Disasters to befall the Church, France, Europe, and
the World
(Researched and written by YVES
DUPONT (1922-1979) in French, then translated by Dupont, himself, into
English. Published in his own periodical, World Trends, published by TENET BOOKS,
P.O. BOX 180, HAWTHORN, VIC. 3122, AUSTRALIA)
I transcribed my issues of the World
Trends, three part, July 1976, “Exclusive
Edition” #47, #48, #49, word for word because it is practically impossible to
obtain them now. It was evidently a miracle that I was able to purchase it
several years ago, and I really feel an obligation to pass it on to you. So an unaltered version follows here. It may take me several days to get it all
down. I will probably add the
photographic images later. Any text in brackets [like this] is added by me to help with clarity.(Jeanne)
Below is a
transcription of Yves Dupont’s
presentation of the Prophecies of Marie-Julie Jahenny of Fraudais, Brittany,
France, 1st part of “Part I,” pp 3 –
12.
The Prophecies of La Fraudais by Yves
Dupont_
Part I of Part I
Marie- Julie's Life and Stigmata
“My daughter,” the Lord says
to Marie-Julie, “now I will convey to my true people, even before the coming of
the momentous days that are without rest, the main events which are to be
spread in France in those places where the righteous as well as the wicked are
to be found. I do not wish to wait until
the momentous days come. It would be too
late to warn my people.”
Speaking to St. Michael [the
Archangel]:
“Oh, St. Michael,”
Marie-Julie says, “you will not let his happen?”
“The Lord Himself is sending
me and He has charged me with all these warnings. I must obey.”
“I also would prefer not to hear this but,
like yourself, I want to obey.”
Marie-Julie Jahenny was born
into a peasant family on February 12th, 1850, in the village of
Coyault, not far from the township of Blain in Brittany. She was the eldest of four children. The others were Charles, Angèle, and Jeanne. In 1853, the family moved to La Fraudais,
about 2 ½ miles from Coyault. Charles was born in 1853, Angèle in 1857, and Jeanne in 1862.
Marie-Julie was very devout,
even as a little girl; but, unlike many privileged souls, she did not have any
mystical experiences until she was over 20.
She made instruments of mortification for herself, such as a Cross with
inset nails which she used to wear on her chest. Instead of playing like other children, she
would say the Rosary.
Her parents were poor so that
she had to work and could not go to school, except for a period of six months
in order that “she might learn the Catechism better.” During those 6 months at school she learnt
how to read, but she never learnt to write.
She wanted to be a nun, but
her Director, Father David, one of the two curates of the Blain parish, opposed
it because she was not strong. She
remained with her parents, helping with the work in the fields.
At the age of 23 she fell
seriously ill, and her Doctor could not say whether it was cancer of the
stomach or a scrofulous tumour. Her
condition steadily worsened and Fr. David came to give her the last rites. A month and a half later, however, she
suddenly sat up in her bed, and, her eyes wide open, gazed motionless in front
of her, then fell back heavily as if dead.
Later in the day, she said she had seen the Blessed Virgin Mary,
twice. A few weeks later, Our Lady
appeared again, and the following dialogue took place:
“My dear child, will you
accept the five wounds of my Divine Son?”
“But what are those five
wounds?”
“They are the marks left by
the nails which pierced His hands and His feet, and the wound made with a
lance.”
“Yes, with all my heart,”
said Marie-Julie with a sob, “if this is what my Jesus wants and if He finds me
worthy of it.”
“Will you also suffer all
your life for the conversion of sinners?”
“Yes, my dearest mother, if
your Divine Son wishes it.”
“My dear child, THIS WILL BE
YOUR MISSION.”
Five days later, on March 20th, 1873, Marie-Julie told her parents that she would receive the five wounds of Christ on the next day, a Friday. On the Friday, at 9 a.m., she had a convulsion and lost consciousness. This occurred five times and blood began to flow from each wound. Two hundred people were waiting outside the small cottage of La Fraudais. In the meantime, her father hurried to the presbytery at Blain and told Fr. Audrain, the parish priest, that his daughter was in great pain, and that her wounds would soon appear. The priest laughed and said he would go when it had actually happened. After the five convulsions had taken place, a neighbour, Mr. Cussonneau, went back to the presbytery; he was in tears. The priest was having his midday dinner in company with the parish priest of Saint-Emilien, and a curate from Bouvron. They arrived at La Fraudais to find that the flow of blood had ceased, but it had congealed in the palms of Marie-Julie’s hands. She explained what had happened: Jesus was there with His five wounds emitting luminous rays, but she, alone, could see Him. A ray left each wound in turn and came to strike the corresponding parts of Marie-Julie’s body, causing each time a convulsion and loss of consciousness. “It was as though I was being pierced with a red hot iron,” she said.
In the afternoon of the same day, she went through the sufferings of the Passion of Christ for the first time. On May 2nd, 1873, Father David, the curate from Blain brought Holy Communion to her. Many people, including five priests, were present. The mystical phenomena of that Friday began with an attack from the devil that lasted 1 ½ hours. “No, no!” she said, and she jumped so violently in her bed that it broke in some places. Then she received the visit of Our Lady and she asked her to cure her brother Charles who had an infected knee. Almost immediately Charles felt his knee creaking and, discarding his walking sticks, he got up and walked unaided. He cried with emotion, but he will limp for the rest of his life, although he can now work in the fields again. This is the first miracle wrought by Almighty God through Marie-Julie.
Later that year, she received
the Crown of Thorns and the Holy Wound on the shoulder of Our Lord. “Whosoever will meditate on this Wound,” the
Lord told her, “will be treated with predilection... they will be strengthened
at the time of death.”
The following year, she
received a mystical wedding ring from Our Lord:
her finger swelled, bled, and then a ring of flesh formed. She had this wound for about 35 years, until 1909
or 1910 when it disappeared. In 1930,
the stigmatas on her hands and feet disappeared also, although occasionally
they appeared again. The wound in her
side, which was about 7” long, began to decrease in size in 1937, but remained
visible until her death in 1941, at the age of 91. But Marie never ceased to suffer the Passion
of Christ, not only the physical tortures but also the moral anguish of having
been abandoned, judged by His own people, and betrayed by Pilate. Marie endured the same sufferings for
approximately 68 years, that is from the age of 23 until her death at 91. She was bitterly calumniated even in her virtue
of purity. She was condemned by two
successive parish priests, deprived of the sacraments for eleven years and her
spiritual Director taken from her. The
bishop of her diocese, who was favourably disposed, was appointed elsewhere,
and the new bishop, Mgr. Lecoq, at first ignored strict orders from the pope to
give Marie the sacraments again. A
campaign of lies, in fact, a conspiracy was directed at her with the active
participation of many of the clergy.
However, she was not completely bereft of human comfort for her family
remained steadfast by her side. Many
priests supported her, in particular, the Dean of Savenay and the Dean of
Nort. These priests visited her often
and witnessed her ecstasies. Selfless
friends, such as the Charbonnier brothers and Madame Gregoire wrote down her
ecstasies for her, and it is thanks to these good people that more than 10,000
pages of documents have been written.
Finally, some influential priests in the Vatican, such as the good Fr.
Vanutelli, worked untiringly so that the truth might be made known at the Holy
Office despite lying reports from the French clergy. Pope Leo XIII eventually ordered the French
bishop to allow the sacraments to be received again by Marie-Julie.
In 1874, she was struck with
a sudden and inexplicable deafness, and this was to last for 10 years. However, she could hear her own family quite
well, Fr. David (her confessor), Mgr. Fournier (the first bishop who was later
transferred), and Fr. Sionnet, (the representative of Mgr. Fournier), that is,
no more than eight persons. After the
death of Mgr. Fournier, however, she could no longer hear Fr. Sionnet; but she
could hear liturgical chants, the pealing of bells, and the chirping of birds.
After Fr. David, her
confessor, had been transferred, the lord said that she would not hear Fr.
Rabine, the new confessor, who had been forced upon her by the new bishop, Mgr.
Lecoq. Fr. Rabine claimed that her
deafness was not genuine and, for this reason, he refused to give her
absolution.
Six years later, in 1880, she
no longer heard her own family, and she could not speak except during her
ecstasies. However, it was found, to the
surprise of everyone, that she could hear the priest if he spoke in Latin, and
she understood every word of it.
From 1875 to 1881, she took
no food at all, and her bowel and bladder stopped functioning. In 1881 she was struck with paralysis of the
left side, and confined to her armchair night and day. She was so heavy that no one could lift
her. But every Thursday night, the Lord
allowed her to be taken to bed, and then she was so light that even her brother
Charles could lift her. Every Friday
morning her paralysis ceased for the day and she then began her Way of the
Cross. Her paralysis lasted four
years. Likewise, she was blind between
1880 and 1884. All these mystical
infirmities were the answer to a prayer she made in 1878:
“O Lord, extinguish
everything in my mind, except the thought of Thy love. O Lord, close my eyes to the things of this
earth, to the world, to everything that displeases Thee, to everything that is
not Thyself. Allow them to be open only
to see the things of Heaven. O Lord,
withdraw my tongue that has talked so much and needlessly, which has reasoned
so much and in vain. Take it away and
put in a new one that will speak of Heaven only. O Lord, close my ears to all the vain noises
of the world. Let them be opened only to
hear the work which Thou wilt command and to execute Thy designs.”
“Your heart is now mine,” the
Lord told her, “even if men do not believe it, I shall show it to them one
day: I have put secrets in your heart
that men will have to witness.”
Most of these prophecies were
made between 1873 and 1888. Shortly
before he died, her bishop, Mgr. Lecoq, made a last-minute act of reparation by
sending her his very special blessing.
His successor, Mgr. Laroche, was very favourably disposed, but he died
prematurely. The next bishop in line,
Mgr. Rouard, was rather cold towards her, but his successor, Mgr. Le Fer de la
Motte, (who remained 21 years in the diocese of Nantes, from 1914 to 1935), was
full of attentions to Marie-Julie, and asked her to offer up her sufferings
specially for the clergy of his diocese.
The last bishop to occupy the See of Nantes during her lifetime was Mgr.
Villepelet, from 1936 to 1966. He was
completely indifferent to the events of La Fraudais. In short, six successive bishops occupied the
See of Nantes during her lifetime, to wit, Mgrs. Fournier, Lecoq, Laroche,
Rouard, Le Fer de La Motte, and Villepelet.
Three of these were favourable to the apparitions, and three unfavourable
in exact alternating succession.
The lesson that we can draw
from all this is that it is unwise to judge a particular report of apparitions
on the opinion of one or even several bishops.
This is precisely what some contemporary writers such as Stephen Oraze
and Robert Bergin are doing concerning recent reports of apparitions. To them, the voice of a bishop is like the
Word of the Holy Ghost! As will be seen
later in the prophecies, Our Lord told Marie that He would speak to men as
never before, as the time of the “momentous days” approaches. And, indeed, reports of apparitions have been
so numerous since 1945 that it is practically impossible to list them without
forgetting or overlooking a few.
However, since the Church is virtually in a state of apostasy, the
genuine reports are not likely to be confirmed within the near future. We may have to wait a long time.
In 1892, or thereabouts,
Marie-Julie’s father died, and in 1900 she lost her sister, Angèle.
Her mother went to her eternal reward in 1908 and, in 1922, her brother Charles passed
away. From that year onwards she lived
alone in the little cottage.
In June 1914, Marie was
warned that a war was imminent. She was
profoundly saddened by this revelation, and her confessor, Fr. Lequeux, did not
fail to notice it. He asked her what was
the matter and insisted so much that she finally told him what she knew. At the end of the description which she gave
him, the priest was very much upset. He
knelt down by the stigmatist, and they both prayed that the sufferings of the
war might be mitigated.
In 1918, a few weeks after
the armistice, Our Lord spoke to her again:
“If My people do not come back to Me, if they do not acknowledge Me as
their sovereign Lord, I shall enkindle My Justice again. There will be a few conversions, but not of
those who should be the first to confess their unfaithfulness and their
contempt for My Divine Person. If these
people do not acknowledge Me, I shall strike again; I cannot be satisfied with
so little thanksgiving.”
In 1930 she asked the Lord
if, perhaps, it might be time for Him to recall her, but the answer was
negative. Our Lord told her that He
still needed her to alleviate the sufferings of another war.
War broke out in 1939. In November of that year she predicted that
the war would be a long one and would finish badly. Everyone in France, at that time, thought
that the war would be very short. It
finished badly, indeed: although
victorious, the Anglo-Americans, at Yalta, made the unpardonable error of
giving Stalin everything he wanted.
In May, 1940, the German army
overran the north of France in no more than a few days. Someone told Marie: “In any case, we are safe
here (at La Fraudais); they won’t come as far as Brittany.” Promptly she answered: “Wait and see; they will go even further.”
Also in May, she was
prevailed upon to leave La Fraudais before the arrival of the German
troops. The roads were clogged with refugees;
it was a very trying journey for a woman of 90.
She felt lost, lonely, and wanted to return to her cottage. Our Lady came to comfort her; “Do not cry.
I am blessing this house.” (where
she was). “I have obtained from my
Divine Son the end of fighting for France.
Wait a few more days, and the road (of return) will be free.”
The armistice was signed in
June and on July 8th Marie
and her friends drove back in the direction of La Fraudais. But everyone on the way told them they would
be stopped before reaching their destination and, indeed, they were stopped at
a German check-point and were refused permission to proceed any farther. They all began to pray the Rosary. Suddenly, a German soldier came forward and,
with out saying a word, waved them on through the check-point. She reached La Fraudais safely. Seven months later, in February 1941, she
suddenly felt very ill, and finally passed away in March 1941.
DUPONT - FRAUDAIS PROPHECIES - I (this)
DUPONT - FRAUDAIS PROPHECIES - II (next)
DUPONT - FRAUDAIS PROPHECIES - III
DUPONT - FRAUDAIS PROPHECIES - IV
DUPONT - FRAUDAIS PROPHECIES - V
DUPONT - FRAUDAIS PROPHECIES - VI
DUPONT - FRAUDAIS PROPHECIES - VII
DUPONT - PROPHECY SUMMARY - VIII
DUPONT - FRAUDAIS PROPHECIES - II (next)
DUPONT - FRAUDAIS PROPHECIES - III
DUPONT - FRAUDAIS PROPHECIES - IV
DUPONT - FRAUDAIS PROPHECIES - V
DUPONT - FRAUDAIS PROPHECIES - VI
DUPONT - FRAUDAIS PROPHECIES - VII
DUPONT - PROPHECY SUMMARY - VIII
Love, Jeanne