Warnings From Beyond, Part 3 of 3
To the Contemporary Church
[Confessions of Hell]
A literal text of the revelations made by the demons
Beelzebub, Judas Iscariot, Akabor, Allida, and Veroba
during a series of exorcisms from 1975 to 1978
A translation from the French, by Nancy Knowles Smith, of the book
'Avertissements de l'Au'delà à l’Église Contemporaine – Aveux de l’Enfer’
by Jean Marty.
The revelations have also been published in German by Bonaventure Meyer in Switzerland.
Jean
Marty's book in French is available from 'Les Editions Saint Raphael, 31 Ouest,
rue King, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J IH INS.
EXORCISM OF MAY 1, 1978 - The Feast of
Saint Joseph
PRAYER TO SAINT MICHAEL, THE ARCHANGEL.
AN ADDRESS TO THE “TRADITIONALISTS “ OF FRANCE.
DECLARATIONS OF THE DEMONIACAL ACTORS.
I SAW THE CHURCH OF SAINT PETER.
A literal text of the revelations made by the
demons Beelzebub and Verdi-Garandieu during a series of exorcisms (December 8,
1977, March 25 and April 5, 1978)
After a stubborn battle between the exorcist and the
demon Beelzebub, the latter absolutely refusing to speak, here are the avowals
which he was finally compelled to make:
B: They (he points upward) say: Adore, adore more,
have more veneration before the Most High, Infinite, Sublime, Universal Majesty
of God. It is much greater than you believe. Never turn your back on the
Blessed Sacrament (painful breathing) and exhort others also to adore the
Majesty of God by bringing it to their notice without delay. Think how the
greatest courage and even the greatest good will (gasps and groans) must appear
compared with such Majesty; or think how everyone should prostrate themselves
in the dust before such Majesty. And how much more should they grovel in the
dust, and how repugnant to the Divine Majesty are those who are cowardly, like
present-day superiors, bishops and priests who, in the name of God, have no
courage at all and who turn more towards exterior things than towards that
which is their duty: that which they are commanded to do by Those up there (he
points upward), that which the impetus of grace inspires in them. Often they do
not respond to the impulses of grace (because this is so difficult in our era)
and take the road of so-called obedience, which is no longer obedience in the
minds of Those up there (he points upward), as we have previously been
compelled to say.
There will come a time when everyone, good and bad,
modest and proud (very painful breathing), sick or well, will see everything
clearly. But many will not see clearly until too late, or after they will
already have allowed many graces to pass them by, and when they will already
have led many into error through this. That is what is tragic. Those up there
make me say (he points upward), because it is no longer possible to bring back
a man who is lost and goes to Hell - nothing can be done to save his soul, if
it is already lost.
There are many souls who have died within these
last ten years who would have been saved, if they had been led well by the
priests, the bishops and the superiors. It is horribly tragic (shouts and howls
of despair), it is horribly tragic and it can no longer be corrected-we are
compelled to say that (dreadful howls).
She (he points upward) is feted today, on this Her
Feast-day as Mother, as the Immaculate Conception... there She is, celebrating
Her Feast. Christ was totally without sin and without fault and She too was
without the least sin or fault. She is, and She was, without the smallest
blemish.
But men carry on the “way they are going, with
their blemishes and their faults, believing that this is an improvement, and
that there is nothing wrong with trumpeting their ideas to the world and
converting others to their way; of thinking. They often wish to teach others
the ideas they have in their hearts.
But this is not good, because these doctrines they
have in their hearts are false. They should, they should... One cannot simply
throw overboard a Church, a Mass and sermons that have existed for dozens and
hundreds of years. The clergy are blind.[2]
The clergy will see too late. Many of them will be lost because they have not
wanted to see things clearly. We are being compelled to say all that on this
Her Feast-day of the Immaculate Conception - She who was conceived totally
immaculate.
She has always obeyed Him and has never done
anything else, in the greatest as in the smallest matters - She has done
nothing except carry out His Will. Yes, She has done even more than strictly
what Christ required of Her. Oh, what has She not accomplished in Her great
virtue! She has accomplished even more than was expected of Her up there (he
points upward).
But you men, and especially the clergy, do not even
accomplish what you should accomplish. True, the clergy are not without
original sin; that is reserved for, Her, the Most Pure (he points upward). But
these priests, bishops, superiors and lay people still receive many
enlightenments which they could respond to, if they wanted to. If they were to
pray more to the Holy Spirit, they would be able to accomplish much better what
Those up there wish (he points upward), according to what is right and as it
will be understood in the end, for they (these priests and lay people) are
mistaken.
The current manner in which the clergy are
directing and leading the Church is not in line with the views of Those up
there (he points upward). They are our views (in a loud voice), originating
from us down below (he points downward) - we are being compelled to say this.
Imagine being obliged to say this! We are obliged to on this day of Her
Immaculate Conception - She up there (he points upward), whose purity and
sublimity no human can appreciate even in an approximate way (howls)!
Even we who are down below, who are proud and who
were among the Angels, must bow down before so much sublimity, purity and virtue,
must lower ourselves into the dust. How much more should you men sink down in
into the dust and ashes, but you do not do it. Most men still think that they
are almost Saints when they set themselves apart from others who are still
truly humble and wish to make reparation. Many think that what is actually vice
is virtue (groans and gasps).
When She will come (he points upward), when She
will come (in a terrible voice), and that time is approaching ..... it will be
too late. Then, for many, it will be too late. They do not realize; many no
longer believe in the Great Warning or in the Great Catastrophe. In the same
way, many do not believe - well, even less still - in what this book is
proclaiming (“Warnings”) and what has had to be proclaimed.[3]
(Terrible wailing.)
If we could come back, we would behave better. How
much better we would behave if we were still able to (shouts, sobs in a
disturbing voice). If only - if only we could come back! If we could have again
those last ten seconds which we had up there (he points upward) before being
hurled into the abyss, if we had only those last ten seconds just once more
(cries of despair) so as to be able to adore His Majesty again and to say: we
are sorry; we wanted, in our senseless pride, to be greater than Your Infinite
Majesty. We are sorry, do not damn us! Take us up there (he points upward), let
us stay there in the most remote corner... But it is too late, too late for us...
it is too late for us... We can do nothing any more (with unspeakable despair,
howling and weeping)... This despair, this endless torment... this darkness
which surrounds us for all eternity...
Men, open your eyes! Clergy, priests, superiors,
bishops, open your eyes! Come back! We can no longer do it - but you still can.
You still have these last hours and seconds. Many of you still have years; what
good will they be if you do not use them properly? What use will they be to
you? What will be the good, if you do what should not be done, and do not do
what you ought to do? Do you know what we would do if we were still able to?
But we cannot any more - not any more!
The darkness is appalling, the gnawing worms are
appalling, the fire which surrounds us and from which we cannot escape,[4]
is appalling.
But appalling, too, in the sight of God, are these
priests, superiors and bishops, who, in their pride, wish to exalt themselves
above Goodness, above Messages, Warnings and Exhortations from Those up there
(he points upward) and who are unwilling to do what Those up there (he points
upward) wish and have ordained.
Many laymen are suffering because of this; The
clergy are taking them with them, because the lay people believe the clergy,
want to have faith in them, and so they should under normal circumstances. But
with such men, they cannot, and must not, have faith in them any longer. Judas
has said previously on July 17,1975: NOW, ONE CAN NO LONGER OBEY. And we are
being compelled to repeat that on this day, the Feast of Her Immaculate
Conception.
Follow the Way of the Cross, listen to the exhortations,
the good exhortations. Without doubt, there are certain people who receive
graces and yet are not good, but that quickly becomes obvious (painful
breathing).
Look neither to the right nor to the left, neither
to the front nor to the rear, neither towards the East nor the West,[5]
but only upward, even if this Will from On High (he points upward) is now
difficult to carry out. Do not carry out any other will but that from On High
(he points upward), for we have seen what it costs to disobey His Infinite Majesty
... we disobeyed and must now pay the penalty eternally ... we will never be
able to come back ... and many of these priests will never be able to come
back, and that is their loss...
We have finished speaking for today, the day of the
Immaculate Conception.
Declarations of the demon Beelzebub, which are at
the same time: replies to the objections raised concerning the publication of
the present work, “Warnings from the Beyond”, and also pieces of advice.
“I, Beelzebub, must repeat what I am repeating
incessantly on the subject of the book, “Warnings from the Beyond”; I must
repeat it on the day of the Annunciation.”
(The demon demands that we invoke the Holy Spirit,
which is done.)
“.... The imprimatur would be a very great help for
the spreading (of the book) of the Warnings. If the work had had the benefit of
the imprimatur (from a bishop, in spite of all the fluttering leaves[6]
and all that attacks, it would have made its way. This would be a great advantage
for you, and you must work hard to obtain this goal... because it is the Will
of Those from On High (he points upward).
You are already being ridiculed for all the
good you wish to do with this book, as people who think they can see the devil.
It is because time has run out that Heaven has provided for the demon to be
made to speak in this way, in order to help the good, particularly in the
lamentable state of the Church at the present time. There is no passage in this
book which we had to take back as inexact, for it is all provided for in
Heaven's Plan.
To those who reproach you for not having
followed the rules of the RITUALE ROMANUM[7]
you can reply that there are no rules without exceptions. If we (the demons)
were found in a case of black obsession, it is obvious that we would not be
able to tell the truth. If the obsession is black in the normal way, that is to
say, if it is the consequence of sin,[8]
then certainly, the normal procedure is to follow the rules of the RITUALE
ROMANUM”.
(The demon goes on to explain with a
comparison drawn from the Gospel, why under such conditions, the manifestation
of “Warnings” constitutes, in fact, a legitimate exception to the rules of the
RITUALE ROMANUM)
“To be sure, Christ has said that one should
not work on the Sabbath Day, but when a beast has fallen into a pit on the
Sabbath, one is allowed to pull it out on the Sabbath.[9]
In the case of the “Warnings”, the Church represents thousands of beasts who
would have been hurled into pits. And they believe themselves to be eagles
still flying in the sky!
Why should these beasts in pits not be able
to be saved? The more decadent humanity is, the more the Most High seeks ways
of stirring men and waking them up. But if anyone refuses to believe, Those
from On High (he points upward) can do nothing. This was an effect of their
Mercy.
Those who stick to the letter and think
themselves learned, and those who do not recognize in this book a means of
Mercy will not receive Mercy. Those who do not honor Mercy and who do not
practice it with regard to their neighbor would not know how to benefit from
Mercy.
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged”[10]
Most men take no notice of that and believe that they can judge others. In
truth, they have a blindfold over their eyes, and they are judging in
situations where they have nothing to judge. And they build a volcano out of
specks of dust. They know how to recognize the speck of dust which is in the
eyes of others, but they fail to recognize the beam which is on the point of
falling down on themselves. They should pay much more attention to not rotting
away inside; or to not being struck by the beam which is threatening them. They
should pay attention to not becoming dust and rubble themselves.
All the reproaches which they address to
others are nothing, compared to the reproaches they should be addressing to
themselves. The most important thing, right now, would be to preach Charity:
“What is the use of condemning someone else, when I should have been thinking
about my own salvation? What need have we to judge others, since it is God Who
judges: Who punishes them if they are not just; and Who rewards them if they
are just?”
To judge is not their (men's) duty. This
does not rest with them it is not their task to judge privileged souls. It is
not their task to claim to reveal the truth by ruining their reputations. To be
sure, it is right to be on guard against false seers, but people of good
judgment become aware of things which are not as they should be in the case of
bogus seers. A man who has sound judgment, an appreciation of what is good,
will quickly notice when there is something amiss.
The worst thing is that they do not take a
stand against the wicked ones; it is against the good ones that stands are
taken; in this way, irreparable faults are committed. The accusers should first
of all make their own 'mea culpa' before smashing in the breasts of others with
the beam. Phariseeism has nothing to do with the commandments of God. Even if
it is presented as “traditionalist”, this is still Phariseeism....
Act, act now! The days are numbered - we
ourselves feel it down there below (he points downward). We have launched
ourselves into all parts of the world, so vigorously that we have lost our
breath.
In spite of all these difficulties, the
Great Lady from On High makes us say (he points upward) that it is necessary to
bring out all the translations[11]:
in Italian, in English and in Spanish. This is because the book[12]
must throw light on the disastrous situation of the Church and must become an
aid for those who are searching for the truth about the state of the Church in
the way Those up there (he points upward) see it; and the Holy Father, too
(must act) in so far as he is able to do so.
Also, in the French edition[13]
everything must be added which it is possible to include.[14]
It must be printed that what we have said is for the good of the Church, and
that we have not been able to lie. You must spread this book as much as you
can.
(Beelzebub exclaims suddenly and cries out):
She is there, She is there with her crown of stars! She is behind you,
strengthening and sustaining you. Even if you do not feel it, even if you
do-not see it, She is behind you all the same.
In spite of everything, She says, look for
the possibility of having an imprimatur. Also publish without delay in the
other languages.[15] At least in
the three languages that we have nominated. She has hoped that things would
have progressed more rapidly. Act without delay, because in a little while, it
may be too late. For these things you have Her blessing, as Those from On High
(he points upward) grant blessings to every. thing that they wish and
determine.
We have spoken. We have been obliged to say
all this against our will.
In our opinion, it seems to us that it
cannot be long now.[16]
That is why we are launching this terrible assault in all corners of the world
- to be precise, because it seems to us that the wait for the Warning should
not last long now. But we do not know the exact moment.
Exorcist: Father Ernest Fischer, retired
missionary, Gossau (Saint-Gall, Switzerland.)
Demon: Verdi-Garandieu, a human demon.
The Abbot Verdi-Garandieu, human demon,
priest of the diocese of Tarbes in the seventeenth century, addresses this
pathetic message, through the possessed woman, to his brothers in the
Priesthood, to beseech them - by order of the Most Holy Trinity and the Virgin
Mary - to go back onto the narrow road of the Gospel, and so prevent themselves
in their turn, from suffering in eternal Hell the horrible fate which befell
him because of his infidelities to grace.
At the end of the exorcism of Leo XIII used,
in this instance, by Fr. Fischer, numerous invocations were pronounced,
including that of Saint Vincent Ferrier,[18]
the great Spanish Dominican missionary of the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries; he traveled throughout Spain, Italy, Switzerland and France, where
he died at Vannes in 1419. He was a formidable opponent of the devil, from whom
he wrestled many souls,[19]
through his life of love and penance and his stirring sermons.
In short: Saint Vincent Ferrier, a model to
imitate; Abbot Verdi-Garandieu, an example not to follow.
The demon is going to speak for nearly two
and a half hours on end. We reproduce here the text of his adjurations, by
order of Heaven, to the priests of our time.[20]
Verdi-Garandieu after having pointed out
that he also has become “a demon among the demons”, suddenly begins to cry out,
saying): “What a stupid thing I did not responding to grace and leading the
life that I led!”
(Then while uttering woeful cries, he
exclaims, making the possessed woman jump to her feet): “Why did I let myself
go that way, why? Why did I agree to being admitted to the Priesthood, this very
heavy responsibility, since I was not equal to it if I was not prepared to take
the trouble to lift myself up to the heights of this great ideal? Why did I
give bad example as thousands and thousands of priests do today, by not acting
in accordance with my priesthood? Why didn't I teach the catechism as I should
have done?
I spent my time looking at the women's
dresses, rather than in observing the commandments of God. The truth of it is,
I was neither hot nor cold, I was lukewarm and the Lord vomited me from His
mouth.[21]
In my youth, I was still good, I still responded to grace.”
(While he was speaking, we heard his cries
through the possessed woman.)
“It was later that I became lukewarm. It was
when I entered onto the wide and easy road of pleasure and abandoned the narrow
road of virtue, by not responding to grace any more; and from then on, I fell
lower and lower.
At the beginning, I used to still confess my
sins; I wanted to change myself, but I did not succeed because I no longer knew
how to pray adequately. I did not respond to grace because of this tepidity, I
went further down to the stage of coldness. Between this tepidity and coldness,
there is only the distance of an onionskin. If I had been warm and ardent, I
would not have known this wretched destiny.
If the priests of our time do not pull
themselves together - Ah, well! They will experience the same fate that I have.
At the present time, there are thousands, tens of thousands of priests in the
world who are like me, who give bad example, who are lukewarm and who no longer
respond to God's grace. All, if they do not change themselves, will have a
destiny no better than that which I, Verdi-Garandieu, have had.
Ah! What a destiny for me in Hell! If, at
least, I had not been born.[22]
If I were able to come back to life again! Ah! How I would love to return to
earth in order to live a better life! Ah! How I would love to spend my nights
and my days on my knees, in prayer, calling on the Most High! I would invoke
the Angels and Saints of Heaven, in order for them to help me to leave the road
to perdition, but I can no longer go back, I am condemned (he finishes in a
woeful voice).
Alas, the priests do not know what it is to
he condemned to Hell, and what Hell is. At the present time, nearly everyone on
earth takes the line of least resistance. They want to enjoy the pleasures of
life. They are convinced that practicing humanism, as they call it, being of
the mentality of their time, is something that is now established forever.
Bishops, cardinals and abbots give an
example that is no better than that given by their subordinates. Do they live
according to the simplicity that Christ used to practice in his meals and the
kind of food he ate? As the Gospel says, Jesus Christ did indeed participate in
banquets, to which He was invited by various people, but at these meals, He did
not eat very much. And if He did eat a little during the course of these
banquets, it must also be stressed that, many times, He chose to suffer from
hunger.
The Holy Family and the Apostles too, fasted
a great deal. Otherwise, they would not have received all the graces with which
they were blessed. And yet, Jesus did not need to acquire grace, since He was
Himself the Author of grace, but He wanted to give an example: to His Apostles certainly,
but also to all the cardinals. bishops and priests of all the centuries. But
what good was that, since in our time cardinals, bishops and priests sit down
to their meals in luxurious surroundings and enjoy delicious dishes.
They go so far as to ruin their health in
following this way of life, but they imagine that this befits their position as
bishop, cardinal or provincial. Poor cooks, who imagine that because they are
serving bishops or important people, they must present complicated things on the
table! They imagine, poor souls, that it would be a disgrace for them if they
were not able to bring all these dishes to the table. They forget that by doing
this, they are not helping the bishops to imitate Christ any more than the
priests do. It would be better if these cooks could tell such personages that
Christ (too) used to be alive, and that He lived much more simply.
Those from On High (he points upward) value
whatever is in accordance with the imitation of Jesus Christ; and what is being
done at the present time is completely contrary to the imitation of Jesus
Christ. Many live in refinement, luxury, and abundance, to the point of excess,
to the point even of sinfulness. Sin has often had its beginnings at the table.
Sinning begins there where a certain asceticism should be practiced, but this
asceticism is rejected.
The rejection of the spirit of sacrifice is
not the sin, but the open door to sin through which it can enter. It is this
lack of asceticism that slowly leads to sin. Between the two there is only an
onionskin. If the priest does not follow the teachings of the Church, it is we
who come along to pull him by the end of his robe[23]
in order to lead him onto our path. It is only a little end of his robe that we
take hold of, just for a moment, but with the hope of carrying off the whole
habit.
For a long time, I fully intended to become
a good priest; but it must be mentioned that priests are attacked by us
(demons) much more than the lay people are. Certainly, the lay people are also
in danger, especially those who are doing their utmost to be among the just and
those who have an important responsibility. But since the priest has a very
great power for blessing, we give preference to attacking the priest First of
all.
As far as I was concerned, I used to remember that
I was a priest and, at the beginning, I used to exercise my Priesthood
responsibly. And then, as time went by, I found that monotonous and, forgetting
prayer, I also forgot about celibacy. I cut out prayer, firstly because I believed
I was too busy, and then I used to take it up again occasionally, and then,
finally, I abandoned it altogether. I used to think that those long prayers in
the breviary were tedious and useless and, in the end, I lost the taste for
prayer.[24]
When I cut out the breviary, I fell into the sin of
impurity, and from that moment on, I had no more taste for saying the Mass.
This was a chain reaction. When I fell into impurity this was the chain
reaction - I no longer said the Mass devoutly because I was no longer in the
state of grace. In this condition, the reading of the Bible and of the Gospel,
in particular, and also the sight of God's commandments, became a reproach to
me.
There was a warning for me in that, and because I
paid no attention to the warning, I resolved not to teach the children as it
should have been my duty to teach them. How could I have been able to teach
them about Good, if I myself was not practicing it? But those who, today, call
themselves humanists and modernists, know all that just as well as I do.
How could they impose on lay people and children,
things that they themselves do not believe and do not practice? How could they
bear teaching them as they should, knowing that their teaching is not in accord
with their interior life, and that they would therefore be telling enormous
lies? Within many, in these times, the heart has become like an abyss of death.
There are many more than one would think, who find themselves in this state.
They are rotten apples; how could a rotten apple give off a good smell? It is
only a priest who strives to attain virtue, who can touch souls and give them
what they need.
If priests were to give an example of virtue, in
particular to the young, we would have a world completely different from the
one we know. You would have a world a thousand times and more better than the
one you have at the present time. How can you want to spread Good if you do not
have it in you? How can I speak of the Holy Spirit, if I myself am happy not to
listen to Him? How can one point out the road to follow, when one has left if
himself? It is a much deeper tragedy than you can imagine.
The tragedy is that it is at the very moment when
the priest leaves the road of virtue, that he is tempted to draw many souls
after him.
This begins with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass,
which is said from beginning to end without any taste for it. Consequently, no
personal benefit is received from it. At all events, that is the way it was for
me, and I developed an aversion for the Mass and for its sacred texts, which,
for someone who is behaving badly, are a permanent reproach.
In my case, as for thousands of other priests,
there was at least the Transubstantiation which allowed the faithful to assist
truly at Mass, because these people cannot know the depths of a priest's heart;
but woe betide priests who no longer say what they should say to ensure that
the Mass is valid, and who no longer live by it.
Woe betide anyone who leads the faithful onto the
road of error. These priests would do better to shout publicly from the height
of the pulpit: “I have sinned. I am no longer capable of practicing virtue.
Pray for me, so that I may be converted, and once again teach the ways of
virtue.” Speaking in this way would be much better, and we demons would no longer
have this power to dominate these priests, because they would have made an act
of humility.
Even if some people were going to develop a
contempt for a priest who would speak this way, the majority of those hearing
him would be edified by his humility and would be able to help him to pull
himself together. The majority of the faithful would have respect for a priest
who would express himself in this manner; this would be much better than
continuing along the way of lying and hypocrisy.
What is the use of celebrating Mass facing the
people, and telling them: “Come near! God pardons you all your sins. He
understands you. Come to the Father of Light; and if you are in the darkness,
He will bring you back into grace again.” They all forget that something must
be done beforehand, in order for the Father to take you back into His arms
and bring you back into His grace.
It is true that the Father takes His children back
into His arms, but before this happens, it is necessary for them to repent and
to promise to change the direction of their lives. It is necessary to avoid the
roads that lead to perdition.
The priest ought to think: “I must begin with
myself. That would be the only way to be a model for each one, and to be able
to preach the teaching of the Holy Spirit and of Jesus Christ to the whole
community. That would also be the mission which the. Most High considers that I
should preach and carry out among the people.”
Much too much is said about the love of neighbor,
while forgetting that this love results from the love which one has for God.
How can one speak of loving one's; neighbor, of drawing nearer to one another,
if one forgets the first commandment, the principal commandment: “You must love
God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength.”[25]
The directive to love your neighbor comes only in second place.
If the priest were to first of all make peace with
Those from On High (he points upward), love of neighbor would immediately start
to flow out. It is the freemasonic masquerade which says: “It is necessary to
love each other, to help each other, to support each other.” But where does all
that lead to? Even if one speaks of charity, or of forgiving, or of mutual
support, see the result, should this only be the number of present-day suicides.
It is true that there is a commandment to love your
neighbor as yourself, but that comes after the one to honor and adore God first
of all. It is necessary to begin at the very beginning of this commandment, and
to love God first, which in fact, includes love of neighbor. It is in the first
part that the whole commandment is found. If one were to love God truly, one
would not talk incessantly about loving one's neighbor, supporting him, helping
him.[26]
But nothing like that actually happens. They chatter
away about it all the time, in the parish rooms, at the bishops' conferences,
and even in Rome. They chatter away, they discuss, they decide something, they
forget about it, they want to accept everything in a way which Those from On
High (he points upward) do not agree with.
Those from On High (he points upward) are not only
Mercy, they are 'also Justice, and I, Verdi-Garandieu, know what I'm talking
about! If I had exercised virtue, prayed, done penance, I would not have
learned the hard way what I now know. I would have been obliged to ask for
crosses in order to help my sheep to sanctify themselves and also to sanctify
myself; but I forgot to ask for those things.
In our times, the majority of priests forget that
it is necessary to put into practice the way of the cross, to make
self-sacrifices, to pray for others, to forget about oneself. In our times, it
should be proclaimed, from the height of the pulpits, to our faithful,
that they must do penance to make reparation for and to raise up from the gutter
all those who are wallowing there at the present time. This would be a way of
practicing Charity in its true sense.
All that,[27]
to be sure, has its importance, but it all sinks into the dust, more especially
as God Himself has promised to give us what we need to live, particularly in
our era where material things are dispensed in a remarkably organized way. That
is why they must not be the main goal of our charity, but the means which allow
us to have access to the other, that of God.
Certainly, it is necessary to help him who is in
need, but to proceed from that to over-rating it to the point of thrusting
aside duty towards God is too much. It would be much preferable to give one's
attention from the height of the pulpit, to leading the people:
to pray for so and so who finds himself in great
spiritual difficulty, and therefore in great danger; to ask them to light a
blessed candle, or to make use of the cross, the cross of the dead[28]
and of holy “water, not forgetting the Rosary in order to bring help from afar
to this person.
All that brings blessings even when it is done by
lay people; it flourishes in discretion and silence. And we (demons), when
confronted by such things, have to withdraw our involvement in the affair.
Men should be reminded from the height of the
pulpit, that it is necessary to take religion seriously, to sacrifice
themselves for each other in order to keep up perseverance in each one's heart,
and thus to keep men on the path of virtue.
The lay people should also be told that they must
pray for the members of the clergy and for all their responsibilities, in order
that they may be preserved in the service of God and not fall into the traps of
the demon. They must pray for the priests to guide the faithful well. I, too,
am a priest, and it is for that reason I suffer terribly in Hell because of the
mark of my consecration.
The priests should also ask the faithful, from the
height of the pulpit, to pray for themselves, because they should make it known
to the faithful that the demons are attacking them much more strongly than they
believe. They should pray for the priests in order that they may persevere in
their ministry and in the right direction until the hour of their death. It is
necessary also for the lay people to pray for each other, in order that they
may continue on the road of virtue and of everything that is good, not just
occasionally, but all of the time.
It is the tragedy of thousands and thousands of
priests and lay people that they have grown like tender-weeds. Without warning,
at the moment of temptation, they are trampled on by the demon, as Jesus Christ
has pointed out to us in the Gospel: because they lack either sun or water, or
because the sun has scorched them. This happens more and more as the lay people
of our time are turned away from the right road by the priests themselves, who
tell them that what used to be done previously has today been cast aside. Among
them all (priests and lay people) there used to be some who practiced great
virtue, then suddenly, they have wilted because they were not rooted
sufficiently deeply in the good earth.
It is I, Verdi-Garandieu, who am telling you that
it is necessary to pray constantly so that priests and lay people may continue
in perseverance. It is necessary for priests in particular to know that it must
be announced from the height of the pulpit, that prayer is more and more
essential in our days. It is necessary to recall that perseverance along the
road of the cross is the law of happiness, because he who knows how to bear (trials)
is placing himself on the road to Heaven.
In particular, people who are poor must be told
that they have to be content to bear their misfortune because it is later on
that they will be profoundly happy in Heaven. Even if the poor have to bear
(privations), these are, all things considered, still a long way away from the
fastings and sacrifices which were accepted by, for example, the Curé of Ars,
and other great Saints, right up to the very end of their lives. It is
necessary to tell the poor that they should thank the Lord for the lot in which
He has placed them, because acceptance of poverty can help them to imitate
Jesus Christ more.
Thank the Good God,[29]
because in accordance with the kind of poverty that you have, you also have
much less time when you could, be succumbing to temptations, since it is
necessary for you to work all the time. Those who are endowed with a large
family, and who, as a consequence, have much to do to educate and feed them,
must thank the Good God three times a day, because in these circumstances, they
have every chance of escaping from the pleasures of the world and of preparing
themselves better for the Kingdom of Heaven where their place is reserved.
When the fourth child comes into some families,
then there is a drama both for the people around and for the family itself.
What is to be done? What is true for the fourth is true for the second or the
third; and, unfortunately, the priests enter into a spirit of understanding
when-these complaints are presented to them and agree that the faithful may
make use of the pill to avoid the child. The faithful do not realize the danger
into which they are putting themselves, because between the taking of the pill
(already a serious fault) and abortion (an even more serious fault), the
distance is short.
ABORTION IS MURDER and,
consequently, a very grave sin. In our times, people are unwilling to accept as
the truth, what has been believed for thousands and thousands of centuries
beforehand.[30] So, even if
God does not punish onanism straight away, as He punished the crime of Onan,[31]
our God considers the means of birth control to be as serious as anything which
is done. You just imagine then, what He thinks of abortion! FOR ALL THESE
MISDEEDS ARE CONTRARY TO THE PLAN OF SALVATION CONCEIVED BY GOD.
So, therefore, I Verdi-Garandieu, see myself under
an obligation to tell everyone, bishops, cardinals and priests, that they must,
from the height of the pulpit, announce - what, then? - : “Follow the way
of the Lord, for there where self-denial and sacrifice are found, there also is
the possibility of grace.”
Where there is neither sacrifice nor self-denial,
no grace is possible. And where there is neither self-denial nor sacrifice, the
very smallest chink offers us, with our guile, the chance of very soon becoming
the masters. This little chink is enough for us to turn the whole house upside
down, which is what has happened to all your churches at the present time.
It is
necessary to give missions to the people again, and to preach to them again,
not from the choir but from the pulpit, as we have already said before. There
are even some churches where one must descend to the altar rather than go up to
it and, immediately, the people are distracted because their gaze is not
directed upward but toward the distractions which abound below, and sometimes a
very long way below, right down to our place. These popular missions should be
brought back in force, because when the road of virtue is presented in this
way, it is a shower of graces that is being offered to the people.
The influence of a priest who lives according to
the laws of the Lord is enormous, which is what can be noted in the life of the
Curé of Ars of Ars. The Curé of Ars did not save souls by running off on trips,
by eating very fine food, by attending all kinds of conferences, but by
remaining in his room and in front of the Most Blessed Sacrament, which is,
moreover, what I myself, Verdi-Garandieu, should have done. Instead of that, I
neglected my pastoral duties with respect to my parish, and I led it in this
manner, onto this path. In our era, there should be thousands and thousands of
Curés of Ars, and if they do not still exist, then this man should be being
thought of as someone to imitate.
This is what I, Verdi-Garandieu, am obliged to say:
priests must avoid habitual contact with women and must recite the entire
breviary. It is a fact that, if the priests do not say the breviary, they
are in great danger of succumbing to temptation; on the other hand, if they
do recite it, the Most High Himself helps them to overcome it, because the
priests are subjected to great temptations in relation to this.[32]
It is noticeable that, even when the priest falls into sin, and in spite of
that, recites his breviary, the Most High gives him the chance of continuing
his ministry and being a profitable instrument for the faithful.
It must be said to all those who are subjected to
great difficulties, that they must persevere in the hope of the Lord, because
the Lord loves to put those who love Him to the test, particularly in an age
where financial means allow men to protect themselves[33]
against suffering and trials. It must be repeated often, from the height of
the pulpit, that they must first of all put their trust in the Lord in
order to be able to wrestle against their trials and to bear them.
At the
present time, this point should be stressed very much, because those financial
means are an occasion of weakness, especially in parish communities, and
because the easy and pleasure-filled (or free and easy) lives of the priests,
and even of the bishops, do not lead in this way to the imitation of Christ,
but rather to the loss of souls.
How
could the Holy Spirit come into souls, if the priest fosters easy-going ways,
by not giving the people the understanding of sin and by holding out bright
prospects before them that God is merciful and pardons everything very easily,
without their being asked to repent or to do penance. It must be shouted from
all the rooftops that the Way of the Cross is required by Heaven. It is by
following the Cross of Jesus Christ that one can best help one's neighbor to
salvation, because the Good God makes use of this penance; or rather, the Good
God makes use of this penance to help in the salvation of the neighbor. Because
if one carries out the first part of the commandment of God, one also carries
out the second part of the commandment of love.
Is it
really practicing love with regard to God, to celebrate Mass facing the people,
as if it were being addressed to the people and not to God? The priests must
say their Masses in such a way that they are recognizing that it is uniquely
the service of God and the honor of God that are being sought through this
Sacrifice. All the rest is only complementary or supplementary; the priests
preach far too much about the things of everyday life and about love of
neighbor, in general or in particular, forgetting that it is the love of God
that leads to the true love of neighbor and the true practice of charity. This
manner of action and behavior would, through the practice of self-denial and
penance, bring about the salvation of thousands and thousands of souls if
people truly set about it. So many souls are falling like snowflakes into Hell,
as the privileged souls have so often reminded you.
If the
bishops and priests persist in maintaining this disastrous situation, thousands
and thousands of churches will no longer be The Church, which situation has
begun to happen even now. For thousands and thousands of the faithful, the
present-day sermons in the churches are justifications for remaining
perfunctory in the service of the Lord; consequently they are instruments of
death, since they do not lead directly to Heaven and do not make people think
about it.
All
this happened because the priest himself has got into careless ways, and no
longer lives the first commandment of love for God. Such a one is like an apple
with a worm inside it, and he is no longer the guide in the way he ought to be.
If the bishops, priests and abbots had lived following the laws determined by
the Lord, you would not have this catastrophe that you now see in Rome.
IF
IT HAD BEEN LIKE THAT, THE LORD WOULD NOT HAVE TOLERATED THAT SOMEONE OTHER
THAN POPE PAUL VI COULD PRETEND TO REIGN IN HIS NAME.
This
state of affairs, which moreover has spread outwards from the Vatican, is the
work of freemasonry. But if, everywhere in the world, millions of faithful had
united through religious exercises to pray and do penance, and at the same time
ask the Lord to bring us out from this situation, Heaven would have prevented,
would not have allowed this catastrophe to happen.
IF
THEREHAD BEEN CRUSADES OF PRAYER, ROME WOULD STILL BE ROME.
I have
to say this too: I must say to thousands and thousands of present-day priests
that women can become their downfall, and that this would not happen if they
were to arm themselves with prayer. If the priests were to take up their
breviary and to nourish themselves on the doctrine of the Doctors of the
Church, who, as a result of prayer, have such great knowledge of men, things
would go differently for them; whereas, if they do not do this, they belong
among those thousands and thousands of priests who today are living in mortal
sin.
Thousands
of priests are living outside the state of grace, and they no longer say their
breviary - just as I myself used to act. If only, at the very least, I had
called on my Guardian Angel[34]
to help me; but no, I rejected every means which would have allowed me to pull
myself together, and in following this way of life, I indeed neglected to teach
the young people, and yet I was not nearly as bad as what is happening today
with the priests and the young people. This warning should be a. light for the
priests who are on the way to perdition.
Formerly
there were still many priests who were watchful, for their own sanctification,
but today they have adopted the wide road that is, at the same time, the road
to perdition. If prayers are not said for them, if penitential souls do not
rise to their defense and to obtain graces for them, they are lost. That seems
incredible, it is tragic, but I am obliged to tell it the way it is.
It is
all the more tragic because our God is not a God who resembles a “sugar daddy”.
He has created laws; these laws are eternal. They must be obeyed, and the
faithful should not listen to those in the clergy who advocate change, because
it is not the clergy who fix the laws, but the Lord, and His laws remain in
force eternally. It is not for nothing that the Lord caused it to be noted in
the Gospel that it is better to enter the Kingdom of Heaven blind in one eye,
then to have both eyes in Hell.[35]
It is
indeed through his sight that the priest of our times is becoming more and more
lost. These days. the priests do not mortify their gaze sufficiently. They receive
into their hearts far too many images that are constraints on their interior
life. This begins with television, and continues on in the activities of the
parish where women are now numerous. Formerly the women in the church used to
have their heads covered. In our times, that isn't done any more. Then why turn
the altar to face the people? I, Verdi-Garandieu, used to say Mass with my back
turned to the people, and even then I was still seduced by women; today's
priests with Mass said turned towards the people, have more temptations than
ever.
It is
not for nothing that the Lord, in the Gospel, has said that it is better to
enter (into the Kingdom) blind in one eye, or with only one hand, or only one
foot, than to enter the terrible torment of Hell with both eyes, both hands and
both feet. Could the priests believe that the Gospel has lost its value today,
and they can change it about to suit their taste? Could they believe that the
Lord Jesus spoke only for the men in whose presence He gave His message? In His
time, they used to wear long robes.[36]
It
doesn't occur to the priests that perhaps He might have been speaking more for
the people of our age, where perdition is being spread more and more through
technical means, and where no one is capable of stopping what is happening. It
is a burning furnace of perdition that cannot be extinguished by the rain of
efforts, to which a certain number of good priests who are struggling here and
there, feel themselves compelled.
The
Lord always addresses Himself to the freedom of each individual. Besides, the
Bible is there, the Gospel in particular; and also all THE MESSAGES WHICH
CONSTANTLY RECALL THE DIRECTIVES WHICH HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY THE LORD. If
people refuse to listen to them, Heaven can do nothing about it, especially if
people are amusing themselves by adapting the Gospel to their own taste.
If all
these mercies are thrown to the wind, what can Heaven do about it? How will
grace be able to act if holy books are no longer read, or books about the
Saints, for example the life of Catherine Emmerich, or that of the Cure of Ars,
or even that of Padre Pio who has given a great example to our times. Each of
these Saints feels the same love for the same sacrifice, in the same
self-denials, through love of others. The penance of these Saints has been
acceptable to the Most High.
He
would be just as prepared to accept still more reparations, still more
sacrifices, made for the conversion of souls. The Good God would often love
people to be capable of saying to Him: “I accept the sufferings You will send
me. Give me the grace to bear them for the conversion of this one or that one.”
But on the whole, it must be said that when the Lord sends Sufferings, very
often the Christians reject them with horror and with all their strength. Man
too often does his best to avoid suffering. It should be up to the priests to
live according to this way of seeing things and to preach it to the faithful.
All
those who reject suffering and seek only to eliminate it are not living in
conformity with the first commandment of God. The best way to conform to the
Will of God is to say: “Not my will, but Thine be done!”[37]
This uniting oneself to the Agony of Christ would be the best way of honoring
the love of God. If suffering was united with acceptance of the Will of God, it
would take on a very great value.[38]
Excruciating
as certain sufferings may be, by uniting them with those of Christ, they would
be the means both of sanctification and of reparation for the sins of others. I
am thinking of all the sufferings which are sometimes inherent in the state of
marriage and how they are rejected in the hope that one day, perhaps, one will
be able to separate from one's partner, and yet, if they are borne, these
sufferings would accomplish great reparations. Thousands and thousands of
people would be able to suffer thinking of others and these sufferings offered
up would not be in vain.
All
that is completely forgotten in your Catholic Church of today. Very rarely is
it mentioned from the pulpit, and that applies everywhere. The imitation of
Jesus Christ and the solicitude for the salvation of one's neighbor are the
things that are important. The rest is secondary, and this is what “Love you
neighbor as yourself[39]
is all about.
If
Christ were to come back into your midst, there would be thousands and
thousands of people who would again look on Him as a revolutionary and a
madman. All those who are pledged to following Christ today are looked upon as
fools. Instead of raising themselves up to the heights, people are going down
to the depths, and so many priests are no longer preaching these truths because
they are for them a vivid reproach, because they are no longer living by them.
If they themselves were to practice virtue, they would be able to ask much more
from the people. How can I think that others might want what I do not want
myself?
It is a
truly tragic state of affairs in which you are living now in the Catholic
Church. That applies from the priests right to the cardinals in Rome. If the
priests were to live like Christ and the Apostles, they would be leading souls
along a much better-lit and much safer road. As Saint John the Baptist and
Jesus preached in their time, they must be converted and do penance.
So many
priests nowadays are fighting against effort and good because they themselves
have turned in the direction of evil. They are already on the broad highway
which leads to the abyss. This is what the priests should be told straight to
the face, but in a manner which respects the ways of psychology and which
indicates that one is only concerned about their well-being. It is not a
question of telling them that they are bad, but of MAKING USE OF
PSYCHOLOGY,[40] to bring
them to the point of coming back (to where they should be).
It is
necessary to ask questions in their presence, at all events very discreetly, to
find out whether they have stopped praying or not, and to bring them to the
understanding that the things of God become clear only through prayer,
just as solicitude for the salvation of souls. As for those who are more
capable of accepting criticism, one could make use of that with regard to them,
and, perhaps, thanks to God, bring them back again. Natures are different. It
is necessary to adapt oneself according to what one is faced with, in the same
way that Padre Pio used to do.
Some
among the priests are perhaps victims of ignorance, but the majority know very
well into what a state of deficiency they have fallen; reminding them of their
vocation could perhaps be a way of bringing them back onto the straight road
and to the Lord. All, without exception, would lead the souls they have to be
concerned with, much better, if they were to enter onto the road of self-denial[41]
It is very, very true that I would prefer to remain silent, except that Those
from On High (he points upward) are ordering me to reveal and to recall to
mind, although I am in Hell, into which I never thought I would fall.
What
sufferings I would undergo, on my knees, for the defense of my flock, if I
could come back on earth! I would accept even martyrdom to save my flock, and
several times even. I would accept it voluntarily and with the greatest
devoutness, if this were the Will of Those from On High (he points upward). My
main goal would be first of all to carry out the first commandment, and to seek
means of honoring it and making myself worthy of this commandment. I would ask
the Good God to enlighten me about His Will concerning me.
There
is a principle that says that, when in doubt, one should choose the way that
costs the most.[42] Are the
priests and the faithful giving any thought to this principle? It is only a
proverb. God did not say it, but it is quite suitable to the situation.
Thousands of priests are on the road to perdition because they have chosen the
easiest road. Yes, they choose the way of least resistance. This manner of
action is not what is pleasing in the eyes of God.
It is
necessary to know, paying heed to the Apostle Saint Paul, how to distinguish
between the possible solutions, and to choose the best. It is essential to pray
to the Holy Spirit, as Beelzebub, Judas and all the other demons have already
said, before me. Everyone must strive to recognize his true vocation, because
THE LORD HAS A PRECISE PLAN FOR EACH PERSON. Already highly regarded before the
Lord, because of his priestly state, the priest should also present himself
before men with a great authority. He must draw near men and make himself
esteemed among them because he is truly following the way about which he
speaks, which is in line with his vocation.
The
faithful need to see before them someone who gives them example, and not
someone who leads them to perdition, or who, at all events, in spite of the
fact that he is a priest, lives the way of perdition. There should be a great
distance between a priest and a layman. The Most High has always wanted that,
because THE PRIEST IS A TREASURE-HOUSE OF BLESSINGS. The priest ought to make
people think of this High Priest Who is Jesus Christ, and for this reason,
should draw to himself the respect of the faithful. Throughout his life he must
remember untiringly, what a great majesty the Divinity represents, and he must
believe that we have the duty to adore It and to live It as It commands.
It is
something which should be taught from earliest years. Children, even the very
young, must be led into the churches in such a way that, when passing in front
of the Tabernacle, they get into the habit of genuflecting with the greatest
devotion; they must be helped to adore the Most Blessed Sacrament, by saying prayers
such as this one: “Praised and adored be the Most Blessed Sacrament of the
Altar.” The children should then be invited to invoke the Holy Angels so that
they can help them to praise the Divine Majesty and the grandeur of the Most
Holy Trinity in the highest heavens.
What
does a Church stand for which is no longer capable of raising hearts towards
the Most Holy Trinity? What does a Church stand for which no longer presents
God as being above men in every way, which no longer points out the sublimity
of the Most Holy Trinity, which no longer recalls that it is absolutely
essential to be pleasing to the Almighty in Heaven? If the priests don't do
this any more, at least the parents should be doing it as far as their own
children are concerned. One must never cease making it known that God must be
adored, even if all around one, the state of souls is very bad and very
distressing.
It
should be known that, when suffering is accepted, it is necessary to thank God
for the triumph which He will know how to extract for us from this difficulty.
The Lord should be thanked on one's knees, for the sufferings that He sends to
us in order to make us better and to lead us on the way of virtue. THOSE WHO
FLEE FROM DIFFICULTIES AND SUFFERINGS ARE DOOMED TO LOSE VIRTUE. In past
centuries, there were always priests who were at the heights of their vocation.
But, in our times too, there are some who are living the same way, in very
humble circumstances; because they carry the peace of the Lord in their
hearts, they surpass everyone on earth.:'' What use is it if a man gains the
universe, but ends up losing his soul?”[43]
I, Verdi-Garandieu, have to say that our era is very badly enlightened on this
subject. It is in an age, where there is no love of neighbor, that the Church
has set about preaching the love of neighbor, exclusively. The true love of
neighbor begins with concern for his soul, and not with concern for his body.
Isn't it better for men to perish through plague and war and all kinds of
suffering, and, by saving their souls, to acquire the glory of God?
Furthermore,
men who live in luxury and earthly pleasures are in great danger of losing
their souls. CHARITY OF THE MASONIC TYPE HAS THE SMELL OF DECAY. It is the
perdition of so many souls because it is not truly love of neighbor, but comes
from hypocrisy. If they (the priests) knew into what perdition they are making
their faithful sink, they would hurry away from this kind of talk and would
speak completely differently.
It is
obvious that one should help others materially, especially if they are
suffering much misery, but it is not the main thing. The main thing is to
remain faithful to the Doctrine which one must defend, and not to sell one's
soul. To practise love of neighbor is to lead the neighbor onto the straight road.
Alas! Thousands of priests, directed by their bishops and cardinals, have
imposed on the Church this way of living charity;[44]
by doing this, they have altered the shape of this virtue in a manner, which is
not at all what God determined it should be.
This is
because TRUE LOVE OF NEIGHBOR IS NEVER PRESENT WITHOUT SOLICITUDE FOR THE SOUL
OF THE NEIGHBOR, because making him suffer by telling him and showing him the
truth, is also practicing love of neighbor. Later on, he will recognize[45]
that this was, indeed, the right medicine.
The
priest, from the height of the pulpit, should, in his language, make use
of the stick and very determined words, because justice exists in eternity; and
because Hell exists, which they never speak about any more, since they no longer
believe in it. They no longer even believe in Heaven in it's supreme reality.
If they did believe in it, they would not be leading thousands of people into
error, people whom they should be leading towards Heaven.
What
kind of priests are we up against today? I myself did not speak in my time as
contemptibly as they do today. They are running towards perdition and their
place in Hell is already prepared (the demon shouts this last observation). '
But
what I am saying now, I am saying equally as much for the cardinals, the
bishops, the priests, the lay people. If all these people knew the chaotic
situation in which they are entangled, they would say a thousand times 'mea
culpa' - a thousand times a thousand times. They would take themselves by the
scruff of the neck and they would tear out these worms that are eating away
their souls. They would not stop tearing these worms out in order to prevent
them from spreading everywhere. They should use red-hot pincers to destroy
these parasites that are working so much destruction in souls. They should
immediately put into practice the first part of the commandment of love, and
after that, the proper love of neighbor.
True
love is not manifested only through gifts, because even with these gifts, the
neighbor can still be being maintained on the road to Hell. That is what I have
been obliged to say, and that is what explains why, for such a long time, I
refused to say my name. But Those from On High (he points upward) have forced
me to speak, because I have lived this destiny myself; because I myself did not
carry out my priesthood as I should have.
The
difficulties of the Sixth Commandment,[46]
I must say this, together with luxury,[47]
have become the means of perdition for many priests. If they were to recognize
this immense tragedy they would sacrifice themselves to the last drop of their
blood. They would have an immense sorrow for everything which has happened, and
they would go right back to square one. They would call to their rescue all the
Saints and Angels, so that they could help them to find the true road again,
because in the eternity of Hell the fire is continuous, and the worm eats away
at your soul for ever. This immense pain, this horrible tragedy of Hell, lasts
for eternity, and I, Verdi-Garandieu, am forced to say these things.”
Avowal
of the angelic demon, Allida:
“All
would be completely destroyed - in the Vatican - if it were not for the
presence of the true Pope. Yes! If the Pope were not praying, on his knees, day
and night, and sending his pleas up to the Lord, by now the Church would have
been wrecked - the whole Church would have reached the bottom. But this Holy
Father, with his great sanctity, has been installed and predestined so that the
Church does not sink.
Your
Church would not be The Church any more if Pope Paul VI had not existed. But
Pope Paul VI has been predestined for all eternity in the Plan of God, for this
age: so that that Church would not be submerged and that one man, the Pope,
would know how to carry it. Because his sufferings and his crosses allow him to
carry it still. Every day he is living a martyrdom, a great martyrdom. The Pope
bears immense sorrows, which no one else among those who are in the Vatican, would
be capable of bearing.
And
foul mouths have the temerity to attack this very Holy Father! For it is not
the Pope who has set the Church in the wrong direction, but the double and his
helpers. These wretches do not realize that the sufferings which they have
been responsible for in the soul of the Pope, have been the means by which they
have donned the boots which are leading them to Hell and condemning them.
It is
we (demons - by order of the Most Holy Trinity) who are making known what the
Gospel has already repeated several times ... that Hell is a terrible thing.
Neither the Gospel, nor all the descriptions which could be given to you, would
be able to convey to you the appalling thing which is Hell. And we are the ones
who are suggesting to everybody, priests or lay people, that Hell does not
exist.”
Holy
Michael, Archangel, defend us in the day of battle, be our safeguard against
the wickedness and the snares of the Devil.
May,
God restrain him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host,
by the power of God, thrust Satan down to Hell, and with him all the other
wicked spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls.
AMEN.
A
Question: Why such an exceptional procedure of avowals drawn from the demon,
to make known the truth about the Church today? The Answer (given by Judas
during the Exorcism of September 15, 1977 - unedited text): “The Church has
never, in man's memory, been delivered to a destruction carried out so subtly
by all the demonic forces and powers, free-masonry and everything which is
connected with them. That is why the Most High (he points upward) must use all
the means which are STILL AVAILABLE to Him.” Since, let us specify: ... the means
of His Apparitions: Kerizinen, Garabandal, San Damiano ... have failed; ... the
means of the privileged souls: Filiola, the priest of Utrecht, Jeanette of
France ('Parce Domine') and so many others ... have failed; etc.
If what
is left fails again, the only means remaining will be the Chastisements.
(Of
France - “The Eldest Daughter of the Church”)[49]
The
“Warnings” from Heaven, directed to “Traditionalists”[50]
through the spokesmanship of the Demon Beelzebub, on June 18, 1977, have
prompted us to reflect as follows:
“Cry
aloud, never ceasing, raise thy voice like a trumpet call, and tell my people
of their transgressions, call the sons of Jacob to account” (ISAIS 58, 1)
It will
be noticed that in these Warnings, as also in the others on the same subject,
the Demon does not use the word: “integrationists”. And yet, outside of the
pejorative meaning which is artificially attributed to it, this term contains
an authentic reality: that of maintaining in the face of ravening wolves, the
INTEGRITY OF DOCTRINE, which originates from Revelation AND from Apostolic
Tradition.
Neither
does the Demon make use of the word: “progressivists”, one of his inspired
godsends moreover, because it suggests the word “Progress” - this mirage - the
Blessed Virgin without a doubt not having authorized its use here.
In this
term “progress”, there is, very often, a return to pagan spiritual barbarism.
It is, fundamentally, the affirmation of the rights of man being substituted
for the rights of God. It is quite simply and unconditionally the “non serviam”
- “I refuse to obey” of the first rebel, Lucifer.[51]
The
most important - and far-reaching, because of its almost universal influence -
official public manifestation of this spirit of revolt of the creature against
his Creator, is the “Declaration of the Rights of Man”, voted by the
Constituent Assembly on August 26, 1789, still in force, and directly inspired
by the ideas of the deistic and naturalistic philosophers of the eighteenth century,
ideas having been impregnated with Masonic principles.
This
satanic principle of the rights of man has acquired its universal status under
the name of “the right of peoples to make their own decisions”, which became,
after the war, the right to self-determination. It has its official translation
in the very Masonic UNO, the work on this occasion of High American Masonry.
This cacaphonic aviary of the UNO, in which more than 140 countries or states
sing, some louder than others!
Whoever
sees only this planetary spread would not know that the only ones to profit are
the two associated master singers[52]:
American plutocracy and Soviet imperialism; the first having in tow the liberal
systems, the second: the communist regimes. With, at the summit, their common
orchestral conductor: LUCIFER.
Michel
Servant explains all this in his book: “Watch and Pray ....”, mentioned
previously. His thesis is confirmed by facts on the natural plane, and by
prophecies on the supernatural plane; for these two planes cannot be
dissociated under pain of condemning oneself to UNDERSTANDING NOTHING of what
is happening.
And the
Warnings from the Beyond, published here, fit perfectly into this chain, being
both realistic and prophetic at the same time, which gives them an extraordinary
solidity. “If it has been the Will of God, in this case, to make use of demons
to proclaim the truth: His Church is occupied, taken over, humanity is reduced
to slavery.- this is not only to show that He was the Master, the only Master
of the demons as of all the other creatures, and of events, but also to reveal
that all the iniquities which are corrupting the Church, and through that the
whole world, are not simply the work of men, however depraved they may be, but
are more profoundly, the work of the demons, who are driving them from interior
action. That is called: possession, infestation, envelopment, obsession,
temptation. The analysis of this can be read in the pamphlet: “Exorcisme. Expérience
Vécue.” (“Exorcism. An
Actual Experience.”)
That is
really why, fundamentally, nothing remains but spiritual means to regain peace
and liberty, for God alone knows how to deliver us and to liberate the Church,[53]
the Mistress of Truth, from its occupiers: cardinals and other unworthy
prelates, of whom the Holy Father, Pope Paul VI, is the prisoner and the
victim.
To
achieve that, all sincere Christians must, of necessity, unite with courage in
reciprocal love and the mutual respect for their vocation.
That is
really why the heavenly accusations addressed to the “traditionalists” through
the demonic voice assume a tragic accent, because it is THROUGH THEIR UNITY,
SEALED WITH HUMILITY, THAT VICTORY CAN COME. Failing that, we are heading
straight for the Chastisements.
One can
therefore, legitimately ask oneself: If the world does not believe, is this not
ALSO the fault of those who want to keep on the good way: in the light of
Tradition and in the Truth? “I pray ... that they may ALL be ONE ... so that
the world may come to believe that it is Thou (the Father) Who has sent Me.”
(John 17, 21)
When
then is the criminal behavior of their disunity - where pride looms large -
finally going to end?
What
Heaven has affirmed so strongly in these “Warnings”, on the subject of Ecône
and its Superior, clearly points out the way, the only way, for salvation: the
maintaining of the “True Mass”.
This is
exactly what Our Lord demanded three years earlier in His messages transmitted
through Jeannette of France, and which we have published in the pamphlet 'Parce
Domine': “The Mass for all times, fraudulently supplanted, must in point of
fact, be brought back” (June 26, 1972) “Rome will in effect, have to put the
helm hard over to re-establish the TRUE MASS” (June 23, 1973)
The
HOLY SACRIFICE of the Mass, the renewal of that of Calvary, is the Sovereign
Center for all the graces of the world, their reviving and irreplaceable
Source, the Focus and Culminating Point of all the Liturgy (cf. Vatican II) and
the Source of all the vitality of the Church, and through Her, of the world.
All those
who wish to be Her (the Church's) defenders must be UNITED around Her, and, in
the front ranks, the “Traditionalists” on whom it falls to give the example,
according to the degree of their vocation ... and their responsibility.
THEN,
the Holy Father, Paul VI, would be in a much stronger position to be able lo
free himself from his imprisoning mould and to proclaim the Truth URBIS ET
ORBI, by publishing his document which has been ready for three years, on the
re-establishment of the one authentic Sacrifice of the Mass (at least in the
Latin Church of today): the Tridentine Mass.[54]
AT THE
SAME TIME the “great movement of reparation and public penance” demanded by the
Heart of Jesus, could take place A movement: which must be initiated by “the
Holy Father ... at Vézelay” by a personal public act of penance; which must he
taken up by “France, the eldest daughter of the Church”, which “must give the
example”; and which, finally, must be spread through the whole world (messages
of January 31, April 6, April 23, 1967, etc. - 'Parce Domine')
THEN,
God would act - He alone can do it, but He will not do it without us - and
sweep away the ecclesial Subversion: the clique of treacherous cardinals and
disloyal prelates who, with their followers, have taken over the Church.
THEN,
without the Chastisements,[55]
that would be God's victory which will be the triumph of the Holy Church;
through the return to unity of ALL Christians, and the return to Truth of ALL
“men of good will”, the unyielding ungodly suffering their fate. And that will
be the “Golden Age” on earth:
THE REIGN OF
JESUS AND OF MARY,[56]
OF THE SON AND OF THE MOTHER
JEAN MARTY
President of the French Association
“TOUT RESTAURER DANS
LE CHRIST”
P.S. 1
We
find, in the text of the exorcism of January 23, 1978, this exhortation from
Judas: “You must support each other, you must regroup yourselves. But this is
the age of which Christ has said that there would come a time when brother
would rise up against brother, son against father etc.[57]
And that is what is happening in your Church, even in the “Traditionalists”
camp ... we do not wish to speak!”
P.S. 2
Beelzebub
declared during the exorcism of November 7, 1977: “No barricades stand against
us at the present time. ALL the barriers have been raised. We can cross as
we please.”
That is
clear, and alas, true! The demons are no longer meeting any obstacles standing
in their way, not even within the Church. Paul VI proclaimed it on June 29,
1972: “The smoke of Satan[58]
has entered into the Temple of God”: the Church. So if Satan is IN THE CHURCH,
how can anyone hold that he is not EVERYWHERE ELSE as well?
Beelzebub
adds: “The Traditionalists, those fools, are making openings.[59]
They do not have the courage to stand fast, and they make openings. And through
them we can most often pass.”
The
conclusion seems clear to us. To the frequent usage of the sovereign remedies:
HOLY CONFESSION and HOLY EUCHARIST, one MUST add the two specific remedies: THE
ROSARY and EXORCISM, the one which Leo XIII made accessible to ALL: priests and
lay people, since 1884.
We can
bear witness to the marvelous results that their daily recitation brings (the
Rosary and the Exorcism) into humanly desperate situations.
We
asked a theologian, Father Bernard, who is well versed in mysticism, if he
would be agreeable to expressing his thoughts following the reading of these
“Warnings”:
“For a
theologian, the principal objection which can present itself when confronted by
such “revelations”, is this: What credit can be given to the statements of
possessed people? For there are two possibilities:
For the
first, we reply: the human spirit of the possessed woman in this instance,[60]
would not know how to speak as a damned soul and at the same time, to proclaim
ceaselessly the truths of salvation, not to mention thousands of things outside
her competence, and thousands of phenomena peculiar to possessions and
exorcisms, and inexplicable by natural laws.
For the
second, we reply: it is true that the demons are always very clever about
lying. But it is also true that they can be COMPELLED by God to tell the truth,
just as they can be compelled by Him to go away.
How do
you know if they are lying or if they are acting under compulsion from God?
Firstly, by the contents of what they are saying: everything which conforms to
the authentic Faith is true, and inversely for what is contrary to it. Finally,
by the circumstances demonstrating their compulsion, in particular by the fact
that they are not able to resist the Divine adjurations and prayers, by the
sanctity of the person whom they are possessing, by the necessity whereby they
have to speak before being expelled, and to go away after having said
EVERYTHING that they must say.
In the
present case, the two points are inarguable. What is more, it is obvious that
they are under a singular compulsion - as they themselves keep on saying, OVER
AND OVER AGAIN - to have to proclaim the truths which are the most damaging to
their own interests as demons, and the most useful for the Divine Cause.
We are
well aware that this book will be violently rejected, by some, criticized profusely
by many others, in ALL camps. It is not difficult to foresee that it will not
please everybody.
We
state only this: the position, that is to say the overall position, which each
one will take when faced with these “revelations” will be exactly that which he
will take faced with God. For it is the very teaching of the Church, the
authentic teaching of the authentic 2,000-year old Church which is contained in
the evidence here.
There
are, it is true, points that relate to contingent matters in particular on the
subject of the impostors who imprison and torture the Pope. But even there, if
one is willing to really think about it, the logic of the True Faith pertains
there much more than the facile skepticism of the “Freethinkers”, those whom
the Enemy blinds and makes use of with the greatest ease and cheek.
Let us
also note that, taken as a whole, these “revelations” can be verified, and are
in fact verified, from different and important sources. And, indeed, many good
souls knew all this already, or at least, the essential part of it.
In the
same way as, in fact this division between those who “believe in them” and
those who “don't believe in them” is largely predetermined beforehand by the
choice of each one opposite God.
In the
final analysis, the best advice we can give to those who are sincerely seeking
the truth, is that given in the text itself: Get down on your knees, and pray
with humility, fervor and persistence, pray especially to the Holy Spirit.
We want
to add just one thing: put yourself in the presence of God, with the same
intensity as if you knew you were going to die in a few hours and be judged by
Him.[61]
It is to those who refuse to take this view of Eternity as a fundamental
precondition for seeing things clearly, that Our Lord gives the terrible lesson
of the “Wicked Rich Man”[62];
he saw clearly only when it was too late, irrevocably and cruelly too late, and
all through his own fault.
And it
is not we, but Our Lord who bitterly concludes His Lesson: “If they do not
listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will be unbelieving still, though one
should rise from the dead.”
April
25, 1977 - “Not
even in the case of minor declarations do Those up there allow them to be
false. Yet if anyone does not believe them, we are delighted about it (we, the
demons).”
June
18, 1977 - “We
(the demons) were hoping that this book might disappear before being
successfully distributed. However, this wretched scrap paper (“Warnings from
the Beyond”) has grown even bigger. Alas! Only thanks to the will of Those up
there. From the human viewpoint, this rag would not have been able to proceed.”
July
13, 1977 - SHE
(the Blessed Virgin) and the Holy Trinity ... make it known that it is sad that
They have been forced to reveal so many things through the medium of demons,
because they were not believed when they came from the mouths of privileged
souls.”
The
Blessed Virgin to sister Josefa Menendez, the messenger of the Heart of Jesus:
“My
daughter, I wish to give you a lesson of great importance: the demon is like a
wild dog, but he is chained, which means he has only limited freedom. He can
therefore only seize and devour his prey when it comes near him; and in order
to lay hold of it, his usual tactic is to transform himself into a lamb. The
soul does not realize this, comes gradually nearer and discovers his malice
only when it finds itself within striking distance. When he seems to be a long
way away, do not cease to watch out for yourself, my daughter; his movement is
silent and stealthy in order to pass unnoticed.”[64]
The
priests whose names are listed below, testify that, based on their personal
knowledge of this case of possession, they are firmly convinced of the
authenticity of the revelations made by the demons, by order of the Blessed
Virgin:
Abbot Albert d'Arx, Nieder-Buchsiten,
Abbot
Arnold Egli, Ramiswil,
Abbot
Ernest Fischer, missionary, Gossau,
Reverend
Father Pius Gervasi, o.s.b., Disentis,
Abbot
Karl Holdener, retired, Ried.
Reverend
Father Gregoire Meyer, Trimbach,
Reverend
Father Robert Rinderer, e.p.p.s., Auw,
Abbot
Louis Veillard, retired, Cerneux-Pequignot.
NOTE (French edition).
The
eight priests or religious named above are all of Swiss nationality, except
Father Fischer, who is a German: they all took part in the exorcisms, except
Father Gregoire Meyer, who was at one time Spiritual Director for the possessed
woman, and therefore knows her well.
Two
other priests, of French nationality, have also taken part in the exorcisms.
Some of
the shepherds of the Church who ought to be protectors of the Faith and of the
Truth are that no longer. That is why the Blessed Virgin Mary forces Satan -the
father of lies - to tell the truth and to teach the pure doctrine of the
Church, even while he fulminates against these Warnings. It is a question of
waking the shepherds up and bringing about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart
of Mary, the Mother of the Holy Church.
It must
be understood that all these communications should be compared with the
authentic doctrine of the Church and with its present situation. But it is
certain, here and now, that the contents of this book show the way towards a
profound renewal of the Church.
Reverend Father Arnold Renz.
The
“Warnings from the Beyond”: nothing extraordinary, yet everything is
extraordinarily clear. Nothing has changed in Catholic Doctrine. Hell exists
... and how! Demons, under compulsion by the Virgin Mary, have put forward a
despairing description of it.
The
Church can change, can adapt itself in its non-essential points, as it has
always done throughout history. But its message, its doctrine, its 'dogma'
concerning' the Sacrifice of the Mass, remain complete and unchanging. Woe to
whoever takes advantage of our eccentric times to preach a different Gospel
from that which was stamped by the Blood of Jesus, Christ on the Cross.
After
the Holy Trinity, the Virgin Mary is the Great Personage of Heaven and Earth.
Anyone who can imagine that in our days a truly Catholic Pastorate can go
without her help ... is already set on the road which leads to the loss of the
Catholic Faith. Nothing is more humble than the Virgin Mary, nothing is more
immense.
Who is
it saying these things, who is preaching so well? It is Judas Iscariot; it is
demons, furious at being forced to wake our shepherds up, by order of the
sublime Shepherdess of the Church, the Virgin Mary!
In all
this, what is happening to the Pope? Paul VI is a new “Man of Sorrows”, a man
for whom every Catholic should have compassion - for a mystery surrounds this
apparently disastrous Pontificate. But, as you read ... you will understand
that this Vicar of Jesus Christ has not yet finished being spoken about.[66]
A book
to think about, a book to be read, an unforgettable book. Hell is spitting out
the truth.[67] It is a
miracle from God.
December 24, 1977
(ADDITIONAL NOTE: Pope Paul VI is no longer
with us, but surely this book may be regarded as being a posthumous vindication
for this holy and suffering martyr.)
I. The
revelations which are the subject of this work have been collected and
published:
-
by
Bonaventure Meyer, for the German language edition, for the “Marianisches
Schriftenwerk” - 4632 Trimbach (Switzerland) under the title: “Mahnung aus dem
Jenseits uber die Kirche in unserer Zeit”, with the sub-title: “Textliche
Dokumentation der Aussagen von Dämonen beim Exorzismus”
-
by
Jean Marty, for the French language edition, accompanied by original notes, under
the auspices of the Association “Tout Restaurer dans le Christ” with the title
“Avertissements de l'Au-delà à l'Eglise contemporaine”, sub-titled “Aveux de L'
Enfer.”[68]
II.
This “Beyond” - which is beyond the visible world and is, therefore, the invisible
world - is also and, most importantly, an “Above”: above the perceptible world.
For it consists of purely spiritual beings: Angels and Demons, who are pure
spirits.
This
invisible Beyond - which is not self-evident because those who belong to it
need intermediary bodies or materials: men, animals, plants, elements ... to be
made perceptible - is still perfectly real or living. We are going to see the
truth of that all through these pages.
Here,
the actors in this drama are demons - fallen angels, angelic demons therefore;
but there are also human demons present in the case, fur example Judas
Iscariot.[69]
III.
SIMPLE OPINION It was during the third reading of these Warnings, while
reflecting and praying about them - always with pen in hand, as a supplementary
aid for reflection - that we began to discover the meat in them and to
assimilate their substance. And yet, God knows whether, for almost ten years,
the announcements and information from the Beyond were becoming familiar to us
as a preparation for this work-sailing by in the midst of reefs of ancient
prophecies and shoals of modern prophecies.
But the
Word of God, even transmitted through private prophecies, once perceived, lets
itself be integrated into our life only after we have given our complete
attention to it.
IV.
N.B. 1
- The number of exorcists present during the exorcisms varies from two to six.
The exorcisms are still going on.
N.B. 2
- During the exorcisms - particularly lively as you will see -there are always
people praying in a chapel before the Most Blessed Sacrament.
N.B. 3
- “We have invited the Swiss Bishops to be present during the Exorcisms. No
favorable response has been received.” (Bonaventure Meyer)
N.B. 4
- A copy of a film of the exorcisms carried out on January 23, 1978, has been
sent to the Swiss Bishops.
V.
N.B. 1
- All the notes at the bottom of the pages are proper to the French edition.
N.B. 2
- The abbreviated expression: “In the name ...!”, used very frequently in the
book, recalls that the Exorcist has been constantly obliged, in order to compel
the Demon to tell the truth, to give him the command to do so: “In the name
of the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit” followed by many other
invocations (see Part One). The constant repetition of these adjurations is not
justified in the text, which would have become too tedious (see the explanatory
note of Father Renz, on this same topic)
VI. ON
THE SUBJECT OF THE IMPRIMATUR
The
demons will leave the possessed woman when the imprimatur is obtained. Indeed,
Beelzebub declared in the course of the exorcism of November 7, 1977: “We will
not have to leave before you get the imprimatur. We will not be compelled to.”
Which
seems to signify that the demoniacal revelations about the tragic situation of
the Church will continue - and will be made public -until the imprimatur is
obtained. To date (1978, the date of the French edition), the imprimatur has
not been obtained, either for the German or for the French editions.
Never
in the course of the history of the Church, have the truths of the Faith been
placed in question by its own members, nor been so shaky in the minds of the
faithful, as in our day. We are living the self-destruction of the Church by
its own members, which Pope Paul lamented earlier in Holy Week 1969.
The
Catholic doctrine about the Holy Angels and the Devil has also been plunged
into the fiery furnace of the forge of Truth, and has become for many a red-hot
poker. The burning character and the reality of the questions which are connected
with this topic are testified to, on the one hand, by the great increase on the
world book market of literature concerning the Holy Angels and the Devil; on
the other hand, through such phenomena as the new cult of Satan in the United
States, and the world-wide success of the film, “The Exorcist”.
At the
same time, while Catholic professors of Theology are proclaiming the “death of
the devil” and the whole ecclesiastic Institution is taking on a diabolical
character in all sorts of ways, the opinion is spreading, even into the liberal
papers of the USA, that “the devil is no more than the product of a primitive
superstition.”
In the
seven volume dogmatique “Mysterium Salutis”, the work of Swiss Theologians J.
Feiner and M. Lohrer, M. Speman first deals with some preliminary questions on
angelology and demonology.
The
author endeavors to build on biblical and dogmatic foundations with human
experience. He observes: “The existence and activity of Satan can be perceived,
or at least recognized, better today, in a time when evil, violence and
inhumanity have acquired a public legitimacy as never before; in a time when in
depth psychology teaches that realities cannot be eliminated or made
inoperative, by simply declaring, in the name of rationalist reasoning, that
they do not exist.”
The
Roman Catechism teaches, and the Second Vatican Council confirms, that the
Church draws revealed Truth from two sources: Holy Scripture and oral
Tradition. The Church, through its Magisterium, has the authority to declare
the truths of Faith obligatory for all the faithful. Public revelation ceased
with the death of the last of the Apostles.
Thus we
have a clearly defined treasury of Faith, the “depositum fidei”. The Church
must transmit this treasury of Faith, intact, to all generations. In that
consists the role and the duty of Tradition in the Church. In the framework of
this public Revelation, the Church recognizes and ratifies the existence of
private revelations, above all those that have a general interest for the
Church. “Private revelations, says theologian Karl Rahner, are not a luxury for
the Church, but a necessity indicating to her how to act in an historically
determined situation.”
On the
basis of this information, it has seemed at least useful, if not necessary, to reproduce
at the beginning of these revelations resulting from the exorcism, the most
recent teachings of Paul VI on the existence and activity of demons;[70]
then an interview with His Eminence, Cardinal Joseph Hoeffner of Cologne, on
the occasion of an actual case of possession; and after that to show the
parallelism between the visions of the stigmatic Catherine Emmerich and the
present crisis of the Church.
(At the General Audience of
November 15,1972) What are the most important needs of the Church today? Do not
be astonished by our reply, which you could find simplistic, or even
superstitious or unreal. One of its greatest needs is to defend itself against
this evil that we call the demon.
Before
giving details of our thinking, we invite you to consider, within a perspective
of faith, human life, the immense panorama of which we can henceforth uncover
and examine in depth. This tableau whose whole reality we are to contemplate
is, indeed, very beautiful. It is the tableau of creation, of God's work, the
substantial beauty of which, being an exterior reflection of His Wisdom and
Power, He Himself has admired.
So it
is with much interest that we look at this tableau of the dramatic history of
humanity, from which emerges the story of Christ's Redemption, of our
salvation, with its marvelous treasures of revelation, prophecy and sanctity,
of life elevated to a supernatural plane, of eternal promises. (Cf. Eph. 1,10)
If we
know how to look at this picture properly, we cannot fail to be amazed. (Cf.
St. Augustine, “Soliloquies”)
Everything
has a meaning, everything has a purpose, an order; everything indicates a
transcending presence, a thought, a life, and finally, a love of such a kind
that the universe, through what it is and through what it is not, is presented
to us as a rapturous and intoxicating preparation for something still more
beautiful and still more perfect. (Cf. 1 Cor. 2,9; 13,12; Rom. 8. 19-23)
The
Christian vision of the cosmos and of life is therefore triumphantly optimistic.
This vision justifies our joy and our understanding of living; in celebrating
the Glory of God, we sing of our happiness (Cf. the “Gloria” of the Mass)
But is
this vision complete? Is it correct? Are we insensible to the deficiencies
which exist in the world, to the things which are out of harmony in our
existence - to suffering, death, wickedness, cruelty, sin - in short, to evil?
Do we not see all the evil which exists in the world, especially moral evil - that
is, evil which is committed simultaneously, although by varying degrees,
against man and against God? Is this not a sad spectacle, an inexplicable
mystery?
And we,
the disciples of the Word, we who extol good, we the believers - are we no
longer sensitive to, no longer troubled by the sight and the experience of
evil? We find it in the realm of nature, where so many of its manifestations
seem to us to proclaim a disorder; we find it among men, where we see weakness,
fragility, suffering, death and even worse; we are in the presence of two opposing
laws: the one which would wish for good, the other which tends towards evil.
Saint Paul has shown clearly the humbling evidence of this torment in order to
show the necessity of, the good fortune of, the grace which saves us - this
means of the salvation brought by Christ. (Cf. Rom. 7) In the past, the pagan
poet, Ovid, wrote of this conflict in the heart of man: “Video meliora
proboque, deteriora sequor.” (“I see what is good and I am in agreement with
it, but I do what is evil” (Met. 7, 19)
We find
sin, the corruption of human liberty and the fundamental cause of death,
because it is a separation from God, the Source of life (Rom. 5,12); sin, the
occasion and the effect of the intervention within us and in our world, of a
dark and hostile agent, the Demon. Evil is not just a deficiency, it is the
fact of a living, spiritual being, corrupt and corrupting. A terrible,
mysterious and dangerous reality.
Those
who refuse to acknowledge his existence, or who attribute him with an
autonomous beginning, not having had his origin in God as did all creation, are
deviating from the teaching of the Bible and of the Church; as also are those
who explain him as a pseudo-reality, an invention of the mind to personify the
unknown causes of our evils.
The
problem of evil, complex and preposterous for our unilaterally rational minds,
becomes obsessive. It constitutes the greatest difficulty for our religious
conception of the cosmos. Saint Augustine who suffered from it for many years,
knew this well: “I was searching to find the source of evil, but I could find
no explanation.” (“Confessions” VII 5,7,11 etc.)
Hence
the importance of the awareness of evil, in order to be able to see the world,
life, and salvation, in a correct Christian perspective. Who does not recall in
the Gospel, that chapter so heavy with meaning, about the triple temptation of
Christ at the beginning of His public life: or the numerous accounts where the
Lord meets the demon, and features him in His teachings (for example. Matt 12,
43)? And how can we forget that three times Christ calls His enemy, the Demon:
“Prince of this world” (John 12,31; 14,30; 16,11).
The
reality of this baleful presence is emphasized in very numerous passages of the
New Testament. Saint Paul calls him “the God of this world” (2 Cor. 4,4); and
he warns us that we Christians have to struggle against the powers of darkness,
having not one such demon, but a redoubtable plurality of demons confronting
us: Put on the armor of God, so you will be able to withstand the maneuvers of
the devil. It is not man who is our opponent, but Principalities, Powers,
Dominations from this world of darkness, Spirits of Evil who are widely
distributed in the atmosphere. (See Eph. 6, 12-13)
Many
passages from the Gospel show us that it is not a question of just one, but of
numerous demons. (Luke 11.21; Mark 5.9) One of them however, is the principal
one. This is Satan, who wants to become the Adversary, the Enemy; and with him
there are many others, who are all creatures of God, but they are fallen creatures
who rebelled and were damned. We know very little indeed about this whole
mysterious world, thrown into confusion in an almost painful drama.
We do,
however, know many things about this diabolical world which concern our life
and the whole history of humanity. The demon was the cause of humanity's first
misfortune. He was the insidious and deadly tempter, the instigator of the
first sin -original sin (Gen. 3 - Sag. 1,24).
Since
the fall of Adam, the Demon has acquired a certain dominion over man from which
only the Redemption of Christ can deliver us. And this story is still going on.
Let us call to mind the Baptismal exorcisms and the frequent references in Holy
Scripture and the Liturgy to the aggressive and oppressive “power of darkness”.
(Cf. Luke 22, 53 - Col. 1,13) he is the enemy. Number One, the tempter par
excellence.
We
know, therefore, that this dark and troublesome being truly exists and that he
is always at work with a treacherous guile. He is the occult enemy who sows
error and misfortune into the human story. Let us not forget the very
enlightening parable about the good grain and the cockle; it summarizes and
explains the illogic that seems to govern our inconsistencies: “It is an enemy
who has done that” (Matt, 13,28).
Christ
describes him as one who “from the first was a murderer ... the father of lies”
(Cf. John 8, 44-45). Insidiously, he threatens the moral equilibrium of man. He
is the perfidious and wily seducer who knows how to infiltrate into us through
our senses, our imagination, our concupiscence, Utopian logic and socially
disordered contacts; to introduce into our actions deviations which are so
harmful, but on the surface appear to be in keeping with our physical or
psychic make-up, or with our instinctive and profound aspirations.
Concerning
the demon and the influence which he can exert over individuals, communities,
whole societies, or over events, a very important section of Catholic doctrine
in which very little interest's shown today, should be studied anew. Some people
think they can find sufficient information in the study of psychoanalysis and
psychiatry, in the experiences of spiritualism which today, unhappily, is very
widespread in certain countries. There is a fear of falling again into the old
Manichean theories or into fatal, fantastic or superstitious deviations.
Today,
one prefers to display a strong, unprejudiced, positivist mind which then makes
one free to put one's faith gratuitously in so many magic or popular fads; or
worse to deliver one's soul - a baptized soul which has so many times been
visited by the Eucharistic Presence and which is the dwelling-place of the Holy
Spirit -to sensual and licentious experiences, to experiences poisoned by
drugs, or to the ideological seductions of fashionable errors. These are,
moreover, the cracks through which the Evil One can easily insinuate himself to
alter the spirit of man.
Certainly,
all sin is not attributable directly to the action of the devil. But it is none
the less true that he who does not watch himself sufficiently closely (Cf.
Matt. 12-45 - Eph. 6.11) exposes himself to the influence of “the mystery of
iniquity” of which Saint Paul speaks (2 Thess. 2. 3-12) and compromises his
salvation.
Our
teaching becomes uncertain obscured as it is by the darkness which surrounds
the Demon.
But two
questions legitimately call for our curiosity, aroused by the certainly of his
multiple existence. Are there signs, and . what are they, of the presence of
the devil's actions? What are the means of defending ourselves against such an
insidious danger? The reply to the first question requires a great deal of
prudence, even if the signs of the Evil One seem sometimes to be obvious. We
could presuppose his sinister intervention there, where God is denied in a
radical, subtle and preposterous way; there, where hypocritical lies are
affirmed vigorously in opposition to evident truth; there, where love is
suffocated by a cold and cruel selfishness; there, where the name of Christ is
the object of a premeditated and wild hatred (Cf. 1 Cor. 16,22; 12,3); there,
where the spirit of the Gospel is distorted and belied by what is being done;
there where it is asserted that despair is the only outlook, etc.
But
here we have a matter for diagnosis that is too vast and too difficult so that,
for the moment, we do not venture to go into it deeply and establish the whole
truth about it. However, it is not devoid of dramatic interest for everyone.
Modern literature has, indeed, devoted famous pages to the subject. The problem
of evil remains, for the human mind, one of the most important and most
permanent, even after the victorious answer to it given by Jesus Christ: “We
can be sure, writes Saint John the Evangelist, that we are God's children,
though the whole world about us lies in the power of evil” (1 John 5.19)
The
other question is: What is the defense, what remedy to oppose the action of the
Demon? The reply is easier to formulate, even if it remains difficult to put
into practice. We could say -everything which defends us from sin protects us,
by the same effect, from the invisible Enemy. Grace is the decisive defense.
Innocence has the appearance of force. And everyone remembers how the apostolic
teaching took the arms of a soldier as a symbol of the virtues which can render
the Christian invincible (Cf. Rom. 13.12; Eph. 6, 11, 14, 17; 1 Thess. 5.8). The
Christian must be militant, vigilant and strong. Sometimes he must practice a
special asceticism to banish certain attacks of the devil. Jesus teaches us and
demonstrates the effectiveness of prayer and fasting (Mark 9,29). And Saint
Paul suggests the guideline, we should follow: “Do not allow yourself to be
conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.” (Rom. 12,21; and Matt. 13.29)
Being
thus aware of the adversity in which souls, the Church, the world, find
themselves today, we should do our utmost to give meaning and effectiveness to
the words of our principal prayer: “Our Father ... deliver us from Evil.”
(From
the visions of the Venerable Anne-Catherine Emmerich, as related to the
Pilgrim,[72] during the
years 1819 and 1820)[73]
“I saw
St. Peter's. A great crowd of men were trying to pull it down whilst others
constantly built it up again. Lines connected these men one with another and
with others throughout the whole world. I was amazed at their perfect
understanding. The demolishers, mostly apostates and members of the different
sects, broke off whole pieces and worked according to rules and instructions.
They wore white aprons bound with blue ribbon. In them were pockets and they
had trowels stuck in their belts. The costumes of the others were various.
“There
were among the demolishers distinguished men wearing uniforms and crosses. They
did not work themselves, but they marked out on the wall with a trowel where
and how it should be torn down.[74]
To my horror, I saw among them Catholic priests.
“Whenever
the workmen did not know how to go on, they went to a certain one in their
party. He had a large book, which seemed to contain the whole plan of the
building and the way to destroy it. They marked out exactly with a trowel the
parts to be attacked, and they soon came down. They worked quietly and
confidently, but slyly, furtively and warily.
“I saw
the Pope praying, surrounded by false friends who often did the very opposite
to what he ordered, and I saw a little black fellow (a laic) laboring actively
against the Church.
“Whilst
it was thus being pulled down on one side, it was rebuilt on the other, but not
very zealously. I saw many of the clergy whom I knew. The Vicar-General gives
me great joy. He went to and fro, coolly giving orders for the repairing of the
injured parts. I saw my confessor dragging a huge stone by a roundabout way.
“I saw
others carelessly saying their breviary and, now and then, bringing a little
stone under their cloak or giving it to another as something very rare. They
seemed to have neither confidence nor earnestness nor method. They hardly knew
what was going on. It was lamentable....”
From
the beginning of August to the end of October 1820, Anne-Catherine devoted
herself to prayers and supplications for the Holy Father, which were brought
about by a comprehensive vision:
“I see
new martyrs, not of the present but of the future, though even now they are
oppressed.
“I saw
the secret society undermining the great church (St. Peter's) and near them a
horrible beast that rose out of the sea. It had a tail like a fish, claws like
a lion, and numberless heads that lay like a crown around one large head; its
jaws were large and red, its body spotted like a tiger. It was very familiar
with the demolishers lying near them whilst they worked, and again, concealing
itself in a cave.
“Here
and there throughout the whole world I saw many good, pious people, especially
ecclesiastics, harassed, imprisoned and oppressed, and I felt that at some
future day, they would be martyred.
“When
the church was well-nigh overturned, the choir and altar alone remaining
untouched, I saw the demolishers thronging into it accompanied by the beast.
But they encountered a tall, majestic female who seemed to be with child for
she walked very slowly. The wretches were filled with affright on seeing her
and the beast lay paralyzed, furiously darting its head towards her, as if to
devour her; but she turned and fell prostrate on her face. Then I saw the beast
fleeing to the sea, the enemy hurrying off in disorder, and immense circles of
combatants surrounding the church, some on the earth, others high in the
air...”
On
August 10, she relates: “I see the Holy Father in great distress. He lives in
another palace and receives only a few to his presence. If the wicked party
knew their own great strength, they would even now have made an attack. I fear
the Holy Father will suffer many tribulations before his death, for I see the
black counterfeit church gaining ground, I see its fatal influence on the
public. The distress of the Holy Father and of the Church is really so great
that one ought to pray to God day and night. I have been told to pray much for
the Church and the Pope...
“Last
night I was taken to Rome where the Holy Father, plunged in affliction, is
still concealed in order to elude dangerous exigencies. He is very feeble,
quite worn out by distress, anxiety and prayer. His chief reason for lying concealed
is because he can trust so few. But he has by him a very simple-hearted, pious
old priest, his true friend, whom his enemies on account of his simplicity
think it not worthwhile to remove. Now, this good old priest is full of God's
grace. He sees, he remarks many things, which he faithfully communicates to the
Holy Father. More than once I have had to point out to him in prayer traitors
and evil-minded men among the Pope's high, confidential officers, that he might
give him notice of them. In this way, he has been warned against one who was
all-influential up to the present; but who will be so no more. The Pope is so
feeble that he can no longer walk alone.
October
1: “The Church,” she groaned, “is in great danger. I must ask every one who
comes to see me to say an “Our Father” for that intention. We must pray that
the Pope may not leave Rome, for unheard-of evils would result from such a
step. We must pray the Holy Ghost to enlighten him.
October
4: “Last night I had a vision of the Pope. I saw Saint Francis carrying the
church, and the basilica of Saint Peter borne on the shoulders of a little man
who had something of the Jew in his countenance.' It looked very perilous.
“Mary
stood on the north side of the church with her mantle extended over it. The
little man was almost bent double. He is, as yet, a laic. I know who he is. The
twelve men whom I always see as the twelve new Apostles ought to have helped
him, but they arrived too late; however, just as he was about to fall, they all
ran up with myriads of angels to his assistance. It was only the pavement and
the back part of the church, for all the rest had been demolished by the secret
society helped by the servants of the church themselves. They bore it to
another place, and it seemed as if rows of palaces fell before it like fields
of wheat in harvest time.
“When I
saw Saint Peter's in this ruinous state and so many ecclesiastics laboring,
though secretly, at its destruction, I was so overcome that I cried earnestly
to Jesus for mercy. Then I saw my Heavenly Spouse before me under the form of a
youth. He spoke to me for a long time. He told me that this translation of
Saint Peter's signified that the Church would apparently fall to total ruin:
but that, resting on these supports, she would be raised up again. Even if
there should remain but one Catholic Christian, the Church would again triumph
since its foundations were not cast in the intellect or councils of men. She
had never yet been without members praying and suffering for her.”
“I was
also told that very few Christians, in the true sense of the term, are to be
found nowadays ... I am greatly afflicted at what I saw.
October
7: “As I went through Rome with Frances[75]
and the (other) Saint, we saw a great palace enveloped in flames (the Vatican).
I was in dread lest the inmates would be consumed, for no one tried to
extinguish the fire; but when we drew near, it suddenly ceased and left the
building black and scorched. After passing through numerous magnificent
apartments, we reached that of the Pope. We found him sitting in the dark
asleep in a large armchair. He was very sick and weak, no longer able to walk.
“I see
the Church alone, forsaken by all and around her strife, misery, hatred,
treason, resentment, total blindness.
October
10: “I saw Saint Peter's utterly demolished, all except the choir and main
altar. Saint Michael girt and armed, descended into the church and with his
sword repulsed several bad pastors who were trying to enter.
“Soon
the whole front of the church was down; the sanctuary alone stood. Then I saw a
most majestic lady floating, over the great square before the church. Her wide
mantle fell over her arms as she arose gently on high, until she stood on the
cupola and spread it over all the church like golden rays.
“The
destroyers were taking a short repose, and when they returned they could in no
way approach the square covered by the mantle. On the opposite side, the
repairs progressed with incredible activity. There came men, old, crippled,
long-forgotten, followed by vigorous young people, men, women, children,
ecclesiastic and lay, and the edifice was soon restored.
“Then I
saw a new Pope coming in procession, younger and far sterner looking than his
predecessor. He was received with pomp. He appeared about to consecrate the
church. But I heard a voice proclaiming that it was unnecessary, as the Blessed
Sacrament had not been disturbed.
“The
same voice said that they should solemnly celebrate a double feast, a universal
jubilee and the restoration of the church. The Pope, before the feast began,
instructed his officers to drive out from the assembled faithful a crowd of the
clergy both high and low, scolding and grumbling. Then the Holy Father took
into his service others, ecclesiastic and lay. Now commenced the grand
solemnity of Saint Peter's.
December
30: “Again I saw Saint Peter's with its lofty cupola on whose top stood Michael
shining with light. He wore a blood-red robe, a great banner in his hand. A
desperate struggle was going on below - green and blue combatants against
white, and over the latter, who seemed to be worsted, appeared a fiery red
sword. None knew why they fought. The church was all red like the angel, and I
was told that it would be bathed in blood. The longer the combat lasted, the paler
grew the color of the church, the more transparent it became.”
“Then
the angel descended and approached the white troops. I saw him several times in
front of them. Their courage was wonderfully aroused, they knew not why or how,
and the angel struck right and left among the enemy who fled in all directions.
Then the fiery sword over the victorious whites disappeared. During the
engagement the enemy's troops kept constantly deserting to the other side; once
they went in great numbers.”
“Numbers
of Saints hovered in the air over the combatants, pointing out what was to be
done, making signs with the hand, etc., all different, but impelled by one
spirit.”
“When
the angel had descended, I beheld above him a great shining cross in the
heavens. On it hung the Savior from Whose Wounds shot brilliant rays over the
whole earth. Those glorious Wounds were red like resplendent doorways, their
center golden-yellow, like the sun.”
“He
wore no Crown, of Thorns, but from all the Wounds of His Head stream rays.
Those from His Hands, Feet and Side were fine as hair and shone with rainbow
colors; sometimes they all united and fell upon villages, cities and houses
throughout the world. I saw them here and there, far and near, falling upon the
dying, and the soul entering by the colored rays into the Savior’s Wounds. The
rays from the Side spread over the Church like a mighty current lighting up
every part of it, and I saw that the greater number of souls enter into the
Lord by these glittering streams.”
“I saw
also a shining red heart floating in the air. From one side a current of white
light to the Wound of the Sacred Side, and from the other a second current fell
upon the Church in many regions; its rays attracted numerous souls who, by the
Heart and the current of light, entered into the Side of Jesus. I was told
that this was the Heart of Mary.”
“When
the combat on earth was over, the church and the angel became bright and
shining, and the latter disappeared; the cross also vanished and in its place
stood a tall, resplendent lady extending over it her mantle of golden rays.
There was a reconciliation going on inside, and acts of humility were being
made.”
“I saw
bishops and pastors approaching one another and exchanging books. The various
sects recognized the Church by her miraculous victory and the pure light of
revelation they had seen beaming upon her. This light sprang from the spray of
the fountain gushing from the Prophet Mountain.”
“When I
saw this reunion, I felt that the Kingdom of God was near.. I perceived a new
splendor, a higher life in all nature, and a holy emotion in all mankind as at
the time of the Savior’s birth. I felt so sensibly the approach of the Kingdom
of God that I was forced to run to meet it uttering cries of joy.[76]
Heaven
forces the demons to speak, against their will, about the Church and its
present situation, and to do so in such a way that their statements run counter
to their reign and favour the reign of Christ.
In
their rage, the infernal spirits most of the time avoid naming Mary, the Most
Blessed Virgin Mother of God; they call her: “that Woman up there”. They do not
say “Mary wishes it”, but “she wishes it”, “She forces me”,
“She makes us say...”
In the
same way, they dodge all around the name of Jesus and of God. Most of the time,
they emphasize their words by an upwards gesture of the possessed woman's
finger.
When
the demons demand prayers - for example, when they say that such and such a
prayer must be said before they speak, it is clear that this demand is not
resultant from the wishes of Hell, but from those of Heaven which expressed
them through the medium of the demons.
It
should be kept in mind that, as the revelations were being made through the
mouth of the possessed woman, she was often violently tormented - by difficulty
in breathing, gnawing pains, cardiac troubles and choking fits. Hence the often
disjointed character of the sentences.
As this
publication is in opposition to Hell, the demons often refused to continue
speaking. As well as this, they were continually making various
objections-grumbling, shouting or sneering. A large number of these
interruptions, particularly in the second part, have been omitted for reasons
of brevity and simplification. But taken as a whole, the battle was
often harder and longer than the reader can possibly imagine.
This must be borne in mind so that one does not go away with the impression that these revelations, so important for the Church, have been obtained easily.
In his
book, Jean Marty says Beelzebub was from the choir of Archangels. Unless by
this term he means just high angel, I do not believe he is correct. In the
exorcism in Earling, Iowa in 1928, Beelzebub admitted he was from the Seraphic
choir, which certainly makes sense if as he says in “Warnings” he was second
only to Lucifer amongst the angels prior to the Fall.
The
order of the Angelic choirs as printed on the first page of this work is that
revealed by St. Michael the Archangel himself to Antonia d' Astonac and is the
order found in the St. Michael Chaplet. This Chaplet was approved by Pope Pius
IX on August 8, 1851 and was highly indulgenced by him.
Further
confirmation that this is the correct order of the angelic choirs is found in
the revelations of the German mystic, Magdalene of the Cross, in this century.
However,
this is not universally believed and Donald Attwater's Catholic dictionary has
a slightly different order. It appears that this latter order is what Jean
Marty has used in his book.
Thus in
this order, the Principalities are the 5th choir, but in the Angelic Chaplet,
they are the 7th choir.
When we
talk of St. Michael the Archangel, does this mean just high angel or is he from
the choir of Archangels. From the revelations of Magdalene of the Cross, it
appears he is from the choir of Archangels, the eighth choir.
From
the Mystical City of God of Mary of Agreda, it is apparent that the good angels
at the time of the Battle in Heaven gained varying degrees of merit according
to how they behaved at that time. St. Michael, referred to by Beelzebub in
“Warnings” as a little unimportant angel they had paid little attention to, so
distinguished himself that God elevated him above all the Superior Choirs and
made him chief angel, Prince of the Heavenly host. Is this so surprising when
we consider Our Lady, a human being of a nature inferior to the lowest angel,
has been placed way above the highest Angels in Heaven.
Thus it
can be seen, that one's definitive place in Heaven, both for Angels and men,
does not depend on “the accidents of birth”, but on the use one makes of what
one has, the degree of love of God and conformity with the Divine will. Thus
St. John Vianney - a dunce at school - can end up in Heaven, one of the
greatest saints, and St. Michael from a lower choir of Angels becomes the
Chief. It is worth recalling here the words of Christ that some of the first
shall be last and some of the last first.
In the
New Testament, the fallen angel, Beelzebub, is mentioned in Matt. 10:25, Matt.
12:24-27, Mark 3:22, and Luke 11:15-18. In Matt. 12:24, Beelzebub is called
“the prince of devils.”
In the
Old Testament, Beelzebub is mentioned in II Kings, where he is called “the god
(or lord) of Ekron”. A magnificent temple to Beelzebub was erected in the
Philistine city of Ekron; and during the time of Elijah (9th cenutry BC:), King
Ahaziah of Israel sent his emissaries to consult this false god. Ahaziah
himself was on his way to the shrine of Beelzebub when Elijah intercepted him,
demanding to know if Israel was without a God such that he consulted the false
god of Ekron.
The
name “Beelzebub” (Hebrew “Baal-zebub”) means “Lord (or god) of the flying ones
(or flies)”. This name may be a Hebrew alteration of the Canaanite name,
“Baal-zebul”, which means “Exalted Baal” or “Lord of the high place.”
Baal-zebub (or Baal-sebul) reappears in the New Testament as “the prince of
devils”.
From
the Bible alone, one does not know if Beelzebub, “the prince of devils”, is the
same as Lucifer. Thanks to the Swiss revelations, however, we now know that
Beelzebub and Lucifer are two different devils. We also know that Beelzebub is
the second ruling devil in Hell, having power immediately after Lucifer.
Actually,
these things are not entirely new. In the famous exorcism at Earling, Iowa, in
1928, almost the same facts are indicated. That exorcism is described in the
booklet, Begone Satan! (Published by Tan Books, Box 424, Rockford, Illinois
61105). The following citations are taken from this booklet:
“When
Satan was asked in the Name of Jesus, the crucified Savior, whether there were
more spirits involved in the possession of the woman, he did not feign in the
least, but boastfully admitted that there were a number of them present. As
soon as the name of Jesus was mentioned, he began through the woman to foam and
howl like a wild raving animal.”
“This
ugly bellowing and howling took place every day and at times it lasted for
hours. At other times, it sounded as though a horde of lions and hyenas were
let loose, then again as the mewing of cats, the bellowing of cattle and the
barking of dogs. A complete uproar of different animal noises would also
resound. This was at first so taxing on the nerves of those present that the 12
nuns were forced to take turns at assisting in order to save themselves and to
have the necessary strength to continue facing the siege.”
The
exorcist: “In the name of Jesus and His Most Blessed Mother, Mary the
Immaculate, who crushed the head of the Serpent, tell me the truth. Who is the
leader or prince among you? What is your name?
Devil,
barking like the hound of Hell: “Beelzebub”.
Exorcist:
“You call yourself Beelzebub. Are you not Lucifer, the prince of devils?”
Devil:
“No, not the prince, the chieftain, but one of the leaders.”
Exorcist:
“You were therefore not a human being, but you are one of the fallen angels,
who with selfish pride wanted to be like unto God?”
Devil,
with grinning teeth: “Yes, that is so. Ha, how we hate Him!”
Exorcist:
“Why do you call yourself Beelzebub if you are not the prince of the devils?”
Devil:
“Enough, my name is Beelzebub.”
Exorcist:
“From the point of influence and dignity, you must rank near Lucifer, or do you
hail from the lower choir of angels?”
Devil:
“I once belonged to the seraphic choir.”
Exorcist:
“What would you do, if God made it possible for you to atone for your injustice
to Him?”
Devil,
sneering: “Are you a competent theologian?”
Exorcist:
“How long have you been torturing this poor woman?”
Devil:
“Since her fourteenth year.”
Exorcist:
“How dared you enter into that innocent girl and torture her like that?”
Devil,
sneering: “Ha, did not her own father curse us into her?”
Exorcist:
“But why did you, Beelzebub, alone take possession of her? Who gave you that
permission?”
Devil:
“Don't talk so foolishly. Don't I have to render obedience to Satan?”
Exorcist:
“Then you are here at the direction and command of Lucifer?”
Devil:
“Well, how could it be otherwise?”
“Let it
be noted, too, that Father Theophilus[77]
addressed the devil in English, German, and again in Latin. And the devil,
Beelzebub, and all the other devils, replied correctly in the very same tongues
in which they were addressed. Apparently they would have understood any
language spoken today and would have answered in it ... “
“Father
Theophilus indeed was anxious to know why the father had cursed his own
daughter. But he only received a curt uncivil reply: “You can ask him. Leave me
in peace for once.”
Exorcist:
“Is then the father of the woman also present as one of the devils? Since when?
Devil:
“What a foolish question. He has been with us ever since he was damned.” A
terrible, sneering laughter followed, full of malicious joy.
Exorcist:
“Then I solemnly command in the name of the Crucified Savior of Nazareth that
you present the father of this woman and that he give me answer!”
“A deep
rough voice announced itself, which had already been noticed alongside the
voice of Beelzebub.”[78]
Exorcist:
“Are you the unfortunate father who has cursed his own child?”
With a
defiant roar: “No!”
“Who
are you then?”
“I am
Judas.” “What, Judas! Are you Judas Iscariot, the former Apostle?”
Thereupon
followed a horrible, woefully prolonged: “Y-e-s, I am the one.”
This
was howled in the deepest bass voice. It set the whole room a-quivering so that
out of pure fright and horror the pastor and some of the nuns ran out. Then
followed a disgusting exhibition of spitting and vomiting as if Judas were
intending to spit at his Lord and Master with all his might, or as if he had in
mind to unloose his inner waste and filth upon Him (the exorcist had a
consecrated Host in a pyx on his breast).
Finally
Judas was asked: “What business have you here?”
“To
bring her to despair, so that she will commit suicide and hang herself! She
must get the rope, she must go to Hell!”
“Is it
then a fact that everyone that commits suicide goes to Hell?”
“Rather
not.”
“Why
not?”
“Ha, we
devils are the ones that urge them to commit suicide, to hang themselves, just
as I did myself.”
When
the prayer of exorcism was renewed, the demon Jacob made his appearance with a
healthy, manly voice. As in the case of Judas, one could detect at once that he
had been a human being.
“Which
Jacob are you?” asked the exorcist.
“The
father of the possessed girl.”
Later
developments disclosed the fact that he had led a frightfully coarse and brutal
life, a passionately unchaste and debased life. He now admitted that he had
repeatedly tried to force his own daughter to commit incest with him. But she
had firmly resisted him. Therefore he had cursed her and wished inhumanly that
the devils would enter into her and entice her to commit every possible sin
against chastity, thereby ruining her, body and soul...
The
reader would undoubtedly be misled if he were of the opinion that these questions
and answers followed in regular order. It must be remembered that these battles
and encounters with the devils extended over a number of days. At times the
answers were interrupted by hours and hours of howling and yelling that could
be brought into submission only by prolonged prayer and persistent exorcism.
Often no further answers could be forced from the devils in any other way.
Countless brats of devils also interrupted the process of exorcism by their
disagreeable and almost unbearable interferences.
As a
result of these disturbances, the woman's face became so distorted that no one
could recognize her features. Then, too, her whole body became so horribly
disfigured that the regular contour of her body- vanished. Her pale, death-like
and emaciated head. often assuming the size of an inverted water pitcher,
became as red as glowing embers. Her eyes protruded out of their sockets, her
lips swelled up to proportions equaling the size of hands, and her thin
emaciated body was bloated to such enormous size that the pastor and some of
the Sisters drew back in fright, thinking that the woman would be torn to
pieces and burst asunder. At times her abdominal region and extremities became
as hard as iron and stone. In such instances the weight of her body pressed
into the iron bedstead so that the iron rods of the bed bent to the floor ...
It has
been intimated above that out of the voices coming from the possessed woman,
four different ones could be very clearly distinguished. They announced
themselves as Beelzebub, Judas Iscariot, Jacob, the father of the possessed
woman, and Mina, Jacob's concubine ... in addition, there were also a great
number of other unclean spirits in her. Among these the so-called dumb devils
and avenging spirits made themselves especially prominent. The number of silent
devils was countless. Apparently they were from the lower classes, for they
displayed no marks of strength or power. Their voices were rather a confusion
of sounds from which no definite answers could be distinguished. There was no
articulate speech, rather a pitiful moaning and subdued howling ... It seems as
though they came and left in hordes ... The avenging spirits were wild and
violent, of rough and ill-mannered character. They were filled with hatred and
anger against all human beings. Their very presence suggested an ugly and
disgusting attitude - a mixture of hatred and envy, meanness and revenge,
deception and trickery. These were precisely the ones that threatened to make
the pastor rue his consent to the exorcism...
It was very evident that the forces of Hell were under the direction of a high commander, who, like a general and field marshal, sent forth new recruits for battle whenever the veterans, in their exhausted condition, were forced to retire. What pitiful sighs and pleadings they sent forth. One could hear voices to this effect: “Oh, what we have to put up with here; it is just terrible, all that we have suffered.” There were other voices that kept on urging their fellow-devils not to let up: “And how we will again have to suffer and cringe under him, how he will torture us again if we return without having accomplished our task.” They clearly referred to Lucifer as the torturer...
Father
Theophilus, basing his opinion on his numerous experiences with cases of
possession, believes that the hour of the Antichrist is not far distant.
Lucifer himself was present for about 14 days in the Earling case. With all the
forces of Hell at his disposal, he tried his utmost to make this a test case.
Once Father Theophilus saw Lucifer standing visibly before him for half an hour
- a fiery being in his characteristically demoniac reality. He had a crown on
his head and carried a fiery sword in his hand. Beelzebub stood alongside of
him. During this time the whole room was filled with flames. Lucifer was
cursing and blaspheming in a terrible rage: “If I could, I would have choked
you long ago. If I only had my former powers, you would soon experience what I
could do to you.”
Through
the powers of Christ, he had been deprived of his original might as even now
through exorcism his influence was further diminished. Father Theophilus asked
him one time: “What can you accomplish, you helpless Lucifer?” To which he
replied: “What could you do, if you were bound as I am?”
At the
very mention of St. Michael, Satan began to recoil. He was tortured by that
part of the prayer which refers to the solemn petition addressed to St.
Michael. He absolutely refused to listen to the statement that St. Michael, as
leader of the faithful angels, cast Lucifer together with his legions into the
very abyss of Hell. It was astounding how much he dreaded the prayer in honor
of St. Michael commonly recited at the end of the Mass ...
A
rather peculiar circumstance induced Pope Leo XIII to compose this powerful
prayer. After celebrating Mass one day, he was in conference with the
Cardinals. Suddenly he sank to the floor. A doctor was summoned and several
came at once. There was no sign of any pulse-beating, the very life seemed to
have ebbed away from the already weakened and aged body. Suddenly he recovered
and said: “What a horrible picture I was permitted to see!” He saw what was
going to happen In the future, the misleading powers and ravings of the devils
against the Church in all countries. But St. Michael had appeared in the nick
of time and cast Satan and his cohorts back into the abyss of Hell. Such was
the occasion that caused Pope Leo XIII to have this prayer recited over the
entire world at the end of the Mass...
... the
poor (possessed) woman admitted during her periods of rest that she had visions
of horrible battles between the good and evil spirits. Countless numbers of
evil spirits continually arrived. Satan tried his utmost not to be outdone this
time. The good angels came to assist at the exorcism. Many approached seated on
white horses (Apoc. 19:15) and under the leadership of St. Michael, completely
routed the infernal serpents and drove the demons back to the abyss of Hell...
On one
occasion, when Father Theophilus insisted “that the devil should depart and
return to Hell, the devil replied in a growling tone: “How can you banish me to
Hell? I must be free to prepare the way for the Antichrist.” And again he spoke
out of the possessed woman: “We know a lot. We read the signs of the times.
This is the last century. When people will write the year 2000, the end will be
at hand.” ...
Father
Theophilus, who has had 19 cases of possession under his care within recent
years, seems convinced that present indications point to the beginning of the
great battle between Christ and Antichrist. He also seems to have learned that
Judas will appear as Antichrist in this manner, that a human person, soon after
birth, will he controlled and completely ruled by him...
At one
time Satan became rather talkative about the Antichrist (and said:) “Yes, Satan
is already abroad, and the Antichrist is already born in Palestine (on another
occasion he also mentioned America). But he is still young. He must first grow
up incognito before his power can become known.”*
* In
John 17:12, Judas Iscariot is called “the son of perdition”; and in 2 Thes.
2:3. Antichrist is called “the son of perdition”. One may conclude that
Antichrist will be the demon Judas Iscariot in the body of a man.
EXORCISM OF MAY 1, 1978 - The Feast of
Saint Joseph
PRAYER TO SAINT MICHAEL, THE ARCHANGEL
AN ADDRESS TO THE “TRADITIONALISTS “ OF
FRANCE
DECLARATIONS OF THE DEMONIACAL ACTORS
I SAW THE CHURCH OF SAINT PETER
[1] This text is not included in the German-language edition of “Warnings” (Oct. 1977) It was sent to us direct with view to publication in the French edition, together with the other two exorcisms of “Part Three”.
[2] “The
heads, the leaders of the people of God, have neglected prayer and penance, and
the demon has darkened their understanding... Lucifer with a great number of
his demons will be released from Hell: by degrees they shall abolish the Faith,
even among persons consecrated to God. They shall blind them...” “They shall
blind them” announced Our Lady at La Salette, September 19, 1846.
“The clergy are blind” confirms the demon in 1977.
[3] By us, demons.
[4] Under the title “Manuscrit de L'Enfer” (Manuscript from Hell) there was published in 1964, with imprimatur (Lib du Carmel, 27 rue Madame, Paris) a “Letter from the Beyond”, noted down by a nun, which originated from one of her friends who had fallen into Hell. Mgr. L. Cristiane, a specialist in demonology, wrote the preface for it. “This writing ... racks the soul with a shuddering of emotion, of piety, and at the same time, a feeling of horror.” It corroborates completely everything which we have read about Hell in the present “Warnings”.
[5] Ah yes! We know that well. Salvation lies neither in atheistic communism (“East”), nor in luxurious capitalism which turns souls lukewarm with its liberalism (“West”). Both are materialistic and, in fact, narrowly and secretly associated at the summit, with the aim of dominating the world and enslaving the church, under the rule of the “Prince of this world”. Salvation lies in GOD ALONE.
[6] A reference to the leaflets which were printed and widely distributed in Switzerland, attacking the revelations made by the demons and published in the book of “Warnings”, as soon as it appeared in the German language in Switzerland.
[7] See RITUALE ROMANUM, heading 11, Chap. 1: “Let the exorcist not be misled into gossip, useless or idle questions ... with no connection with his function ... ; let him not believe anything, if the demon claims to be the soul of a saint, of a deceased person, of a good angel...”
[8] This in not the case here, as the possessed woman is a reparatory victim.
[9] Cf. Matt. 12, 10-13; “And of what value is a sheep compared to a man? There is nothing unlawful, then, in doing a work of mercy on the Sabbath day” (v.12) (Cf. also Luke 14, 1-6)
[10] “Do not judge others, or you yourselves will be judged” (Matt. 7, 1)
[11] Complete translations, not abridged.
[12] Of the present “Warnings”.
[13] At that time ready for final printing as soon as this text was received.
[14] Which has been done - all of “Part Three” of this book.
[15] Therefore, in all possible languages in use in the world.
[16] According to the studies of Michel Servant, a certain merciful delay is still being offered to us. But “the hour is near” (end of the title of his work).
[17] Exhortations which are, at the game time, warnings.
[18] Whose liturgical Feast Day happens to be April 5.
[19] “It is the Old One (Lucifer) who has carried these souls off, and not me.” (Declaration of the demon Garandieu, in the course of the exorcism).
[20] In actual fact, to the Priesthood as a whole, because as the demon states, he is also addressing: “bishops, cardinals and abbots (ecclesiastical superiors).”
[21] “Being what thou art, lukewarm, neither cold nor hot, thou wilt make Me vomit thee out of My mouth.” (Apoc. 3, 16)
[22] “...better for that man if he had never been born.” (Matt. 26, 24) - Our Lord, speaking about Judas, whom we now know to be in Hell.)
[23] By his soutane? ...or perhaps, his “garment of flesh” (Cf Saint Augustine, “Confessions”)
[24] Let us invoke the Holy Angels of the Fifth Choir: the Principalities, to give us the taste for and a love of prayer, and perseverance in prayer, for such is their vocation.
[25] “The first commandment of all is, Listen, Israel; there is no God but the Lord thy God; and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with the love of thy whole heart, and thy whole soul, and thy whole mind, and thy whole strength. This is the first commandment, and the second, its like, is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” (Mark 12, 30-31)
[26] It would be done.
[27] All the ways of helping one's neighbor.
[28] A cross indulgenced for the purpose of helping the dying.
[29] “Give thanks (to God) upon all occasions; this is what God expects of you in Christ Jesus.” (1 Thess. 5, 18)
[30] In other words, forever.
[31] “Whereupon Juda bade his son Onan mate with the widow, and do a husband's duty by her, so as to beget children in his brother's name; but Onan, who knew that they would not be reckoned as his, frustrated the act of marriage when he mated with her, so that his brother's line should remain without issue. Him, too, tor this abominable deed of his, the Lord punished with death.” (Gen. 38, 8-10)
[32] Those which are the result of “habitual contact with women”, the demon has just said.
[33] Jean Marty explains that the French word used, “se parer” means: “To take precautions against any danger whatsoever.” (Larousse)
[34] This angelic help, placed permanently at our disposal by God, is all the more necessary since - outside of the daily struggles against the inclinations of our poor human nature, tainted by Original Sin, and constantly led into confusion by our passions - it if not “against beings of flesh and blood” that we have to battle, but “with principalities and powers, with those who have mastery of the world in these dark days, with malign influences in an order higher than ours.” (Eph. 6, 12)
[35] “And if thy eye is an occasion of failing, pluck it out; better for thee to enter blind into the Kingdom of God, than to have two eyes when thou art cast into the fires of Hell; the worm which eats them there never dies, the fire is never quenched.” (Mark 9, 46-47)
[36] ADDITIONAL NOTE: i.e. old-fashioned, out of date, different from modern men!
[37] “Sufferings are the greatest gifts and the greatest graces from God ... they are the only thing the Angels would envy you, if they were capable of envying anything.” (Her Guardian Angel to Mechtilde Thaller in “The Angels” (“Les Anges”))
[38] “I then recognized my lack of courage and how wrong it was of me to wish so ardently for an end to my sufferings” - “I recognized with what indescribable ardor Jesus had desired suffering, and how a soul dwells within God's Love and His Grace, when it suffers patiently, in accordance with the Will of God.” (M. Thaller, idem.)
[39] “Thou shalt love they neighbor as thyself'. A commandment decreed by God Himself, first in the Old Testament through Moses (Leviticus 19, 18) ; then again in the New Testament thru our Lord ... and quoted, passed down, and taken up again afterwards by the Evangelists, the Apostles, etc.
[40] Everything which is natural is in the service of the supernatural. Clearly, this is a question of PSYCHOLOGY here, and not psychoanalysis, a sacrilegious and demonic parody of the Sacrament of Penance, a veritable violation of the soul.
[41] “If any man has a mind to come My way, let him renounce self, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” (Mark 8, 34)
[42] The way of self-denial and sacrifice, and not that of ease.
[43] “How is a man the better for gaining the whole world, if he loses himself, if he pays the forfeit of himself?” (Luke 9, 25 - The New Testament in English, Mgr. Ronald Knox) Probably more familiar: “What doth it profit a man if he gains the whole world and suffers the loss of his own soul?”
[44] The wrong way, described earlier by the demon Verdi-Garandieu.
[45] If he accepts the light.
[46] The Sixth Commandment of God; “Thou shalt not commit adultery”.
[47] The spirit of luxury, that is of indolence, lack of restraint, free-and-easiness.
[48] (1) Shortened prayer of Exorcism, after Low Mass, prescribed by Leo XIII in 1884. which the demons have said must be taken up again; privileged souls have said the same thing (Jeanette of France, for example).
[49] Pius XII again described France in this way on June 25, 1956, in his message marking the occasion of the fourth centenary of the rehabilitation of Saint Joan of Arc. In another connection, Jesus said to Jeannette of France: “France, the eldest daughter of the Church, must give the example to the other nations.” Now is the time for France to accomplish her liberating mission with regard to other peoples, by being the first to get down on her knees” ('Parce Domine' messages, Jan. 31, 1967 and August 27, 1968).
[50] To be “traditionalist” is in fact to be quite simply “catholic”, to have remained completely faithful to one's religion (which is the only true one). It is to be, as in duty bound, attached to the Faith and to the Tradition - the FAITHFUL transmission of Revelation.
[51] “It is an old tale, now, how thou didst break in pieces the yoke of my dominion, didst sever all the bonds between us, crying out, I will serve no more!” (Jeremias 2, 20)
[52] Accomplices could be more correct: Secret agreements from Yalta in 1945 (published in part in 1955 in America) on the dividing up of the world between the two Great Powers; Agreements renewed in Moscow in 1972 and detailed at Vladivostok in 1974, the three agreements having been signed, very significantly, in Soviet territory. Thus the lack of American, and subsequently European, action: in Hungary in 1956, in Czechoslovakia in 1968, in Angola in 1975 (and elsewhere in Africa); and the abandonment in the end of Vietnam in 1975. Next on the list: Yugoslavia. All countries delivered through the terms of the agreements to the Soviet octopus.
[53] This is
exactly the direction of the messages received by Jeannette of France,
published (in February and June 1975) in the pamphlet 'Parce Domine'. These
messages are like a forward to the present “Warnings” which began on August 14,
1975 and which finish them off, in a manner of speaking.
[54] The codification, in fact, of the Mass, going back to all intents and purpose to Apostolic times, at least for its essential core. (Council of Trent 1562 - Saint Pius V, 1570)
[55] Or perhaps, with these being less widespread. Only God knows the answer!
[56] The “Spiritual Reign” as Michel Servant calls it. He devotes Chapters XVI and XVII of Volume II of his work, “The Triumph of Love”, to this subject.
[57] God is love and Mercy; He warns when he is going to chastise ... so that people may come back to Him. Then, as soon as man repents, He pardons him (cf. Jonah, Chap. 3: the preaching of Jonah, the demon, the conversion of the Ninivites ... through the announcement of the Divine Chastisements, and Divine pardon).
[58] Which generates cloudiness, whence blindness is born.
[59] They open the “barrier” - the obstacle he has just spoken of.
[60] She is a victim soul; the sufferings arising from her possession are expiatory and reparatory sufferings for others.
[61] See the parable of the hoarder (Luke 12,16-21), a model for those who refuse to take as a perspective for their plans, the only truth: ETERNITY. “Thou fool, this night thou must render up thy soul...” (Luke 12,21)
[62] Luke 16, 19-31.
[63] Made under compulsion of the exorcisms.
[64] “Un Appèl à l'Amour” (A Call to Love) - message of the Heart of Jesus to the world; original edition with Imprimatur of Cardinal Saliège in 1944.
[65] Written by one of the French priests present at the exorcism.
[66] The author, very well-informed on the Vatican, has told us he is convinced that Our Lord Jesus Christ will not permit Paul VI to depart this earth leaving behind the impression that he had concealed the rationalist and modernist errors which have invaded the Church, and that He will defend His Vicar against the injustice of the present situation by making known the truth.
[67] Hell “is spitting out” - this implies “poison”. “The Truth” -that is the “antidote”. This contrast of opposing words gives great strength to the idea expressed by the author.
[68] This is an English translation from the French. Most of the notes from the French edition are included - only those with no apparent relevance to the English-speaking reader have been omitted.
[69] The angelic demons are demons, strictly according to modern usage of the word. The word “demons” is also applied here, by extension, to condemned human souls - principally Judas - who, in fact behave the same way as the angelic demons.
[70] Rev. Father Renz comes back to this subject in his article: “What is Possession?”
[71] Symbol of the Church. From now on, all notes are proper to the French edition.
[72] The name by which Clement Brentano is described according to a vision of Anne- Catherine Emmerich herself.
[73] Rather than translating from Jean Marty's French, this section has been taken directly from the 2. volume English edition of “The Life of Anne-Catherine Emmerich “ (1968 edition of Maria Regina Guild, Los Angeles, reprinted from Eng. edition 1885)
[74] The description is clear - the anti-Christian Conspiracy. The “distinguished men”: the hidden heads of High Masonry who give the orders; the “workmen”: the KNOWN members of the Freemasons who carry out the orders.
[75] This refers to Saint Frances of Rome, the mother of a family (died 1440) who was a frequent communicant and who used to converse familiarly with her Guardian Angel.
[76] This
she really did in her vision, praying in a loud voice.
[77] Rev. Theophilus Riesinger, O.M., Capuchin, 1868-1941.
[78] From here on, quotation marks will be used only for the conversation between the exorcist and the demon, and not for the narrative.
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