Directive from Heaven - No. 551 - Hold Back the Darkness, Part 1 given at to Veronica Lueken at Our Lady of the Roses Shrine at Bayside, New York

#551 - Hold Back the Darkness, Part 1

"And this is the judgment: because the light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the light: for their works were evil. For every one that doth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved." - St. John 3: 19-20

"I HOLD BACK THE DARKNESS"
"Many messages of the past must be dispersed now. All souls must be reached. Every soul is precious to a loving Father.
"I have wandered far to try to save you, but you choose to close your ears to My pleas. I have come to warn you, to save you. I wish to place My mantle over all My children so that not one will be lost. The hand of the Father grows impatient. I hold back the darkness, but His hand grows heavy.
"Read your Bible, My children. Man has forgotten his God, and he no longer finds the revelations in the word." - Our Lady, August 5, 1970

PRAYER AND PENANCE NEEDED
Veronica - Now Jesus is pointing up to the sky on our right side, His left side, and high up in the sky there is forming a ball with a cross on the top, but the ball is all black. And underneath it--there are flames forming under the ball. It's very awful, horrible-looking. It's frightening that these flames are now reaching up to the ball.
    Now Our Lady is motioning to me, and She's placing Her first finger to Her lips, which means to listen and repeat.
    Our Lady - "My child and My children, and My child, Veronica, We hasten to bring you here this evening in your ill state because of the urgency of what is to take place within your world.
    "There is only one recourse to hold back the flames, My child, that you have viewed: that is an outpouring to Heaven of penance and prayer, and sacrifice. Your world is heading towards a cataclysm of massive proportion. Many parents shall lose their sons and shall cry to Heaven, 'Why, oh why, has this come upon our world?'
    "O My children, how often have I appealed to you to listen to My words of caution and warning. I have tried through countless earth-years to guide you away from this cataclysm; but no, so many have chosen to ignore My warnings. These warnings came from all Heaven--the Eternal Father Who watches and knows all that has taken place, that will take place, and that has been taking place." - October 1, 1983

"I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE LIGHT BY MY SON"
"See My eyes, so swollen from the tears I have shed because of the offenses to My Son. But in all the sadness of My heart, I will smile for you, My children. Won't you smile for Me in the dark days ahead, with confidence of love?
"Yes, I am truly the Mediatrix of peace, the Mediatrix between God and man. I have been given the light by My Son to hold back the darkness. But this will all be on your decision, for you must listen to Our direction." - Our Lady, July 1, 1971

DARKNESS WILL SOON ENGULF ROME
"I bless you, My children, and I admire your great show of heart. We are pleased with the speed in which you have brought forth the honor to Our Vicar. Therefore, now you will carry for him the banner called Faithful and True. In this way you will hold back the darkness that will soon engulf Our holy city of Rome." - Jesus, August 21, 1972

DESTRUCTION FROM WITHIN
"Your country, your world, your Church are being destroyed from within. The gates of hell shall not prevail against My Son's Church, but oh, the souls that are being lost to Us now! . . . [Words not clear] or your world as you know it, your Church as you know it, will no longer exist.
    "Those . . . [Words not clear] with the Father will hold back the darkness. It will be on your decision; it will be of your free will to turn your backs on Us or to carry the light to the world.
    "All messages given from My hallowed grounds must reach the world now. Your time now is through the New Year of your earth time. There are many trials ahead for your country now. Unless you retire from the evil inducements of the world outside, and devote your time to living within your spirit, and fortify your life with prayer and sacrifice, you will not remain under My mantle of protection.
    "I am your Mother of Grace. I am the Mediatrix of all graces, and My graces and My Son's graces are to be given freely to all those who will believe. Believe, My children, just believe, and you will be given the way.
    "The war is on, the battle of the spirits. You must decide your side. The middle road is non-existent; there is only good or evil. You cannot serve both." - Our Lady, December 24, 1971

PERSEVERE
"Persevere against the forces of evil that now enshrouds your earth. Be nourished by the Presence of My Son among you. Hold back the darkness!" - Our Lady, December 7, 1971

GIVEN TO THE FEW
"My child and My children, it is not necessary nor of importance at this time that I repeat the direction of My Mother to you. Be it known that all that My Mother has warned you of shall come to pass. How soon? Well, My children, the balance has been given to the few to hold back the darkness, to give mankind a reprieve from the Chastisement.
"The Warning will soon come upon you. Shall you then awaken from your slumber and turn from your present road of destruction? Can you not understand the counsel from My Mother? Can you not give yourselves over to lives of piety and usefulness to man without falling into a delusion based on humanism and modernism in the ways of man?
"Man shall not create a new world as he seeks. For there cannot be a lasting world without His God. And I speak not of the false idols and gods that man creates in his human nature! There is only one Creator." - Jesus, February 10, 1978

PENANCE, ATONEMENT, SACRIFICE
"We will continue to guide you in the dark days ahead. We urgently beg you for acts of penance, atonement, sacrifice--daily. This will be all that can hold back the darkness." - Our Lady, May 19, 1971

MANY PRAYERS NEEDED
"Continue, My children, now with your prayers, for many are needed to hold back the darkness.
"Before this battle is over, many who remain to stand forth to protect the honor of My Son will be subjected to torments from their own. Many martyrs will enter into the Kingdom. The persecution within the House of God will be heavy. The agents of hell seek to destroy My Son's House on earth. Many of the dedicated will grow weak and fall in with the plan of satan, preferring to accept a life without suffering on earth, refusing and casting from their minds the reality of the eternal life of the Kingdom." - Our Lady, February 1, 1971

CHASTISEMENT TO COME
"Unless you are able to penetrate the darkness with the knowledge of truth, many will carry the cross with My Son. I tell you now: count not on the extension of this Chastisement; for, as I repeat to you, the last grain is approaching.
"Were it not for the merciful heart of My Son in the Father, you would get much worse, My children, than is planned for it to be meted to you. Your balance, My children, will be measured by the extent of the sin in your land, the sin throughout the world, the offenses to your God.
"The hour has struck, My children; there is no turning back. You can only hold back the darkness now. I am not abandoning you in the days ahead. I am always with you. The final decision will first come from man to the Father, and from the Father goes forth His decision to man." - Our Lady, September 14, 1971

"WARN OUR PRIESTS"
"Warn Our priests, My children; pray for them, and verbally send Our warning to the world. Write it, speak it, My children. They are preparing themselves for their destruction. They are stepping fast onto the road for the soul destruction of mankind.
    "The world as you know it shall be changed--not completely, My child, annihilated as in the time of Noe, but changed. The peace promised shall be given at this time. It will now, My child, take a complete reversal of mankind's ways that offend the Father much to hold back and give you more time for preparation before the coming great War and the Ball of Redemption. Pray a constant vigilance.
    "Many victim souls are needed, victims in reparation for the offenses to the divinity of My Son.
    "The Father has not lost count of these abominations being committed in the houses of My Son throughout the world, the churches, being committed among the peoples of earth--families disintegrating into cesspools of filth, immorality, parents that lead their children to sin. The abyss is open wide and souls, My children, are fast falling into the eternal flames of damnation, so deep is the darkness of spirit in your world now." - Our Lady, December 24, 1974

RED FORCES SPREAD THROUGHOUT ROME
"The forces, the red forces, My children, shall spread throughout Rome. Can you not pray and do penance to hold back the darkness?
     "Pastors, you must now do great penance. Get down on your knees! Humility! Humility, My pastors! Holiness and piety! Tradition! What are you building among yourselves but a church of man, eliminating My Son in the light.
    "Bishops, awaken from your slumber! I repeat, My children, My bishops, shall you be obedient to sin? Shall you unite and destroy your Faith? Shall you compromise your Faith with the ultimate destruction of souls?
     "My Son gave you your Faith. He gave you the course, a simple plan to follow. He gave you your first leaders. They wrote down the plan from Heaven into your Bible. Every man seeks novelty, interpreting for his own satisfaction--all manner of delusion and complication, novelty. For what? For the ultimate destruction of your Faith! Sheep running and scattering, churches closing their doors! Why? Because you have replaced the light with darkness." - Our Lady, December 24, 1975

PRIESTS CONFUSED
"Persevere, My children. Accept the scorn of the world, for your reward for this suffering will be greater than all the knives that tear at your heart in this Mission from Heaven.
"Pray always for your priests, your pastors, who are now confused. It is a way of satan, this confusion, for men grow weak from confusion. Increase your numbers of Rosaries, for they will always hold back the darkness. The graces you will need will come from the Father because of His great love of this darkening world.
"I love you all, My children. My Son hopes, but He is in great despair. Pray, My children, pray always. Remember your Rosary." - Our Lady, December 26, 1970

ROSARY WILL HOLD BACK DARKNESS
"My Rosary will hold back the darkness.
"My heart is wrung with sorrow at the falling of My dedicated.
"Parents must guard the children's souls to bring them to My Son. Be guided by the Holy Spirit, and keep your Rosary always in your hands." - Our Lady, July 15, 1970

"I HOLD BACK THE DARKNESS"
"My hand grows tired. I hold back the darkness. I have wandered throughout the world begging for atonement. My pleas have fallen upon many deafened ears and many who have allowed themselves to be blinded through the pleasures and seeking of worldly riches." - Our Lady, February 10, 1973

THE GREAT CATACLYSM
"My child, it is a dark day for mankind. Man has failed the test anew. Murder and violence--sin is a way of life in your country and the world. How long can I hold back the great cataclysm from upon you? Do not think or go about your daily lives without preparation, for it will come upon you suddenly.
"I have warned you, I have given you the plan for your salvation as given to Me by the Father. It is through the merciful heart of the Father that I have come to these sacred grounds as a Mediatrix between God and man. However, your days are counted. Gather your loved ones. Save your soul and the souls of those you love, for many will die in the great flame of the Ball of Redemption." - Our Lady, February 10, 1974

CHURCH WILL RISE TRIUMPHANT
"Many places have shut Me out, My children. I have great hopes that We can still reach these hardened hearts.
"Continue your prayers and sacrifices for your Vicar. The enemy has a well-founded plan to remove him from the Seat of Peter. The enemy has waiting those who will recrucify My Son. Only you can help to hold back the darkness that now is smothering truth within My Son's House.
"Our Church will rise triumphant in the final count, but how many souls must fall to satan before that time? How many who have been given the power within My Son's House are using this power to destroy innocent souls? They have aligned themselves with satan. Woe to evil man, instrumental in destruction of young souls! His fate is far worse than the lowest pit in the abyss. He will be judged among the least." - Our Lady, April 1, 1972

GREAT DESTRUCTIVE ACT IN NEW YORK
"Your city, New York, is teetering, My child, teetering on a brink of destruction of its own making. There are forces of evil gathered within your city. Keep a constant vigilance of prayer, My child, going. Only your prayers will hold back this great evil. Without these prayers, My children, there will be a great destructive act committed in your city of New York. The forces of evil are gathering. Pray, My children." - Our Lady, September 14, 1976

WORLD ON EDGE OF DESTRUCTION
"The world and the world's peoples are fast running to the edge of their own destruction. My Mother has wandered now countless earth-years pleading with you to make an effort to change your ways, restore My House, and do the atonement necessary to not only hold back the darkness that engulfs your world, but to hold back the great Chastisement and the ever increasing accidents that are not accidents, catastrophes, wars, famines, earthquakes. My children, so few recognize these signs being given to you.
"The Eternal Father is not an angry God, but, My children, He will chastise those He loves. Mankind has given itself over to all manners of sin and degradation until We see a world that has become a cesspool of sin and error. There was a great possibility for retrieving many before the great test, until it became evident that because of pride and arrogance, those with the greatest power to prevent the Chastisement have plunged forward faster, heading the world to its own destruction by fire." - Jesus, April 2, 1977

ATONEMENT NEEDED
"Peace, My child--have peace, My child, in your heart. You have been allowed to carry the cross. It is a measure, a small measure of the atonement needed to hold back the Warning and the Chastisement.
"If you were not successful in gathering the souls with My Message from Heaven, this confrontation would not have taken place. Be assured the count is great in Heaven at this time, but many will die in the great flame of the Ball of Redemption." - Our Lady, April 5, 1975

DAILY ROSARY BRINGS PROTECTION
"My beads of prayer have been given to you. I promise now, all who tell My beads daily shall be saved from the trials that lie ahead. I have asked for the beads to go across your country, link to link, a solid chain to hold back the darkness." - Our Lady, June 8, 1972

TRUE DISCIPLES
"The sufferings you will accept for the propagation of the mission of My Blessed Mother shall be in reward to you the recovery of many souls for the Kingdom of the Eternal Father. Names shall be written in Heaven, My child.
    "I allow your persecution, My children; I allow you to be walking outside the sacred grounds, for there are many souls to reach in this manner. The Eternal Father has full control of your world. The sorting continues--the separation, My children, of the sheep from the goats.
     "You are now true disciples of the Eternal Father. We hold you close to Our hearts, and We shall comfort you as you go along Our way.
    "You will use the expression, My children, 'Let us hold back the darkness.'
    "All who receive this discipleship, My child, shall separate themselves from worldly living. You are fast approaching the establishment of the monastery. Do not grow impatient, My child. It will all come to pass in the will of the Eternal Father." - Jesus, May 28, 1975

THE WARNING AND CHASTISEMENT
"Man has only one means now to avert the planned Chastisement and Warning. The Warning and the Chastisement will follow soon upon each other if man continues on his present course. He must now humble himself before the world. He must do much penance, sacrifice, and make atonement for the many offenses against his God. Only in this manner will I, as a Mediatrix between man and God, be able to hold back the destruction which is fast heading towards earth.
    "Science and man of intellectual pride will find that he falls far short of the knowledge of his God. The very forces that he used to advance himself upon earth, he has turned against himself to destroy his world.
   "When the Warning is sent upon man, there will be no doubt in the minds of man that it descends from the heavens. However, those who have already committed themselves to satan will see and yet not believe.
    "You must now do much penance and mortification, for only by prayer and mortification can you hold back the darkness and the destruction." - Our Lady, September 28, 1973

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