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The following report by Fr. Bernard Nunes, O.C.D., written in 1976, is perhaps the most comprehensive explanation of the Bayside apparitions ever penned by a priest: BAYSIDE
APPARITIONS, NEW YORK
Part
I: WHAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE MESSAGES 1.
Why Apparitions Today?
In view of the importance of these interventions in human
affairs, it would seem proper at the very outset to establish the
position that these private revelations hold in the Church. As
everything necessary for man's salvation is found in the public
deposit of faith which is confided to the Church—and
public revelation has ceased with the death of the last Apostle,—private
revelations are not part of Catholic faith. They are to be interpreted
only in accordance with the official teaching of the Church, and the
assent given to them is not an act of Catholic faith but of human
faith, based on the fact that these revelations are probable, and as
such, worthy of credence. An individual is free to reject them, but he
is equally free to accept them, always with the implicit understanding
that the messages or their expression do not fall foul of the official
teaching of the Church.
Admittedly there is today a strong and widespread prejudice
against apparitions and whatever it stands for. Men of learning and
scholars of theology need humility and virtue to step down from their
podium of scholarship, and take lessons from an unlettered and
insignificant creature who is reported to be God's messenger. There
is, however, a tremendous lesson for everyone to learn, if he is but
ready to listen. For God is wont to reveal Himself not to men of
learning or outstanding scholars but to the humble, the simple and the
most unlearned, whose minds are uncluttered with the theologies and
prejudices of the day, or whose outlook on life is not befuddled by
the complexities of the great savants' knowledge and teaching. God
writes His message on a clean slate, and gets it across the world
through unhampered channels. It betokens arrogance and pride on the
part of man to brush aside God's condescending approaches to him,
because of the meanness and rusticity of the instrument He chooses, or
under pretext that he needs no such messages, as he has a sufficiency
in the Bible or the official teaching of the Church.
Undoubtedly, God can and does manifest to chosen souls things
hidden beyond what He teaches through the public ministry of the
Church. It will not do to claim that all divine communication takes
the ordinary course provided in the public ministry of the Church. Who
would want to shorten God's Hand or limit His power in this way? Or
else, St. Paul might as well have been, for instance, one among the
thousands who were converted on Pentecost day through the public
preaching of the Apostles, but the Lord chose to win him over by
revealing Himself to him in a private apparition on the road to
Damascus. God inspires not only the head but the whole body of the
Church, and His action in a favoured member, whom He enables to
overleap the ordinary limits of sense, is one means by which His
unchanging revelation adapts itself to the needs of a given time. Thus
St. Paul himself saw things he dared not reveal, though he was not
slow in writing down his other revelations in the benefit of his
ministry for his time.
And again, thousands of those who had lost their moorings but
were brought back to God through the apparitions of Our Lady at La
Salette, Lourdes, Beauraing, Fatima or elsewhere, were under no
obligation whatever of giving credence to any of these private
apparitions, for they had all that was necessary for their salvation
in the Church's official teaching: nevertheless, is it not true to
affirm that those thousands would never have found their way back to
salvation, as they themselves have testified, had it not been for the
reawakening of their faith in the teachings of the Church through the
so-called private revelations and messages? And with the confusion and
uncertainty that prevail in many spheres of Catholic life and
teaching, may it not be affirmed that the man of today, even more than
his predecessor, needs a goad to bolster up his faith or to
re-enkindle the dying embers of his flickering faith?
Men of faith, with their eyes open to all the immorality and
evils flooding the world, are not slow to conclude that these
abominations cannot but provoke the indignation of an All-Just and
All-Holy God, and call down upon mankind a dreadful and unprecedented
punishment. In the pages of salvation history one reads the story of
man sinking deep in the cesspool of corruption and wickedness, and
God, in His mercy, endeavouring to recall him to repentance through
His messenger, before exterminating him from the face of the earth by
a deluge of water or a rain of fire. If at the present time, man has
lost the sense of sin and sin has become a way of life, is it strange
that God should send warnings from Heaven to alert man of an impending
chastisement, beckoning him to repentance and amendment of life? Would
it not be an evidence of pride to reject a priori messages
reported to be from Heaven, without caring to read or study them, even
when God surrounds the messages with enough evidence to satisfy all
the requirements of a cautious and well-founded belief?
Anything that is put forward as private revelation demands the
closest possible scrutiny, and the reader of history is witness to the
extreme care and caution the Church exercises in pronouncing judgement
as to its supernatural character. The story of La Salette, Lourdes,
Pontmain, Guadalupe, Banneaux, Beauraing, Knock, Fatima and other
known apparitions is a story of the ruthless and rigorous grilling the
seers were subject to, the prolonged questionings and humiliating
threats they had to endure, the countless summons for
interrogations they and their associates had to put up with, the
deluge of questions they had to answer under pain of penalty—all
this official inquiry being conducted by a board of men outstanding
for their erudition and piety, men who were experienced in sizing up
witnesses, in assessing evidence and in cross-questioning. Every
possible evidence was taken into account, every fact studied with an
accurate and impartial eye. The whole matter all along was a subject
of prayer and fervently recommended to God. With so extensive a
process for investigation, which was often carried on for years, and
followed by further consultations, is it surprising that an official
decision was long in coming? The approvals given to the apparitions in
conclusion, were always a pointer to the opportuneness of the warnings
from Heaven given to a sinful world, to save man from his path of
destruction. 2.
The Seer and the Apparitions
Ever since Veronica began receiving the heavenly
communications, she observed a profound change coming over her, not of
course without her own cooperation with the personal directives she
was receiving from Heaven. She was exhorted by Our Lady to live
retired from the world, to break off unnecessary contacts with people,—this,
even as a protection against her "enemies,"—and
never to leave her home without being armed with her crucifix. In
time, she was also instructed to mortify her eating habits, and
maintain a rigorous fast with only one meal a day. Moreover, by way of
reparation for the immodesty of others, she was directed to have her
dress reach up to the ankles, and instructed how to wear the
head-gear. She was repeatedly warned by Heaven that she would be
rejected, scoffed at and would have to suffer much, for her own
purification and her mission demanded this. She was advised not to
defend herself in the face of opposition, but to keep on praying for
the "enemies" and her clergy, and her Hierarchy as well. She
was particularly disturbed for having mentioned names of certain
persons in the course of her messages, but she was repeatedly told not
to fear, and to give out the messages exactly as they were given to
her, for she was merely a voice-box, repeating the words which Heaven
was dictating to her, and was not judging anyone; and the evil had to
be exposed. In one of the visions Jesus also admonished her: "Do
not be affrighted, My child, by the Message given by My Mother. She
has directed you as a voice-box. You must give out the message exactly
as it was given to you. The truth must come to light."
On the eve of appointed Feast days Veronica and the pilgrims
keep up a three-hour vigil of prayer from 9:00 to 12:00 midnight,
during which the apparitions occur, and the messages are given out
while Veronica is in ecstasy. It is Our Lady who speaks for the most
part, though, from time to time Our Lord, St. Michael the archangel,
and saints appear and speak on appropriate occasions, and give out
messages. Veronica repeats the messages word for word as she receives
them from Heaven, though she also now and then describes what she
sees. The visions give expression to the messages and describe them
very vividly. The Messages and descriptions of the visions, as spoken
by Veronica, are straight away recorded on tape. Cameras aimed at the
statue of the Madonna or at the sky while Veronica is in ecstasy and
sees visions have miraculously caught pictures of objects or persons
which she alone beholds, and these, too, are a means by which Heaven
communicates with her. Apart from these night-vigils of prayer,
Veronica, as directed by Our Lady, also holds a Holy Hour every Sunday
from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. for the intentions of the Holy Father, Pope
Paul VI, and for all the clergy.
Apart from the uncounted night-vigils of prayer held at the
shrine since 1970, there were 29 such vigils in each of the past two
years; and notwithstanding the inconvenience of the hour at which the
prayer vigils are held, they have attracted a large concourse of
people from all over the country and beyond, many of whom arrive in
chartered buses from Canada. A pilgrimage to Bayside is not a picnic
but an occasion of penance. For the pilgrims pray and sing hymns all
along the journey to dispose their souls to receive graces from
Heaven: nor can they rest, if they want to, except on their bus seat.
The apparition grounds are a true centre of prayer and atonement, as
Heaven intends them to be, and pilgrims are expected to show
themselves in a manner worthy of holiness of the place, modestly
dressed. Ladies are not to wear pants but dresses that reach midway
between knee and ankle. All pilgrims present themselves in a
penitential spirit with the hope of receiving graces from Heaven,
"graces," which Our Lady said, "will be given in
abundance for the asking, graces of cures and conversions." The
world is fast catching up with the Bayside Messages, though Veronica
is frequently urged to speed up with the messages and send them out
"in great haste." 3.
"Evidence of Miracles"
Priests, brothers, nuns, scientists and people from all walks
of life and of different denominations attend the vigils, and they are
witnesses to the miraculous at the site of the apparitions. Veronica
keeps a file with many testimonials, including crutches that were left
at the shrine after the miraculous cures. Lest we should miss the
point with regard to the reported miracles, the Mother of God has made
clear the purpose of these miraculous manifestations. She says:
"We are permitting at this time manifestations and evidences
of miracles more abundant than ever in the past history of your
world: We use this means to fight the armies of satan. I promise as
Mother of God and Queen of Heaven, to bestow upon earth to those who
come to My sacred grounds powers within their sacramentals for
cure and for conversion." The sacramentals referred to are all
"Godly objects" blessed by Heaven during the prayer vigils
at Bayside: they also refer to rose petals, whose special significance
as sacramentals have been explained by Our Lady: "I have used
rose petals as instruments significant of the graces I shall bestow
upon you," for the shrine to be erected will be known as
"Our Lady of the Roses. . . ."
Among the most extraordinary phenomena taking place at the site
of the apparitions are the
miraculous photographs
taken on Kodak Polaroid film of the coming chastisement or "Ball of
Redemption,' Christ, demons, etc., all of which were seen in vision
during ecstasy by the seer alone. People unknown to each other and of
different nationalities caught these amazing pictures on various
Instamatic Polaroid
cameras that produce tamper-proof photos. Polaroid has no explanation.
Our Lady, however, explains: "The photographs miraculous, My children,
will be given for your edification. They will witness
to the truth... the cameras must be blessed. Satan has much
power over mechanical implements; however, all that are blessed by Me,
My children, shall not fall into satan's power."
(Our Lady, March 22, 1975) The miraculous
photographs have all a message to convey; some to the people at large,
others are of a personal nature; but Veronica alone[2] has the key to their
meaning. Since in an age of disbelief and denial of the supernatural
even evidences of the miraculous are apt to be rejected. Heaven sounds
a note of warning: "Many have rejected the photographs. Why? The
Father looks into their hearts. Many shall reject them for if they
want to be accepted, My child, they would have to change their ways;
and many do not wish to change so greatly do they love their sin." (February
1, 1975) "Many
will reject the miracles because they do not want to face up to the
knowledge that they offend their God." (September 28, 1974)
A few examples in point will illustrate the miraculous
manifestations that occur at the site of the apparitions. One evening
during a vigil Jesus announced a miraculous cure. He said, "One
who is upon the bus will be given a great cure this evening, My child.
You must receive assurance from them that they will give you this in
writing. You will receive this writing within a week. It must be
publicized for the promotion of My Mother's cause upon earth."
Veronica in ecstasy then saw Jesus move towards the person, extending
His hands from which rays of light proceeded towards the person. The
man was cured the same evening. Another typical case was that of a
woman with a paralyzed back, who after two unsuccessful operations was
to undergo a third. She participated at one of the prayer vigils and
was miraculously cured. This physical cure was followed by another
miracle, for when she approached the shrine to leave her crutches
there, a picture was shot, and the result obtained was a lovely
outline of Our Lady in an attitude of prayer. Another instance of a
miraculous photograph is a picture of pilgrims reciting the Rosary,
while high up above them are seen strings of beads forming lines of
musical notes starting from a G cleft: this was a symbolic expression
of a statement made earlier by Our Lady that the devout recital of the
holy Rosary was music to Heaven! More puzzling and astonishing are
pictures of unearthly objects such as a serpent, hell-fire, a glowing
comet, etc., unseen by all save the seer alone while she was in
ecstasy; cameras aimed at the statue of Our Lady show in the pictures
not the statue but these visionary objects.
Over 10,000 miraculous photographs have already been taken so
far. To these may be added other striking phenomena such as metallic
beads of the Rosary changing color, possessed or mad persons being
cured by wearing a medal blessed at the shrine in Bayside, rose-petals
dropping from the sky, etc. In the line of the marvels occurring at
the site of the apparitions, the miraculous photographs are, however,
unique, and in the eyes of Heaven they have a special significance and
value: "You will continue to read the photographs very carefully,
My child," said Our Lady, "they are a special grace to give
you strength in your mission ahead. They will also be, in the
future, positive evidence for the investigation." (Dec. 27,
1975).
As God's Great Messenger, Christ came into the world as a Sign
to be contradicted, so, too, all His true Messengers have, in
small measure or great, become signs of contradiction, the cross
casting dark and long shadows on their life and mission. The seers of
all well-known apparitions of Our Lady or Our Lord have one common
tragic tale to tell: until their apparitions were recognized by the
ecclesiastical authority, they were greeted with skepticism, sneered
at, rejected as frauds, threatened and even punished. The seer of the
Sacred Heart apparitions was even looked upon as diabolically
possessed, and avoided; the seer of Beauraing was mocked and beaten:
the seers of Our Lady of Fatima were threatened and imprisoned. Is it
surprising that the seer of Our Lady of Bayside has been slandered,
mocked at and persecuted? Forewarned is forearmed. With reason
therefore has Heaven been again and again warning Veronica: "You
will be hounded, scorned at, rejected and persecuted: accept all the
false judgements, My child, and offer them all for the salvation of
souls."
Veronica has been on the anvil of trial and persecution from
the very start of the apparitions. One of the great trials in her life
has been the rejection of the apparitions by her own parish
authorities; they have removed the statue of Our Lady from the Shrine,
taken possession of the sacred grounds, and ousted Veronica and the
pilgrims from the hallowed place. Heaven has been watching the drama,
and has assured Veronica: "The sacred grounds are not closed to
mankind, for no fence can reach to the heavens. The wall has been set
to stop you: but no wall shall transcend the supernatural. It is in
this supernatural state that My children shall be with Me on the
sacred grounds." The prayer vigils and apparitions now taken
place at the New York World's Fair Grounds, at the former Vatican
Pavilion. Veronica has been assured by Our Lady, however, that the
banishment from the sacred grounds is only temporary, that is, until
the Great Warning, when the Bayside residents, until now her
"enemies," will fall on their knees and join the pilgrims in
prayer.
Another source of trial to the seer has been the stiff stand
taken by her bishop to whom she was directed by Heaven to send a
particular message of warning: he awaits a sign from Heaven, and Our
Lady has assured Veronica that a sign will be given him. But in the
meanwhile the diocesan authorities, it is reported, have already
conducted and terminated an official inquiry on the apparitions. The
five member committee—their
names have not been given out—we
are told, have arrived at the conclusion that Veronica's visions are
"spurious" and "the product of a fertile
imagination," and that Catholics should lend no credence to the
visions and should not attend the vigils. However . . . [this] has not
deterred the people, from the country and beyond, from joining the
prayer-vigils, and listening to the Messages that continue unabated
with regular frequency on appointed days at the Vatican Pavilion. The
immense and spontaneous flocking of pilgrims instanced on the vigil of
May 17, 1975, with about 5,000 people joining in prayer, was a
tremendous demonstration of faith in the Bayside apparitions,
notwithstanding the jeers and yells of a hostile mob launching an
attack on the pilgrims with wild screeches.
In an age when false maxims of modernism and progressivism are
destroying the Church from within; at a time when pride and prejudice,
like noxious germs, are eating at the vital members of the Church; or
when the very teachers of truth are misled into error,—in
times like these, there is reason for the unsophisticated believer to
be wary of what he is driven to believe or accept, and to inquire, if
circumstances demand, whether the statements made are true, or is
there another side to the question. Apropos of the Bayside
apparitions, we make no effort at trying to convince the skeptic or
the doubting Thomas of the claims to the credibility of the visions or
messages. Veronica, the seer, was herself frequently admonished by
Heaven not to be concerned with those who reject the messages—which
many will reject—but
to pass on the messages to the next door, and speed up disseminating
them. Our aim is simply this: having collected facts from the messages
themselves and from other sources, we present them to the interested
reader, leaving it to him to judge whether there be sure grounds for a
reasonable belief in the Bayside apparitions, and to draw the
conclusion.
FIRSTLY, is it possible to have an official inquiry
conducted into a reported apparition and arrive at a conclusion
without a close and careful interrogation of the seer of the
apparitions? In the matter of inquiry into a private revelation or
apparition, we are aware—as
remarked in the Foreward—how
much weight of the investigation the Church throws on the
interrogation of the seer, even before scrutinising the reported
messages or the evidence of miracles. Strange as it may seem, this
basic factor has been brushed aside with regard to the Bayside
apparitions. From Veronica's own affirmation we have it, that not once
was she ever summoned for interrogation by the investigation
committee; and for that matter in the five years since the beginning
of the apparitions, never was she summoned for cross-questioning
either by the clergy of the parish or by her bishop, though, on her
part, she has never failed to make the approach. With such a basic
flaw in the official inquiry, does the conclusion of the so-called
investigation not leave one groggy with disbelief?
In these circumstances, any sincere Catholic who has taken part
in the prayer vigils at the site of the apparitions and witnessed the
devotion, piety and sacrifices of the pilgrims and the salutary
effects the vigils are having on them, and therefore has serious
reasons for doubting the truth of the statements issued by those in
authority, is honestly tempted to ask such questions as: Who were the
members of the inquiry commission and who were the persons who were
interrogated? How long did the investigation process last? Have those
who were chosen to judge the case ever taken part in the prayer vigils
or been eyewitnesses to the occurrences there? Have all these persons
read the messages? On what evidence have the conclusions been drawn?
These and other questions might be asked not in a critical spirit but
with a sincere desire to know how certain conclusions were arrived at.
And if no satisfactory answer could be given to these questions, no
sincere Catholic could feel compelled to follow the guidance of those
who have issued statements on these matters.
SECONDLY, how do you explain a remarkable show of
knowledge in theology in a person who has never taken any lessons in
theology? And a courage in the teeth of opposition that falls nothing
short of heroic? Armed with her crucifix and the sacramentals as
admonished by Heaven, the seer of the apparitions while in ecstasy is
found to utter messages that re-assert dogmas of Faith against the new
prevailing trends in theology: she pin-points the departures from the
official and traditional teachings of the Magisterium and from the
Biblical teachings of the past; she even unfolds the prophecies from
the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), reading their meaning in the
events to come. Without the divine intervention, is all this possible
in one who is an ignoramus in theology and kept busy with her
family affairs? Or again, we find the seer of the apparitions
launching on a penitential programme of three-hour vigils of prayer
till midnight: conducting Holy Hours Sunday after Sunday at midday for
the intentions of the Pope and clergy; pursuing her mission in the
teeth of relentless persecutions and open hostility; dispatching
messages—quite
in fear and against her will—to
her bishop and the Cardinals at the Vatican; enduring with wondrous
patience and charity of heart acts of provocation and harassment from
her enemies; undertaking a rigorous fast with only one meal a day, and
praying for her persecutors. All this, anyone will admit, calls for
courage and virtue far beyond the human. As often as she found her
courage giving way, Veronica received encouragement in words such as
these: "Do not fear, My child! As you give yourself to Us, We ask
you a full dedication to your mission. Your road will be filled with
thorns and trials; but do not fear. You will be given the necessary
grace to fulfill your mission."
THIRDLY, though each apparition of Our Lady has a
definite purpose in view, nevertheless there is a feature common to
all the apparitions wherein we recognize the voice of the Mother of
God unmistakably: it is the piteous tone of Her appeals to the world
as She tries to make a last desperate effort to save Her children from
destruction. One of the most salient features of the Bayside
apparitions—and
this is without parallel in history,—is
the extreme volubility of the Mother of God and the extensive stretch
of time during which She has been communicating with Her children on
earth. The Bayside apparitions which began in the middle of year 1970,
still continue until now (1976) with regular frequency on appointed
days, the mode of communication being triple, namely, words, visions
and photographs; this last, strikes us as one of the most remarkable
phenomena. Important as these features are, of far greater
significance and irresistible in its appeals, is the piteous cry of a
loving Mother, who admonishes, cajoles and entreats Her children to
listen to Her. Repeated in diverse ways, this is Her constant plea:
"I have travelled throughout your world, crying, begging,
pleading for prayer, penance and atonement. I beg you as your Mother
to listen to My appeals. I have cried many bitter tears of sorrow, My
children. We in Heaven are now without feelings: this is a mystery you
will understand when you pass over the veil. I come as Mother of
Sorrows, Great Sorrows,—prepare, My children, prepare! You will not
approach these final years without preparing your souls. The Warning
approaches! Many will die in the great flame of the Ball of
Redemption!"
These touching appeals of the Mother of God, run like a golden
thread all through the Messages. One discovers in them the last
desperate efforts of a Mother striving to save Her children from their
own folly, pointing out to them a sure way of salvation and preparing
them for the great trials ahead. Repeatedly She tells us to pray, and
pray the Rosary; repeatedly She implores that we do not reject Her
appeals. "As a Mother," She pleads, "I implore you to
listen to Me. If you cast aside My words, you will be lost. How many
more earth-years will I be permitted to be among you, My children,
with My voice crying to make you ready?" Here is all the anguish
and love of a Mother deeply offended, but whose love for Her children
causes Her to exert every effort to save them, despite every rebuff.
Who would fail to recognize in these sorrowful appeals the voice of
the "Lady in Tears" of La Salette, or of the
"Immaculate Conception" of Lourdes, or of the "Lady of
the Rosary" of Fatima, and now appealing to the world as the
"Lady of the Roses" at Bayside?
FOURTHLY, the authentic character of the doctrine
contained in the Messages which adhere closely to the teachings of the
Magisterium and the Councils, bears no small marks of the Divine Hand
in them. The whole story of the apparitions centre on the Messages
that contain the basic ingredients of an over-all message particularly
called for in the present perilous times. The messages are addressed
to all classes of persons, but there is a pick of Messages to parents
and women, to the clergy and to consecrated persons, to the purple
Hats and the Red Hats. The messages are repetitious with a purpose,
and open a window upon the crimes and abominations committed in
society and even in the House of God, but they also show up the errors
and illusions that have infiltrated into the Church together with the
right path the Pastors and the people should tread to disentangle
themselves from satan's web into which they have fallen. Pride and
lack of prayer has been the chief cause of the downfall of many,
resulting in a loss of faith.
The spotlight of reproach is turned principally on such errors
as the false maxims of humanism and modernism, paganism in churches,
permissiveness and rationalization of sin, a new moral theology,
abortion, and other abominations. Attention is also focused on such
deceptions as separation of faith from tradition, misinterpretation of
the Bible, denial of the reality of our First Parents, of the
existence of satan and hell, of angels and of the Virgin birth. Heaven
also deplores such mists of error as removal of statues of saints from
the House of God, noise and novelties in the churches, neglect of the
use of the sacramentals, plan for a one-world religion and a host of
other errors. A sure way to return to the narrow road is prayer, much
prayer, and penance, companionship with Jesus in the Eucharist and the
reception of His Body in Communion, devotion to the angels and return
of St. Michael, Defender of the Faith, to his place in the Church, an
unfailing use of the sacramentals, particularly of the holy Rosary
which has a special power over the demons. Prayer and penance is
urgent now if we are to mitigate the intensity of the Great Warning
and Chastisement. Urgency in spreading the messages is also heavily
underlined.
The Bayside Messages provide ample food for thought and serious
reflection, and are apt to give a rude awakening to those who have
deviated from the right path, provided they are open to correction and
are lovers of truth. However, as foretold by Our Lady, many will
reject the Messages for the "world is in deep darkness of
spirit"; it will be rejected by those who in their pride refuse
to admit their error, or who love their sin. Frequently does Our Lady
refer to this rejection of the Messages: "My warnings at Fatima
were cast aside, as they are being cast aside now. Man in his
arrogance has chosen to cast aside the warning from Heaven. As in the
days of Noah, you close your ears. I beg of you as your Mother to
listen to My words. You are fast approaching a major calamity. I bring
you a message of warning to make you ready. Awaken from your slumber,
Shepherds! In your pride do not cast aside the warnings from Heaven;
you, too, will stand in judgement! Repent, make atonement now, for the
hour of reckoning is coming. Pastors, do you reject the Message from
Heaven because you fear it? Or do you prefer to ignore it because it
will expose your error? Pride! False pride, My children, is the
downfall of many." Men of good will who have perused the Messages
with unbiased mind and a desire to profit have unmistakably been moved
by them, and considered them a grace from Heaven. Moreover, they have
invariably felt obliged to share their convictions with their less
fortunate brethren.
LASTLY, like a bolt from the blue darts the startling
warning to the Pastors of the Church, which gives us the clue to the
real reason for rejection of the apparitions by the authorities of the
diocese of the seer. Time and again in the Messages occur these
thundering words of Heaven: "Bishops, awake from your slumber!
Blindness of heart and intellectual pride have set many of our
high-priests onto the road of damnation!" Speaking figuratively,
Our Lady said: "My children, if I were to give you an over-all
picture of your present world and of those who have been given power
over you and your souls, you would find that many mitres have faces
of goats! Yes, My child, goats! We use symbolic language, My
child, for a reason. So do not be disturbed." (March 18, 1975).
Six months later, Veronica was given the following message to be
delivered to her bishop: "The sheep shall be separated from the
goats. My child you must warn your bishop that we have watched
him, and found him wanting. Shall he remain counted with the goats!
Pray for him, but make it known to him that we look into his
heart!" (Sept. 27, 1975). Veronica delayed communicating the
message to her bishop through fear. Four months later came this
Message: "My child, take courage and speak the truth! You must
tell your bishop that he has placed himself among the goats,
and he must remove himself immediately, the bishop of Brooklyn. Do not
shudder! You must save this soul." (Jan. 31, 1976).
Conversion is a work of grace; and God attaches His graces or
conveys them through sensible signs that form part of the Sacraments
or sacramentals. Water from Lourdes and pilgrimages to that Shrine and
to others that have been hallowed by Our Lady's visits, have brought
cure of soul and body to many. It is not for man to question God's
choice of the things or places He chooses to communicate His graces;
and if His choice appears foolish to man, He would in this way
confound the wisdom of the wise. God is free to choose ever new places
for His own purposes, and to hallow these grounds by His Mother's
visitations. To brand peremptorily visits to these places as
superstition, or discourage them as though they betokened unsavoury
devotion, would be preposterous. Prudence would rather suggest—and
this has been the practice of the Church in the past—that
the authorities concerned command complete silence from the pulpit in
these matters, until a thorough investigation has been concluded.
Apropos of the Bayside Apparitions, we may refer to the
following Messages in this context: (Christ) "We have chosen
these grounds with purpose. We expect to retrieve from your
efforts many souls that would otherwise have been lost to Us. All
prayers and acts of atonement will be used for the repatriation of the
wandering sheep." (Bayside, July 15, 1973). And the Blessed
Virgin Mary added: "I give you graces in abundance for the
asking. Instruments for the conversion of sinners are all
sacramentals blessed on the sacred grounds." (Bayside, Feb.
10, 1973). Count, if you can, the millions of Rosaries, prayers and
acts of atonement that have gone up to Heaven from the apparition
grounds, and that have brought down blessing upon thousands of
pilgrims. By today these thousands would have swelled by five or ten
times the number but for the stigma that has been cast upon the
apparitions by those, whose duty it was to conduct a thorough
investigation before pronouncing upon them. But could it be honestly
affirmed that the investigation was thoroughly, impartially and
prayerfully carried out, as in the history of past apparitions? This
is a question that baffles us.
We would be at a loss for an answer to this question but for
the light that comes to us from One who reads the secrets of the
heart. (Our Lady): "Make known the Message to the world, My
child. Hearts have been closed to the Message from Heaven only
because they are on the road in deep darkness. Many in the
hierarchy are found wanting at this time. Pray much for them, My
children. Your bishop must know that he is travelling among the goats;
pray that he receive the light of understanding, and pray much for
your clergy. I am much saddened, My child, that My Message given with
heart to you, has been cast aside among Our clergy." (March 18,
1975). Veronica was shown in ecstasy something that pertained to her
parish clergy with a message in secret, at which she exclaimed
"My goodness! . . ." and Our Lady added, "Yes, My
child, now that you know, you will pray for them." (July
25, 1975). The reader who has followed us carefully all along will be in a position to judge for himself whether these Messages are from Heaven or not. The facts we have presented are a few out of many. We may remark, however, that for a man of faith, few facts would be needed to convince; for one without faith, no amount of facts would suffice, for "he shall reject what he refuses to accept, even if it is truth. He will refuse because of two prominent reasons: one, he has become blind, blind through sin; and (the other), he has become misled and deluded." (Bayside, May 29, 1976).
PART
II: URGENT MESSAGES FOR ALL 1.
The Reason for the Apparitions The Blessed Virgin Mary's previous appeals to mankind
have fallen on deafened ears. Many are fast falling into the web woven
by satan. She now comes to prepare Her children for what lies ahead
and lessen the coming punishment: "I
have wandered throughout your world begging for atonement, prayer and
sacrifice. My pleas have fallen on deafened ears and hardened hearts.
I have come now, as Mother and Mediatrix sent by the Father, to plead
for the salvation of your souls. I have been shedding tears in many
places, tears of sorrow, as I watch the world going further into
darkness. Many are fast falling into the web woven by satan. Many of
Our dedicated have fallen in line with the false maxims of modernism.
Our hearts are saddened at the blindness that has entered into the
hearts of many in the House of God."
"Do you wonder now why We plead with you? To make
yourselves ready, My children, for what lies ahead. Your world will be
cleansed by trial. It is not My intention to fill your hearts with
fear at the sight of what is to come upon this ungrateful generation:
all I can do is to prepare you for the days ahead. I am doing My
utmost to lessen the punishment upon your country and the world.
However, My children, you must understand that I cannot do this alone
but you must follow My direction."
"I have given you the plan for your salvation. You will
wear your sacramentals and remain close to My Son in the tabernacles
of the world. The road before all who are destined for the Kingdom
will be one of trial. Prepare yourselves to be scorned, to be mocked
and to be cast aside by your own. That which you cherish you keep near
you: why have you discarded the objects of your God—the
blessed images? The murders of the unborn must cease now; all who even
in small measure participate in the slaughter of the holy innocents
shall be burnt in the abyss. You will keep, My children, a constant
vigilance of prayer,—of
prayer, atonement and sacrifice. Now, graced children, you must all
unite now and fight the common enemy of My Son. Make your homes a
fortress of godliness. Remove your children from a world that is given
to satan. Keep the faith in the heart of those you love." 2.
Heaven's Messages are Urgent Veronica is frequently urged to hasten, in words like
these: "You must work now, My child, with great speed! Send out
the Messages in great haste!" For man must repent and do penance
now; time is growing short. If Heaven's Messages are not heeded now,
the world will pass through a great trial and many will be eternally
lost: "I
have come, My children, to bring you a great and final warning: unless
you amend your ways by a complete reversal from your path of
destruction, you will set fast on a major World War. Your world will
be bathed in blood; it will go through an extreme crucible of
suffering."
"Do not cast Me aside, My children; if you do, you will
lose your souls, and the teachers and representatives of My Son shall
enter the kingdom of satan. The Eternal Father commands great penance
from mankind at this time. The eternal fires shall claim all who do
not repent now. Shout from the rooftops: time is approaching. Do not
speculate on dates, but know that the hour is at hand. I would not
count ten years upon your two hands unless there is a great change in
the ways of mankind. Now you will understand the great urgency of our
warnings to mankind. You must work fast to bring the Message to
mankind."
"All the children of the earth shall be tested. Learn a
simple lesson, My child: When one does not want to accept the truth,
he will try to disprove and sully the truth. Knowledge has been given
that a great Chastisement will be sent soon upon your world: in this
manner the Eternal Father shall separate the sheep from the goats;
mankind shall be set in two camps; on one side the sheep; on the
other, the goats. Hasten, hearken, and act upon the warnings now! Many
of Our children have chosen to reject My words: many tears shall be
shed, but too late! Blessed is the soul that has taken My words and
acted upon them. The time is growing short! The Warning approaches!
The Ball of Redemption nears! Many will die, I repeat, many will die
in the great flame of the Ball of Redemption." 3.
Why Bayside in New York has been Chosen Chiefly because: New York being a centre of evil—murder
of the unborn—has
also to be a centre of reparation. Moreover, if it has great influence
for evil, it has also great influence for good. The people of the
country, too, are very courageous: "We
have chosen the sacred grounds—in
New York—with
purpose: New York has become a centre of evil, like cancer spreading
its evil all over; like an octopus, spreading its tentacles throughout
the world. This is Babylon the Great, the harlot among the nations,
that has led many astray. Now, My child, I tell you one major reason
why the Father sent Me to choose this site as a centre of reparation:
it is because of the murder of the young. The murder of the unborn
promoted in your city of evil has been watched by the Father with
great anger! The unjust in your city and state will be dealt with
severely!"
"Your country has lost the knowledge of the Father. Sin
within your country is truly an abominable way of life. Your children
are walking the road to perdition. The murders in your city have not
ceased. The murders of the unborn must cease now, for your city will
fall. Woe to those who have the responsibility of nourishing the soul
and set them unto the road to perdition. Better that they had died in
their mother's womb."
"Your city, your nation, has great influence throughout
the world: Discipline must be restored. Your example will be followed
by many. We expect to retrieve from your efforts many souls that would
otherwise have been lost to Us. This has been the centre set up by the
Father for the repatriation of sinners. We have chosen to give this
Message through you, My child and My children in the United States,
for we find there is much courage in the hearts of your
countrymen." 4.
Warnings and Chastisements As the sins of man have multiplied beyond measure, the
world will be cleansed gradually by great trials and sufferings. There
will be domestic divisions, famine, plague, diseases, disasters and
upheavals in nature: these are warnings to alert mankind to penance.
Russia will be the scourge of the world, causing destruction and
enslavement: "There
will be many warnings before the Chastisement (great Chastisement).
Already the punishments have started. Man shall lose all regard for
human life and charity, because he has given himself to satan and the
pleasures of the flesh. We do not intend to destroy the world
completely (by the Great Chastisement), but We shall cleanse it by
steps. The sins of man have multiplied beyond expectancy. There will
be placed upon your world great trials. It is the plan of the Father
that the cleansing begin. In the past many warnings have been given
you, but they have not been recognized as coming from the Eternal
Father. Now there will be cataclysms such as have never been seen upon
your earth. Grievous trials are now starting for mankind."
"Before the Great Chastisement, there will be visited upon
your country and the world a great plague. With the coming plague many
of the young, in the mercy of the Father, will be removed before they
become of the age of reason. When the great rains start, know that
many shall die. There are going to be heavy rains and floods—many
lives will be lost. Many waters will be contaminated. Drinking water
will bring a disease of the intestinal tract. Many will die. There
will be freezing in areas of your land that have never experienced
freeze; bursts of heat in areas that have never known such heat. Death
shall come upon many. There will be earth tremors in areas that have
never before experienced these terrors. The approach of the Ball of
Redemption shall bring upon mankind climatic changes. There will be
accidents that are not accidents."
Veronica in ecstasy sees four angels coming down upon the
earth. The first angel has a "V" shaped banner that turns
out to be "something with great cosmic force—a TORNADO,"
and thunders: "Waves, great waves will rise high above your land:
waters to carry and to cleanse." The second angel carries a
sword, and on a band across his chest is written: DIVISION—father
against son,—mother
against daughter—sister
against brother: divisions in the homes. The third angel has HUNGER
written on the band across his breast, and holding a balance, says:
"Denarius, Denarius, a measure for the wheat: what will you give
for your bread?" Lastly, Veronica sees tremendous waves washing
the shores of Europe and portions of England breaking away and falling
into the sea, and she hears voices crying: "War! war! war!"
In another vision, Veronica hears a frightening, booming voice
of an angel, crying: "Woe! woe! woe! to the inhabitants of the
earth. Blood shall flow in the streets. Revolution from corruption!
Revolution from corruption!" And Our Lady: "Yes, My child,
it will be a most terrible sight. Blood shall flow in the streets.
Brother against brother; mother against daughter; sin shall place
little value on life. Wars are punishments of sins. One nation,
Russia, My children, shall be your scourge, as they go across the
world, ravenous in appetite, destruction as their means for enslaving
the world. Blood shall flow in the streets of all the nations of the
world. The red flag shall rise over many convents and Houses of My
Son. All that is rotten shall fall. Pray that they should destroy your
bodies but not your souls." "Many will be placed upon the
cross as victims for their faith; many will be martyred for the cause
of My Son. Much blood shall be shed upon the earth. The time of the
persecution is now accelerating."
"Many will be removed from your world before the crucible
of suffering, for we are not concerned of your body but of your
eternal soul. Learn from these warnings from Heaven. Much has been
happening in the present, I warn you, to alert mankind to the
necessity of prayer and atonement. You must pray now for the
conversion of Russia. I have asked you, My children, many times to
pray for the conversion of one nation—Russia.
Unless there are more prayers and acts of sacrifices, Russia will
spread her errors throughout the world, causing great suffering and
loss of faith." 5.
The Great Warning The Great Warning which will come unexpectedly, will
be in proportion to the sins of mankind. It will come shortly. It will
cause external fright and inward suffering. After the Warning, if man
does not repent and do penance, the Great Chastisement will soon
follow. It is important to be ready: "I
have a great Message for mankind. The Father has deemed it necessary
to send upon the world a Warning of great magnitude. This Warning will
be in proportion to the sins of mankind. Pray much, for the Warning is
the beginning of the terrible sorrows. The Warning is not the
Chastisement, but the beginning of sorrow of sorrows. The time is not
long for its coming. I admonish you, My children, there is to come
upon you a great Warning of such magnitude that every man, woman and
child will feel the burning fires within—you
will not see the burning of the body, as you viewed in the abyss. Man
will feel that the very powers of the elements have shaken the very
foundations of his being. So great will be the impact of this Warning
from the Father, that none shall doubt that it comes from the Father.
All who remain in the light of grace will have no fear: they will pass
through this Warning without suffering. However, We do not wish to
send this Warning upon mankind, for there will be some who will perish
from fright."
A vision given to Veronica on April 21, 1973, is described
thus: "It is though everything has exploded in the sky—the
flash—and
it is very hot—very
warm—oohhh—oohhh—it
is feels like burning—oohhh
now the sky is very white—colors—blues,
purples—it's
like a huge explosion—now
this voice, the voice—and
the voice, Our Lady says it is a voice within you: your warning before
the Chastisement: flash, fire—and
the voice within you: the final warning before the
Chastisement." "A great spectacle will then be placed for
all to see. The agents of hell will try to disprove the Hand of the
Father in this miracle. Do penance and atonement, for the Chastisement
will soon follow upon this great spectacle."
"It is important that you be ready. The Great Warning will
come at a time you least expect. Unless the scale is evenly balanced,
the Warning and Great Chastisement will be sooner than mankind could
believe possible. Cleanse your soul of all sin. Wear your sacramentals,
and retire into a life of prayer and self-sacrifice: this will please
the Father much and mitigate the extent of the Warning. Keep a
constant vigilance of prayer in your country and throughout the world;
only in this way will the Father lessen the extent of the coming
Warning upon the world. Prayer, penance and sacrifice are the cries of
Heaven for your salvation and the lessening of the Warning and
punishment planned by the Father for your cleansing. After the Warning
if mankind does not repent and change his ways, there will be sent
upon him the great destruction in two parts: the Great War, and then,
the Ball of Redemption."
This great Warning was described by Conchita, the seer of
Garabandal, in 1962: "It will happen in the sky—it
will frighten all humanity regardless of where one happens to be at
the time—it
will be a thousand times worse than earthquakes—like
a fire that will not burn our flesh—it
will be recognized as coming from God—it
will resemble a punishment—it
is meant to be a purification, like the revelation of our sins, and
what we feel in our hearts will be worse than sorrow—it
will not kill us . . . if we die it will be caused by the emotion
within us—one
would prefer to die than experience it." 6.
A Great War Unless mankind now converts, prays and atones, a
Great
War will mushroom, destroying a great part of mankind. The spotlight
is on Africa, Palestine, Asia, China and Russia in the fore. Unless
America acts now, she, too, will fall into slavery, and the Church
will be persecuted. Many nations will disappear from the face of the
earth. "A
great, horrible War will soon be upon you. There are not enough
prayers to stop the evil. The Bear is now massing on the borders. The
power of satan shall be exercised to cast mankind into a War that will
end all wars, for no flesh shall escape the fires, bodies will burn
and blow away, and find no resting place. Bodies shall lie in the
market places, unburied, uncovered; so great will be the number of the
dead. Nations shall disappear from the face of the earth. The great
War will take away from your earth one third of mankind. This War
shall come upon you suddenly."
Our Lady showed Veronica in ecstasy a large globe, and pointing
to Asia, Africa and Egypt, said: "A terrible War—many,
many people will die, many souls, unprepared. No flesh shall be
spared. Satan will have his hand upon the button"—here
Veronica saw a tremendous mushroom-like explosion that blew up
everything; and looking far into some distant land, she cried out:
"Oh, it's Russia." In another vision she saw a large cross
over the world, one side of the globe being bathed in blood, and she
saw written in the sky: Yellow against white/white against
black/Palestine/Jerusalem/, and heard Our Lady say: "There will
be a great War." In yet another vision she saw terrible fighting,
and people dying, "they have yellow skin, dark skin,—Africa:
China and Russia from the north."—The
world is fast heading for the culmination of the Armageddon."
"Unless you mend your ways, your world will be cleansed by
trial, a great trial; it shall go through a crucible of suffering, it
shall be bathed in blood. In the past I had begged prayers for the
conversion of Russia: too few have come forward to pray for her
conversion; and therefore her errors have spread throughout the world.
Your country, is being prepared now for capitulation. Act now, return
to the Father, and restore discipline in your daily lives, or you,
too, will fall to the sword; you, too, will feel the captivity and
slavery, and the closing of My houses, the churches, throughout your
country."
"Our tears fall in abundance upon an unrepentant
generation. There are not enough prayers to stop the evil. Unless you
pray now more for the conversion of Russia, a great War shall soon be
upon your earth. Without the counted number of conversions by the
Father; without prayers, sacrifices and much atonement sorely needed
at this time, your world will be engrossed in a Third World War of
such magnitude that almost no flesh shall be saved. The great War will
claim many lives throughout your earth. Many will be lost to Us, as
they have not prepared themselves for this great War. Prepare
yourselves, and retire from your world which is given to satan. Guard
your faith in your homes and in the hearts of those you love." 7.
A Great Chastisement Man, by his excessive sins and lack of repentance, has
forced a great Chastisement from the hands of God: the Ball of
Redemption. Of supernatural origin, the Ball of fire, after a great
darkness, will pass through the earth in a sheath of fire in which
many will die. When iniquity has reached its peak, the fire will come
down. The Ball is already on its way; prepare yourselves and others: "There
shall be sent upon mankind a
great Chastisement: a great Ball of fire.
It was not the will of the Father to bring this Chastisement: the will
of man has forced His Will upon you. You are asking for the
Chastisement. The sins of mankind have hastened this trial upon you.
All manner of sin, abominations, murders, far in excess of any in the
past history of mankind is being executed in your country and in the
countries of the earth. The Ball of Redemption shall come to cleanse
the world to its original purity. Man will be subject to a cleansing
that has never been experienced since the beginning of the world. The
Ball of Redemption will take away from your earth another one third of
mankind."
"The Ball of fire is of supernatural origin. Those who
have cast aside the knowledge of the supernatural will not be given
the grace to observe the coming of the Chastisement. As in the days of
Noah, man will be eating and drinking and marrying, and then the Ball
of fire! A great darkness will come over the earth. The air stagnant,
lacking in oxygen. There will be no light. The candles will be few.
The heat will then become intense. Penance will then come too late.
When the Ball of fire enters your atmosphere—it
will be seen about two weeks in advance before it hits the earth—heats
will be gripped with fear. Many shall run to hide themselves
recognizing the wrath of their Lord. The Ball of Redemption will pass
through your land and your world in a sheath of fire. All those who
have defamed their bodies, these bodies shall burn. Houses shall blow
off in the wind; flesh and skin will dry up and blow off the bones, as
if it had never been. All those who live through this trial, will envy
those who have died. Many shall die in the great flame of the Ball of
Redemption."
Veronica's frequent description of the Ball of Redemption may
be recapitulated thus: "A huge Ball of fire like the burning sun—spinning
very fast—shooting
across the sky—leaving
a large trail of fire behind, emitting intense heat—spewing
out great particles of dust and rocks—vapours
and gases forming around it—it
becomes grey, become very dark—it
is daytime, but particles of dust and vapours make the sky very dark—you
can't see even your hands in front of you—lights
flicker and die—cars slow down and stand still—a
piece breaks off from the Ball and oohh!—it
hits the sun—oohh,
oohh! a great explosion—shooting
of particles of colour—it
spews choking dust and large rocks—everything
on earth rocks—buildings
fall—people run into the streets—vapours
are choking—people
clutching at their throats—they
are running in panic in all directions, stumbling and falling—huge
rocks fall into the water—the
water steams and rises very high—waves
roar and rise 14 to 15 times higher than the normal breakers—water
overflows the land—cities
are on fire—people
run aimlessly through the streets screaming, not knowing where to hide
or run—aahh,
aahh—oohh,
oohh—it's
very frightening"—Veronica
begins to faint; she affirms: "I assure you, it will be the most
frightening incident for most."
Jesus: "You are receiving the final warnings. My Mother
has passed among you and begged for time that you will make atonement.
Your time is growing short. It can only be counted with the balancing
of the scale. When the weight of iniquity has reached its heaviest,
the wrath of the Father will fall heavy on mankind. Already the Father
has started the Ball on its way. The Ball is hurrying to your earth.
There is no constructive measure or advantage in giving dates. What does
matter is that a permanent change to goodness is undertaken by
mankind. All those who remain close to My Mother will not be caught
unprepared. This is a great grace for many. The beads of the Rosary
will be the major instrument for lessening the fury of the
Chastisement."
Our Lady: "I must also tell that you prepare your souls
and the souls of all you love. Go throughout your world, saving your
brothers and sisters, preparing them for what lies ahead. In the time
left before the Chastisement, you will spend your time now in
gathering your prayers and graces for those who do not have the
strength of spirit to acquire these graces for their salvation. You
will remain from out of the world that has been given to satan.
Protect your homes and those you love with your sacramentals. All who
keep our monumentals in their homes shall be saved. The mystery of
these sacramentals will be known to all very soon. You will keep a
constant vigilance of prayer in your country and throughout the world.
The time of sorrows is approaching. I emphasize that you are to
prepare and make ready for the cleansing which is close at hand." 8.
Agents of Hell More powerful devils are now let loose upon the earth.
They are battling against the children of God, spreading errors,
capturing souls that have fallen from grace, debasing them most
foully. The Antichrist forces 666 have trapped many throughout the
world through visual aids and media of communication which are under
their control: "It
must be known that there are demons loosed upon your earth, demons
from the abyss far more powerful than have been sent upon your earth
in past history. They are doing full battle against the children of
God now. You are in the days known as apocalyptic days of Revelation;
Lucifer, the prince of darkness, now rules the world and goes about
among you as a ravenous wolf spreading his errors throughout the
world. Satan shall be given power over the elements for a short time.
He has great powers on earth, and one of these is that he lives in a
world invisible to your human eyes, unless you are given the grace to
'see.'"
Seeing in ecstasy legions of horrible, dark-looking figures
crossing the sky, Veronica exclaimed in horror: "Oh Blessed
Mother, I don't want to see them, oh, oh!"—"Do
not be affrighted, My child: recognize what is upon your earth now.
However, they will not appear to man as you see them now. They will
enter into the body of any man, woman or child that has given his or
her soul to satan. Satan cannot work upon his own image or in his own
image. He must enter into the body of another. Any man, woman or child
of age of reason, who has fallen from grace, shall become a consort of
satan, who is loosed upon earth in all fury. He has started a great
war against Us, and has captured the souls of many, and is using their
forms to do his will."
"Many creatures in many countries of the world, have given
themselves to satan. Immodesty, immorality, fornication and all manner
of abominations that destroy the soul have captured many souls for
satan throughout the world. Man has allowed demons to direct his
actions, and has become perverse, degraded and debased. He has given
his body and spirit to satan who will debase him in so foul a manner,
that you will know no human being could conceive of such vileness of
sin. All manner of foul deeds, of cruelty and death shall come from
evil minds or those who have fallen from grace and have been captured
and used by satan and his agents. In these latter times, women shall
seek to cast off their role as mother under the direction of satan,
and murder their children. Woe to them! Repent, O woman, or be lost
forever! Satan shall seek darkness of spirit, and in those places all
manner of evil shall spring up, such as has never been seen upon your
earth: human beings infested by the devil, working all manners of evil
against their brother and sister!"
"Recognize the great evils upon your earth. Secret
societies of satan—all
who do not recognize My Son as Saviour—you
call their nature Antichrist. You are living in an era of Antichrist.
Recognize the signs of the times. Read the book of the Bible—the
Book of the Apocalypse--and follow the truth. Mister 666, the
Antichrist forces, are now loosed fully upon earth. The existence of
the agents of hell known as 666 is not one man, but a full army of
demons led by six demons of major incidence, sent from the abyss on
special mission. Six is for the 6 who are coming—five
being present, and the 6th is on his way; six is for 6 days of
suffering; and six is for the 6 who shall be punished and chained
forever. You will observe the forces of 666 that now rage throughout
your world. You could not in your human nature understand the full
meaning of this supernatural phenomena 666."
"Satan has set many ways to entrap you. Many are fast
falling into the web by him. Man's fall is created by satan with
literature—infiltration
through the mind—newspapers
of the enemies of God, magazines of obscenity and ways of recreation
and entertainment. Satan has set many delusions upon mankind: your
schools and your way of life have been steeped in sin: you accept his
traps as a way of life. The plague of drugs came upon you from Lucifer
to weaken the mind and will, and make his infiltration for the claim
of the soul by him. He has set much before man's eyes to deceive and
degrade his good nature. He will subject man through visual aids to
degeneracy and ruination of the light within his soul. Television you
may consider as a mechanical agent of satan now: but in the future, it
will be used to brainwash your children into submission to evil.
Astrology is a false science created by satan to deceive. The media of
communication in your country and most countries of the world have all
been now given to satan; he has mobilized the industry and media of
communication of your world. He has set many agents in high positions
in all fields of entertainment, culture and government of your world.
There is nothing satan will not do to seduce the nations." 9.
Onslaughts and Defences Satan's fiercest attacks are on the hierarchy of the
Church and on the young.
He has infiltrated into the holiest Church
institutions and in the highest places in the Vatican. Through secret
societies and fallacies in theological teachings, new modes of
modernism and humanism many have fallen into his web. Much prayer,
Eucharistic visits and Communion, constant use of the sacramentals and
flight from occasions of sin are now the necessary defences of the
children of God: "All
the children of the earth shall be tested. Man shall be set in two
camps: on one side the sheep; on the other, the goats. All manner of
diabolical temptations shall be set upon those who are destined to
become the children of God. The closer you come to your salvation, the
harder satan will fight and send his agents to destroy, and the more
you will be attacked by him. The greatest attacks of satan are upon
the hierarchy of the Church and upon the young. The prince of darkness
controls your world, and many pastors for lack of prayer have fallen
into the web of satan. He has entered into many houses of My Son, the
churches throughout the world. He has employed many agents to enter
into the bodies of those in the highest places of My Son's Church. It
is countless knives in the heart of My Son when we known that Our
houses have fallen to satan. It is the plan of satan to close the
doors of the House of Our God. His purpose will not be achieved, but
in this battle many souls—victims
of satan—will
be lost to Heaven."
Veronica was shown a terrifying vision which shook her:
"My goodness! Human beings wearing black garments, slit holes in
their faces." "See, My child, the worship of the prince of
evil! You are shocked? Do not delude yourself that this does not exist
upon your earth now: worship of satan—pagans!
Pagans in the House of God! The secret societies and search for the
Holy Spirit are entering into the realm of satan. Too many are
searching outside the House of God. The new modes of Humanism and
Modernism are snares set by satan. My Son's representatives will
answer to the Father for their fallacies and their falling into false
modes of modernism and humanism which We find prevalent among many.
Without much prayer satan will bring about darkness in the holy
places, darkness in the hearts of men, darkness of spirit. Understand
when I speak of darkness of the spirit: satan must assume the body
of a fallen man, woman or child to promote his diabolical deceptions.
Sad to say, satan has captured the minds of many in the highest places
of the Church of God. This condition did not come in one move but has
crept through the course of time and planning by satan. My warnings of
the past also fell on deafened ears."
"The forces of Antichrist do their work by capturing the
spirit, the body of men, women and children. The Antichrist forces of
the agents from hell are now out in great numbers invading our
convents and seminaries. The Antichrist forces of evil have gathered
within the Eternal City. In figurative language, there are three popes
in Rome, not counting Pope Paul VI—three,
directed by satan. There is one who is ruling in place of Our beloved
Vicar, Pope Paul VI, an impostor, created from the minds of the agents
of satan. The three popes have brought forth an impostor; he must be
exposed and removed. The deception must be exposed to mankind. Only in
this way you can prevent the seat of Peter from capitulating and
falling into full control of the Antichrist 666 forces.'
"There are devils loosed upon earth assuming human form
for destruction. The rabbi is the teacher of life. Do not be fooled by
those who have fouled their garments. They will deceive with cunning;
they will rationalize sin until satan has his great count. Satan seeks
to take away the reality of his existence and of his kingdom, hell,
from the minds of men. If he makes a farce of his existence among you,
he will deceive you so that you will sin and remove yourself from the
Spirit of Light and from the eternal Kingdom of Light. The clergy must
pray more, and you, My children, must pray more for them. You will
chase satan out with a vigil of prayer. A soul that has fallen into
the web of satan, must not lose hope, for he can be recovered.
Believe, and you will be given the way. Pray, pray very much, for you
can send him out only by prayer. Accept fasting and atonement."
Veronica adds: "Prayer is now the major instrument against satan.
Prayer, sacrifice, and atonement: and of course, wear your
sacramentals, because the sacramentals are your armor against satan."
"Have no fear in the days ahead. With My Rosary, and this—the
Scapular—We
shall crush the head of satan. Satan will seek to remove this
protection from you. You will all keep the sacramentals as I have
directed you in the past. Protect yourselves and those you love with
the armour We have given you. Know that your sacramentals were given
for a reason. Do not cast them aside. If satan removes the
sacramentals from you, he has more advantage over you. You need all
the armour now to withstand his attacks."—(Christ):
"My Mother's Rosary to mankind is very powerful. Do not discard
your sacramentals, for they have power over the demons; were them
proudly, for they are the keys to your salvation now, your armour
against the evil that is raging in great force upon your world."
(St. Joseph): "Why has man no longer chosen to bless his home
with the sacramentals and the water?"
"The tabernacles in the world shall be your refuge. Visit
My Son often. Be with Him while you can, for the day will come when
you will have to hide yourself from your tormentors who will seek to
take this grace from you. You must remain close to My Son in the
Eucharist. Come to My Son. He will nourish you with His Body. Unless
you eat of this Bread of life, you cannot be saved, so great are the
forces of evil, demons loosed to do battle with the children of God.
You must eat His Body so that you will have the strength to resist the
evil forces that have now invaded and multiplied upon your earth. The
Bread of life, My Son, is your salvation; without Him you will never
be able to withstand the attacks of satan and his agents." "Flee from all evil, from all occasions of sin. I have advised you all in the past to retire from the world which is given to satan. He has plans to do full battle with you, knowing that his time is growing short. The battle of the spirits is now on in great force: you cannot bargain with your soul. Cast off the books of satan from your home. Read the Book of life—the Bible—that the truth may enter your mind. Keep pure and holy thoughts in your mind at all times. Call upon your angels often, for you shall not survive the coming battle without them. Use the invocation to St. Michael, Guardian of Faith, at all times. He must be returned back into the House of God. His removal has opened the doors for the entrance of evil spirits into the House of God. The children of God shall suffer much persecution from the agents of darkness. Read the Apocalyptic pages—writings of the Book of Revelation—and you will understand the trials before you."
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Fr.
Bernard Nunes, O.C.D. of India on the Bayside apparitions
