December 6, 1975
DA MIHI VIRTUTEM CONTRA HOSTES TUOS
(GIVE ME STRENGTH AGAINST THY ENEMIES)
My son, these are the words that each one of my faithful, each one of my priests, should pronounce not only with the lips, but with the heart and with the mind, in humility of spirit and simplicity of faith.
These words have been placed on the lips of Christians for a reason, and especially on that of my priests; besides being a prayer, it is a reminder of the extraordinary importance, it is an indication of the specific mission of the Christian as a soldier of Christ in the untiring fight against the dark forces of Hell, enemy of God and of the salvation of souls.
Friends of Satan
I spoke in previous messages of the multiple contradictions in my Church; this is another strident one. One prays, one asks strength and power against an Enemy in which one does not even believe, or very little, and also which one refuses to combat. It is as if soldiers and officials would ask for weapons, and once they were obtained, they do not know who they should use them against, and they refuse to use them. My son, is this not an inexplicable and unjustified contradiction? And it assumes absurd aspects, because not only is this most dangerous enemy not combatted, but they even help him: he becomes more powerful in his devastating actions in souls. How many heretical priests, proud and rebellious, how many unfaithful and blasphemous Christians there are, more friends of Satan than of God!
I came to the world especially to take again from the hands of Satan and his legions, what they had withdrawn from Me by lies and deceit. I have fought and conquered in my battle, with the humiliation of the Incarnation, with persevering prayer and with the infinite suffering of my immolation, which are the secure weapons for an ineffable victory over the enemies of God and of souls.
Did I not say clearly: “He who wishes to be my disciple, let him take up his cross and follow Me”? In other words: “He who wishes to be my follower, let him do what I did first.”
Now, my son, I allow you to judge whether Christians, priests and pastors do what I have done; today there are few, very few, who are disposed to follow Me on the road to Calvary, carrying their crown of thorns. Observe the enormous contrast between my life and theirs, between my path and theirs, between my works and their works. They are traveling in the opposite direction.
It is truly a tragic and dramatic situation, that can only result in the work of purification. The blindness of men and the hardness of their hearts is incredible; the conduct of my Christians is inadmissible and the life of some of my priests is offensive. They do not fear God; they do not fear his justice. They will perish and be dispersed like dust before the wind. Not I, but their own obstinacy, will make them perish.
“Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos” is on their lips, while in the daily reality of their life they, in fact, favor the plans of devastation of souls.
My priests refrain from employing exorcisms, and they do not use the power conferred upon them even before ordination, either because they do not believe in this power, or because they can guess its uselessness, by the contrast of their life with that of the priest that makes of it a powerful weapon to contain, limit and neutralize the shameless arrogance of the Enemy.
Obscurity in the world
Oh yes! A perverse and incredulous generation that reduces everything to a problem of material well-being, not knowing, in fact, the spiritual values of human life, diminishing the dignity of man, placing him on the same level and rank as any animal.
My son, what profound darkness have they created in the world, brutish men; my ministers are the scorn of men, and the bait of the powers of evil!
What most saddens my Merciful Heart and the Immaculate Heart of my Mother, and yours also, is that love is repudiated, that the light is rejected, that God is opposed, and that they defend themselves against him, and everything is done in order to place obstacles to his plan of salvation.
The prayer “Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos,” is a lie in the mouths of many. Yes, it is a lie that allows one to see the abyss into which they have cast themselves headlong; they have let my calls (and they have been so many ... ) fall into a vacuum, so that humanity could have avoided the most tremendous misfortune of history, but the Enemies will not prevail.
My Mercy, which is never separated from my justice, will triumph. My Mother and yours will also triumph, who will make the darkness flee, which has descended into the world, in order to give public welfare and justice to humanity once more.
Beautiful will be my purified Church, regenerated to a new life. It will take the place that corresponds to it in the world: nations and peoples will acknowledge it as a teacher and guide of all the great family of the children of God.
I bless you; I ask your suffering and your love.