The Trinity with Souls in Purgatory by Corrado Giaquinto. Mother Mariana de Jesus knew the nuns who worked for the separation of the Franciscan Friars would suffer a long purgatory after death.
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On Jan. 21, 1610, at 2 a.m., Our Lady of Good Success appeared to Mother Mariana de Jesus and predicted the crisis of faith in the 20th century. Our Lady predicted the sacraments would be profaned and forgotten by many. There would be bad priests causing scandals among the Christian people.
Our Lady said, “This apparent triumph of Satan will bring enormous sufferings to the good Pastors of the Church, the many good priests, and the Supreme Pastor and Vicar of Christ on Earth, who, a prisoner in the Vatican, will shed secret and bitter tears in the presence of his God and Lord, beseeching light, sanctity, and perfection for all the clergy of the world, of whom he is King and Father.”
“Further, in these unhappy times, there will be unbridled luxury which will ensnare the rest into sin and conquer innumerable frivolous souls who will be lost. Innocence will almost no longer be found in children, nor modesty in women. In this supreme moment of need of the Church, the one who should speak will fall silent.”
Our Lady told Mother Mariana that devotion to Our Lady under the title Our Lady of Good Success would be a comfort and protection for the convent and for the faithful souls at the time of crisis.
Through Mother Mariana, Our Lady asked the Bishop of Quito to consecrate the statue of Our Lady of Good Success and to place the keys of the cloister, along with the crosier, in the right hand of the statue. Our Lady said, “Then, at that moment, I will take complete possession of this, my house, and I will be obliged to keep it safe and free from all turmoil until the end of time, demanding from my daughters a continuous spirit of charity and sacrifice.”
Our Lady explained the present difficulties of the convent were caused by the non-observant sisters. The Conceptionist Convent in Quito left the jurisdiction of the Francisan Order in 1601. Our Lady said, “The absence of the government of the Friars Minor, so indispensable, is the cause for many sufferings, and so it will be until the 20th century, after which they will again have jurisdiction over my Convent, in order to raise many souls to great perfection and sanctity. The separation of the Franciscans was not by divine will, but only by divine permission.”
Mother Mariana knew that the nuns who worked for the separation of the Franciscan Friars would suffer a long purgatory after death. Many of them would remain in purgatory until jurisdiction has returned to the Franciscan Friars. Some would suffer till the final judgment day. Those nuns bore the guilt for the relaxation of the Rule that would be introduced and would last for a long time in the convent. Our Lady said, “In all times the religious souls who violate the perfect observance of their rules should tremble!”
In the morning of Jan. 21 at around 9 a.m., the Franciscan Friar Pedro of the Conception came to visit Mother Mariana. They met at the parlour separated by a grille. During the visit, they talked about God and the beauty and goodness of Our Lady, whom they both had seen in vision. During their conversation, they both experienced the gift of ecstasy. It was revealed to Mother Mariana that Friar Pedro would die after 14 years and seven months. Mother Mariana would be there to assist at his death. And it was also revealed to Friar Pedro that Mother Mariana would die in the year 1635 in the middle of January.
Friar Pedro told Mother Mariana: “The Queen of Heaven told me that, after my death, Your Reverence will have an advocate and protector in me and that I will be present at the hour of your death to accompany you at your entrance into heaven, where you will receive the just reward and glory for all that you have done and suffered for God throughout your long life.”
預告死期
1610年1月21日零晨二時，聖母以「成功之母」身份，向瑪利娜.耶穌.陶麗詩姆姆顯現，預言二十世紀出現的信德危機，很多人會褻瀆及忘記聖體，在基督徒中不稱職的聖職人員，有千夫所指的醜惡行為。
聖母說：「撒旦表面上的勝利，帶給教會善良牧者們、很多好的司鐸和教宗龐大的痛苦。教宗乃基督在世的代表，他是困在梵蒂崗，他將在他的天主前密密地灑下苦淚，並為世上所有的聖職人員尋找光照、聖化及成全。」
聖母續說：「與此同時，恣意的奢侈，誘使其餘的眾人墮入罪惡，並征服無數輕浮的人靈，他們將會失落。在兒童們中幾乎找不到純潔，在婦女們中也幾乎找不到端莊。在這教會有需要的嚴重時期，應該發言的將默不作聲。」
在危機時期，對聖母「成功之母」的敬禮，將會是的修院及精忠的靈魂的慰藉與守護。
通過瑪利娜姆姆，聖母要基多主教祝聖「成功之母」聖母聖像，把牧杖和修院迴廊的鑰匙，放在聖像的右手。聖母聲明：「此時，我要完全掌控這屬於我的居所，並且，我將有責任保護它安穩，並救它於所有動盪中直至時間終結，要求我的女兒們有持續的愛德與犧牲精神。」
至於修院不聽服從的修女們引致眼前的困難，就是基多的無玷修院1601年脫離了方濟會的管轄權。 聖母指出脫離方濟會的管轄權是天主的許可，卻不是天主的聖意 。這情况會延續至二十世紀，此後，方濟會將重新對無玷修院的管轄權，以興起很多聖善和成全的靈魂。
瑪利娜姆姆明白，一手促成方濟會和無玷修院分拆的修女們，會在死後在煉獄很長的時間 ── 有些會在修院回歸方濟會後離開煉獄，有些會在煉獄直到終審判之日。這些修女們要為多年修院會規的鬆懈而負上責任。聖母強調：「在所有時代，違反完善遵守他們會規的修道人員，應該要感震慄！」
1月21日上午約九時左右，隸屬方濟會的佩德羅修士造訪瑪利娜姆姆。他們在客廳內隔着欄柵傾談，談到天主和聖母的美善，兩人同時神魂超拔：瑪利娜姆姆預知佩德羅修士會在十四年另七個月後死去，而自己會在他的榻旁陪伴著他，幫助他善終。佩德羅修士預知瑪利娜姆姆會在1635年1月中旬逝世。佩德羅修士對瑪利娜姆姆說：「天上母后告訴我，我死後會作你的主保和守護者；而在你離世的一刻，我會臨在以陪伴你進入天堂，你會因你在世長年為天主所做的善功和所受的苦痛而領受賞報及光榮。」