How close is the Antichrist? If you’re a Christian, you probably don’t think he’s very far off, as in hundreds of years away. Many think he is coming in our lifetime. But if you’re a Catholic familiar with the prophecy of Our Lady of La Salette, there’s a good chance you don’t think he’s imminent – because we haven’t yet had the 25 years of “peace” and “plentiful harvests.” Or have we?
The opinion that we haven’t lived through those 25 years was recently shared by exorcist Father Chad Ripperger, a gem of the Church and a wealth of spiritual knowledge. Admittedly, when I heard he said this, I was perplexed. He is among the best and brightest of the Church. But the Christian faith of the world is so abysmal right now (U.S. faith levels have dropped to the lowest on record), and the technology needed for the mark of the beast is so advanced that it seems to me more likely the Antichrist will exploit the tepidity and apostasy of the world before Catholics become fervent again and world leaders serve the Church.
If we have in fact already fulfilled most of the prophecy of Our Lady of La Salette, and the Antichrist is imminent, it is better that people aren’t lulled into a sense of complacency. So I prayed to God that He would help illuminate the meaning of the fulfilled part of the prophecy, as I used the world wide web for research.
And, astonishingly, He did.
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