St. Nilos was a hermit on Mount Athos who died on November 12, 1651.
From Prophecy by Saint Nilos, Hermit of Mt. Athos:
"After the year 1900, toward the middle of the 20th century, the people of that time will become unrecognizable. When the time for the advent of the Antichrist approaches, people's minds will grow cloudy from carnal passions, and dishonor and lawlessness will grow stronger. Then the world will become unrecognizable. People's appearances will change, and it will be impossible to distinguish men from women due to their shamelessness in dress and style of hair. These people will be cruel and will be like wild animals because of the temptations of the Antichrist.
There will be no respect for parents and elders, love will disappear, and Christian pastors, bishops and priests will become vain men, completely failing to distinguish the right way from the left. At that time the morals and traditions of Christians and of the Church will change. People will abandon modesty, and dissipation will reign. Falsehood and greed will attain great proportions, and woe to those who pile up treasures. Lust, adultery, homosexuality, secret deeds, and murder will rule in society.
At that future time, due to the power of such great crimes and licentiousness, people will be deprived of the grace of the Holy Spirit, which they received in Holy Baptism, and also of remorse.
The Churches of God will be deprived of God-fearing and pious pastors, and woe to the Christians remaining in the world at that time; they will completely lose their faith, because they will lack the opportunity of seeing the light of knowledge from anyone at all. Then they will separate themselves out of the world in holy refuges in search of enlightenment of their spiritual sufferings, but everywhere they will meet obstacles and constraints. And all this will result from the fact that the Antichrist wants to be Lord over everything and become the ruler of the whole universe, and he will produce miracles and fantastic signs. He will also give depraved wisdom to an unhappy man, so that he will discover a way by which one man can carry on a conversation with another from one end of the earth to the other. At that time, men will also fly through the air like birds and descend to the bottom of the sea like fish. And when they have achieved all this, these unhappy people will spend their lives in comfort without knowing, poor souls, that it is the deceit of the Antichrist. And the impious one!
The Most-good God will see the downfall of human race and will shorten the days for the sake of those few who are being saved, because the enemy wants to lead even the chosen into temptation, if that is possible . . . then the sword of chastisement will suddenly appear and kill the perverter and his servants."
Saturday, June 4, 2005
Tagged
Amy has tagged me at Open Book on books...
Total number of books I own: Too many to count. 1,000's here and at least a 1,000 at work.
Last Book I Bought: A New Song for the Lord : Faith in Christ and Liturgy Today
and The Yes of Jesus Christ : Exercises in Faith, Hope, and Love
both by Pope Benedict XVI
Last Book I read: On the Way to Jesus Christ
by Pope Benedict XVI (There is a theme here)
Books I'm reading now: The Essence of Christianity (Italian Texts and Studies on Religion and Society)
by Bruno Forte and The Gospel Of Mark: The Suffering Servant (Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series)
by Lawrence R. Farley.
Books that have been important to me: #1 The Catholic Study Bible: New American Bible, The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton, Life of Christ
by Fulton J. Sheen, The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983
by Fr. Alexander Schmemann and The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius (Vintage Spiritual Classics)
by St. Ignatius of Loyola, Dear and Glorious Physician
by Taylor Caldwell, Genius of John: A Composition-Critical Commentary on the Fourth Gospel
by Peter F. Ellis, Spiritual Passages : The Psychology of Spiritual Development (Spiritual Passages, Paper)
by Father Benedict J. Groeschel and Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way
by Pope John Paul II.
Tagged: Mary Jane, Pat,and Earl.
Total number of books I own: Too many to count. 1,000's here and at least a 1,000 at work.
Last Book I Bought: A New Song for the Lord : Faith in Christ and Liturgy Today
and The Yes of Jesus Christ : Exercises in Faith, Hope, and Love both by Pope Benedict XVILast Book I read: On the Way to Jesus Christ
by Pope Benedict XVI (There is a theme here)Books I'm reading now: The Essence of Christianity (Italian Texts and Studies on Religion and Society)
by Bruno Forte and The Gospel Of Mark: The Suffering Servant (Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series) by Lawrence R. Farley.Books that have been important to me: #1 The Catholic Study Bible: New American Bible, The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton, Life of Christ by Fulton J. Sheen, The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983 by Fr. Alexander Schmemann and The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius (Vintage Spiritual Classics) by St. Ignatius of Loyola, Dear and Glorious Physician by Taylor Caldwell, Genius of John: A Composition-Critical Commentary on the Fourth Gospel by Peter F. Ellis, Spiritual Passages : The Psychology of Spiritual Development (Spiritual Passages, Paper) by Father Benedict J. Groeschel and Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way by Pope John Paul II.Tagged: Mary Jane, Pat,and Earl.
Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Prayer that will be recited by Marian groups gathered in Rome today, written by Pope John Paul II:
O Mary,
bright dawn of the new world,
Mother of the living,
to you do we entrust the cause of life
Look down, O Mother,
upon the vast numbers
of babies not allowed to be born,
of the poor whose lives are made difficult,
of men and women who are victims of brutal violence,
of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy.
Grant that all who believe in your Son
may proclaim the Gospel of life
with honesty and love
to the people of our time.
Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel
as a gift ever new,
the joy of celebrating it with gratitude
throughout their lives
and the courage to bear witness to it
resolutely, in order to build,
together with all people of good will,
the civilization of truth and love,
to the praise and glory of God,
the Creator and lover of life.
O Mary,
bright dawn of the new world,
Mother of the living,
to you do we entrust the cause of life
Look down, O Mother,
upon the vast numbers
of babies not allowed to be born,
of the poor whose lives are made difficult,
of men and women who are victims of brutal violence,
of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy.
Grant that all who believe in your Son
may proclaim the Gospel of life
with honesty and love
to the people of our time.
Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel
as a gift ever new,
the joy of celebrating it with gratitude
throughout their lives
and the courage to bear witness to it
resolutely, in order to build,
together with all people of good will,
the civilization of truth and love,
to the praise and glory of God,
the Creator and lover of life.
Secretary Didn't Burn John Paul's Notes
Contrary to the Pope's last will and testament...Secretary Didn't Burn John Paul's Notes - Yahoo! News
Friday, June 3, 2005
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