Letter from Broadstairs, July 2025.

LETTER FROM BROADSTAIRS July 2025 nova et vetera (Matthew 13,52)

The Pere Emmanuel, 1826-1903, re-christianised his little French village of Mesnil-Saint-Loupat at a time when Freemasonry was hard at work to implant the revolution even in the most out of the way places. He even founded a small monastery next to his parish church so that his parochial ministry here of some 54 years would be all the more fruitful. The Freemasons arms of choice were fashions, public opinion and party politics, against which he resisted courageously. A man of intelligence and study, immersed in the works of St Thomas Aquinas, he published a series of articles in his parish bulletin, Our Lady of Holy Hope, from 1883-1886, a study on the history of the Church. He was convinced that each soul should be immersed in every truth, for such is the work of the Holy Ghost in the soul.

The final section of this work concern the Drama of the End Times and is in accordance with the writings of other notable ecclesistics of the time, such as Mgr Gaume and Mgr de Segur. To speak of the end times nowadays is something reserved to sects and sensational films, but as this subject is treated numerous times in Holy Scripture, it is important that we be instructed as to the Second Coming of Christ and the desolation which will precede it. As the writer himself states, ‘we do not have the intention of scaring anybody in dealing with this subject. Rather, along with the great teachings there are also great consolations.

The errors of the present times and the acceleration of their implementation, should oblige us to reflect seriously on this subject before the arrival of the Antichrist on the global scene. To delay would be to copy the attitude of the contemporaries of Noah who were unprepared for the coming deluge. Hence to avoid the subject is to place oneself in danger. It is dangerous also to not understand the significance of the events which we are witnessing and those which we will have to face in due course. There is the danger also of being

scandalised faced with the triumph of evil, of loosing our Faith in Christ and of no longer keeping the commandments faced with the apocalyptic crisis.

The introduction deals with the future of the Church, after the previous considerations on her past and present. Almighty God wanted that the destiny of the Church and of His Divine Son be described in advance in Holy Scripture, hence this is where the documents for this subject are to be found. The Church must above all resemble Our Lord and hence before the end of the world she will suffer a supreme Passion which will manifest her immense love for her Divine Spouse.

It is assuredly a sad spectacle to witness mankind, seduced and overwhelmed by the spirit of evil, attempting to smother and destroy the Church, its mother and divine guardian. Whilst men labour to this end upon earth, they are led by the powers which are not of this world. It is the Faith which allows us to understand the events of history and to see how the impure spirit tries constantly to enter into the house from which Our Lord has expelled him. At the end he will enter and will endeavour to eliminate Our Lord. Then the veils will be torn asunder and the supernatural will be made manifest in an exclusively religious drama enveloping the entire world in which the divine character of the Church will be most wonderfully shown.

All these prophecies are meant to strengthen the souls of the believers in the days of great trial. ‘Watch and pray so that you be found worthy to flee these things which will come, so as not to enter into temptation, so as to preserve the Faith, so as not to fall asleep, but rather so as to be able to stand in the presence of the Son of Man.’ (Matthew 26; Luke 21)

If evil will then be everywhere let loose, at the same time it will be more than ever in the hands of God. As Our Lord was delivered into the hands of His enemies but without allowing any bones to be broken, so for the members of Church, the Elect, those who are truly humble, for whose sake the days of trial will be numbered.

The time of trail will end with a great triumph for the Church, comparable to a resurrection. In those days, amongst the preludes to the supreme crisis, all nations will be converted, as well as the Jews, either before or during the Church’s victory.

So it is that the words of the Psalm care applied to the Church: ‘Following the multitude of afflictions which have filled my heart, Thy consolations O Lord have rejoiced my heart.’

Next time, The Signs of the Times