Powerful Testimony of Former Follower of Maria Divine Mercy

My spiritual adventure started with a mistake, a really big mistake. I came across Maria Divine Mercy’s messages while searching on Google. At the time I was interested in anything but the faith. Even so, I began reading them. 

Initially, I found the messages interesting because they spoke about the future, the love of God, the Apocalypse - and I was curious how it was all going to work out. Curiosity got the better of me though it would be a long time before I would admit it.

I'd stopped reading them and forgot about them but after a while I thought to myself, "I wonder what they say now...". I would like to note that it was curiosity and the desire to know first-hand about what is happening in the world that led me to it. I started to read them every day. 

My knowledge about God started to grow, though it was false knowledge, based on the messages of Maria Divine Mercy and not on the Catechism of the Catholic Church which teaches us about the obedience to the Church as to Christ Himself, because in the Church dwells the Holy Spirit. But then my faith remained in the messages and not the Church. 

A new world had opened for me - a spiritual world, the kind I had never known. I was charged up with the truths hidden from ordinary people like Masonry, the Illuminati, subliminal messages in the mass media, fantasy, literature, films and computer games. I was drawn deeper and deeper into this world, though I tried to convince myself that I read the msesages because of my love for God, not these novelties. I scoured websites such as YouTube for confirmation of all those novelties and I was even more convinced of the truth of those messages. 

Conversion

I started attending church, I became devout and I prayed a lot – perhaps too much; I had persuaded myself it was a privilage to pray for all those souls in need of salvation. I started taking part in church activities and became an active member of a charismatic prayer group. I was thankful that at least now I was closer to God and felt like someone special. I didn't realize I was doing it all for for the wrong reasons. My motivation was fear, not obedience to the Church. I was afraid of the Second Coming. 

Strange experiences began in my life. Like the time when I sensed some strange presence after saying a few Crusade prayers. I could smell a strong, lingering stench of sulphur that disappeared after some time. I shared this phenomena with members of a Facebook group but I was told that this was Satan who was disturbed because he was losing me as his servant. After all, I had converted; returned to Church, prayed, read Holy Scripture and joined a charismatic group. I missed the most important thing though; I was not obedient to Pope Francis who is the Head of the Catholic Church. 

The messages didn't plainly encourage disobedience towards him but their content and the self-evident conclusion was inescapable. 

Doubts 

On Facebook, followers of Maria from Ireland would posted photos slandering Pope Francis and 'facts' that supposedly confirmed the verasity of the messages.

As time went on, the messages grew more and more confusing, repetitive and predictable but Maria’s followers would always find ways to justify them. The “Seal of the Living God” and prayers that went with it were raising eyebrows. What is more, I rcould see some manipulation in them: explanations whenever predictions went unrealized would be followed by even more complicated messages which served as smoke and mirrors to distract followers. 

I felt as if the messages would first prepare to lead me to reach certain conclusion and then suddenly there was a message that would confirm what I had earlier been prepared for. I thought that if it was really Jesus speaking through the messages I would not feel like I was manipulated.

The messages which were only to last a few months had dragged into years. As soon as a priest noticed this discrepancy that message disappeared without ‘explanation.’ I would keep this in mind. 

I began to wonder why would Jesus need me to act as an associate of His Last Will on earth before His Second Coming. More people on Facebook wondered likewise. 

Satanic Attacks 

In the meantime, I experienced more satanic attacks. As I continued to attend the Charismatic prayer group, my spiritual experiences, both from God as well as Satan, began to cumulate, but I was led to believe this was happenining because I was dedicated to serving God alone and Mary, but in reality, the messages were bringing me closer to Satan.

But the lines between spiritual exeriences from God and evil spirits had grown more and more blurred. I thought that those experiences were bringing me closer to God and that thanks to them I was someone special. It was pride – but then I saw everything in a completely different light. 

I began sharing everything with my confessor, and he warned me against these messages but seeds of doubt remained deeply embedded within me: "maybe" or "what if it is true?" And this way Satan held me captive. I was at a dead end. 

It had been three years of my active involvement. I started to feel weak in church, dizzy, close to fainting. Again the question surfaced, 'is this from God or from the Evil one?' This should have been another warning sign but then I thought it was grace. 

I found someone with whom to pray the Crusade prayers and started distributing leaflets. The release of the medals of salvation proved to be another letdown because they had been copyright protected – so it was clearly done for money. Another debate broke out on Facebook. But there were always people who would make make excuses, and I myself defended the messages as well because they took over my life. 

But I felt as if I was doing this all behind the Church's back and I dared to ask myself, "Why shouldn't I trust priests? They know more about spiritual matters than I do; they can give me good advice. Why should I not trust them?" 

There was a time when every night at 3:00 a.m. something would wake me up - fearful, anxious and with a sense that spiritual entity had just entered my room. I could not fall asleep though I was so tired my eyes could not stay open. This Evil presence would stay with me and keep me awake till morning. Within a month I was exhausted. I was told these were poor souls in purgatory who had come in need of my prayers. Now I know that it was a visit from the evil spirits who are set free from their chains at this time of night. 

I started thinking about help from an exorcist. I was not ready yet to accept the fact that the Evil One was after me because I got involved in these messages. But I emailed a website for help. 

Deliverence

The reply suggested I seek an exorcist and ask for the prayer of deliverance, which I did, though I was not quite convinced – my mistrust towards Pope Francis affected my attitude to the Catholic Church. Nevertheless, I made an appointment. 

I arrived early and I went to pray at a nearby statue of Mary. I was overcome with fear and my hands started trembling, and thoughts rushed through my head, "Don't! Don't go there! What if he does something to you? You do not know who he is!" 

With great doubts I rang the doorbell even though I was still badly shaken up. When the priest grumbled that I had come too early, a voice within said: "See, he does not want you here!" I entered anyway. 

After a few visits with him, all became clear. It turned out the exorcist knew about the messages, and I was not the first one who sought help with this same problem. 

During exorcisms, whenever the priest mentioned the spirit of Jezebel or Maria Divine Mercy, the demons would throw me to the floor and scream so loudly that my throat would be sore for weeks and it would be difficult to talk. The evil left me. 

Even if these messages convert you, it does not mean they come from God, and even if one prophecy does not come true they all should be considered as coming from the Evil one. God does not make mistakes. 

Eventually, I found answers to my questions. Satan had an easier access to me through some generational sins. Now I understand that we should always seek Jesus in the Church, never outside it. God was gracious to set me free from the demons attached to these messages and I wrote this testimony for the glory of the Triune God and in the hope my testimony might serve as a warning. 

There was one message that stuck in my head - about the apparitions of Mary that were to take place in spring, but she didn't come. But people whose minds are darkened by those messages will always find an excuse, just as I did myself at that time. 

Pope Francis is a pope of mercy and Satan is trying to destroy him in every way possible. One of the most important lessons in the life of Jesus was His obedience to His Father until death, and for us this means obedience to His Church. 

That is what Saints did and taught, even those persecuted by the Church; they never disobeyed and they never worked for the Lord outside the walls of the Church. The Spirit of God is present in the Church, as Jesus pointed out after Mary and Joseph found Him in THE TEMPLE: “What reason had you to search for me? Could you not tell that I must needs be in the place which belongs to my Father?” (Luke 2:49 eidtor's note) Why do you seek the Lord outside His Temple, the Church, in some small groups? 

The saints taught that if during the day the Church says it is the night, we are to believe it is the night. 

I know that if Pope Francis has been elected as the Vicar of Christ then that is the Truth, encouraging disobedience and slandering priests can only come from Satan even when our intentions are best.

Joanna from Poland

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