A good litmus test for assessing the spirituality of society is its response to the prophets that God sends. When society turns a cold shoulder to heavenly prophecies like those given at Fatima, Garabandal, and Bayside, it is a good indication that society is not attuned to God.
It was for reason that St. Paul exhorted us thus: “Despise not prophecies.” (1 Thess. 5:20)
The world has always tended to deride the supernatural and we see this spiritual epidemic reaching unprecedented heights today. Many scorn the messages of private revelation because they see these tokens of goodness as an unwanted interference into their lives. Their obsession with riches, acclaim, and worldly acquisition causes them to deride the true gold of Heaven as they run after fool’s gold thinking it is gain.
The world today is degenerating under the illusion of progress. Satan has managed to give society a ‘complex’ about virtue and true values as people run after money, sex, fun, and the art of being ‘worldly smart.’ They see this as a successful leap forward not realizing it is a backward vice whereby they become their own worst enemies.
This false glory is no less prevalent within the Church. Worldly and small-minded pursuits have all but replaced adherence to holy tradition as we see the faithful today flowing with the times at the behest of their clergy. This misguidance into darkness was prophesied in the Third Secret of Fatima.
The gist of the Secret was that Satan would capture and possess cardinals at the highest levels of the Church and would use them to misguide the Church but in such a way that this would be done under the illusion of divine guidance. What many would call the Holy Spirit guiding the Church to a glorious renewal would in fact be the devil driving the church into darkness.
This darkness of apostasy indeed has arrived, which in turn has deprived the world of light, fulfilling the words of Our Lady at La Salette: “The Church will be in eclipse, the world will be in dismay.” (1846)
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