In a Vatican-approved apparition from the 16th century, the Mother of God appeared to a Spanish nun living in Quito, Ecuador in what became known as Our Lady of Good Success. (Yes, I know I normally criticize those who do transliterations when a translation is required, and yes I know “Good Success” is a transliteration not a translation. But Good Success is what it has become in English, so we accept it in common usage. Common usage is also a part of linguistics, even when it gets sloppy on the translation front.)In any case, while we know the divine aspect of the Catholic Church remains always pristine as the spotless Bride of Christ, we also know that the human aspect of the Catholic Church can become sullied. The Mother of God told that 16th century nun Mother Mariana of Jesus Torres y Berriochoa (still incorrupt in her holy body 500 years later) that the Catholic Church’s human aspect would undergo an unprecedented destruction in the mid 20th century. But most of you already know the bad news what happened in the 1960s and onwards to the hierarchy and so many souls. Yes, this was predicted in a Vatican-approved apparition of the Mother of God.The good news is that the Immaculate Virgin Mary prophesied that the 20th and 21st century Catholics who would one day resist the greatest heretics would need four virtues which Mary herself named: Los hombres libres de la esclavitud de esas herejías, aquellos a quienes el amor misericordioso de Mi Hijo Santísimo destinará para la restauración, tendrán una gran fuerza de voluntad, constancia, valor y mucha confianza en Dios. Para probar esta fe y la confianza de los justos, habrá ocasiones en las que todo parecerá estar perdido y paralizado. Esto, entonces, será el feliz comienzo de la restauración completa.

Originally published in Padre Peregrino. Read original article