- PART ONE. The evil Rome as the real and the real false prophet revealed to me by our Lord Jesus Christ
- The evil Rome as the true and the real false prophet revealed to me by the Almighty Lord Jesus Christ
- PART 1: Rome The False Prophet As Revealed By Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself
- PART 1: Rome The False Prophet – As Revealed by Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself
- PART 3: Rome The False Prophet – as revealed by our Lord Jesus Christ
- Another abominable things of the evil Rome, the false prophet
- Another abominable thing of the evil Rome was the false prophet
- The false doctrine of the Papacy to the Roman Catholic Churches turning to Mary for help and protection in times of crisis
- THE FALSE DOCTRINES OF THE ANTICHRISTS AND THEIR LIES AND DECEPTIONS
- The antichrists false doctrine of The Roman catholic all year round
- The revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ regarding the real antichrists
- Roman Catholic Feast Of Corpus Christi
Other popes have also prayed before the Marian icon in times of need. During the pontificate of Pope St. Pius V (1566-72) another plague broke out in Rome. Pius V carried the icon to St. Peter’s Basilica and prayed to Our Lady to help stop the plague, which soon ended thanks to her intercession. Pius V also prayed before the icon to ask for Our Lady’s help in the Battle of Lepanto against the Turkish fleet in 1571. In addition, he initiated a wide-scale Rosary crusade before the battle, and he even placed a replica of the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the flagship of the Catholic fleet under Duke Don John of Austria. The outnumbered Catholic fleet, aided by a sudden wind shift, was victorious in the battle on Oct. 7, 1571. To show his gratitude to the Blessed Mother, Pius V, established the Feast of Our Lady of Victory for Oct. 7, which eventually was renamed Our Lady of the Rosary.
When cholera broke out in Rome in 1837, Pope Gregory XVI prayed before the icon of Salus Populi Romani, and the epidemic ended. In thanksgiving to Our Lady, Gregory XVI issued a papal bull entitled Caelestis Regina, announcing the coronation of the icon on August 15, 1838, the Feast of the Assumption.
This 16th-century icon shows Prince Vasily I welcoming the Vladimir icon in Moscow. Wikimedia Commons
Throughout the Middle Ages and into modern times, various Catholic leaders have asked for Our Lady’s intercession in times of battle. Before the Aug. 14, 1385, Battle of Aljubarrota in Portugal, the future King John I made a vow to the Virgin Mary that he would build a monastery in her honor if the Portuguese army was victorious against the invading Spanish. After the Portuguese won, King John I kept his promise, and the monastery, which was entrusted to the Dominican order, remains a place of pilgrimage in Portugal not far from Fatima.
When the Turco-Mongol conqueror, Tamerlane, invaded Moscow in 1395, Prince Vasili asked that the icon of Our Lady of Vladimir be brought to Moscow. After having a terrifying dream of Our Lady leading an army to protect Moscow, Tamerlane retreated. When Poland was invaded by the Teutonic Knights, the armies of Lithuania and Poland sang the hymn, “Bogurodzica Dziewica” — God’s Virgin Mother — and defeated the Prussians in the battle of Grunwald-Tannenberg, which took place on July 15, 1410, the feast of St. Vladimir.
The icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa is located at the Jasna Gora Monastery in Czestochowa, Poland. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)
Our Lady of Czestochowa is another Marian devotion that has been called upon in distress. In 1655 when Sweden invaded Poland, the monks of Trinity Monastery prayed to Our Lady of Czestochowa, and the Swedes were driven from Poland. After this victory, the Polish King, Jan Kazimierz II, proclaimed Mary the Queen of Poland. Soon after, in 1683, the Turkish troops invaded Vienna in an attempt to take over Europe. The Polish King Jan III Sobieski came to the rescue of the Austrian and Hungarian troops but not before stopping at Czestochowa to pray before the icon of Our Lady. In thanksgiving for this victory, Bl. Innocent XI adopted the local Spanish feast of the Holy Name of Mary and extended it to the General Roman Calendar.
Consecrations to Mary in times of distress
Throughout Church history, popes have formally consecrated the world and nations to the Blessed Mother during other times of great distress.
In 1917, Europe was in the midst of World War I, and it seemed that death, violence and anarchy reigned. On May 5, 1917, Benedict XV issued a letter appealing to both Jesus and the Virgin Mary to intervene to stop the war. In this letter, he pleaded for an end to the vast conflict described as “the suicide of civilized Europe.” The Holy Father stated that because “all the graces which the author of every good thing deigns to bestow on the poor children of Adam are, by the loving counsel of his Divine Providence, distributed through the hands of the Most Holy Virgin, we desire that the earnest and confident appeal of her afflicted children may more than ever be addressed in this dreadful hour to the great Mother of God.” Benedict XV, therefore, asked that the invocation, “Queen of Peace, pray for us,” be added to the Litany of Loreto “so that to Mary, who is the Mother of mercy and omnipotent by grace (Madre di misericordia ed onnipotente per grazia)” may be moved “by the agonizing cries of mothers and wives, the wailing of innocent children, and the sighs of all hearts … to obtain for the stricken world the peace that is asked.” Eight days after this heartfelt appeal for peace, the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children at Fatima in the “Cova da Iria,” the cove or cradle of peace. She told the children that the war would end, but a worse war would ensue if people did not convert.
