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"And I beheld, and heard the voice of one eagle flying through the midst of heaven,
saying with a loud voice: Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth....
[Apocalypse (Revelation) 8:13]
Bl. Elizabeth's Prophecy of Pope Benedict and the "Wolves"?
Bl. Elizabeth's Prophecy of Pope Benedict and the "Wolves"?
The prophecies of Bl. Elizabeth Canori-Mora (1774-1825) concerning the future
persecution of a pope have some interesting affinities with the rather profound
words of Pope Benedict XVI at his inaugural address: "Pray
for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves". (See
the full text of the Holy Father's inaugural address here). These words appear to reference Jesus'
prophecy of the persecution of Christians in Matt 10, where Christ depicts the
disciples as sheep surrounded by
wolves:
"Behold,
I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and
innocent as doves. Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and
flog you in their synagogues, and you will be dragged before governors and kings
for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you
over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what
you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speak,
but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver brother
over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents
and have them put to death, and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But
the one who endures to the end will be saved."
(Matt
10:16-22).
But the Holy
Father's words also appear to echo the prophecies of Bl. Elizabeth
Canori-Mora (you can find some biographical information on Bl. Elizabeth at
Catholic Online here), which are strongly reminiscent of those
of Fatima. At the request of her confessor, Bl Elizabeth began to record her
revelations, which ended up spanning hundreds of notebooks, and are now stored
in the archives of the Trinitarian Fathers at San Carlino, Rome.
On 22nd
March, 1814, Bl. Elizabeth was praying for Pope Pius VII, when she suddenly had
a vision of the Holy Father being persecuted by a pack of "wolves": During this
vision, she saw the pope:
"surrounded by wolves who plotted to betray him… I saw
the Sanhedrin of wolves which surrounded the Pope, 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.’”
The two angels in this vision recall
the two angels of the Third Secret of Fatima, who gather the blood of the
martyrs during the Great Tribulation:
Beneath the two
arms of the Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his
hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled
the souls that were making their way to God.
In the earlier posts The Two Witnesses and Prophecies of the Martyr-Pope, we discussed
how these two angels appear to represent the two cherubim which adorned the
Mercy Seat of the Ark of the Covenant, and that they also may symbolise the Two
Witnesses described in the Book of Revelation.
Bl. Elizabeth continued
to receive private revelations concerning the plight of the pope, and on 16th
Jan 1815, she stated that 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. [I saw that God was] 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.”
This part of Bl. Elizabeth's vision, with a vision of lightening
bolts and Divine Justice recalls various biblical passages related to the Second
Coming of Christ:
For as the lightning comes from the east and shines
as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. (Matt
24:27-28)
Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down! Touch the
mountains so that they smoke! Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send
out your arrows and rout them! Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and
deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak
lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
(Psalm
144:5-8)
Note that the imagery in the above passage in Psalm 144 evokes
not only imagery of volcanic eruptions "Touch the mountains so that they
smoke!", but also that of a flood "deliver me from the many waters". (See the
earlier post The Casting Down of Mountains for an overview
of the many other passages in the Bible which connect the Second Coming with
earthquakes, volcanoes and massive floods).
The above prophecy of Bl.
Elizabeth, which describes "buildings collapsing in ruins" leading to worldwide
chaos also mirrors the visions of Matous Lasuta during the Apparitions at Turzovka:
there will
be terrible floods and other misfortunes through the elements (iii) there will
be earthquakes and mountains will move (iv) Churches will collapse, houses will
move and be carried away by the floods...
The prophecies of Bl. Elizabeth
written on 7th June 1815 continue to describe further upheavals, where she
saw:
“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.”
Then in a vision
which rather frighteningly reflects the current anti-Christian policies of
various governments throughout the Western world, Bl. Elizabeth saw apostates
attempting to wrench the Christ-child from her motherly arms - actions which
would cause her to no longer attempt to hold back God's immanent
wrath:
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.” (See
here).
This irreversibility of God's
impending wrath is also reflected in the words attributed to Pope John Paul II
during the 1980 Fulda conference in Germany:
With your and my prayer
it is possible to mitigate this tribulation, but it is no longer possible to
avert it, because only thus can the Church be effectively renewed. How many
times has the renewal of the Church sprung from blood! This time, too, it will
not be otherwise. We must be strong and prepared, and trust in Christ and His
Mother, and be very, very assiduous in praying the Rosary."
(See the
earlier post John Paul II - The Third Secret and a Prophecy of a
Mega-tsunami?)
It also recalls the words of Our Lady of Akita:
"If sins increase in number and gravity, there will be no longer pardon for
them".
Yet Bl. Elizabeth's prophecies also gave a glimpse of mercy
to be seen through these horrendous trials, with a vision which recalls the
prophecy of the Angelic Pope who it is foretold will restore
the Church. Here this Angelic Pope, symbolised by St. Peter (St. Malachy's Peter
the Roman?), restores the Church before the onslaught of the chastisement, and a
great war:
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.
The reference to
those who seek to eradicate the Church can only refer to the secularising forces
sponsored by Freemasonry (See the earlier post The Synagogue of Satan).
Her private
revelations continue with a vision of the unleashing of demons upon the earth,
which corresponds with the prophecy of Pope Leo XIII (See the earlier post Tunguska, Pope Leo XIII, and the Opening of the
Abyss):
“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.”
There are some echoes
here of Psalm 59:
But you, O LORD, laugh at them; you hold all the
nations in derision. O my Strength, I will watch for you, for you, O God, are my
fortress. My God in his steadfast love will meet me; God will let me look in
triumph on my enemies. Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by
your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield! For the sin of their mouths,
the words of their lips,
let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing
and lies that they utter, consume them in wrath;
consume them till they are
no more, that they may know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth.
Selah (Psalm 59:8-13)
After this part of the visions of Bl.
Elizabeth, which are to be equated with Pope Leo XIII's period of the 100 years
given to Satan, she again makes reference to the Second Pentecost under Ss. Peter and Paul -
who as the two pillars of the Church (Gal 2:9) martyred under Nero (the
precursor to the Antichrist), also represent the Two Witnesses of Rev 11 who are
killed by the Beast who rises from the sea:
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.”
For those seeking a more in-depth treatment of the
life of this inspirational woman, there is an out of copyright book on the life
of Bl. Elizabeth Canori Mora availble freely online here.
Alleluia!!
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