THE VICTORIOUS QUEEN
OF THE WORLD

(The following are excerpts from a book: The Victorious Queen of the World — The spiritual diary of a contemporary mystic, Sr. Natalia of Hungary, translated from Hungarian by Stephen A. Foglein and published by Two Hearts Books & Publishers in Mountain View, California.  We thank Mrs. Foglein for permission to reprint excerpts from this book.

Sr. Natalia was born in 1901 in Pozsony (today's Bratislava in Slovakia) and was inflicted with many physical and inner sufferings throughout her life.  Her notes on the visions and messages that she had received from Our Lord and Our Lady were smuggled out to the West, as the Church in Hungary was under Communist persecution until recently.  Here are some comments received by the publisher of the book containing Sr. Natalia's notes:  Mr. John Haffert, founder of the Blue Army:  "How I treasure this book.  I have read it over and over during the past two weeks here at Fatima. . .  I will also ask The 101 Foundation to promote this book actively, as I will do.  God reward you for your courage and perseverance in making these important messages known to the English-speaking world."  Mother Angelica, EWTN: "Thank you for the book: Victorious Queen of the World.  God's mercy is tremendous. . . You and your intentions are in our thoughts and prayers. . . "  Fr. Albert Roux, U.S. Director of The Marian Movement of Priests: "I thank you for The Victorious Queen of the World.  May the Lord guide and bless you."  There seem to be many similarities between the messages received by Sr. Natalia and those received elsewhere including Naju, Korea.  A main theme common to these messages is the need for our penance.  Penance (reparation for human sins) is also what all the Saints have zealously practiced in imitation of Our Lord and according to His teaching:  "Unless you do penance, you shall all likewise perish." (Luke 13:3 and 5).  Sin is what prevents us from attaining eternal life and leads us to destruction.  To make up for human sins and erase the debts caused by them, we need to repent our sins and lead a life of penance with the help of God's graces during this precious period of His mercy.  According to the Protestant thinking, Our Lord's suffering and death on the cross were sufficient, and we only need to rely on them by faith.  Of course, Our Lord's reparation was of infinite value, more than enough to compensate for all human sins, but He also has willed that His work of redemption be accompanied with active participation in His work by all the members of His Mystical Body as well.  St. Paul wrote, "I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in my flesh, for his body, which is the church" (Col. 1:24).  Our Lord Himself said, "He that takes not up his cross, and follows me, is not worthy of me" (Matthew 10:38).)  

The crown of Sr. Natalia's mysticism for which God has selected her is to reveal to the world the new title under which Jesus wants His Immaculate Mother to be venerated and that is: THE VICTORIOUS QUEEN OF THE WORLD.  It is the definite request of the Lord Jesus that His Immaculate Mother be venerated and loved under this new title.  Jesus has put into the hands of His Immaculate Mother the power to save the world and the victory over evil at this time.  In order to be able to free the world from evil, she needed the power of a Queen.  She was crowned Queen by the Three Divine Persons and received the necessary power from Them. 

This title was recognized by Pope Pius XII in 1954 and May 31^st was designated to honor Mary as Queen of the World, mostly based on the messages that Sr. Natalia received.  This title of Our Heavenly Mother is not foreign to the mind of the Church.  For centuries we have prayed daily in the Rosary the Glorious Mystery of the Coronation.  God does not give empty titles; His words are full of power.  Mary was venerated since the earliest times of the Church as Queen by the saints and the people as well.  Proof of this can be found in Sacred Scripture and in the many churches that were erected in honor of Mary as Queen.  St. Bernard said, "Because of her humility God gave her the royal power of the Queen, but this won't be known before mankind in its entirety, till the last times."  St. Louis Grignon de Montfort, who centuries ago had a glimpse of God's design for the future, similar to St. John's Apocalypse, describes Mary as Queen in his book: "The Perfect and True Devotion to Mary".   

THE CHASTISEMENT AND
THE FATE OF THE WORLD

The messages in this chapter are similar in many instances to the messages of La Salette, Fatima, and other modern messages and warnings.  The essence of these messages can be summarized thus:  we are living at the end times, but not at the end of the world.  At this time God will enter into history through signs, miracles and catastrophes, which will make the reality of God and His truth self-evident for all souls and force men to choose between God and His adversary Satan.  The significant signs of God's intervention in history can be summarized as follows:

1.     It will happen through the Blessed Virgin Mary.

2.     The sinful world will be cleansed.

3.     The Church itself will be cleansed and renewed.

4.     The coming age will be the age of heavenly peace, almost the state that was lost in Paradise, in which all nations will become Christian and there will be only "one fold and one shepherd" (John 10:16).  This age also will be the age of Mary and the Holy Spirit, her Spouse.  Devotion to Mary will be at its height.  The Church will proclaim new dogmas about Mary: one possibly will be "Mediatrix", the other will be: "Co-Redemptrix."

Then after this "second paradise", mankind will become bored with the peace of God: "they will forget that the sins of man are the cause of all the trouble on this earth" (Secret of La Salette) and will make way for the forerunners of the Antichrist that will usher in the end of the world.  But let's hear the messages that Sr. Natalia received.

The secret of the Divine Heart

Once in a vision the Lord showed me how the greater part of the world will become a pile of ruin.  I saw cities and farms; everything looked like a forest after fire (See also Washington's vision).  There was no sign of life anywhere.  Then suddenly the Divine Savior appeared.  I saw Him walking among the blackened ruins.  He lifted up His right hand toward heaven, while His left hand pointed to earth.  I asked Him: "My Jesus, what are You doing among these ruins?"  He answered, "I am searching for a foothold to sow the seeds of the promise of My Heavenly Father, but everything is just burnt out, blackened ruin."  I understood that His right hand raised toward heaven signified the impending punishment, while His left, pointing toward earth, represented His extended mercy.  As I watched the vision, writing appeared above Jesus' right hand:  "It will not happen this way if My people will convert.  Because of reparation, the Heavenly Father will have mercy on the world." 

"I am telling you again!"

Jesus said, "I am telling you again: pray that before the holy peace of the world and the great mercy to come, sinners in the Church and in the world may convert to God and accept My Mercy, by amending their lives.  Otherwise all those who will not convert before or during the period of grace will receive eternal death!"  "You who are just, should not be afraid!  Pray, and trust the power of holy prayer!  Rejoice because you found mercy with My Heavenly Father.  Do not be afraid, rather rejoice, because My Immaculate Mother with her power as Queen, full of grace, together with the heavenly hosts of Angels, will annihilate the forces of hell!"

Why is the promised world peace coming so slowly?

A priest asked the above question of me, and I received the following answer from the Blessed Virgin:  "The age of world peace is not being delayed.  The Heavenly Father only wants to give time to those who are able to convert and find refuge with God with a contrite heart.  Many will convert even from among those who now deny the existence of God.  The world received the grace of this extension of time before the chastisement, because the Heavenly Father has received with favor the reparation and self-sacrifice offered throughout the world. . .  Your reparation has power because I am praying with you and consoling the greatly offended God with you.  Even your breathing should be an expiating prayer before God."

The exaltation of Satan

The Blessed Virgin told me that the decisive victory which will end the saturation of the world with lies, and that will open the way of the promised holy peace, will come when Satan will have gained power everywhere; when he will have seduced most souls; when in his haughtiness, which knows no bounds, he will feel that he can ruin all God's creation, including souls; when the true faith and light will live only in a few souls, because all of uncertain will have gone over to his side; then the victory will come suddenly and unexpectedly.

The power of Mary Immaculate

Jesus said, "This world is obstinate in its wickedness.  As this stubborn wickedness progresses, so the world is getting further and further away from Me.  But I cannot repent of My love.  I extend My hand toward them, which is mercy and punishment at the same time.  Mercy and love for those who love Me, and punishment for those who despise Me. . .  The world has reached the point where wickedness itself begs for a stop.  The power of My Immaculate Mother is able to stop the crumbling mountains; it is able to hold back rivers overflowing their banks; and to calm the roaring sea.  She will be your help."

The intercession of the Blessed Virgin

So far in our days the Immaculate Heart of Mary has prevented the catastrophe of the world.  A terrible fate awaits humanity if men will not convert.  The Lord Jesus wishes to give His graces through our Immaculate Mother.  This is why the Holy Virgin is the one who calls us to repentance and penance.  The Lord Jesus wishes to give His gifts for us through the intercession of our beautiful and victorious Blessed Mother, who ceaselessly prays for humanity.

The fire of the Holy Spirit

I saw God's Holy Spirit — as a devastating fire — inundate the world.  This fire did not bring peace, nor mercy, but devastating punishment.  Wherever the flame of the Holy Spirit swept through, the evil spirits by the thousands fell back to hell.  But before everything was ruined, I saw the Holy Virgin fall on her knees before Jesus, praying, asking for mercy for the world.  Jesus did not look at her, but watched the Heavenly Father.  The Heavenly Father did not pull back His hand extended over the world in His just anger.  Then the Holy Virgin took from her shoulder the mantle of peace and suddenly covered the world with it.  All those parts of the world that were covered with the mantle escaped the punishment and shone in the blue color of peace.  But where the mantle did not cover the surface, the red color of anger could be seen glowing like embers.  I understood that we could escape from the just punishment of God only if we sought refuge under the mantle of our Blessed Virgin Mother, and pleaded for mercy through her.

How can we hasten the victory?

A priest asked me to ask the Blessed Virgin:  "What shall we do to hasten her victory?"  The answer came from the Blessed Virgin: "If you want to hasten the great miracle of the victory of your Queen, with which I will save the world, then you who are close to me should help me by trusting me and my Son as little children would trust their mother, besides making reparation, the life offering and praying.  Your trust so far has not been sufficient, and yet the effectiveness of your prayer depends on your trust.  If you pray with full confidence, the victory that you are eagerly awaiting will bring the joy of worldwide peace in a cleansed environment.  Trust me.  Trust me always, my children!"

Jesus praying

Once I saw Jesus as He prayed to His Heavenly Father, I asked Him:  "My Jesus, for whom or for what are you praying now?"  Jesus answered, " My child!  I pray for those for whom you should pray too!  Beseech the Heavenly Father that the wickedness of men on earth will cease soon.  Pray earnestly that the hearts of men may soon be filled with holy and heavenly peace, the peace that I brought to earth, that this peace may spread everywhere.  With My prayer I obtained from My Father that the time of suffering will end soon to make room for the coming of heavenly joy to you.  But before that time will come, you must go through heavy trials.  Yet you can mitigate the weight of these trials by prayer, supplication and unending reparation.  Therefore pray fervently and with holy hope, that the angels and saints of heaven also plead for mercy with My Heavenly Father together with Me and My Immaculate Mother.  Console the deeply offended God not only for your own sins, but for the sins of others.  Only in this way can the grace of the great miracle, the promised peace will be effective in you.  It is very near now."

The age of peace

Jesus showed me in a vision that after the cleansing, mankind will live an angelic and clean life.  There will be an end to the sins against the sixth commandment and an end to lies!  The Savior showed me that unceasing love, happiness and divine joy will signify this future clean world.  I saw the blessing of God abundantly poured out upon the earth.  Satan and sin were completely defeated and took leave.  The cleansed world will gain, through the Blessed Virgin Mother, the peace of the Lord.  But the Lord never told me when all this will be realized.

The trials of the Church

The Lord Jesus let me know that just before the victory that will bring peace to the world, great confusion and terror will reign in the Church.  The reason for this confusion will be the penetration of godlessness into the sanctuaries of the Church; tradition will be ruined and there will be worldliness everywhere.  This calamity will go together with the hatred and enmity among nations that will result in the outbreak of many wars.  I learned that many will attack the Church; their goal will be to alienate the believers from the Church, to take away their trust in her, and thereby they will become free prey for Satan.

The fate of those who do not convert

The Savior said, "The right hand of my Father will annihilate all those sinners who, despite the warnings and the period of grace and the tireless effort of the Church, will not convert." 

The renewed Church

Jesus also told me that the Church, cleansed and renewed by great sufferings, will again be clothed in humility and simplicity, and will be poor as at the beginning.  The spirit of holiness will penetrate all the members of the Church, and they will live by the spirit of the Sermon on the Mount.  As we get closer to the end of the world, this simplicity and poverty will have wider and wider acceptance. 

The Queen of Peace

I saw that when the glorious peace arrives and love reigns, there will be only "one fold and one shepherd."  Mary, the mother of all believers, will guide the life of souls, appearing under various forms.  She will be the Queen of the Coming Age.  She will be the mediator between God and men through Jesus Christ; she will distribute all graces through the powers she has received.  Her mantle will cover the whole earth, and her tiara will decorate it.  Her Heart will direct the whole world till the arrival of the Last Judgment.

GOD'S DESIGN FOR THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD

There is no one on earth who would not sigh when thinking about the future of the world.  Will there be peace or do we have to prepare for war?  Can we survive the nuclear age?  But if you consider the conditions today: the rampant crimes, terrorism, sins surpassing the sins of Noah's generation (Mary told this to Fr. Gobbi), how can we expect peace without a cleansing?

In God's design this is the Age of Mary!

I saw the Holy Trinity talking about the fate of the world now immersed in sin.  Angels, saints, and all of heaven prostrated at this time, worshipped Them in deep quiet. 

The Heavenly Father said, "The world immersed in sin has to be destroyed according to My Justice."  Then I saw Jesus, the Merciful Love, close to the Father, supplicating; He prostrated Himself before the Father, as, though united to Him, He still was a separate person, and said:  "My Father, I am your Son.  You ordered Me to die for this world!"  Then He showed His wounds that burned like fire.  The hand of the Heavenly Father — which now seemed not as a Fatherly hand, but as a heavy, just, and punishing hand — weighed heavily on the world.  Then Jesus put His wounded hand under His Father's asking:  "Please have mercy for a while. . . "

But the Heavenly Father's hand just pushed down Jesus' hand and He said:  "No, My Son.  Sin is crying out for vengeance!"  This was a terrible vision, because it seemed that justice would prevail over Merciful Love.  Then Jesus glanced at His Mother at His side and shouted:  "My Immaculate Mother, come help Me to hold up the hand of My Heavenly Father.  My hand is not enough!"  At the moment when the Blessed Virgin put her hand under Jesus', the Heavenly Father lifted up His hand and said, "My Son!  Mercy has prevailed.  The sinful world has gained mercy on account of the supplication of the Immaculate Mother of God.  We will entrust the saving work of the world to her.  To save the world, she needs power.  Therefore we endow the Immaculate Mother of God with the powers of Queen.  Her title will be: the Victorious Queen of the World.  As Co-Redemptrix of the world, mankind, which is condemned to die because of its sins, will receive grace and salvation through her. We place under her command the host of angels." 

As the Heavenly Father pronounced these words, the heavenly hosts shouted with joy, celebrating Mary.  The Virgin Mother was decorated with her three greatest virtues when she appeared: Immaculate purity, flaming love, and deep humility.  Seeing it — although He gave it to her — even God was amazed.  Her heart was filled with happiness that the words, "the humble will be exalted" which as an unknown little girl from Nazareth she pronounced in the Magnificat, had been fulfilled in her.  The Holy Trinity crowned her.  The glittering crown had three pieces, signifying the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.  God in Three Persons worked in the Immaculate Mother, as if the Holy Spirit had overshadowed her again, that she might give Jesus to the world again.  The Heavenly Father showered her with a flood of graces.  From the Son, unspeakable happiness and love radiated toward her, as if He would congratulate her while He said, "My Immaculate Mother, the Victorious Queen of the World, show your power!  This time work as Co-Redemptrix according to My will, so I want to share with you My power as King.  With this I entrust you with the saving work of sinful humanity; You can do it with your power as Queen.  It is necessary that I share with you everything, that you become comparable to Me.  You are the Co-Redemptrix of humanity."

Then I saw that her mantle was saturated with the blood of Jesus, and this gave it a scarlet color.  My attention then was drawn to the angels, who surrounded their Queen with great reverence.  The angels wore white, red and black.  I understood that white symbolized the future purity of the world, red the martyrdom of cleansing in blood, black the mourning over the fate of the damned souls. 

Then the Virgin Mother started to walk gently and yet stately, toward the world.  I saw the world as a giant sphere that was squeezed by a crown of thorns, and was full of sin.  Satan, as a serpent coiled around it and all sin and dirt came out of him.

The Virgin Mother stood on the globe as the Victorious Queen, Her first act as Queen was to cover it with her mantle, saturated with the blood of Jesus.  Then she blessed the world, and I saw that at the same time the Holy Trinity also blessed the world.

The satanic serpent then attacked her with terrible hatred and determination; flames came out of its open mouth.  I was afraid that her mantle would catch on fire and burn, but the flames were not even able to touch it.  The Virgin Mother was calm, as if she were not in a fight, and quietly stepped on the serpent's neck.  The serpent did not cease to spew forth flames, the symbol of hatred and revenge, but he was not able to do any more damage, while the crown of thorns, made of sin, had disappeared from around the world, and from the center a lily came forth and started to bloom.

I saw also that the blessing of the Virgin Mother had fallen on every nation and person.  Her voice was indescribably gentle and majestic when she said, "I am coming!  I will help!  I will bring discipline and peace!  I will save you!"

Jesus explained to me: "My Immaculate Mother will be victorious over sin with her power as Queen.  The lily represents the cleansing of the world, the coming Age of Paradise, when humanity will live as if without sin.  This will be a new world and a new age.  This will be the age when mankind will get back what it lost in Paradise.  When My Immaculate Mother will step on the neck of the serpent, the gates of hell will be closed.  The hosts of angels will be part of this fight."

What can we do to hasten the victory of the Queen of the world!

Jesus said, "My Immaculate Mother will be the Co-Redemptrix of this coming age."  "My Jesus, what shall we do to hasten the victory of our Immaculate Mother and Queen?"  "Ask Her often: 'Our Immaculate Mother, show us your power!'"

When I said this prayer I asked Our Mother: "What do you wish us to do till the glorious new age of yours will arrive?"  The Virgin Mother's clothing changed color.  It was covered with a transparent black veil, though on her head I still saw the triple crown.  Her happy face suddenly turned into an expression of deep sorrow.  She folded her hands and begged the world, seemingly calling everybody.  "Come my dear children, and together with me console the Heavenly Father Who is deeply offended!"  It was clear to me that the whole world has to do much penance, reparation and make many sacrifices.  Jesus explained to me on numerous occasions what He considered reparation and what He wishes us to do.

  1.         "The first meaning of reparation is that everyone strive to change his life to be better than it was before.  Namely, the person who cursed, should praise; the one who stole should not do it any more; the one who hated his neighbor should try to love him.  Who, ever lived for his body, should live now for the soul! Etc.  Everyone should examine his conscience and, while repenting, should strive to change something at the same time."

2.         "I redeemed the world with fasting and praying during the night.  I request fasting, praying the holy hour, awakening for prayers at night, and the patient endurance of sufferings for my sake."

The Blessed Virgin asked Sr. Natalia for a special fast of the tongue: i.e., we should not gossip about our brothers and sisters, because this is as if we were to scourge Her.

About patient enduring of sufferings: "You should meet with Me at every moment, specially in the hour of suffering.  Tell Me: 'Thank you!  Be blessed for it!  Be it done according to Your will!'  I could not ask more from people.  It is more valuable than if someone would scourge himself from morning to night."

3.               Jesus asks us to pray the Rosary.  I saw, that when each bead of the Rosary is said, a drop of Jesus' Blood falls on the person for whom we say it, or on the souls of those whom Jesus would like to save.  This was requested particularly by the souls suffering in Purgatory.

4.               Jesus asks particularly for devotion to and consolation of the Heart of His Immaculate Mother. 

The Blessed Mother's message on September 8, 1985

The Holy Virgin let me know that these little buds could grow only in groups, helping and supporting each other.  I understood that in this time of history, which is so hostile to spiritual life, the souls who grow in God should stay together, making up small communities (prayer groups).  Life has a chance against death only in this way. 

I asked: "What sins hurt you and Jesus the most?"  She answered: "The two major sins are cursing and laziness in doing good.  You also curse My Divine Son whenever you receive the Sacraments without proper preparation, without being worthy to receive it, or not receiving it at all, or when the priests give them negligently."  The Virgin Mother here let me know that the greatest epidemic that is spreading throughout the world in these days is the denial of the Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist.  This false teaching is coming from the modern theologians who mislead the people, and as a result some priests have mental reservations when during Mass they prepare for the Consecration, and many times their conscience is not clear.

"The other great sin", the Holy Virgin continued, "is laziness, which is widespread among you.  This signifies not only the absence of extraordinary fervor, but even neglecting required duties, without which there is no salvation, since the lukewarm will be spit out of the mouth of the Lord (Apocalypse 3:16).  Laziness is the beginning of all sorts of ills, both of body and soul; it is an illness that only the love of my Divine Son can cure."

Messages in 1986

"Our Virgin Mother, Victorious Queen of the World, show us your power!"  The Lord Jesus asks us to say this prayer often and with great trust.  Especially now when we live in the age of the Virgin Mary, that the "fullness of time" will come quickly; that she may give birth again to her Son.  As God the Savior redeemed the world with the assistance of the Virgin Mary, so will it be now, that through her He will save the world, which is sunk in the swamp of sin, from well-deserved annihilation.  Jesus said:  "My dear children!  Do not be afraid.  Pray!  Wait with joy for the coming of your Mother, the Victorious Queen of the World.  She will arrive with her richest blessings.  You hasten the arrival of these graces by praying much, offering to her your life and making reparation."

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February 11, 2004, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes