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This kind of makes me wonder what he knows that the rest of us don't hear from the Lord.

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POPE, SATAN WILL BE VANQUISHED BUT THE FIGHT IS LONG AND HARD
(AGI) - Vatican City, 12 Jan - The Pope commented today on the Apocalypse before the 7,000 people attending the General Papal Audience today in the Nervi Hall, indicating that the fight between good and evil, personified by Satan, is a very hard one, as shown by the manifold violence and injustice in the world today, however the outcome is certain, evil will be vanquished. Pope John Paul II explained, "God and the Lamb, Christ, surrounded by the 'Council of the Crown', are judging human history in good and evil, but showing us however the ultimate end in salvation and glory. The songs which are found in the Apocalypse and which serve to illustrate the issue of divine glory which regulates the flux, often disconcerting, of the tide of human events". Of great significance is the first part of the hymn intoned by the 24 ancients who seem to incarnate the chosen people in their two historic stages, the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve apostles of the Church. The Pope continued, Satan, the original adversary, who accused our brothers in the heavenly court, has now been cast down from heaven and therefore no longer has great power. He knows he has not much time left because history is about to see a radical turning point in freedom from evil and therefore he is reacting full of great fury. And then the resurrected Christ will rise up, whose blood is the principle of salvation and who received from the Father royal power over the entire universe, in Him are centred salvation, strength and the kingdom of our God. In his victory are associated the Christian martyrs who chose the path of the cross, not yielding to evil and it virulence, but delivering themselves to the Father and uniting themselves to the death of Christ by means of a testimony of donation and courage which brought them to give up life in order to die". He concluded, "the words of the Apocalypse regarding those who have vanquished Satan and evil through the blood of the Lamb, echo also in the splendid prayer attributed to the Christian martyr Simeon, from Seleucia-Ctesifonte in Persia, 'I will receive life without pain, worry, anguish, persecutor, persecuted, oppressor, oppressed, tyrant or victim, there I will see no threat of king, or terror of prefects, no-one will quote me in court or terrorise me and no-one will drag me or scare me". (AGI) .
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Is it just me, or does the title of this article make it sound like Satan and the Pope will be vanquished?

I thought at first this was some anti-Catholic post!

That's the way it reads, isn't it? That comma was not a good choice to divide "pope" and "satan" since it indicates the two terms are items in a list. It is a good article, however.

looks like a case of wrong punctuation, I'm sure no Freudian slip is in the details.
much love,
Jonn

Woo that is funny, I didn't notice it. I just copied the headline that they used in the Italian paper. Maybe it is the way they punctuate things.

I think the Holy Father knows a lot more than we could imagine! Many seers, including Sister Lucy, have given him messages from God and Our Lady. I believe he is well informed about the supernatural events that are to take place soon. I have a web site full of these prophesies: www.deaconjohn.org [deaconjohn.org] if you want to read about these events: The Warning (Illumination), the Great Miracle, The Great Sign and the Chastisement (conditional). Some of the other events to take place soon are: The conversion of all humanity to Christ, the reunification of all Churches, this is the last Pope before the New Era of Peace and Brotherhood.

John

http://www.deaconjohn.org/

Ok this worked, interesting site deacon. I enjoyed seeing what you look like. And it is much like I thought. Thanks for sharing it.

Pani Rose

Good morning Deacon John and Pani Rose ,

I believe that the Pope, a living saint, has probably had much revealed to him by the Lord.

I saw him on TV the other day at the Wed. morning audience from the Vatican which is aired on EWTN, and was shocked at what a toll his illness is taking on him.

God bless him, for in his ministry, which he valiantly continues with a keen mind and saintly soul, he is obviously suffering very, very much physically.

In Christ,
Alice

Did anyone ever doubt that Satan would be vanquished? I mean, does he really stand a chance?

Also, by the Eschaton coming "soon", we really mean in like 4524.7 years or something unpredictable, right? Because Paul thought the end was coming "soon", too, and I guess if we think in terms of the age of the Earth, even were Christ to come in 10,000 years, it would be pretty soon relative to His first coming.

I don't mean to offend anyone, I just don't go in for apocolypse talk. Intestesting stuff, though.