The most spectacular aspect of the Act of God will be the three days
of darkness over the whole earth. The Three Days have been announced by
many mystics, viz., Bl. Anna-Maria Taigi, Padre Pio, Elizabeth Canori-Mora,
Rosa-Colomba Asdente, Palma d'Oria, in Italy; Father Nectou, in Belgium;
St. Hildegard, in Germany; Pere Lamy, Marie Baourdi, Marie Martel, Marie-Julie
Jahenny, in France. (This list is not exhaustive; many more mystics have
announced the Three Days.)
Padre Pio and other Catholics eminent for sanctity, have for centuries prophesied the dreadful coming chastisement of the Three Days of Darkness; where at least half to three quarters of the world's population will be killed by God's Just Wrath.
The Church does not oblige us to believe in any particular prophecy
as a matter of faith [de fide], but we are indeed obliged to believe that prophecies
may be made even in our own times, for this is in the Gospel [Evangelium]: the Holy
Ghost will speak to many in the Latter Days.
Moreover, when an identical prophecy has been made by widely separated
people in time and space, when this particular prophecy was accompanied
by other predictions which have already come to pass, and when the holiness
of the mystics in question has been recognized by the Church, we would
be foolish indeed not to believe that the prophecy must come to pass. Such
is the case concerning the Three Days of Darkness. How else could we explain
that an illiterate peasant woman of Brittany is describing the very thing
that another mystic in, say, Germany or Italy is also describing?
Blessed Anna-Maria Taigi (19th Century)
After the Three Days of Darkness
St. Peter and St. Paul, having come down from Heaven, will preach in the whole world and...
Designate a new Pope
A great light will flash from their bodies and will settle upon the cardinal who is to become Pope
Russia, England, and China will come into the Church
"After the three days of darkness, St. Peter and St. Paul, having come down from Heaven, will preach in the whole world and designate a new Pope. A great light will flash from their bodies and will settle upon the cardinal who is to become Pope. Christianity, then, will spread throughout the world. He is the Holy Pontiff, chosen by God to withstand the storm. At the end, he will have the gift of miracles, and his name shall be praised over the whole earth. Whole nations will come back to the Church and the face of the earth will be renewed. Russia, England, and China will come into the Church."
(Prophecy of Blessed Anna Maria Taigi (1769-1837 A.D.) who was Beatified by Pope Bendedict XV in 1920.)
THE PROXIMATE SIGNS
Here are the proximate signs in their probable order of occurrence.
This, to be sure, is only my own opinion, and I may be wrong for I am no
prophet myself; but, after studying a large number of prophecies, this
order appears to me to be the most likely:
Flouting of church laws, irreverence and immodesty in church, fall
in attendance at church.
Lack of charity towards others, heartlessness, indifference, divisions,
contentions, godlessness, pride in human knowledge.
Breakdown of family life: immorality, adultery, perversion of youth via the media
(e.g. homosexuals giving lectures in schools), immodest fashions (e.g.
mini-skirts, bikinis, see-throughs), people concerned
only with eating, drinking, dancing and other pleasures.
Civil commotions, contempt for authority, downfall of governments,
confusion in high places, corruption, coups d'etat, civil war, revolution.
(The first four proximate signs have already come to pass, at least partly;
for we are yet to see civil war and revolution in the West. But the sequence
of events is not strictly chronological; there is room for some overlapping.
Thus, the 5th proximate sign seems to have begun also.)
Floods and droughts, crop failures, unusual weather, tornadoes, earthquakes,
tidal waves, famines, epidemics, unknown diseases (e.g. new strains of
viruses).
THE WARNING
This will take place between the proximate and the immediate signs.
It will be a supernatural occurrence.
During the Warning, everyone will be made aware of his/her own sinfulness,
and many will wish to die, but the Warning itself will be completely harmless.
The Warning must be viewed as the last act of
mercy from God, a final appeal to mankind to do penance before the three
days of darkness and the destruction of three-quarters of the human race.
At a time when the murder of unborn babies and the sin of Sodom and Lesbos
have become respectable and sometimes legal, we should not wonder why God
is going to punish mankind.
By that time, war and revolution will have already caused a high deathtoll,
and Communism will be victorious, but all this will be as nothing compared
with the deathtoll caused by the Three Days.
The Three Days of Darkness
THE IMMEDIATE SIGN
It will be a bitterly cold winter night in the Northern hemisphere.
(Presumably, a very cold summer night in Australia or, by contrast, a torrid
night.) The wind will howl and roar. Lightning and thunderbolts of an unprecedented
magnitude will strike the earth. The whole earth will shake, heavenly bodies
will be disturbed – (this will be the beginning of the Three Days). Every
Demon, every evil spirit will be released from hell and allowed to roam
the earth. Terrifying apparitions will take place. Many will die from sheer
fright. Fire will rain forth from the sky, all large cities will be destroyed,
poisonous gases will fill the air, cries and lamentations everywhere. The
unbelievers will burn in the open like withered grass. The entire earth
will be afflicted; it will look like a huge graveyard.
As soon as you notice that bitterly cold night, go indoors, lock all
doors and windows, pull down the blinds, stick adhesive paper on vents
and around windows and doors. Do not answer calls from outside, do not
look at the windows, or you will die on the spot: keep your eyes down to
make sure you do not see the windows; the Wrath of God is mighty and no
one should attempt to behold it. Light blessed wax candles; nothing else
will burn, but the candles will not be extinguished once lit. Nothing will
put them out in the houses of the faithful, but they will not burn in the
houses of the godless. Sprinkle holy water about the house and especially
in the vicinity of doors and windows: the devils fear holy water. Bless
yourself with it and anoint your five senses with it: eyes, ears, nose,
mouth, hands, feet, and forehead. Keep on hand a sufficient supply of drinking
water and, if possible, food also (but you can live without food for three
days.) Kneel down and pray incessantly with outstretched arms, or prostrate
on the floor. Make acts of contrition, faith, hope, and charity. Above
all say the Rosary and meditate on the Sorrowful mysteries.
Some people, especially children, will be taken up to Heaven beforehand
to spare them the horror of these days. People caught outdoors will die
instantly. Three-quarters of the human race will be exterminated, – more
men than women. No one will escape the terror of these days.
Blessed Anna-Maria Taigi stated in regards to this terrible Three Days of Darkness Chastisement:
"God will send two punishments: one will be in the form of wars, revolutions and other evils; it shall originate on earth. The other will be sent from Heaven. There shall come over the whole earth an intense darkness lasting three days and three nights. Nothing can be seen, and the air will be laden with pestilence which will claim mainly, but not only, the enemies of religion. It will be impossible to use any man-made lighting during this darkness, except blessed candles. He, who out of curiosity, opens his window to look out, or leaves his home, will fall dead on the spot. During these three days, people should remain in their homes, pray the Rosary and beg God for mercy."
"All the enemies of the Church, whether known or unknown, will perish over the whole earth during that universal darkness, with the exception of a few whom God will soon convert. The air shall be infected by demons who will appear under all sorts of hideous forms."
But, when all seems lost and hopeless, then, in the twinkling of an
eye, the ordeal will be over: the sun will rise and shine again as in springtime
over a purified earth.
Some nations will disappear entirely, and the face of the earth will
be changed. There will be no more "Big Business" and huge factories
which sap men's souls. Craftsmanship will revive, and assembly lines will
give way to the working bench.
People will return to the land, but food will be scarce for about three
years. Married women will bear many children, for it will be regarded as
a disgrace not to have children, – no more "career women" addicted
to the "pill". Unmarried females, – there will be many, will
enter the religious orders and form large congregations of Nuns within
the reborn Church. Disease will decrease dramatically, and mental illnesses
will be rare, for man will have retrieved his natural environment. It will
be an age of faith, true brotherhood between neighbors, civil harmony,
peace, and prosperity. The land will yield crops as never before. Police
will have little work to do: crime will disappear almost entirely. Mutual
trust and honesty will be universal. There will be little work for lawyers,
either. All the manpower which is currently taken up by the wickedness
of the modern world will be released and available for the production of
useful commodities. Thus, prosperity will be very great. This wonderful
period will probably last 30 years approximately.
As soon as you see the sun rise again at the end of the Three Days,
drop to your knees and give thanks to God.
Be warned, SPREAD THE MESSAGE, but do not fear: it would be an offense
to God to show lack of confidence in His protection. Those who spread the
message will be protected, but the scoffers, the skeptics, and those who
dismiss the message because they are frightened, will not escape the chastisement.
WHAT TO DO NOW
SPREAD THE MESSAGE; Remain in the state of
grace. Go to Mass, and regularly receive Holy Communion. Say your rosary
every day. Obtain some wax candles and have these blessed by a Traditionalist
priest. Do not buy ordinary white candles; they are not made of wax. Do
not trust either a "new-breed" priest to bless your candles.
Pray for the liberty and exultation of the True Church. Say the prayer to St. Michael which His Holiness Pope Leo XIII
composed after witnessing a terrifying vision of Satan's power. Wear the
Brown Scapular and the miraculous medal. Deny yourself some legitimate
pleasures and entertainment; many of the holy individuals who have predicted this chastisement, insist on this. Eat sparingly,
frugally, to sustain life more than to gratify the palate. When the proximate
signs are over, i.e., war and revolution culminating in the victory of
communism, when you behold the Warning, then store up food, drinking water,
blankets and other necessities.
"The apostasy of the city of Rome from the vicar of Christ and its destruction by Antichrist may be thoughts so new to many Catholics, that I think it well to recite the text of theologians of greatest repute. First Malvenda, who writes expressly on the subject, states as the opinion of Ribera, Gaspar Melus, Biegas, Suarrez, Bellarmine and Bosius that Rome shall apostatise from the faith, drive away the Vicar of Christ and return to its ancient paganism. ...Then the Church shall be scattered, driven into the wilderness, and shall be for a time, as it was in the beginning, invisible hidden in catacombs, in dens, in mountains, in lurking places; for a time it shall be swept, as it were from the face of the earth. Such is the universal testimony of the Fathers of the early Church."-Henry Edward Cardinal Manning, The Present Crisis of the Holy See, 1861, London: Burns and Lambert, pp. 88-90 (Click to view this tragic reality)
Ven. Elizabeth Canori-Mora (d. 1825) "St. Peter then chose the new pope. The Church was again organized..."
"... the sky was covered with clouds so dense and dismal that it was impossible to look at them without dismay... the avenging arm of God will strike the wicked, and in his mighty power he will punish their pride and presumption. God will employ the powers of hell for the extermination of these impious and heretical persons who desire to overthrow the Church and destroy it's foundation. .... Innumerablelegions of demons shall overrun the earth and shall execute the orders of Divine Justice... Nothing on the earth shall be spared. After this frightful punishment I saw the heavens opening, and St. Peter coming down again upon earth; he was vested in his pontifical robes, and surrounded by a great number of angels, who were chanting hymns in his honor, and they proclaimed him as sovereign of the earth. I saw also St. Paul descending upon the earth. By God's command, he traversed the earth and chained the demons, whom he brought before St. Peter,
who commanded them to return into hell, whence they had come.
"Then a great light appeared upon the earth which was the sign of the reconciliation of God with man. The angels conducted before the throne of the prince of the Apostles the small flock that had remained faithful to Jesus Christ. These good and zealous Christians testified to him the most profound respect, praising God and thanking the Apostles for having delivered them from the common destruction, and for having protected the Church of Jesus Christ by not permitting her to be infected with the false maxims of the world. St. Peter then chose the new pope. The Church was again organized..." (Prophecy of Ven. Elizabeth Canori-Mora (d. 1825) as recorded in Fr. Culleton's book The Prophets and Our Times 1941 A.D. Imprimatur)
