John-Henry Westen: ‘Great Apostasy’ unfolding for those able to see

During his talk in Fatima, Portugal, Westen discussed why prophecy, even private revelations, should not simply be brushed off, noting that the book of Isaiah clearly foretold the passion and death of Our Lord Jesus Christ, as did Christ Himself to the Apostles in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Yet Westen stressed that the apostles couldn’t believe these events would occur.

Turning to several more recent prophecies, including the visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, he highlighted how her clear prophecy, including the foretelling of the Great Apostasy of the Church, appears to be coming true in our times, for those able to see.

“What was (the Apostles’) reaction (to Our Lord)? Still disbelief. It’s like they couldn’t take it in, something blocked them from taking it in,” Westen said. “And that’s the way it is today with prophecies: we hear them, we hear them, we hear them, and sometimes it’s just really hard to take it in.”

“Look at what we’ve already learned, what we’ve heard from the prophecies given of old; we’ve heard from Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich … believe it or not, this was 97 years before Fatima:

I had a most wondrous vision of two churches and two Popes and a variety of things, ancient and modern. … I saw the fatal consequences of this counterfeit church; I saw it increase; I saw heretics of all kinds flocking to the city (the city of Rome). I saw the ever-increasing tepidity of the clergy (lukewarmness), the circle of darkness ever widening. And now the vision became more extended. I saw in all places Catholics oppressed, annoyed, restricted, and deprived of liberty; churches were closed, and great misery prevailed everywhere with war and bloodshed. I saw rude, ignorant people offering violent resistance, but this state of things lasted not long. Again I saw in vision St. Peter’s undermined according to a plan devised by the secret sect (Freemasonry) while, at the same time, it was damaged by storms; but it was delivered at the moment of greatest distress. Again I saw the Blessed Virgin extending her mantle over it.

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