Posted on 06/27/2015 6:19:05 AM PDT by NYer
Our Lady of Good Success
Date: very early 17th c., first approved 1611
Place: Quito, Ecuador
Visionary: Venerable Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres
The story of Our Lady of Good Success is a most fascinating one -- and incredibly important and timely, as many of the prophecies of our Lady and our Lord given to Mariana pertain explicitly to the 20th c. and thereafter.
Mother Mariana was a Spanish Conceptionist nun, blessed with the charismata of discernment and prophecy, who ran a convent in Quito, Ecuador. First, Our Lady told her to make a life-sized statue of her holding the Infant Jesus under the title "Our Lady of Good Success." The statue was begun by a local sculptor, but was miraculously completed in 1611 by the Archangels.
Our Lady told her that at the end of the 19th Century and especially in the 20th Century, Satan would reign almost completely by the means of the Masonic sect. She told Mother Mariana that this battle would reach its most acute stage because of various unfaithful religious, who, "under the appearance of virtue and bad-spirited zeal, would turn upon Religion, who nourished them at her breast."
"During this time, insomuch as this poor country will lack the Christian spirit, the Sacrament of Extreme Unction will be little esteemed. Many people will die without receiving it - either because of the negligence of their families or their false sentimentality that tries to protect the sick from seeing the gravity of their situations, or because they will rebel against the spirit of the Catholic Church, impelled by the malice of the devil. Thus many souls will be deprived of innumerable graces, consolations and the strength they need to make that great leap from time to eternity..."
"As for the Sacrament of Matrimony, which symbolizes the union of Christ with His Church, it will be attacked and profaned in the fullest sense of the word. Masonry, which will then be in power, will enact iniquitous laws with the objective of doing away with this Sacrament, making it easy for everyone to live in sin, encouraging the procreation of illegitimate children born without the blessing of the Church. The Christian spirit will rapidly decay, extinguishing the precious light of Faith until if reaches the point that there will be an almost total and general corruption of customs. The effects of secular education will increase, which will be one reason for the lack of priestly and religious vocations..."
"The Sacred Sacrament of Holy Orders will be ridiculed, oppressed and despised. ...The demon will try to persecute the Ministers of the Lord in every possible way and he will labor with cruel and subtle astuteness to deviate them from the spirit of their vocation, corrupting many of them. These corrupted priests, who will scandalize the Christian people, will incite the hatred of the bad Christians and the enemies of the Roman, Catholic and Apostolic Church to fall upon all priests. This apparent triumph of Satan will bring enormous sufferings to the good Pastors of the Church...."
"Moreover, in these unhappy times, there will be unbridled luxury which, acting thus to snare the rest into sin, will conquer innumerable frivolous souls who will be lost. Innocence will almost no longer be found in children, nor modesty in women, and in this supreme moment of need of the Church, those who should speak will fall silent."
"But know, beloved daughter, that when your name is made known in the 20th century, there will be many who will not believe, claiming that this devotion is not pleasing to God...A simple humble faith in the truth of My apparitions to you, My predilect child, will be reserved for humble and fervent souls docile to the inspirations of grace, for Our Heavenly Father communicates His secrets to the simple of heart, and not to those whose hearts are inflated with pride, pretending to know what they do not, or self-satisfied with empty knowledge..."
Our Lady said, "...the secular Clergy will leave much to be desired because priests will become careless in their sacred duties. Lacking the divine compass, they will stray from the road traced by God for the priestly ministry, and they will become attached to wealth and riches, which they will unduly strive to obtain. How the Church will suffer during this dark night! Lacking a Prelate and Father to guide them with paternal love, gentleness, strength, wisdom and prudence, many priests will lose their spirit, placing their souls in great danger. This will mark the arrival of My hour."
"Therefore, clamor insistently without tiring and weep with bitter tears in the privacy of your heart, imploring our Celestial Father that, for love of the Eucharistic Heart of my Most Holy Son and His Precious Blood shed with such generosity and the profound bitterness and sufferings of His cruel Passion and Death, He might take pity on His ministers and bring to an end those Ominous times, sending to this Church the Prelate who will restore the spirit of its priests."
She predicted a truly Catholic president of Ecuador who would dedicate that country to the Sacred Heart and who would be assassinated by Masons (this happened during the presidency of Gabriel Garcia Moreno, 1821-1875. Read more here).
She predicted that the Immaculate Conception and Papal Infallibility would be strictly defined and declared dogma (these happened in 1854 and 1870, respectively).
She predicted that a Pope would be a prisoner in the Vatican and that there would come to pass "the unjust usurpation of the Pontifical States through the iniquity, envy and avarice of an earthly monarch" (these things happened in the 19th c. during the pontificate of Blessed Pope Pius IX).
Another prediction yet to come concerns the statue shown above left. The Infant Jesus part of the statue isn't original: a Conceptionist sister hid the original statue during a revolution and died before revealing where she'd secreted it. Our Lady told Mother Mariana that the original statue would be found after the restoration of the Church had begun.
Mother Mariana predicted the day and exact hour of her death (she died at 3:00 P.M. on January 16, 1635). After death, her body remained flexible and lovely. A blind girl was cured at Mother's wake when a flower that encircled Mother's head was touched to her eyes.
In 1906, Mother Mariana's casket was opened and her body was found to be incorrupt, exuding the fragrance of lilies. One may view it by visiting the convent in Quito.
Ping!
In 1906, Mother Mariana’s casket was opened and her body was found to be incorrupt, exuding the fragrance of lilies. One may view it by visiting the convent in Quito.
Has the process to declare her a saint begun?
Amazing.
Lacking a Prelate and Father? Lacking a pope?
Here’s another, more recent, 1973, Our Lady of Akita, Japan.
The third message on October 13, 1973, the actual anniversary of the final visions and miracle of Fatima is as follows: “As I told you, if men do not repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the deluge, such as one will never have seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will envy the dead.
The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by my Son. Each day, recite the prayers of the Rosary. With the Rosary, pray for the Pope, the bishops and the priests. The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, and bishops against other bishops. The priests who venerate me will be scorned and opposed by their Confreres.
The Church and altars will be vandalized. The Church will be full of those who accept compromises and the demon will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord.
“The demon will rage especially against souls consecrated to God. The thought of the loss of so many souls is the cause of my sadness. If sins increase in number and gravity, there will no longer be pardon for them.”
Thank you NYer. I had heard of Our Lady of Good Success but hadn’t known how on target the prophecies are/were.
The original statue that is to be found at the time of the restoration of the Church; is that statue waiting to be found? I wasn’t clear on what was meant.
Many of my ancestors were from France, Protestants, & as such many were killed & driven from France where they migrated to England; then were given lands in America for their service to the crown. - This is a difficult subject for me. BIL & SIL are Catholics & I don’t really find them to be any sort of example I want to follow. SIL is a German who tends to rub it in. (My father was in Army Infantry during WWII & what they suffered having to push back at Hitler IS NOT AT ALL FUNNY TO ME. Her overbearing tendencies tend to rub me the wrong way.)
I’m not sure how your post pertains to mine? Did you mean to respond to me?
I completely forgot about this, thank you for posting
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Fwiw, I'm a non-denominational, sinful, struggling Christian and perpetual prodigal son and accounts/prophecies like this reach me, and make the supernatural real for me, in ways the usual Protestant vs Catholic battles never do.
One thing that catches my attention is how the accounts I've read from Fatima, Garabandal, Akita, the messages in True Life In God and now this, all are spoken/written in the same voice, the same persona saying more or less the same things across time, geography and culture.
I now know that's a detail that won't convince the Protestant skeptics, but it's fascinating to me, as are the things being said. In a way, you read one, you've read them all.
They all say the same things, warn about the same things and are currently being collectively ignored by our world to our peril.
I have wanted to post this, so glad you did!
Here is a snippet from the October 3, 1994 message "Our Two Hearts Will Be Pierced Again
Obey This Shepherd No Matter What Happens"
In it, Pope John Paul II is referred to as an obstacle to Satan to be removed. Fast forward from 1994 to today and we can see how things have been and are being progressed.
come, delicate girl, and prophesy in My Name and tell My people of My new covenant, that the days are coming now when Our Two Hearts will be pierced again; My enemies are going to storm My Sanctuary, My Altar and My Tabernacle to erect their disastrous abomination; there is going to be a time of great distress, unparalleled since nations came to existence; by force and by treachery they will invade My House;There's more to this message and there are many, many more messages in TLIG that speak to the same things.Rebellion is already at its work, but in secret, and the one who is holding it back has first to be removed, before the Rebel profanes openly My Sanctuary;
O how many of you will fall by his flatteries! but My own will not give ground, instead, they will offer their lives for My cause; I tell you, with tears in My Eyes: "you will, My people, be tested by fire by this invader ...." his siege-works are already spreading out in the world; 2 the lion has left his lair ....
listen this time and understand: the invader is a scholar, these scholars who follow the Beast and who deny My Divinity, My Resurrection and My Traditions; these are of which Scriptures say: "being swollen with pride, you have said: I am a god; I am sitting on the Throne of God, surrounded by the seas; though you are a man and not a god, you consider yourself the equal of God ...." (Ezekiel. 28:2)
today, My daughter, I found an undivided heart, a heart where I can write these secrets that have been sealed, since they will certainly be fulfilled now; so allow My Hand to engrave these words on your heart, daughter:
when he who crushes the power of the holy people will place himself, together with these traders of My Traditions in My Throne, his presence will be erected as a God in the centre of My Sanctuary; I had warned you, I am still warning you, but many of you listen without understanding .... today you are building, but I tell you, you will be unable to complete your work .... open your eyes all of you and look at the conspiracy in My House .... conspiracy and traitors go together: someone who shares My table is rebelling against Me and all the powers of My Kingdom;
I am telling you this now so that when the time comes you will fully understand My words and will believe that all along, I, God, was the Author of these cries;
I will tell you now something that had been kept secret from you; I will reveal new things to you, things hidden and unknown to you: many of you will lose faith and will honour this trader because he will use flattery, and he, together with the people of an alien god, the scholars of your days, the ones who reject My Divinity, My Resurrection and My Traditions will trample on My Sacrifice; as man's heart is weak, many will accept him for he will confer them with great honours once their heart acknowledges him;
My Church will have to undergo all the sufferings and the betrayals I Myself had undergone, but Scriptures once more have to be accomplished when they say: "I shall strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered;" (Zechariah 13:7) however, obey this shepherd no matter what happens, remain faithful to him and to no one else; your shepherd will be struck ....
These interesting times have become prophetic times in our lifetimes.
It is the child Jesus she was holding. That is the one the sister hid. They have a different child Jesus now until the other us found.
Here is another of the same sort, Our Lord to St. Faustina, from the Divine Mercy Diary. It is time for us to implore Our Lord for his unfathomable Mercy.
Remember that Our Lady and our Lord Himself told St. Faustina that her revelations and mission would have a special role in preparing the way for Christ’s final coming. Consider the following passages from the Diary of St. Faustina:
Secretary of My mercy, write, tell souls about this great mercy of Mine, because the awful day, the day of My justice is near (965).
Then I saw the Mother of God, who said to me ... “I gave the Savior to the world; as for you, you have to speak to the world about His great mercy and prepare the world for the Second Coming...” (635).
Write down these words, my daughter. Speak to the world about My mercy; let all mankind recognize My unfathomable mercy. It is a sign for the end times; after it will come the day of justice. While there is still time let them have recourse to the fount of My mercy ... (848).
Write: before I come as just Judge, I first open wide the door of My mercy (1146).
Today I am sending you with My mercy to the people of the whole world. I do not want to punish aching mankind, but I desire to heal it, pressing it to My Merciful Heart. I use punishment when they themselves force Me to do so; My hand is reluctant to take hold of the sword of justice. Before the Day of Justice I am sending the Day of Mercy (1588).
I think that's part of why the warnings have been given.
Oh well, too late now by the looks of things. No Jonahs allowed these days unless they're talking about "Global Warming".
We have made our date with destiny and we won't be denied.
Thank you! More to read and research.
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