I admired Oprah too, a talented person.  Sharing her furtune/talents to those  who are in need and give them a new hope make their life meaningful. Ofcourse
with the help  of our FAITH.  Oprah’s message is wonderful/beautiful/meaningful.

I’m not a fan of Oprah either [that’s not because I don’t like her; it’s more of I don’t have time to watch her on TV. LOL.
Life is truly a reciprocal exchange. The speech was very inspiring.
By the way, Father, this is Hillary from AA. The girl who talked to you about geeky stuff right after your speech. XD I’ll add you to my blogroll.

Hi Father, I received this email twice already from different sources. It’s a fast spreading rumor and I hope you can shed some light on this…

Dear Friend,
The present world crisis we are facing today are the last signs before World War III. Saints and Mystics have foretold of this war from ancient and even recent times. We humbly urge you to read on and find out for yourself why we have concluded that World War III will occur by end of July 2008.

Do we intend to alarm you? Yes, but not unnecessarily, and only because we care for your life and well-being. We understand your hesitation, but fear not for this email only contains prophecies of Saints, Mystics and Visionaries. Read and judge for yourself if our warnings merit your attention.

We hope you will be kind enough to forward this email to your friends and relatives so that many will be prepared for the terrifying days ahead. Our analysis of our current situation is found at the last part of this email.

The Prophecies Concerning Our Time:

Sister Lucia, 1917
“…When you see a night illumined by an unknown light, know that this is the great sign given you by God that He is about to punish the world for its crimes, by means of war, famine, and persecutions against the Church and against the Holy Father. To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to My Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of Reparation on the First Saturdays. If My requests are heeded, Russia will be converted and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions against the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, various nations will
be annihilated… “

German Priest & Mystic, 1900s
“the year 2008 will see the outbreak of war and 2011 the Consecration of Russia and the beginning of the period of peace spoken of by Our Lady of Fatima . The period of chastisement may continue past 2011, but by 2013 the chastisement will have ended and this may be the actual year of the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart…”

Erna Stiglitz of Augsburg (1970s)
“At the end of July Soviet attack wedges will quickly advance against Western Europe .”

Antonio Ruffini – A Stigmatist of Italy , 1990
“No, it’s not John Paul. It will not be his immediate successor either, but the one after that. He is the one who will consecrate Russia .”

Father Malachi Martin 1997
“… everything will be finished in less than twenty years.”

Anton Johansson, Sweden (1800s)
“… the Third World War would break out at the end of July, beginning of August…I do not know the year…India will be occupied by china…New diseases used as weapons will cause 25 million people to die…Persia and Turkey will be conquered by what seem to be Russian troops…Revolutionaries will instigate unrest and war in India and Egypt to facilitate the occupation of India and Europe…The Russians will conquer the Balkans…There will be great destruction in Italy…The “red storm” will approach France through Hungary, Austria, northern Italy and Switzerland. France will be conquered from inside and outside…American supply depots will fall into Russian hands… Germany will be attacked from the east…There will be a civil war,
Germans will fight against Germans…The Eastern Bloc will cause a civil war in England…Russia will lead a mass attack against the United States, so U.S. forces will be prevented from reinforcing Europe…New weapons will cause huge hurricanes and firestorms in the USA where the largest cities will be destroyed.

Saint Malachi, 1139
St. Malachi, while visiting Rome , had a vision of future Popes from his time to the end of the world. He foresaw 112 popes in his vision. Benedict XVI happens to be the 111th Pope from the time of St. Malachi.

Melanie - Apparitions of Our Lady of La Sallette, 1846
Our Lady’s Words:
“…France, Italy, Spain, and England will be at war. Blood will flow in the streets. Frenchman will fight Frenchman, Italian will fight Italian. A general war will follow which will be appalling. For a time, God will cease to remember France and Italy because the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been forgotten. The wicked will make use of all their evil ways. Men will kill each other, massacre each other even in their homes… Rome will lose faith and become the seat of the Antichrist. The demons of the air, together with the Antichrist, will perform great wonders on earth and in the atmosphere, and men will become more and more perverted. God will take care of His faithful servants and men of good will. The Gospel will be preached everywhere, and all peoples of all nations will get to know the truth…”

Conchita, Prophecies of Garabandal, 1960s
“The Pope will go to Russia and when he comes back to Rome the war would begin.”
“Russia will unexpectedly overrun and dominate a great part of the world.”

June 3 1963, a day after the death of Pope John XXIII, Conchita said to her mother Aniceta: “For sure…now there remain no more than three popes!” When her mother asked her if this meant the end of the world Conchita said that the Virgin did not say “end of the world” but rather “end of times”.

Today, analysts of the Garabandal apparitions say that this particular prophecy is consistent with the prophecies of St. Malachi. Based on Conchita’s statements, we can surmise that John Paul II is the last pope before the end of times. Whereas, St. Malachi’s prophecy of the 112 popes makes the late Pope John Paul II as 110th Pope consequently making Benedict XVI as second to the last pope. If we accept the argument that the last two papacies will be involved with the events of the last times then we have a perfectly coherent and mutually affirming prophecies of St. Malachi and Conchita.

If we take these facts further and reconcile these with other prophecies such as those of Fatima, Antonio Ruffini, German Priest & Mystic, a horrifying truth comes to our realization. All these prophecies point to our time as the time of the great tribulations wherein we can expect the outbreak of World War III, the flight of Benedict XVI from Rome and his subsequent murder, the resurgence of communism, death of billions of humans, the rise of the antichrist and ultimately the coming of the great comet which will destroy a great part of world.

Sister Elena Aiello, 1900s
“…The wrath of God is near. Soon the world will be afflicted with great calamities, bloody revolutions, frightful hurricanes and the overflowing of streams and the seas … the world will be overturned in a new and more terrible war. Arms most deadly will destroy peoples and nations.
The dictators of the earth, specimens infernal, will demolish the churches and desecrate the Holy Eucharist, and will destroy things most dear…
Clouds with lightning flashes of fire in the sky and a tempest of fire shall fall upon the world. This terrible scourge, never before seen in the history of humanity, will last seventy hours…
Some nations will be purified while others will disappear entirely… Russia will march upon all the nations of Europe, particularly Italy , and will raise her flag over the
dome of St. Peter’s. Italy will be severely tried by a great revolution and Rome will be purified for its many sins…
Another terrible war will come from the east to the west. Russia with her secret armies will battle America ; will overrun Europe . The river Rhine will be overflowing with corpses and blood. Italy, also, will be harassed by a great revolution, and the Pope will suffer terribly… Great earthquakes will swallow up entire cities and countries, and will bring epidemics, famine and terrible destruction…”

DaTerni of Italy , 1970s
” Austria and western Germany will be occupied by troops escorted by Soviet tanks.”

Biernacki of Poland , 1980s
“…the Red Army will attack western Germany , and up to the French border.”

Zachary, 1840
“…the Capitalist West and Marxist East will reach an agreement after which the Marxist East will attack the Capitalist West by firing their missiles from the direction of China and Russia towards the coasts of North America…After this attack the first born of hell will rule the world.”


Korkowski, 1980s
“…, the eastern bloc will attempt to show peaceful compliance: they will open and shift their borders, pretend to be enemies or pretended to be neutral. Then, when you are factored out of the Western alliance, they will attack you…”

The Ecstatic of Tours , 1900s
“Before the war breaks out again, food will be scarce and expensive. There will be little work for the workers, and fathers will hear their children crying for food. There will be earthquakes and signs in the sun. Toward the end, darkness will cover the earth. When everyone believes that peace is ensured, when everyone least expects it. The great happening will begin. Revolution will break out in Italy almost at the same time as in France . For some time the Church will be without a Pope.”

Franz Kugelbeer – German Seer, 1922
“Overnight the revolution of the communists becomes connected with the national socialists, the storm over cloisters and clergymen. At first humans do not want to believe it, so surprisingly it will happen. Many will be imprisoned and executed.

Everything flees into the mountains. Like lightning from cheerful sky the revolution of Russia sweeps through first to Germany , then to France , Italy and England …

Darkness for three days and nights. Beginning with a terrible thunder strike with earthquakes. No firs burns. One can neither eat nor sleep, but only pray…Lightning penetrates into the houses, terrible curses of devils are to be heard. Earthquake, thunder, sea noise. Who looks curiously out of the window, will die immediately. Admire the precious blood of Jesus and call Maria. The devils take the Godless ones in live bodies. These ones ask in vain for an extension of their life…The plague rules, large black marks can be seen on the arms. Sulfur steams fill everything, as if
the whole of hell has been released. A cross appears in the sky. This is the end of the darkness.

The earth is a corpse field like a desert. Humans come out quietly, frightened from their houses. The corpses are collected on wagons and buried in mass graves. Neither railways nor ships function, nor cars as in earlier times. The factories do not work, the fast pace of former times has stopped.”

A Sister of Queen Brigite Order, Rome , 1900s
“…The Third World War will begin a few days after the assassination of a leader in the area of Yugoslavia-Hungary.”



to Venerable Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres Our Lady of Good Success at Quito , Ecuador , 1634
“… that in the late 19th Century and throughout most of the 20th Century the Church would yield to a great heresy. The Sacrament of Matrimony “will be attacked and profaned,” and “Masonry, which will then be in power, will enact iniquitous laws with the objective of doing away with this Sacrament, making it easy for everyone to live in sin, encouraging the procreation of illegitimate children born without the blessing of the Church.” Then, Our Lady warned, “The Christian spirit will rapidly decay, extinguishing the precious light of Faith until it reaches the point that there will be an almost total and general corruption of customs (morals), and this will result in the lack of priestly and religious vocations …”
“…Innocence will almost no longer be found in children, nor modesty in women” and that “the secular [diocesan] Clergy will leave much to be desired because priests will become careless in their sacred duties … Lacking a Prelate and Father to guide them with paternal love, gentleness, strength, wisdom and prudence, many priests will lose their spirit, placing their souls in great danger.”
But then, in a direct parallel to the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart, Our Lady of Good Success declared that this darkest time in Church history “will mark the arrival of My hour” and that God will eventually “bring to an end those ominous times, sending to this Church the Prelate who will restore the spirit of its priests.”
Abbot Werdin D’Orante, 1300
“The great Monarch and the great Pope will precede Antichrist. The nations will be at war for four years and a great part of the world will be destroyed. The Pope will go over the sea carrying the sign of Redemption on his forehead. The great Monarch will come to restore peace and the Pope will share in the victory.”

The monk of Werl, Cologne , 1700s
“There will be a terrible war; on one side will be the people who live where the sun rises, on the other all those who live where the sun sets. Russia will send out enormous masses of soldiers and Cossack cavalry. One will fight a long time without decisive result, until finally one comes to the country of the Rhine . There, one will fight so much during three days that the water of the Rhine will be reddened. This war will come when there is general contempt for religion. When nobody wants to obey any more, when one cannot distinguish the rich person from the poor, when the people give up themselves entirely to sensual pleasures, when iniquity reaches its climax believe that this time is close. What follows this battle: Peace will be returned to you, Germany ; France will recover its king; the shepherd will bring the flock to its fold.”

Josef Naar, called “Fuhrmannl”, Bohemia , 1700s
“Only a few humans will survive the great war. The area of Pilsen will figure in the outcome. Who isn’t at least two miles distant from this place, should creep away on hands and feet because everything is destroyed — body and soul. Signs of the large world war are: if the way to the forest is closed with barriers and wooden locks; if iron roads are built by the forest of Bohemia and around; and humans travel in fiery cars. The last “flying” road will be built near the Kubani mountain, (1362m high). In the houses the foxes and hare go in and out the windows, everywhere nettles grow. The city of Prague will be destroyed. The whole of Bohemia will be deserted. From afar people will come back to look around.”

Farmer Eilert / Jasper, 1800s
“In the evening one will say: Peace, peace. But there is no peace, and in the morning the enemies already stand before the doors. But it does not last long, and those will be in security who have found a good hiding place for only a few days. Also, the escape will be very rapid…. From the east this war will break out. I am frightened of the east. [At first] our soldiers will go to the borders, soon thereafter returning home calmly. But hardly they are at home when the enemy is there in such strength it’s as if they grew like mushrooms out of the ground. [Ed. comment: This is suggestive of the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and withdrawal of Soviet military power from
Central Europe, followed by German disarmament and the rapid return of Russian troops.]
“One battle will take place at the birch tree between Unna , Hamm and Werl. There nations from half over the world will face each other. Only a few Russians will get back home to tell of their defeat…. First the Polish will come over, then they will fight against their suppressors and finally get a king.
“An important battle will be held between Unna and Hamm . One has to throw wagons and wheels in the water, otherwise the fleeing enemies take it all with them. The battle, the victory, the escape will follow so rapidly after each other, that the one who can hide himself for only a short time will escape the danger. At Cologne the last battle will take place.”

Prokop, the forest herdsman, Zwiesel, 1800s
“I sleep and sleep not when I lie in my hut at night. But things I see, frightening. I don’t sleep because I can hear my bulls out there and I hear the wind and the rain. Once I saw the wind bringing fire and all the trees burn like matches. Another time I saw that everything is in decay, no human can be seen and no house, only ruins and debris. And again and again clouds come, fire-red, and it flashes, but it does not thunder.”
“Once everything is dark down on Waldhaus Street . Someone goes around with a burning branch and shouts: ‘Am I really the last one? Am I really still the only one?’ And again the sky becomes yellow like a lemon as it hangs far down on the horizon. No bird sings. I do not find any bull or water anymore. Neither on the mountain nor down in the Regen you will find any drop. It had to come in such a way, because the people believe in nothing. Everyone seems to think that he lives forever and everyone thinks of what he appears to be and still can become. There will be a time
when they all begin to become crazy and think that they can live from prudence and not from work. Those who work will be fewer and fewer. Those who live off the working ones will become more numerous. To rule is thus easier than to work.”

Muehlhiasl from Apoig, 1800s
“Everything starts when a large bird or a fish flies over the forest then the war comes, and a further one and then the last one will come. When does it come?
“Your children will not experience it, but your grandchildren may see the beginnings. The Reds will come on the new roads. But they do not come across the Danube . A great war will come.

A small one begins it, and a big one comes across the water and makes an end to it. The war will come from the east and will end in the west, the last war will be the total destroyer. When you do not understand the people you meet, it is not far to the terrible day. Humans have never seen so many fires and felt so much iron before. Everything will be in disorder. Those who survive must have an iron determination. But the fighting will not last long. Nothing will help those involved, even if they believe again and pray to God. They will become ill and no humans will be able to
help them. It will not last for a long period of time. It will all happen so rapidly that nobody can believe it, but there is much blood and many corpses. It will happen so rapidly that one who has two loaves of bread under his arm and drops one of them, does not need to bend down to pick it up because one loaf will be enough. The war will not be over until the death birds stop flying. When you afterwards find a cow beside the Danube , the cow should be given a golden bell.
“Those who begin anew will build a church and praise God. Those who survived will say to each other “Brother, are you still living?” and will greet each other with “Jesus Christ be praised!” This will not exclusively be only with us, but all over the whole world, and right will become right again and the peace will govern a thousand years.”

Matthias Stormberger, 1800s
“Two or three decades after the first war it will come a second war still larger. Almost all the nations of the world will be involved. Millions of men will die without being soldiers. Fire will fall from the sky and many great cities will be destroyed. And after the end of the Second Great War, a third universal conflagration will come. There will be weapons totally new. In one day more men will die than in all previous wars. The battles will be accomplished with artificial weapons. Gigantic catastrophes will happen. Overnight it will take place — in a pub in Zwiesel many people will be
together, and outside the soldiers will ride over the bridge. The people will run out into the forest. Those, who hide themselves at the “Fuchsenriegel” or at the “Falkenstein” remain spared.”

Mitar Tarabic, 1800s
“When this horrible war starts woe to those armies that fly through the skies. Better off will be those who fight on ground and water. People waging this war will have their scientists who will invent different and strange cannon-balls. When they explode, these cannon-balls, instead of killing, will cast a spell over all that lives; people, armies and livestock. This spell will make them sleep, and sleep they will instead of fighting, and after they will come back to their senses. We [ Serbia ] will not fight in this war, but others will do battle over our heads. Burning people will fall
from the sky over Pozega [a town in Serbia ]. Only one country at the end of the world, surrounded by great seas, as big as our Europe [ Australia ?], will live in peace, without any troubles…. Upon it or over it not a single canon-ball will explode! Those who run and hide in the mountains with three crosses will find shelter and will be saved to live afterwards in abundance, happiness and love, because there will be no more wars….”

Other Sources:

Joseph George Caldwell PhD, April 21 2005
“Whether Malachy’s characterization of Pope Benedict XVI is “on the mark” remains to be seen.
The new pope, Pope Benedict XVI, is 78 years old, and not in good health.  In 1991 he suffered a hemorrhagic stroke.  He himself predicted a short reign in comments to cardinals just after his election.  He is the oldest pope elected in 275 years, since Clement XII in 1730.  It seems likely that he will not serve long.  If, as Malachy suggests, Benedict will work for peace, he does not have much time to make his mark.  In view of the high level of world attention to the Israel/Palestine dispute, it seems reasonable that he may spend time on this problem.  In his book, Nostradamus: Predictions of World War III (Inner Light – Global Communications, 1996), author Jack Manuelian paraphrases Nostradamus: “In a short time the physician of great evil and the leech of unequal order (an evil person working behind the scenes) will put the Olive Branch (the pope after John Paul) on fire.  The post of the pope will be moved from one coast to another, and by so great fire their empire will be accosted that the heat will evaporate the saliva in the mouth.”  (Secondary quote from material posted at “The Mind of James Donahue, Fall of Catholicism, Prophecy of the Last Two Popes,” at http://perdurabo10.tripod.com/id1225.html ).
In any event, a person aged 78 who is not in good health does not have a long life expectancy.  In Benedict, the College of Cardinals has elected a “transitionary” pope.  In view of his short life expectancy, Malachy’s prophecy would indicate that we will soon see the last pope on the throne of St. Peter.  Pope Benedict is the 265th pope over a two-thousand-year timespan, so that the average reign of a pope is about seven and one-half years.  Seven years from now is 2012.  So St. Malachy’s suggestion of two more popes until the end of the age suggests that the current age will end in 2012.  This is interesting in that it corresponds exactly to the end of the Mayan Calendar (December 21, 2012).
Now, what do I make of all of this?  Well, as you know, although my professional background is in physical science (PhD in mathematical statistics), I have an interest in spiritual science, and I take note of the parallels and complementarities between them.  According to the theories of M. King Hubbert (Hubbert’s Curve, Hubbert’s Peak), global oil production will peak this decade (2001-2010), and global oil reserves will be exhausted by 2050.  As soon as global oil production peaks, global human population will begin to decline, and global war will ensue.  Many geologists agree that global oil production is peaking or about to peak, say within two years.  So, it is my view, based on scientific theory, that the industrial world as we know it will soon be ending.  That has nothing at all to do with prophecy – Biblical prophecy, or St. Malachy, or Nostradamus, or the Mayans, or anyone else.  The industrial world will soon collapse because we are running out of oil, and there is nothing comparable to replace it.  (A more important reason is that we (i.e., large human numbers and industrial activity) are destroying the biosphere at a horrific rate (with an estimated 30,000 species being made extinct each year).  Whereas people are in total denial over this cause of “the end of the world,” they cannot deny that global oil is running out.)
What is interesting is that St. Malachy, the Mayan Calendar, and Hubbert’s Peak all predict the same thing, at the same time.  In this matter, there is strong accord between physical science and spiritual science.  From both points of view, the world as we know it is about to end.  We are at the end of an age.”

Our Analysis of the Prophecies and Current Events:

The prophecies say that World War will breakout in July 2008. It will last for four years (2008 – 2012) resulting to the death of 4 billion humans. Precipitating World War III is a communist backed revolution that will sweep across the nations of Europe ( Italy , France , Britain , Spain , Germany …etc.).

Russia, together with China , will also attack the US with nuclear weapons. This results in massive US loses and will delay American help for its European allies.

The current oil and food crisis will be taken advantage by communists and they will instigate a series of protests around the world. These protests are engineered to suddenly capitulate into a gigantic and worldwide revolution with its epicenter in Europe .

The pope will flee Rome during the course of the war since communist tyrants will subdue Italy . He will be caught and murdered later and there will be no pope for around 2 years.

A new pope will be elected around 2010 and he will Consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary sometime 2011. Through the merits of this Act of Consecration, the tide of war will change in favor of US and allies. Russia and China will be defeated and peace restored.

NOTE: There are more horrifying prophecies concerning the time from 2012 to 2017 (time of the antichrist and the great comet) and these are available free. Just email us and we will send you a copy in PDF format (ebook). If you have other materials to share on this topic please do send to us and we will consider its inclusion to our list of prophecies.

What should you do today?
Many experts on this matter say that at this time it is already too late to avert World War III. But we can still lessen the suffering during those days by resorting to prayer and penance. Specifically, Our Lady of Fatima asked that we earnestly pray the Rosary, Consecrate our humble selves to Her Most Immaculate Heart, make penance and amend our lives.

Thank you for reading our letter.

Nono Torribio
nono.torribio.war@gmail.com
Catholic Apocalypse

I like Oprah, even before i sent her countless emails for her version of Wish Ko Lang, asking for the most fancy folding Dahon bike that weighs about 6kg.She was not gracious enough to respond to my plea. “You don’t have to know Plato or Aristotle to SERVE,” she told the Stanford grads. I suspect this is the underlying reason why most people of religions are not really fond of her though keep track of her. Oprah is simply the embodiment of American pragmatism. She is one of the most practical persons in the world, the queen of streetsmarts. Her practicality, in the tradition of American philosopher William James, glorifies the INDIVIDUAL, and RELIGIONS DON’T LIKE THIS because it negates the Platonic Absolutes including GOD. Lately though, one could sense her search for her soul by befriending Tolle for example. Still, religions have much to learn from her practical (should religions read this as ‘incarnational’?) approach to empowering individuals.

Its about time man face the consequence of not listening to the Church.
To base faith solely in prophecies is wrong, but do not forget that faith teaches us
to listen to divine prophecy. God sends prophets to save mankind.

I might have to agree that the present and phenomenal world crisis today
forebode evil times.  But cheer up because it is said that after the desolations and
the coming of the great comet, those who will survive will live abundantly in spiritual terms as well as material.

bro. loui2x

According to the prophecies spring should come early in Europe in the year when 3rd world war breaks out. That was not the case of 2008. Also, there should be a lot of talk about peace just before the war; that has not been the case in 2008. Instead there has been a dispute over Georgian territory between Russia and USA. Furthermore, today is September 13th, and the both July and August have passed without the war breaking out. Andre Barbault is a French astrologer, who correctly predicted the collapse of communist countries; he wrote a book, “Les astres et l’histoire”, in which he points out how to predict great wars. If we use his method, there is no aspects for an outbreak of a great war before July-August 2010.