We are now standing in the face of the

                                                 greatest historical confrontation humanity has

                                                 ever experienced.  I do not think the wide

                                                 circle of the American Society, or the wide

                                                 circle of the Christian Community realize this

                                                 fully.  We are now facing the final confrontation

                                                 between the Church and the anti-church,

                                                 between the Gospel and the anti-gospel,

                                                 between Christ and the antichrist.  The confrontation lies within the plans of Divine Providence.  It is, therefore, in God's Plan, and it must be a trial which the Church must take up, and face courageously....

       We must propare oursleves to suffer great trials before long, such as will demand of us a dispostion to give up even life, and a total dedication to Christ and for Christ.  With your and my prayers, it is possible to mitigate the coming tribulation, but it is no longer possible to avert it, because only this can the Church be effectually renewed.  How many times has the renewal of the Church sprung from the shedding of blood?;  This time, too, it will not be otherwise.  We must be strong and prepared and trust in Christ and in his Holy Mother and be very, very assiduous in praying the holy rosary.

                                                                                       St. John Paul II

 

St.John Paull II reigned as Pope from 1978 until 2005 and was canonized on April 27, 2014, Feast of Divine Mercy.