Sr. Marie Lataste (1822-1847)


 SR. MARIE  LATASTE (1822-1847)
 
(Image:  chapel of the Sacred Heart where Sr. Marie Lataste is currently buried, at the Society of the Sacred Heart house in Roehampton, UK.     

The Society of the Sacred Heart is an international order of women in the Catholic Church, founded in 1800 by a French woman, St. Madeleine Sophie Barat.  Her desire was to heal the pain and division in her country in the aftermath of the French revolution, by helping others to discover the love of God's Heart. She chose to do this primarily through education and spirituality.)


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Born at Mimbaste near Dax, France, 21 February, 1822; died at Rennes, 10 May, 1847; was the youngest child of simple pious peasants. According to her own narrative, written under obedience, she was poor, lowly, country girl, knowing nothing but what her mother taught her; hence, in the natural order, all her learning consisted in being able to read, write, sew, and spin. Her knowledge in the supernatural order long embraced merely the principal truths of salvation. Little by little the light grew like a vast furnace on which wood is cast, and towards which a mighty wind blows from all sides. The Lord Jesus, the Light of the World, had been the light of her soul. He had brought her up as a mother does her child, with patience and perseverance; if she knew aught she owed it to Him, she had all from Him.



A troublesome child, proud, ambitious, and self-contained, she was the constant subject of her mother's anxious prayer, and her first Communion, made in her twelfth year, was the turning point in her life. A strong impression of the Divine presence on the great day, and confirmation received soon after, strengthened her piety and virtue, which thenceforward never faltered. About a year after Marie saw at Mass, during the Elevation, a bright light which seemed to inflame her love for the Eucharistic Lord and to increase as that love increased. Soon, to prepare her for greater favours, she was cast into the crucible of severe interior trials and temptations, whence docility to her director brought her forth victorious. He allowed her to make a yearly vow of virginity, and the Blessed Sacrament became the central thought of her life.



According to her own narrative, towards the end of 1839, when she was seventeen, she saw Christ on the altar. On the Epiphany, 1840, this was repeated, and for three whole years every time she assisted at Mass this grace was granted her. Almost daily she received from the lips of Jesus instructions forming a complete spiritual and doctrinal education. He explained in simple language the principal truths of faith; sometimes he showed her symbolical visions, or taught her in parables. He sent His Mother and angels to her; at times He reproached and humbled her. Her progress in virtue was rapid, her defects disappeared, and she exercised a happy influence on those who approached her. She did not suspect at first that hers was a singular privilege, yet she never mentioned it except to her confessor.



In 1840 M. l'Abbé Pierre Darbins succeeded M. Farbos as curé of Mimbaste. By Divine command Marie revealed her soul to him. Much surprised, he tested his penitent by trying her obedience and humility; he found her wholly submissive. Then he asked the help of the director of the seminary of Dax. They agreed to order her to put in writing everything supernatural she had heard and seen in the past, and all she might hear and see in the future. In due time this was accomplished; but the true text has been so much interpolated by the editor that the "Works of Marie Lataste" are not considered authentic.



The Divine Master had made known to her His will, that she should embrace religious life, and in the Society of the Sacred Heart, recently founded and wholly unknown to her and her director. After many objections and delays, she obtained permission and left for Paris, 21 April, 1844, alone, under the guidance of Divine Providence. She was received at the Hôtel Biron by Madame de Boisbaudry, who had her examined by an experienced spiritual guide. She was admitted as lay sister on 15 May. With great joy she entered upon this new life. Humility, charity, obedience, and fidelity to common life were her chief characteristics. Her sisters' testimony was: “Sister Lataste does everything like every one else, yet no one does anything like her." Still a novice she was sent to Rennes, in the hope that change of air would improve her health. An active life succeeded the quiet of the noviceship; she was infirmarian, refectorian, portress, but her humble virtues shown the more brilliantly; children, strangers, as well as her superiors and her sisters, felt her hidden sanctity. Marie's vows had been postponed in the hope of an improvement in her health. But on Sunday, 9 May, she became suddenly so very ill that the end seemed near. She was allowed to pronounce her vows, just before receiving the last sacraments. Then the pent-up ardours of her soul burst forth in ecstatic joy until her death on 10 May, 1847, at the age of twenty-five. Her memory lives in benediction. Her remains have been secured from desecration and now repose at Roehampton near London.





(Biography from the 'New Advent / Catholic Encyclopedia'. This biography was given the Nihil Obstat. October 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, Censor. Imprimatur. + John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York. 1910)



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Regarding ecclesial approval of her revelations: Of note, the bibliography above does not question nor does it even condemn the mystical experiences and revelations granted to Sr. Marie Lataste, and says her memory lives in 'benediction'. It only says the 'true text' of her revelations has been so much interpolated by the editor that printed versions of the "Works of Marie Lataste" are not considered authentic, that is, not as completely coming from her.



So from this we may assume that only the printed editions of her revelations are in question due to an editor who was too free in his editing and commentary, and is not an official condemnation of the revelations themselves. In fact, the article admits there is a 'true text' – therefore a more authentic printing has not yet released to the public. Let us hope that one day there will be an officially released book of her prophecies.



In any case, she was always obedient to her local church authorities, and she was ordered by Our Lord to have them written and printed, also, her biographer states her local bishop seemed favourably disposed towards her and her revelations. I may also add I have not found any official Church condemnation of her.





Considering this, I have included her revelations regarding France and the monarchy in the Great Monarch Timeline even if the printed source may be questionable no thanks to bad editing, however, as some of these revelations are recorded in private letters, it is easy to distinguish her writings from those of the editor.



Note: my own comments and observations will be clearly indicated in red parentheses.


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Sr. Marie Letaste's Revelations Regarding France

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France has been punished in Sr. Marie Lataste's time, and is about to be Punished again.





(NOTE: at the time of this prophecy, France had just suffered the Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, also the July Revolution. Our Lord says France is about to suffer terrible again for its crimes: possibly a prediction of the World Wars of our time, and, the other chastisements to come.)



Our Lord: "Is there anything like mortal sin? O my daughter! Truly, I say to you, all men would have combined their efforts to erase a single mortal sin, to repair the injury he is doing to God, to remove the darkness and disorder that he carries in a soul, they would never have succeeded. It was necessary to erase mortal sin My Incarnation; it was necessary that I take humanity, that I bring in it the light of My Divinity to restore its brightness and make disappear the defilements that covered it. It was necessary for Me to bring into it the rectitude of My Divinity to teach him the path of truth; it took My Deity to unite with him to truly repair the offence done to my Father.

"Ah! sinners pay no attention to it, My daughter. They continue to live in sin, to commit sin. They strive to render useless the merits and virtue of My Incarnation and my passion. Woe to them, woe to them!

"See how God has punished the sin of angels, as He has punished the sin of Adam, as in all ages He has punished the sins of the peoples with terrible plagues. See how, in a time very close to you, He has punished the crimes of your France with wars which have desolated her, and what misfortunes are about to melt upon her. God will also punish mortal sin in every sinner, if they do not convert, to live a real life (i.e a life of truth), He will condemn them to the fire of hell and deprive them of the happiness of heaven.

"My daughter, that malice, that the darkness of mortal sin, that the thought of the eternal vengeance of God who would pursue you in the place of his justice, makes you avoid sin with care! Yes, always remain united to my Father, always remain united to me, that this is your only link and your only good.
"You must not only avoid and escape mortal sin, you must also repel the smallest mortal sin with your whole heart.

"Venial sin is an offence so sensitive to the heart of God that you can never expiate it enough or repent of it (enough). O my daughter! So, also run away from a sin that displeases God so much and causes him so much pain. Flee this sin and flee it carefully, for this sin will lead you naturally and with great ease to mortal sin. Flee this sin, because God punishes him with very serious penalties in this life and in the future life. The flames of Purgatory are terrible, and those who are in a state of venial sin at the hour of death will have to go through these flames to expiate it before entering heaven. Flee this sin, because it diminishes your strength to do good, depriving you of the many graces that God would grant without this sin.”

(Excerpt taken from the lessons on sin in French, Volume 10, Chapter 4 of “La Vie et Les Oeuvres de Marie Lataste”, (Ambroise Bray, Paris. Second Edition, 1866)

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An exhortation to pray for France.


Another day the Savior Jesus spoke to me like this:

"My daughter, the King Assuerus having resolved to lose the Jewish nation, Mordecai advised Esther, his niece and the wife of Assuerus, to ask for mercy from the Jewish people. She presented herself before the king, and seized with terror, she fell fainting. The king immediately gave her his consideration (or lavished his care); Esther regained her senses and fell again unconscious. The king, moved with compassion, promised to grant her all that she asked for. This is how Esther was able to save her people.”

"My daughter, I say to you in truth, it is sometimes enough (for) a soul who presents himself before God in fear and trembling, and who addresses to Him his supplications, to stop His vengeful arm already raised against a whole nation.”

"Pray, my daughter, pray much for France: the number of her iniquities is increasing day by day; pray for her, and disarm the wrath of my Father. Join with the pious and holy souls who address to Him their incessant supplications. If God watches over France and protects her despite her iniquities, it is only in view of the many prayers and supplications that are addressed to Him, and which go up to Him to appease Him."


(Excerpt from: From Vol. 13. Chapter 14. “La Vie et Les Oeuvres de Marie Lataste”, Ambroise Bray, Paris. Second Edition, 1866)

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June 21, 1842 - Sr. Marie Lataste sees the Destroying Angel ready to strike Paris


One day while I was working I felt in my heart a strong attraction which I could not resist, for I found it impossible to be at rest anywhere. I abandoned myself to this attraction, and then I seemed to find myself in a large square in Paris. In the middle of this square I saw a young man standing on a low pillar. He was clothed in a red garment; he had a diadem on his head, and in his hands he held a sheathed sword and a bow. His glances were like lightning, and his lips seemed ready to pour forth menaces. Over his head I saw inscribed, in characters of fire, 'The Destroying Angel'. At this sight, strange feelings of fear, grief, and compassion came over me, and I exclaimed several times, Lord, preserve Paris; save the King! I remained a long time prostrate before God, uttering only groans and supplications."

(Excerpt from “The life of Marie Lataste, lay-sister of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart: with a brief notice of her sister Qiutterie” by Edward Healy Thompson 1813-1891 , (London, Burns and Oates, 1877)



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To her spiritual director, November 20, 1843 -


"Here, is what the Saviour Jesus said to me last Sunday after communion:


'My daughter, I am the Master of My Word; I say all that I will, when I will, and to whom I will, and no one has the right to question Me, saying, Wherefore, Lord, dost Thou speak in this wise? I know how to make all turn to My glory and the economy of My Providence, as for the entire world, so for each soul in particular.

To-day I desire to speak to you of your country. Listen! The first king, the first sovereign, of France is I Myself. I am the Lord of all peoples, nations, kingdoms, empires, dominions; but I am specially the Master of France. I give her prosperity,
greatness, power, above all other nations, when she is faithful in hearkening to My voice. I raise her princes above all other princes of the earth when they are faithful in hearkening to My voice. I have chosen France, to give her to My Church as her daughter of predilection. Scarcely had she bowed her head under My yoke, which is sweet and light, scarcely had she felt the Blood of My Heart fall upon her heart, to regenerate her, to strip her of her barbarism, and communicate to her of My gentleness and My charity, when she became the hope of My Pontiffs, and, soon after, their defence and their support. They gave her the well-merited title of Eldest Daughter of the Church.”


Now, you know, whatever is done to My Church I regard as done unto Me. If she is honoured, I am honoured in her; if she is defended, I am defended in her; if she is
betrayed, I am betrayed in her; if her blood is shed, it is My Blood which issues from her veins. Well, My daughter, I say it to the honour and the glory of your country, for ages France defended and protected My Church ; she was My instrument, full of life, the visible and indestructible bulwark which I gave to My Church to protect her against her enemies. From the height of Heaven I protected her, herself, her kings, and their subjects. What great men she has produced, that is to say, what saints in all conditions, on the throne as in the humblest cottage! What great men she has produced, that is to say, what intelligences, the friends of order and of truth! What great men she has produced, that is to say, what minds all whose acts were founded on justice and truth! What great men she has produced, that is to say, what souls inflamed with the burning fire of charity! It was I who gave her these men who will constitute her glory for ever.

"My generosity towards France is not exhausted. My hands are full of graces and benefits which I should desire to lavish on her. Why has it been needful, why is it still, and why shall it yet be needful, that they should wield the rod of justice. What a spirit of wild licence has replaced in her heart the only true liberty come down from Heaven, which is submission to the will of God! What a spirit of cold egotism has replaced in her heart the ardent spirit of charity descended from Heaven, which is the love of God and of neighbour! What a spirit of unjust intrigue and lying diplomacy has replaced that nobility of conduct and that rectitude both of speech and of action which once were directed by Truth, descended from Heaven, which is God Himself! I still see, and shall ever see, in the kingdom of France men submissive to My will, men inflamed with charity, men who are friends of truth; but at the present hour, My daughter, their number is small.


France overturns the throne of her kings, banishes, recalls, and again banishes her monarchs; lets loose upon them the wind of revolutionary tempests, and makes them disappear like passengers in a vessel that is swallowed up in the depths of the ocean. Scarcely does there remain to them in this shipwreck a plank of safety to bring them to the shore. I have raised up kings for her, and she has chosen others at her own pleasure.   Has she not seen, does she not see, that I make use of her self-will to punish her, and to force her to raise her eyes towards Me! Does she not now esteem the yoke of her king to be grievous and onerous? Does she not feel herself humiliated before the nations? Does she not see division in the minds of her people? She is not at rest. All is quiet on the surface; but all is murmuring, threatening, fermenting below, among her people, among those who are just raised above the populace, as also among the great.”


(IMPORTANT OBSERVATION – Sister Marie-Letaste's revelations here corroborate the Great Monarch Prophecies of Marie-Julie Jahenny. In this Letter we see Sr. Marie Lataste learns of France's special place in the world and its Holy Mission from God – Our Lord then rebukes its rebellious spirit, for rejecting its TRUE KINGS raised by Christ and chooses others instead, and at this time in the 1830s and 1840s, France had chosen a king that has given her a grievous and onerous yoke.



This letter was written in the last years of Louis Philippe I, who stole the throne from Henry V the 'Miracle Child', the true King of France and sent him into exile.  It would later be revealed to the stigmatist and mystic Marie-Julie Jahenny that Henry V was not only the true king, but also the PROMISED GREAT CATHOLIC MONARCH.  Hell had worked against him, but Heaven promised that the 'Miracle Child' was reserved for the Great Epochs and would be 'returned'. See more about Marie-Julie Jahenny and Henry V the “Miracle Child”, click here.   The revelations of Ven. Mother Marie Josepha du Bourg also reveal that Henry V, 'Prince Dieudonné', was the chosen King.  Click here for her revelations.   The "Ecstatic of Tours" also revealed that the King rejected and not wanted in their time, i.e. Henry V the Count of Chambord, was the chosen Great Monarch.)



Continuation of Our Lord's words to Sr. Marie Lataste: 
 

Injustice stalks about with head erect, and appears to be invested with authority; it meets with no obstacle, and acts as it lists. Impiety is preparing to raise its haughty head at a time which it believes to be not far distant, and which it desires to hasten on with all its might. But in truth, I say to you, impiety shall be cast down, its projects dissipated, its designs reduced to naught, at the very hour when it will believe that
they are accomplished and firmly established for ever."

France, France, how ingenious thou art both to irritate and to appease the justice of God! If thy crimes draw down upon thee the chastisements of Heaven, thy virtue of charity shall cry aloud to Heaven, Mercy, Lord, pity! To thee, O France, it will be given to behold the judgements of My irritated justice, at a time which shall be manifested to thee, and which thou shalt recognise without fear of error; but thou shalt know also the judgements of My compassion and of My mercy, and thou shalt say, Praise and thanksgiving, love and gratitude, to God for ever, throughout all ages and throughout eternity. Yes, My daughter, at the breath which shall issue from My mouth, men their thoughts, their projects, their works shall vanish like smoke before the wind.

What has been chosen shall be rejected, and what has been rejected shall be taken again. What has been loved and esteemed shall be hated and despised, and what has been despised and hated shall again be esteemed and loved. Sometimes an old tree has been felled in a forest, and nothing but the stump remains; but a sprout comes forth in the spring-time, it develops and grows with years, and it becomes at length a magnificent tree, the glory of the forest. Pray for France, My daughter; pray much, and never cease from praying.”



(Obviously, this is in reference to the restoration of the monarchy of France. Of interest: this allegory of a tree that seems dead and gone suddenly springing to life and becoming more glorious than before has a remarkable ring of 'resurrection' to it – see the prophecies of Marie-Julie Jahenny regarding 'Henry V' the Miracle Child, click here.)





(Source, Sr. Marie Letaste's letter: “Letters and writings of Marie Lataste: Lay-sister of the Congregations of the Sacred Heart, with critical and expository notes by two Fathers of the Society of Jesus; translated from the French, Volume 2”, Edward Healy Thompson, Burns and Oates, London, 1893)


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From a letter by Sr. Marie to a priest, Curé M. Duperier, November 9, 1843.



(Synopsis: France is destined for greatness – the world will one day pray for the prosperity and preservation of France. France is under the special protection of Our Lady, but much prayer and sacrifice is needed for that country. The Curé is told of the suffering he will endure, and he must not cease praying for France.)



Monsieur le Cure,

I have done what you told me, and here is the answer of the Saviour Jesus: —

"My daughter, why should I not speak to those who desire to hear My word, seeing that I address Myself even to those who care but little about it? Tell him who has consulted Me that I love him, and that he is loved of My Father; and then, in My name and on account of My love and My Father's love for him, address to him these words :

' Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just, and glory all ye who are right of heart.'

My son, I apply to you these words so full of sweetness; receive them as from the lips of your Saviour. Be not astonished; what you have seen is nothing in comparison with what you shall hereafter see. You shall have trials, and then peradventure you will find but little consolation in creatures. Usually, I act thus in order to draw afflicted hearts towards Me; but for you, this is not the motive of the troubles which await you. I already possess your heart; why should I seek to gain it, seeing that it is even now
My property by the gift you have made Me of it?

"Nevertheless, I shall permit these afflictions for your greater perfection; for then, through the mutual effusions of your heart and Mine, through the communication which you will make to Me of your troubles or afflictions and I to you of My consolations, our union will become more close and firm. Be not like those senseless ones who lean upon an arm of flesh too weak to support itself. These men are deceived in their hopes, because they have placed their reliance on feebleness - and nothingness. You have had experience of this: earthly friends often forsake you the moment you have most need of them. Be wise, My son, and let .your wisdom lead you to seek in Me your closest friend.”

"I warn you that you shall have much to suffer still, — but I promise also to sustain and comfort you. Perhaps you will begin to ponder in your mind what the troubles may.be that await you: they will be such as you least expect; but you will acknowledge the truth of My words when you come to experience them. Then your mind and your heart will turn towards Me, and you will say, " Ah, Lord, I acknowledge the truth of what Thou didst say to me; help me, comfort me!" and I will come to help and comfort you.' "

Then the Saviour Jesus added,

"My son, pray for France. I have already said, and I love to repeat it, that if the strokes of My Father's justice have not yet fallen on her, it is Mary, the Queen of Heaven, who has withheld them. Satan roars from the depths of Hell against a kingdom which, in truth, has dealt him rude blows; he is convulsed with rage when he beholds the good done in that country; he directs all his efforts to augment the evil, and to provoke still more the Divine vengeance. But a chain which he cannot break holds him captive; for My Mother has a special right over France, which is consecrated to her, and, in virtue of this right, she arrests the vengeful arm of God, and pours upon it the benedictions of Heaven, that it may produce good more abundantly. This is why I cease not to warn, in order to avert unspeakable calamities.

O France! thy glory shall spread afar; thy children shall go forth beyond the vast expanse of ocean, and those who know thee only by name shall pray for thy preservation and prosperity.

"My son, I have spoken to you with the familiarity of a friend and the tenderness of a father. Marvel not if in doing so I have addressed to you words which you did not expect; often the confidences of one friend to another embrace what he never would have guessed. Listen now to My exhortations: Every time you offer the Holy Mass pray for the welfare and preservation of France. Accept with patience and submission all the trials which it may please Me to send you. Detach yourself more and more from creatures, and make Me your most intimate friend. In tine, pray for My little servant Marie, through whom I transmit to you My words ; she has need of prayers because of the numerous troubles that await her. Receive, My son, the kiss which I give you in My mercy."

Monsieur le Cure, I know not into whose hands this letter may one day fall, but, since there is in it mention of France, I will permit myself to add what follows: In the last letter which I addressed to you, I only heard the words which I reported, that is to say, I did not receive within myself any interior illumination; whereas, when the Saviour Jesus addressed to me the words I have reported in this letter, there appeared within me, as it were, a spiritual and heavenly light. I saw clearly and distinctly, unless it were an illusion, what I may thus express: There is in France much good and also much evil. If the good were proportionate to the bad, we should not have so much reason to dread the strokes of God's justice, because it would be as much appeased by the good as provoked by the evil committed. Now, it is not so; the good is less than the evil, and is not sufficient to turn away the vengeance of God. More good is needed. Happily, the Blessed Virgin intercedes for us, and prevents the justice of God from falling on our heads. But Mary desires us to implore her assistance. She places herself between God and us, and awaits our prayers and supplications. Her heart is full of kindness and tenderness. One single word addressed to Mary obtains for us immeasurable graces. God will allow Himself to be appeased if we have recourse to Mary. Mary is a beggar for our prayers, so great is her will and desire to come to our aid. We ought also to have recourse to Mary because it is the will of God and the means of rendering Him favourable to us.

Be pleased to receive, I pray you, Monsieur le Cure, the assurance of my high consideration, with which I have the honour to be,

Your very humble and grateful servant,

MARIE.

Mimbaste, 22 nd November, 1843.



(Excerpt from “Letters and writings of Marie Lataste, laysister of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart”, Volume 3 by Edward Healy Thompson. Published by Burns and Oates, 1893.)


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Sr. Marie Lataste has a vision predicting the election of Pius IX and the declaration of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception - The Vision then skips from her present time to the future Chastisement of Rome and the Future Victory of the Immaculate Conception over the whole world – the Age of Peace


(Date of the vision is not given other than it occurred on December 8 some time before 1846. Sr. Marie died in 1847 – the Immaculate Conception was not defined as dogma until 1854.)



I had paid my homage to Mary, conceived without sin; I had congratulated our Lord Jesus Christ on having so privileged a creature for His Mother; with my whole heart I associated myself with the belief of the Church, and united myself in spirit to all the faithful who on that day pay homage to Mary. I had the happiness of receiving communion.

When Jesus was in my heart, He spoke thus to me: My daughter, your homage has been acceptable to My Mother and also to Me. I am going to recompense your devotion by telling you something which will give you pleasure.

The day is drawing nigh when heaven and earth will unite together to accord to My Mother that which is her due in respect of her highest prerogative. Sin was never in her, and her conception was pure and without stain; it was immaculate, as was the rest of her life.

It is My will that this truth should be proclaimed on earth, and acknowledged by all Christians. I have chosen to Myself a Pope, and I have inspired him with this resolution. He will ever have this thought in his mind from the time that he shall be Pope. He will collect together the Bishops of the whole world, that their voices may be heard proclaiming Mary Immaculate in her Conception, and the voices of all shall be united in his voice. His voice shall proclaim the belief to which the other voices have given testimony, and will resound throughout the entire world. Then, upon earth, nothing shall be wanting to My Mother's honour.

The infernal powers and their adherents shall raise themselves up against this glory of Mary, but God will maintain it with all His might, and the powers of hell shall be thrust back into the abyss along with their partisans. My Mother shall appear to the world on a solid and immovable pedestal; her feet shall be of the purest gold, her hands like white molten wax, her countenance like the sun, her heart like a glowing furnace. A sword shall issue from her mouth which shall cast down her enemies and the enemies of those who have proclaimed her without stain. They of the East shall call her the Mystical Rose, and those of the New World the Strong Woman. She will bear upon her brow, written in characters of flame, "I am the City of the Lord, the Protector of the oppressed, the Consoler of the afflicted, the Rampart against foes."


Now affliction shall come upon the earth, oppression shall reign in the city which I love, and in which I have left My Heart. She shall be in sorrow and desolation, surrounded by enemies on all sides, like a bird taken in a net. This city will seem to succumb during three years and a little longer after these three years.


But My Mother shall descend into the City; she will take the hands of the old man seated on a throne, and will say to him, "Behold the hour, arise: See thy enemies: I cause them to disappear one after another, and they disappear for ever. Thou hast rendered glory to me in heaven and on earth, and I will render glory to thee in heaven and on earth. Look at men they venerate thy name, thy courage, thy power. Thou shalt live, and I will live with thee. Old man, dry thy tears; I bless thee." Peace shall return to the world, Mary shall breathe upon the tempests and appease them; her name shall be praised, blessed, and exalted for ever.


The captives shall acknowledge that to her they owe their liberty the exiled, restoration to their country; the miserable, tranquillity and happiness. Between her and all her clients there shall be a mutual interchange of prayers and graces, of love and affection; and from the East to the South, and from the North to the West, all shall proclaim Mary conceived, without sin, Mary Queen of earth and heaven. Amen.”


(NOTE: this complies with some other prophecies that say Rome shall suffer for several years, it will be when an old pope reigns. Our Lady will declare the time of the Age of Peace.)





(Excerpt from “The life of Marie Lataste, lay-sister of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart: with a brief notice of her sister Qiutterie” by Edward Healy Thompson 1813-1891 , (London, Burns and Oates, 1877)

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