I believe JPII did, personally. Fatima and Akita are both approved. The warnings that Mary has brought all tend to say the same things about the results of sin on our lives here: it causes a reaction that is characterized as “chastisement.” Eternal forgiveness doesn’t mean our lives will be without pain.
To me it’s like a guy who steals a car. The merciful judge, after hearing how sorry he is, suspends the sentence, but he still has to give back the car. There are consequences to sin.
In the world, too many aren’t a bit sorry for sin, our cultures encourage it, teach children to do it, reward with admiration those who become very good at it. TV is the new Roman Colosseum.
Jesus and Mary have always appeared asking for victim souls to suffer for poor sinners. Fatima especially asks us to pray the Rosary in reparation for the sins of others.
But I think what that phrase that bothers you means, is that the ratio of pray-ers to sinners is simply getting too high. The exchange of spiritual goods is too far in debt, the terrible consequences of all this evil will fall on us fully.
The Church will always exist. But not always in this form. Rome can fall. It can have someone drop a meteor or a bomb on it. Even if we end up in catacombs, the Church will exist as long as one person is willing to give up their life in Christ’s name for another.
Jesus spoke of two things: what Eternity was like and what we need to do here. JPII gave us the problem and the solution. More bad things are coming. It’s how bad they will be that is still undecided. And considering how bad they are already, maybe we all need to stop posting so much so we have more time for praying.
. I do pray without ceasing but I do not do any kind of praying that requires a lot of focus enough.
