Catholic Prophecy

[KnightofChrist]

Is the end near? Who knows, but the Father in Heaven.

I've always been told end time prophecy was a fundi thing, so I was surpised to find Catholic Prophecy of the End times... here are some what do you all think of theses Popes, Saint's and Blesseds prophecies? Its a bit different than the wacko Left Behind storys.

[quote]At that time the Pope, with the cardinals will have to flee Rome under trying circumstances to a place where he will be unknown. He will die a cruel death in exile. The sufferings of the Church will be greater than at any previous time in her history. John of the Cleft Rock (1340)

I saw one of my successors by name fleeing over the corpses of his brethren. He will flee to a place where he is unknown, but he himself will die a cruel death. Pope St. Pius X (d.1914)

The Great Gaulish Monarch, who shall subject all the East, shall come around the end of the world. Hippolytus (d. 235)

A time will come when the enemies of Christ will boast; "We have sujected the earth and all its inhabitants, and the Christians cannot escape our hands." Then a Roman emperor will rise in fury against them...Drawing his sword he will fall on the foes of Christianity and crush them. Then peace and quiet will reign on earth, and the priests will be relieved of their anxieties.
St. Methodius (385)

The Great Monarch will be in war until he is 40 years of age; a King of the House of Lily, he will assemble great armies and expel tyrants from his empire...the Turk and barbarians he will subdue and have all men worship the Crucified One. He will at length lay down his crown in Jerusalem. St. Cataldus of Tarentino (cir.500)

Our principal doctors agree in announcing to us, that towards the end of time one of the descendents ofthe kings of France shall reign over all the Roman Empire; and that he shall be the greatest of the Empire: and that he shall be the greatest of the French monarchs, and the last of his race.

After having most happily governed his kingdom, he will go to Jerusalem, and depose on Mount Olivet his scepter and crown. This shall be the end and conclusion of the Roman and Christian Empire. Blessed Rabanus Maurus (d. 856)

The Kingdom of France is predestined by God for the defense of the Roman Church, which is the only true Church of Christ. This kingdom shall one day be great among the kingdoms of the earth, and shall embrace all the limits of the Roman Empire, and shall submit all other kingdoms to its own sceptre. It shall last until the end of time. It shall be victorious and prosperous as long as it will remain faithful to the Holy roman See, and will not be guilty of those crimes which ruin nations; but will be rudely punished every time it will become unfaithful to its vocation. St. Remigius (535 A.D.)

When the entire world, and in a special manner France, and in France more particularly the provinces of the north, and of the east, and above all, that of Lorraine and Champagne shall have been a prey to the gratest miseries and trials, then the provinces shall be succored by a prince who had been exiled in his youth, and who shall recover the crown of the lilies.
This prince shall extend his dominion over the entire universe. St. Caesar of Arles (469-453)

Three days the sun shall rise upwards on the heads of the combatants without being seen through the clouds of smokeProphecy of Mayence

He foretold "the destruction of impenitent persecutors of the Church during the three days darkness. He who outlives the darkness and fear of the three days _ it will seem to him as if he were alone on earth because of the fact that the world will be covered everywhere with carcasses." Blessed Caspar del Bufalo (d. 1847)

There shall come over all the earth an intense darkness lasting three days and three nights. Nothing will be visible and the earth will be laden with pestilence, which will claim principally but not exclusively the enemies of religion. During this darkness artificial light will be impossible. Only blessed candles can be lighted and will afford illumination. He who out of curiosity opens his window to look out or leaves his house will fall dead on the spot. During these three days the people should remain in their homes, pray the Rosary and beg God for mercy.

On this terrible occasion so many of these wicked men, enemies of His Church, and of God, shall be killed by this divine scourge, that their corpses round Rome will be as numerous as the fish, which a recent inundation of the Tiber had carries into the city. All the enemies of the Church, secret as well as known, will perish over the 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 visible forms. St. Anna Maria Taigi (d. 1837, recently canonized by Pope John Paul II)

The comet by its tremendous pressure, will force much out of the ocean and flood many countries, causing much want and many plagues. All the seacoast cities will be fearful and many of them will be destroyed by tidal waves, and most living creatures will be killed and even those who escape will die from a horrible disease. For in none of those cities does a person live according to thelaws of God. St. Hildegard (d. 1179)

After the three days of darkness, Sts. Peter and Paul, having come down from heaven, will preach throughout the world and designate a new pope. A great light will flash from their bodies and will settle upon the cardinal, the future pontiff. Then Christianity will spread throughout the world. Whole nations will join the Church shortly before the reign of the Anti-Christ. these conversions will be amazing. Those who shall survive shall have to conduct themselves well. There shall be innumerable conversions of heretics, who will return to the bosom of the Church; all will note the edifying conduct of their lives, as well as that of all other Catholics. Russia, England, and China will come into the Church. St. Anna Maria Taigi (d. 1837, recently canonized by Pope John Paul II)

God will raise up a holy Pope over whom the angels will rejoice. Enlightened by God, this man will reconstruct almost the entire world through his holiness and lead all to the true faith, and everywhere fear of God, virtue, and good morals will be dominant. He will lead all erring sheep back to the fold, and there shall be only one faith, one law, one rule of life, one baptism on earth. All men will love each other and do good, and all quarrels and war will disappear. John of the Cleft Rock (1340)

The bride (Church) now all deformed and clothed in rags, will then gleam with beauty and jewels and crowned with the diadem of all virtue. All believing nations will rejoice and have such excellent and holy shepherds, and the unbelieving world attracted by the glory of the Church, will be converted to her. - St. Cathrine of Siena (d.1380)

At the same time there will be a great Pope, who will be most eminent in sanctity and most perfect in every quality. This Pope shall have with him, the Great Monarch, a most virtuous man, who shall be a scion of the holy race of the French kings. This Great Monarch will assist the Pope in the reformation of the whole earth. Many princes and nations that are living in error shall be converted, and an admirable peace shall reign among men during many years, because the wrath of God shall be appeased through their repentence, penance, and good works. There will be one common law, one only faith, one baptism, one religion. All nations shall recognize the Holy See of Rome and shall pay homage to the Pope. - St. Caesar of Arles (469-453)

In the last period Christians will not appreciate the great grace of God who provided a Great Monarch, a long duration of peace, a splendid fertility of the earth. They will be very ungrateful, lead a sinful life, in pride, vanity, unchastity, frivolity, hatred, avarice, gluttony and many other vices the the sins of men will stink more than a pestilence before God. Many men will doubt whether the Catholic faith is the true and only saving one and whether the Jews are perhaps correct when they still expect the Messias. Many will be the false teachings and bewilderment. The just God will in consequence give Lucifer and all his devils power to come on earth and tempt his godless creatures.- St. Methodius (385)

In the days of peace that are to come after the desolation of revolutions and wars, before the end of the world, the Christians will become so lax in their religion that they will refuse to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation, saying "it is an unnecessary Sacrament"; and when the false prophet and the Anti-Christ comes, all who are not confirmed will apostatize, while those who are confirmed will stand firm in the faith, and only a few will renounce Christ. - St. Vincent Ferrer (d. 1418)

The world will be faithless and degenerate after the birth of the Anti-Christ. - St. John Chrysotom

But after some time fervor shall cool, iniquity shall abound, and moral corruption shall become worse than ever, which shall bring upon mankind the last and worse persecution of Anti-Christ, and the end of the world. - St. Caesar of Arles (469-453)[/quote]

Edited February 10, 2006 by KnightofChrist

[Donna]

I note them with respect.

Are these quotes from the Yves Dupont book?

[KnightofChrist]

[quote name='Donna' date='Feb 9 2006, 10:17 PM']I note them with respect.

Are these quotes from the Yves Dupont book?
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IDK, perhaps? I pulled them off of this site [url="http://www.icubed.com/~rpoe/endtimes.htm#Kingeast"]Catholic End Time Prophecy[/url].

[Donna]

What's "IDK"?

[KnightofChrist]

[quote name='Donna' date='Feb 9 2006, 10:41 PM']What's "IDK"?
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Sorry, IDK = I dont know

[Ash Wednesday]

I find them to be a bit too cryptic for me to be able to draw any concrete conclusions. But maybe it's because I'm just tired and ready for bed right now.

I do wonder sometimes how much more God will be able to tolerate and when he will act.

I know that Jesus came into the world in a way that fit the prophecies, but not in a way people expected, and it makes me wonder if the end of the world will happen in the same way -- not only at a time or according to a timeline we don't expect, but also in a manner we don't expect, either. I don't know, I just wonder about these things sometimes. I guess the most important thing is to be vigilant in any case.

I'm gonna sleep on that.

[Myles Domini]

I like stuff like this call it a fascination. What I've never got though was the idea that the Pope would flee to somewhere where he is unknown. In our day and age thats almost impossible, the Pope is universally known the globetrotting of JP2 has ensured that. So how to interpret the prophecy attributed to St Pope Pius X? Lets play with this

[Donna]

OK. "Various nations will be annihilated", also persecution very high...secret conclave in direst straights.

Or, a situation where there are false pope(s), like w/ Avignon.

Myles, did you notice the first prophecy that Knight listed also specifies the Pope will be unknown (also "in exile")?

[Myles Domini]

[quote name='Donna' date='Feb 10 2006, 07:20 AM']OK. "Various nations will be annihilated", also persecution very high...secret conclave in direst straights.

Or, a situation where there are false pope(s), like w/ Avignon.

Myles, did you notice the first prophecy that Knight listed also specifies the Pope will be unknown (also "in exile")?
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Indeed I saw it. Your antipope idea sounds plausible but it doesn't seem to fit the context. He flee 'to a place where he is unknown'. It could still fly that there are rival claimants to the Papal throne if you allegorise it but I feel the hiding Pope is a better reading.

[cmotherofpirl]

Read [i]Trial Tribulation and Triumph[/i] by Desmond Birch. Its all about Catholic end-times prophecy, there is quite a bit that will surprise you.

[Sojourner]

Man, and I was hoping I'd left all the concern over end times behind when I left the Protestant church ...

[Didacus]

Did you also notice that the pope will die a cruel death.... Talk about fine print from the employer contract! There must be a good benefit plan somewhere.


I lost all hope of end of time prophecies back in 2000 when the end of the world failed me miserably! SFD!!!! Been paying oof my debts ever since.

[Myles Domini]

Nobody knows the hour or the time but gosh does this stuff make a cool way to waste away the phatmass addiction browsing hours. I mean c'mon you've got admit its fun to write about this stuff. I mean sitting here interpreting prophecies. So cool...

Personally I'd be SHOCKED to see secular France have some manner of monarch rule it again I dont really believe it will. But doesn't this make for a cool exercise in imagination?

Who wants to reckon the Lion spoken of in the Link is the devil who prowls around seeking us like a lion? Cant figure out what the tiger is though.

Edited February 10, 2006 by Myles

[KnightofChrist]

[quote name='Myles' date='Feb 10 2006, 12:42 AM']I like stuff like this call it a fascination. What I've never got though was the idea that the Pope would flee to somewhere where he is unknown. In our day and age thats almost impossible, the Pope is universally known the globetrotting of JP2 has ensured that. So how to interpret the prophecy attributed to St Pope Pius X? Lets play with this
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St. Pope Pius X's vision is rather close to [color=red]Rev. 12, 6 - The woman herself fled into the desert where she had a place prepared by God...[/color]

The woman is the Church and the head of the Church is the Pope. The Pope at the end of the age may not be so well known as JPII, with a great war all over the earth there maybe no Tv, no internet, and no globetrotting Pope.

Then of course the Pope could hide by simply not wearing his classic Popewear and cuise'n in his Popemobile. Or the pharse "unknown" could mean the Pope goes to a non-catholic country. We know the Pope because we are Catholic, we know God because we believe in God, a non-believer (athiest) "knows" neither the Pope or God. It would explain why the Pope would die a "die a cruel death" I pray catholics would'nt do that to the Pope, but I would think a non-catholic would be more capable. But what are your thoughts?

[Sirklawd]

idunno this is all sorta general stuff. almost like warnings "thing may smell of elderberries if people dont believe!" and so forth. i mean, good advice totally, but nothing concrete at all.