By Fr. John Hogan
This article dated 05 March 2013 was
lifted verbatim from Ex Umbris Et Imaginibus, the blog site of Fr. John Hogan,
for the information of our readers. Here it is in full:
I received an interesting letter in the post today. Well, it was not a letter really, but rather a series of photocopied pages sent anonymously with some of the "messages" from a self-proclaimed seer who calls herself "Maria Divine Mercy. These "messages" appear in her books and website and claim to prophesy that a "Warning" is coming and the end of the world is near. Among the messages was one which seems to have been tailored for current events. It seems, according to "Maria Divine Mercy", the next Pope will be the false prophet.
According to the "message" of the
17th February 2013:
"...the schism within the Catholic Church, as
foretold, will now be witnessed, for all the world to see...The Masonic elite
have grasped control over My Church and they will wield the most wicket deceit
upon Catholics....The false prophet will now take over the Seat in Rome and My
Word, just as it was in My Time on earth, will be treated as
heresy."
Maria Divine Mercy" claims Jesus is
speaking through her.
So that will come as a surprise to our new Holy
Father - he will be the false prophet and he will treat the Word of God as
heresy. Astonishing claims.
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| Fr. John Hogan "To reject the next Pope and call him the false prophet is to enter into schism, and schismatics incur an automatic excommunication." "I would ask all Catholics to stay clear of this woman and her "messages". |
Well, for the last number of months I have been
hearing a lot about this woman who hides behind the title of "Maria Divine
Mercy". Meeting with various prayer groups, I see many of the
faithful in Ireland are reading her book and some of them are being persuaded
over to her point of view. Indeed good, orthodox prayer groups are being
torn apart as some members take this woman's line and others, aware of the
difficulties in her teachings, try to stay clear. These latter Catholics,
who cherish the Gospel and union with the Pope, are being rounded on by the
others and accused of not being real Catholics, of failing Christ.
For more information on
this "seer" read Jimmy Aiken's
recent article. This is an excellent, concise summary and
rebuttal of the "messages".
In reality this woman is leading people astray:
she is fomenting schism in the Church, and many good people who have fallen for
her false teachings are now becoming enemies of the Church as they promote her
"messages". Indeed when faithful priests point out the
errors in these supposed revelations they are attacked by those who were once
faithful Catholics. Now it seems these very followers will reject the new
Pope, brand him the false prophet and so take themselves out of communion with
the Catholic Church.
In one of her "messages" she claims:
"He [the Antichrist] will be head of the New World Religion and he, and
the False Prophet, who will head up the shell of the Catholic Church on earth
will work closely to deceive all of God’s children". So, it seems, those
who remain in the Catholic Church in disobedience to "Maria Divine
Mercy's" call will be working for the Antichrist.
What is going on? I think it may well be
a case of a false prophet indeed - only it is not the Pope. In these
difficult times for the Church we orthodox faithful need to stick together,
need to support each other and encourage each other to live the faith as well
as we can in union with the Holy Father. The devil tries everything he
can to try and tear this communion apart, and it seems we may well have another
attempt in these false "messages", one which is having some success.
I would ask all Catholics to stay clear of this
woman and her "messages". For one thing we cannot establish her
credentials. When the Church examines the authenticity of any
supernatural events or revelations she examines the alleged seers because their
lives and integrity are part of the investigation. If any alleged
seer hides behind a pseudonym, even if they claim it is for the sake of
humility, their integrity cannot be established, they are frustrating
attempts of the faithful to weigh up whether this person is genuine or
not. If you look at the history of the Church no authentic seer hid
behind a pseudonym - they were known and submitted to the judgement of the
Church. Through her invented persona and "messages",
"Maria Divine Mercy" is trying to avoid that, and that speaks
volumes.
I expect a backlash. A priest I know wrote
an article exposing the heresy and inconsistencies in these "messages"
some time ago and soon after she was getting "messages" condemning
him. So I presume if her followers are offended with what I have written
I will pop up in the next "revelation" - this is how false prophets
try to quash criticism.
As Jimmy Aiken correctly points out: to adhere
to the "messages" and supposed prophecies of "Maria Divine
Mercy" can result in grave sin and lead to formal schism. To reject
the next Pope and call him the false prophet is to enter into schism, and
schismatics incur an automatic excommunication. Harsh things to end this
post, but this is serious. "Maria Divine Mercy" may well be
putting her immortal soul in danger, she should not have companions on
that road to perdition, but rather people who try to bring her to conversion.
Fr. John Hogan
