Third Secret Martyrdom Vision And Apocalypse 14

(footnotes also as a separate page)

 

The events described herein unfold after the "two and forty months" reign of the Antichrist in the thirteenth chapter. This does not mean that his time is ended then, but only that he has full power for that time when he is persecuting the good and imprisoning them. Afterwards, the vials are poured out (chapter sixteen).

 

Apocalypse chapter fourteen is Sr. Lucia's 'Third Secret Vision' released by the Vatican in the year 2000. Taken from https://fatima.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Secret-Still-Hidden.pdf.  (pg.50):

 

...The Secret that had been suppressed and kept “under absolute seal” since it arrived at the Vatican in 1957 is nothing more than the following:

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The  third  part  of  the  secret  revealed  at  the  Cova  da  
124Socci, Fourth Secret, p. 34.
125Vatican Information Service, May 13, 2000.
50THE SECRET STILL HIDDEN
Iria-Fatima, on 13 July 1917.

I write in obedience to you, my God, who command me to do so through his Excellency the Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy Mother and mine.

After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendour that Our Lady radiated towards him from her  right  hand:  pointing  to  the  earth  with  his  right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: “Penance, Penance, Penance!”.

And we saw in an immense light that is God; “something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it” a Bishop dressed in White “we had the impression that it was the  Holy  Father”.  Other  Bishops, Priests,  men  and women  Religious  going  up  a  steep  mountain,  at  the  top  of  which  there  was  a  big  Cross  of  rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and  arrows  at  him,  and  in  the  same  way  there  died  one after another the other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious, and various lay people of different ranks  and  positions.  Beneath  the  two  arms  of  the  Cross  there  were  two  Angels  each  with  a  crystal  aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up the  blood  of  the  Martyrs  and  with  it  sprinkled  the  souls that were making their way to God.

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That  this  vision  is  part  of  the  Third  Secret  can  hardly  be  
doubted. But the worldwide reaction of the Catholic faithful.

When this was released, the official interpretation offered by the Vatican is that this represents, spiritually or metaphorically, the 'assassination attempt' upon Wojtyla ('John Paul II') in 1981.[1] However, this is unconvincing. The only connection to be found is that the person who is shot in both cases, in the vision and in history, is understood to be "the Holy Father". This connection is so weak as to be almost arbitrary, even given the metaphorical nature of many mystical visions. But the details given by Sr. Lucia are clear enough to be the description of one who is seeing this as by natural sight.

We see the gathering of the remnant of the faithful, heading towards their martyrdom. At the end of their road stands a rough-hewn wooden cross. This is not a metaphorical vision; it is natural. The mystical parts of the vision clearly are the angels and Our Lady, and just as clear is the fact that the soldiers cannot see them, and very likely not the martyrs either. But there is one more curious detail to consider before we continue:

Sr. Lucia writes: 'And we saw in an immense light that is God; “something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it” a Bishop dressed in White, etc'. This also a 'natural' part of the vision, in that Sr. Lucia was viewing the event through modern technology which certainly did not exist in her time: the "flat screen" television.[2]  She is very careful not to given any indication of a window, as the vision was seen "in an immense light that is God".

At the beginning she writes that there are two parts she had already explained. They are not present in this vision, but we can perhaps re-construct them from the Apocalypse text itself:

14:1  And I beheld, and lo a lamb stood upon mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

 

K~  Then I looked, and saw where the Lamb stood on mount Sion, amidst a company of a hundred and forty-four thousand, with his name, and his Father’s name, written on their foreheads.

 

From the Haydock commentary: "Behold a Lamb, by which is divers times represented our Saviour Christ. (Witham)". Knox capitalizes the 'L', but Challoner does not. In the absence of any other possibility it is Our Lord by default. But the use of the small 'l' suggests that, although this lamb is representative of Our Lord, it is not in fact Him. But it very likely is someone who in turn represents Our Lord, and who is with the others upon Sion, even as the 'bishop in white' is with his brethren as they make their way.

 

This is one of the missing two parts spoken of by Sr. Lucia, which she had 'already explained'.

 

 

14:2  And I heard a voice from heaven, as the noise of many waters, and as the voice of great thunder; and the voice which I heard, was as the voice of harpers, harping on their harps.

 

K~  And I heard a sound from heaven, louder than water in full flood, or heavy thunder. This sound which I heard seemed to come from harpers, playing on their harps,

 

The 'voice from heaven' is described as all-encompassing, from the water "in full flood" down on the earth to the voice "of great thunder" up in the sky. The significance of the event which is about to happen could thus not be more fully emphasized. Strangely, it seems to be music of some kind, which in both translations are in agreement, as "harpers, playing on their harps".

 

Interestingly, Knox likens the 'voice' to a sound. Either the sound from heaven is of a canticle being sung, or it is music set to a canticle to be sung, which is in the next verse.

 

 

14:3  And they sung as it were a new canticle, before the throne, and before the four living creatures, and the ancients; and no man could say the canticle, but those hundred forty-four thousand, who were purchased from the earth.

 

K~  as they sang a new song, there before the throne, and the living figures, and the elders. It was a song none else might learn to sing but the hundred and forty-four thousand that were ransomed from the earth.

In the past, it was thought by us that this song represented the act which is the consecration of Russia.[3] Apparently Our Lady of Fatima said at the end of Her message, following the third secret which is still hidden: "In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to Me, and she will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world". Some have suggested that this part was not from Her, but was added on in order to induce people to follow along with the antipopes, in the hope that this period of peace may be attained. This may in fact be the case, and is now the official position.[4]

 

As for the subject matter of the canticle, it is suspected that it is not all sunshine and rainbows; it likely contains at least a final warning for the world, even before the angels arrived to give their subsequent warnings.

14:4  These are they who were not defiled with women: for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb:

K~  These have kept their virginity undefiled by the touch of woman; these are the Lamb’s attendants, wherever he goes; these have been ransomed for God and the Lamb as the first-fruits of mankind.

 

From Haydock: "In the style of the prophets, by fornication is meant idolatry, and virginity signifies cleanness from all sacrilegious worship. These, therefore, are virgins in this sense, who have not fallen into the impurities of creature worship. But others, as St. Augustine, understand it of persons who have lived in continency. The first, however, is the more literal sense".

In the context of the post-Vatican '2' era, due to its ecumenism with false religions, the first explanation from Haydock is as close to saying 'sedevacantist' as is possible in any century prior to the twentieth. Even the 'traditionalists', so long as they maintain ties with Rome, believing the Church is still there, are tacitly participating in the ecumenism with false religions which is the purpose of Vatican '2'.

 

14:5  And in their mouth there was found no lie; for they are without spot before the throne of God.

 

K~  Falsehood was not found on their lips; they stand there untainted before the throne of God.

 

In contrast to those "who have not believed the truth, but have consented to iniquity" (2 Thess 2:11), since those who "believe lying" must also speak it. These peoples are at opposite ends.

 

Thus ends the first of the "two parts" spoken of by Sr. Lucia. 

 

The second part "already spoken of" in her vision begins with the next verse. The threefold exhortation to penance of the angel in Sr. Lucia's vision does not represent the next three angels, but refers to them after they had come with their final messages.

 

 

14:6  And I saw another angel flying through the midst of heaven, having the eternal gospel, to preach unto them that sit upon the earth, and over every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people:

 

K~  I saw, too, another angel flying in mid-heaven, carrying with him a final gospel to preach to all those who dwell on the earth, to every race and tribe and language and people.

 

The first line of the third secret unveiled by Sr. Lucia is "In Portugal the dogmas of the Faith will always be preserved, etc". The "eternal gospel" here is Catholic dogma, which, after the martyrdom of the elect, will be all that remains of the Church on earth. The dogmas still apply in full force, unchanging, even if no one remains to keep them. This is done to make a final appeal to those in the world, to accept the dogma of the Faith as opposed to the antichrist, and so come to the truth and to repent at last.

 

 

14:7  Saying with a loud voice: Fear the Lord, and give him honour, because the hour of his judgment is come; and adore ye him, that made heaven and earth, the sea, and the fountains of waters.

 

K~  Fear the Lord, he cried aloud, and give him the praise; the hour of his judgement has come. Fall down before him who made heaven and earth, and the sea, and the springs of water.

 

He is the first of three angels who come with the final warnings for the world. The precise identity of them, who are they ? And what should be the manner of their coming ? Do they represent saints[5] or perhaps the three archangels ?

 

 

14:8  And another angel followed, saying: That great Babylon is fallen, is fallen; which made all nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

 

K~  A second angel followed, who cried out, Babylon, great Babylon has fallen; she who made all the nations drunk with the maddening wine of her fornication.

 

"It is probable that here by the great Babylon is meant the city of the devil; that is, the universal society of the wicked: as Jerusalem is taken for the city and the Church of God. (Challoner)". This is true in the general sense that the world has attached itself to apostate Rome. But they would not have done so before Rome had first become apostate. Thus, "Babylon" must refer to Rome in particular, to which it is perilous for souls to follow afterwards.[6]

 

 

14:9  And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice: If any man shall adore the beast and his image, and receive his character in his forehead, or in his hand; 

 

K~  And these were followed by a third angel, who cried aloud, Whoever worships the beast and his image, or wears the beast’s mark on forehead or hand,

 

This is not to imply that the beast and his image has not arrived yet: "If any man shall adore the beast, etc". Rather, the sense is more to announce that they will suffer the punishments to come if they shall continue to do so. Knox gives it in the present tense.

Even those who had accepted the mark of the beast may be given this last chance, if they had survived to see this day.

 

 

14:10  He also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mingled with pure wine in the cup of his wrath, and shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the sight of the holy angels, and in the sight of the Lamb.

 

K~  he too shall drink; but the wine he shall drink is God’s anger, untempered wine poured out in the cup of his vengeance. Fire and brimstone shall be his torment, in the presence of the holy angels, in the presence of the Lamb.

 

From Haydock: "That is, he shall drink of the bitter cup of God's indignation, not mixed with water, or any thing to diminish its force, but with wine and wine; i.e. with punishments upon punishments for ever and ever. (Witham)".

 

 

14:11  And the smoke of their torments shall ascend up for ever and ever: neither have they rest day nor night, who have adored the beast, and his image, and whoever receiveth the character of his name. 

 

K~  The smoke of their torment goes up for ever and ever; day and night no rest is theirs, who worshipped the beast and his image, who bore the mark of his name. 

 

The last mention of the beast, and the false prophet, is in the twentieth chapter: "And there came down fire from God out of heaven, and devoured them; and the devil, who seduced them, was cast into the pool of fire and brimstone, where both the beast / And the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever" (Apoc. 20:9-10). That follows upon the period of a thousand years during which the devil, called the dragon, is bound; them to whom this warning is addressed should know that their punishment will begin thus so long before the Last Judgement, and even then it is just beginning.

 

14:12  Here is the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

 

K~  This is the test which the saints endure, keeping true to God’s commandment, and the faith of Jesus.

 

The faithful have always kept the faith despite the unbelief of the world in general. In that time, during the reign of the beast, they keep the faith despite the whole world believing very specifically against them,[7] in which everyone knows that everyone knows it. But before then, the world in general has turned to an unbelief (enabled by the 'operation of error') in which every doctrine of faith is opposed.

 

From Haydock: "Here patience is necessary, so as not to be carried away with such pleasures and vanities as are offered in the wicked Babylon, and to remain firm under persecutions with the pious inhabitants of Jerusalem (Witham)."
 

 

14:13  And I heard a voice from heaven, saying to me: Write: Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord. From henceforth now, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; for their works follow them.

 

K~  I heard a voice, too, from heaven, Write thus: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. Yes, for ever henceforward, the Spirit says; they are to have rest from their labours; but the deeds they did in life go with them now.

From Haydock: "Blessed are the dead (all the dead) who die in the Lord, and not the martyrs only, for their works follow every one. (Witham) --- It is understood of the martyrs, who die for the Lord. (Challoner)". Pastorini: "The Holy Ghost confirms the sentence of their happiness, not only because at the moment of their departure their hard labours and penitential works cease, but their souls are admitted to a glorious immortality, the recompense of their good works".

 

So is ended the second part spoken of by Sr. Lucia.
 
The next three verses concern the vision proper, during which the martyrdom is taking place.
 
 
14:14  And I saw, and behold a white cloud; and upon the cloud one sitting like to the Son of man, having on his head a crown of gold, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
 
K~  Then, in my vision, a white cloud appeared; and on this cloud sat one who seemed like a son of man, with a crown of gold on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand. 

 

The one "sitting like to the Son of man" is the same as St. John's visitor from the first chapter: "and in the midst of these seven golden candlesticks one who seemed like a son of man, clothed in a long garment, with a golden girdle about his breast" (Apoc. 1:13). We think this is St. Joseph, as it seems improbable that St. John would not recognize Our Lord specifically even in glory; but this crowned individual is like Him.[8] St. Joseph is the 'Patron of the Universal Church' and he is guiding the remnant and the elect to where they must go.

 

14:15  And another angel came out from the temple crying with a loud voice to him that sat upon the cloud: Thrust in thy sickle, and reap, because the hour is come to reap: for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

 

K~  And now, from the temple, came another angel, crying out to him who sat on the cloud, Put in thy sickle, and reap; the crop of earth is dry, and the time has come to reap it.

 

Haydock comments, from the Challoner translation, that the harvest of the earth was "ripe, dry and withered", which is the wicked "ripe for punishment". Knox took this into account in his translation but nothing is said by Challoner about the harvest being "dry". Rather, the 'harvest' is in two parts: the one who is crowned reaped with his sickle (the martyrs of Sr Lucia's vision), and another angel comes afterwards with another sharp sickle, who is accompanied by the one "who had power over fire" - the one with the 'flaming sword' seen by Sr. Lucia. There are two ways to see his role:

 

 First, he reaps those who did heed the final warning, and follow the elect into martyrdom.

"...Flashing, [the sword] gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendour that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand". Then the angel gives his threefold final warning, to follow the elect to where they have gone, to martyrdom. Some time is given to them to repent, but it will not be for very long.

 

Second. he reaps those who did not heed the final warning, and thus merit the punishment. As we will see, the significance of the wine can be seen in two ways.

 

 

14:16  And he that sat on the cloud thrust his sickle into the earth, and the earth was reaped.

 

K~  So he who sat on the cloud put in his sickle, and earth’s harvest was reaped.

 

Very simply, this represents the end of the vision of Sr. Lucia.

 

At the end of the "two and forty months" of the reign of the beast, the 'eighth' (Apoc. 17:8-11), the elect are all gathered for execution. Everything that has happened will be blamed on them, because they did not consent to worship the beast. For instance, the punishment of the trumpets (Apoc. 8-9), which will be called "the Punishment" of Garabandal, might have been prevented if only everyone had consented to follow the 'Pope'. This may sound familiar.[9]

 

It is at this point in the vision that the angel appeared who "cried out in a loud voice: 'Penance! Penance! Penance!'". This is the final call to penance, and is the most direct application of Our Lord's words: "For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it" (Matt. 16:25).

14:17  And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

 

K~  Then another angel came from the heavenly temple; he too had a sharp sickle.

 

From Haydock: "And another Angel, desiring of him to do justice, by putting in his sickle, because the harvest of the earth was ripe, dry, and withered; i.e. the wicked, ripe for punishment". Prior to the perspective we have from Fatima, and Sr. Lucia's vision, that is what this verse represents.[10] But in actuality, this is the beginning of the second harvest; of wrath.

 

 

14:18  And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire; and he cried with a loud voice to him that had the sharp sickle, saying: Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vineyard of the earth; because the grapes thereof are ripe.

 

K~  And from the altar came another angel, the same that had power over the fire on it, and cried aloud to the angel with the sharp sickle, Put in thy sharp sickle, and gather the grapes from earth’s vineyard; its clusters are ripe.

 

The grapes here represent the gathering of the wrath which the sins of the world have merited for so long. Included in this is the additional wrath merited by the world by the execution of those who have heeded the angel's three-fold call to penance, and are glad for their departure; at the same time, it represents their continuing unrepentance at the last moment possible as well as all of their previous sins, also unrepented.

In this way the wicked of the world merit to "drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mingled with pure wine in the cup of his wrath"; in double measure.

In contrast, those who have heeded the call to penance, even if they had previous accepted the mark of the beast and his worship, may be found in good stead:

"And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire, and them that had overcome the beast, and his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having the harps of God:  And singing the canticle of Moses, the servant of God, and the canticle of the Lamb, saying: Great and wonderful are thy works, O Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, O King of ages" (Apoc. 15:2-3).

 

 

14:19  And the angel thrust in his sharp sickle into the earth, and gathered the vineyard of the earth, and cast it into the great press of the wrath of God:

 

K~  So the angel put in his sickle over the earth, and gathered in earth’s vintage, which he threw into the great wine-press of God’s anger;

14:20  And the press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the press, up to the horses’ bridles, for a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

 

K~  and when the wine-press was trodden out, away from the city, blood came from the wine-press, and reached as high as a horse’s bridle, sixteen hundred furlongs off

 

In a general sense, this could represent the entire remaining time of the world until and including Armagedon, in which the wicked are reaped from the earth.[11] At the same time, as this gathering is unlike the previous, which is not symbolized by a vineyard nor grapes, it may at first be spiritual (verse nineteen), then actual, when the punishment of the vials are poured out.

 

It is after the vials that St. John was given to see the vision of the harlot, "Babylon the great", which unites all false religions: the "mother of the fornications, and the abominations of the earth" (Apoc. 17:5). The wine of the wrath of God is in great part in response to the antichurch's consent to the execution of the faithful elect: "And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus" (Apoc. 17:6).

The rejection of the last call to penance must necessarily include the rejection of the "last means" given us by Heaven, as Sr. Lucia told Fr. Fuentes:

"God always, before He is about to chastise the world, exhausts all other remedies. Now, when He sees that the world pays no attention whatsoever, then as we say in our imperfect manner of speaking, He offers us with ‘certain fear’ the last means of salvation, His Most Holy Mother. It is with ‘certain fear’ because if you despise and repulse this ultimate means, we will not have any more forgiveness from Heaven, because we will have committed a sin which the Gospel calls the sin against the Holy Ghost. This sin consists of openly rejecting, with full knowledge and consent, the salvation which He offers".

Our Lady was in the vision, restraining the angel to give them time: "[the flames of the angel's sword] died out in contact with the splendour that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand: pointing to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: 'Penance! Penance! Penance!'". But afterwards, when the time is finished, so also is Our Lady finished with Her intercession: the seven angels came out of the temple,[12] "having the seven plagues":

15:7  And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden vials, full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

 

15:8  And the temple was filled with smoke from the majesty of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

The final call to penance means that no one who dies during the remaining tribulation is going to be saved.[13]

 

 

Summary / Context

 

The vision properly begins with the first two parts spoken of Sr. Lucia which were omitted by the Vatican's June 2000 publication. These events follow the period of "two and forty months" of Apocalypse chapter thirteen, in which all the elect were taken prisoner. In the first part, the 144,000 are seen singing 'a new canticle' to which no one else knew the words, probably because it comes from the Holy Father. They are accompanied by sound from Heaven, as it were an orchestra. That ends the first part. Afterwards, three angels come with final warnings from Heaven: One carrying the dogmas of the Faith and urging the world to fear the Lord and the hour of his judgement, the second declaring that "the great Babylon is fallen, is fallen", and the third with a final warning against the beast, his image, and the 'mark'. This ends the second part. In the third part, which was published, Sr. Lucia is given to see Our Lady with the first of the three angels, who had the sword with fire, and two other angels beside the wooden cross as the martyrs reach their destination. These are probably the other two angels mentioned earlier. She did not see St. Joseph, the one with the crown in this vision, but St. John did not see Our Lady in his. That ends the third part. In the last, which Sr. Lucia was not given to see, the wrath which is merited by the world by their vengeance against the elect and continuing unrepentance are gathered up.

 

 

This is the end point of any and all prophecy which concerns the faithful on earth, until the first resurrection (Apoc. 20:4-5) and except for the Gospel accounts. The end is not yet, as there is still a thousand years during which the dragon is bound. 

 

It is also the end point of the era of which Our Lady of Fatima is concerned. Beginning in 1917, when She appeared to Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta and gave them Her message and worked the miracle of October 13 to guarantee it, at the same time the forces of the devil established atheistic communism in Russia. From there, errors would be spread through the world unless it could be forestalled by Russia's conversion. However, Pius XII did not order all the bishops to perform the consecration with him[14] so Russia's errors (including the false shepherds) continued unchecked. The papacy was about to be compromised so God removed it from the earth, and the devil established a false church in place of the true one, beginning in 1958-1965.

In parallel, the seals of Apocalypse, of the book of life (Apoc. 5:1-8) began to be opened, beginning in 1941 and the fourth in 1965. Then a long period ensued in which the faith was gradually lost almost everywhere on earth and the errors of Russia continued to undermine the moral fabric of society until even common sense began in places to be uncommon. At the same time, the structure of globalism was being built by the 'mystery of iniquity' which would result in a borderless world, although they did not know that, at the end of this process, they would give all their power to the 'pope', the antichrist, who is their saviour.

When the fifth seal was opened, which was the Conjob19 hoax, the mark of the beast was prefigured, in that everyone had to take it or possibly die. The actual mark of the beast will be similar in that, after the sixth seal (which Garabandal calls "the Warning"), everyone will be 'encouraged' to take it lest they encourage "the Punishment" by their rebellion. The chastisement of the world cannot be prevented in any case. This is a false hope from a false apparition, but those who refuse to submit will be blamed for the results.

After a period of "two and forty months", the beast will succeed in gathering up all of the elect after which the world will take vengeance on them for 'causing' the destruction by refusing to submit to the antichrist.

The reign of the seventh antipope will be short (Apoc. 17:10), and it is not known when the 'eighth' will arrive, but it may be immediately after the sixth seal, at around the time the elect are being signed. It is possible the sixth seal event will interrupt a major war, so that all these things may be fulfilled. Those who are behind it do not know this.

The Church is not ended, as there is a "first resurrection" spoken of by St. John "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection. In these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ; and shall reign with him a thousand years" (Apoc. 20:6).

Lastly, it should be noted that none of this adds anything to the Apocalypse, nor takes any part of it away (Apoc. 22:18-19). Sr. Lucia's third secret vision however does clarify things.

Footnotes

1.  This was thought by some to be staged, as a calculated risk, taken by Wojtyla in order to gain the sympathy and support of many. But to what end, other than the good of what was begun at Vatican '2' ?

2.  These only began to gain dominance in the market in the mid-2000's. In 2000 they were about 7%. It was only from that time that they commonly began to be really broad and narrow. Today they are ubiquitous, and are hung on a wall like a mirror. Everyone will be watching on these.

 

3.  Our Lady did not specify in what form it should be done, only that it be "in union with all the bishops of the world". As the 'bishop in white' is "the Holy Father", he, together with the few other bishops in the procession, could be doing this even in these last moments (or has done, during the canticle). Our Lady always requested that "the Holy Father" perform the consecration; She never said "the Pope"; and in the revealed secret She referred to Pope Pius XI simply as "Pius XI". Perhaps because the Papacy would in the future become "sede remota" ('seat moved/removed'), and not only "sede vacante", the title of "Pope", which refers to Rome, no longer applies to the Successor of Peter. He was not called 'Pope' either (the title would come later), but was understood to be "the Holy Father". The point of the removal of the Roman reference is that Rome ("Great Babylon") "is fallen, is fallen" and is destined to be destroyed in chapter eighteen.

The seat is no longer of the "bishop of Rome" but "of the world" perhaps; or of Fatima, Portugal. Sr. Lucia did unveil the first line of the third part of the secret: "In Portugal, the dogma of the faith will always be preserved, etc". How it is to be restored is unknown at this time.

Also, there is no way for most to perform the Five First Saturdays devotion, which was to be established together with the consecration of Russia, according to the text of the secret. A valid clergy is necessary; on the other hand, the First Saturdays devotion was established, and is not dependent upon the consecration for validity.

At this late stage, which is, as it were, the end (not of the world but of the era), the next stage of the chastisement of the world comes from the vials (chapter sixteen), and they cannot be stopped. The only way the reputed last line of the secret can be reconciled with the whole is if there is a short period of peace, enough time for the conversion of Russia, and for all the others who heeded the angel's "Penance! Penance! Penance!". In this sense, Russia as a whole will escape the end fated to those who still worship the antichrist. But this cannot be the case, since during the vials' duration, none can be saved: "And the temple was filled with smoke from the majesty of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled" (Apoc. 15:8).

So the conclusion is that the last part of the secret is indeed a false add-on. Russia is in the same situation as all the other nations. The angel's call to penance is for all those in the world who wish their souls to be saved to follow the example of those whom they were even then watching on the television wide-screens, as Sr. Lucia had seen long before.

4.  By whom, and why was this allowed by those who should know better, is the question. But there are other reasons for this which we shall examine. See "Conclusion: Unmaking The Ring". For now it suffices to say that, if Russia was consecrated and converted, this is the same for Russia as if the book of life is unsealed.

5.  It has been said, or rather apparently St. Vincent said that he himself was the 'angel' who announced the next three woes: "And I heard, in my vision, words spoken by an eagle that flew across the middle part of heaven, crying aloud, Woe, woe, woe to all that dwell on earth, when those other calls are sounded by the three angels whose trumpets have yet to sound" (Apoc. 8:13~Knox).

 

6.  Haydock commentary:  "By Babylon, as observed before, may very probably be signified all the wicked world in general, whom God will punish and destroy after the short time of this mortal life: or may be signified every great city, and perhaps Rome returned to idolatry in the time of antichrist, a little before the end of the world, or may be signified the idolatry of heathen Rome, in the fourth age[century], when the Christian religion, under Constantine and his successors, began to triumph over paganism, i.e. according to those interpreters followed by Alcazar, Bossuet, P. Alleman, &c. which exposition Dr. Hammond thus expresseth: "the whole impure city of heathen Rome, under the title of Babylon, that old idolatrous city that had lain so heavy upon the people of God....should speedily be destroyed, for advancing the heathen worship (Witham)".

 

7.  As they are elect, it is expected that they should, but it does not mean they will not suffer. As we see in Sr. Lucia's vision, as the elect make their way, "before reaching there [where the cross stands] the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way, etc".

8.  See "Apparition Of Chapter One". St. Joseph did appear with Our Lady and the Child Jesus after the miracle of the sun, according to Sr. Lucia. And that is all to indicate his future role in the Apocalyptic events.

 

9.  One cannot fail to see in this a parallel with the 'vaccine' campaign, due to Conjob19, from 2020-2022: It was argued that the only way to "stop the spread" was for everyone to get 'vaccinated' and that those who did not somehow caused the 'vaccine' to become ineffectual. So all who did not comply were blamed for the continuing presence of the 'virus' despite the fact that this is an inversion of how vaccines are supposed to work.

There are two ways in which this may be applied to the 'mark' of chapter thirteen. First, it may be admitted by those in power that Conjob19 was a deception, but now that their saviour (as they will see the antichrist) has come to correct everything, their previous errors (they might claim) was due to their being in darkness; and they now see their actions as 'falsely' prefiguring his mark or 'sign'. But this time it is true, we have repented, and followed the pope.

Second, nothing will be admitted to the effect that it was a deception, but many will not see it a prefigurement of the mark of the beast in any case. The first is more probable.

 

10.  This reference was included to demonstrate how, for Apocalypse in particular, the actual interpretation may be very different from how it was seen without the benefit of being actually in those times. It is also why we were not, for the most part, influenced by previous interpretations. It's not wrong, but it was yet unclear.

11.  From Haydock: "[the wicked] is again represented by the sickle, which is said to be put to the clusters of the vineyard: and they were cast into the great wine-press, or lake of the wrath of God, into hell, where the blood is said to come out even up to the horses' bridles, for a thousand and six hundred furlongs: a metaphorical way of expressing the exceeding great torments of the wicked in hell".

12.  The same as the seven spirits of God in Apocalypse 1:20 and 4:5. They are "girt about the breasts with golden girdles", same as St. John's apparition of chapter one.

13.  It is possible some may repent afterwards, but this cannot be known at this time.

14.  Pius XII did not 'fail'. He did what he was supposed to do. The ultimate goal is the unsealing of the book of life. This will be explained further in "Two Timelines" and "Conclusion: Unmaking The Ring".