与鲍思高同行
在圣父方济去世前不久，召集了众弟兄，事先告诉了将来面临的考验。方济说：时候近了，那时，在信仰和世俗上将有巨大的考验、痛苦、困惑和争执。很多人的爱情要变得冷淡，恶人的邪恶要增加。魔鬼将获得不同寻常的能力，我们修会和其它修会的纯洁将变得模糊不清，以至于只有很少的天主教徒怀着忠贞之心和完美的爱德服从真正的教宗和罗马教会。在磨难之日，有一不按规则被选拔的人，他将被提升到教宗的宝座上，以自己的狡猾，竭尽所能地把许多人引入错误和死亡。丑闻将成倍地增加，我们的修会要分裂，其它许多修会要被彻底摧毁，因为他们赞成错误，而不是反对错误。在群众中、信仰生活中、和神职人员之间将有各种各样的观点和分歧。正如圣经所载，那些时日如不缩短，如果在巨大的混乱中没有上主极大仁慈的特别引领，甚至连被选者也要陷入错误之中。那时，我们的生活方式和会规要受到一些人强烈的反对，极大的考验要落在我们身上。那些忠信的人要接受生命的华冠，但是，那些完全听从他们命令的人有祸了，将变得不温不火，因为他们没有战胜那些诱惑。为了证明被选着者的身份，这些诱惑是被允许的。那些为了真理保持热心、以爱和热情坚守美德的人将受到伤害和遭受迫害，被视为反叛者和分裂教会的人。因为那些迫害他们的人被邪恶的灵所催迫，而且会说自己从地上除掉如此危害社会的人正是在极大地服事上主。但是，上主是那些受迫害者的避难所，将拯救所有信赖祂的人。为了相似首领基利斯督，这些被选者将怀着信德行动，以他们的死亡赢得永恒的生命。他们选择服从上主而不是人，宁可死亡也不赞同错误和背信弃义。一些传教士将对真理保持沉默，另一些将把真理踏在脚下，并否认真理。圣洁的生活将成为人们的笑柄，甚至被那些表面宣扬过圣洁生活的人所嘲笑。那些日子里，默西亚派给他们的不是真正的牧人，而是毁灭者。”
The Saint Prophesies great Schisms and Tribulations in the Church.A shORT time before the holy Father's death, he called together his Children and warned them of the coming troubles, saying :Act bravely, my Brethren ; take courage,and trust in the Lord.The time is fast approaching in which there will be great trials and afflictions; perplexities and dissensions, both spiritual and temporal, will abound; the charity of many will grow cold, and the malice of the wicked will increase.The devils will have unusual power, the immaculate purity of our Order, and of others, will be so much obscured that there will be very few Christians who will obey the true Sovereign Pontiff and the Roman Church with loyal hearts and perfect charity. At the time of this tribulation a man, not canonically elected, will be raised to the Pontificate, who, by his cunning, will endeavour to draw many into error and death.Then scandals will be multiplied, our Order will be divided, and many others will be entirely destroyed, because they will consent to error instead of opposing it.There will be such diversity of opinions and schisms among the people, the religious and the clergy, that, except those days were shortened, according to the words of the Gospel, even the elect would be led into error, were they not specially guided, amid such great confusion, by the immense mercy of God.Then our Rule and manner of life will be violently opposed by some, and terrible trials will come upon us. Those who are found faithful will receive the crown of life; but woe to those who, trusting solely in their Order, shall fall into tepidity, for they will not be able to support the temptations permitted for the proving of the elect.Those who preserve their fervour and adhere to virtue with love and zeal for the truth, will suffer injuries and, persecutions as rebels and schismatics;for their persecutors, urged on by the evil spirits, will say they are rendering a great service to God by destroying such pestilent men from the face of the earth. but the Lord will be the refuge of the afflicted, and will save all who trust in Him.And in order to be like their Head, [Christ] these, the elect, will act with confidence, and by their death will purchase for themselves eternal life; choosing to obey God rather than man, they will fear nothing, and they will prefer to perish rather than consent to falsehood and perfidy.Some preachers will keep silence about the truth, and others will trample it under foot and deny it.Sanctity of life will be held in derision even by those who outwardly profess it, for in those days Jesus Christ will send them not a true Pastor, but a destroyer.
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