{"id":49581,"date":"2023-09-20T16:20:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T20:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=49581"},"modified":"2023-10-30T18:43:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T22:43:28","slug":"the-final-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-final-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"The Final Trial?","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/strong>Duccio,\u00a0The Betrayal of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane,\u00a0<\/i>1308\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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All of you will have your faith shaken, for it is written:<\/span>
\n\u2018I will strike the shepherd,<\/span>
\nand the sheep will be dispersed.\u2019<\/span>
\n(Mark 14:27)<\/span><\/p>\n

Before Christ\u2019s second coming
\nthe Church must pass through a final trial
\nthat will shake the faith of many believers\u2026 <\/b><\/span>\u2014
\nCatechism of the Catholic Church<\/em>, n.675, 677<\/span><\/p>\n

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WHAT<\/strong> is this “final trial that will shake the faith of many believers?”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In 2005, among the first “now words<\/a>” I received in prayer was of a coming “persecution” \u2014 <\/em>a “moral tsunami”<\/em> with “gay marriage” at its epicentre.[1]<\/sup><\/a>cf. Persecution!… and the Moral Tsunami<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span>