AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
18th Century
In April 2008, the French Saint appeared in a dream wearing a dress for her First Holy Communion and led him toward the church. However, upon reaching the door, he was barred from entering. She turned to him and said:
Just as my country [France], which was the eldest daughter of the Church, killed her priests and faithful, so will the persecution of the Church take place in your own country. In a short time, the clergy will go into exile and will be unable to enter the churches openly. They will minister to the faithful in clandestine places. The faithful will be deprived of the “kiss of Jesus” [Holy Communion]. The laity will bring Jesus to them in the absence of the priests.
Immediately, (the priest) understood that she was referring to THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (1789) and the sudden persecution of the Church which burst out. [...]
...In January 2009, (the priest) audibly heard St. Therese of Lisieux repeat her message with more urgency:
In a short time, what took place in my native country, will take place in yours. The persecution of the Church is imminent. Prepare yourself.
“It will happen so fast,” (the priest told Mark Mallett), “that no one will really be prepared. People think this can’t happen in America. But it will, and soon.” _ From "REVOLUTION!" (August 12, 2009) https://www.markmallett.com/blog/revolution/
18th Century
Reading of Voltaire's tragedy of the Orphan of China in
the salon of Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, by Lemonnier
The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement which viewed the world from the perspective of human reason, rather than faith. This culminated in THE FRENCH REVOLUTION with a violent rejection of Christianity.
The 16 Carmelite Sisters of Compiegne go to the guillotine
during the Great Terror in June 1794.
The revolutionaries in France intentionally set out to overturn the established order and break with the past. Christianity was seen as being supportive of the old political order. The revolutionary government destroyed churches, exiled or executed thousands of Catholic clerics, and tried to expunge all traces of France’s Christian past from public life.
WE ARE IN A NEW AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
WARNING FROM THE PAST
A priest in New Boston, Michigan received visits from St. Therese of Lisieux (the "Little Flower"), who had given a message for the Church.
Just as my country [France], which was the eldest daughter of the Church, killed her priests and faithful, so will the persecution of the Church take place in your own country. In a short time, the clergy will go into exile and will be unable to enter the churches openly. They will minister to the faithful in clandestine places. The faithful will be deprived of the “kiss of Jesus” [Holy Communion]. The laity will bring Jesus to them in the absence of the priests.
Immediately, (the priest) understood that she was referring to THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (1789) and the sudden persecution of the Church which burst out. [...]
...In January 2009, (the priest) audibly heard St. Therese of Lisieux repeat her message with more urgency:
In a short time, what took place in my native country, will take place in yours. The persecution of the Church is imminent. Prepare yourself.
“It will happen so fast,” (the priest told Mark Mallett), “that no one will really be prepared. People think this can’t happen in America. But it will, and soon.” _ From "REVOLUTION!" (August 12, 2009) https://www.markmallett.com/blog/revolution/
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