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\u2026it will be men themselves who will <\/span><\/p>\n When these signs begin to happen, <\/strong> <\/p>\nT<\/span>here is a Wearing Down of the Saints<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>in these days, as the words of Jesus can be felt throughout the world:<\/p>\n …because of the increase in evildoing, the love of many will grow cold.<\/strong> (Matthew 24:12)<\/span><\/p>\n It coincides with the rise of the “fourth kingdom” the prophet Daniel foresaw \u2014 a neo-communist<\/a> “beast” that subdues the entire earth in a way impossible in previous centuries:\u00a0<\/p>\n Thus it is that our age has seen the birth of totalitarian systems and forms of tyranny which would not have been possible in the time before the technological leap forward\u2026\u00a0<\/strong>Today, control can penetrate into the innermost life of individuals\u2026\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI,\u00a0The Instruction on Christian Freedom\u00a0<\/a><\/em>and Liberation,<\/a><\/em>n. 14;\u00a0vatican.va<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n As such, we may be tempted to despair \u2014 to echo the words of those who cried out in Revelation: “Who can compare with the beast or who can fight against it?\u201d<\/em> [1]<\/sup><\/a>Revelation 13:4<\/span><\/span>
\nprovoke the imminent conflict,
\nand it will be I, Myself,
\nwho will destroy the forces of evil
\nto draw good from all this;
\nand it will be the Mother, most holy Mary,
\nwho will crush the head of the serpent,
\nthus beginning a new era of peace;
\nIT WILL BE THE ADVENT
\nOF MY KINGDOM UPON EARTH.
\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u2014Our Lord to Fr. Ottavio Michelini, <\/span>
\nmember of the Papal Court of Pope St. Paul VI,<\/span>
\nDecember 9, 1976<\/p>\n
\nstand erect and raise your heads <\/strong>
\nbecause your redemption is at hand.<\/strong>
\n(Luke 21:28)
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