“Pray as you have never prayed before; the hour is at hand”
Nothing seems to be of importance anymore unless they contribute to our spiritual welfare towards our eternal destination. Pursuits of material nature can find value only if they contribute to spiritual well being or, at least, if they keep us so busy as to keep us away from sinning… which is not exactly how we should live.
For Catholics, the only option is to keep himself in a state of grace by going to Confession and (mortal) sinning no more… which is not easy but then the Sacrament of Confession is not yet about to be abolished… just pray that the nearest priest has the apostolic mien to keep himself available for any penitent. (I say this with lament that many priests these days are indisposed to the sacrament.)
These personal declarations are borne of my conviction that the days of prophesied Great Chastisement is at the door, most likely to commence in full force in the coming months. That is, if the spreading wars, natural disasters (not the rainy season in the Philippines but declarations of states of calamities are being raised in Mindanao despite supposedly dry season), the proliferation of unnatural signs in the skies are not yet categorical manifestations of biblical tribulations. Not my prophecy, but those of credible Catholic mystics who have remained under the guidance of good priests in our times.
Prophecies indicating the unparalleled seriousness of our times now more frequently descend from Heaven in the recent days. Consider the following message from St. Michael the Archangel to third degree Augustinian stigmatist Luz de Maria de Bonilla Last Jan. 30:
“Beloved children of the Most Holy Trinity, I am sent as the Prince of the Heavenly Legions.
“The Earth will move a little more on its axis; some species of animals will disappear and the human race will have to adapt to new climates in the midst of decay in every aspect of life.
“Nature will slowly overwhelm humanity and the nations will be purified by the action of man against God's creation and by actions against man himself.
“How much evil, how much degeneration, how much madness, how much depravity and how many heresies weigh over all humanity!
“I, SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL, AM PROTECTING YOU; INVOKE ME AND YOUR GUARDIAN ANGELS.
“By infiltrating the Church of Our King and Lord Jesus Christ, Freemasonry has led a lukewarm humanity without any wish for Salvation into error.
“CHILDREN, THERE IS A LACK OF PRAYER, A LACK OF PRAYER, A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, LACK OF A FIRM FAITH, one that does not flit from one place to another wanting to know what Our King and Lord Jesus Christ is keeping in reserve for another time.
“Children of Our Queen and Mother, the human race will decline further spiritually - so much so that some Divine Decrees are being brought forward by Divine Will, while other Decrees that are subject to the response of the human creature have been cancelled due to the prayer and the reparation of those who pray, who convert and make reparation for those who do not believe.
“Keep in mind that pride made Satan fall and because of pride, human beings, due to the human ego, do not allow themselves to be humbled, and this consumes them until they fall.
“Children of the Most Holy Trinity, HUMANITY IS IN DANGER, not only from elements coming from Space, but from attacks that have been prepared for the nations of the world. The danger due to the war that has started and is spreading to other countries is serious. War will continue