04-14-2021, 08:28 AM
Bl. Sister Elena Aiello (1895-1961)
Bl. Elena Aiello was born on April 10, 1895 and died on June 19, 1961 in Italy. She was the daughter of Pasquale and Teresa Aiello, and was graced to have lived in a very Christian and exemplary family environment. Bl. Elena had quickly shown a keen intelligence, at four years old, she was already answering a certain number of catechism questions. In 1901, when she was only six years old, she was sent to the Sisters of the Very Precious Blood in order to attend elementary school and continue her religious education.
Her early life was an indication of what was to come – a life of sacrificial suffering and of miraculous heavenly consolations. She made her First Communion on 21 June 1904, however it was after a spiritual retreat in preparation for receiving her First Communion when she and some other girls later obtained permission to wear a penitential belt. En route to receive the belt she had an accident to where two of her front teeth were knocked out, but she put them in her handkerchief and continued on the path to receive the penitential belt despite the pain. Another odd accident occurred when she inhaled water from a glass while laughing that afterwards caused a constant cough for over fourteen months at night and her voice strength decreased due to this, treatment only made it worse. Bl. Elena begged Our Lady to heal her and she came to her in a vision at night, assuring her that it would be so. Tragedy in the family then came when her mother died in 1905 when Bl. Elena was only ten years old, leaving her father with eight children to raise: Emma, Ida, Elena, Evangelina, Elisa, Riccardo, Giovannina and Francesco. Everyone, depending on their age, helped with the household chores.
Bl. Elena discerned she had a vocation to become a nun, but due to the outbreak of WWI, her father asked her to postpone entering the religious life until things improved. She obeyed her father and dedicated her time taking care of the victims of the Spanish Flu epidemic that raged throughout the country, which even included helping to make wooden coffins to bury the dead.
The Sisters to whom she went to school with and also helped began to regard her as their own. Her father finally gave his assent for her to enter the religious life. On August 18, 1920, Bl. Elena entered the Most Precious Blood Sisters, but she did not stay long with this order.
One day she was found practically lifeless on the floor of the laundry room. They quickly lifted her and put her to bed to find that her left shoulder was black up to the neck. The doctor that attended her suggested surgery but then delayed operating on it because of the persistent fever she suffered. The sisters then decided to call in the community doctor.
On March 25, 1921 (Good Tuesday), in the dormitory itself, tied to a chair, Bl. Elena underwent the excruciating surgery to remove the necrotic black flesh on her shoulder without any anaesthesia. For courage she held a wooden crucifix in her hands and touched on her forehead an images of Our Lady of Sorrows.
The doctor was not skilled for the task at hand, while cutting in he had damaged the nerves which paralysed her shoulder as well as tightening her mouth. The after effects of the surgery were also terrible, for about forty days she was tormented by vomiting. However, despite all this, she wished to take part in the spiritual exercises of the community and while the wound was still open attempted to get up and continue so she could be vested with the religious habit, but the Superior saw it was out of the question due to her health condition. The Father Director advised her to return home to her family to receive proper care before attempting to return back to the Community.
Of interest, Bl Elena recorded in her notebook that before she left, she had twice received an invitation from the Lord Himself to leave this convent and to accept what He had arranged, which included an invitation to embrace the cross that He was preparing for her.
The Cross did come. She was in a terrible condition when she arrived home. She was greatly wasted to the point of being unrecognisable. She could neither wash nor comb her hair, her left arm was paralysed and on her shoulder the open sore remained, which soon began to fill with vermin. Very concerned about her condition, her father took her to a specialist in Cosenza who noted there was nothing he could do as the doctor who had operated on her was not a surgeon and had damaged her nerves "Only a miracle can resolve your state of health; now your wound may be affected by gangrene!" Angry, her father wanted to sue the Community, but Bl. Elena talked him out of it.
Some time later, she began to suffer gastric disturbances, and was diagnosed with stomach cancer. Bl. Elena then said a fervent prayer to St. Rita, patron saint of impossible cases, asking for a cure. While praying, she saw the statue of the Saint become surrounded with a dazzling light. During the night, the Saint appeared to tell her that she would like to have her cult instituted to revive the faith of the people and asked Bl. Elena to start a triduum in her honour.
The next day, Bl. Elena returned to Montalto and began a triduum in honour St. Rita. After finishing, St. Rita appeared again and asked the triduum to be repeated if she wished her stomach to be cured. As for her shoulder, she would have to keep this agony and suffer it to atone for the sins of humanity.
On October 21, 1921, she received the grace of a complete recovery from her gastric tumour. Her sister Evangelina, who was lying in the adjoining room, saw a bright light come out at this moment. Believing that it was a fire, she immediately ran into Bl. Elena's room ad found her passed out. When the other family members entered the room, Bl. Elena was completely awake and healthy. She then told them of the visit of St. Rita, the healing, the words of the vision; then she asked them for something to eat.
On March 2, 1923, the first Friday of the month, an event took place for the first time that would repeat itself every year until her death. In the morning, after Holy Communion, an internal voice announced in advance a new kind of suffering chosen for her by the Lord.
Around 3:00 p.m. she was in bed suffering greatly from the wound on her left shoulder. The Lord appeared dressed in white and wearing the crown of thorns. Bl. Elena agreed to share in His sufferings. The Lord removed the crown from his Head and placed it on hers. Upon contact, a profuse flow of blood occurred. The Lord explained that He needed this suffering to convert sinners; for the many sins of impurity, and that she was to be a victim soul to satisfy Divine Justice.
A family servant named Rosaria was about to leave after finishing work for the day; hearing suspicious noises coming from Bl. Elena's bedroom, she went upstairs to see what was going on. Surprised to see so much blood, she went immediately to warn the family, believing that Bl. Elena had been murdered.
They were so surprised to see Bl. Elena in this state that they called a priest and a doctor. Dr. Adolfo Turano washed the wound, but blood continued to flow from her head. After three hours of continuous bleeding, the phenomenon stopped by itself. All were surprised, confused, and also impressed because they could not explain in any way what had happened.
The second Friday of March before 3 p.m. Doctor Turano was brought home as well as other people to see if the same phenomenon would repeat. It happened again.
The Doctor tried to stop the blood with a handkerchief, but at this contact, the skin of the injured part on her head was irritated to the point of making the pores enlarge, which caused great pain to Bl. Elena.
Bl. Elena then remained in a drowsy state interrupted however by the painful ecstasies, during which she remained with her arms open as on a cross and, her eyes wide open, terrified, as if they were looking at a frightening distant vision. When she woke up, she explained she had witnessed the Passion of Our Lord.
On the third Friday of the same month, Virginia Manes, mother of Dr. Aristodemo Milano, was sent by her son to find out about the incident and soak a tissue in the blood.
The woman, left alone in Bl. Elena's small cell, dried her forehead with a handkerchief, which she then folded and kept. Returning to San Bénedetto, she inexplicably found the handkerchief completely clean and without the slightest trace of blood. The son, after listening to his mother's story, converted and asked to be baptised.
Regarding all this blood and suffering Our Lord appeared to Bl. Elena and explained that it was He who made her suffer; that she must be His victim to the world; that He would give her the wounds of His Passion, which would be visible for everyone to see.
On the fourth Friday in March, Elena found the same sores on her body.
Jesus then said to her, "You too must be like Me, for you must be the victim for so many sinners and satisfy the justice of My Father so that they will be saved".
At about 5 p.m. Jesus said to her:
"My daughter, look how I suffer! I shed all My blood for the world and now it's going to ruin; nobody realises the perfidies with which it is covered. Consider the intensity of My pain caused by so many insults and contempt that I receive from so many provocateurs and libertines ... ".
The following Friday, to all the other wounds on the hands and feet was added the Wound in her side.
The day of Corpus Domini the pain in the wounds was renewed with a new bloodshed and, at the end of the ecstasy, they were perfectly healed.
Returning to her life as a victim soul, her sufferings of Good Friday would continue. What was remarkable was that Bl. Elena, in a state of deep prostration during which more than once people feared for her life, on the morning of Holy Saturday, she rose from her bed joyful and full of energy, she gave orders, watched over everything. She resumed her life of work and charity, as if nothing had happened to her.
But these phenomena attracted the attention of the ecclesiastical authorities, and often complicated her life. She was colloquially known as the “bleeding sister” or “the holy nun” and people came to her for help and advice.
(Image below - Bl. Elena in later life witnessing the Passion and suffering the Stigmata.)
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Bl. Elena announced several times that she would be cured of her shoulder pain.
She wrote in a letter dated May 10, 1924 to Monsignor Mauro:
"Reverend Father, around 3 p.m. yesterday, Jesus appeared to me and said to me, 'My dear daughter, do you want to be healed or do you want to suffer?' So I replied "Suffering with you, my Jesus, we can suffer everything". And Jesus said to me again “Ah! well, I will heal you, but every Friday I will bring you into darkness; you will be closer to Me.” After telling me this, He disappeared."
She suffered terribly from the open wound in her shoulder. There is an account of her attempting to remove the vermin that continued to infest it by looking over her shoulder with the aid of a mirror. On the night of May 21, 1924, Bl. Elena dreamt that St. Rita told her that she would be healed the next day at 3:00 p.m. The next day, after reciting the Rosary, Bl. Elena began to pray before the statue, the door of the shrine was was open.
Her sister says, “Helped by me, she got up and approached the statue. We had the impression that the outstretched hand of St. Rita, the one holding the crucifix, had moved aside to reach the hand on Elena's injured side and lift it up, and that a vibration was shaking the statue and its protection. Elena, in front of our astonishment and our incredulity, repeated: "I am healed! I am healed! When I leaned over to see the wound, it was closed, remaining just a scar."
In 1926, the sufferings of Friday in March and Good Friday were repeated regularly. The Lord, in the visions, made clear to Elena that He wanted the Work to be started.
In 1928, at the age of 33, she founded the Order of the Sisters of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
The first task at hand in the new Order was that of educating children of the populace. A hundred were collected and instructed. Bl. Sr Elena, helped by Sister Gigia, gathered children and young girls from the houses, and instructed them on religious truths and prepared them for their First Communion. While she did have detractors against her who decried her as a fake, the work was blessed by God and encouraged by the ecclesiastical authorities, and eventually attracted the good people of Cosenza who did not fail to encourage and support it with the cooperation of Christian charity. Many times the order and the school was consoled and aided by miracles sent by Divine Providence.
Once, St. Teresa of the Child Jesus appeared to all the little children who worked in the workshop while reciting their prayers. The excited noise that ensued made Bl. Sir Elena, who was then upstairs, come running to see what the commotion was about. The girls exclaimed they had "seen" the Holy Carmelite. Going back upstairs, Bl. Elena also received the grace of a tender and heavenly smile from St. Teresa.
The house was poor, and the founder and director of the local rural bank put the old bank building at their disposal. Sr Elena and Sr Gigia then transferred their Institute to these much larger premises, which enabled them to accommodate, at the same time, a greater number of orphans and Sisters. They also helped a greater number of poor, but often their resources were stretched ….
On September 11, 1935, there was absolutely nothing in the kitchen for lunch.
While Sr Angela came to ask the Superior for money, a priest entered the house and asked to celebrate Mass, immediately going to the sacristy. Sr. Elena, who had not the slightest penny, asked Sr Angela to go to attend Mass, that the Lord, in any way whatsoever, would provide for this problem at the time. The fervent prayers of Bl Sr. Elena, the sisters and the orphans was quickly answered by the Lord: after the Elevation, an exquisite perfume spread throughout the chapel, as if the Lord desired to signal the obtaining of their petition. Bl. Elena then recited the Office of the Virgin and in her booklet, between two pious images (the Madonna of Sorrows and St. Theresa of the Child Jesus) , she found a note of 50 lire. She was sure she never put it there. When the Mass was finished, she gave Sr. Angela the 50 lire for the expenses of the day. She then returned to the chapel with the sisters and the children to thank the Lord for having heard them. Another miracle came in order to prove that it was in no way an oversight but that the 50 lire note was really sent by Providence. The same evening, when the Community met for the last prayers, the same perfume came from the chapel. The sisters opened the booklet again and between the two pious images they found another fifty-lire note, with a small message, written in green pencil in the white circle: "50 + 50 = 100" and some letters of the Greek alphabet. The next morning, Bl. Sr. Elena told the confessor, Canon Mazzuca, who wanted to examine the message in the second fifty-lira note, but the previous day's message had disappeared.
In 1934, on the eve of the feast of St. Joseph, they had to pay for some oil, but Sr. Elena had nothing, so she gathered her orphans around the altar and together they asked this great saint to come to their aid. The funds were unexpectedly provided when a benefactor came to the Institute and offered her the exact amount she needed to pay off her debt.
Another visible aid from Divine Providence came in 1937 when Bl. Sr. Elena realised that she had no bread and interiorly addressed a fervent prayer to the Lord: at the same time a municipal guard knocked on the door and graciously delivered to the Institute 36 kg of bread, requisitioned the same morning.
In January 1948, by a decree emanating from the Secretariat of the Sacred Congregation for Religious, the Institute of the Minimal Sisters of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ was elevated to the rank of Congregation of Pontifical Law. The Institute thus obtained legal recognition, by a Presidential Decree of July 8, 1949. October 3, 1949, at age 54, that Bl. Sr. Elena made her perpetual vows.
Sr Elena opened eighteen houses in Italy. The reputation of sanctity of the “holy nun” was such that the Prefect Guido Palmardita spoke of Bl. Sr Elena to Mussolini, who took a keen interest in it and even sent help to the House of Cosenza.
Of interest, in 1929, Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty with the Vatican, ending decades of struggle between the Italian state and the Papacy, and recognised the independence of Vatican City, which ended the period of 'Prisoner Popes' which had started under Pius IX. No doubt it was due to this treaty and his generous help to Sr. Elena's order that the Lord would give him a signal grace, even if Mussolini's charity might have been tinged with personal interest and for personal gain to win over the populace. No good deed goes without its reward from Heaven. He was sent a message of warning to save himself and Italy. Sr. Elena wrote a letter for Mussolini, which was given to his sister Edvige Mussolini. Edvige delivered it to him a few days later on May 6, 1940, which was on the eve of WWII:
"To the Head of Government Benito Mussolini,
Duce,
I come to You in the name of God to tell you what the Lord has revealed to me and what he wants from you. I didn't want to write, but yesterday, the 22nd, (i.e apparently April 22), the Lord appeared to me again, forcing me to let you know the following:
“The world is in ruins because of the great number of sins and especially those of impurity which have reached their peak before the Justice of My Heavenly Father.
So you will have to suffer and be an expiating victim for the world and especially for Italy, where my Vicar's seat is located. My Kingdom is a kingdom of peace; the world, on the other hand, is at war.
Those who govern the peoples are obsessed with the acquisition of new territories! Poor blind people! ... They don't know that where God is sidelined there can be no conquest! In their hearts there is only wickedness and they only outrage and despise Me! They are demons of discord, destroyers of peoples and seek to overthrow, in this terrible scourge, Italy, where God is in the midst of so many souls and where His Vicar, the Angelic Pastor resides.
France, very dear to my Heart, because of its many sins, will quickly fall into ruins and will in turn be ravaged like ungrateful Jerusalem. In Italy, because the seat of My Vicar is there, I sent Benito Mussolini, to save her from the abyss to which she was rushing, otherwise, she would be in the same conditions as Russia.
In the midst of so many dangers I have always saved him; now he must keep Italy out of the war, because Italy is civil and is the seat of My Vicar on earth. If he does that, I will grant him extraordinary favours and I will make all the other Nations ally with him. On the other hand, he decided to declare war, but he must know that if he does not prevent it, he will be punished by my Justice! ”.
This is what the Lord told me. Above all, don't think, O Duce, that I am involved in politics. I am only a poor sister busy with the education of abandoned little ones and who prays a lot for your salvation and the salvation of our Fatherland.
I am, with sincere esteem, Sister Elena Aiello ”.
On May 15, 1943, Bl. Sr. Elena sent another letter to Edvige Mussolini:
"Excellence,
My long silence may have made you think that I had forgotten you, while I think of you every day in my poor prayers, always following the painful events of our beautiful Italy. (...) The reason for this letter and that of turning to you again, as in May 1940, when when I came to Rome, presented by Baroness Ruggi, to deliver to you, in writing, the revelations that I have had of the Lord, concerning the Duce.
Remember, when on May 6, 1940 we said that the Duce had made the decision to go to war, when the Lord, by my letter, let him know that he had to save Italy from the war, otherwise he will undergo the rigours of divine Justice?
“In the midst of so many dangers - said Jesus ―I have always saved him; now he must keep Italy out of the war, because Italy is civil and is the seat of my Vicar on earth. If he does that I will grant him extraordinary favours and I will make all the other Nations ally with him. On the other hand, he has decided to declare war, but he must know that if he does not prevent him, he will be punished by my Justice! ”
Ah! ... if the Duce had listened to the words of Jesus, Italy would not have been in such a sad situation now! ... I think the Duce must be very saddened to see Italy, a flowered garden, transformed into a desert, crowded with suffering and death. But why continue this terribly cruel war, if Jesus said that no one would have the real victory?
This is why, my very dear Donna Edvige, I ask you to say on my behalf to the Duce that this is the last warning that the Lord sends him. He can still save himself if he puts everything in the hands of the Holy Father.
If he does not do this, said the Lord, soon Divine Justice will fall on him. Even the other Heads of State who will not listen to the advice and directives of My Vicar will be affected and punished with my Justice. Do you remember when on July 7 of last year you asked me what would happen to Le Duce. And I replied that if he did not remain allied with the Pope, he would end up worse than Napoleon?
Now I repeat the same words to you: If the Duce does not save Italy by relying on what he is counselled to do and told to do by the Holy Father, soon he will fall. Even Bruno asks for the salvation of Italy and that of your brother. (NOTE: Bruno – this must be a reference to Musolini's son who died in an air accident while flying a bomber on a test mission, August 7, 1941. This seems to indicate he was saved and was interceding for his father and Italy.)
The Lord often says that Italy will be saved by the Pope, the expiating victim of this scourge, and that there will be no other way for peace and the salvation of the people apart from what will be traced by the Holy Father.
Dear Donna Edvige, think carefully about everything the Lord said that has come true. Who caused the ruin of Italy? Was it not the Duce who did not want to listen to the words of Our Lord Jesus Christ? He can still fix it by doing what the Lord says. As for me, I will continue to pray ”.
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As we can see from history, Mussolini did not listen, he joined with Adolf Hitler, and ended up worse than Napoleon at the end of the war. Napoleon was exiled to a distant island and was reconciled with the Church before he died, and, despite his eventual defeat is regarded as a great figure in a historical sense despite whatever errors he committed. On the other hand, Mussolini died in total disgrace: in late April 1945, in the wake of near total defeat, Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci attempted to flee to Switzerland, but both were captured by Italian communist partisans and summarily executed by firing squad on 28 April 1945 near Lake Como. His body was then taken to Milan, where it was hung upside down at a service station to publicly confirm his humiliating defeat.
Returning to Bl. Sr. Elena, her life continued in suffering and growth sanctity, and also prophetic gifts. She also predicted her own death. In 1961, in addition to the usual physical suffering, there was a continuous high fever, which the doctors failed to find an explanation.
On June 12, 1961, Mother Elena was transported to San Giovanni Hospital in Rome. During the night of June 12 to 13, the nurses noticed a strong fragrant odour in the room where she was interned. They told her, "Mother, tomorrow is the feast of St Anthony and, certainly he will obtain your healing". With great serenity, the patient replied: "Tomorrow, neither Saint Anthony nor Saint Rita nor even Our Lady will do miracles. "
Sunday, June 18, around two o'clock, the priest assisted by don Franco administered to Bl. Sr Elena the Anointing of the sick and together recited the prayers for the dying. Around 5.30 am Don Franco celebrated Holy Mass in the Chapel which was almost opposite the Mother's room. After Holy Mass ended, Bl. Sr Elena died on June 19, 1961. She was sixty and and her death came as surprise even though she had foretold it. Her body was transferred to the Chapel, all adorned with white flowers. On June 21, the body arrived in Cosenza.
The news of Bl. Elena's death spread very quickly and the large crowd came to pay a last tribute.
Her cause for canonisation was opened in 1982. She was declared Venerable in 1991, and Blessed in 2011.
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Prophecies Collected From her Visions
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1947: describes a "A storm of fire never seen before". Bl. Elena will see it several times in her visions.
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Vision of January 7, 1950 - Prophecy of a sign in the sky that will announce the coming chastisement
Our Lady: “An unholy propaganda has spread countless errors all over the world, even causing persecution, ruin and death.
If men do not stop offending my Son, the time is near when the Father's Justice will send to earth the punishment it deserves and it will be the greatest punishment that humanity has ever known.
When an extraordinary sign appears in the sky, men will know that the world's punishment is near!"
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From the visions of April 7, 1950
"Satan reigns and triumphs on earth! See how many souls fall into Hell. See how high the flames are, and the souls that enter it like snowflakes look like transparent embers! How many sparks! How many cries of hatred and despair! How much pain!
See how many priestly souls! Look at the sign of their consecration in their translucent hands! (In the palm of their hands, she sees the sign of the cross, glowing)
Our Lady: What torture, My daughter, for my maternal Heart! How sad I am to see that men do not change! Father's justice demands reparation, otherwise many will be lost! "
"See how Russia will burn!"
Sr. Elena: Before my eyes stands an immense field covered with flames and smoke, souls have been immersed there, as in a sea of fire!
"And this fire" says the Virgin "Will not be the work of men but will be lit by the angels. Therefore, I ask for prayer, penance and sacrifice, so that I can act as mediator for my Son in order to save souls ”
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Friday, April 11, 1952
“I want people to know that the punishment is near: a fire never seen before will descend on the earth and a large part of humanity will be destroyed…
Those who remain will be under the protection of the mercy of God, while those who do not want to repent of their faults will perish in a tide of fire! ...
Russia will be almost completely burned. Some nations will disappear.
Italy will be partly saved by the Pope. "
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Good Friday April 16, 1954
Our Lord: “They have become ungrateful to My Sacred Heart and abuse graces and they have turned the world into a scene of crimes.
The countless scandals bring souls to ruin, especially those of the young. They indulged without restraint in the pleasures of the world which are degenerate and perverse. The bad example of parents produced in families scandals and infidelities rather than virtue and prayer. The home, source of faith and holiness, has become defiled and corrupt.
The stubbornness of men does not change and they go further and further into their sins. The punishments and afflictions that God sends to make them reasonable are severe, but men are furious like wounded beasts and harden their hearts against the grace of God.
Glowing clouds and a firestorm will pass over the world and the scourge will be the most terrible in the history of men.
It will last seventy hours. (NOTE: THREE DAYS of DARKNESS)
The ungodly will be crushed and eliminated. Many will be lost because they will harden themselves in the sin; it is then that we will see the power of light on darkness.
I bend over the world and brake the justice of God; otherwise these things would be done now.
You must pray and make sacrifices so that men return to God and to my Immaculate Heart, mediator in God and men; so at least part of the world will be saved. ”
“The world no longer deserves forgiveness but fire, destruction and death.
It takes a lot of penance and prayer on the part of the faithful to mitigate the deserved punishment which is near now and is only delayed by the intervention of My Holy Mother who is also the Mother of all men.
The punishment that will cleanse the whole earth from evil is near. Divine Justice cries out for revenge for the many offences and all the evils that cover the earth. Nothing more will be tolerated. Men in their obstinacy are hardened in their mistakes and therefore they no longer turn to God.
People no longer submit to the Church and despise priests because some of them are reasons for scandal.
Listen carefully to what I am telling you and announce it to all. My Heart is saddened by so many afflictions that threaten the world.
The Justice of our Heavenly Father is seriously offended. Men persist in living in their sins… ”
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"The world has plunged into unimaginable corruption ... Those who govern have become real embodied demons, and while they speak of peace, they prepare the deadliest weapons ... to destroy peoples and nations. "
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Visions of April 16, 1955
"The wrath of God is near and the world will be tormented by a great calamity, by bloody revolutions, by strong earthquakes, by famines, by epidemics and by terrible hurricanes, which will cause rivers and seas to overflow!
The world will be completely turned upside down by a new and terrible war.
The deadliest weapons will destroy peoples and nations.
The dictators of the earth, real infernal monsters, will destroy the Churches with the Sacred Ciboria and will eliminate peoples and nations and things most dear.
During this sacrilegious battle, because of the fierce impulse and the relentless resistance of many, everything that has been done by the hand of man will be destroyed.
Clouds with gleams of fire will finally appear in the sky and a storm of fire will fall on the whole world.
The terrible scourge, never seen in human history, will last seventy hours. (NOTE: THREE DAYS).
The wicked will be pulverised and many will be stubbornly lost in their sin.
Then we will see the power of light on the power of darkness. ”
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Message received by Sister Elena on December 8, 1957, as reported by Monsignor Spadafora:
"It is natural that we ask the meaning of such a phenomenon: why this blood? Do these unusual manifestations have a language? The answer may be on a simple sheet of paper that I have in my hands, light as a breath of wind. Its content however seems rather serious: it has the warmth and the content of a page of the Apocalypse; it contains urgent warnings, terrible announcements; a broad vision that embraces all nations, a deep look that goes back to the distant and very high origins of human events.
Here are the most salient sentences (i.e taken from her prophecies for that day):
“Men offend their God too much. If I showed you how many sins are committed each day, you would die of pain.
The times are serious.
The world is completely turned upside down because it has become worse than during the flood. Materialism advances and continues its march marked by blood and fratricidal struggles.
There are obvious and dangerous signs for peace.
The punishment passes over the world like the shadow of a threatening cloud, to mount to men that the justice of God hovers over humanity and that the power of the Mother of God still slows the bursting of the storm.
Everything is suspended like a thread: when it breaks, Divine Justice will fall on the world and it will then be the great purification.
All nations will be punished because innumerable are the sins that are like a tide of filth, have covered the earth.
The evil forces are ready to unleash themselves in every part of the world with terrible violence. Unimaginable distress will ensue.
I have been warning men in many ways for a long time.
The Governments of the peoples, warning them of the grave threats hanging over them; but they do not want to recognise that, to avoid punishment, it is necessary to bring society back to a truly Christian life.
How sad My heart is to see that men no longer even think of a return to God!
But time is running out: the whole world will be turned upside down.
Much blood will be shed: the righteous, the innocent, holy priests, and the Church itself will suffer greatly. Hatred will reach its peak.
Italy will be humiliated, purified in the blood, and will have to suffer a lot, because there are many sins committed in this privileged nation. Seat of the Vicar of Christ.
You cannot imagine what will happen!
A great revolution will take place and the streets will be reddened with blood. The Pope will suffer a lot and all this suffering will be for him like an agony which will shorten his pilgrimage on earth.
His successor will guide the boat in the storm.
But the punishment of the ungodly will not take long.
This day will be appalling, in the most terrible way: the earth will tremble and shake all humanity.
The wicked will perish in the most dreadful rigours of God's justice.
Send a message to immediately warn all people on earth, as far as possible, that they will return to God through prayer and penance. "
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September 15, 1958: “Materialism has spread an organisation on the surface of the earth like never before seen (…) If you don't pray, my daughter Italy will be invaded by Russian troops.”
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Vision of December 8, 1958: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
“The times are serious. The whole world is in confusion, because it has gotten worse than during the flood!
Everything is in suspense, like a thread, when this thread breaks, God's justice like a thunderclap will carry out its terrible purification ”
Sister Elena asks: "What will become of Italy?"
"Italy, My daughter, will be humiliated, purified in the blood, and she will suffer a lot, because many are the sins of this beloved country, seat of the Vicar of Christ.
You can not imagine what will happen!
In these sad days, there will be a lot of anguish and tears.
There will be a great revolution, and the street will be red with blood ”.
"The Pope will suffer a lot, and all this suffering will be like an agony, which makes his earthly pilgrimage. His successor will guide the boat in the storm.”
"However, the punishment of the ungodly will be cut short.
This day will be the most frightening there has been in the world! The earth will tremble, humanity will be shaken! ”
"There will be a real and great duel between me and Satan ...
Materialism advances rapidly in all nations and continues its march marked with blood and death!
If men do not return to God, a great war from East to West will come, a war of terror and death, and finally the purifying fire will fall from the sky like snowflakes on all peoples and a large part of it. humanity will be destroyed. "
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March 27, 1959:
“The rulers and the people are outside the light of God, and in particular those of Italy (…) The Christian family no longer exists. Rome will be punished. Russia will invade the whole earth (…) and will plant the red flag on the dome of Saint Peter! "
(NOTE: Russia was fully Communist at that time. Possibly, Russia might return to her old errors of Communism if people do not pray and do what is asked.)
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Vision of 1959
"Russia will march on all the nations of Europe, particularly on Italy, and will raise its flag on the dome of Saint Peter.
I will express My predilection for Italy, which will be preserved from fire; but the sky will be covered with dense darkness and the earth will be shaken by terrible earthquakes which will open deep abysses, and cities and provinces will be destroyed; and everyone will cry that it is the end of the world!
Even Rome will be punished according to justice for its many and serious sins, because the scandal has reached its height.
The good, however, who will suffer and be persecuted by justice, and the just souls must not fear, because they will be separated from the ungodly and stubborn sinners, and will be saved! "
"Russia will invade all the nations of Europe, especially Italy, and will set its flag on the Dome of Saint-Peter.
Italy will be seriously diminished by a great revolution, and Rome will be purified in the blood of its many sins, especially those of impurity!
The flock is about to be dispersed and the Pope will have to suffer a lot! ”
"Humanity has moved away from God and, obsessed with earthly goods, has forgotten Heaven and has rushed into unheard-of corruption, even worse than during the flood!" ...
But now the justice of God is near and it will be terrible! ...
And if men do not surrender, during these plagues, to the calls of Divine Mercy and do not return to God by a truly Christian life, another terrible war will come from East to West, and Russia with all its weapons secret, fight America, overthrow Europe and we will especially see the Rhine river of Germany full of corpses and blood.
Even Italy will be wrought by a great revolution and the Pope will have to suffer a lot. "
(NOTE: a reminder again that Russia was openly Communist during the time this prophecy was given – it's possible Russia may return to its old ways if the world does not do what Heaven asks, and, will overrun Europe. Here we also see that the old 'Birch Tree Prophecies' of Germany are true.)
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August 22, 1960:
"The Rhine will be bloodied from Switzerland, it will carry corpses".
"The enemy, like a roaring lion, will advance on Rome and its gall will poison entire peoples and nations ..."
“My maternal warnings are not heeded, and therefore the world sinks more and more into the abyss of iniquity.
Nations will be shaken by terrible disasters, causing destruction and death ” .
"Russia, under the impulse of Satan, will seek to extend its domination to the whole world and, by bloody revolutions, will propagate its false teachings in all the nations, in particular in Italy. The Church will be persecuted and the Pope and the priests will not suffer much. ”
Sr. Elena: "Oh, what a horrible vision I see! A great revolution is taking place in Rome! They enter the Vatican. The Pope is alone, he prays.
They hold the Pope. They take him by force. They hit him until they knock him down. They bind him. Oh my God ! Oh my God ! They kick him.
What a horrible scene! This is terrible! ...
Our Lady approaches. These evil men fall to the ground like corpses! Our Lady helps the Pope to rise by taking him for the arm, She covers him with her mantle and says to him: “Do not fear!”
“Flagstaffs (flying both the red flag on the dome of Saint-Pierre and elsewhere), frustration and seduction comes out of the lodges these sinister brutes.
These atheists cry out 'never!' : we do not want God to reign over us; we want Satan to be our master! "
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Good Friday 1961:
“Russia is ruled by Satan, (…) The Church will be persecuted. (...) They enter the Vatican to seize the Pope ”.
"My daughter, Rome will not be saved, because the Italian leaders have abandoned the divine light.
Only a small number of people really love the Church.
But the day is not far when all the wicked will perish, under the enormous blows of Divine Justice. "
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