In this recent interview with Christine Bacon, Daniel O’Connor and myself share our views on the “Timeline” we created in 2020. It incorporates the chronology of the Early Church Fathers, Scripture, and some approved private revelation. Christine asks us if the “seven seals” of Revelation Chapter 6 are still relevant, and how… Continue reading
Starting tonight, The Catholic Preparedness Summit airs as I join Doug Barry of Grace Force to discuss some of the prophetic words that came to me early in this ministry. They will give you the “big picture” as to what is happening in the world so that you can prepare yourself and your family in a way that is healthy, faith-filled, and rooted in Christ.Continue reading
In this all new webcast, Mark Mallett and Prof. Daniel O’Connor reunite to discuss what the real heart of prophecy is — predicting the future, or calling us to the present moment?Continue reading
The ceiling mosaic in the Baptistry of Neon in Ravenna, Italy
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The Church is not a democracy; it’s a monarchy.
Christ, high priest and unique mediator, has made of the Church “a kingdom, priests for his God and Father…” —Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1546
That is the context in which Peter’s role as “Pope” is properly understood: within a Kingdom.Continue reading
Dear family of readers,
The Lord has been moving powerfully in my heart the past couple of weeks as a new phase (I don’t know how else to put it) is coming into view. My writings explaining the Faith this past month are part of it (which I’ll explain another time). But where are we going? Where are these writings leading us? Is there more we can do to prepare for the revolution that is breaking out around us? Continue reading
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In my dialogue with Protestants this past week, the inevitable question of the Catholic Mass arose. One reader’s objections are essentially threefold: Continue reading
You are heading towards a future
where truth will be present in few hearts…
Many will seek the glories of the world
and will scorn true doctrine.
Behold, the Time of Sorrows.
Pray, pray, pray.
Whatever happens,
do not turn away
from the Church of my Jesus.
—Our Lady to Pedro Regis,
January 27, 2026
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More questions have come forward about the Catholic Faith from my Protestant reader — questions that now expose the heart of our dialogue: how we approach Scripture.Continue reading
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Last time, I answered a Protestant reader’s question about whether the Blessed Mother can appear and speak to us through apparitions, etc. (see Can Mary Speak to Us?). He responded with another gracious letter and more points of discussion. Here is part of his letter:Continue reading
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I received this letter from a Protestant reader:
Mark, I appreciate this blog and Searching for God. As a Protestant, I have problems with you continually referring to messages reportedly from the mother of Jesus, for whom there is no biblical suggestion that she even communicates with us humans. Mary was a sinner, as we are, even though we should honor her. I appreciate your blog when you use biblical references and also those of great saints in the church. Being a Catholic should not keep you from asking yourself those types of questions.
You have been told, O mortal, what is good,
and what the LORD requires of you:
Only to do justice and to love goodness,
and to walk humbly with your God.
(Micah 6:8)
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I remain transfixed on that little passage of Scripture in Genesis right after the Fall of our first parents. Think about it: Adam and Eve had just upset the entire order of the Universe. They ushered decay into creation, death into the human race. They committed a mortal sin by deliberately rejecting God’s Word…Continue reading
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Where did God go? It’s a question many of us have asked in serious trials, in spiritual dryness, and in the most difficult temptations. Of course, we know in our intellect that God, who is omnipresent, hasn’t gone anywhere; that He tells us in the Scriptures that He will be with us “until the close of the age.”[1]Matt 28:20 All of this registers in the head… but it’s often in the heart that we are groping in darkness, searching for Him whom we love.Continue reading
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I will lead you into the desert…
I will strip you of everything
that you are depending on now,
so you depend just on Me.
A time of darkness is coming on the world,
but a time of glory is coming for My Church,
a time of glory is coming for My people.
—The “Prophecy at Rome“,
St. Peter’s Square, Pentecost Monday, 1975
in the presence of Pope Paul VI
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There is coming a time, if we have not already entered it, when our religious clichés will collapse, when our formulas will fail, when all the supports upon which we have relied in the past will be pulled from beneath us.Continue reading
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If this “time of mercy” has been on a slow burn, it doesn’t mean it’s indefinite. In fact, we know it’s not. St. Maria Faustina Kowalska recorded this vision in 1937:Continue reading
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As of today, all the visitors over these Feast days have left, the house has fallen silent, and my energies return to this mysterious apostolate. It is entering its twenty-first year with nearly 1900 writings that span four pontificates. My hair is a little more gray, all but one of eight children that was at the beginning has now left home, and my eyeglasses have taken a near-permanent place on my nose.Continue reading
Every year at this time, there is the predictable lament that the “meaning of Christmas” has been lost. No doubt, it’s been heavily commercialized, whether by corporations, Hollywood, or the music industry. As such, Christians might be tempted to heap scorn upon the culture, venting our indignation and dismay at how Christmas has been hijacked.
And yet, whether people understand this Christian Feast or not, they still benefit from the effects of this time as Christmas Day draws near. It’s like the minutes before dawn, when the first light begins to scatter the darkness, transforming the horizon’s gloomy clouds into burning embers that herald the coming of the Sun. Even if one were so engaged and caught up in his own affairs that he was completely oblivious to the sunrise, he would still benefit from all the effects of the light and heat of the Sun’s rays.Continue reading
First published June 5th, 2013 with additional updates…
I want to recall a powerful experience I had several years ago when I felt driven to go to the church to pray before the Blessed Sacrament…
Outside my front door on The Red Night; Northern Alberta, Canada
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From the Mediterranean to the Gulf of Mexico, from Japan to northern India, and across nearly the entire inhabited northern hemisphere — one of the most widespread auroral events in living memory occurred on November 11, 2025. A coronal mass ejection from the Sun and subsequent G5 geomagnetic storm (the highest level on NOAA’s space weather scale) spread across the night skies, blanketing all of Europe, Russia, and North America in a crimson red light, clearly visible to the eye, even in Louisiana and parts of China. Continue reading
Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire, by Giuseppe Angeli, c. 1740
As the prophet Elijah is taken up
to heaven in a fiery chariot,
he bestows his cloak on the prophet Elisha,
his young disciple.
Elisha in his boldness has asked
for a “double portion”
of Elijah’s spirit. (cf. 2 Kings 2:9-11)
In our times, every disciple of Jesus
is called to bear prophetic witness
against the culture of death,
be it a small piece of the cloak or a large one.
—Michael D. O’Brien
I was praying before the Blessed Sacrament in my spiritual director’s private chapel when words, seemingly outside of myself, rose up in my heart:
I am giving you the ministry of John the Baptist.
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Your divine commandments are broken,
your Gospel is thrown aside,
torrents of iniquity flood the whole earth
carrying away even your servants.
The whole land is desolate,
ungodliness reigns supreme,
your sanctuary is desecrated
and the abomination of desolation
has even contaminated the holy place.
God of Justice, God of Vengeance,
will you let everything, then, go the same way?
Will everything come to the same end
as Sodom and Gomorrah?
Will you never break your silence?
Will you tolerate all this for ever?
Is it not true that your will must be done
on earth as it is in heaven?
Is it not true that your kingdom must come?
Did you not give to some souls, dear to you,
a vision of the future renewal
of the Church?
—St. Louis de Montfort,
Prayer for Missionaries, n. 5
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First published April 25th, 2023…
Reading the words of Jesus to Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta, you begin to understand that the coming of the Kingdom of the Divine Will, as we pray each day in the Our Father, is the single greatest objective of Heaven. “I want to raise the creature back to her origin,” Jesus said to Luisa, “…that my Will be known, loved, and done on earth as It is in Heaven.” [1]Vol. 19, June 6, 1926 Jesus even says that the glory of the Angels and Saints in Heaven “will not be complete if my Will does not have Its complete triumph on earth.”
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I am reading the latest Michael D. O’Brien novel about a letter found in the future Era of Peace. The letter was written and then buried at the time of the collapse of civilization, a time that essentially describes our present era. This one particular line jumped off the page as I read it…Continue reading
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A couple of my readers recently sent a great question along these lines:
Jesus tells us that His sheep hear His voice (John 10:4). Personally, I’ve tried to establish that connection with God, and I keep trying to open up that two-way conversation, but so far His voice seems distant. Maybe my problem is that I’m talking too much and not listening enough. I’m not giving up — I’ll keep trying. The reason I’m writing is that I’m wondering if you could share your thoughts?
Funny you should ask this, because I just said to my bishop recently, “It seems like the Lord is quite silent these days.” But is He?Continue reading
…it will be men themselves who will
provoke the imminent conflict,
and it will be I, Myself,
who will destroy the forces of evil
to draw good from all this;
and it will be the Mother, most holy Mary,
who will crush the head of the serpent,
thus beginning a new era of peace;
IT WILL BE THE ADVENT
OF MY KINGDOM UPON EARTH.
—Our Lord to Fr. Ottavio Michelini,
member of the Papal Court of Pope St. Paul VI,
December 9, 1976
When these signs begin to happen,
stand erect and raise your heads
because your redemption is at hand.
(Luke 21:28)
There is a Wearing Down of the Saints in these days, as the words of Jesus can be felt throughout the world:Continue reading
I am weary, O God, and I am exhausted.
(Proverbs 30:1)
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So many of us are tired at what seems an explosion of evil, division, and uncertainty in the world. There is a sense of weariness as darkness gathers like a Great Storm, something John Paul II was frank to admit:
It is precisely at the end of the second millennium that immense, threatening clouds converge on the horizon of all humanity and darkness descends upon human souls. —POPE JOHN PAUL II, from a speech, December, 1983; www.vatican.va
Blow the horn in Zion,
sound the alarm on My holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
for the day of the LORD is coming!
The land before it is like the garden of Eden,
and behind it, a desolate wilderness;
from it nothing escapes.
(Joel 2:1, 3)
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The faster we move toward the end of this era, the closer we come to the beginning. The trial humanity is collectively facing is essentially the same one Adam and Eve faced in the Garden: the choice between obedience to the Creator and His designs… or to eat from “the tree of knowledge of good and evil” (Gen 2:9). Today, this ancient tree has taken on the form of artificial intelligence and its false promises.Continue reading
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False messiahs and false prophets will arise,
and they will perform signs and wonders
so great as to deceive,
if that were possible, even the elect.
(Matthew 24:24)
Are you finding it increasingly difficult to know what is real on the internet and what is not? The World Wide Web has become a veritable sea of lies. It’s estimated that a quarter to a third of Facebook and X accounts are fake, constituting hundreds of millions of false users that are merely programmed or bots. That means many comments you read may actually be artificially generated through algorithms in order to make it appear that a certain post is supported or not.Continue reading
Not a day has gone by this past month that I have not been pondering the “now words” of the past regarding a coming “prodigal hour” for humanity (see Related Reading below). I will summarize them below…Continue reading
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They are calling it a “revival.” In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, there has been a veritable explosion of both interest in faith and his political movement, Turning Point, USA. As such, Christianity in America and even Canada is being conflated with conservative or “right-wing” political parties, as if the two are the same. Continue reading
The future of the world and of the Church
passes through the family.
—POPE ST. JOHN PAUL II, Familiaris Consortio, n. 75
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It was a powerful conference in Texas, this past weekend. The Holy Spirit fell upon those gathered setting many hearts ablaze. There were many emotional and physical healings throughout the weekend. But I was particularly drawn to the young men gathered there and an awareness of their need to be strengthened and supported… but that was just the beginning.Continue reading
Thank You!
First, let me say how grateful I am for the support that has poured in from all over the world — Switzerland, India, Australia, Germany, Austria, the United States, etc. This includes letters from Carmelite Monasteries, priests, deacons, and laity alike. To be honest, it always catches me by surprise. For the enemy is always a step behind me whispering, “No one is listening. They don’t care. You’re wasting your breath. You should do something else with your life…” It’s a constant noise or, as I say, his Temptation to be “Normal.” But I just tell him I’ll preach to an empty church so long as it’s God’s will.Continue reading
We have reached a new turning point in this present battle. Where the Now Word is going, and the need for your support…
The world is rapidly being divided into two camps,
the comradeship of anti-Christ
and the brotherhood of Christ.
The lines between these two are being drawn.
How long the battle will be we know not;
whether swords will have to be unsheathed we know not;
whether blood will have to be shed we know not;
whether it will be an armed conflict we know not.
But in a conflict between truth and darkness,
truth cannot lose.
—Venerable Bishop Fulton John Sheen, D.D. (1895-1979), televion series
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These are surreal days. Even for me, after writing about these things for 20 years, it’s surreal to see them being fulfilled in real time.
For instance, in 2007 I sensed the Spirit warning of The Great Vacuum the Church has largely left in the world by a lack of true shepherding and public sins. That article spoke of how the youth are being prepped to follow a false gospel, if not become violent persecutors, through a barrage of propaganda and corrupt entertainment. A revolutionary spirit was being stirred in them. That article also spoke of how God is simultaneously forming an Army of Light — if not martyrs — for these times, and ultimately predicted the hour through which we are now living. It’s a warning that has come to fruition as the armies of light and darkness have been formed, for the teenagers of yesterday (when I wrote that) are now the young adults of today.Continue reading
Hatred of the brethren makes room next for Antichrist;
for the devil prepares beforehand the divisions among the people,
that he who is to come may be acceptable to them.
—St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Church Doctor, (c. 315-386)
Catechetical Lectures, Lecture XV, n.9
We’re in a cultural war that is turning into a real war. What is the right response in light of recent violence?Continue reading
What’s happening with The Now Word? Where are we at in the world…?
I’ve received many letters of encouragement recently, others asking me if the Now Word is continuing, etc. I wrote sometime ago that I was going to take this summer to reflect, listen, and discern the direction to go. Certainly, the faucet of “now words” that was wide open over the past 20 years has slowed to a trickle. But the Lord is not done… far from it.Continue reading
Often it seems that God does not exist:
all around us we see persistent injustice,
evil, indifference and cruelty.
—POPE FRANCIS, Evangelii Gaudium, n. 276
Another day. Another mass murder. It’s become so commonplace that massacres have become a “normal” part of our culture. Except there’s nothing normal about it. Even fifty years ago, mass shootings were utterly rare. When they occurred, they were the subject of deep collective thinking, numerous documentaries and public inquiries. Now, they’re simply part of the weekly news roll.Continue reading
The Basket
It was just an ordinary run to the dump — some old boards, bags of garbage, and a bit of Spring cleaning. I tossed away a broken laundry basket full of old worn out shoes that once belonged to my children. But it stopped me in my tracks. As I studied those shoes, I remembered taking my eight kids to the store, buying them boots or runners, the smiles on their faces with a new pair of footwear. They played football on the front lawn, ran through the mud, climbed snowbanks or milked a cow in those shoes.
But now all but one of those kids have left home. The shoes that carried my loved ones no longer have purpose. So there I stood at the landfill, tears in my eyes as raw memories raced through my mind. I took a deep breath and sighed, “I’m growin’ old.”Continue reading
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True hope does not lie in knowing the future, but in knowing its Author. I think many people today are scrolling the news, or looking for a certain politician or leader, or turn of events or even prophetic websites like Countdown to the Kingdom that would offer a glimmer of hope to change the course of things. Yes, knowing of a coming Era of Peace or “triumph of the Immaculate Heart”, or knowing that God “wins in the end” as the cliché goes, can be a hopeful message. But it can quickly be drowned out with the next glum headline or personal misfortune and suffering in our own lives. Suddenly, we can find ourselves looking again for another “out,” for another word of consolation, another word of hope… Continue reading
It’s out of my control.
I watched as yet another rain-packed storm passed by our drought-stricken land for the fourth week in a row. It’s so dry now that the leaves on some of the poplar trees have begun turning yellow — in July. It’s a helpless feeling to smell the rain, to see it fall in the distance, while the crunchy grass beneath my feet turns to powder.[1]Ironically, this has been one of the coldest summers in memory! Well, I reminded myself again today: it’s out of my control. Continue reading
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What is going on in your life this year? We are half way through the Jubilee Year that began on Christmas Eve with the opening of the Holy Doors at St. Peter’s Basilica. The year will close on January 6th, 2026. It is a year of pilgrimage, healing, reconciliation and renewal. Continue reading
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When the Lord called me to this writing apostolate some twenty years ago, few people in mainstream Catholicism would even entertain the idea that we could be living in extraordinary times. People were either too scared, too complacent, or too skeptical to even consider that our generation could be passing through the change of epochs. “Ah, everybody says their times are the end times.” I have heard that a thousand times. But as I began to publish what the popes were saying about these times, what authentic prophecy was addressing, and raised awareness of the accompanying “signs of the times,” many people started to see — like St. John Newman — that, yes, something unusual is unfolding all around us. Continue reading
When he broke open the second seal,
I heard the second living creature cry out,
“Come forward.”
Another horse came out, a red one.
Its rider was given power
to take peace away from the earth,
so that people would slaughter one another.
And he was given a huge sword.
(Rev 6:3-4)
…we witness daily events where people
appear to be growing more aggressive
and belligerent…
—POPE BENEDICT XVI, Pentecost Homily,
May 27th, 2012
First published October 10, 2023… This is republished today in light of U.S. concerns of Iran-backed “sleeper cells” potentially being activated in light of the Islamic State’s recent threat of ‘a great surprise that the world will remember for centuries.’
In 2012, I published a very strong “now word” that I believe is presently being “unsealed” at this hour. I wrote then (cf. Warnings in the Wind) of the warning that violence is going to burst out suddenly upon the world like a thief in the night because we are persisting in grave sin, thereby losing God’s protection.[1]cf. Hell Unleashed It may very well be the landfall of the Great Storm…
When they sow the wind, they shall reap the whirlwind. (Hos 8:7)Continue reading
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The truth appeared like a great candle
lighting the whole world with its brilliant flame.
—St. Bernadine of Siena
This interior “vision” came to me in 2007, and has “stuck” in my soul like a note on a fridge. It was ever-present on my heart as I wrote Satan’s Golden Hour.
When this vision came to me eighteen years ago, the “unnatural” and “false, deceptive light” remained somewhat a mystery. But today, with the advent of artificial intelligence and how we have been coralled into technology, we are getting perhaps a glimpse now of the dangerous temptations humanity faces. The deceptive light is indeed Satan’s Golden Hour… Continue reading
During my television training years, we learned many lighting techniques, including the use of “God’s hour” — that period before sunset when golden light floods the earth with a captivating glow. The film industry frequently takes advantage of this time frame to shoot scenes that otherwise are more difficult to reproduce with artificial lights.Continue reading
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On the morning after Pope Leo XIV was elected, I awoke with a “now word” on my heart that was not only words but a deep impression:
We must become a Church of the Cross again.
