SERWON FOR XXIV SUN, POS PENT. Whot 1s this abomination of desolation our Saviour speaks of today? Eirstly tt literally refers to the idols placed in the Temple of Jerusalen, and the Roman arny'é desolation thereof in the year 70 A.D. ehen Ad athe wus Gft agen a Hore. Secondly 1t refers to the latter days under the Antichrist, which is now being prenared for by two major world events. One is the enforconent of the New Yass to weaken the faith of nost Catholics, This is an abomination of desolation in the way it wines out all speci fioally Catholic doctrttes such as the offortory prayers, gnd hy the desolation of faith it Leaves anong those who attend, ‘The other preparation for the Antichrist 4s the collusion goinx on now between the Vatican and Moscow. If we see the red flag fly over St.Poters in Rome, we will know that very soon will the Man of Sin appear. St. Alphonsus, the peeat doctor of the Church, says expressly that the reign of the intiohriat will last only ‘three and a half yours, during which tine the Holy Sacrt - floe of the Maas will be taken avay. Thirdly there is a moral application of this expression, the abominable desolation caused in the soul by mortal sin, Not only has the sinner expelled his God from the sentuary of his baptised soul, but he creates a desolation of virtue wherever he noes, piving the infection of « bad example, ‘The false Christs and lying wonders spoken of, could refer to the New novenent of today, who openly prepare for the one-world teacher...the Christ who fs not Jesus, We must remonber that the ehort reign of the Antichrist, who will use the world government and computer technolory with anazing skill, will end in a crushing defeat for all his forces, and a wonderful victory for those Catholics who do not fall into the general apostacy under persecution, This is Geseibed by John in chapters 13 and 14 of his Apocalypse, It is all only a sinn of the Second Coming and general judrenent. Wo will seo after this victory for the.Churoh, the promised triumph of the Inmaculate Heart of Nary, But, as She said to the children at La Salette,"twenty five years of plentiful harvest and they shall forget that the sins of men are the cause of all the troubles on this earti.” Ye would do well to re- read the trenendous details of this apparition of 144 years ago, and profit by ‘the warntnns contained in it. St.Augustine gives us a list of seven evénts that Holy Scripture has clearly revealed to ocour in the end times, but he is careful to add that the manner and order of these events remains uncertain. !lis own opinion is the following order of events will occur: 1) Eldas will return 2) The Jews will believe 3) The Antichrist will persecute 4) Christ our Lord shall cone to judge A segoe crny; oF Gop, bk 20, ch30,end, ) 5) The dend shall rise with inmdtal bodies 6)The food and the wicked shall be separated 87) The world shall be burned and then renewed. Theproper sentiments we will experience at that last judpenent, is well given hy the sequencetof the Requiem Mass. This would be fitting to meditate upon this week, as we make an examination of conscience on how we have used the gifts of God this year, Imagine ourselves in the Holy Land, surrounded by the risen bodies of all who ever lived, Christ our Lord will appear no more as the meek and merciful Saviour, but in the fulness of Mis pover and majesty as Judge, Do now whatever we know will pive us confidence then, on "that day of wrath and noumnine/ when the world disselves into nshes,.,What will’ I poor sinner pjeading, who for me be interceding, when the just are merey needing, [tf wo are here today it is by the grace of God alone, and]we know what will pive us confidence on that terrifying day; it is especially by devotion to the very mother of our Judge. How can Jesus Christ inflict upon us the rigors of His Justice 1f the Queen of Heaven says "I want him here with me, he preyed his rosary daily and did mary things for me."