Episode 977: Are we at the end times?

Msgr. Henri Delassus

For 18 centuries, Satan, aided by those who have made themselves his sons by giving themselves to him – semen tuum [your offspring] – have continually combated Christ's work. And, on the other side, the great Catholic family – semen illius [her offspring] – under the banner of Christ's Mother, the Woman par excellence, terrible as an army set in battle array, has constantly defended Christ's work. She has always won.

The Church sings this beautiful antiphon to the glory of Mary: Cunctas haereses sola interemisti in universo mundo. For Thou, and Thou alone, hast destroyed all the heresies in the entire world.

But here is one heresy that seems to be the final one, because it is the radical negation of the whole supernatural order, going so far as to deny God Himself. And, to make matters worse, this heresy is presently being implanted even in children by a State institution.

This is the last stage of the revolt that began in the 16th century, which was reported in the Apocalypse in this strange way: “I saw a star fall from the Heaven (of the Church) upon the earth, and there was given to him the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit: and the smoke of the pit arose, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke of the pit.” (Apoc 9:1-2).

This vision of St. John is followed in the same book by another vision, which he describes as follows: “And I saw an Angel coming down, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the Dragon the old Serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.” (Apoc 20:1-2)

Behold the prince of this world cast out, according to the words of Our Lord. Behold his complete and definitive defeat announced from the beginning of the world: Ipsa conteret caput tuum, She shall crush thy head. Behold, by the incarceration of the Enemy of the human race, the possibility of a new era, an era of peace, following the era of war and persecution.

Now then, our Holy Father the Pope, by an innovation dating back only a few years, calls on us to ask for this defeat, this enchainment, this crushing of Satan every day at the Holy Mass. After prayers to the Immaculate Virgin, the victorious Archangel Michael, victorious over Lucifer, is thus invoked: “O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into Hell, Satan and all evil spirits who wander about the world seeking for the ruin of souls.”

To those who are astonished at these 1,800 years of combat without reaching the defeat of Satan, we say: But look at the number of centuries that God determined it would take to prepare for the coming of the Savior. In the sight of the Lord, “one thousand years are like a day.”

In the same way, the definition of the dogma of Immaculate Conception cannot be accused of having failed to fulfill the promises it seemed to make to us. What is a space of 50 years as a prelude to an event that has demanded so many centuries of preparation and that will extend to a period that can be still much longer, for God does nothing without measure? And should we not see, on the contrary, in the upheavals and persecution of these last 50 years the convulsions of Satan who, in 1854, felt the foot of the Immaculata placed on his head to crush it?

The Holy Pontiff Pius IX closed the dogmatic constitution in which he defines the Immaculate Conception of Mary with these words:

“We rest with absolute and complete confidence in the certainty of our hopes. Certissima vero spes et omni prorsus fiducia nitimur.”

And, what is this hope so great, this certainty?

“The all beautiful and Immaculate Blessed Virgin, to whom it has been given to crush the head of the cruel Serpent … by her powerful patronage, will make all the obstacles be removed and all the heresies vanquished, and will strengthen day by day our Holy Mother Church and make her flourish among all peoples and nations, ubicumque gentium, ubicumque locorum; that she will reign from sea to sea, to the ends of the earth, usque ad terminus orbis terrarum, and enjoy genuine peace, tranquility and liberty; so that there will be only one flock under the guidance of the one Shepherd.”

Are We at the End Times?

I have come across many people lately that feel that this era is heralding the end of the world. One can see many signs that seem to be fulfilling the prophecies in the Apocalypse. It seems that evil has overwhelmed the entire world. There are many people that are tempted to buy into the Rapture theory and many others that are being driven to a paralysis by fear. Are there any hopeful thoughts that TIA can offer these people to orient them during these very difficult times?

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The need for the Reign of Mary

Regarding your first question – whether we are at the end times – I offer you the following considerations:

1. God created the universe and man within it for His glory. He did not need it for His internal glory, which was already complete and perfect. He only created the universe for His external glory.

2. Since He is Omniscient, when He created it, He knew that this planned glory would be realized in History. If it were to end in a failure, He would have known this, and He would not have created it.

3. For this glory to be complete, not only the Catholic Church but also the ensemble of nations throughout the world should recognize Him as the true God and glorify Him.

4. Now then, never in History has the ensemble of society glorified God as He deserved. Christendom in the Middle Ages did so, but it was only a small part of the world – Europe – that duly glorified Him for a prolonged period of time. That effort, however, came to a halt in Europe; and the rest of the world has never reached that level of religiosity yet.

5. Therefore, an era must come in which this necessary glory will be given to God.

6. To this theological and philosophical demand, are added the promises of Our Lady of Fatima and Our Lady of Good Success that she will conquer the Revolution and establish the Reign of Her Immaculate Heart.

7. Many saints have predicted this era. I mention only one, perhaps the greatest of them, St. Louis Grignion de Montfort. He spoke clearly of this new era in his principal work Treatise of True Devotion to Mary, and his famous Fiery Prayer asking for Apostles of the End Times. I strongly recommend anyone who is in danger of despair to read and meditate on this magnificent book and inspired prayer.

So, I believe that we are not at the last times. We will still have a period in History in which God will be glorified as He deserves.

The apocalyptical seriousness of the present day situation

Notwithstanding, we are in a time that certainly is the end of an era. I have the conviction that History, winding like a spiral, forms great cycles that in a certain way repeat themselves. Thus, at the end of each of these cycles there is a pre-figure of the end time. This is why many interpreters of the Apocalypse spoke of Arius as being the Antichrist; later others referred to Mahomet as the Antichrist; still later Luther was considered the Antichrist. Referring to his times and Modernism, St. Pius X also asked if the time of the Antichrist had not arrived (cfr. Encyclical E supremi apostolatus, n. 5).

Analogously, we who are witnessing Progressivism installed in the highest posts of the Catholic Church, destroying her and implanting in her place a Church of Man, can ask if the Conciliar Popes who are promoting this revolution are not also other pre-figures of the Antichrist.

In many ways we live in an epoch in which almost everything glorifies the Devil. It is an antithesis of the plan of God for Creation.

The situation, therefore, is extremely grave. For a well formed mind, it is wise to ask if this epoch is not the end time. It is a question that reflects seriousness and universality of spirit. But given the reasons set out above, I do not believe that it is the end time yet. A new epoch must come to glorify God by the best way He chose, that is, through Our Lady. This should be the Reign of Mary. Only the decay of that glorious time will bring the end time.

False solutions, true solution

For a new epoch to come, it is necessary that the Devil and his cohorts be defeated, and that good people be purified. These are the reasons for the chastisements predicted at Fatima. What was predicted is a chastisement of cosmic proportions that will cause the disappearance of many nations – the miracle of the sun seems to be a symbol of it. After that punishment, with the few who will survive, the Reign of Mary will start to be built.

The Devil knows better than we imagine that his time is short. So, he has prepared false solutions either in response to fear of the chastisement or to the expectation of the Reign of Mary.

In many countries, UFO partisans pretend that good extra-terrestrial aliens (small and green: the ET type) will come to take the “chosen ones” to other planets. This “travel” would prevent them from being destroyed by the evil extra-terrestrials (tall and hairy: the abominable snowman type) that will come, they say, to chastise earth’s inhabitants for their guilt in destroying ecology and the planetary balance.

The same theory was translated into religious terms and presented in the United States by Protestants under the name of the Rapture. Some “chosen ones” would be taken to heaven and the others, those “left behind,” would be punished.

I consider both theories as false solutions prepared by the Devil to manipulate people’s fear, fool them, and avert them from following the counsels of Our Lady at Fatima.

Just as there are false solutions for the chastisement, they also exist for the expectation of the Reign of Mary. It is my opinion that the New Age in the United States, also called the Age of Aquarius in other countries, is a false solution that the Devil presents to fool people who have a hope for a new springtime of mankind.

The Pentecostal Movement, which was Protestant in origin, today is a widespread Catholic phenomenon as well. It seems another false solution for those who sense some radical change in the economy of grace for mankind. Indeed, St. Louis Grignion de Montfort predicted an overflowing action of the Holy Ghost as the base for the establishment of the Reign of Mary. It is my opinion that the Charismatic or Pentecostal movement came “to steal the banner” and lead people astray.

So, if one is either concerned about the seriousness of the present day situation or moved by the hope of a new epoch to come, he is invited to accept the false solutions prepared by the Devil that are awaiting him.

The true solution is to be vigilant, reject these false theories, and prepare ourselves patiently for the chastisement and the Reign of Mary. Vigilance, prayer, penance and hope - a great hope for the coming epoch that will vindicate all of Creation and make it worthy to exist for the glory of God, Our Lord.