I first became familiar with this prophecy back around 1972. It's proved accurate so far, and other end time prophecies continue to fall in place as well.
I understand there is some controvery about the last Pope, Peter the Great, not being numbered. The general understanding is that there are two popes remaining, Gloria Olivae and Peter the Great. Some have speculated that the Gloria Olivae, the next pope is the same as Peter the Great. Some have speculated that because Peter the Great is not numbered, that there may be an undetermined number of popes between Gloria Olivae and Peter the Great.
What's with all the big gaps in explanations for whether the mottos fit or not? Isn't it perfectly possible, that even if the prophecy is true, the cycle hasn't even started yet?
IIRC The Glory of the Olive reigns briefly.
One might suspect that the end times are quite near...
It seems that the next pope, THEY say, would be there for only a short time. I thought I remembered someone saying the the last vision from the Lady was that this would be the last pope and when the Pope read this, it brought him to tears. Anyone else hear this?
(In extreme persecution, the seat of the Holy Roman Church will be occupied by Peter the Roman, who will feed the sheep through many tribulations, at the term of which the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the formidable Judge will judge his people. The End.)
This sounds eerily similar to what is reported to be Lucy's final secret.
I have been thinking about this for days..
I didn't realize that they counted antipopes. Maybe they shouldn't be numbered, and if so, we may have a few more to go yet before the return of St. Peter.
Interesting note about John Paul II's motto: Laborer Under the Sun...
During WWII, after the Nazi's took control of Poland, Karol Wojtyla had to get a job to keep himself and his father alived. Here's some of the story:
In the fall of 1940, as the Nazis began to interpret their work rules ever more strigently, Karol Wojtyla began almost four years as a manual laborer for the Solvay chemicals company. For a year, he walked every day from the apartment in Debniki to and from the Solvay quarry at Zakrzowek--a thirty-minute hike, but that was no small matter in the sub-zero winter weather when he and his friend and fellow quarryman, Juliusz Kydrynski, had to make the trek with petroleum jelly smeared all over their faces to keep their skin from freezing.The Zakrzowek quarry, a pit hundreds of feet deep, mined limestone, essential for the production of soda in the Solvay chemical plant located in another Krakow suburb, Borek Falecki. Throughout the harsh winter of 1940-1941, in which temperatures dipped to -22 Fahrenheit (-30 Celsius), Lolek [the pope's nick name!] shoveled limestone into miniature railway cars at the bottom of the pit, occasionally working as a brakeman on the trains. In the spring he received a kind of promotion, as an assitant to Franciszek Labus, a veteran dynamiter. Labus took a liking to the young man whose previous experience hadn't prepared him for the rigors of the quarry and offered Lolek some career advice. "Karol, you should be a priest," he told the novice blaster. "You have a good voice and will sing well; then you'll be all set."
Source: Witness to Hope: the biography of Pope John Paul II
by George Weigel (ISBN=0-06-018789-X)
So John Paul II was a LITERAL "laborer under the sun" doing the most horrendous and difficult labor of all: working in an open-pit limestone quarry, using hand tools! This is also the place where the idea of becoming a priest first came to him, in the form of his co-worker's friendly advice!
So there's a bit more to this prophecy than meets the eye!
Self-ping (cause I find this stuff interesting)
interesting post. Nostradamus (if you believe that stuff) also predicted the destruction of the Catholic Church by Islamic invaders and the occupation of Europe by Islamic invaders. Coupled with the St. Malachy prophecies and the Prophecy of Fatima and the militancy of Islam, it's pretty unsettling. Arabs will be a majority in Europe (aka Eurabia) within 10-20 years. The invading army is already inside the gates. A civil war in Europe can happen within our lifetime.
bttt
Are Malachy and Martinni related to Malarchey?
It could be interpreted to mean the end of the Holy Roman Church, not the end of the human race.
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Carolyn
My prediction for the papacy: Jose da Cruz Policarpo
| 266 | John Paul II (1978-2005) | 110 | De labore Solis (of the eclipse of the sun, or from the labour of the sun) Hist.: Karol Wojtyla was born on May 18, 1920 during a solar eclipse. He also comes from behind the former Iron Curtain (the East, where the Sun rises). He might also be seen to be the fruit of the intercession of the Woman Clothed with the Sun labouring in Revelation 12 (because of his devotion to the Virgin Mary). His Funeral occurred on 8 April, 2005 when there was a solar eclipse visible in the Americas. |
| 267 | Benedict XVI (2005-) | 111 | Gloria olivæ The Benedictine order traditionally said this Pope would come from their order, since a branch of the Benedictine order is called the Olivetans. St Benedict is said to have prophesied that before the end of the world, a member of his order would be Pope and would triumphantly lead the Church in its fight against evil. While the Holy Father chose the name "Benedict", this does not seem enough to fulfil the prophecy. Nor is it clear how Benedict XVI (a Bavarian) is "Glory of the Olives". Since he is said to have remarked in the Conclave after saying he would take the name Benedict that it was partly to honour Benedict XV, a pope of peace and reconciliation, perhaps Benedict XVI will be a peacemaker in the Church or in the World, and thus carry the olive branch. |
| In persecutione extrema S.R.E. sedebit Petrus Romanus, qui pascet oves in multis tribulationibus: quibus transactis civitas septicollis diruetur, & Judex tremêdus judicabit populum suum. Finis. (In extreme persecution, the seat of the Holy Roman Church will be occupied by Peter the Roman, who will feed the sheep through many tribulations, at the term of which the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the formidable Judge will judge his people. The End.) |
Old thread, I know, but with the new book coming out, Google brought me here...