THE estimate is that some 1.6 billion babies have been aborted all over the world since 1980. Now in the US, the Biden-Harris administration is committed to push abortion as a constitutional right, along with a plan to also promote abortion worldwide.
Swerving dramatically from his past pro-life stance, Biden, a Catholic, has said: "Women's health care rights have been under attack as states across the country have passed extreme laws restricting women's constitutional right to choice under any circumstance."
Noted lifewire.com: "The statement also suggests that Biden now believes in an unrestricted right to abortion up until the moment of birth - an extreme position slowly becoming the norm among abortion activists."
I can't help but quote St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta: "The greatest destroyer of peace in the world today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a direct killing....If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell people not to kill one another?"
The looming explosion of abortions only confirms the signs of the times, that the world is now in peril of historic tribulations as prophesied by mystics.
Indeed, St. Michael told mystic Luz de Maria de Bonilla on December 30, 2021, soon after Biden and Harris were declared winners in the US elections by the US electoral college:
"Premeditated abortion is a crime against the Gift of life. God blessed humankind - and it has responded with aberrations against the Gift that it has received. The Divine Word is not respected; those who are in charge of guiding the People of God do not apply heavy sanctions needed for this generation to desist from other aberrations.
"Deliberate abortion is a crime permitted on earth, and because of this, we suffer in Heaven at the hardness of the human heart...
"Whoever consents to the practice of an abortion should repent, confess, and turn away from this terrible sin. Our King and Lord Jesus Christ sees inside every human being and deals with each soul on its own."
On June 20 last year, St. Michael also told Luz:
"People of God, the virus that is keeping humanity in suspense has come as a prelude to the great trial that will befall all humanity: the unraveling of the shame of this generation that mourns those who suffer, those who die from this virus, but ignores the innocent who are continually sacrificed through abortion."
To mystic Jennifer, Our Lord Jesus said last January 4:
"My child, those who have committed these unjust acts upon My Little Ones, within the womb and outside the womb, are bathing themselves in the blood of the innocent. When they seek to destroy My Creation, My plan, know that the Hour of Justice is coming. It is in the blood of the innocent that mankind will find that his hour of reckoning has come."
Last January 3, the Blessed Mother told Gisella Cardia:
"Many are the nations that have turned their backs on God's laws and made others their own that have nothing to do with the divine. Children, pray for those who have promoted laws concerning abortion, because their suffering will be great."
Also to Gisella on September 26 last year, the Blessed Mother said:
"You watch what is happening, but with indifference, and yet the time is over... Ah! abortions, euthanasia - it all comes from evil, yet you are calm, as if everything ought to go back to how it was before. Be assured, My children, that nothing will go back to how it was before; soon you will see the world change. Everything is over, yet you still do not understand. Why do you not listen to My Mother, who still gives you the grace of being near to you?"
Now more on Garabandal that was the subject of my last column.
The belief (mine as well as many others') that we are in the "last times" (certainly not the end of the world, as mystics tell us) rhymes with what was revealed during the Marian apparitions in Garabandal, Spain (1961-65).
On December 20, 1962, visionary Conchita, upon hearing that Pope John XXIII had died, remarked to her mother: "After Pope John (XXIII), there will come three other Popes and after... there will be no more. No, four, for one of them would not really count, the Blessed Virgin told me!"
Later, she clarified that she did not count one of the four because the Blessed Mother had told her that one of the popes would reign only briefly. Apparently, this pope was John Paul I who reigned only for 33 days. But Conchita also said the pope count referred only to the coming chastisement, not the end of the world.
Counting to four after John XXIII: Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, Benedict XVI. What about Pope Francis?
The only conclusion that can be inferred is that we are now in the times of tribulation. Francis was elected pope at a time when the prophesied tribulations had already begun, so he wasn't counted among the four popes.
Amid this sad scenario, Heaven tells us not only to banish fear, but even to smile with confidence that those who stay on with fidelity to God can look forward to the bliss of afterlife with no end.
Thus was the message of our Blessed Mother to mystic Valeria Copponi last January 20. Our Mother said (excerpts):
"Life is made up of trials; on the earth reign both joy and pain; it is up to you to know how best to face them. Today, I want you to be joyful: it is not possible to suffer without then rejoicing just as much.
"You will yet see days of trials, but Jesus will not leave you wanting for days of joy. If you do what He tells you, even in the trials you will find moments of great joy. Be calm: our presence will always be with you, we will be your support and help, and we will not abandon you even for a moment.
"I want to sustain you and help you at every instant, but be ready to welcome me. Many of you are sad and depressed, but whoever has faith will find joy in our presence. You know full well that the enemy is working ceaselessly, but you have us; he is very afraid of my presence, and if you always make sure not to be found in sin, you will have nothing to fear.
"Always be equipped with my weapon [the rosary] and you will be safe from every temptation. Little children, I want to give you courage; too many of you are living in fear, yet it should not be so; you know that My Son will be victorious everywhere. I suffer with my weakest children, which is why today I am bringing you joy, because I need your help. You are my favored children and I will help you to overcome every obstacle. I love you and bless you: smile, because of your salvation."