Directive from Heaven - No. 552 - Hold back the Darkness, Part 2 given at to Veronica Lueken at Our Lady of the Roses Shrine at Bayside, New York

#552 - Hold back the Darkness, Part 2

"When I was daily with you in the temple, you did not stretch forth your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness." - St. Luke 22: 53

GREAT WAR TO COME SUDDENLY
"Yes, My child, this great War will come upon you suddenly. Wars, My children, are a punishment for the sins of mankind.
"Must We send upon you trial and adversity, My children, before you will come to My Son at the tabernacles of the world?
"You must gather, My child, all of the peoples of earth. Bring them here to pray as a solid wall against the darkness. You hold the balance to hold back this darkness, My child." - Our Lady, March 29, 1975

COUNTLESS APPARITIONS
"I have given you the sacramentals and My beads of prayer. Your prayers must now rise to Heaven. I have sought through countless apparitions on your earth--and I have come to many lands--to hold back the darkness. However, man has shut Me out, not only from his earth, but from his heart. How can I keep the heavy hand of punishment from falling upon you when you have chosen to harden your hearts?
"My child, Veronica, I place great dependence on you and all who have joined in My armies throughout the world to gather the souls. The path of man has gone far from the path that would lead to the Kingdom. He has now traveled the wide road, and this road has brought him to his own destruction." - Our Lady, May 10, 1973

BISHOP AGAINST BISHOP
"I give fair warning, as your Mother, that the world has set itself upon a course for its own destruction. In My Son's House it shall be bishop against bishop and cardinal against cardinal, for satan has set himself in their midst. It shall be mother against daughter, father against son. There shall be discord in the home as the family heads struggle to maintain the Faith.
"O My children, the battle of the spirits is far greater than any human war that man knows of. The days as given by your prophets are here. Recognize the signs of your times, My children, and act upon them. All who have been given the great grace to hear My voice, to accept the warnings from Heaven, know that much is expected of you, for you must go forward and recover your straying brothers and sisters.
"Pray a constant vigilance of prayer, My children. Pray for the struggle that now is taking place in the Eternal City of Rome and the struggle that is entering upon many countries of Europe. The evil of the Red Bear is spreading, My children. Prayer, atonement, and sacrifice. How long can I hold back the heavy hand of My Son?" - Our Lady, June 5, 1976

CORRUPTION WILL INCREASE
"The forces of evil are gathered against the young. Parents will be the anchor in their home. Guard the souls of your children, for they meet the agents of hell once they step outside your doors. Prayer, and prayer alone, with the graces gained in sacramentals and sacraments will be your fortification against the agents of hell now loosed in great numbers upon your earth.
    "As this battle progresses, number five will enter from the abyss. The corruption will increase until man will wish he would be removed from the earth. He will beg for mercy. Yes, death of the body would be preferable to existence upon this world that has been given to satan.
    "There will be small lights in the world, candles lit to hold back the darkness.
    "My Mother has been sent to you as a Mediatrix between the Father and man. She has placed Herself in sacrifice for lost souls.
    "I have watched as you have degraded Her, and you have sought with the agents of hell to destroy Her. You will know now that My Mother will crush the prince of darkness, and he will lie before Her, chained by Michael and cast into the pit. He rages now upon your world, knowing that his time grows short." - Jesus, March 24, 1973

DARKNESS ENCLOSING UPON MANKIND
"I come to you as a sorrowful Mother, a heart plunged in pity for Her children, children who have become blind by pleasure, blinded by the pleasures of the world. You do not see beyond your life upon earth, a temporary existence only, My children. You will live forever over the veil, in the eternal Kingdom of your Father in Heaven, or you will be claimed by satan for his kingdom.
"My children, many are now waiting to enter Heaven having spent many earth-years in purgatory. It is a place of purging. My children, accept your sufferings for your Faith upon earth, and you will escape a long duration of purging in purgatory. Many shall be put to the test, My children, for it is the day of the gathering of the saints, the latter-day saints.
"Pray a constant vigilance of prayer in your homes, and keep these prayers going throughout your country and all of the countries of the world. Hold back the darkness that is enclosing upon mankind." - Our Lady, May 30, 1978

"SAVE YOUR PRIESTS"
"My children, because of sin, insanity is now encompassing the minds of men; satan has poisoned many minds. Scientists are ever seeking but never coming to the truth! Scientists are trying to create a life that is not in any way the nature of mankind. Man is seeking and shall destroy his nature.
"My children, unless you pray more, unless you do penance and acts of atonement now, I cannot hold back the punishment, the Chastisement from mankind any longer. As your days proceed, evil is accelerating and the chastisements, minor and major, shall increase. There will be earthquakes in divers places; there will be floods and pestilence, and there will be the eruption of the elements. My children, My counsel to you shall all come to pass.
"I counsel all leaders of government to return to the commands of his God. I counsel all mothers and fathers, heads of households, to return to the commands of their God. I counsel every man, woman, and child who hears My voice and the Message from Heaven to do penance, atonement, and sacrifice--if not for yourselves, but to save your priests, your clergy, your cardinals, your bishops who are fast heading into the abyss." - Our Lady, June 4, 1977

DISCIPLES OF THE LATTER DAYS
"Be it known to all men upon earth that the Antichrist has entered now among you. Be it known to Our bishops and cardinals: (I do not include Pope John Paul II at this time, because he is under the domination of his bishops and cardinals.) I look upon My Church at this time and I find gross errors. I tell you now, all bishops and cardinals of the world: My Church shall not be defaced. You shall not defame My name. I will allow this to continue but for a short time. If you do not acknowledge Me properly before the world, I assure you I will not acknowledge you before the Father; and you will not have eternal rest with My Father in Heaven.
"My child and My children, We have looked upon the world now and find that We are fast approaching the latter days. This will be a time of toil for all. Those who will work with Me shall be called now disciples of the latter days. Already, My children, you have gathered for some time. You all know who I am speaking to at this time. I say again, all those who have been picked from among Our vineyard of souls upon earth to come forward as disciples in the latter days to defend the Faith, to remain faithful and true under siege, shall gain Heaven and immortal life. You will find life everlasting with the Father.
"However, I acknowledge the fact that, My child, I have taken you from your home in a weak state; but you know how urgent it was from Our discourse with you all day today, My child, that you get here this evening. For the evil is accelerating in the world. We cannot hold back the Chastisement much longer. The Father has at the foot of His throne the Ball of Redemption." - Jesus, October 2, 1989

COMET TO APPEAR WITHOUT WARNING
"My child, that is a most tremendous ball you are seeing. It is the Ball of Redemption. It is at the fingertips of the Eternal Father to do as He wills. Pray that mankind will awaken and escape this great Chastisement, My child. It will rush into your atmosphere without warning. Scientists will look with fright, as will the ordinary man.
"Know, My child, that no scientist will know an explanation for its appearance. The Ball of Redemption nears, and many will die in the great flame of this Ball of Redemption. Pray that you may be able to hold back the darkness." - Our Lady, September 6, 1975

FAR WORSE THAN TIMES OF SODOM AND GOMORRHA
"My child and My children, man now is far worse in his human nature of defilement of the body, far worse than any sin committed in the times of Sodom and Gomorrha! My children, unless there is a major change in the ways of man that offend his God, We cannot hold back the great chastisement from upon mankind! It will come soon!
    "My children, you will experience a time of great suffering. As man becomes defiled in nature, he will lose all sense of charity of heart, for he has no God within his heart. He will abuse his neighbor in all manners of defilement; he will commit murders, robberies, defilement of the young, abuses of the flesh! My children, as time goes on, you will feel that insanity has gripped your world.
    "Homes must now become a stronghold of godliness! Homes must be a refuge for the children against the onslaughts of satan now loosed in your world. Parents must give a good example of godliness and piety. Woe to the parent who discards or goes along with apathy in his role as a parent. There will be much gnashing of teeth and woe set upon the earth by the evil ones now loosed from the abyss. The forces of 666 are now raging like ravenous demons throughout your world. They have entered into the governments of the nations; they have entered into all medias of communication, and they have entered into My Son's Church!
    "Pastors, bishops, you must return discipline to My Son's House! A House in darkness wears a band of death about it. All that is rotten will fall! And only a few will be saved, a small remnant!" - Our Lady, July 15, 1977

MANY NATIONS SHALL DISAPPEAR
"I have warned you, My children, in numerous counsels, through many seers throughout your world, that unless you listened to My counsel and acted upon it, you would suffer a great Chastisement. How long can I hold back this terrible time of trial from mankind?
    "Already the forces of evil have gathered; and your country, the United States, which has now proceeded into spiritual darkness, shall suffer a great crisis. The time for being optimistic has passed by. Your country, the United States of America, shall be chastised. My heart is bereaved by the knowledge of the loss of great life that will come about in this minor chastisement. Wars are a punishment for man's sins.
    "Because the United States and many nations upon earth have given themselves over to all manner of pleasures of the flesh, materialistic viewpoints and procedures and pursuits, casting aside the love and knowledge of his Creator, his God; seeking to set up upon earth a rule of government that has no place for his Creator, his God; and ruling upon earth with the forces of darkness and Lucifer who has opened the abyss to hell. And all the forces from hell have proceeded now to engulf your world. All manner of sin is being rationalized and condoned. And who has sought to stem the tide of evil? Only those of humble heart and charity of heart have reached out with prayers, with works, and with true devotion to the Sacred Heart of My Son, to stem the tide of evil; in true charity to try and keep trying as a labor of love for all Heaven, to rescue your brothers and sisters in the little time that is left to you.
    "This chastisement that will soon come upon your country can engulf all of the nations upon the earth, and in this involvement many nations shall disappear from the face of the earth." - Our Lady, November 20, 1979

"HE IS LONELY"
    "I implore you, My children, do not leave My Son to be a prisoner in His House! He is lonely! Won't you come and solace Him?
    "Do not judge My Son's House by the ways of man! The foundation is there, even when the walls are crumbling. Patiently pray and wait, and wait for the hand of My Son to restore your world.
    "I cannot in truth promise you peace at this time, for there will be no peace. It is a point now of almost, My child, no return. The miracle you seek now must be a complete reversal in the ways of mankind. It is the only factor that will hold back the Ball of Redemption upon you." - Our Lady, February 1, 1975

AGENTS IN THE HIGHEST REALMS OF THE HIERARCHY
"My children, there will be many warnings given to mankind, one a major merciful one before the great Chastisement. The Ball of Redemption approaches. It will come fast upon mankind, a heat so great that skin will dry up on the bones and blow away as if it had never been. Man will see and still not believe, so great is the sin upon earth.
    "My children, parents, I caution you again to take full charge of the rearing of your children by good example and giving them a true foundation for their faith, by bringing to your children the knowledge of their God and the commandments of their God.
    "There is little upon earth now, My children, little in penance and atonement in comparison to the world's millions of people to make restitution for these offenses to the Eternal Father, little to hold back the accelerating evil and the great warnings and chastisements that will be given to mankind in an effort to awaken him from his errors and sin.
     "These are the days spoken of and written of through countless years of earth's times. These are the latter days, and there will be a crucible of suffering. The saints shall come out of the fires of suffering.
     "My children, all who persevere shall win their crowns. Whenever you find yourself weakening you will say, My Jesus, my confidence!
    "Retain all sacramentals in your homes. And do not be misled by clergy who have cast off their habits, outwardly and inwardly have cast away the true light. My children, the habit was always a signification of holiness, piety, dedication in My House, My Church. But, My children, do not be fooled by those who have fouled their habits.
    "The agents of 666 now are loosed in Rome and have entered into the highest places of the hierarchy. It will be bishop against bishop and cardinal against cardinal, till all that remains will come forward out of the cleansing." - Jesus, July 25, 1977

THE GREAT WAR
"My child and My children, do not cast aside this message, for it is most urgent. The War, the great War, will soon come upon you, taking many from the earth.
"I have given to you, My child, a message for your Vicar, and he must act upon it. Should he proceed by following the ways of man, using humanism and modernism to the destruction of souls and My Son's Church, I cannot then any longer hold back the heavy hand of punishment from mankind.
"My children, I come to you as your Mother. I plead with you to listen now. Do not repeat your errors, for you will be given a great Chastisement." - Our Lady, December 7, 1978

"FOLLOW MY MOTHER'S DIRECTION"
"My children, you will follow My direction; you will follow My Mother's direction and act upon it, or you will not be saved.
    "The end shall come upon mankind fast. It will not be the full destruction of your world. I, as your God, will see to that. Never more shall you perish as you did with the Flood, but I say unto you: only a few will be saved, and only a few among your teeming millions shall survive the great cataclysm and the Chastisement.
    "Do not be deluded and close your ears to the warnings from Heaven because others say to you: O where is the promise of His coming, and where are these chastisements He speaks of? Do you need them at your own door before you will awaken to the truth? Have I not sent upon you enough warnings? But for the grace given to you from the Eternal Father, and having My Mother as a Protectress to you, you would have received your just punishment far sooner, My children.
    "Many times it is only the few who keep this chastisement from you. It is only the few lights in the darkness that will hold back a full destruction upon mankind. This will be in the all-knowing judgment of the Eternal Father." - Jesus, November 22, 1976

MULTITUDES ENTERING HELL DAILY
"My child, My heart is torn. It feels as though a thousand knives have pierced My heart. Every day another enters. How many shall console Me in My sorrow? I am truly the Mother of Sorrows. And why? Because My eyes look and watch the multitudes of My children entering into hell day by day! I cannot stem the tide now. I ask, I beseech, I plead with you as your Mother, to hold back the darkness. Fight the forces of darkness and evil that have entered upon your world.
"In the past the demons were loosed upon your world, but the prince of darkness remained chained. But now he is loosed. My children, in the plan from Heaven he has been allowed his time. Satan, the supreme master of hell, now walks your earth in a human body.
"I do not, as your Mother, seek to fill your heart with fear, but you must now face reality and the facts. The days given in the Book of life, the Bible, the days spoken of and written of by your prophets are here. I caution you to read the Book of Revelations, the Apocalypse of Saint John, My children. Read and learn; read again! For soon there will be darkness and you will be unable to read. You will store it all in your hearts and your memory." - Our Lady, November 1, 1977

DARKNESS RISING TO FLOOD THE WORLD
"The demons are always among you, waiting to enter. If they are cast out by prayer, penance, and the reception in heart of My Son in the Eucharist, if you stray from the path, they will return double in strength to try to enter and seduce your soul--so great is the power of satan! However, he shall not be victorious if you do not stray from the path given to you.
    "Life upon earth will go forward in constant battle against satan. The way has been darkened by mankind; but I, My children, carry the light. You will all follow Me, your Mother, in the light. I have taken My candle, My children, and I wander throughout your world searching for Our straying sheep.
    "It is for you, My true souls in the light, to light your candles with Me and hold back the darkness, the darkness that is rising to flood the world and destroy the souls.
    "Know, I repeat, that the forces of Antichrist are loosed upon you. You are in the battle against these forces of evil. The time--recognize these times, My children--the time is upon you. All who are of well spirit will have no fear. All will be good for those of well spirit." - Our Lady, December 28, 1974

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