Three Days of Darkness

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I read on this website that Catholics should prepare for the end times. Is this official Church teaching? tldm.org/. In fact this website claims that Padre Pio wrote about this in his personal letters. The way the world events are unfolding I do believe we are heading for a big change. Does anyone have any comments on this topic?
 
There are also websites that say St. Pio never phrophesized the 3 days of darkness. I do still think that other saints did speak of it, but I can’t give any names.
I have a question. St. Pio was a priest (Father/Padre)…and now he is a saint…there are other Saints that were priest but everyone just calls them St. ???..why does everyone still call him Padre Pio?
 
That site looks pretty wild. the first thing that caught my eye was a reference to the Bayside, N.Y. activities which have been condemned by the Church.
 
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I read on this website that Catholics should prepare for the end times. Is this official Church teaching? tldm.org/. In fact this website claims that Padre Pio wrote about this in his personal letters. The way the world events are unfolding I do believe we are heading for a big change. Does anyone have any comments on this topic?
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Some saints and mystics have spoken of “three days of darkness”:

St. Gaspar del Bufalo, founder of the Fathers of the Precious Blood, -d. 1837.) "He who survives those three days of darkness and horror will see himself as if alone, because the earth will be covered with cadavers."

Blessed Maria Taigi -d. 1837.) "God will send two punishments: one will be in the form of wars, revolutions and other evils; it shall originate on earth. The other will be sent from Heaven. There shall come over the whole earth an intense darkness lasting three days and three nights. Nothing will be visible, and the air will be laden with pestilence which will claim mainly, but not only, the enemies of religion."

My thought is that we should be more concerned with living each of our days as though they are our last and as though our individual judgment is at hand. It is wise to pray, do penance, go frequently to confession and receive the Eucharist as often as possible. We will then be prepared for everything and anything. If we go about gloomily, how are we then to “Count it all joy” James 1:2 or to “Rejoice in the Lord always, I shall say it again: rejoice!” Ephesians 4:4

For example, the best advice we are given today in a heightened terror alert is: “Go about your daily life but be alert and vigilant, aware of your environment.”
 
According to James J. Drummey in “Catholic Answers 2”:

Padre Pio’s name was connected with this prophecy in the late 1940s by the Council of Heroldsbach, a group in Germany that was formed after some children claimed that the Blessed Mother had appeared to them. The Council composed a letter about the three days of darkness and forged Padre Pio’s name to it. The letter was declared a forgery in 1950 by Padre Pio’s superior in San Giovanni Rotondo. In 1951, the Vatican’s Holy Office, without mentioning Padre Pio by name, stated that the alleged appearances of the Blessed Virgin in Heroldsbach were not supernatural…

Remember this verse: Stay awake, therefore! You cannot know the day your Lord is coming. (Matthew 24:42

BlueRose
 
Our priest gave a wonderful homily several months back about the rapture, church teaching, etc. He didn’t talk about the three days of darkness, but did say that Our Lord doesn’t want us to be fearful. He said the prayer the priest says between the Our Father and Thine is the Kingdom sums up the Catholic philosophy well:

"Deliver us, O Lord, from every evil and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxiety as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of Our Savior, Jesus Christ."

I thought his advice was wise, as are most words from his mouth (we are truly blessed!).
 
In the 1960’s, there were some girls in Spain (Garabandal, I think) that had visions. It was they who talked about the three days darkness. But those visions have not been accepted by the church.
 
There once was a little booklet out on this subject. I remember my mom reading it too us when I was probably in my pre-teens… Scared the devil right out of me… I suffered from nightmares for the next year or soo… (I was also going through puberty (sp) at that time… I can’t remember who it was written by, I only know that it was a small booklet…

It would be interesting to find out more on this subject and the Church’s position…

Tanya
 
IMO, I really do not try to put any energy in events that haven’t happened yet. (As we are to live ‘in the present moment.’)

Besides how would one 'prepare for three days and nights of darkness, if the air is polluted or any other chemical evils etc.? I would just think a lot of prayer and meditation would be sufficiant.

However, I am not worried about it. Why put yourself in an anxiety moment when the Church HAS NOT proved this prophecy to be true. IF anyone, I am sure The Holy Spirit would let His Church be the FIRST to know of such of a futuristic event were to take place.

go with God!
Edwin
 
Flick,

In answer to your question as to why everyone still calls Padre Pio by his full name as opposed to St. Pio, I think it’s because his death was so recent. If I’m correct, I think he died in 1968 and that’s pretty recent.

*I may be wrong, but I think that as time goes by, he will eventually have Saint in front of his name. *
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:blessyou:
Shannin
 
🙂 Thanks for the replies. I agree with Joanna that we should live each day of our lives as though it were our last.

Joe, so those activities at Bayside, NY are condemned by the Church? Where can I find official Church information about Bayside, NY?
 
George789 said:
🙂 Thanks for the replies. I agree with Joanna that we should live each day of our lives as though it were our last.
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The three days of darkness are going to have poison gas? We should live our lives out without fear of it…but…wouldn’t that be odd if everyone was running aroung buying gas mask and beeswax candles!:whacky:
 
George789 said:
🙂 Thanks for the replies. I agree with Joanna that we should live each day of our lives as though it were our last.

Joe, so those activities at Bayside, NY are condemned by the Church? Where can I find official Church information about Bayside, NY?
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Good site for general information:

apparitions.org/

MrS
 
We know at the end times there will be terrors and calamaties…and many Saints and mystics have made cryptic predictions about these…

So there may be three days of darkness as part of the calamaties…and disease…who knows…and this darkness may be symbolic too…

However, while Approved visionaries have spoken cryptically and orthodoxly about the end times calamaties…unapproved visionaries (like bayside, marie julie jahenny, etc) have spoken too Specifically and superstitiously to be real.

There may be similarities because the fake and unapproved seers are stealing and then falsley and supperstitiously elaborating on the cryptic and orthodox messages of the real seers…
 
  • history of the Earth - 80 Trillion human beings have walked the earth.
  • End times have not happened yet.
  • statistically speaking, this puts YOUR personal lifetime odds of dying in armageddon at OVER 1 in 80 trillion.
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stop worring, lead a good life by letting Jesus lead it.
 
The three days of darkness is supposedly a 1600 yearold prophecy,which was prophesized by St.Nilus, a disciple of the great St.John Chrysostoumos.It said that millions would fal dead but that after it would be a renaissance for the Church.
 
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The three days of darkness is supposedly a 1600 yearold prophecy,which was prophesized by St.Nilus, a disciple of the great St.John Chrysostoumos.It said that millions would fal dead but that after it would be a renaissance for the Church.
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Could the ‘three days of darkness’ be symbolic to the Dark Ages and the enlightenment that took place afterwards? The 'three days symbolizing the three centureies of the Dark Ages (12th. through the 14th. centuries)?
just a thought…

go with God!
Edwin
 
Edwin1961 said:
Could the ‘three days of darkness’ be symbolic to the Dark Ages and the enlightenment that took place afterwards? The 'three days symbolizing the three centureies of the Dark Ages (12th. through the 14th. centuries)?
just a thought…

go with God!
Edwin
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considering that the dark Ages were a golden age for the Church, and the Enlightenment was somewhat anti-religion(catholic) im not sure that holds up, just saying
 
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