The People of Praise/Word of God Prophecies July 1975

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The Word of

God

and

The People of

Praise

Conference

Prophecies

July 25-27, 1975


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Collaboration

Three communities of Charismatics The People of Praise, the Word of God

and the Community of Gods Delight formed out of the entrance of

Charismatic Renewal into the Catholic Church in 1967.

All three communities grew closer over the years, believing a possible merger

into a community of communitiescould eventually be achieved. Steady

strides toward this goal progressed in a measured manner until Ralph Martin

and Bruce Yocums Rome prophecies in May of 1975. (Attached)

These two men prophesied impending doom, Days of Darkness for Gods

People and threats of death (They will send for you, to take your life, but Iwill support you.) The effect of these prophetic words was said to have been

the acceleration of the unification process.

The Prophecies

In July 1975 (just 10 short weeks after the Rome prophecies) the communities

all met for a Conference. What follows are at least some of the prophecies that

the leaders of these groups spoke in the Name of the Lord. They weretranscribed and circulated among the general members to stir up support for

the merger. As Dr. Thomas Csordas would write, In this charged atmosphere,

the radical formulation of the Rome prophecies marked the years between

1975 and 1980 as a phase that was the closest the Catholic Charismatic

Renewal has been to a position of apocalyptic millennialism.1

Failure

By 1980-1981 however, the two leading communities themselves

acknowledged irreconcilable differences,2writes Dr Csordas. Crudely

speaking, The Sword of the Spirit went increasingly its own way, the People of

1Language, Charisma and Creativity; Ritual Life in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal c 1997, pg 13, 14

2Ibid


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Praise consolidated its links to the larger Charismatic Renewal, and the

Brotherhood of Communities [Dallas] consolidated their relationships with

their local Bishops.

The merger of the two major communities had failed. Leaders of either

community have never said why, leaving in their wake a trail of speculation.

Unifying these communities was something general members were lead to

believe was a God-ordained matter.

Were the prophetic Words of God transcribed in the following pages really

true? Were they genuinely inspired by the Holy Spirit?

Or were they simply a substitution of the dreams of men, mad in the Spirit,spoken in the Name of God but not of God?

Whatever the answer may be, the credibility of the men who gave these

prophetic utterances appears to have survived intactin spite of their failure

to either follow God or accurately speak for Him.

C. 2016 John Flaherty Grand Island, NE

- with thanks and help from Ann Zeddies, Grand Rapids, MI


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PROPHECIES GIVEN AT ST.PETERS BASILICA

DURING THE CLOSING EUCHARIST ON PENTECOST MONDAYMAY 1975

ecause I love you, I want to show you what I am doing in the world today. Iwant to prepare you for what is to come. Days of darkness are coming on

the world, days of tribulation.Buildings that are now standing will not bestanding. Supports that are there for my people now will not be there. I want youto be prepared, my people, to know only me and to cleave to me and to have mein a way deeper than ever before. I will lead you into the desertI will strip you ofeverything that you are depending on now, so you depend just on me. A time ofdarkness is coming on the world, but a time of glory is coming for my church, atime of glory is coming for my people. I will pour out on you all the gifts of myspirit. I will prepare you for spiritual combat; I will prepare you for a time ofevangelism that the world has never seen. And when you have nothing but me,you will have everything: land, fields, homes, and brothers and sisters and love andjoy and peace more than ever before. Be ready, my people, I want to prepareyou (given by Ralph Martin)

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speak to you of the dawn of a new age for my church. I speak to you of aday that has not been seen before.Prepare yourselves for the action that I

begin now, because things that you see around you will change; the combat thatyou must enter now is different; it is new. You need wisdom from me that you donot yet have.

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You need the power of my Holy Spirit in a way that you nave not possessed it;you need an understanding of my will and of the ways that I work that you do notyet have. Open your eyes, open your hearts to prepare yourselves for me and for

the day that I have now begun. My church will be different; my people will bedifferent; difficulties and trials will come upon you. The comfort that you knownow will be far from you, but the comfort that you will have is the comfort of myHoly Spirit. They will send for you, to take your life, but I will support you. Cometo me. Band yourselves together, around me. Prepare, for I proclaim a new day, aday of victory and of triumph for your God. Behold, it is begun. (given by BruceYocum)

will renew my church. I will renew my people. I will make my peopleone. I am calling you to turn away from the pleasures of the world. I

am calling you to turn away from the desires of the world. I am calling you to turn

away from seeking the approval of the world in your lives. I want to transform yourlives.I have a word for my church. I am sounding my call. I am forming a mightyarmy.My power is upon them. They will follow my chosen shepherd(s).

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Be the shepherds I have called you to be.I am renewing my people. I willrenew my church. I will free the world.


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now that I, your God, brought Peter and Paul to Rome to witness to myglory. I have chosen you also and have brought you to Rome to bear

witness to my glory, confirmed now by your shepherd. Go forth to the healing ofthe nations. Know that I am with you; and though you may pass through

tribulation and trial, I will be with you even to the end. I am preparing a place foryou in glory. Look to me and I will deliver you form the power of the evil one.Behold I am with you now, all days, even till the end of time.

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ou have known the truth these days. You have experienced the truth thesedays. It is clear to you at this moment what the truth is. It is the truth of my

kingdom, my kingdom that will prevail.I want you to take that truth, to rest inthat truth, to believe in that truth, not to compromise it, not to lose it inconfusion, not to be timid about it, but to stand simply, in love, but to standsimply, firmly rooted in the truth as foundation stones upon which my church canhave new life and new power.

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