TERRIBLY amazing. This was the feeling I got when I first read the prophecies of Sr. Elena Aiello, a mystic and stigmatic who was beatified on September 14, 2011.
Her beatification was done in the backdrop of prophecies revealed to her by Our Blessed Mother, mostly about chastisements that we now see being realized in our days. The timeliness is amazing, the visions terrible.
But I should not waste more space and instead, under the command of Our Blessed Mother herself, share the words from Heaven as told to Blessed Elena about the chastisements.
Again, because of the gravity of the prophecies, I ask the reader to first pray deeply to the Holy Spirit for strength and wisdom. Or hold further reading in abeyance.
Elena recalled an encounter with the Blessed Mother who, she recalled, was dressed in black, with seven swords piercing Her Immaculate Heart and her eyes tearing.
She quoted the Blessed Mother as having told her on April 16, 1954:
“Listen attentively, and REVEAL TO ALL: My Heart is sad for so many sufferings in an impending world in ruin. The justice of Our Father is most offended. Men live in their obstinacy of sin. The wrath of God is near. Soon the world will be afflicted with great calamities, bloody revolutions, frightful hurricanes, and the overflowing of streams and the seas.”
“Cry out until the priests of God lend their ears to my voice, to advise men that the time is near at hand, and if men do not return to God with prayers and penances, the world will be overturned in a new and more terrible war. Arms most deadly will destroy peoples and nations! The dictators of the earth, specimens infernal, will demolish the churches and desecrate the Holy Eucharist, and will destroy things most dear.
“In this impious war, much will be destroyed of that which has been built by the hands of man.
“Clouds with lightning flashes of fire in the sky and a tempest of fire shall fall upon the world. This terrible scourge, never before seen in the history of humanity, will last seventy hours.
“Godless persons will be crushed and wiped out. Many will be lost because they remain in the obstinacy of sin. Then shall be seen the power of light over the power of darkness.
“Be not silent, my daughter, because the hours of darkness, of abandonment, are near. I am bending over the world, holding in suspension the justice of God. Otherwise, these things would already have now come to pass.
“Prayers and penances are necessary because men must return to God and to My Immaculate Heart -- the Mediatrix of men to God, and thus the world will be at least in part saved.
“Cry out these things to all, like the very echo of my voice. Let this be known to all, because it will help save many souls, and prevent much destruction in the Church and in the world.”
In April 1955, Elena got another message from the Blessed Mother thus:
“If men do not amend their ways, a terrifying scourge of fire will come down from Heaven upon all the nations of the world, and men will be punished according to the debts contracted with Divine justice. There will be frightful moments for all, because Heaven will be joined with the earth, and all the un-Godly people will be destroyed.
“Some nations will be purified, while others will disappear entirely.
“YOU ARE TO TRANSMIT THESE WARNINGS TO ALL, in order that the new generation will know that men had been warned in time to turn to God by doing penance and thus could have avoided these punishments.”
Then Elena interrupted by asking: “But when will all this come about?”
Our Blessed Mother replied: “My daughter, the time is not far off. When men least expect it, the course of Divine Justice will be accomplished.”
Being Italian, Elena again asked: “What will become of Italy? Will Rome be saved?”
Again, Our Blessed Mother replied that Italy would be saved “in part by the Pope.”
Then Our Blessed Mother continued: “The Church will be in travail, but the forces of Hell cannot prevail! You must suffer for the Pope and Christ, and thus Christ will be safe on earth; and the Pope, with his redemptive word, will, in part, save the world.”
Our Blessed Mother then showed Elena a part of hell and said: “‘Satan reigns and triumphs on earth! See how the souls are falling into hell. See how high the flames are, and the souls who fall into them like flakes of snow look like transparent embers! How many sparks! How many cries of hate, and of despair! How much pain!
“See how many priestly souls! Look at the sign of their consecration in their transparent hands! (In the palms of their hands the sign of the cross, in more vivid fire, could clearly be seen!) What torture, my daughter, in my maternal Heart! Great is my sorrow to see that men do not change! The justice of the Father requires reparation — otherwise many will be lost!
“See how Russia will burn!”
Elena wrote what she saw: “Before my eyes there extended an immense field covered with flames and smoke, in which souls were submerged as if in a sea of fire!”
Our Blessed Mother continued: “And all this fire is not that which will fall from the hands of men, but will be hurled directly from the Angels. Therefore I ask prayers, penance and sacrifice, so I may act as Mediatrix for my Son in order to save souls...”
August 22, 1960, Our Blessed Mother also told Elena:
“The hour of the justice of God is close, and will be terrible!
“Tremendous scourges are impending over the world, and various nations are struck by epidemics, famines, great earthquakes, terrific hurricanes, with overflowing rivers and seas, which bring ruin and death.
“If the people do not recognize in these scourges (of nature) the warnings of Divine Mercy, and do not return to God with truly Christian living, another terrible war will come from the east to the west. Russia with her secret armies will battle American, will overrun Europe.
“The river Rhine will be overflowing with corpses and blood. Italy, also, will be harassed by a great revolution, and the Pope will suffer terribly.
“Spread the devotion to my Immaculate Heart, in order that many souls maybe conquered by my love and that many sinners may return to my Maternal Heart. Do not fear, for I will accompany with my maternal protection my faithful ones, and all those who accept my urgent warnings, and they — especially by the recitations of my Rosary — will be saved.
“Satan goes furiously through this disordered world, and soon will show all his might. But, because of my Immaculate Heart, the triumph of Light will not delay in its triumph over the power of darkness, and the world, finally, will have tranquility and peace.”