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The Diabolical Disorientation

Here are excerpts from Mark Mallett’s recent alive. And I will put this third into the fire, and refine
spiritual blog, “The Diabolical Disorientation”: 1 them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is
The late Servant of God, Sr. Lúcia of Fatima, once tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer
warned of a time coming when people would experi- them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will
ence a “diabolical disorientation”: say, ‘The Lord is my God.’” (Zech. 13:8-9)
“People must recite the Rosary every day. Our His “people” are the ones who do repent and
Lady repeated this in all her apparitions, as if to arm strive to be faithful, and to whom the Lord promises:
us in advance against these times of diabolical dis- “Because you have kept my message of endurance, I
orientation, so that we would not let ourselves be will keep you safe in the time of trial that is going to
fooled by false doctrines, and that through prayer, come to the whole world to test the inhabitants of
the elevation of our soul to God would not be dimin- the earth.” (Revelation 3:10)
ished…. This is a diabolical disorientation invad- Thus, this time of testing, this diabolical disorienta-
ing the world and misleading souls! It is necessary tion that has drawn the world into error, has a blessed
to stand up to it…”—Sister Lucy to her friend Dona ending for those who repent and accept the free gift
Maria Teresa da Cunha. (...) of God’s love and mercy: “In order to free men from
The root of this disorientation is straightforward: bondage to these heresies, those whom the merciful
sin—plain and simple. Sin is darkness, and when we love of my Most Holy Son has designated to effect
commit it as individuals, shadows invade the soul and the restoration will need great strength of will, con-
cloud the faculties: “The devil seeks to create an in- stancy, valor and confidence in God. To test this faith
ternal war, a kind of civil spiritual war.”—Pope Fran- and confidence of the just, there will be occasions
cis, September 28, 2013. when all will seem to be lost and paralyzed. This,
But when sin becomes institutionalized in a nation, then, will be the happy beginning of the complete
restoration.”—Our Lady of Good Success to Vener-
entire peoples are plunged into an “eclipse of reason” able Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres (1634), on the
as economic, political, and social ethics and norms are Feast of the Purification.
corrupted. When it becomes worldwide, as it has, then
you have entered the end of an era. There is only one We are in a spiritual battle unlike anything we’ve
path forward: repentance: ever seen, perhaps since the dawn of creation... It’s
just eery how St. Paul, 2000 years ago, described our
“…if then my people, upon whom my name has narcissistic generation, saturated in violence, lust, re-
been pronounced, humble themselves and pray, and bellion, vile language, and the ease of attacking others
seek my face and turn from their evil ways, I will hear through social media:
them from heaven and pardon their sins and heal
their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14) “Understand this: there will be terrifying times in
It should be clear to all right now that, despite some the last days. People will be self-centered and lovers
of money, proud, haughty, abusive, disobedient to
good signs out there, the zeitgeist is toward a rapid re- their parents, ungrateful, irreligious, callous, implac-
jection of Christianity. That is, repentance is mostly ab- able, slanderous, licentious, brutal, hating what is
sent, much less preached from the pulpit. As such, the good, traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure
warning of Our Lady of Akita stands as a sober warning rather than lovers of God, as they make a pretense of
that is tempting to dismiss as too extreme: religion but deny its power.” (1 Tim 3:1-5) (...)
“As I told you, if men do not repent and better You can do so on a personal level and in your fam-
themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible punish- ilies in seven ways:
ment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater
than the deluge, such as one will never have seen I. Go to frequent Confession.
before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a II. Pray the Rosary.
great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, III. Fast and pray.
sparing neither priests nor faithful.” —Message given IV. Feed your heart with the Eucharist.
through an apparition to Sr. Agnes Sasagawa of Akita,
Japan, October 13, 1973. (...) V. Forgive and love.
I know that’s a dire word. But if we are approaching VI. Turn off the media.
the Day of Justice, then these prophecies are also con- VII. Pray for the Pope.
sistent with Scripture. The prophet Zechariah writes: Through these seven steps above, you will be able
“In the whole land,” says the Lord, “two thirds to repel Satan’s attacks and dispel the diabolical dis-
shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left orientation that seeks to sweep away the world in a
deluge of confusion and lies. v
1 https://www.markmallett.com/blog/2019/05/16/the-diabolical- Mark Mallett
disorientation/

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