John Paul II: “If victory comes it will be brought by Mary”

In the approved apparitions at Fatima, Our Lady had shown the three seers a vision of Hell. She then said:

You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace.

This is an extraordinary statement – one sure to ruffle the feathers of evangelical Christians –. Because God is saying that the way to “Jesus the Way” (Jn 14:6) is through devotion to Our Lady. But the Christian who knows his Bible will recall that indeed, in the end times, a “woman” has an extraordinary part to play in the defeat of Satan (Rev 12:1-17) that was announced from the very beginning:

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. (Genesis 3:15)

On this universal level, if victory comes it will be brought by Mary. Christ will conquer through her because He wants the Church’s victories now and in the future to be linked to her… – Pope John Paul II, Crossing the Threshold of Hope, p. 221

Mark Mallett, April 16, 2020 – (Adapted) https://www.markmallett.com/blog/the-refuge-for-our-times/