Teresa foresaw much of what was to happen in the twentieth century, in particular the widespread famines (as happened in the collectivisation of the Ukraine in the 1930's) and the widespread moral failing, defection and dissent of the priesthood in the years following the Second Vatican Council. Yet she foresaw a period and peace and consolation for the church. This was what she wrote in 1880 to Fr. Powell:
“On another occasion I saw the stars shining brightly in the firmament and I
saw a smoke arise, then I saw numbers of them fall and our b. Lord made me
understand that through levity, want of mortification, and intellectual pride,
many of His priests will presently fall away.
At other times I have seen dried
up herbage, dead cattle and fainting forms of human beings which I think
indicates famine but I have not been distinctly told so. I do not know either
the exact time these things will come to pass, but I understand that they are
now hanging over our heads. The sign which marks the foreheads of the saved is
the Wisdom the seat of which He expresses shall be duly and publicly
worshipped.”
Ukrainian famine of 1932 - 1933
“When these things shall have passed, there will be very few left who
have not His seal upon their foreheads, yet these will be brought to love and
adore the Wisdom of the Father in person of Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit
dwelling in the hearts and minds of His people, the Church will enjoy a great
peace and calm, and God will be adored, loved known and served verily and
indeed.”
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