Three Days of Darkness?

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bones_IV said:
The three days of darkness sounds a little like the rapture doesn’t it?
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It sounds a little like the Protestant version of the rapture, but not like the real Biblical rapture.

This comes down to whether or not a person believes that God will chastise the world for its sins, or will He just wait until the end.
 
Tom317 said:
It sounds a little like the Protestant version of the rapture, but not like the real Biblical rapture.

This comes down to whether or not a person believes that God will chastise the world for its sins, or will He just wait until the end.
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I always remember our Lady at Fatima saying, how “God is very much offended by the sins of mankind.” And that we are to pray for sinners.
 
bones_IV said:
I always remember our Lady at Fatima saying, how “God is very much offended by the sins of mankind.” And that we are to pray for sinners.
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Yes, and Our Lady has many times told us that she has held back God’s wrath and that she can only hold it back so long as we listen. That tells me there is wrath stored-up.
 
Tom317 said:
Yes, and Our Lady has many times told us that she has held back God’s wrath and that she can only hold it back so long as we listen. That tells me there is wrath stored-up.
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How could our Lady hold back God’s hand? That doesn’t make sense to me.
 
bones_IV said:
How could our Lady hold back God’s hand? That doesn’t make sense to me.
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bones, that is right…and so was st Faustina holding back Gods hand of wrath through her prayers, petitions, and sacrifices. You will find this in her diary…
 
bones_IV said:
The three days of darkness sounds a little like the rapture doesn’t it?
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I am not so worried about the three days of darkness, although I have the candles. I am much more worried about the state fo my soul and following the Lord…and when I read that the elect will be deceived, that scares me enough to pray more! 🙂
 
Myrrh23 said:
Hello!

Does traditional Catholicism have a belief in the End Time “Three Days of Darkness”?
Growing up, my Catholic-born mother loved to rant and rave about how there would be three days of darkness before Christ’s return, when one wasn’t suppose to look out the window and only blessed candles could be lit, and how anyone caught outside would be killed by roaming demons. :ehh:
Thanks!

Myrrh
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I asked this very same question a while ago here.
 
Time spent worrying about and analyzing these sensational prophecies could be better spent reading the Gospels, praying and fostering a deeper spiritual life. Christians might do better to concern ourselves with these things than the percentage of beeswax in our candles. :rolleyes:
 
RPConover said:
Time spent worrying about and analyzing these sensational prophecies could be better spent reading the Gospels, praying and fostering a deeper spiritual life. Christians might do better to concern ourselves with these things than the percentage of beeswax in our candles. :rolleyes:
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Not if these prophecies entices people to pray more.
 
bones_IV said:
I’ve had a hard time with this one. Sometimes I wonder how much longer our Lady will back His hand.
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I agree, as bad as things are it is hard to conceive that something isn’t going to hit the fan fairly soon.
 
Grace & Peace!
Tom317 said:
Not if these prophecies entices people to pray more.
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Coercion through fear is no substitute for submission through love.

I would be curious to know when all of these Three Days prophecies became popular. I understand the ancient images of the sun turning black, etc–but it seems to me that these Three Days with all of their specific requirements and inversions of charity (don’t open the door when someone begs for mercy!) have a lot to do with some very 20th century fears.

Additionally, the image of Our Lady or Blessed Faustina holding back God’s wrath is very affecting, but what does it say about God? That he’s a wrathful impetuous sort of guy–not slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness–a wrathful old man. This is not the image of God we are given in Jesus Christ. I think in all of these “private revelations” it is appropriate to distinguish between what is literal and what is metaphor, what is the fear of the “prophet” being given expression in the prophecy, and what is the actual content of the revelation.

Furthermore, the idea of demons literally walking the earth as if they had assumed flesh like we have flesh seems to be a theological impossibility–matter is good. We are blessed to be in our bodies. Who is allowing the demons to incarnate? What permission is given them? If God grants this permission, what does this reveal, then, about God’s attitude toward the good earth, the material substance of our bodies, that he has made–that he would be willing to hand it over to demons to defile? What precendent is there in either scripture or tradition for such a thing? When has God used the power of hell to cleanse the world? The whole thing, literally interpreted, stands Christianity on its head.

I would warn against giving literal credence to these revelations.

Under the Mercy,
Mark

Deo Gratias!
 
Deo_Volente said:
Grace & Peace!

Coercion through fear is no substitute for submission through love.

I would be curious to know when all of these Three Days prophecies became popular. I understand the ancient images of the sun turning black, etc–but it seems to me that these Three Days with all of their specific requirements and inversions of charity (don’t open the door when someone begs for mercy!) have a lot to do with some very 20th century fears.

Additionally, the image of Our Lady or Blessed Faustina holding back God’s wrath is very affecting, but what does it say about God? That he’s a wrathful impetuous sort of guy–not slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness–a wrathful old man. This is not the image of God we are given in Jesus Christ. I think in all of these “private revelations” it is appropriate to distinguish between what is literal and what is metaphor, what is the fear of the “prophet” being given expression in the prophecy, and what is the actual content of the revelation.

Furthermore, the idea of demons literally walking the earth as if they had assumed flesh like we have flesh seems to be a theological impossibility–matter is good. We are blessed to be in our bodies. Who is allowing the demons to incarnate? What permission is given them? If God grants this permission, what does this reveal, then, about God’s attitude toward the good earth, the material substance of our bodies, that he has made–that he would be willing to hand it over to demons to defile? What precendent is there in either scripture or tradition for such a thing? When has God used the power of hell to cleanse the world? The whole thing, literally interpreted, stands Christianity on its head.

I would warn against giving literal credence to these revelations.

Under the Mercy,
Mark

Deo Gratias!
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Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom! You might want to keep that in mind when you ponder these topics. 🙂
 
Tom317 said:
I agree, as bad as things are it is hard to conceive that something isn’t going to hit the fan fairly soon.
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Yes. It is said that the people of the last generation will be worse than those of the Roman Empire of the first three centuries.
 
bones_IV said:
Yes. It is said that the people of the last generation will be worse than those of the Roman Empire of the first three centuries.
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Well, if we consider the fact that Jesus returns once the full measure of the Gentiles (us) are in the Church and conversion of the Jews happens as well, it does not take a leap to realize that the Gentiles in those days must stray quite far from God.
 
Tom317 said:
Well, if we consider the fact that Jesus returns once the full measure of the Gentiles (us) are in the Church and conversion of the Jews happens as well, it does not take a leap to realize that the Gentiles in those days must stray quite far from God.
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I agree yes. Although it does say that during that last time, that the Apostles of the last age will be greater than the Apostles of the first century. The pope it is said during the time of AntiChrist to be holier than that of St. Peter. Enoch and Elijah by tradition are supposed to preach during the reign of the AntiChrist. Many Mohammedans and Jews will be converted.
 
bones_IV said:
I agree yes. Although it does say that during that last time, that the Apostles of the last age will be greater than the Apostles of the first century. The pope it is said during the time of AntiChrist to be holier than that of St. Peter. Enoch and Elijah by tradition are supposed to preach during the reign of the AntiChrist. Many Mohammedans and Jews will be converted.
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Yes, I agree.
 
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