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    During this time of false peace, there will be true peace among God's 

children, because these have rejected sin and accepted the Gospel of Christ 

in their hearts. Even as the world grows more sinful, the Church grows in 

wisdom and holiness, guided by the Holy Spirit. Yet there will also be an 

increase in sinfulness among those members and leaders in the Church who 

are not led by the Holy Spirit, but have given themselves over to the ways of 

the world. During this false peace, there will be much holiness among those 

who remain faithful to Christ, but there will also be many who think 

themselves members or leaders in the Church, but who have abandoned 

their faith in Christ and His teachings in order to follow the sinful ways of 

their society and culture. 

24.   Nature is asking for vengeance for men, and she shudders with terror 

in waiting for that which must come upon the earth soiled with crimes.  

25.   Tremble, earth and you who make profession of serving Jesus Christ 

and who on the inside you adore yourselves, tremble; for God is going to 

deliver you over to His enemy, because the holy places are in corruption; 

many convents are no longer houses of God, but the pastures of Asmodeas 

and his sort.  

    The saying that nature will tremble is no mere metaphor. The earth and 

the mountains will literally shake and tremble. It is God's will that nature 

react against the sinfulness of humanity. 

    During the 24th century, there will be much sin among many members 

and leaders of the Church (Mt 23). So sinful are some of the members of the 

priesthood and religious life that the Virgin Mary describes them as being 

outwardly dedicated to God, but inwardly dedicated only to themselves. 

Persons such as this try to give the appearance that they follow Christ Jesus, 

but inwardly they worship themselves. It is such great sin among those 

supposedly dedicated to God that will usher in the time of the ten kings and 

Antichrist. 

    Many convents (and monasteries) will cease to be gardens of holiness and 

will become grazing grounds for demons, such as Asmodeas (Tobit 3:8). 

The Virgin Mary here warns priests and religious against the power that 

such fallen angels have over those who have put aside their faith in God to 

pursue sinful ways. 

    The phrase  the holy places are in corruption  refers to those souls 

consecrated to God who should be temples of the Holy Spirit, but who are 

desecrated by sin. In that time, there will be much sin and corruption among 

the leaders of the Church as well as among the laity. Many priests and 

religious will have immersed themselves in evil desires, thoughts, and deeds.