Our Lady of Good Fortune

Our Lady of Good Fortune

Apparition of Our Lady of Good fortune in Quito, Ecuador, 1634 "At the end of the 19th Century and for a Large Part of the 20th Century, Various Heresies will Flourish on the Earth..."

...Our Lady of Good Fortune 1634

The Apparition of Our Lady of Buen Suceso (of Good Fortune), to Whom a large church in Quito, Ecuador, was built and dedicated, was received by a nun about the time of the Council of Trent over three centuries ago. The apparition is thoroughly recognized by Rome and the ecclesiastical authorities. We leave all conclusion to be drawn by the reader.

††† On February 2, 1634, Mother Mary Anne of Jesus Torres was praying in front of the Blessed Sacrament when suddenly the sanctuary light went out. While she was trying to relight it, a supernatural light filled the church. In the light the Mother of God appeared to her and said:

"Beloved daughter of My Heart, I am Our Lady of Good Fortune, your Mother and protectress, carrying My Most Holy Son on My left arm and holding the scepter in my right hand. I have come to tell you some good news; in ten months and ten days you will close your eyes to the earthly light of this world in order to open them to the brightness of light everlasting. "Oh, if only human beings and religious knew what Heaven is and what it is to possess God, how differently they would live, sparing no sacrifice in order to enter more fully into possession of it! But some let themselves be dazzled by the false glamor of honors and human greatness while others are blinded by self-love, not realizing that they are falling into lukewarmness, that immense evil which in religious houses destroys their fervor, humility, self-renunciation and the ceaseless practice of religious virtues and fraternal charity, and that child-like simplicity which makes souls so dear to my Divine Son and to Me, their Mother."

The Attack

Then Our Lady of Good Fortune began to speak of the Order of the Imnmaculate Conception and in particular of the convent of the Conception In Quito:

"This house will be attacked with a fury out of hell to destroy and annihilate it; but Divine Providence and I will be watching over to preserve it, by favoring the virtures practised by the nuns in this house...know also, My beloved daughter, that My Motherly lvoe will watch over the convents of the Order of my Immaculate Conception, because this Order will give Me great glory through the daughters I shall have here. I shall take special care of the convents formed in this land by the members of this house. Often they will be on the brink of annihilation, but miraculously they will come to life again. Only one will close, in conformity with God's will: your will know which, when your are in Heaven. Sancturary lamp Extinguished "The Sanctuary lamp burning in front of the Prisoner of Love, which you saw go out, has many meanings: "first meaning: at the end of the 19th century and for a large part of the 20th, various heresies will flourish on this earth which will have become a free republic. The predious light of the Faith will go out in souls because of the almost total moral corruption; in those times there will be great physical and moral calamities, in private and in public. The little number of souls keeping the Faith and practising the virtues will undergo cruel and unspeakable sufferings; through their long, drawn out martyrdom many of them will go to death because of the violence of their sufferings, and those will count as martyrs who gave their lives for church and for country. To escape from being enslaved by these heresies will call for great strenght of will, constancy, courage and great trust in God , all of which are gifts from the merciful love of my Diving Son to those He will have chosen for the work of restoration. To put to trial the faith and trust of these just souls, there will come moments when everything seems lost and paralyzed, and just then comes the happy beginning of the complete restoration.

"Second meaning: My communities will be abandoned; they will be swamped in a fathomless sea of bitterness, and will seem frowned in tribulations. How many ture vocations will be lsot for lack of skillful and prudent direction to form them! Each mistress of novices will need to be a soul of prayer, knowing how to discern spirits. "The third meaning of the lamp's going out is that in those times, the air will be filled with the spirit of impurity which like a deluge of filth will flood the streets, squares and public places. the licentiousness will be such that there will be no more virgin souls in the world.

The Assault on Innocence

"A fourth meaning is that by having gained control of all the social classes, the sects will tend to penetrate with great skill into the heart of families and destroy even the children. The devil will take glory in feeding perfidiously on the hearts of children. The devil will take glory in feeding perfidiously on the hearts of children. The innocence of childrhood will almost disappear. Thus priestly vocations will be lost, it will be a real disaster. Priests will abandon their sacred duties and willl depart form the path marked out for them by God. Then the Church will go throught a dark night for lack of a Prelate and Father to watch over it with love, gentleness, strength and prudence, and numbers of priests will lose the spirit of God, thus placing their souls in great danger.

The Need for Prayer

"Pray constantly, cry out unwearingly and weep unceasingly with bitter tears in the depths of your heart asking Our Father in heaven, for love of the Eucharistic Heart of My Most Holy Son, for His Precious Blood, so generously shed and for the profound bitterness and sufferings of his passion and death, that He have pity on His ministers and that He put an end to such fatal times, by sending to His Church the Prelate who will resore the spirit of His priests.

"Upon this My beloved Son, whom My divine Son and I love with a predilection, we shall reap many gifts, of humility of heart, of docility to varying inspirations, of strength to defend the rights of the Church and of a heart with which He will, like a new Christ, take possession of the mightiest of men as of the lowliest, without scorning the least fortunate among them. With a wholly divine gentleness He will lead consecrated souls to the service of God in religious houses without making the lord's yoke weigh heavy upon them. He will hold in His hand the scales of the sancuary for everything to be done in an orderly fashion for God to be glorified. This Prelate and Father will act as a conterwight to the luke warmeess of souls consecrated in the priesthood and in religion.

A Black Cloud

"Satan will gain control of this earth through the fault of faithless men who, like a black cloud, will darken the clear sky of the republic consecrated to the most Sacred heart of my Divine Son. This republic, having allowed entry to all the vices, will have to undergo all sorts of chastisements; plague, famine, war, apostasy and the loss of souls without number.

"And to scatter these black clouds blocking the brilliant dawning of the freedom of the Church, there will be a terrible war in which the blood of priests and of religious will flow... That night will be so horrible that the wickedness will seem triumphant. Then will come My time: In astounding fashion I shall destroy satan's pride, casting him beneath My feet, chaining him up in the depths of hell, leaving Church and country freed at last from his cruel tyranny.

Fatal Times

"The fifth meaning of the lamp's going out is that men possessing great wealth will look on with indifference while the Church is oppressed, virtue is persecuted, and evil triumphs. They will not use their wealth to fight evil and re-constuct the Faith. The people will come to care nothing for the things of God, will absorb the spirit of evil and will let themselves be swept away by all the vices and passions. Ah, my beloved daughter, were it given you to live in these fatal times, you woud die of grief seeing everything I have told you come about. My most Holy Son and I have such a great love for this earth, our property, that it is Our wish as of now to apply your sacrifices and good works to the lessening of the duration of such terrible catastrophies.

Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women,and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our deaths. Amen.