will be a severe transition into these more enlightened ways of living. I don't think rich developed nations led by the shameless elite will give up their way of life so easily. And they are guilty of many other sins of which they have not repented. And this is where I see the little Tribulation which Jesus will initiate and conclude by dropping the Comet Wormwood to the Earth and doing a little miraculous renovation, one that will foreshadow the New Earth. I see ideas of a renovation predicted by Isaiah. Below are some examples. You will notice a theme of deserts being converted into rich lands with water and so on. Some enlightened ecologists are already helping to do this at certain locations, but perhaps God will also miraculously intervene at some critical juncture and/or recruit the help of his saints on Earth
From the Prophecy of Isaiah
{41:17} The indigent and the poor are seeking water, but there is none. Their tongue has been dried up by thirst. I, the Lord, will heed them. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
{41:18} I will open rivers in the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the plains. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the impassable land into streams of water.
{41:19} I will plant the cedar in a deserted place, with the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree. In the desert, I will plant the pine, and the elm, and the box tree together,
{41:20} so that they may see and know, acknowledge and understand, together, that the hand of the Lord has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
{49:8} Thus says the Lord: In a pleasing time, I have heeded you, and in the day of salvation, I have assisted you. And I have preserved you, and I have presented you as a covenant of the people, so that you would lift up the earth, and possess the scattered inheritances,
{49:9} so that you would say to those who are bound, “Go forth!” and to those who are in darkness, “Be released!” They will pasture along the roads, and their pastures will be in every open place.
{49:10} They will not hunger or thirst, nor will the heat of the sun beat down upon them. For the one who takes pity on them will rule them, and he will give them to drink from fountains of waters.
{51:3} The LORD will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.
{35:1} The desolate and impassable land will rejoice, and the place of solitude will exult, and it will flourish like the lily.
{35:2} It will spring up and blossom, and it will exult with rejoicing and praising. The glory of Lebanon has been given to it, with the beauty of Carmel and Sharon. These will see the glory of the Lord and the beauty of our God.
{35:3} Strengthen the lax hands, and confirm the weak knees!
{35:4} Say to the fainthearted: “Take courage and fear not! Behold, your God will bring the vindication of retribution. God himself will arrive to save you.”
{35:5} Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be cleared.
{35:6} Then the disabled will leap like a buck, and the tongue of the mute will be untied. For the waters have burst forth in the desert, and torrents in solitary places.
{35:7} And the land that was dry will have a pond, and the thirsty land will have fountains of water. In the hollows where the serpents lived before, there will rise up the greenery of reed and bulrush.
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Pope Francis Preaches Jubilee
Pope Francis Preaches Jubilee (this was also done in other ancient civilizations such as Persia). A general amnesty including debt amnesty. This is a way to restore and renew society. It touches on all three aspects of societal relations, namely communal, mutual exchange, & hierarchical as theorized by David Graeber in Debt: The First Five Thousand Years).
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"He took his cue from the biblical passage in the book of Leviticus in which the Jubilee was instituted among the Jews. According to the rules of the Jubilee, the year served as a “kind of general amnesty” in which a person who had been forced to sell their goods or property could regain possession of them, he noted.
In that time, “requirements such as the Jubilee were used to combat poverty and inequality, guaranteeing a life of dignity for all and an equal distribution of the land on which to live and from which to draw sustenance,” the Pope observed.
Because the land originally belonged to God, who then entrusted it to man, no one could claim exclusive possession of it or use ownership to create situations of inequality, he said.
“With the Jubilee whoever had become poor returned to have what was necessary in order to live, and whoever had become rich restored to the poor what they had taken from them.”
The result “was a society based on equality and solidarity where freedom, land and money would become again a good for everyone,” Francis explained." [Unquote]
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I would imagine that eventually a general amnesty will have to promulgated across the world. We are already spinning out of control in our societies, and there seems no end in sight. But before this can happen the little Tribulation will have to come it would seem.
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"He took his cue from the biblical passage in the book of Leviticus in which the Jubilee was instituted among the Jews. According to the rules of the Jubilee, the year served as a “kind of general amnesty” in which a person who had been forced to sell their goods or property could regain possession of them, he noted.
In that time, “requirements such as the Jubilee were used to combat poverty and inequality, guaranteeing a life of dignity for all and an equal distribution of the land on which to live and from which to draw sustenance,” the Pope observed.
Because the land originally belonged to God, who then entrusted it to man, no one could claim exclusive possession of it or use ownership to create situations of inequality, he said.
“With the Jubilee whoever had become poor returned to have what was necessary in order to live, and whoever had become rich restored to the poor what they had taken from them.”
The result “was a society based on equality and solidarity where freedom, land and money would become again a good for everyone,” Francis explained." [Unquote]
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I would imagine that eventually a general amnesty will have to promulgated across the world. We are already spinning out of control in our societies, and there seems no end in sight. But before this can happen the little Tribulation will have to come it would seem.
Monday, January 25, 2016
Sign on their Forehead
And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the sign of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying: Hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we sign the servants of our God in their foreheads. (Revelation 7:4)
According to Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, Jesus spoke of those that would receive the Seal of the Living God before the end of the world.
When they should have received the Holy Ghost, then they would always know what they should do. He addressed some words to Peter on the subject of penance and absolution, and afterward spoke to them all about the end of the world and of the signs that would precede it. A man enlightened by God would have visions on that subject. By these words, Jesus referred to John's revelations, and He Himself made use of several similar illustrations. He spoke, for instance, of those that would be marked with the sign on their forehead, and said that the fountain of living water which flowed from Calvary's mount would at the end of the world appear to be almost entirely poisoned, though all the good waters would finally be gathered into the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
Some prophets of old had distinctive marks on their forehead. There are traditions in the East of marking the forehead with a single dot in the Bindi decoration worn for various occasions or a triangle of dots marked on the bride and groom in a Buddhist wedding. Of course Roman Catholics anoint a newly baptized with sacred oil on the forehead in the sign of the Cross and we cross the forehead with ashes at the beginning of Lent.
This is all very intuitive. The mark relates to the Prefrontal cortex, a crucial brain-organ which is responsible for what they term executive function. Executive function is an abstract concept nesting together all sorts of brain works that the Prefrontal cortex is responsible for such as to differentiate among conflicting thoughts, determine good and evil, better and best, same and different, future consequences of current actions, working toward a defined goal, prediction of outcomes, expectation based on actions, and social "control" (the ability to suppress urges that, if not suppressed, could lead to socially unacceptable outcomes). So you see there is a moral as well as a sort of predictive relations nested into the work of the Prefrontal cortex. This brain region is also crucial for interpreting reality. Just last year, neuroscientists discovered that lymph vessels run up through the brain even to the Prefrontal cortex, connecting the brain to the immune system. It is said that most humans do not fully develop their Prefrontal cortex until their mid twenties.
These to me are interesting connections. Assuming Faith, the Spirit must stimulate the Prefrontal cortex, preveniently and gratuitously, so that one may act Divine, as a matter of course especially for any Christian but also everyone. The belief that many will be signed on the forehead before the end of the world with a miraculous Cross would seem to suggest that these would have moral and prophetic charisms, maybe even a healing charism, which will be used to help direct, convert, save from calamities, and heal . . . many. Perhaps those of the East might respond to this miraculous sign more keenly, leading them into the Universal Church.
I think the Seal of the Living God will be a miraculous cruciform stigmata or wound imparted on the forehead. Perhaps it will bleed once a week as a memorial of Jesus' Passion and Death. There is this holy and mystical priest from the Diocese of Krk, Croatia named Zlatko Sudac who seems to be pre-sealed. He has a miraculous cruciform wound on his forehead. Some have speculated that he might be the figure in Catholic prophecy known as the Angelic Shepherd. So perhaps this Seal is soon coming for those it is destined to be imparted to.
We need this gift, even if we don't deserve it.
The Generation of Peace
And then peace will be made, and man will be reconciled with God. Jesus Christ will be served, worshiped and glorified. Charity will flourish everywhere. The new kings will be the right arm of the holy Church, which will be strong, humble, and pious in its poor but fervent imitation of the virtues of Jesus Christ. The Gospel will be preached everywhere and mankind will make great progress in its faith, for there will be unity among the workers of Jesus Christ and man will live in fear of God.
This peace among men will be short-lived. Twenty-five years of plentiful harvests will make them forget that the sins of men are the cause of all the troubles on this earth. (Mary to Melanie at La Salette)
. . . And this Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached throughout the entire world, as a testimony to all nations. And then the consummation will occur. (Matthew 24:14)
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Jeremiah Chapter 30
So here is what the LORD has to say about Israel and Judah.
Yes, here is what he says:
“You hear cries of panic and of terror;
there is no peace in sight.
Ask yourselves this and consider it carefully:
Have you ever seen a man give birth to a baby?
Why then do I see all these strong men
grabbing their stomachs in pain like a woman giving birth?
And why do their faces
turn so deathly pale?
Alas, what a terrible time of trouble it is!
There has never been any like it.
It is a time of trouble for the descendants of Jacob,
but some of them will be rescued out of it.
When the time for them to be rescued comes,”
says the LORD who rules over all,
“I will rescue you from foreign subjugation.
I will deliver you from captivity.
Foreigners will then no longer subjugate them.
But they will be subject to the LORD their God
and to the Davidic ruler whom I will raise up as king over them.
So I, the LORD, tell you not to be afraid,
you descendants of Jacob, my servants.
Do not be terrified, people of Israel.
For I will rescue you and your descendants
from a faraway land where you are captives.
The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace.
They will be secure and no one will terrify them.
For I, the LORD, affirm that
I will be with you and will rescue you.
I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you.
But I will not completely destroy you.
I will indeed discipline you, but only in due measure.
I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished.”
Moreover, the LORD says to the people of Zion,
“Your injuries are incurable;
your wounds are severe.
There is no one to plead your cause.
There are no remedies for your wounds.
There is no healing for you.
All your allies have abandoned you.
They no longer have any concern for you.
For I have attacked you like an enemy would.
I have chastened you cruelly.
For your wickedness is so great
and your sin is so much.
Why do you complain about your injuries,
that your pain is incurable?
I have done all this to you
because your wickedness is so great
and your sin is so much.
But all who destroyed you will be destroyed.
All your enemies will go into exile.
Those who plundered you will be plundered.
I will cause those who pillaged you to be pillaged.
Yes, I will restore you to health.
I will heal your wounds.
I, the LORD, affirm it!
For you have been called an outcast,
"Zion, whom no one cares for.”
The LORD says,
“I will restore the ruined houses of the descendants of Jacob.
I will show compassion on their ruined homes.
Every city will be rebuilt on its former ruins.
Every fortified dwelling will occupy its traditional site.
Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving
and the sounds of laughter and merriment.
I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away.
I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.
The descendants of Jacob will enjoy their former privileges.
Their community will be reestablished in my favor
and I will punish all who try to oppress them.
One of their own people will be their leader.
Their ruler will come from their own number.
I will invite him to approach me, and he will do so.
For no one would dare approach me on his own.
I, the LORD, affirm it!
Then you will again be my people
and I will be your God.
Just watch! The wrath of the LORD
will come like a storm.
Like a raging storm it will rage down
on the heads of those who are wicked.
The anger of the LORD will not turn back
until he has fully carried out his intended purposes.
In days to come you will come to understand this.
Yes, here is what he says:
“You hear cries of panic and of terror;
there is no peace in sight.
Ask yourselves this and consider it carefully:
Have you ever seen a man give birth to a baby?
Why then do I see all these strong men
grabbing their stomachs in pain like a woman giving birth?
And why do their faces
turn so deathly pale?
Alas, what a terrible time of trouble it is!
There has never been any like it.
It is a time of trouble for the descendants of Jacob,
but some of them will be rescued out of it.
When the time for them to be rescued comes,”
says the LORD who rules over all,
“I will rescue you from foreign subjugation.
I will deliver you from captivity.
Foreigners will then no longer subjugate them.
But they will be subject to the LORD their God
and to the Davidic ruler whom I will raise up as king over them.
So I, the LORD, tell you not to be afraid,
you descendants of Jacob, my servants.
Do not be terrified, people of Israel.
For I will rescue you and your descendants
from a faraway land where you are captives.
The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace.
They will be secure and no one will terrify them.
For I, the LORD, affirm that
I will be with you and will rescue you.
I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you.
But I will not completely destroy you.
I will indeed discipline you, but only in due measure.
I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished.”
Moreover, the LORD says to the people of Zion,
“Your injuries are incurable;
your wounds are severe.
There is no one to plead your cause.
There are no remedies for your wounds.
There is no healing for you.
All your allies have abandoned you.
They no longer have any concern for you.
For I have attacked you like an enemy would.
I have chastened you cruelly.
For your wickedness is so great
and your sin is so much.
Why do you complain about your injuries,
that your pain is incurable?
I have done all this to you
because your wickedness is so great
and your sin is so much.
But all who destroyed you will be destroyed.
All your enemies will go into exile.
Those who plundered you will be plundered.
I will cause those who pillaged you to be pillaged.
Yes, I will restore you to health.
I will heal your wounds.
I, the LORD, affirm it!
For you have been called an outcast,
"Zion, whom no one cares for.”
The LORD says,
“I will restore the ruined houses of the descendants of Jacob.
I will show compassion on their ruined homes.
Every city will be rebuilt on its former ruins.
Every fortified dwelling will occupy its traditional site.
Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving
and the sounds of laughter and merriment.
I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away.
I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.
The descendants of Jacob will enjoy their former privileges.
Their community will be reestablished in my favor
and I will punish all who try to oppress them.
One of their own people will be their leader.
Their ruler will come from their own number.
I will invite him to approach me, and he will do so.
For no one would dare approach me on his own.
I, the LORD, affirm it!
Then you will again be my people
and I will be your God.
Just watch! The wrath of the LORD
will come like a storm.
Like a raging storm it will rage down
on the heads of those who are wicked.
The anger of the LORD will not turn back
until he has fully carried out his intended purposes.
In days to come you will come to understand this.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
The Saint Francis of Paola Prophecies
These are among the greatest private prophecies of the New Testament era. Saint Francis of Paola was a lofty saint. Famous for his miracles, spirit of prophecy, and love of animals. He founded a new religious order, and had many adventures through his long life. He is the patron saint of boatmen, mariners and naval officers. He even has a beer named after him.
I still marvel at these prophecies. Apparently, this mysterious Lord of Montalto was having problems conceiving with his wife. And he gets this prophetic response from Saint Francis of Paola. This great leader who Saint Francis prophecies is usually regarded as synonymous with this Great Catholic Monarch of prophecy who some other Saints and Mystics predicted. But Saint Francis does not use the name "Great Monarch" in his description. As you will see he uses many other superlatives.
Toward the end of the second letter he asks a rhetorical question as to when all these events will happen and he mentions when "the crosses with stigmas will be seen . . . These I think refer to the Seal of the Living God predicted in the Book of Revelation. The Great Monarch and some of his followers will have the Seal on their forehead which will be a miraculous cruciform stigmata. Of course him having this in public will have all sorts of consequences, and it like many of the charisms given to saints is a gift which will help others. This Great Monarch will also have other gifts like that of reading hearts so as to help accomplish his great mission.
Letters of St. Francis of Paola (1470)
From your lordship, (Simeon de Limena, Lord of Montalto), shall be born the great leader of the holy militia of the Holy Spirit, which shall overcome the world, and shall possess the earth so completely that no king or lord shall be able to exist, except he belongs to the sacred host of the Holy Spirit.
These devout men shall wear on their breasts, and much more within their hearts, the sign of the living God, namely, the cross.
The first members of this holy order shall be natives of the city of ... where iniquity, vice, and sin abound. However, they shall be converted from evil to good; from rebels against God they shall become most fervent and most faithful in His divine service. That city shall be cherished by God and by the Great Monarch, the elect and the beloved of the Most High Lord. For the sake of that place all holy souls who have done penance in it shall pray in the sight of God for that city and for its inhabitants. When the time shall come of the immense and most right justice of the Holy Spirit, His Divine Majesty wills that such city become converted to God, and that many of its citizens follow the great prince of the holy army. The first person that will openly wear the sign of the living God shall belong to that city, because he will through a letter be commanded by a holy hermit to have it impressed in his heart and to wear it externally on his breast.
That man will begin to meditate on the secrets of God, about the long visitation which the Holy Spirit will make and the dominion that he will exercise over the world through the holy militia. Oh happy man, who shall receive from the Most High the greatest privileges! He will interpret the hidden secrets of the Holy Spirit, and he shall often excite the admiration of men by his revealed knowledge of the internal secrets of their hearts. Rejoice, my Lord, because that Prince above other princes, and King over other kings, will hold you in the greatest veneration, and after having been crowned with three most admirable crowns, will exalt that city, will declare it free, and the seat of the Empire, and it shall become one of the first cities in the world.
. . .
You and your consort desire to have children; you shall have them. Your holy offspring shall be admired upon earth. Among your descendants there will be one who shall be like the sun amidst the stars, he shall be a first-born son; in his childhood he will be like a saint; in his Youth, a great sinner; then he will be converted entirely to God and will do great penance, his sins will be forgiven him, and he shall become a great saint.
He shall be a great captain and prince of holy men, who shall be called 'the holy Cross Bearers of Jesus Christ,' with whom he shall destroy the Mahometan sect and the rest of the infidels. He shall annihilate all the heresies and tyrannies of the world. He shall reform the Church of God by means of his followers, who shall be the best men upon earth in holiness, in arms, in science, and in every virtue, because such is the will of the Most High. They shall obtain the dominion of the whole world, both temporal and spiritual, and they shall support the Church of God until the end of time.
God Almighty will exalt a very poor man of the blood of the Emperor Constantine, son of St. Helena and of the seed of Pepin, who shall on his breast wear the sign which you have seen at the beginning of this letter (a red Cross). Through the power of the Most High he shall confound the tyrants, the heretics, and infidels. He will gather a grand army, and the angels shall fight for them; they shall kill all God's enemies.
From the beginning of the world, after the creation of man, and to the end of human generation, there have been and there shall be seen wonderful events upon the earth. Four hundred years shall not pass when his Divine Majesty shall visit the world with a new religious order much needed, which shall effect more good among men than all other religious institutions combined. This religious order shall be the last and the best in the Church; it shall proceed with arms, with prayer, and with hospitality. Woe to tyrants, to heretics, and to infidels, to whom no pity shall be shown, because such is the will of the Most High! An infinite number of wicked men shall perish through the hands of the Cross Bearers, the true servants of Jesus Christ. They shall act like good husbandmen when they extirpate noxious weeds and prickly thistles from the wheat field. These holy servants of God shall purify the earth with the deaths of innumerable wicked men.
How spiritually blind are those persons who, having no thought about the things of God, fix their end in earthly objects. Wretched men! by far worse than the very beasts which are guided by their senses, because they cannot have reason; but when men abandon the use of their reason, they become brutalized. Hence they shall ever be in confusion. Let, therefore, the princes of this world be prepared for the greatest scourges to fall upon them. But from whom? First from heretics and infidels, then from the holy and most faithful Cross Bearers elected by the Most High, who, not succeeding in converting heretics with science, shall have to make a vigorous use of their arms. Many cities and villages shall be in ruins, with the deaths of an innumerable quantity of bad and good men. The infidels also will fight against Christians and heretics, sacking, destroying, and killing the largest portion of Christians. Lastly, the army, styled 'of the Church,' namely, the holy Cross Bearers, shall move, not against Christians or Christianity, but against the infidels in pagan countries, and they shall conquer all those kingdoms with the death of a very great number of infidels. After this they shall turn their victorious arms against bad Christians, and shall destroy all the rebels against Jesus Christ. These holy Cross Bearers shall reign and dominate holily over the world until the end of time. The founder of these holy men shall, my lord, be one of your posterity. But when shall this take place? When crosses with the stigmas shall be seen, and the crucifix shall be carried as the standard.
The time is coming when his Divine Majesty will visit the world with a new religious order of holy Cross Bearers, who will carry a Crucifix, or the image of our Crucified Lord, lifted up upon the principal standard in view of all. This standard will be admired by all good Catholics; but at the beginning it will be derided by bad Christians and by infidels. Their sneers shall, however, be changed into mourning when they shall witness the wonderful victories achieved through it against tyrant, heretics, and infidels. Many wicked men and obstinate rebels against God shall perish: their souls will be plunged into hell. This punishment shall fall upon all those transgressors of the Divine commandments who with new and false doctrines will attempt to corrupt mankind and turn men against the ministers of God's worship. The same chastisement is due to all obstinate sinners, but not to those who sin through weakness, because these being converted, doing penance, and amending the conduct of their life, shall find the divine mercy of the Most High full of kindness towards them. Oh holy Cross Bearers of the Most High Lord, how very pleasing you will be to the great God much more than the children of Israel! God will, through your instrumentality, work more wonderful prodigies than he has ever done before with any nation. You shall destroy the sect of Mahomet, and all infidels of every kind and of every sect. You shall put an end to all the heresies of the world by extinguishing all tyrants. You will remove every cause of complaint by establishing a universal peace, which shall last until the end of time. You will work the sanctification of mankind. Oh holy men: People blessed of the Most Holy Trinity! Your victorious founder shall triumph over the world, the flesh, and the Devil.
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One of your posterity shall achieve greater deeds and work greater wonders than your lordship. That man will be a great sinner in his youth, but like St. Paul he shall be drawn and converted to God. He shall be the great founder of a new religious order different from all the others. He shall divide it into three classes, namely:
1. Military knights;
2. Solitary priests;
3. Most pious hospitallers.
This shall be the last religious order in the Church, and it will do more good for our holy religion than all other religious institutes. By force of arms he shall take possession of a great kingdom. He shall destroy the sect of Mahomet, extirpate all tyrants and heresies. He shall bring the world to a holy mode of life. There will be one fold and one Shepherd. He shall reign until the end of time. On the whole earth there shall be only twelve kings, one emperor, and one pope. Rich gentlemen shall be very few, but all saints. May Jesus Christ be praised and blessed; for He has vouched to grant to me, a poor unworthy sinner, the spirit of prophecy, not in an obscure way as to His other servants, but has enabled me to write and to speak in a most clear manner. I know that unbelieving and reprobate persons will scoff at my letters and will reject them; but they will be received by those faithful Catholic souls who aspire to the possession of heaven. These letters shall infuse such sweetness of divine love in their hearts, that they will be delighted in perusing them often, and in taking copies of them, because such is the will of the Most High. In these letters it will be found out who belongs to our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ and who does not, who is a predestinate or a reprobate. Much better will this be known through the holy sign of the living God. He shall be a saint of God who will take it, love it, and wear it.
I still marvel at these prophecies. Apparently, this mysterious Lord of Montalto was having problems conceiving with his wife. And he gets this prophetic response from Saint Francis of Paola. This great leader who Saint Francis prophecies is usually regarded as synonymous with this Great Catholic Monarch of prophecy who some other Saints and Mystics predicted. But Saint Francis does not use the name "Great Monarch" in his description. As you will see he uses many other superlatives.
Toward the end of the second letter he asks a rhetorical question as to when all these events will happen and he mentions when "the crosses with stigmas will be seen . . . These I think refer to the Seal of the Living God predicted in the Book of Revelation. The Great Monarch and some of his followers will have the Seal on their forehead which will be a miraculous cruciform stigmata. Of course him having this in public will have all sorts of consequences, and it like many of the charisms given to saints is a gift which will help others. This Great Monarch will also have other gifts like that of reading hearts so as to help accomplish his great mission.
Letters of St. Francis of Paola (1470)
From your lordship, (Simeon de Limena, Lord of Montalto), shall be born the great leader of the holy militia of the Holy Spirit, which shall overcome the world, and shall possess the earth so completely that no king or lord shall be able to exist, except he belongs to the sacred host of the Holy Spirit.
These devout men shall wear on their breasts, and much more within their hearts, the sign of the living God, namely, the cross.
The first members of this holy order shall be natives of the city of ... where iniquity, vice, and sin abound. However, they shall be converted from evil to good; from rebels against God they shall become most fervent and most faithful in His divine service. That city shall be cherished by God and by the Great Monarch, the elect and the beloved of the Most High Lord. For the sake of that place all holy souls who have done penance in it shall pray in the sight of God for that city and for its inhabitants. When the time shall come of the immense and most right justice of the Holy Spirit, His Divine Majesty wills that such city become converted to God, and that many of its citizens follow the great prince of the holy army. The first person that will openly wear the sign of the living God shall belong to that city, because he will through a letter be commanded by a holy hermit to have it impressed in his heart and to wear it externally on his breast.
That man will begin to meditate on the secrets of God, about the long visitation which the Holy Spirit will make and the dominion that he will exercise over the world through the holy militia. Oh happy man, who shall receive from the Most High the greatest privileges! He will interpret the hidden secrets of the Holy Spirit, and he shall often excite the admiration of men by his revealed knowledge of the internal secrets of their hearts. Rejoice, my Lord, because that Prince above other princes, and King over other kings, will hold you in the greatest veneration, and after having been crowned with three most admirable crowns, will exalt that city, will declare it free, and the seat of the Empire, and it shall become one of the first cities in the world.
. . .
You and your consort desire to have children; you shall have them. Your holy offspring shall be admired upon earth. Among your descendants there will be one who shall be like the sun amidst the stars, he shall be a first-born son; in his childhood he will be like a saint; in his Youth, a great sinner; then he will be converted entirely to God and will do great penance, his sins will be forgiven him, and he shall become a great saint.
He shall be a great captain and prince of holy men, who shall be called 'the holy Cross Bearers of Jesus Christ,' with whom he shall destroy the Mahometan sect and the rest of the infidels. He shall annihilate all the heresies and tyrannies of the world. He shall reform the Church of God by means of his followers, who shall be the best men upon earth in holiness, in arms, in science, and in every virtue, because such is the will of the Most High. They shall obtain the dominion of the whole world, both temporal and spiritual, and they shall support the Church of God until the end of time.
God Almighty will exalt a very poor man of the blood of the Emperor Constantine, son of St. Helena and of the seed of Pepin, who shall on his breast wear the sign which you have seen at the beginning of this letter (a red Cross). Through the power of the Most High he shall confound the tyrants, the heretics, and infidels. He will gather a grand army, and the angels shall fight for them; they shall kill all God's enemies.
From the beginning of the world, after the creation of man, and to the end of human generation, there have been and there shall be seen wonderful events upon the earth. Four hundred years shall not pass when his Divine Majesty shall visit the world with a new religious order much needed, which shall effect more good among men than all other religious institutions combined. This religious order shall be the last and the best in the Church; it shall proceed with arms, with prayer, and with hospitality. Woe to tyrants, to heretics, and to infidels, to whom no pity shall be shown, because such is the will of the Most High! An infinite number of wicked men shall perish through the hands of the Cross Bearers, the true servants of Jesus Christ. They shall act like good husbandmen when they extirpate noxious weeds and prickly thistles from the wheat field. These holy servants of God shall purify the earth with the deaths of innumerable wicked men.
How spiritually blind are those persons who, having no thought about the things of God, fix their end in earthly objects. Wretched men! by far worse than the very beasts which are guided by their senses, because they cannot have reason; but when men abandon the use of their reason, they become brutalized. Hence they shall ever be in confusion. Let, therefore, the princes of this world be prepared for the greatest scourges to fall upon them. But from whom? First from heretics and infidels, then from the holy and most faithful Cross Bearers elected by the Most High, who, not succeeding in converting heretics with science, shall have to make a vigorous use of their arms. Many cities and villages shall be in ruins, with the deaths of an innumerable quantity of bad and good men. The infidels also will fight against Christians and heretics, sacking, destroying, and killing the largest portion of Christians. Lastly, the army, styled 'of the Church,' namely, the holy Cross Bearers, shall move, not against Christians or Christianity, but against the infidels in pagan countries, and they shall conquer all those kingdoms with the death of a very great number of infidels. After this they shall turn their victorious arms against bad Christians, and shall destroy all the rebels against Jesus Christ. These holy Cross Bearers shall reign and dominate holily over the world until the end of time. The founder of these holy men shall, my lord, be one of your posterity. But when shall this take place? When crosses with the stigmas shall be seen, and the crucifix shall be carried as the standard.
The time is coming when his Divine Majesty will visit the world with a new religious order of holy Cross Bearers, who will carry a Crucifix, or the image of our Crucified Lord, lifted up upon the principal standard in view of all. This standard will be admired by all good Catholics; but at the beginning it will be derided by bad Christians and by infidels. Their sneers shall, however, be changed into mourning when they shall witness the wonderful victories achieved through it against tyrant, heretics, and infidels. Many wicked men and obstinate rebels against God shall perish: their souls will be plunged into hell. This punishment shall fall upon all those transgressors of the Divine commandments who with new and false doctrines will attempt to corrupt mankind and turn men against the ministers of God's worship. The same chastisement is due to all obstinate sinners, but not to those who sin through weakness, because these being converted, doing penance, and amending the conduct of their life, shall find the divine mercy of the Most High full of kindness towards them. Oh holy Cross Bearers of the Most High Lord, how very pleasing you will be to the great God much more than the children of Israel! God will, through your instrumentality, work more wonderful prodigies than he has ever done before with any nation. You shall destroy the sect of Mahomet, and all infidels of every kind and of every sect. You shall put an end to all the heresies of the world by extinguishing all tyrants. You will remove every cause of complaint by establishing a universal peace, which shall last until the end of time. You will work the sanctification of mankind. Oh holy men: People blessed of the Most Holy Trinity! Your victorious founder shall triumph over the world, the flesh, and the Devil.
. . .
One of your posterity shall achieve greater deeds and work greater wonders than your lordship. That man will be a great sinner in his youth, but like St. Paul he shall be drawn and converted to God. He shall be the great founder of a new religious order different from all the others. He shall divide it into three classes, namely:
1. Military knights;
2. Solitary priests;
3. Most pious hospitallers.
This shall be the last religious order in the Church, and it will do more good for our holy religion than all other religious institutes. By force of arms he shall take possession of a great kingdom. He shall destroy the sect of Mahomet, extirpate all tyrants and heresies. He shall bring the world to a holy mode of life. There will be one fold and one Shepherd. He shall reign until the end of time. On the whole earth there shall be only twelve kings, one emperor, and one pope. Rich gentlemen shall be very few, but all saints. May Jesus Christ be praised and blessed; for He has vouched to grant to me, a poor unworthy sinner, the spirit of prophecy, not in an obscure way as to His other servants, but has enabled me to write and to speak in a most clear manner. I know that unbelieving and reprobate persons will scoff at my letters and will reject them; but they will be received by those faithful Catholic souls who aspire to the possession of heaven. These letters shall infuse such sweetness of divine love in their hearts, that they will be delighted in perusing them often, and in taking copies of them, because such is the will of the Most High. In these letters it will be found out who belongs to our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ and who does not, who is a predestinate or a reprobate. Much better will this be known through the holy sign of the living God. He shall be a saint of God who will take it, love it, and wear it.
Thursday, January 7, 2016
The Black Sea Prophecy by Saint Cataldus
Saint Cataldus was a native of Ireland who lived in the sixth century. His original Irish name is Cathal. As the story goes, he started out as a monk in thriving Catholic Ireland, established a monastery and was elevated to the order of Bishop in a place not far from Lismore called Rathcau or Rathan. However he longed for more solitude and so decided to take a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. On the return voyage he was shipwrecked on the Southern Coast of Italy. Having seen the inhabitants had reverted to pagan practices he decided to stay there and they soon made him bishop of this city called Taranto. Interestingly, Taranto is an ancient city originally founded by the Spartans and has continued to this day as an important commercial port and hub of the Italian naval base.
During his reign as Bishop he was famous for his miracles and it is even said to have miraculously protected Taranto from the plague and floods while still alive. His popularity in this city and surroundings lasts to this day. The basilica of Taranto is named after him, and he is patron saint to other surrounding areas. In 1071, his body was exhumed in reconstruction of the cathedral and a gold cross was found on him with his name and the word Rathcau.
In addition to all his fame and miracles there is a scintillating prophecy attributed to him whose subject is this figure we can call the Great Monarch. Here is the script as recopied and passed down through many Catholic generations:
I call this prophecy the Black Sea Prophecy. Between the lines of all prophecies written of the Great Monarch by Saints and Mystics one could conceive that he will take all of Europe, and at least the Middle East. But this one has an interesting association of Greece, Turkey (represented by the Turks), and Georgia (Clochis). The land of these three nations roughly form the southern seaboard of the Black Sea.
During his reign as Bishop he was famous for his miracles and it is even said to have miraculously protected Taranto from the plague and floods while still alive. His popularity in this city and surroundings lasts to this day. The basilica of Taranto is named after him, and he is patron saint to other surrounding areas. In 1071, his body was exhumed in reconstruction of the cathedral and a gold cross was found on him with his name and the word Rathcau.
In addition to all his fame and miracles there is a scintillating prophecy attributed to him whose subject is this figure we can call the Great Monarch. Here is the script as recopied and passed down through many Catholic generations:
The Great Monarch will be in war till he is 40 years of age; a King of the House of Lily, he will assemble great armies and expel tyrants from his empire. He will conquer England and other island empires. Greece he will invade and be made king thereof. Clochis, Cypris, the Turks and barbarians he will subdue and have all men to worship the Crucified One. He will at length lay down his crown in Jerusalem. ---(Fr. Gerald Culleton, The Prophets and Our Times, p. 125.)
I call this prophecy the Black Sea Prophecy. Between the lines of all prophecies written of the Great Monarch by Saints and Mystics one could conceive that he will take all of Europe, and at least the Middle East. But this one has an interesting association of Greece, Turkey (represented by the Turks), and Georgia (Clochis). The land of these three nations roughly form the southern seaboard of the Black Sea.
"Black Sea map" by Created by User:NormanEinstein - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Sea_map.png#/media/File:Black_Sea_map.png
Turkey, with the Bosphorus Straits, Sea of Marmara, and borders with Greece, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and the Caucasus is of course a crucial location of untold strategic value in affairs of the nations. It always has been and remains so to this day. It serves as a gateway to the Aegean and ultimately Mari Nostrum, as well as to the Middle Eastern or to European lands pending which direction one faces. It is THE crossroad. With this in mind the Black Sea Prophecy of Saint Cataldus is significant and perhaps can clue us in on the movements as well as the allies of this Great Monarch forecast to eventually rise up.
What is clear at this point is that Putin and Russia are rising on the international stage. Putin is admired the world over by his brilliant politics and virtues in spite of mistakes. And it seems that Russia is slowly improving and even becoming more Christian while the Western nations are becoming less and less Christian and moral. Of all nations, Russia seems the most concerned and stalwart about preserving Christian culture as well as all culture and peace in Syria and the Middle East as well as rooting out ISIS, all while not bowing down to foul and greedy interests of the U.S., NATO, and their allies in the Middle East. Now this does come with a caveat. Putin, the Russian government, and oligarchs are closely connected to the banking cabal. As decent as Putin may seem, he to some degree a servant of the globalists. He cannot be trusted.
So why do I mention Russia in this context? Of course Russia has a significant portion of the Black Sea's northern seaboard and eventually they will hopefully have Crimea secured. Perhaps in the future this Great Catholic Monarch will be supported by and allied with Russia perhaps in a grassroots movement supported by the common Russians. On the other there is no possible way the GCM would ally with the U.S. government. The U.S. deep state is among the most evil organizations in history. From the terror attacks of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two greatest terror attacks in history, individuals and organizations in the U.S. government have been involved in untold evil across the world up to the present day. Personally I would never ally with the U.S. government and military. That aside, even from a logistics view it would be impossible for the Great Monarch to ally with the U.S., although I don't rule out the possibility that some men from the U.S. would join his religious order (predicted by Saint Francis of Paola).
So how I tend to read this prophecy is that perhaps the Great Monarch will first attack from the Black Sea with Russia at his back. If he takes the lands of the Southern, Western and Eastern seaboard of the Black Sea first, this will put him in an exceptional position to complete his mission with the aim of peace and justice in an immense kingdom spanning Europe, the Middle East and perhaps North Africa. From the Balkans, Greece, Turkey, and Georgia he could get endless support from Russia and move on several fronts including land and sea. Russia would also benefit from this conquest because of their increasing troubles and escalation with the Ukraine and Turkey as well as NATO.
So we shall see. A key is which people will pledge themselves to the Great Monarch. As events unfold today, I'm leaning more and more toward the opinion that Russia will do so. Not necessarily the Russian government, but common Russians. It will be a grassroots movement. This of course would be immensely significant and may even open the door to other important alliances for the Great Monarch. All is not as it may seem.
What is clear at this point is that Putin and Russia are rising on the international stage. Putin is admired the world over by his brilliant politics and virtues in spite of mistakes. And it seems that Russia is slowly improving and even becoming more Christian while the Western nations are becoming less and less Christian and moral. Of all nations, Russia seems the most concerned and stalwart about preserving Christian culture as well as all culture and peace in Syria and the Middle East as well as rooting out ISIS, all while not bowing down to foul and greedy interests of the U.S., NATO, and their allies in the Middle East. Now this does come with a caveat. Putin, the Russian government, and oligarchs are closely connected to the banking cabal. As decent as Putin may seem, he to some degree a servant of the globalists. He cannot be trusted.
So why do I mention Russia in this context? Of course Russia has a significant portion of the Black Sea's northern seaboard and eventually they will hopefully have Crimea secured. Perhaps in the future this Great Catholic Monarch will be supported by and allied with Russia perhaps in a grassroots movement supported by the common Russians. On the other there is no possible way the GCM would ally with the U.S. government. The U.S. deep state is among the most evil organizations in history. From the terror attacks of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two greatest terror attacks in history, individuals and organizations in the U.S. government have been involved in untold evil across the world up to the present day. Personally I would never ally with the U.S. government and military. That aside, even from a logistics view it would be impossible for the Great Monarch to ally with the U.S., although I don't rule out the possibility that some men from the U.S. would join his religious order (predicted by Saint Francis of Paola).
So how I tend to read this prophecy is that perhaps the Great Monarch will first attack from the Black Sea with Russia at his back. If he takes the lands of the Southern, Western and Eastern seaboard of the Black Sea first, this will put him in an exceptional position to complete his mission with the aim of peace and justice in an immense kingdom spanning Europe, the Middle East and perhaps North Africa. From the Balkans, Greece, Turkey, and Georgia he could get endless support from Russia and move on several fronts including land and sea. Russia would also benefit from this conquest because of their increasing troubles and escalation with the Ukraine and Turkey as well as NATO.
So we shall see. A key is which people will pledge themselves to the Great Monarch. As events unfold today, I'm leaning more and more toward the opinion that Russia will do so. Not necessarily the Russian government, but common Russians. It will be a grassroots movement. This of course would be immensely significant and may even open the door to other important alliances for the Great Monarch. All is not as it may seem.
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