“Immediately after the distress of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky…”
“Immediately after the distress of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky…”
“When he opened the sixth seal … the sun turned black … the moon turned blood red.”
“The fifth angel poured out his bowl… on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness.”
“For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you.”
“The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.”
“In that day… I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.”
“The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.”
Warned of a coming “terrible Three Days of Darkness”—a chastisement of fire from heaven that will consume those who scorn Divine Mercy. Advised special devotion to the Precious Blood for protection during times of tribulation.
“All nations will be shaken by war and revolution. In the darkness, for three days, the evil will be annihilated; only a quarter of humanity will survive. The clergy will be greatly diminished, most priests dying for faith or country.”
“Great darkness will fall; the world lies in dense darkness, worse than before the flood. Hell believes itself victorious, but Christ will build anew with the suffering faithful; those enduring these times are martyrs, the seed for renewal of the Church.”