Are we living in the “great darkness” that Jesus told St. Faustina about? Many people think of the light in the sky, the sun will be extinguished. But, I think of the prevalence of sin and evil as a great darkness. I think of the widespread apostasy as darkness. I think of the lack of faith in men’s souls as darkness. I think of violence and war as darkness. I think of terrorism and beheadings as darkness. I think of the horrible atrocities of the militant Islamists as darkness. I think of the corruption of morals as darkness.Yes, when the sun goes down, there is darkness, and many of us have had or have fear of darkness, but there is darker darkness than the lack of light. Does the message of Jesus to Faustina necessarily mean what we think it means, that the sun will go dark as some believe “for three days?” Or can it be totally spiritual? We are indeed living in darkness and I would dare to say these are the new dark ages or maybe darker ages. Evil is spread far and wide and most people accept it as normal and others just put up with it as something they have no power to change.
Every day I pray that the “King of Mercy” will send the “great sign in the heavens” to enliven the consciences of all people. Then all of our woes, all of our evils will be corrected by the divine hand and this world will be transformed into a garden of God’s love.
“Before I come as a just judge, I am coming first as “King of Mercy”! Let all men now approach the throne of my mercy with absolute confidence! Some time before the the last days of final justice arrive, there will be given to mankind a great sign in the heavens of this sort: all the light of the heavens will be totally extinguished. There will be a great darkness over the whole earth. Then a great sign of the cross will appear in the sky. From the openings from where the hands and feet of the savior were nailed will come forth great lights – which will light up the earth for a period of time. This will happen before the very final days. It is the sign for the end of the world. After it will come the days of justice! Let souls have recourse to the fount of my mercy while there is still time! Woe to him who does not recognize the time of my visitation.” (Diary 83)
Joseph with the Child Jesus and Our Lady. They pointed to the place and all the people saw the sun begin to gyrate in the sky, loose it self from it’s axis and hurl itself toward the earth. People began to scream and run in fear that the world was about to end. Suddenly, the sun returned to the sky. The earth and everyones clothing was dry. The miracle was witnessed for miles around. Our Lady later told Sr. Lucia that if people had responded to her messages, the miracle would have been much greater. What can we learn from these great signs? God has given Our Lady power over even the elements. With prayer, especially that requested by Our Lady, the Holy Rosary, we can change world events. With the Rosary the two great wars were brought to an end. Let us respond to Our Lady’s messages and help bring about her triumph and the triumph of the King of Peace.
In the past few years, Facebook has begun blocking priests, deacons and religious from using their religious titles. They use the excuse that their titles are not their every day names. I have new for Facebook. My every day name is “Father Finelli.” My parishioners and places that I do business with call me Father Finelli. About a year ago, Facebook blocked me for using Father Jay Finelli, and when I told them my situation they reinstated me with the same. However, about two months ago, they blocked me out again and required me to give them legal documents to prove that I am who I say I am. The same has happened to a number of Bishops, priests, deacons and religious. The latest I read about this morning was Msgr. Charles Pope. Msgr. Pope has decided that he has no need to prove home he is and will not return to Facebook until they allow us to use our religious titles. Read more about that 
