Those times are not too far off

Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort and Marthe Robin have both stressed the increasingly important role that the Mother of the Savior will play at the end times of the Church. The reign of Christ the Lord will then come in the same way as his first coming—with Mary and through Mary—in the company of Angels like in Bethlehem.

In these future times, the visible representatives of the invisible Angels will be what Saint Louis-Marie called the great saints of the end times, in other words men and women fully penetrated by a Marian spirit, obedient to the motions of the Holy Spirit and as strong as an army drawn up in battle (Ct 6: 4). They will be the last crusaders, the last bearers of the cross of love...

According to Saint Faustina (1905-1938), these times when the angelic kingdom of Mary will be felt more and more—and where history will accelerate—are probably not so far off. Sister Lucia of Fatima seemed to share this conviction, if we recall the remark she made in confidence to Father Fuentes in 1957: "The Most Holy Virgin, in these last times we live, gave a new power to the recitation of the Rosary."

Brother Bernard-Marie, o.f.s.

Excerpt from the bulletin L'Œuvre des Campagnes #205 – Jan-Feb-Mar 2003.