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In St. Thomas’ Catena Aurea, we find in the Commentary on Matthew 8:23-27 these words: "Then, Our Lord will command the winds – that is, the devils – the ones that stir up the persecutions – and that He will give a great peace for the Church and the world."
One can ask these questions: Will this command put an end to the present day torment that assails the Church and the world? Will God desire to install a great and sudden peace?
We present these prophecies – old and recent – as a possible response:
Our Lady of Fatima (1917) - In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to Me and it will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world.
Our Lady of la Salette, France (1846) - Then, Jesus Christ, by an act of His justice and His great mercy toward the righteous, will command His Angels to put all His enemies to death. At one blow the persecutors of the Church of Jesus Christ and all men given to sin will perish, and the earth will become like a desert. Then, there will be peace.
Our Lady of Akita, Japan (1973) - The Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment graver than the Deluge, one such as has never been seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity.
St. Bridget (12th Century) - Forty years before the year 2000, the Devil will be let loose for a period to tempt men. When all will seem lost, God Himself will suddenly bring all evil to an end.
St. Vincent Ferrer (14th century) - A time will come such as no one has seen until then. … It will cause a great chaos, such as never was or ever thought of, except for the one that will take place at the Final Judgment The Church shall shed tears ... But that sorrow shall be turned into joy. The King of Kings and Lord of Lords will purify and regenerate everything.
Venerable Bartholomew Holzhauser (17th century) - The Omnipotent, then, will intervene with an admirable blow that no one can imagine. For three days the earth will be submersed in a complete darkness. As before in Egypt, the Exterminating Angel will cut down all those who rose up with satanic hatred against the Church.
St. Gaspar del Burfalo (19th century) - Those who survive the three days of darkness and horror will believe themselves to be alone on the earth, because the ground will be covered with cadavers.
Fr. Bernard Maria Clausi (19th century) - Things will reach the apex, and when everything seems lost, God will transform all things with a flick of the eye, as from morning to night… A terrible uproar will come, directly against the impious. It will be a completely new and terrible chastisement, such as the world has never seen. This chastisement will be felt throughout the entire world and will be so terrible that the survivors will imagine themselves to be the only ones living. This punishment will be instantaneous, but terrible.
Venerable Fr. Jacinto Coma (19th century) - Providence has reserved an unexpected means that will do in a single stroke what would have taken a very long time in the normal course of things.
Sr. Maria des Vallés (17th century) - Because there are three deluges, sent to destroy sin. The first deluge is that of the Eternal Father, which was a deluge of water. The second is the deluge of the Son, which was a deluge of blood. The third is of the Holy Spirit, which will be a deluge of fire. But it will be sad like the others because it will encounter much resistance and a large quantity of green wood that will be difficult to burn. Two have already passed, but the third is pending and, just as the first two were predicted long before they arrived, so also will be the latter. Only God knows the time.
Venerable Isabel Canori (18th century) - I saw the world in complete revolution; order and justice no longer reigned. The seven capital sins were raised in triumph. From every side injustice, fraud, debauchery and every type of iniquity spread. … All the faithful who preserved in their hear the faith of Jesus Christ … saw themselves … freed from the horrible chastisement … Suddenly a violent and impetuous wind rose that sounded like the roar of a lion and was heard all over the earth. Fear and terror stuck both man and beast. …
The power of Hell will be used to exterminate those impious and heretical persons who desired to overthrow the Church and destroy her to her very foundations. … But the Lord will despise their artifices and through an effect of His Mighty Hand He will punish these impious blasphemers, permitting the infernal powers to come out from Hell…
Innumerable Legions of devils will overrun the earth and shall execute the orders of Divine Justice by causing terrible calamities and disaster. They will attack everything and cause injury to families, properties, cities and villages. Nothing on earth shall be spared. God will permit those mendacious ones to be chastised … giving them a rapid and terrible death, because they voluntarily submitted themselves to the infernal power, forming a pact with it against Divine Justice. …
Then, I saw a dark and fright cave of fire where a multitude of devils were issuing forth under the form of man-beasts. They came to infest the earth, leaving ruin and blood everywhere. … Those evil spirits plundered the places where God was outraged, blasphemed and treated in a sacrilegious way. The profaned places will be pulled down and destroyed, and nothing but ruins will remain of them
Blessed Anna Maria Taigi (1768-1837) - Three pestilences, filled with horrendous sights, will cover the earth for three days. The punishment … from Heaven will be frightful and universal. All the enemies of the Church, whether known or unknown, will perish during that darkness, with the exception of a few whom God will afterwards convert. The air shall be infested with demons who will appear under all sorts of hideous forms.
Petite Marie des Terreaux (1773-1843) - You will see the Revolution end as you saw it start. You will see the same things and same evils as the beginning: the Republic, lies, licentiousness, etc. But everything will go more rapidly and will end with a brilliant miracle.
A great event will amaze the earth during which the wicked will be punished in an astonishing way. … Suddenly the Revolution will end by means of a miracle that will astonish the universe. The few evil ones who remain will be converted. The things that will happen will be a prefigure of the end of the world; they will be so terrible that many will die of horror.
Sr. Palma Maria Addolorata (19th century) - There will be three days of darkness; not one devil will remain in Hell. All will leave and the air will be infested. It will be the last plague. Afterwards a great cross will appear in the sky, and the triumph of the Church will be such that it will make people doubt such evils existed. … Then a true peace will come.
Josefina Reverdy (19th century) - A part of the earth is all desert; nothing without the power of God can sustain itself. The more fervent souls will fall into moral anguish. There will be three terrible tempests that will move the mountains and merge together houses and buildings. A third of all men will perish. At this moment the sun will hide itself. Three dense clouds filled with satanic spirits will cover the earth. The moon will become red like blood. … After the persecution, the Church will triumph and flourish again.
Maria Julia Jahenny (1850-1941) - I will rise up suddenly in all the splendor of my justice. … I will transform the earth; I will strike down the culpable souls. … It will be a deluge of terror.
Sr. Elena Aiello (+1961) - Rome will not be saved because the Italian rulers have abandoned the Divine Light and because only a few people really love the Church. But the day is not far off when all the wicked shall perish under the tremendous blows of Divine Justice.
The world no longer deserves pardon, but rather fire, destruction and death. … The chastisement will be quick to remove the evil from the earth. A tempest of fire will fall upon the earth. This terrible chastisement never before seen in the history of humanity will last for 70 hours. The atheists will be struck down and annihilated and many will be lost because they will remain in the obstinacy of their sins. Then you will see the power of light triumph over the power of darkness. The chastisement of fire is near and will purify the earth of the iniquity of the wicked.