Visit of the holy Padre Pio on 07.04.2025 St Padre Pio speaks to us: ‘In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Do what the Lord tells you! This is a very simple rule. Give your heart to Jesus and to Mary, the Mother of God. Look what I have brought you!’ Now the padre opens his hands. There is a beautiful pearl in each of the padre's hands. He speaks: ‘Look one pearl of heaven is the Holy Scriptures, the Word of God and the other pearl is the Catechism of the Catholic Church. When you read the Holy Scriptures, you are reading the Word of God and you should not only read it, but contemplate it in your hearts. The Catechism points you into the love of Jesus and so that you can understand everything well and move it in your hearts, I would like to place it close to your heart or into your heart. So I have two pearls of heaven for you: The Holy Scriptures, the Word of God and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.’ The pearls turn into the two books in his two hands. The catechism opens in his hand and I see the passage in the catechism ‘The Holy Catholic Church, I paragraph 5, No. 946 - 948: The Communion of Saints ’What is the Church other than the assembly of all the saints?’ Padre Pio speaks to us: ‘I commend this passage to you. Contemplate it with your loving hearts. I pray for you with Jesus, at the throne of the Lord, because you live in a time full of confusion; you live in a time full of fears. Trust Jesus, He is the Lord! He is love itself and will not leave you alone! The Lord comes to you as King of Mercy in this time of confusion and gives you His love and grace. It is up to you to open your hearts and ask. When you read the Holy Scriptures, read them with an open, loving heart and let every word of God move your heart. When you read the Catechism of the Catholic Church, contemplate it. Then also move these words of the Lord's Church in your open loving hearts. If you accept both pearls, you will grow in faith and be strong. Not because of your own works, the Lord Jesus strengthens you with His love, with His grace. Forget all this confusion in the world and set out. Do what is pleasing to Jesus, what is pleasing to Mary, the Mother of God. I look into your hearts and see that each of you is carrying a cross. Well, you are not carrying it alone. You carry it with Jesus. For the unbeliever, the cross is foolishness. But for those who believe in Jesus and love him with all their heart, the cross is the tree of life that bears the blossoms and fruits of heaven. But I want to give you graces today. The source of grace is my Lord Jesus. And so I will bless you with the priest. Pray for your spiritual fathers, I want to put this in your hearts. This is my request to you. Amen.’
Agree 100%. It seems the good folks at Countdown to the Kingdom have reached the same conclusion and apparently no longer carry her messages. In a recent video Daniel O’Connor said that her messages cause “anxiety and fear” and several of her predictions simply failed to materialize. It never ceases to amaze me how extraordinarily perceptive several members of our little forum are. It’s like they have a sixth especially when it comes to discerning what’s from heaven and what’s not. Manuela Strack however I think is legit. EDITED TO ADD: I did watch parts of interviews Luz de Maria gave and there’s no question in my mind that she means well and does not in any way want to consciously mislead people.
I too was leery of Luz de Maria. I am not entirely on board with Manuela either. I just watch and pray.
I also do not fully trust these alleged apparitions because one of the messages explicitly denies that Christ will come in the flesh at His Second Coming. However, Acts 1:11 makes it clear that He will return in the same manner as He ascended into heaven—that is, in a glorified, resurrected body, which is the living image of the hope of the Resurrection. The fact that a certain 'post-incarnational' context is being created already raises my eyebrows, even if 99% of the messages use very orthodox language regarding Catholic doctrine.
Is This The ‘Sign’? November 8, 2023 by sd We do prophecy here. And give air to a range of supposed seers, locutionists, and stigmatics. It is for discernment (Christianity is, after all, the “mystical Body of Christ”) only. One wonders. At Medjugorje, in Bosnia-Hercegovina, a “great sign” is promised in the seers’ first secrets. The same was true (allegedly) in north Spain. And more recently Ecuador. Now — Germany. It is there, in Siervenich, that a seer named Manuela Strack [see “Special Report“], reportedly looked favorably upon by her bishop — and one who was allowed to personally hand Saint Pope John Paul II a message from Jesus or the Virgin Mary (after meeting the day before with then-Cardinal Josef Ratzinger) — received a special “sign” from Heaven (she alleges) a year ago this month. “A large golden ball of light floats in the sky,” she said, describing what she was seeing on November 25, 2022. “This is accompanied by two smaller golden balls of light. The large golden ball of light opens and the merciful Child Jesus in Prague’s form emerges from this ball of light. The Divine child wears a golden robe and a golden mantle embroidered with white lilies and a large golden crown. The large golden crown of the Divine Child looks like the crown of the Child Jesus in Prague and is decorated with red and green gemstones. “The baby Jesus has short, dark brown curly hair and blue eyes. The Merciful Child wears a red heart open on His garment. In His right Hand He carries a large golden scepter. The head of the scepter is a golden cross decorated with rubies. In His left hand, the baby Jesus carries the Vulgate. “It floats closer to us. Now the other two light balls open. Two angels emerge from the two smaller balls of light, dressed in a simple, white, radiant robe. They wear straight, shoulder-length hair. Both angels bow before the King of Mercy and kneel before Him, taking the mantle of the Merciful Child and spreading it over us. We are all sheltered under the mantle of the King of Mercy.” “The King of Mercy comes near and says: “’Notice! Wherever My Most Holy Mother appeared, in every place of grace this sign will be.’” “Now the Divine Child shows me a pillar that is different during the day than it is at night. During the day it looks like it is made of clouds, and at night it looks like a pillar of fire. This will also be in Sievernich.” Manuela asserts that she then asked: “But Lord, this is a pillar! Will she appear then? When will this come, Lord?” “The Divine child says: “’Do not wait for the warning, do not wait for a miracle, for I can come to you any day, any minute, any second. Sanctify your soul! You are a temple of the Eternal Father. Take My words seriously. Live in the sacraments of the Church! So I can come to you as Savior.’” “Now the Vulgate opens. I see the Bible passage Revelation chapter 16, verse 10. The Vulgate shines down on us.” At LaSalette, France, the Blessed Mother appeared in a somewhat similar fashion, stepping from a ball or orb of luminosity. Do the words of Siervenich (if legitimate) comport with the “1990 prophecy,” an anonymous locution, also putatively from the Lord, that, while not indicating a Child, did indicate a phenomenon of light, saying: “I will come not as a man of flesh, but like My mother, who already nurses Me and holds Me in her arms, as a light and power. I will manifest Myself in a series of supernatural events similar to the apparitions but much more powerful. In other words, My second coming will be different than My first, and like My first, it will be spectacular to many but also unknown initially to many, or disbelieved. Yet truly I tell you, the arrogance of the world will have been broken, and so many more than normal will believe. “I will come in towering light. “My mother held me in her arms at Medjugorje, as an infant. “I will come as she has come, in light.” [resources https://spiritdailyblog.com/apparitions/is-this-the-sign
Correction: I take back what I said. It seems that the author of the text was the one who interpreted Manuela’s words based on a supposed anonymous prophecy from 1990. That’s where the problematic quote came from, claiming that Christ would not return as a man of flesh and blood. So it’s possible to distinguish, in prophetic chronology, between the miracle—which is not a globally omnipresent event—and the definitive return of Jesus, which every eye will see simultaneously, preceding the Resurrection and the Final Judgment.
Yes, I think both are false prophets. Luz suggests Luzifer, in German spelling. Manuela, as I recall, has stated the next pope will be Italian; if true, this is a false prophet.
I'm not sure about Manuela either. I wouldn't put my hand in the fire for any of the current visionaries. With Manuela Strack, I always asked - why her? In my opinion, what speaks in favour of her authenticity is that her ‘messages’ are primarily spiritual in content, mostly none with predictions of spectacular events. Manuela is rather uneducated theologically. There are videos that appear to have been recorded relatively shortly after the apparitions. There she, a priest and Michael Hesemann discuss how what she has seen could be interpreted and what references there are to scripture or other theological references. Hesemann is a relatively trustworthy journalist, traditionally Catholic. I would doubt at the moment that the statement about an Italian pope really came from her. The video channel that was posted the other day claiming this doesn't shine with sources, it seems to me. What I checked some time ago, and is relatively certain, is that shortly before the great flood in a German region 4 years ago, she received an announcement from Jesus and called for prayer. And on 18 February 2025, she allegedly received a message from Saint Michael the Archangel which states, among other things: St Michael the Archangel blesses and speaks: ‘Remember that this year is the year of great decision.’ I ask: For peace? St Michael the Archangel tells me that it is not only a decisive year for peace, but also for the Church. That was the day Pope Francis' pneumonia was made public. So one could insinuate that the ‘decisive factor for the church’ was already apparent or maybe not... I realise that my comment makes it seem like I'm completely convinced by Manuela. I'm not, but I think it's more likely that she's authentic than that she's not. I've only been looking at her site more often for a few months: https://maria-die-makellose.de/start.html (I think you understand German, Michael... the links at the top of their page to other languages don't include recent ‘appearances’. I also understand if you're not interested in it, until recently I wasn't either...)
For interested, i just found: Apparition of the King of Mercy on Wednesday, 07.05.2025 I see the infant Jesus dressed in an alb floating in front of me, following the Latin rosary prayer. The alb is decorated with small crosses. His neckline is decorated with a golden border that ends in a golden cross on His chest. He lovingly touches my cheek with His right hand and says: ‘It is a joy to Me when you pray in the language of My Church. I want to call My sisters and brothers from all countries to Me to gather My family and strengthen them with My love. I want to be your joy! I want to be in your midst and find access to your hearts so that you may carry Me in your hearts. I want to be your light in this time, your comfort, your hope, to embrace you and carry you through this time. May we carry each other as a family: you carry Me in your hearts and I carry you through this time. When many of My sisters and brothers are gathered together, it is a joy for Me to hear prayers in the language of My Church.’ The Child Jesus carries a white rose in His hand and disappears.
I can understand any scepticism regarding alleged appearances. My personal judgement of Manuel Strack is increasingly moving in the direction of authenticity. I haven't been involved with her for long, but youtube recently offered me a video about her. Or rather about her spiritual guide. I assume that he celebrates the Latin mass, but I'm not sure. I'm just that kind of guy - for me, that would speak even more in favour of authenticity. Since I don't yet believe that there really is a message from Manuela in which she made statements about JPII, BXVI and an Italian pope, I would be grateful if someone could tell me the date of this message. That would of course falsify her. I'll post another alleged message, but I'm also happy to stop if there's no interest. Apparition of St Padre Pio on 12.05.2025 St Padre Pio visits us, speaks to us and blesses us: "In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Dear friends of the Risen Lord; oh, you are already His family! You are in such distress that I am happy to come to you from heaven to teach you and stand by you. Even in heaven I am not idle and pray for you at the throne of the Lord. You are in trouble because you have no courage to trust Jesus and it has not been put into your hearts. Look how much you have stormed heaven! (Own note: Rosary prayer on 7 and 8 May 2025 around the clock, every half hour in alternation of the prayers online for a Holy Pope. This call to prayer by St Michael the Archangel went out into the world). When loving hearts pray, who should deny them anything? Recognise the heart of a mother! The Blessed Mother Mary will not deny a repentant heart any request. The Sacred Heart of Jesus beats for you, for He comes to you as the King of Mercy. You have also asked for His blessing. Pray for peace and implore heaven with the rosary; implore it through the sacrifice of the Holy Mass, through your penance, through your conversion, through your prayer! Pray for peace in the world! St Michael the Archangel has shown you how important it is to pray together and I say to you, whoever wants to come to me, to my place on earth (my own note: this refers to San Giovanni Rotondo), first visit St Michael the Archangel (my own note: Monte St Angelo, Gargano), and you must always be reminded of the trust that God has in you too. For you are on earth to sanctify this time in which you live! Sanctify yourselves and your loved ones with the Holy Scriptures and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. See here!" Now the padre has the catechism in his hand and speaks to us: "The grace of God comes to you in the proclamation of the Gospel. I remind you of the seal of the living God that you ask for and the grace of God can unfold in you. The seal of the living God is baptism, Holy Baptism. Jesus himself desired this baptism so that the Holy Spirit can dwell in you. So what if the spirit of the age keeps your loved ones away from baptism? Then do not despair. The Lord has entrusted to you the sanctification of your loved ones through the sacrifice of Holy Mass, of prayer, of consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Once again I say to you: You have come into this time to do the will of God, to sanctify this time in which you live. God has entrusted you with this time in which you live. So trust Him too, trust Jesus! I ask you to sanctify the time in which you live!"
I find myself telling my husband and kids, over and over, pray for the people around you. Everyone you talk to, everyone you drive past, everyone who comes into your awareness, even if they’re occupying the building across the street, sight unseen. Yours may be the only prayer they get that day. Beg the mercy of the Lord on all and for all, because too many never learn to beg it for themselves.
Pope Leo XIV has family lineage in France through his dad's bloodline https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Prevost-1162
Visit of Saint Michael the Archangel on June 16, 2025 https://maria-die-makellose.de/botschaften/2025/2025_06_16.html "The governments of the world will go to war if you don't pray! Please pray the Rosary and the Latin prayer dedicated to me for nine days!"
Posted on spirit daily https://spiritdaily.org/blog/mailbag-an-ancient-tree-falls/ from what i could make out, attached to the collapsed old tree was an image of the Virgin Mary. The tree split into pieces, but the image was not harmed. Manuela Strack said this is a warning about the Church(?)
