Courtesy Radio Maria Ireland Presentation. Host: Morgan Sharpe. 16th April 2026.
Brief Summary
Alongside commonly cited Lourdes sources (including work attributed to Fr René Laurentin and other historians of the apparitions), the talk introduces a lesser-known claim drawn from a book titled Revelations (attributed here to Xavier Ries-Hérald). According to that account, Bernadette supposedly received five prophetic secrets from the Virgin Mary that were sent to Pope Leo XIII in 1879, then hidden or forgotten in Vatican archives until being rediscovered by a French priest decades later.
The talk outlines the five prophecies and asserts that four have already been fulfilled:
- Lourdes would become a world-famous center of healing, visited by millions.
- Rapid technological progress—including the harnessing of electricity and new machines—would emerge before the 20th century.
- A great evil rising in Germany would lead to a devastating, multinational war.
- Humanity would reach the moon around 1970, noting the 1969 lunar landing.
- The fifth prophecy, presented as Bernadette’s “exact words,” is apocalyptic in tone but ends optimistically. It predicts a post-“age of science” resurgence of faith, a dramatic reckoning with scientists and physicians accused of creating “abominations,” and a global conflict culminating in the triumph of Christianity and a subsequent era of peace, prosperity, widespread healing, and a “second golden age”.
The latter portion of the note shifts to devotional and inspirational material, including references to Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and his emphasis on the role of the laity in strengthening the Church through stewardship, accountability, prayer, and penance. Two Lourdes-related stories are shared: one about Sheen receiving providential help to cover expenses during a novena, and another about a bedridden Catholic woman whose prayers and suffering are credited with her atheist husband’s eventual conversion and later ordination as a Dominican priest.
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Saint Bernadette 