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The following is taken from, Catholic Prophesy, the Coming Chastisement, 1973, pages 113-117. The whole book in PDF is linked HERE
THE PRESENT STATE OF THE CHURCH
The Church is indeed in a sorry state, and this can no doubt
be ascribed to the crisis of discipline which has afiected the
hierarchy, the clergy, and the laity alike. Indeed, a crisis of
discipline is bound to bring in its train a crisis of faith and a
crisis of morals, the ravages of which are so glaringly evident
today that no elaboration is necessary here.
The point to bear in mind, if one is to steer clear of the
many pitfalls which surround every Catholic, is that the cur-
rent crisis was predicted long ago, and not only predicted, but
also described in some detail, so that we might recognize it
when it came, and also the circumstances obtaining in the
world at the time of the crisis. In this connection it must be
remembered that the Great Chastisement is to follow the crisis.
Any mention of the Great Chastisement, therefore, forms part
of the circumstances surrounding the crisis.
f 76. Mother Shipton (16th century). "The great chastise-
ment will come when carriages go without horses and many
accidents fill the world with woe. It will come when 'thoughts
are flying round the earth in the twinkling of an eye' [i.e.
radio-communications], when long tunnels are made for horse-
less machines, when men can fly in the air and ride under the
sea, when ships are wholly made of metal, when fire and
water 'great marvels do' [i.e. the steam engine], when even
the poor can read books, when many taxes are levied for war."
% 77. BL Rembordt (18th century). "God will punish the
world when men have devised marvellous inventions that will
lead them to forgetting God. They will have horseless car-
riages, and they will fly like the birds. But they will laugh at
the idea of God, thinking that they are 'very clever.' There
will be signs from heaven, but men, in their pride, will laugh
them off. Men will indulge in voluptuousness, and lewd fash-
ions will be seen."
114 Catholic Prophecy
K 78. Trappistine Nun of Notre Dame des Gardes. "Chastise-
ment will come when a very large number of bad books have
been spread."
U 79. Abbe Voclin. "People will speak only of money. Hor-
rible books will be freely available. Intellectuals will argue
fiercely among themselves. Then the war will break out that
will see the rise of the Great Monarch."
f 80. Jasper. "When men indulge in sensuous pleasures and
voluptuousness, when no one wishes to obey any more, when
there is widespread discontent among the peoples of the earth,
then Russia will pour out masses of soldiers, and they will
reach the Rhine."
f 81. Ven. Anne de la Foi. "There will be discord within
the Catholic Church. In those days, men will wear women's
clothes, and women will put on men's clothes."
H 82. M. Porsat (19th century). "There will be confusion
among the clergy."
K 83. Quoted by Abbe Curicque (19th century). 'What
caught my attention repeatedly is that a large number of
priests will join in the revolution."
H 84. St. Thomas* Apocalypse — Apocrapha (1st century).
"Every man shall speak that which pleaseth him, and my
priests shall not have peace among themselves but shall sacri-
fice unto me with deceitful minds. Then shall the priests be-
hold the people departing from the House of the Lord and
turning unto the world. The House of the Lord shall be deso-
late and her altars will be abhorred. The place of holiness shall
be corrupted, and the priesthood polluted."
H 85. Holzhauser (17th century). "The Great Monarch will
come when the Latin Church is desolated, humiliated, and af-
flicted with many heresies . . . The Mohammedans will come
again." (Note: "The Latin Church," which presumably, ex-
cludes the Eastern-Rite Churches.)
H 86. Bl. Rembordt (18th century). "These things will como
Present State of the Church 115
when they try to set up a new kingdom of Christ from which
the true faith will be banished."
f 87. Oba Prophecy. "It will come when the Church author-
ities issue directives to promote a new cult, when priests are
forbidden to celebrate in any other, when the higher positions
in the Church are given to perjurers and hypocrites, when
only the renegades are admitted to occupy those positions."
We live in an age of revolution and contestation. Never
before have priests taken an active part in revolutionary
movements; never before have the Church authorities imposed
a new liturgy and forbidden the traditional liturgy.
The traditional liturgy, it must be recalled, goes back to
apostolic times, and its definitive form was codified by Pope
St. Pius V, who, in his Bull Quo Primum, gave it force of law
until the end of time. The New Missal, however, was devi-
ously introduced, arbitrarily imposed, and the Bull Quo
Primum (which St. Pius V forbade to be abrogated) was
quietly dropped from the opening pages of the official Altar
Missal.
The New Mass was opposed by the Synod of Bishops in
1967, but some Vatican Officials, in contempt of the ^ ill of
the bishops, and enlisting the help of six non-Catholic min-
isters, went ahead with the final version of their work. (The
non-Catholic ministers were Dr. George, Canon Jasper, Dr,
Shephard, Dr. Konneth, Dr. Smith, and Br. Thurian, repre-
senting the World Council of Churches, the Church of En-
gland, the Lutheran Church, and the Protestant community of
Taize. Their photograph was published in Issue No. 20 of
World Trends.) With devilish cleverness, they stopped just
short of outright heresy, and abusing the trust which their
position entailed, they prevailed upon Pope Paul to ratify it
The New Missal is indeed a radical attack on our Faith.
It will destroy the Mass more effectively than Luther's brutal
efforts. Having destroyed the Mass, it will inevitably destroy
the Church. Having destroyed the Church, it will — inevitably
again — destroy the world. For when the blood of Christ is
no longer offered on the Altars of our churches, then the
blood of men will have to be spilled on the asphalt of our
streets.
To discuss the validity or invalidity of the New Mass is
116 Catholic Prophecy
not within the scope of this book. The debate has been raging
since 1969 and, while the majority of bishops and cardinals
do not question the validity of the Consecration in the new rite,
there are a few who have expressed serious misgivings. It is
not outside the scope of this book, however, to cite prophecies
which have a bearing on the matter:
U 88. Anna-Katarina Emmerich (19th century). "I saw
again the new and odd-looking Church which they were
trying to build. There was nothing holy about it . . . People
were kneading bread in the crypt below . . . but it would
not rise, nor did they receive the body of Our Lord, but
only bread. Those who were in error, through no fault of
their own, and who piously and ardently longed for the
Body of Jesus were spiritually consoled, but not by their
communion. Then, my Guide [Jesus] said: THIS IS BABEL.'
[The Mass in many languages]." (This prophecy was made
circa 1820 by Anna Katarina Emmerick, a stigmatized
Augustinian nun and is recorded in The Life of Anne Cath-
erine Emmerich by Rev. Carl E. Schmoeger, C.SS.R., first
published in English in 1870 and reprinted in 1968 by Maria
Regina Guild, Los Angeles, California.)
The New Missal is an ominous sign of the destruction to
come, and these dire forebodings are in complete accord with
what the prophecies say, and which can be paraphrased thus:
"They wanted to make a new Church, a Church of human
manufacture, but God had other designs. The false Church
shall be destroyed, and the enemy shall overcome Rome. The
pastors shall be scattered, persecuted, tortured, and murdered.
The Holy Father shall have to leave Rome, and he shall die
a cruel death. An anti-pope shall be set up in Rome."
Such a tragedy would not be permitted by Christ, save as
a punishment for the Church's sins. As long as the Church
remains sound, the world is comparatively safe. But let the
Church be subverted, and the whole world will be plunged
into a bloodbath. In the 15th century, the Church's great sin
was immorality, but Faith was alive. Then came the Reforma-
tion, and the wars of religion. Today, however, the Church's
sin is even greater because it is a sin against the first of the
cardinal virtues, namely Faith. The punishment must needs
be commensurate. The latest and most significant contribu-
Present State of the Church 117
tion to the process leading up to this is the New Missal, a
pre-heretical rite, which has .made the Mass as changeable as
the passing fashions of the world.
Are we then to relinquish all hope and yield to despair?
Not in the least! The prophecies give us a warning, but they
also give us a promise. They tell us that the Church will pre-
vail and be more resplendent than ever. A wise and holy
Pope will restore all things, and he will be revered by the
rulers of nations. Peace, prosperity, and happiness will be
given to the whole world.
Hope, therefore, not despair, should fill our hearts,
Melbourne, March 1, 1970*
♦The last chapter revised and brought up to date in January, 1973.
The Church is indeed in a sorry state, and this can no doubt
be ascribed to the crisis of discipline which has afiected the
hierarchy, the clergy, and the laity alike. Indeed, a crisis of
discipline is bound to bring in its train a crisis of faith and a
crisis of morals, the ravages of which are so glaringly evident
today that no elaboration is necessary here.
The point to bear in mind, if one is to steer clear of the
many pitfalls which surround every Catholic, is that the cur-
rent crisis was predicted long ago, and not only predicted, but
also described in some detail, so that we might recognize it
when it came, and also the circumstances obtaining in the
world at the time of the crisis. In this connection it must be
remembered that the Great Chastisement is to follow the crisis.
Any mention of the Great Chastisement, therefore, forms part
of the circumstances surrounding the crisis.
f 76. Mother Shipton (16th century). "The great chastise-
ment will come when carriages go without horses and many
accidents fill the world with woe. It will come when 'thoughts
are flying round the earth in the twinkling of an eye' [i.e.
radio-communications], when long tunnels are made for horse-
less machines, when men can fly in the air and ride under the
sea, when ships are wholly made of metal, when fire and
water 'great marvels do' [i.e. the steam engine], when even
the poor can read books, when many taxes are levied for war."
% 77. BL Rembordt (18th century). "God will punish the
world when men have devised marvellous inventions that will
lead them to forgetting God. They will have horseless car-
riages, and they will fly like the birds. But they will laugh at
the idea of God, thinking that they are 'very clever.' There
will be signs from heaven, but men, in their pride, will laugh
them off. Men will indulge in voluptuousness, and lewd fash-
ions will be seen."
114 Catholic Prophecy
K 78. Trappistine Nun of Notre Dame des Gardes. "Chastise-
ment will come when a very large number of bad books have
been spread."
U 79. Abbe Voclin. "People will speak only of money. Hor-
rible books will be freely available. Intellectuals will argue
fiercely among themselves. Then the war will break out that
will see the rise of the Great Monarch."
f 80. Jasper. "When men indulge in sensuous pleasures and
voluptuousness, when no one wishes to obey any more, when
there is widespread discontent among the peoples of the earth,
then Russia will pour out masses of soldiers, and they will
reach the Rhine."
f 81. Ven. Anne de la Foi. "There will be discord within
the Catholic Church. In those days, men will wear women's
clothes, and women will put on men's clothes."
H 82. M. Porsat (19th century). "There will be confusion
among the clergy."
K 83. Quoted by Abbe Curicque (19th century). 'What
caught my attention repeatedly is that a large number of
priests will join in the revolution."
H 84. St. Thomas* Apocalypse — Apocrapha (1st century).
"Every man shall speak that which pleaseth him, and my
priests shall not have peace among themselves but shall sacri-
fice unto me with deceitful minds. Then shall the priests be-
hold the people departing from the House of the Lord and
turning unto the world. The House of the Lord shall be deso-
late and her altars will be abhorred. The place of holiness shall
be corrupted, and the priesthood polluted."
H 85. Holzhauser (17th century). "The Great Monarch will
come when the Latin Church is desolated, humiliated, and af-
flicted with many heresies . . . The Mohammedans will come
again." (Note: "The Latin Church," which presumably, ex-
cludes the Eastern-Rite Churches.)
H 86. Bl. Rembordt (18th century). "These things will como
Present State of the Church 115
when they try to set up a new kingdom of Christ from which
the true faith will be banished."
f 87. Oba Prophecy. "It will come when the Church author-
ities issue directives to promote a new cult, when priests are
forbidden to celebrate in any other, when the higher positions
in the Church are given to perjurers and hypocrites, when
only the renegades are admitted to occupy those positions."
We live in an age of revolution and contestation. Never
before have priests taken an active part in revolutionary
movements; never before have the Church authorities imposed
a new liturgy and forbidden the traditional liturgy.
The traditional liturgy, it must be recalled, goes back to
apostolic times, and its definitive form was codified by Pope
St. Pius V, who, in his Bull Quo Primum, gave it force of law
until the end of time. The New Missal, however, was devi-
ously introduced, arbitrarily imposed, and the Bull Quo
Primum (which St. Pius V forbade to be abrogated) was
quietly dropped from the opening pages of the official Altar
Missal.
The New Mass was opposed by the Synod of Bishops in
1967, but some Vatican Officials, in contempt of the ^ ill of
the bishops, and enlisting the help of six non-Catholic min-
isters, went ahead with the final version of their work. (The
non-Catholic ministers were Dr. George, Canon Jasper, Dr,
Shephard, Dr. Konneth, Dr. Smith, and Br. Thurian, repre-
senting the World Council of Churches, the Church of En-
gland, the Lutheran Church, and the Protestant community of
Taize. Their photograph was published in Issue No. 20 of
World Trends.) With devilish cleverness, they stopped just
short of outright heresy, and abusing the trust which their
position entailed, they prevailed upon Pope Paul to ratify it
The New Missal is indeed a radical attack on our Faith.
It will destroy the Mass more effectively than Luther's brutal
efforts. Having destroyed the Mass, it will inevitably destroy
the Church. Having destroyed the Church, it will — inevitably
again — destroy the world. For when the blood of Christ is
no longer offered on the Altars of our churches, then the
blood of men will have to be spilled on the asphalt of our
streets.
To discuss the validity or invalidity of the New Mass is
116 Catholic Prophecy
not within the scope of this book. The debate has been raging
since 1969 and, while the majority of bishops and cardinals
do not question the validity of the Consecration in the new rite,
there are a few who have expressed serious misgivings. It is
not outside the scope of this book, however, to cite prophecies
which have a bearing on the matter:
U 88. Anna-Katarina Emmerich (19th century). "I saw
again the new and odd-looking Church which they were
trying to build. There was nothing holy about it . . . People
were kneading bread in the crypt below . . . but it would
not rise, nor did they receive the body of Our Lord, but
only bread. Those who were in error, through no fault of
their own, and who piously and ardently longed for the
Body of Jesus were spiritually consoled, but not by their
communion. Then, my Guide [Jesus] said: THIS IS BABEL.'
[The Mass in many languages]." (This prophecy was made
circa 1820 by Anna Katarina Emmerick, a stigmatized
Augustinian nun and is recorded in The Life of Anne Cath-
erine Emmerich by Rev. Carl E. Schmoeger, C.SS.R., first
published in English in 1870 and reprinted in 1968 by Maria
Regina Guild, Los Angeles, California.)
The New Missal is an ominous sign of the destruction to
come, and these dire forebodings are in complete accord with
what the prophecies say, and which can be paraphrased thus:
"They wanted to make a new Church, a Church of human
manufacture, but God had other designs. The false Church
shall be destroyed, and the enemy shall overcome Rome. The
pastors shall be scattered, persecuted, tortured, and murdered.
The Holy Father shall have to leave Rome, and he shall die
a cruel death. An anti-pope shall be set up in Rome."
Such a tragedy would not be permitted by Christ, save as
a punishment for the Church's sins. As long as the Church
remains sound, the world is comparatively safe. But let the
Church be subverted, and the whole world will be plunged
into a bloodbath. In the 15th century, the Church's great sin
was immorality, but Faith was alive. Then came the Reforma-
tion, and the wars of religion. Today, however, the Church's
sin is even greater because it is a sin against the first of the
cardinal virtues, namely Faith. The punishment must needs
be commensurate. The latest and most significant contribu-
Present State of the Church 117
tion to the process leading up to this is the New Missal, a
pre-heretical rite, which has .made the Mass as changeable as
the passing fashions of the world.
Are we then to relinquish all hope and yield to despair?
Not in the least! The prophecies give us a warning, but they
also give us a promise. They tell us that the Church will pre-
vail and be more resplendent than ever. A wise and holy
Pope will restore all things, and he will be revered by the
rulers of nations. Peace, prosperity, and happiness will be
given to the whole world.
Hope, therefore, not despair, should fill our hearts,
Melbourne, March 1, 1970*
♦The last chapter revised and brought up to date in January, 1973.