A little less than a month ago, I had to take a break. I saw a clear omen. A portent for things to come. A divine sign that was plain for the whole world, but would likely be overlooked or ignored. It was so obvious to me, and it struck me so hard, that I questioned whether nor not I wanted to blog anymore.

The burning of Notre Dame is a torchlight for our dark future. There have been many Eucharistic miracles in recent decades. And there have been many signs in the heavens and the Earth in recent years. From the lightning striking the Vatican when Pope Benedict XVI resigned, to Pope Francis’ peace doves being attacked by crows, to the historical eclipse of 2017—and the astronomical Woman of Revelations spectacle we saw throughout that year—we’ve been shown a lot. Our world throws away these kinds of things. God speaks to us in certain ways, but our post-Christian culture laughs it all off.

The Gallic Rooster, an early symbol of France, was atop that burning spire. Within it were three relics: a relic of St. Denis, one of St. Genevieve, and a thorn from Christ’s Crown of Thorns. When the burning spire collapsed, it inverted itself so that it was pointed straight down, like an arrow plunging into the Earth. When it came down, it plunged straight into the wooden Novus Ordo altar, destroying it. The rooster survived, battered, with the relics intact. It is as though Divine Displeasure for the New Order Mass was being shown for one and all, and to be sure, this imagery was not lost on Traditionalist Catholics.

Nor was it lost on us that this disaster came the Monday after Palm Sunday, a moment in the Gospels when Christ told us the parable about the fig tree. We learn from our Lord that the fig tree is cursed because it refuses to produce fruit, much as the Novus Ordo Mass has been since its inception. In the parable, we learn that Israel is cursed because it stopped producing fruit. But with this disaster at Notre Dame, it is as though the Novus Ordo Church is also somehow becoming cursed because of its lack of fruit.

An Omen For What?

Notre Dame was a marker. On the other side of that day, severe things have taken place. As if the ongoing slaughter of Nigerian Christians weren’t enough—a people “slaughtered like chickens” as Archbishop Man-oso Ndagoso describes—and as if it were not bad enough that the Middle East has experienced a Christian genocide (courtesy of your War on Terror), we were then treated to horrific bombings in Sri Lanka, courtesy of the CIA-created ISIS organization. To add insult to injury, the Left in this country refused to even acknowledge the dead Sri Lankans as Christians, referring to them instead as “Easter worshipers,” such is their hatred for us. They cannot even bear to call us what we are. Instead, we have to be de-personed.

Things are heating up. Islam is being utilized as a chastising tool. Even the workers who were hired to renovate Notre Dame—Muslims—were openly hostile about what they were doing. They cursed Christians as they worked on the building before that fire, and when Notre Dame burned, Muslims throughout Paris cheered, smiled, and celebrated online. Some video shortly before the fire showed someone walking around atop the building after restoration work hours, and what look like sparks can be discerned in the video. And let’s not forget about the wave of burned and desecrated churches throughout France before Notre Dame was burned up.

Now, here on the other side of Notre Dame’s historic disaster, we see that the Muslims of Europe do not respect the land they’ve moved into. They scoff at their hosts and their traditions. And also on the other side of this disaster, Pope Francis, Europe’s very own humble-bragging “Peter the Roman” scolds the very citizens who are oppressed by this invasion. This scolding pope, at the same time, actively funds the caravans that seek to invade the United States, and by all appearances, he seems to ignore the martyrdom of the faithful worldwide. This is no surprise, given that he previously handed over Chinese Catholics to the communist government that waits to slaughter them. And even the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom criticized what Pope Francis’ Vatican has done to Chinese Catholics.

And now, in the spirit of the historic-yet-unanswered Dubia on Amoris Laetitia, the Vigano testimony, and the ongoing outcry from Catholics across the world, prominent clergy and scholars are now accusing this pope of heresy. That is to say, these important scholars and clergy men have considered the matter in the Catholic Church grave enough, that they are willing to sacrifice their reputations and careers in order to openly and boldly call out the Holy Pontiff. If only the bishops and cardinals overcame cowardice and acted first. But no.

And why would these almost two-dozen men put their livelihoods on the line in this way? Perhaps it is because of the upcoming Amazon Synod, in which many Leftist infiltrators in the hierarchy intend to try to make sodomy more acceptable, introduce female deacons, and perhaps even alter the tradition of priestly celibacy. Charles Coulombe suspects that the scholars and clergy dropped a torpedo like this is in the hopes of derailing Pope Francis’ plans. For, if the pope manages to actually introduce deaconesses into the Catholic Church, that alone will have overthrown the nature of the Sacrament of Holy Orders.

A Dark Horizon

Pope Francis shows no signs of humility, self-awareness, or slowing down. Our “Peter the Roman,” continues apace with his agenda. Just recently, he has pushed for an actual supranational body to force nations to fight “climate change.”

So yes, nukes are in the air. Pope Francis intends to change the Catholic Church as we know it. Faithful laity and clergy have launched their best efforts to call this man to account. And even Heaven itself is making visible signs to wake people up. The nukes are in the air, and later on, they will come down. We are in a quiet period in this moment. A great sign has been given. Notre Dame of Paris, the second capital of Christendom, there in the heart of the Eldest Daughter of the Church—France—was burned up in a conflagration, and its apparent post-Christian altar was symbolically destroyed. Now we wait.

Many prophecies speak about Paris, France as being the epicenter and beginning of a worldwide chastisement. It all begins with social upheaval and ends with supernatural, frightening and horrific cataclysm. But it all starts in France. There’s more than one prophecy about this. Paris burns, and it will never be the same again.

What happened to Notre Dame and what it tells us all should be obvious to everyone. It is not. The Church has become the fig tree. It’s roof is on fire. It’s modern altars destroyed. And yet, the madness rolls on.