Secrets & Warnings

MESSAGE FROM JESUS VIA CAROL AMECHE - MAR 27, 1998:

"Be READY, My dear ones, for everything to play out in your lives and
hearts as you serve the lost souls whom you will guide and direct back to
Me through My Sacrament of Forgiveness..."

(For the past seven years Carol has been speaking in many parts of the
country bringing encouragement to prayer groups with messages of hope,
joy and spiritual preparedness for an impending act of God's mercy to all
of humanity: the illumination of our minds to the state or our souls,
known as the "Mini-Judgment," or "Warning," which will precede the
Second Coming of Jesus.)

The above message once again alludes to the fact that many many people
will be seeking Confession after the Warning, which is why I always say -
go *now* and beat the "post-Warning rush".

But could it be imminent?

From Alan A Trombetta <atrombetta@juno.com>:
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SOLAR ECLIPSE

There are two other important events taking place on Aug. 11th.

August 11, 1999 begins the Jewish season of Teshuvah which means to
return or repent. This is the 30 day run up to Rosh HaShanah on Sept 11,
the New Year, the Feast of Trumpets on which the Last Trump is blown...
Sept. 11th. is accompained by Comet Lee.

Those who fail to repent during Teshuvah enter the final 10 Days of Awe
which lead up to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and or the Day of
Judgment.  The symbolism here to end times events is unavoidable.

It is important to remember that God hung the stars in the heavens as
SIGNS, Genesis 1:14.  Thus a Solar Eclipse on a major Jewish calendar day
should not be interpreted as coincidence...

On August 14th a rare Solar 'Cross' will appear...
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Vision/Message to Sadie Jaramillo  - August 1, 1999:

I am awakened with a severe headache.  As I lay in bed offering up the
pain and trying to pray, I begin to see a vision.  In this vision I see a
ball of fire with a tail.  I see it hit a surface.  I have been shown this
ball of fire before.  But always it is hurling through the darkness of
space.   This time I see it HIT a surface.  I DO NOT know what this
surface is.  With impact there is an explosion and a tremendous light.  I
understand this to be the cosmic signs that will accompany the
illumination of conscience...

I saw an image of the world, and hovering over it, an image of the Holy
Spirit as a dove.  Above Him was an image of God the Father... Our Lord is
below the Fathers right hand, beside the world, and Our Lady is below his
left side.

Suddenly the world explodes in fire.  It becomes one ball of fire.

I have received no message or words other than the understanding given.

The Fire of the Holy Spirit will burn and change the hearts of those who
are OPEN to His Holy Work.  In His message of January 8, 1999 Jesus said
we would pass through the Fire of God's Love, the Fire of God's Justice
and the Fire of God's Purification.  All of these have to do with fire.

As the darkness descends God will use the hearts of mankind that do not
stifle the works of the Holy Spirit.  Yes, not all will accept.  But many
will.  I pray that we all will allow the Holy Spirit to move us...

...at various times during the months of June and July during prayer and
Holy Mass I see a bolt of lightening.  I call it lightening, but I have
never seen lightening like this.  It was WIDE and striking repeatedly.  I
also see the Resurrected Jesus over to the side and He points to the
heavens.  There in the heavens is the illuminated cross.  As I am gazing
at it, the corpus of Jesus appears on the Cross.  This vision also refers
to the illumination of conscience.

...during one of the prayer cenacles and while praying at other times, I
see Jesus sitting in a confessional behind a screen.  I can see the shadow
of someone on the other side of the screen.  Jesus is looking at me very
INTENTLY.  His gaze is loving, but serious.  He is holding his fingers and
hand up giving absolution.  Jesus does not speak aloud, but I am given
this understanding: "Tell them ALL to go to confession."

MARY:

"...The signs spoken of over and over to you are even now in the process
of becoming a reality.  Yes, I have striven to shorten this great time of
the bloody persecution.  I have striven to bring all Gods children home to
the Father, home to the Mercy of My Son Jesus, whose Heart is so full of
Love and compassion.

Those who are prepared, let them take heed:

BE NOT AFRAID!  I take you into my Immaculate Heart, Garden of God's
Love.  I, to whom has been given the task of bringing satan under my heel,
I come to reassure with these words.

The heavens will flash with the brightness of light that will bring
fear and terror to some!  Others, well prepared, will pass into the
greatest work of love.  For this daughter of mine (the Church), so loved
by Me and so wounded, will be eclipsed. For a moment it will seem as
though the enemies of God will triumph and reign.  But true to HIS WORD,
(Jesus) 'the gates of hell shall NOT prevail!'

This for my children continues to be the greatest sign (indicating the
coming) of impending events.

My Son, who absolves and forgives through His brother priests, waits
tenderly for His flock to return!

The blows of the Father's Justice will resound in the heavens.  It will
seem as though the very stars are shaken from their place!  Just as you
heard in the thunder at Garabandal, so will you know the very voice
of God speaking to your heart announcing to you the great prodigious
event...

Do not let the blows of God's Mercy (in His Justice) catch you unaware!
Do not let the lack of faith fulfill scripture in you!  Do not let the
Coming of my Son, Jesus, like the thief in the night, bring terror to your
heart!

...Only those who allow the Spirit of God to speak to their hearts and
whisper the secrets of God; only those who approach the Father with the
simplicity of a child (will be ready). A child goes asking, KNOWING he
will not be turned away.  You are the ones called now to ready yourselves
for this Battle of Love for the souls Jesus, My Son, yearns for!  Keep His
Peace in your hearts.  DO NOT allow your hearts to be troubled!  The
Father of Love permits not one thing to harm you, but all things to
strengthen you.

As the Magi looked to the heavens and found the announcement of the
birth of the Messiah, so too now Look to the heavens!  For they announce
to you the Second Coming of My Son, Jesus, In Glory!  Be not afraid..."
                        ***********
More indications of imminence?..............

The Blessed Mother to Nancy Fowler of Conyers, 1992:

"When I stop giving monthly messages, you can know the time is near."

Here, "the time" may not refer to the Warning/Miracle.  Many apparations
*have* ceased (the last Conyers apparition was be on 10-13-98).

John Leary, Sunday, February 22, 1998:

Alledgedly, God the Father said:  "...I WILL SEND YOU THE WARNING, so that
EVERYONE will know who their God is, and they will know what TRUE good and
evil are..."

March 3, 1998 Message From Jesus via Patricia Soto: "...NOW is the time for you to open your hearts to My Mercy!..."

Our Lady of Emmitsburg Message, via Gianna Talone Sullivan, 3-5-98:

"...The time is at hand when God's unfailing love showers each precious
soul with special graces...  This is a time... of enlightenment; a time to
see yourself as you are, and a time to see God as He is..."

Mid-1996 (visionary not known):

".. The time of climax of events is approaching for you on earth..."

MESSAGES VIA CAROL AMECHE -

February 19, 1998:  Jesus said:  "... My words are MOST important this day:

...You will see the Son of Man in the sky, pouring out graces on all who
will accept them... You will know the might of the One Who created you....
You will weep one day in HORROR over the results of your pact with evil!

Be on guard, My people.  The prophecies uttered to so many, and by so
many of Our dear faithful ones, have BEGUN!"

On January 20, 1998 Jesus said:

"...The times for which you have all waited and prepared are on the
horizon." ++++++++++
As always, the Warning could come on any given date.  And of course we
should ALWAYS be prepared to face God's Judgement *despite* such an event.

Picking a precise date is an inexact art, at best.  Suffice it to say that
the Warning is IMMINENT.

And here the word IMMINENCE carries 2 meanings,

1) We should be prepared for *anything* - whether it be our death (when we
will face our final judgement) or the Warning (when we will be granted a
*preview* to our final judgement).

2) Taking many messages into consideration, it seems highly probable that
the Warning will come within a year, and nearly certain that it will come
sometime between now and the end of 2000.

Only Mari Loli of Garabandal knows the *exact* year.

Conchita, eldest visionary of Garabandal, does not know the date of the
Warning but she *does* know the date of the Miracle which will follow
within a year of the Warning.
                        ............
Our Lady said to seer Yolanda of Santa Maria, California on 12-6-96:

"...in the spring - [...as the snow begins to melt...] - major events will
occur at that time.  That is when I will come to all of My children -
ready or not - as the 'Morning Star'. It will be the time of the Great
Warning, the event which will touch the hearts of all people in all
nations."

This message would seem to place the *Warning* in early Spring too,
advancing (speculatively) the notion of a 4-13-2000 Miracle preceded by
the Warning *this* Spring (although other prophecies seemingly place the
Warning and Miracle in closer proximity to one another).
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Mother Angelica... returned from a trip to Garabandal... a friend asked
Mother Angelica why she was in Garabandal and she replied 'we were setting
up the camera  crews'.  This friend was at the show where Mother spoke of
the remote spanish town she was in."
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Additionally, there are firsthand reports that Conchita, who has resided
in New York for approximately the last 30 years, is now living in Fatima.
                        ..........
Some say there will be announcements of the Warning itself when it is
imminent.  For example, if the Warning as noted at Garabandal is
equivalent to one of the first 3 Secrets of Medjugorje, as related in a
theory below, we might anticipate notification 3 days in advance.

Others say:
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Mary Jane Evens will ***WARN*** us 7 days prior to the WARNING...
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But we shouldn't *expect* such notice.
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Again, please do not consider this a case of "crying wolf (or warthog or
timber or any other flora or fauna)" if the Warning does not arrive in the
proximate future afterall.  We should ALWAYS be prepared.

Some theories for how the prophecies of Garabandal and Medjugorje might
tie-in...............
The Warning is most commonly "tied" to Garabandal, but many prophets from
the past have spoken of it and many current visionaries refer to it.  In
fact, the Warning and the Miracle are almost certainly connected to the
first 3 Secrets of Medjugorje.

If Mirjana's first secret has to do with some type of catastrophic event
prior to the (interior) Warning, that would not detract in the least from
the Warning as described at Garabandal which, I feel, *must* tie-in to the
warnings foretold of at Medjugorje.  It sounds like some pre-warnings to
the Warning have been added [by Our Lady since Garabandal].  And that's
fine - I say the more warnings the better (I say that about chocolate
chips in cookies too).

... God will send a worldwide warning - the Warning as noted at
Garabandal (which might correlate to the 2nd secret of Medjugorje -
meaning that the first secret will already have transpired [it will
probably be a "small" warning - possibly the very tribulations we are
presently experiencing in the form of natural disasters/phenomena {future
possibilities range from large-scale earthquakes, to comet strikes, to the
"sudden" explosion of Polaris into a supernova} - events to, as Mirjana
says, "shake us up" so that people will begin to reflect on God, Who is
All Powerful]).

Alternately, perhaps the 1st Secret and the Great Warning are the same
event, in which case the present tribulations are precursory.
                        ...............
If we look back to Garabandal we can see a strong similarity between the
October 28, 1981 vision at Medjugorje and Conchita's description of the
warning to come.  The first 3 "Secrets" *seem* to correlate to the Warning
and Miracle.  Although it is difficult to make a *precise* correspondence,
it *seems* that one of the first 2 Secrets would match the Warning, with
the 3rd secret equating to the Miracle.
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Before the visible sign is given to mankind, there will be three
warnings to the world.  The warnings will be in the form of events on
earth.
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Mirjana of Medjugorje will be a witness to them ("Words from Heaven",
SAINT JAMES PUBLISHING).  Our Lady showed Mirjana the first secret - the
earth was desolate:

"It is the upheaval of a region of the world" (pg. 140).

[large earthquake in central U.S.??  Mary through Pat Mundorf on 3-20-98:

"...Know that your time is near when your United States witness an
earthquake of huge destruction in the center of the United States. Then I
will come to crush the head of the Serpent, and My Son, Jesus, will have
His Second coming..."]
                        .............
Mirjana of Medjugorge said *her* first secret will *not* be worldwide, but
will nonetheless serve to "shake us up".

Mirjana's 1st "secret" might concern some catastrophic event prior to the
Warning as described at Garabandal (2nd secret?).  Seemingly, the first 3
secrets and the Warning/Miracle *must* tie-in.

Conchita of Garabandal says that the Warning and the Miracle which will
follow it form a single message - they are the last publicly spectacular
events from God.  Based on that statement, I'd say that these events must
tie-in with at least some of the "secrets" of Medjugorje.

It seems very likely that Mirjana's/Nisreen's second secret might very
well be, as previously speculated, the "Great Warning", especially since
many visionaries now claim that it will come soon.
                        .............
We've heard from John Leary that the Antichrist will not hesitate to
step-in immediately following the Warning.  In fact, he may even "take
credit" for the Warning (or at least offer a "natural" explanation for it.

-  Mirjana of Medjugorje similarly confirms that those who refuse to
believe in the Divine nature of the first 3 "secrets" will explain them
away as having been "natural" events.

According to the visionary Mirjana of Medjugorje, after the first secret
is revealed the power of Satan will be broken.  There will be time for
conversions.  After the second secret there will not be much time left for
conversion as the Miracle will follow within a year.

Therefore, the probable correlation would be:

1st "Secret":  Precursory catastrophic event (comet strike?)
2nd "Secret":   The "interior" Warning from Heaven.
3rd "Secret":  The Great Miracle.
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Let's look again at the Warning as described at Garabandal (by Conchita):

"The warning comes directly from God and will be visible to the whole
world and from any place where anyone may happen to be.  It will be like
the revelation of our sins and will be seen and felt by everyone, believer
and unbeliever alike, irrespective of whatever religion they may belong
to.  It will be seen and felt in all parts of the world and by every
person."

Quotes from Michael H. Brown's book 'The Final Hour' of what Conchita said
about the Warning:
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"...sort of catastrophe. It will make us think of the dead, that is, we
would prefer to be dead than to experience the Warning"

"...will horrify us because at that very moment we will see our souls and
the harm we have done.  It will be as though we were in agony but we will
not die by its effects but perhaps we will die of fright or shock to see
ourselves..."
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...........And how Medjugorje's "secrets" are described:
The visionaries there report that the "warnings" (referring to the first 3
"secrets") will come *within their lifetimes*.  Mirjana says the first
warning (secret)  will "not [be] a catastrophe" but will "shake us up" and
"prove there is a God".  She says it will last "a short time" and there
will be no pre-sign of its arrival.  "It has to be seen", she said.

Yet she also indicated that the first 2 warnings would manifest themselves
in such a way that disbelievers will be able to explain them as natural or
normal occurences.  The time between the 1st and 2nd secret will be a
period of grace during which people will be allowed the opportunity to
convert.

According to Mirjana, after the 2nd secret there will not be much time
left for conversion as the 3rd secret (involving a sign that will prove
God exists and will be "permanent, indestructible [something like fire but
not really fire], and beautiful", just as the Garabandal visionaries
describe the sign to be left there after what is undoubtedly the same
Miracle) will follow within a year.  The 2nd and 3rd secrets will be
announced at least 3 days in advance.

What it sounds like, is that another warning has been added since
Garabandal (and surely we need all the warnings we can get) - the 1st
secret.  Based on 2 statements by Mirjana it seems to differ somewhat from
the Warning of Garabandal.  When asked about the 1st secret or "warning",
she said it was "not good" (whereas the Warning of Garabandal will be very
beneficial - perhaps secret #2).  She also said it will *not* be "visible"
to the whole world.

Apparently then, we now get a pre-warning (1st secret) to "start us
thinking" before the second warning (Warning of Garabandal) + the 2nd
secret will now be announced 3 days in advance instead of being sudden -
an added Grace (boy, we've sure gotten more graces than we deserve).  When
the 2nd Warning occurs, we will easily be able to determine the date of
the Miracle.  This is a possible scenario - there *is* some confusion
about the first 3 secrets of Medjugorje.

The third secret is evidently referred to as a "warning", because it will
enlighten men to God, and leave no "excuse" for anyone not to believe.
Thus, if non-believers remain, a Chastisement will be sent.  Here is where
the punishment from God ties-in.

Many messages from Mary, have seemingly alluded to the Warning as coming
soon, but maybe the 1st secret of Medjugorje warning is what imminent.
Maybe both warnings are similar.  It's impossible to be sure, but
obviously we're in for some radical changes soon.
                        *******
Maryanne Pemberton, marypemberton@hotmail.com, writes:
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... "The Apostolate of Holy Motherhood"...in the year 1987 that Jesus and
Mary appeared to a mother to start an apostolate that would spread to
mothers in the world to intercede before God for the world, for priests
and especially for the mitigation of suffering of poor innocent children.
It was predicted by Our Lady that the book would recieve the imprimatur
which it did, that it would be approved by our Holy Father, which I'm not
sure if this has been done yet, and that it would spread all over the
world, which it has...  the passage which refers to the "warning" is as
follows:

Chapter 15 - Sunday, February 22, 1987 - "Triumph of My Immaculate
Heart"

"You will know by the sign in the heavens which is I myself that the
time is at hand for the instantaneous conversion of the multitude.
This I will accomplish through a tremendous outpouring of grace upon
the earth given at the hands of God to me for this purpose. This will
be the Triumph of my Immaculate Heart of which I spoke at Fatima."
"You must do all that I tell you now. It is very important that you
follow my instructions, as this will be an aid to many in softening
their hearts in order to be receptive to such grace."

And also very interesting was December 31, 1996 #586 [to Fr. Gobbi] - the
same year where Our Lady is speaking of humanity being lost if not for an
act of Divine Mercy  does not help "As of now, this poor humanity has
touched the bottom of its misery. It can no longer succeed in recovering
if a great act of mercy does not raise it up. Pray that the great miracle
of Divine Mercy come upon this world."

This does not seem to indicate to me [that Mary] is speaking about this
era of great Mercy where Our Lord's mercy is avalable in abundance, but
rather, a single act of Divine Mercy.
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Our Lady to Fr. Gobbi concerning the Warning:

"A new fire will come down from heaven and will purify all humanity,
which has again become pagan.  It will be like a judgement in miniature
and each one will see himself in the light of the very Truth of God.  Thus
sinners will come back to grace and holiness; the straying, to the road of
righteousness; those far away, to the house of the Father..."
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...WHEN THE WARNING COMES IT WILL BE LIKE A SECOND PENTECOST, WE WILL BE
FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT LIKE THE APOSTLES WERE.  IT WILL BE GOD THE
HOLY SPIRIT WHO WILL ENLIGHTEN US TO OUR LIVES; THE WAY OUR GOD SEES US
NOW.  IT WILL PROBABLY BE VERY HURTFUL AT FIRST FOR ALL OF US, GOD IS
SUCH
PURE LOVE, SO I'M SURE THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE DON'T THINK OFFEND HIM,
BUT OUT OF HIS MERCY HE WILL LET US KNOW...
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Alluding to the Warning, St. Louis de Montfort uses the expression:
 "deluge of fire . . . of pure love"
...that will produce reform of the Church and the conversion of peoples.
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~
I know a lot of people question this guy's reliability, but the
"Trumpeter" has some interesting thoughts.  As for the Warning/Secrets,
his comments are:
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The 1st Warning is the turning against all peoples.  People turning
against people.  Racial wars, revolutions.  Then nations against nations.
This will not be a world war but it is "the WORLD IN WAR". This is
occurring now and will overlap the other warnings.  Most people will not
recognize the first warning until the war is in their own back yard.
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The 2nd Warning consists of all things in nature dramatically exploding as
if in pain.  These are unusual drastic effects like droughts, floods,
volcanoes, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, etc. that bring people to
their knees, recognizing God, Who is All Powerful. This is also occurring
now and will overlap the other warnings.
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Could these "first 2 warnings" referenced relate to the First Secret of
Medjugorje?  From what we have previously hypothesized, it would make
sense.
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The 3rd Warning is the Interior and Spiritual warning.  When this
Warning comes this will stop all the wars...People will stop and say
something is going on...we know God has shown us this sign and people will
become very hungry for the truth.  Scripture refers to the "turning swords
in the plow shares".  Mankind will put down their guns and immediately and
impulsively begin to rebuild...
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Obviously, the Warning as described at Garabandal (2nd Secret of
Medjugorje?).

The Trumpeter also says that 3 days before the Warning, there will be
Aurora Borealis-type lights in the sky, 1 day before the Warning, all
natural animal sounds [birds, etc.] will be silenced and that, moments
before the Warning, everyone will have the comfort of seeeing their
guardian angel........
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"Three days prior to the Warning, unheard of signs will be seen in nature.
These signs will be a glow with a strange color in the skies similar to a
collection of colors much like the Northern lights which will be displaced
all over the world."

[See: "Cosmic Storms Coming", Time, 9-9-96]

"One day before the Warning natural sounds made by animals will not be
heard.  They will become silent.  This is part of the sign given in the
Warning that God is Supernatural and has complete Divine Power over
everything."
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Conchita wrote:  "The Warning comes directly from God and will be visible
to the whole world and from any place where anyone may happen to be.  It
will be like the revelation of our sins and will be seen and felt by
everyone, believer and unbeiever alike, irrespective of whatever religion
he may belong to.  It will be seen and felt in all parts of the world and
by every person."

True, the Warning will come from God, but we must remember that God
usually works through nature, or at least *starts" with a "natural" event.
Consider the crucifixion - when Christ died on the cross, there were
earthquakes ("natural", although God probably "directed"), but also the
Bible says that many dead people then arose from their graves (obviously
supernatural):
Matthew 27:50-53...........
"Jesus again gave a loud cry and breathed his last. Then the curtain
hanging in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook,
the rocks split apart, the graves broke open, and many of God's people who
had died were raised to life.  They left the graves, and after Jesus rose
from death, they went into the Holy City, where many people saw them."

Jesus says that His Works will be "explainable" scientifically for the
spiritually weak.  Undoubtedly, many coming Divine Signs will have a
purported natural cause............
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...the general rule in the spiritual order is that God does not do
immediately and directly what can be done mediately through a lower order
nature...
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Jim McCrea adds:
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I have always maintained that the supernatural is not a-natural or
un-natural, but infinitely natural.
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This is NOT to say that the _origin_ of the Warning *may* not be something
entirely from God/supernatural (the _nature_ of it, of course, *will* be.)
                        ............
We are now in a new period of solar activity that should produce a number
of solar flares.  Although solar flares are not life threatening they can
disrupt electronic/power equipment.
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...the "sun cycle" experts were saying as recently as the end of October
that we could expect large sun events by the "end of 1999"...Solar flares
can affect the northern lights.
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Could it be that a solar flare will "cause" a red glow in the sky similar
to the one in 1938?

The sun goes through cycles (approximately every 11 years more "intense"
activity is noticed).  Apparently, the "calm" period is ending about now.
Solar flares are not particularly uncommon, but a direct strike at the
earth *is*.

*Usually* the magnetosphere protects us from "glancing blows", although
satellites in orbit (2 stars crashing?) aren't so lucky.  But if a flare
is forceful enough, and orientated just right, it could produce major
effects on earth (increased aurora borealis activity [lighting up the
whole sky?], etc.).
                        ...........
Alledged message from Our Lady (visionary not identified):

"...heading towards the sun is a massive form of universal energy that
will collide with the greater light of the day and the lesser light of the
night, and all the planets.  This collision will energise what you call
space - the photosphere of the greater light of the day.

Cosmic rays and dust will loose against the sun and there will be
ever-increasing flares of the greater light of the day accompanied with
solar winds, causing magnetic poles of the Earth and all the planets to
change.  The stars will ignite as they fall to the Earth at millions per
minute...

What you call space - space of emptiness - will be full of charges of
electricity as lightning strikes across what mankind calls the upper
atmosphere - the stratosphere...

...your air will literally explode in pockets covering the Earth.  All the
atomic elements of the making of a planet such as your own, coupled with
severe chemical charges, will bring about this great solar event - the
explosion of what you refer to as space; the explosion of the Great
Warning."
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On the day of the WARNING Our Lady will come as a MORNING STAR.  She will
be so bright...that on that day everyone will see the SUN RISE AT THE
SAME TIME.

Even though our time will stay the same the light will be so strong that
everyone will get up (I presume) and so then OUR LADY will envelope the
EARTH with HER WHITE MANTLE (vapors from the oceans) and nothing will
move or function anymore until all on EARTH has confessed and admitted GOD
is THE ALMIGHTY.
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At any rate, the worldwide warning will first be seen in the sky and all
around us.   There will be a lot of light and noise when it comes, waking
up the other half of the world that is still sleeping.

A flash of brilliant white light (obviously bright enough to attract the
attention of the third of the people in the world who will presumably be
sleeping) will occur, "like 2 stars...that crash and make a lot of noise
and a lot of light..." (Conchita's description).

Conchita once gave one more clue as to the nature of the Warning.  She
said it would be associated with a phenomena starting with the letter "A".
This *could* be a referral back to the original Spanish term for the
Warning - Adviso".  The "A" *could* also relate to _A_uroral Activity.
                        ********
The Warning will be a worldwide event.  Everyone everywhere will
experience it.  It will be like a judgement day in miniature, during which
time all will see the state of their souls, on a personal level, as seen
by God.  The whole world will cease activity.  People will literally fall
to the ground.  All machines will stop during this time.  Even planes in
middair will stop.  The Warning has also been termed - the (moment of)
Enlightenment.

It will be nothing short of a MAJOR enlightenment to the world.  The
Warning will be the gift of giving complete Wisdom to mankind.  The great
apostasy or the final denial cannot come until mankind has complete
knowledge.

The experience will be like a fire which will be felt bodily and
interiorly, but will not burn the flesh.  Nobody will die from the Warning
itself, unless the shock of such a revelation of their souls leads to
death.  There will be no "hiding" from it.  No one can prevent it from
happening. ............
The Warning is Jesus' way of communicating to mankind (God's written words
- the Bible - are too often overlooked;  messages from Mary are largely
ignored), certainly with the intercession of the Holy Spirit.

Everything will stand still for "a very little time", probably a few
seconds or minutes.  During this short time we will be totally involved in
our own "interior personal experience".

It will be a "correction" of our conscience:  the consciences of all will
be illuminated by God so that we will see at once what sin really is and
how we have offended God.  We will see ourselves as we really are in the
sight of God.  This illumination of our minds will be "the ultimate act of
mercy" before God's justice is sent upon the earth.
                        ..............
The Warning will cause great fear (for the unprepared) and will make us
reflect within ourselves on the consequences of our own personal sins.
Even if it lasts only a moment, it will be very terrible and impressive.
It is a small judgement.  Each person will know exactly where he or she
stands with God.  We will have "something like an interior feeling of
sorrow and pain for having offended God.   He will help us to sense
physically that deep sorrow."

"Warning" might not even be the best term.  You can think of it as a
"Notification", "Illumination" or "Enlightenment".  There have been many
other terms used by various visionaries... "Judgement in Miniature" (Fr.
Gobbi), "Illumination of Conscience" (Blessed Anna Maria Taigi), "Minor
Judgment" (Teresa Neumann), "Mini-judgment" (Matthew Kelly), and simply
"The Desire of the Blessed Virgin" (correction per Conchita).

Certainly it will be a frightening matter for those who are unprepared or
unsuspecting.  But as Catholics, we should be prepared for it (as we
should always be prepared to face God at any given moment).  Also as
Catholics, we should be prepared to render assistance to those returning
to the Church after the Warning.

That's really the best advice for all of us - to BE PREPARED (whether
we're Boy Scouts or not)
                        ...........
People will realize that God has given the world a sign, and they will be
yearning for the truth.  This is why the Warning will open a brief window
of opportunity for us to welcome those seeking to return to the Church.
We must learn to share - both in our physical (temporal) needs, and in our
spiritual needs.

Priests will undoubtedly be hearing endless confessions, and we should be
ready to assist the returning and/or newly faithful as best as we can.
The "window" will be "brief" because many people will soon deny the
experience and return to their former ways..............

Per a prophetic dream/vision of St. John Bosco:

"Do you really believe that some of them would reform if you were to warn
them?  Then and there your warning might impress them, but soon they will
forget it, saying, 'It was just a dream,' and they will do worse than
before.  Others, realizing they have been unmasked, receive the
sacraments, but this will be neither spontaneous nor meritorious; others
will go to confession because of a momentary fear of Hell but will still
be attached to sin."
                        ************
From Nick Tsakanikas <guardian@rma.edu>:
----------->>
The Rainbow of peace St. John Bosco speaks of probably refers to the cross
in the sky for the month of flowers...Many Visionaries have said this is
the way the warning will come.

Remember:  The Rainbow was the old sign of the covenant that established
peace.  The Crucifix is the new sign.  This could refer to the Warning...
<<------------
Also "remarked":
------------->>
...there will be a rainbow that will completely circle the earth and the
sun will be much brighter than it has ever been.
<<----------------
Prophecy of Catalina Emmerick (as translated by "Selenia" from the book
"Prophecies of Catalina Emmerick for Our Days", by Raul Auclair):
----------->>
...I saw a luminous Cross... and on the Cross was Our Lord.  From His
wounds came out rays of light that reached the whole world.  The wounds
were red and looked as shining doors with the sun at their center.  He did
not have a crown of thorns, but from all the wounds on his head came out
rays of light that spread horizontally over the world.

The rays from his hands, feet had all the colors of the rainbow... and
they reached all the cities and all the homes on the surface of the
globe...

(On the 27th of December, day of the Feast of St. John the Baptist [now
June 24th], she saw the Roman Church shine like a sun.)  Rays of light
came out of it and extended to all the world.  I was told that this was in
St. John's Apocalypse, where many people of the Church must receive the
light, and this light will fall over the whole Church...

...souls were lifted and taken into the Lord's Wounds.  The rays from His
side wound spread over the Church that was under Him, like an abundant,
ever flowing current.  The Church was completely lit and I saw most of the
souls enter The Lord through that light current...
<<--------------
Sadie Jaramillo -  December 28th, the feast of The Holy Innocents:
------------>>
"...I see a brilliantly illuminated cross against a very dark sky.  It
seems as if this cross is beaming rays of light down towards the Earth.

There is some light, and I see people prostrate in adoration... This is
very intense and seems to be occuring for each person individually.  It
seems that this cross is close enough that I could reach out and embrace
the foot of it.

Even where there is no light, I can see silhouettes of people, cowering
back in intense fear, almost to the point of despair, hands up to their
faces, crying and then some falling to their knees..."

Jesus: "... The hour is late and I had told you, 'I am going to place you
in the crucible of My Love,' to experience, if you will, a mini judgement.
The illuminated cross all will see, and if it seems you could embrace the
foot, it is because on Calvary I saw each and all and it is a personal
experience for those who finally surrender unto Me their heart... You ARE
in the final moments...many will be given the grace to embrace the foot of
My Cross, and carry theirs..."
<<--------------
Paola Albertini:
---------->>
The Blessed Mother has also said that there will appear a great cross in
the sky.  All will see it.  Some will be converted.  Some will be so
frightened that they will die.  And others will be indifferent to it.
There will be a test, and then there will come this sign... Jesus and
Mary will help us.  Let us not be afraid...

To Blessed Sister Faustina our Lord said:
"Before I come as the just judge, I am coming first as the King of Mercy.
Before the day of justice arrives, there will be given to people a sign in
the heavens of this sort:  'All lights in the heaven shall be
extinguished, and there will be great darkness over the whole earth.  Then
the sign of the cross will be see in the sky, and where the hands and the
feet of the Savior were nailed will come forth great lights which will
light up the earth for a period of time.  This will take place shortly
before the last day."....
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jacinta of Garabandal was told by Our Blessed Mother "that the Warning
would come when conditions were at their worst."  Obviously, that is a
very subjective statement.  Yes, worldwide conditions aren't too great,
but things could deteriorate very quickly (earthquakes, wars).  On the
other hand, conditions certainly are at the worst they've ever been from a
morality (God's) standpoint.

I always had assumed that the terminology:  THE WORLD WILL BE IN CHAOS -
applied to conditions *prior to* the Warning, and thus I had not expected
it's arrival without the presence of some sort of global turmoil -
political, physical, economic, or otherwise.

Certainly such chaos is very possible, but now I am considering that the
"world in upheaval" phrase may apply to conditions *immediately
following*, corresponding to "at the time of" the Warning, as we would
expect.

In other words, "at the time of" does not necessarily infer *before* or
*after* (especially taking translation from, presumably, Spanish into
account), and if we take it to refer to the latter, it is easy to imagine
that conditions will be chaotic *at the time of* the Warning.

We would expect emotional (confusion of non-believers) and physical
(cessation of "business-as-usual") "chaos" or "upheaval" immediately
following the Warning.

So indeed the Warning *may* come very soon.  There is still the
possibility of worldwide physical "chaos" (confusion/commotion) beforehand
of course.  There need not necessariy be upheaval in every corner of the
globe, and certainly some or many persons, at any given moment, will
always be able to say that things seem calm in *their* area.

But one need only need review a report of global news and arrive at te
conclusion that chaotic conditions prevail in the world at large.

Or could current dramatic events unfolding worldwide [abortion/wars/
natural disasters], and scheduled to unfold in the near future ["Computer
2000"] crisis, cloning, etc.] account for this?

Certainly the term "chaos" is very subjective.  Possibly, in God's eyes,
we ARE in a state of chaos.  Afterall, sin is basically spiritual
chaos/disorder.  Refer to the following messages:

("Surely the Lord God will do nothing without revealing His secrets to His
servants, the prophets." {Amos 3:7})

* On Thursday, January 8, 1998 The Blessed Mother said to Carol Ameche:

"...The future is filled with CHAOS for all who have NOT chosen to answer
my call.  Just please continue to act in trust, to live in the Peace of
Jesus and to stay ever so close to Our Two Hearts.

* Jesus to Carol Ameche, February 19, 1998:

"... The time for frivolity and parties, distractions and self-
glorification, gratification and laziness is OVER!..."

* Jesus to Carol Ameche, March 12, 1998:

"...Be assured...that chaos and unrest exists everywhere, as the forces of
nature ravage so many areas... Expect to see miracles occurring for
MILLIONS of dear ones, who will need a strong sign of the Father's great
love in the midst of so much chaos and confusion..."

* Jesus to Patricia Soto, June 6, 1996:

"...Righteousness...in the spiritual sense, can then be considered a
virtue... Righteousness in the worldly sense brings forth vanity and takes
away the presence of holiness.  You see... how much a difference the same
word can have..."

* MESSAGE FROM JESUS VIA PATRICIA SOTO, February 23, 1998:

"...This world is plagued with suffering and contamination of SIN... I AM
the ETERNAL GIFT OF LIFE that you will need NOW in this barren desert
which deception, and error of sin has brought you to.  As you look to man
for answers to this CHAOS mankind is in now, man can NOT help you!..."

* Jesus to John Leary, Wednesday, February 25, 1998: (Ash Wednesday)

"...The decadence of your morals... while your spiritual life is in
RAGS!... My people of America need to WAKE UP this Lent and repent of your
sins before your civilization falls in RUIN.

You have all of the signs of a decaying nation and STILL you do not see
your own corruption!..."

* Jesus to Servant Son - March 1, 1998:

"...My children the coming times will DISMAY you in the world..."

* Jesus to Servant Son - March 3, 1998:

"...free yourselves from this cruel yoke of sin.  Throw off the chains of
servitude which bind you literally into... impoverishment both of the
world and of the spirit... You have the SPIRITUAL SQUALOR that accompanies
the selfish heart that seeks all for itself...

* God the Father to Nancy Fowler of Conyers on November 16, 1994:

"You have broken your relationship with Me and you have done this of your
own free will.  I have repeatedly warned you in My merciful love to cease
from your sinful, wicked ways...You have gone too far.... You fail to see.
You fail to understand... I cannot continue to allow one soul after
another [to be lost]... It is My merciful love that I must stop you from
running into the hands of Satan... You are forcing My hand.  The cup
overflows."

Bill Bates, [72234.3720@compuserve.com]:
---------->>
The real confusion will be spiritual.  Man will no longer be able to
define either man or God because he will pressume he is both.  The ethical
confuusion will proceed as we've already seen on issues of abortion,
euthanasia, racial policy, truth in lending (ie usury) and religious truth
etc...

...The "chaos" is a *spiritual* one where light is darkness and darkness
light. Old authority's (ie God, King and Nations) are overthrown for new
authorities (ie Revolutionary Councils, National Socialism or the UN).

...confusing the illumination of natural reason (ie the "Light Bearer" or
Fire Breathing Dragon burning all in it's path) with the spiritual
illumination of Christ, who alone is to be our light and Lord...

Recent attempts to inaugurate occult aeons in our century include Aleister
Crowley (Aeon of Horus) and more recently, Anton LaVey who inaugurated the
"Age of Satan" on 6 June 1966.  Note La Vey died [in] October [1997]
amidst an occult rivalry with a former follower (Dr. Michael Acquino -
formerly with US Military Intelligence) who's claimed the satanic age is
now the "Age of Set" (ie Egyptian for satan).

Much of Dr. Aquino's Temple of Set (aka satanic) occultism is predicated
on Nazi neo-pagan mysticism and modern satanism.

Blood sacrifice on a global level is required by these powers to usher
in the evolutionary and spiritual transformations which will enable the
emergence of the devil's legions on earth.

It is always innocent blood, such as the slaying of innocence or abortion
which serve as the catalyst for the emergence of diabolical power.
Likewise, occult eugenics such as we saw emerging in the time of Noah,
then in Nazi Germany and now in our post modern fields of genetical and
clone research, have always led to tremendous calamity and Divine wrath
(ie the deluge, conquest of Canaan etc.).

Today, a major effort is succesfully underway to subvert the 50 Grand
Lodges and appendant orders of Freemasonry in the USA.  The procedure
began in the 19th century with the rewriting of many of the rituals.  It
proceeded by eleminating most of the Christian elements from the original
masonic rituals.

It has advanced by scandalizing those Christians who were members into
abandoning the fraternity or forsaking their own Christianity in order
to obtain status in the "new fraternity".

Since the 70's several European "clandestine" lodges have steadily
obtained influence over the American bodies.  In 1996, using the French
consulates in the USA, the Grand Orient of France, held a series of
"Circque de Maconries" (Masonic Circuses) in several major US cities...

These French Masons are not recognized officially by any US Grand Lodge as
they are avowed atheists.

Counterfeit Christians will be as universally oriented as the masons...
Both groups will look to the "jews" as God's chosen people and seek a new
messiah arising from them.

The anti-christ or messiah will be a Jew in name only.  For he will
renounce the covenants of Abraham and Moses and his followers will be the
intelligentsia, social, political and media archons of the new order.

The New Testament is abundantly clear on the role of the Jews in
eschatology.  Recent figures about Jewish activity in masonry, the new age
and even American Buddhism (1/3 of all US Buddhists also claim to be
Jewish) underscore the Holy Bible's warnings.

Here again, the confusion will be spiritual.

The "imperishable seed" of Galatians 3 will be rejected in favor of the
genetic code of the Jews, and not of faith in Christ.  The new priesthood
will be "of the blood" as opposed to "the faith".

... "Ordo Ab Chao" or "Order out of Chaos" is the motto of the AASR's 33
degree. This theme of an illuminated order also fits into the CFR's NWO
and even the "New Order of Nazi Germany...

What is more chaotic than the global genocide of abortion?

One Nazi scientists justified war because it took "human blood and
transformed it into pure cosmic energy".  Each battlefield death or
holocaust victim fueled the transformation of the universe into a new
creation which would allow the reemergence of the Aryan "god-man" into
existence or reemergence.

Just as the ancient Aztecs believed the bloody sacrifice of thousands of
victims fueled the power of the sun to shed fertility, power and renewal
upon the earth.

Likewise, Biblical idols such as Molech demanded feeding one's own
children into it's fires to draw the demons power into the world.

Of course, all these bloody holocaust's are nothing to the staggering sums
of immortal souls already condemned to eternal damnation unless they
repent.  For it is the spiritual holocaust whcih is the most horrific and
final of all.  And in our time it proceeds on this spiritual chaos...

Sin is literally spiritual chaos (missing the mark, disorder).

In our time it proceeds upon the "order" we have grown to accept as
normal.  That is a social, geo-poloitical and economic order that preys on
the weakest and most innocent of human beings, rewarding the wicked and
destroying the inferior.

This global or worldly "order" is what Pope John Paul II called
"structures of evil".

It is institutionalized "evil".  Made routine and commonplace, even
unremarkable because of the vast scale of acceptance and respectability
accorded it by our present society and our rulers...

I also don't think panic will help anyone, but with all the confusion
going on (especially among very knowledgable Christians who are themselves
as willfully ignotrrant and arrogant as any satanist), I
honestly don't know what will.

If people continue to seperate themselves from an authentic relationship
with Jesus Christ in the name of their own self will, bad faith, foolish
ambitions or erroneous ideas, even these thoughts will only confirm them
in their unholy determination to do so.
<<-----------------
Above analysis by Bill Bates, [72234.3720@compuserve.com]
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Soon after the Warning, much will seemingly come to pass - maybe in as
short a period as a few years (why have all the foretold tribulations been
delayed and postponed, for the most part until now when they must be
"crammed in" in the space of a few years?)

The answer is simple - prayer [particularly the Rosary] has mitigated
these prophecied events to the point that, for the sake of the faithful,
God has mercifully shortened their duration.  "Events" such as the "hour
of the great trial [during which] sufferings never before experienced are
awaiting you".

So the "duration* has been shortened, and certain events have been
seemingly been prevented (spread of comunism throughout the world,
annihilation of entire nations), but as Christ pointed out a few times:
"Scripture must be fulfilled".

In recent messages, even Mary speaks of "the moment of the great struggle
between me and my Adversary, ...the painful hours of the great tribulation
and chastisement,...  the last period of time of this century of yours,
when the events which I have predicted to you will come to their complete
fulfillment..."
Vicka [of Medjugorje] received a message from Our Lady in mid-1998 and she
was speaking of the hold that Satan had on her children, her words were to
effect "Satan's time is about to run out, his hold on my children will not
last much longer, within one year he will lose all his power that is
gripping my children".  That is not a[n exact] quote...

Message from Jesus through Vassula, May 10, 1995:

"...This darkness of iniquity I foretold you; the three and a half years
are already upon you... Satan's fortifications are growing stronger, this
is why I decided to hasten My Day. Let mankind know: I will hasten the Day
of My Return..."

Mary Clare Whiting <whiting@eisa.net.au>:
---------->>
I now accept that the 3 and 1/2 year period is over. It was on the
spiritual level and therefore not a  humanly observable event... I still
understand that [the Return of Christ] will occur before the year 2000.
                        ***********
Scenario of the end times per St. Louis de Montfort:
------------>>
First stage: tragic state of the Church.

Montfort refers to the "universal failure" of contemporary Christian
practice, to the "corrupt kingdom of the world", and the reign of the
enemies of God.  The encroaching wave of sin takes on cosmic dimensions
and does not spare even the Church herself... Behind the domination of
sin, Montfort sees the work of the devil, which is "daily increasing until
the advent of the reign of anti-Christ"...
Second stage: divine intervention within salvation history.

This intermediary stage is the most dynamic and active, because during
this stage we pass from the reign of sin to the reign of Jesus Christ
in the hearts of men and women.

Who will be able to transform the world?  For Montfort there is no doubt:
God alone can accomplish such a task. He will intervene with "a deluge of
fire, love and justice" through the mediation of the Spirit and the
manifold acts of Mary.

"It was through the blessed Virgin Mary that Jesus Christ came into the
world, and it is also through her that he must reign in the world"

Third stage: the Second Coming and reign of Jesus Christ.

This Second Coming of Jesus will lead successively to the reign of
Jesus in the world and to the Last Judgment, although not in tandem...

It is not a visible and personal advent of Jesus and a temporal kingdom...
Montfort insists that the kingdom of Jesus is "in the hearts" or "in our
soul".

In other words, Jesus will reign when, by the intervention of Mary, he is
known, loved, and served... we have the logical and perhaps even
chronological steps: reign of Mary, coming of the Spirit, reign of Jesus
Christ...
Fourth stage: the deluge of the fire of justice and the Last Judgment.

...the deluge of the fire of love will be followed by the deluge of the
fire of justice, an expression of divine anger, which "reduces the whole
world to ashes" ...the reign of Christ in the world is [then] followed, as
if in continuation of his Second Coming or the Parousia, by the universal
judgment... Then the end times themselves will end, and the true
eschatologythat is, eternity will begin...
                        *********
6-12-98 message from Our Lord given to Charlie Shattuck:

"... I, again, want to remind you of the tremendous amount of
responsibility that the Father has given to My Mother.  She is leading
each of you, individually, on the road, preparing you for the Great Event,
the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart, which is very close.  Mankind should
be ready for it!  I promise you that your tears and sorrow will be turned
to joy, and that will not be far away."

Fr. Gobbi does not speak English.  He travels with an interpreter.
However, he repeats two things in English:

"Mary's Immaculate Heart WILL triumph by the year 2000."
                        and... "Have no fear!  Have no fear!"
Perhaps the oft-referred-to "Return of Christ" by 9-21-2000, is actually a
return *TO* Christ.  Which is really the return to the world of *THE
SPIRIT OF CHRIST* as has been foretold!!

I believe that the "closest fit" speculative scenario is one which places
the Era of Peace beginning with the Triumph of the Two Hearts before the
end of 2000, in accordance with Fr. Gobbi.

The Warning and the Miracle, as specifically told of at Garabandal
(referred-to as "Secrets" at Medjugorje) will usher in the Triumph of the
Immaculate Heart.

Mary promises these prodigies soon - "A day, not so far away, will come
when God will give to the world a great sign... Perhaps many children
think that certain things which I have said in the past will not take
place because many years have gone by, but remember that for God time does
not count and the day will come...await with hope in your hearts..."

Consider also that Pope JP2 in the Third Millenium encyclical says the
Jubilee year will be a new springtime in the Church.  And a newly found
St. Bernadette prophecy that says at the end of the 20th century the
Immaculate Heart will begin Her wonderful reign.
[Alledged] "Fifth Prophecy" [of Lourdes]:  Following are the words of
Bernadette:
"...the Virgin has told me that when the 20th century passes away... A new
Age of Faith will dawn around the world... There will follow a century of
peace and joy as all the nations of the earth lay down their swords and
shields.  Great prosperity will follow... Millions will return to Christ
...The 21st Century will come to be known as the Second Golden Age of
Mankind."
"I am sure that each of you senses..." said Bishop Hnilica on 3-1-95, "the
approach of those times prophesied at Fatima.  The advent of the New Times
will mark the victory of good over evil."   Jesus and Mary are far
stronger than the devil and will ultimately triumph.