Two Timelines (Part Two) Excerpt: St. Malachy And The Monk Of Padua

 

-Of Future Popes: St. Malachy And The Monk Of Padua

 

The references for these are from Prophecy For Today and Catholic Prophecy: The Coming Chastisement. St. Malachy is supposed to have been granted a vision of all future popes, when he visited Pope Innocent II in 1139. The pope, who was 'deeply troubled at the time', apparently derived solace from the list. Then the list was not heard from again until 1590.

 

St. Bernard of Clairvaux, a good friend of his, did not mention this list in his work, 'Life of St. Malachy'. And why was the list lost for so long ? Some say the list is a forgery, utilizing hindsight for the previous popes on the list and clever ambiguity for future ones. It is not our purpose to decide this question here, but to see whether it fits the solution of the two timelines for all Catholic prophecy.[57]

 

Pius IX (1846-78) was "Crux de Cruce" ('Cross from a Cross'); Leo XIII (1878-1903) was "Lumen in Caelo" ('Light in the Heavens'); Pius X (1903-14) was "Ignis Ardens" ('Burning Fire'); Benedict XV (1914-22) was "Religio Depopulata" ('Religion Depopulated' - First World War); Pius XI (1922-39) was "Fides Intrepida" ('Intrepid Faith'); Pius XII (1939-58) was "Pastor Angelicus" ('the Angelic Shepherd').

We will not compare the remainder of the list with the antipopes who have occupied the Vatican since 1958. Instead, we will match them with the first timeline:

"Pastor et Nauta" - 'the Shepherd and the Sailor'.[58]

"Flos Florum" - 'Flower of Flowers'.

"De Medietate Lunae" - 'From the Half of the Moon'.

"De Labore Solis" - 'From the Labor of the Sun'.
"De Gloria Olivae" - 'From the Glory of the Olive'.

The general timeline indicates that the crisis begins around 1900, and is resolved around the mid-20th century. This is, in the main, according to the earlier accounts of the first timeline, in which the great monarch figures prominently (fitting, as St. Malachy had this vision around 1139). The Abbot "Merlin" Joachim (d. 1202) speaks of the last popes: The Angelic Pope, the 'pastor and the reformer' with the Great Monarch will resolve all conflicts. He reigns during the first few years, and his immediate successor will be 'a man of remarkable sanctity'; and 'his three immediate successors...shall be called the Angelic Pastors'. Assuming the period of peace begins with the "Pastor Angelicus", it might have been Pius XII who reigned with the great monarch to bring about the period of peace. The next four spoken of by Abbot Joachim accounts for "Pastor et Nauta" through to "De Labore Solis".

 

"De Gloria Olivae", as the last pope, is possibly martyred (the olive is a reference to Gethsemane) by either the antichrist or his allies and it is then that the papacy is 'taken out of the way'. He is not numbered among those spoken of by Abbot Joachim, possibly because the period of peace ended when he began.[59]

Werdin d'Otrante (13th century) sees the victory of the pope and the great monarch when the Great Pope goes 'over the sea carrying the sign of redemption on his forehead'. This would seem to indicate 'the Shepherd and the Sailor'. Or, this is the successor to the holy pope who obtained the victory with the great monarch, and who would go about visiting the many areas in the world which were becoming part of the Church.

St. Hildegard (12th century) saw a comet which would cause devastation in many areas, especially 'the great nation in the ocean'. This could be represented by either Lumen in Caelo ('Light in the Heavens') or Ignis Ardens ('Burning Fire'); and the wars which beset Christendom at the time (early 20th century) could also be Ignis Ardens and Religio Depopulata. During these conflicts, Fides Intrepida ('Intrepid Faith') keeps the Church in some unity until the Pastor Angelicus arrived with the great monarch. This represents the basic earlier scenario in which the great monarch can and does intervene and when there is no false church being built either despite the pope, or during a schism, or during an interregnum.

St. Malachy's prophecy may or may not be accurate in the later first timeline scenario in which there might be a three days' darkness or some kind of intervention which is swifter and more deadly than the victory brought about by the great monarch (in response to the greater existential threat to the life of the Church, and therefore to the life of the world). But it is interesting that the prophecy (we are assuming it is indeed genuine) remained unknown for a long time, until 1590. At that point, there was as yet no significant change in the timeline.

 

Perhaps one should go back further: As far back as 1579, Our Lord appeared to Mariana de Jésus Torres to prepare her for a life of suffering and to be a messenger of Heaven. Her prophecy was lost for many years but was destined to emerge in the 20th century for the 20th century. At the same time this was being done, the prophecy of St. Malachy would be discovered in 1590. Our Lady of Good Success did not speak of the great monarch, but She spoke of a 'frightful war', and of a sudden intervention the nature of which is not divulged, in which the devil would be quickly defeated.  It is almost as if this prophecy was meant to slot in among the 'three days darkness' set, or perhaps right around the scenario seen by Emmerich (right before the three days' darkness began to appear).[60]

In any event, according to the earlier first timeline, the victory is brought about by the Great Monarch with the Pastor Angelicus, and the progress of the period of peace can be tracked by the descriptions attached to his successors: 'the Shepherd and the Sailor' visits all parts of the world, establishing them officially in the Church; the 'Flower of Flowers' is the peak of the period of peace; 'From the Half of the Moon' is ostensibly past the halfway point; and 'From the Labour of the Sun' sees the winding down of the period of peace, when unrest begins anew. 'From the Glory of the Olive' (the olive being a reference to Gethsemane) sees the martyrdom of the last pope, or at least the prevention of another election [61] and the establishment of the antichrist in place of the papacy.[62]

 

Yves Dupont notes that "A study of the entire prophecy shows that fulfillment is made possible only by including anti-Popes — almost a death blow to the integrity of the prophecy since Malachy’s vision of all Popes of the future could hardly have included those who were not to be Pope at all, and Innocent II would not have derived much 'comfort' from a prophecy involving ten anti-Popes".[63]

It is rather even more in favour of the prophecy that it be accurate despite including antipopes, and for two reasons: First, it shows that the papacy had not been 'taken away' during the reign of any of those antipopes. The list is not so much a declaration of true popes reigning in Rome as a record of who reigned (will reign) in Rome as pope, whether they are true or not. Again, it affirms that the papacy was still there nonetheless. The example of Pius VII ("Aquila Rapax"), who was certainly obscured by Napoleon, shows that the list highlights a detail of someone who reigned in Rome as pope while the papacy was still there, whether antipope or not, whether overshadowed or not. We say 'while the papacy was still there' because in hindsight, we can see when it was 'taken out of the way' in actuality (1958); and also in the first timeline: because it was a list of the popes until the very last one, until the papacy was 'removed from the enemy's path' in preparation for the antichrist.

Second, it is that the sequence is accurate despite including antipopes which favours the prophecy. If one accepts that it was a 1590 forgery, one would have to explain how it came to fit the descriptions of actual popes when their time came, during their times, especially Benedict XV ("Religio Depopulata"); and also how the number of them fit into the chronology established by other prophecies for the first timeline until the actual end, particularly Abbot "Merlin" Joachim's (d. 1202) account.

 

The Monk of Padua in 1740 "added his own observations to the prophecies of Malachy, even indicating the name each future Pope would take". He seemed to be correct until Benedict XV (1914-22) whom he thought would be Paul VI; and Pius XII (1939-58) was incorrectly designated as Gregory XVII. The one who would have been 'Flower of Flowers' whom Dupont mistakenly believes was Montini (Paul 6) was to be Paul VII, meaning there was supposed to be an actual Paul VI beforehand.[64] 

 

Dupont theorizes that the latter part of his work might be a forgery, but it is the shift in the timeline which really explains it. Fatima began during the reign of Benedict XV (the first the Monk of Padua had incorrectly designated), which meant the crisis which would lead to the great monarch or the three days' darkness of the first timeline would from then never appear.[65]

 

 

 

Footnotes

 

57.  One particular detail to note is the description for Pius VII (1800-23): "Aquila Rapax", 'the Rapacious Eagle'. Fr. O'Connor notes that "since this Pope was the most gentle and dove-like of men the inscription has presented difficulties which some have tried to circumvent by applying the prophecy to Napoleon at whose hands Pius suffered so much". It would seem that Napoleon overshadowed Pius VII at the time to the effect that St. Malachy's vision resulted in that description.

 

The description of Benedict XV likewise is more descriptive of the times in which he reigned than the man himself: Benedict XV (1914-22) was "Religio Depopulata" ('Religion Depopulated').

 

58.  'The Shepherd and the Sailor' might have been Siri, though others think that Roncalli fits the description better as he was Patriarch of Venice and expressed a desire to travel. Roncalli might also have been aware of this prophecy. The details that pertain to Siri are: He was the Archbishop of Genoa, the maritime city which was his life-long home, where he was born the son of a dockworker  (Il Lavoro, Genoa, Italy, May 3, 1989, p. 4).

59.  This is not to fault him with anything. It is simply that he could do nothing about it; the period of peace had run its course, enthusiasm had waned, and the time had come when the papacy would be taken out of the way for the coming of antichrist and the last days before the Second Coming.

60.  The devil must have been aware of the words of Our Lady of Good Success, which presents seemingly a worse crisis than the earlier great monarch prophecies, though it would not be more generally known until the 20th century (or after the worse crisis should already have begun). Before then, there was a work published in 1790 by Fr. Manuel Sousa Pereira which was based on Mother Mariana's own autobiography and that is all. Whether or not this had any effect on the devil's machinations is open to debate. It should be noted again that Our Lady of Fatima did not refer to "Communism" but "Russia's errors", and that Russia's first error was the rejection of Papal Primacy.

 

One has to be aware that the devil is not above reading the plan and preparing counters for it. In fact, that was counted on, it seems. If it is difficult to imagine this going on in the spiritual realm it is understandable.

 

61.  If he is not martyred, then at least the conclave to elect his successor is overrun: This might be the beginning of the 'wars, and rumour of wars' which the faithful might then hear about, and about the time when the holy city is "tread underfoot two and forty months" (Apoc. 11:2).

62.  Again, at this time the 'false Christs' would be appearing to deceive the faithful one way, while the antichrist deceives another way those who at that time have become lukewarm and love not the truth; those who have lost their fervour and say in their hearts, "My lord is long in coming," (Matt. 24:48~Knox).

63.  He also speaks of "John XXIII" appearing twice on the list: No. 50, 'Stag of the Siren', and No. 107, 'the Shepherd and the Sailor'. They were both antipopes; but he was not aware of this.

 

64.  The actual list of the Monk of Padua is not available to us at this time.

65.  If the divergence in names began with Benedict XV, would a divergence in the person who might take the name begin earlier ? As the crisis was supposed to begin in the early 20th century (as prophecy to indicates taken as a whole), it is difficult to imagine that it would begin with Guiseppe Sarto as Pius X, unless the crisis began after him, or unless his reign was cut short. However, after this point it is pure speculation, and one can go no further.