A Century Before Fatima, Providence Announced a Chastisement
By: TFP
The May, 2002 issue of the Brazilian magazine Catolicismo
carried a lead article about the private revelations of Blessed
Elizabeth Canori Mora. Since these practically unknown revelations tie
in remarkably with those given at Fatima, the TFP website decided to
reproduce key extracts from the article.
One hundred years before Fatima, Blessed Elizabeth Canori Mora received
revelations reminiscent of those given by Our Lady to the three shepherd
children in Portugal in 1917. Her prophetic revelations are both a
cause for sober reflection and great hope in the coming of God’s
triumph.
Blessed Elizabeth Canori Mora was born in 1774 and lived in Italy until
her saintly death in 1825. On instructions from her confessor, she wrote
down her revelations which fill hundreds of notebook pages. Today, the
manuscripts are safely kept in the archives of the Trinitarian Fathers
at San Carlino, Rome.
When a copy of these manuscripts fell into the hands of the staff of Catolicismo,
due to their timeliness and importance, an article was inevitable. Here
we see already at the beginning of the nineteenth century, God warning
mankind about the coming of a great chastisement and the necessity for
prayer and penance, as well as foretelling the final triumph of the Holy
Church. This is exactly what Our Lady told the three little shepherd
children at Fatima in 1917.
We now present these revelations in a spirit of prudent devotion,
recalling the Church’s constant admonition not to indulge an unbalanced
and excessive interest in apparitions and mystical phenomena. However, a
humble and prudent consideration of the words of Blessed Elizabeth
Canori Mora throws valuable light on our chaotic times and gives us
great hope for a better future.
When Pope Blessed Pius IX authorized Elizabeth Canori Mora’s cause for
canonization to proceed, for years, all her writings were scrupulously
examined for doctrinal errors, to guard against the dangers of being
misled by a false mystic. The ecclesiastical censor commissioned by the
Holy See released his official judgment on November 5, 1900. It stated
“there is nothing against faith and good customs, and no doctrinal
innovation or deviation was found.”
Elizabeth Canori Mora was beatified in 1994.
Crisis in the Church
On Christmas Eve 1813, Elizabeth was transported in ecstasy to a place
refulgent with light. There she saw countless saints in adoration before
a humble manger. The Infant Jesus signaled her sweetly to approach, but
on drawing near she saw that He was soaking with His own Blood. “Just
the thought of it fills me with horror” she wrote. “But at the same time
I understood the reason for such shedding of blood was the bad habits
of many priests and religious who do not behave according to their state
in life and the bad education given to children by their fathers,
mothers and others entrusted with this duty. They, who should increase
the spirit of the Lord in the hearts of others by their good example,
instead mortally persecute Him with their bad conduct and teachings.”
Blessed Elizabeth received many other revelations concerning the
devastating chaos and decadence into which Catholics, both lay and
clerical, would fall. She relates that on February 24, 1814, she “…saw
many ministers of the Lord who rob each other and furiously tear off the
sacred vestments. I saw the sacred altars despoiled by the very
ministers of God.”
Likewise, on March, 22, 1814, while praying for the Holy Father she
“…saw him surrounded by wolves who plotted to betray him…I saw the
Sanhedrin of wolves which surrounded the Pope (Pius VII), and two angels
weeping…when I asked them why they were sad and lamenting, looking upon
Rome with eyes full of compassion they responded, ‘Wretched city,
ungrateful people, the justice of God will chastise you.’”
On January 16, 1815, angels showed her “many ecclesiastics who persecute
Jesus Crucified and His holy Gospel under the guise of doing good…Like
furious wolves they scheme to pull the Church leader down from his
throne.” Then she was allowed to see the terrible indignation these
wolves aroused in God. “In terror I saw the blazing lightening bolts of
Divine Justice fall about me. I saw buildings collapsing in ruins.
Cities, regions and the whole world fell into chaos. One heard nothing
but countless weak voices calling out for mercy. Countless people will
be killed.”
What terrified her the most was God’s anger. She saw Him “extremely
angry with those who persecute Him. His omnipotent hands were holding
bolts of lightening, His face was resplendent with indignation and His
gaze alone was enough to incinerate the whole world.” The vision lasted
but an instant, whereupon she recalled, “had it continued for another
moment I surely would have died.”
Concerning her vision of June 7, 1815 she wrote of, “fierce wolves in
sheep’s clothing, relentless persecutors of Jesus Crucified and His
spouse the Holy Church…I saw the whole world convulsed, especially the
city of Rome. How can I possibly relate what I saw of the Holy College?
Because of contrary doctrines, together with the secular clergy, they
were scattered, persecuted and murdered by the impious…The regular
clergy had not suffered a total dispersion, but were also decimated.
Countless men of all conditions died in the massacre, but not all were
condemned, for among them were those of decent customs and others of
holy life.”
Mercy Ceases for the World
On Christmas, 1816 Blessed Elizabeth saw Our Lady, who appeared
extremely sad. Upon inquiring why, Our Lady answered, “Behold, my
daughter, such great ungodliness.” Blessed Elizabeth then saw “apostates
brazenly trying to rip her most holy Son from her arms. Confronted with
such an outrage, the Mother of God ceased to ask mercy for the world,
and instead requested justice from the Eternal Father. Clothed in His
inexorable Justice and full of indignation, he turned to the world.
“At that moment all nature went into convulsions, the world lost its
normal order and was filled with the most terrible calamity imaginable.
This will be something so deplorable and atrocious that it will reduce
the world to the ultimate depths of desolation.”
On the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29, 1820, she saw Saint
Peter descending from heaven, robed in papal vestments and surrounded by
a legion of angels. With his crosier he drew a great cross over the
face of the earth, separating it into four quadrants. In each of these
quadrants, he then brought forth a tree, sprouting with new life. Each
tree was in the shape of a cross and enveloped in magnificent light. All
the good laity and religious fled for protection underneath these trees
and were spared from the tremendous chastisement. “Woe! Woe to those
unobservant religious who despise their Holy Rules. They will all perish
in the terrible chastisement together with all who give themselves to
debauchery and follow the false maxims of their deplorable contemporary
philosophy!
“The sky took on a morbid blue color which terrified everyone who looked
at it. A dark wind blew everywhere. An impassioned and mournful
shrieking filled the air, like the terrible roar of a fierce lion, and
resounded all over the earth in blood curdling echoes.
“All men and animals brimmed with terror. The entire world convulsed and everyone pitilessly slaughtered one another…
“When this bloody fight will arrive, the vengeful hand of God will weigh
upon these fated ones and with His omnipotence He will chastise the
proud for their rashness and shameless insolence. God will use the
powers of darkness to exterminate these sectarian, iniquitous and
criminal men, who plot to eradicate the Catholic Church, our Holy
Mother, by tearing Her up by Her deepest roots, and casting Her on the
ground.
God Will Laugh at Them
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| The Manuscripts of Bl. Canori |
“God will laugh at their malice, and with a mere wave of His almighty
right Hand, He will punish the wicked. The powers of darkness will be
allowed to leave Hell and enormous crowds of devils will invade the
whole world. They will wreak great destruction and thus execute the
orders of Divine Justice, to which they are also subjected. They will
chastise man’s goods, families, towns, wretched cities, palaces, houses
and everything else that exists on the face of the earth to the exact
degree that God decrees…
“God will allow wicked men to be cruelly chastised by fierce demons,
because they voluntarily subjected themselves to the devil and joined in
his attack of the Holy Catholic Church…
“I saw the horrible prison, Hell. There I saw the devils that would be
released on earth to carry their wicked destruction everywhere. They
will decimate every place that idolatry was practiced to such an extent,
that no trace of them will remain.”
The Great Restoration Begins
However, all will not end in this death and destruction. After these
purifying punishments, she saw Saint Peter return on a majestic papal
throne together with Saint Paul, who went through the world shackling
the devils and bringing them before Saint Peter, who cast them back into
the dark caverns from where they had come. “Then a beautiful splendor
came over the earth, to announce the reconciliation of God with
mankind.”
The small flock of faithful Catholics who had taken refuge under the
trees will be brought before Saint Peter, who will “choose a new pope.
All the Church will be reordered according to the true dictates of the
holy Gospel. The religious orders will be reestablished and the homes of
Christians will become homes imbued with religion.
“So great will be the fervor and zeal for the glory of God that
everything will promote love of God and neighbor. The triumph, glory and
honor of the Catholic Church will be established in an instant. She
will be acclaimed, venerated and esteemed by all. All will resolve to
follow Her, recognizing the Vicar of Christ as the Supreme Pontiff.”
Early in 1821 Our Lord said to her, “I will reform my people and my
Church. I will send zealous priests to preach my Faith. I will form a
new apostolate and send the Holy Ghost to renew the world. I will reform
the religious orders by means of new holy and learned reformers. They
will all have the spirit of my predilect son Ignatius of Loyola. I will
provide my Church with a new pastor, who is learned, holy and full of My
Spirit. With holy zeal he will reform My flock.”
“He told me many other things about this renovation. Many sovereigns
will support the Catholic Church and be true Catholics, placing their
scepters and crowns at the feet of the Holy Father and Vicar of Jesus
Christ. Many kingdoms will abandon their errors and return to the bosom
of the Catholic Faith. Entire peoples will convert, recognizing the
Faith of Jesus Christ as the true religion.”
Blessed Elizabeth and Our Days
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