OUR LADY OF GOOD FORTUNE

A LITTLE-KNOWN APPARITION

QUOTED BY ARCHBISHOP MARCEL LEFEVBRE ON JUNE 30 1988

 

There took place an event concerning our own age in 1634 in Quito, the capital of the South American Republic of Ecuador. Our Lady of Good Fortune gives us hope for our difficult times. Amongst the various proofs of her motherly love for the land of Ecuador, conquered in the year 1533 by the Spaniards, are the apparitions of Our Lady of Good Fortune of which Sister Maria Anna of Jesus tells us in the beginning of the seventeenth century. It took place in the Convent of the Immaculate Conception in Quito where Our Lady appeared.

On the 2nd February, 1634, the Sister was praying in front of the Blessed Sacrament when suddenly the sanctuary lamp went out. As the Sister went to light it again the church was filled with a supernatural light and she heard a voice saying:

"My Beloved Daughter, I am Mary of Good Fortune, your Mother and your Protectress, I carry my most Holy Son on my left arm and the scepter of the world in my right arm. I have come in order to give you some good news. In ten months and ten days you will close your eyes on this worldly life in order to open them to the light of eternal life. If only all mortals and pious souls knew what heaven was, what the possession of God means, how they would change their lives, and fear no sacrifice any more in order to possess God. But many let themselves be deceived and pursue deceitful human honors and human greatness, while others are caught up in self-seeking and do not understand how lukewarm they have become. This lukewarmness in the convents and monasteries is a hindrance to fervor, it stops humility and self-renunciation, and the steady practice of religious virtues and true love of neighbor. Such religious lack the simplicity of a child of God through which virtue they become dear to my Divine Son and to me, their Mother."

After these words the Mother of God added the following concerning the Order of the Immaculate Conception, and especially concerning the convent in Quito.

"This house will be attacked with a hellish rage in order to destroy it. Divine Providence, however, and I will uphold it and favor the striving for virtue of those who dwell within. Notice further, my beloved Daughter, that my motherly love, will watch over all the convents of my Immaculate Conception. This order will, through the daughters who dwell therein, give me honor. I shall take under my special protection all the convents which are founded from this one. They are often going to be in danger of disappearing, but they will be upheld in a marvelous way, only one will, with God's permission, be closed. You will be able to see it all from heaven. The sanctuary lamp which you just saw go out has several meanings.

"Firstly, towards the end of the nineteenth century and during a large part of the twentieth century there will arise various errors and the whole universe will become Republic. (In those days, Republican was like Freemasonic, it was a dirty word, it's not what you think is Republican, in those days it was everything anti-God, anti-Church and masonic). The precious light of faith will be going out following on the almost complete destruction of morals; in that time there will be many tribulations, moral tribulations also, both public and private. The little group of people who keep the true worship of faith and the virtues will have to suffer cruelly and indescribably.

"The constant martyrdom will bring many to an early death, they will be counted amongst the martyrs, they have sacrificed themselves for Church and country. In order to deliver oneself from the slavery of these errors one will need great strength of will, perseverance, courage and a great trust in God. These are gifts of the merciful love of my Divine Son, He has provided them for the renewal. In order to test the faith and trust of the just and good men there will be moments when everything seems to be lost and paralyzed but that is the moment in which the happy beginning of the complete renewal starts.

"Secondly, my communities will be abandoned, sunk in an abyss, a deep ocean of bitterness and they will seem to be satiated with sufferings and afflictions. How many good vocations are lost because of a lack of good and prudent spiritual direction; the Novice Mistresses should take great care of the prayers of the novices and they should show understanding of souls.

"The third reason for the extinguishing of the sanctuary lamp is the spirit of impurity of those times, the air will be filled with this unclean spirit. A flood of filth will overflow the streets, the squares, and all public places, so that there will be no virginal souls left in the world.

"Fourthly, in all layers of society errors will strive with great cunning to penetrate into the families in order to corrupt the youth too; Satan will congratulate himself that he can feed himself in this foul way on the hearts of the children. The innocence of children will hardly exist any more. Priestly vocations will be lost. That will be a true misfortune and priests will turn away from their holy duties and enter upon a false, wrong course, and therefore the Church will grow dark.

"No prelate and father will be watching any longer with love, strength and prudence over his flock, and many of the prelates will lose the spirit of ' God and bring their own Souls into danger. Pray constantly, call upon heaven without tiring, and weep without ceasing inwardly in your heart and pray the Heavenly Father through the Eucharistic Heart of my Divine Son Who has nobly shed blood.

" Out of the bitterness and pains of His sufferings and death, pray that He will have compassion upon His servants, that He will bring an end to this terrible scourge by sending to the Church a prelate to renew the spirit of His priests. My Divine Son and I will surround this beloved son with a special love, we shall pour out a heap of many graces, graces of humility of heart and docility towards God's inspirations, and the strength to defend the rights of the Church so that lie will know how to defend the rights of the Church with a heart which enables him to behave like another Christ towards the mighty people of this world and the little people of this world without despising the unfortunate ones.

" He will, with a divine gentleness, lead into the convents and monasteries souls consecrated to God for the service of God without making the yoke of the Lord heavy upon them. He holds in his hands the scales of sanctity in order that everything happen according to weight and measure so that God be glorified. This prelate and father will form a counterweight against the lukewarmness of priests and religious who are meant to be dedicated to God. As a result of the guilt of these faithless men, Satan will gain upon earth control of this world like a dark cloud which darkens the sky and darkens all of the people who are consecrated to the I\/lost Holy Heart of my Divine Son.

"All will have to suffer chastisements because all kinds of crimes have been allowed. They will suffer pestilence, hunger, civil strive, degeneration of morals and the loss of countless souls. In order to blow away the black clouds which block the shining holiness and the freedom of the Church there, will be a fearful war in which much blood will flow of priests and religious. This night will be so terrible that people will think that wickedness is conquering. Then strikes my heart and in a most sudden way I shall annihilate the pride of Satan, I shall cast him into the abyss and liberate the Church and country from his cruel tyranny.

"The fifth reason why the sanctuary lamp went out is that influential men will watch with indifference, uncaringly, the oppression of the' Church, the persecution of virtue and the triumph of wickedness. Because these influential people will not use their position or influence in order to combat evil or to renew the faith, the people will gradually become indifferent to the demands of God, they will take on an 'evil spirit and let themselves be swept away in all kinds of passion and vice' My beloved daughter, were you to live in that terrible time you would die of pain or grief over the circumstances which 1 have described to you. The love of my Holy Son and mine which we have for this world which is our property demand from now on sacrifices and good works in order that the duration of this terrible catastrophe be shortened."

TIIE ANGELUS september 1987