During the fifteenth and
sixteenth centuries, Our Lady of Good Success appeared in Quito,
Ecuador to a Spanish nun whose little-known but extraordinary life has a
direct connection with our days.
“Unbridled passions will
give way to a total corruption of customs because Satan will reign
through the Masonic sects, targeting the children in particular to
insure general corruption.
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“Unhappy, the
children of those times! Seldom will they receive the sacraments of
Baptism and Confirmation. As for the sacrament of Penance, they will
confess only while attending Catholic schools, which the devil will do
his utmost to destroy by means of persons in authority.
“The same will occur with Holy Communion. Oh, how it hurts me to tell you that there will be many and enormous public and hidden sacrileges!
“In those times, the
sacrament of Extreme Unction will be largely ignored.… Many will die
without receiving it, being thereby deprived of innumerable graces,
consolation, and strength in the great leap from time to eternity.
“The sacrament of
Matrimony, which symbolizes the union of Christ with the Church, will be
thoroughly attacked and profaned. Masonry, then reigning, will
implement iniquitous laws aimed at extinguishing this sacrament. They
will make it easy for all to live in sin, thus multiplying the birth of
illegitimate children without the Church’s blessing….
“Secular education will contribute to a scarcity of priestly and religious vocations.”
“The holy sacrament of
Holy Orders will be ridiculed, oppressed, and despised, for in this both
the Church and God Himself are oppressed and reviled, since He is
represented by His priests.
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“The
devil will work to persecute the ministers of the Lord in every way,
working with baneful cunning to destroy the spirit of their vocation and
corrupting many. Those who will thus scandalize the Christian flock
will bring upon all priests the hatred of bad Christians and the enemies
of the One, Holy, Roman Catholic, and Apostolic Church. This apparent
triumph of Satan will cause enormous suffering to the good pastors of
the Church…and to the Supreme Pastor and Vicar of Christ on earth who, a
prisoner in the Vatican, will shed secret and bitter tears in the
presence of God Our Lord, asking for light, sanctity, and perfection for
all the clergy of the world, to whom he is King and Father.”
“Unhappy
times will come wherein those who should fearlessly defend the rights
of the Church will instead, blinded despite the light, give their hand
to the Church’s enemies and do their bidding. But when [evil] seems
triumphant and when authority abuses its power, committing all manner of
injustice and oppressing the weak, their ruin shall be near. They will
fall and crash to the ground.
Our Lady of Good Success who appeared to Mother Mariana of Jesus Torres y Berriochoa, a nun of the Conceptionist Order, in Quito, Ecuador.
“Then will the
Church, joyful and triumphant like a young girl, reawaken and be
comfortably cradled in the arms of my most dear and elect son of those
times. If he lends an ear to the inspirations of grace–one of which will
be the reading of these great mercies that my Son and I have had toward
you–we shall fill him with graces and very special gifts and will make
him great on earth and much greater in Heaven. There we have reserved a
precious seat for him because, heedless of men, he will have fought for
truth and ceaselessly defended the rights of the Church, deserving to be
called ‘martyr.’”
“At the end of the
nineteenth century and throughout a great part of the twentieth, many
heresies will be propagated in these lands.…
“The small number of
souls who will secretly safeguard the treasure of Faith and virtues will
suffer a cruel, unspeakable, and long martyrdom. Many will descend to
their graves through the violence of suffering and will be counted among
the martyrs who sacrificed themselves for the country and the Church.
“To be delivered from
the slavery of these heresies, those whom the merciful love of my Son
has destined for this restoration will need great will-power,
perseverance, courage, and confidence in God. To try the faith and trust
of these just ones, there will be times when all will seem lost and
paralyzed. It will then be the happy beginning of the complete
restoration….
“In those times the
atmosphere will be saturated with the spirit of impurity which, like a
filthy sea, will engulf the streets and public places with incredible
license.… Innocence will scarcely be found in children, or modesty in
women.
“He who should speak seasonably will remain silent.
“There shall be
scarcely any virgin souls in the world. The delicate flower of virginity
will seek refuge in the cloisters.…Without virginity, fire from heaven
will be needed to purify these lands.…
“Sects, having
permeated all social classes, will find ways of introducing themselves
into the very heart of homes to corrupt the innocence of children. The
children’s hearts will be dainty morsels to regale the devil.…
“Religious
communities will remain to sustain the Church and work with courage for
the salvation of souls.… The secular clergy will fall far short of what
is expected of them because they will not pursue their sacred duty.
Losing the divine compass, they will stray from the way of priestly
ministry mapped out for them by God and will become devoted to money,
seeking it too earnestly.
“Pray constantly,
implore tirelessly, and weep bitter tears in the seclusion of your
heart, beseeching the Eucharistic Heart of my most holy Son to take pity
on His ministers and to end as soon as possible these unhappy times by
sending to His Church the Prelate who shall restore the spirit of her
priests.”