Chastisements

[Elizabeth]

St. Edward: “The extreme corruption and wickedness of the English nation has provoked the just anger of God. When malice shall have reached the fullness of its measure, God will, in his wrath, send to the English people wicked spirits, who will punish and afflict them with great severity, by separating the green tree from its parent stem the length of three furlongs. But at last this same tree, through the compassionate mercy of God, and without any national assistance, shall return to its original root, reflourish, and bear abundant fruit.”

Trappistine Nun of Notre Dame des Gardes: “Chastisement will come when a very large number of bad books have been spread.”