Pope Leo's Prediction I

[jrgiancola]

Pope Leo XIII’s Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel is prophetic. Composed over 100 years ago, and then suppressed, Pope Leo XIII’s original Prayer to St. Michael is a very interesting and controversial prayer relating to the present situation in which the true Catholic Church finds itself.

On September 25, 1888, following his morning Mass, Pope Leo XIII became traumatized to the point that he collapsed. Those in attendance thought that he was dead. After coming to consciousness, the pope described a frightful conversation that he had heard coming from near the tabernacle. The conversation consisted of two voices – voices which Pope Leo XIII clearly understood to be the voices of Jesus Christ and the Devil. The Devil boasted that he could destroy the Church, if he were granted 75 years to carry out his plan (or 100 years, according to some accounts). The Devil also asked permission for “a greater influence over those who will give themselves to my service.” To the Devil’s requests, Our Lord reportedly replied: “you will be given the time and the power.”

Shaken deeply by what he had heard, Pope Leo XIII composed the following Prayer to St. Michael (which is also a prophecy) and ordered it to be recited after all Low Masses as a protection for the Church against the attacks from Hell. What follows is the prayer (note especially the bolded portions), followed by some of our comments. The prayer was taken from The Raccolta, 1930, Benziger Bros., pp. 314-315. The Raccolta is an imprimatured collection of the official and indulgenced prayers of the Catholic Church.

The Prayer:

Pope Leo XIII’s prophecy about the future apostasy in Rome

O Glorious Archangel St. Michael, Prince of the heavenly host, be our defense in the terrible warfare which we carry on against principalities and Powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, spirits of evil. Come to the aid of man, whom God created immortal, made in his own image and likeness, and redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of the devil.

Fight this day the battle of the Lord, together with the holy angels, as already thou hast fought the leader of the proud angels, Lucifer, and his apostate host, who were powerless to resist thee, nor was there place for them any longer in Heaven.

That cruel, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil or Satan, who seduces the whole world, was cast into the abyss with his angels. Behold, this primeval enemy and slayer of men has taken courage. Transformed into an angel of light, he wanders about with all the multitude of wicked spirits, invading the earth in order to blot out the name of God and of his Christ, to seize upon, slay and cast into eternal perdition souls destined for the crown of eternal glory. This wicked dragon pours out, as a most impure flood, the venom of his malice on men of depraved mind and corrupt heart, the spirit of lying, of impiety, of blasphemy, and the pestilent breath of impurity, and of every vice and iniquity.
These most crafty enemies have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the immaculate Lamb, and have laid impious hands on her most sacred possessions. In the Holy Place itself, where has been set up the See of the most holy Peter and the Chair of Truth for the light of the world, they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety, with the iniquitous design that when the Pastor has been struck, the sheep may be scattered.

Arise then, O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost spirits to the people of God, and give them the victory. They venerate thee as their protector and Patron; in thee holy Church glories as her defense against the malicious power of hell; to thee has God entrusted the souls of men to be established in heavenly beatitude. Oh, pray to the God of peace that He may put Satan under our feet, so far conquered that he may no longer be able to hold men in captivity and harm the Church. Offer our prayers in the sight of the Most High, so that they may quickly conciliate the mercies of the Lord; and beating down the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, do thou again make him captive in the abyss, that he may no longer seduce the nations. Amen.
Behold the Cross of the Lord; be scattered ye hostile powers.
The Lion of the tribe of Judah has conquered, the root of David.

Let thy mercies be upon us, O Lord.
As we have hoped in thee.
O Lord, hear my prayer.
And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.

O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we call upon thy holy name, and as suppliants we implore thy clemency, that by the intercession of Mary, ever Virgin immaculate and our Mother, and of the glorious Archangel St. Michael, thou wouldst deign to help us against Satan and all other unclean spirits, who wander about the world for the injury of the human race and the ruin of souls. Amen.

 

[Corki]

Composed over 100 years ago, and then suppressed…

The prayer has never been supressed. Praying it at the end of Mass, along with the other Leonine prayers, was supressed.

What does this have to do with Moral Theology?

 

[jrgiancola]

If Benedict is an antipope leading the church into apostasy, it has much to do with moral theology. I’m doing a study on that now. Check out the various websites regarding the vision of Our Lady of La Salette. There WILL be an antichrist on the throne of Peter.

 

[markomalley]

The prayer has never been supressed. Praying it at the end of Mass, along with the other Leonine prayers, was supressed.

What does this have to do with Moral Theology?

Actually, the way it is written, they technically weren’t permanently suppressed.

Instruction Inter Oecumenici 48 states as following:

1. **Until reform of the entire **Ordo Missae, the points that follow are to be observed:
   (snip)
   j. The last gospel is omitted; the Leonine Prayers are suppressed.
   The Apostolic Constitution Missale Romanum (1969) and the release of the Novus Ordo Missae signal the end of that transitory period. That suppression, initially promulgated by the Sacred Congregation of Rites, was not reiterated with the release of the Apostolic Constitution. There is no direction currently that prohibit the Leonine prayers from being recited after the “Ite Missa Est” (which signals the end of the Ordinary of the Mass. (Please note that this was where the prayers were initially inserted anyway).

The Mass celebrated according to the Missal of 1962 still uses the Leonine prayers following the low Mass. An increasing number of people (including myself) spontaneously say them at the end of the Novus Ordo mass, as well. In fact, Bishop Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois has formally “authorized” them to be said after each Mass in his diocese.

This has everything to do with moral theology as the degregation of societal norms is absolutely a spiritual battle and these Leonine Prayers are some of the most powerful tools that we, as lay Catholics, have.

 

[John_Russell_Jr]

If Benedict is an antipope leading the church into apostasy, it has much to do with moral theology. I’m doing a study on that now. Check out the various websites regarding the vision of Our Lady of La Salette. There WILL be an antichrist on the throne of Peter.

… my dear friend ,

… holy pbxvi is a great pope don’t slur his name even in suggestion or slight please , it is little known that ppvi had an enormous struggle and a spiritual martyrdom of types quite possibly because an impostor who may have been a satanist stood in for him occasionally , ppvi was saintly but was drugged and possibly spells on him etc for a while , it is maybe mind you , but a satanist cannot be a pope and a pope cannot become a satanist , if this happens god will finish the pope and we elect a new one ,in my opine and i think i’m right myself , on the throne has happened in my opinion but not a real pope as such , ppvi was spiritually martyred in this in my own opine too ,

… may god bless and love you ,

… john …

 

[puzzleannie]

John Russell Jr;8040561 ppvi was saintly but was drugged and possibly spells on him etc for a while :

this is complete drivel and has no basis in historic fact

 

[Lief_Erikson]

If Benedict is an antipope leading the church into apostasy, it has much to do with moral theology. I’m doing a study on that now. Check out the various websites regarding the vision of Our Lady of La Salette. There WILL be an antichrist on the throne of Peter.

Here’s a good article on the prophecy of Our Lady of La Salette, which shows that there’s no substantial reason to believe, based on this apparition, that Rome would be corrupted:

catholic.com/thisrock/2000/0001chap.asp

As for the long version of the St. Michael Prayer, the statement that a throne of impiety has been set up in the Holy See does not mean that Catholic Traditionalists are justified in separating from the Church and forming their own churches.

The prophecy of Pope Leo XIII said the design of the devil was that when the pastor was struck, the sheep would be scattered. Our Lady of Fatima also prophesied that the Pope would be shot. This prophecy was fulfilled in the life of Pope John Paul II, and when he was shot, around the same time, a great tide of evil washed into the Church as liberal theologians seized and twisted Vatican II theology, doing great damage to the Church. The Pastor was struck and many of the sheep were scattered, as the devil tried to present false doctrinal messages twisting the teaching of Rome for many of the faithful. The liberal theologians tried to get people to believe that the Vatican was saying things it was not saying. A wicked “spirit of Vatican II” movement arose, corrupting the words of the Papacy. In this way, the devil really did set up a false Papacy with false messages about what the Church was teaching, and he literally struck the Pope and scattered many sheep.

It may well be that this is what Pope Leo XIII was referring to.

Even if he was not talking about these corruptions of Papal teaching, this false representation of the Papacy that the “spirit of Vatican II” movement of liberal theologians set up, though, it is definite that Pope Leo XIII was not condemning Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI.

All the Doctors of the Church have told us that private revelations are never to be trusted above the authority of the Church. The Church judges the revelations, not the other way around. And even saints have received false private revelations before, and been deceived by them. St. Catherine of Siena, for example, saw a vision of the Virgin Mary which claimed that she was not conceived immaculate. Other saints have had other false visions at times. St. John of the Cross said that visions are not to be trusted.

One thing that the Doctors of the Church were all universally agreed on is that the Church must judge the revelation, and not the other way around.

When St. Thomas Aquinas finished his masterpiece work, Summa Theologica, he received many parts of it in visions and ecstasies, and the final portion he saw entirely unveiled while he was in ecstasy. Yet he subjected the work entirely to the Church and said that if the Church disagreed with anything in it, that part should be burned.

A private revelation of Pope Leo XIII must always come second to the doctrines and dogmas of the Church, which includes the absolute authority of the Holy See and the successors of St. Peter. It was not Pope Leo XIII’s will that people should feel themselves free to use his prophecy, his private revelation, as a justification for disobedience to ecclesiastical authority or division from the Church’s structure or teachings.

It runs absolutely counter to Catholic Tradition to place our personal interpretations of a private revelation above the authority of the Holy See, and to reject the Holy See based on our understanding of a private revelation. To do this would be nothing short of diabolical pride and rebelliousness. It would be impious of us to put private revelation and private interpretation of private revelation above the authority of the Holy See.

We cannot judge Pope Benedict XVI’s writings made in his capacity as Pope, but rather, these teachings must judge us. He stands in place of Christ for the flock, not us, and by our acceptance or rejection of his teachings, we will be judged. We judge and condemn ourselves when we criticize Christ’s words spoken through the Pope, and we put our souls into grave peril.

How can one believe that God would ever set a private revelation against the authority of the Throne of Peter, and expect His faithful to trust the private revelation (or their interpretation of it) above the apostolic succession or the Throne of Peter, and the Pope’s interpretations of faith and morals? This would be equivalent to the Lord sending someone a private revelation that says several canonized books should be removed from the Bible, and some new modernist writings added into the Bible, and then expecting us all to trust that private revelation above the infallible teaching of the Church.

It is the Pope that has the authority to interpret faith and morals for the flock, not the individual sheep. The God of Catholicism would never lead the Church by setting a private revelation (or two private revelations) up against the authority of the Pope and expecting the faithful to follow the private revelation above the Pope. God said the Pope judges the revelations, the revelations don’t judge the Pope.

All private revelations must either accept the Church’s teaching and interpretations of faith and morals, and surrender themselves entirely to the Church’s judgment and authority, or they must be disregarded out of pious faith in Christ’s promise to His Church and its visible head on Earth.