St. Vincent Ferrer - the PLAGUE of DEGREDATION - Pastors will be Punished by Scandal - Inner Peace Amidst Crosses
St. Vincent Ferrer visits Marie-Julie
Jahenny - SOULS WEAKENED because pastors and ministers are INFECTED with
the "PLAGUE OF DEGREDATION" - God is preparing the punishments but
waits for sincere wills to return to Him - Pastors and Ministers will be
PUNISHED THROUGH SCANDAL - A WARNING WILL BE GIVEN FIRST - God more
comforted by single people living in the world who live the Faith rather
than priests who fail in their duty in the care of souls - we know God
is within us when we retain and feel peace within while amidst Crosses
and Persecutions
Ecstasy August 5, 1878
“That,” he says, “is what comes (or, why it is that) souls today are
much weaker than before. The faith of the Pastors is not entirely pure,
because their charity is not single, it is accompanied by a kind of evil
called the plague of degradation, it is the lack of charity, it is the
lack of respect we should all have for each other since we are all
children of the same Father and of the same Mother, the Blessed Virgin.
God does not strike yet, He waits and in waiting, He suffers from all sides, but He prepares and He waits for a long time for the return of sincere wills.
I begin by saying a word, it is this: if the Pastors and the souls entrusted with the painful responsibility of those souls created by God, (i.e. to lead souls to salvation through Catholic Truth) if they do not change, they do not conform in perfect faith,
if they do not conform in charity ordained by God and order it
especially (with regards) to themselves, God will soon make seen in and
by them, a subject of scandal. This is how God is preparing. In the great surprise of His inscrutable designs,
God will send them by His Divine Power, a serious warning that will be
everywhere at once, it will be found even with those souls who have to
follow the straight line given by the Pastors.
God will strike in secret, He will
strike in public for God complains for some time so strongly that it is
impossible to understand the manner of these complaints as they are
rigorous and mixed with justice.
I pronounce this word which is very terrible, because God calls me, and God wills it. Here, at the foot of the Cross,
I can affirm on behalf of God that God is a thousand times more
comforted by the many souls who have no dependants, who living in the
world are not in the priesthood but live well in their state. (I.e,
single people who live the Faith.)
God is a thousand times more comforted by this part than He is from many
of his servants engaged in the painful paths of the direction of souls
on Earth, I speak of God's ministers. (i.e He is comforted
more by those single inthe world who truly live and practise their Faith
when compared with priests who fail in their duty and lead souls astray
in the process.)
God cannot suffer for much longer so
many injuries and so many injustices, so many infamies and so many
veiled crimes. If you knew today how on earth how many iniquities there
are veiled to the eyes of souls and the eyes of the body of this world,
you would be in a terrible fright. God sees, God knows, God will judge.
Take courage, they do not frighten us, but God's word will not be held back much longer, (i.e the promised punishments) mind this word.
Oh! How sweet are the ways of the Cross when one has God as their Father and for support! What
can we fear when we do the will of God and when we mind peace amid the
waves of persecution and anguish? This is the true character of the
operations of God in us, it is peace and the enjoyment of peace, it is
the calm and courage that exist within us. I wish that all
those who persecute God and His Cross, might know the peace and courage
of the friends of the Cross because they are upset and confused, they
would be in a kind of astonishment which I will call an almost amazing
and miraculous faith in midst of all this desolation.
Courage and perseverance, God will
accomplish it. God lets pass this effort, this terrible effort in a
short time, His adorable Voice will pronounce an end and give to those
who have suffered, the happiness of rejoicing in peace and in joy. This is my last word that I extend to the victims
and to the faithful and devoted friends of Jesus.”
and to the faithful and devoted friends of Jesus.”