Signs of the Times  

FIRST PROPHECY: St. Dominic

On a quiet corner in Rome there stands a chapel that commemorates the site of an unplanned meeting in the early 13th century of 3 men and God.  The men, who later becae saints, were Friar Dominic of a new religious community known as the Order of Preachers; Brother Francis from Assisi, known for his holiness and special concern for the poor; and Brother Angelus from Mt. Carmel in Palestine, who had been invited to Rome because of his fame as a preacher.
     Vertimiglia, an ancient historian of the Carmelite Order, records that, in the course of conversation, the three men were moved by the Holy Spirit to prophesy to each other.  Angelus foretold the stigmata of Francis.  Domiic said, "One day, Brother Angelus, to your Order of Carmel the most Blessed Virgin Mary will give a devotion known as the Rosary.  And one day, through the Rosary and the Scapular, she will save the world."

SECOND PROPHECY:  St. John Bosco

  St. John Bosco , an Italian who lived in the early 1800's, had numerous dreams that have been recorded.  As a result of one of his dreams, St. John Bosco recognized te importance and power of the Blessed Virgin's title, "Help of Christians."  He realized that the Blessed Virgin would be one of the two solid pillars that would anchor the Church amidst a sea of confusion, turmoil and persecution some time in the future.  So important is this title that St. John Bosco had a church built in Turin, Itay that he dedicated to "Mary, Help of Christians."
   Atop the belfires, there are two angels.  The angel on the left holds a banner bearing the word, LEPANTO, a reference to the great rosary victory on Oct. 7, 1571.  The angel on the right s offering a laurel wreath, the sign of victory to the Blessed Virgin, who is standing atop the center dome.  In a previous design, the second angel also held a banner that bore the numbers 19__.  This incomplete date indicated a new victory, another rosary victory over the forces that threatened the Church and Christendom.

THIRD PROPHECY:  Our Lady of Fatima

    Do the prophecies of St. Dominic and St. John Bosco refer to the same victory?  Is this the same victory as the "Triumph of My Immaculate Heart," that Our Lady promised at Fatima?  In 1917 Our Lady appeared in Portugal, the country that forms part of the Iberian Peninsula with Spain where St. Dominic, the champion of the Rosary was born.
    When the Blessed Virgin appeared in Fatima she said very clearly, "I am the Lady of the Rosary."  She then tied together devotion to the Holy Rosary and devotion to the Brown Scapular and taught us that these two sacramentals along with a collegial consecration of Russia to Her Immaculate Heart equal victory and peace.
   The prophecies of St. Dominic, St. John Bosco, and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart predicted at Fatima all have one thing in common:  THE ROSARY IS LINKED BY A FUTURE VICTORY WON BY THE BLESSED VIRGIN,  The Blessed Virgin is telling us that a (supernatural) battle is going on and the only way to win is to pray the rosary.  The Blessed Virgin also tells us that what is at stake in this battle is SOULS and the possibility of annihilation of NATIONS.