FROM THE DESERT
A Voice from St Mary of Egypt to the Church of the Last Days
Written in the spirit of St Pius X, in the form of Summorum Pontificum, and in the grammar of St Thomas Aquinas
All English, drawn only from today’s Mass (Romans 13, Luke 21, Psalm 24)
I, Mary, once the chief of sinners, now by the mercy of God a penitent in the wilderness,
who for forty-seven years ate no bread, wore no garment save the hair of my head,
who was once more enslaved to lust than any daughter of this present Babylon,
speak to you from the desert, because the desert is now the only safe place left.
Hear the words that are not mine, but Christ’s, spoken this very morning upon every true altar:
“There will be signs in sun and moon and stars,
and upon the earth distress of nations by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and of the waves;
men withering away for fear and expectation of what shall come upon the whole world…
But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads,
because your redemption is at hand.”
And again:
“The night is passed, and the day is at hand.
Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armour of light.”
I know these words.
I lived them in my flesh.
Therefore, in the manner of the Angelic Doctor, and with the authority that St Pius X gave to the guardians of the ancient rite, I set down thirteen articles whereby the Kingdom of God (which is the Traditional Roman Catholicism, and none other) is to be built while the world dissolves.
Article 1
Whether the hour spoken of by St Paul (“the night is passed”) is the present hour
I answer that, the roaring of the sea of lust, the distress of nations, the mutual accusations of Babylon’s princes in courts of law, the signing of false peace in Lebanon while Christian villages burn; all these are the plain, literal fulfilment of Luke 21 in the year 2025. The hour is now.
Article 2
Whether total flight from the world is now a matter of precept
I answer that, as I once fled Alexandria and the ships of sin, so you must flee every screen, every application, every song, every garment that belongs to the night. He who does not flee now perishes now.
Article 3
Whether the ancient Roman rite is the sole ark
I answer that, the Mass of St Gregory, of St Pius V, of St Pius X, is the door I could not enter until I repented. Where that Mass is not, there is no church, no sacrifice, no redemption.
Article 4
Whether every mortal sin must be confessed by kind and number before another sun sets
I answer that, I stood outside the church forty days weeping until I had named every sin. Do the same, or remain outside.
Article 5
Whether the vow of total renunciation made before the Blessed Virgin is irrevocable
I answer that, I said: “If Thou lettest me venerate the Cross, I renounce the world.” Heaven accepted the vow. Make the same vow today, and keep it unto blood.
Article 6
Whether bread-and-water fasting on Wednesday and Friday is now obligatory
I answer that, forty-seven years I tasted no bread. You who still have bread: give it up twice a week, or the flesh will devour spirit.
Article 7
Whether one hour of mental prayer in absolute silence is necessary unto salvation
I answer that, in the desert I spoke to no man. Speak to God alone one full hour daily, or the demons that once ruled me will rule you.
Article 8
Whether the full fifteen-decade Rosary is the sword of victory
I answer that, the Rosary crushed the serpents that assailed me nightly. It will crush the serpents now assailing the Church.
Article 9
Whether bodily mortification is the royal road
I answer that, my skin became as black as coal from the sun, my bones visible: this was my beauty. Take cold showers, the discipline, the bare floor. Crucify the flesh, or it will crucify you.
Article 10
Whether all secular music, images, and stories are to be cast into the fire
I answer that, I burned every memory of Egypt in my heart. Burn Netflix, burn Spotify, burn Babylon’s images tonight.
Article 11
Whether the Latin responses are to be learned perfectly and spoken aloud
I answer that, Et cum spíritu tuo is the battle-cry of the angels. Learn it, love it, live it.
Article 12
Whether the remnant community formed around the true Mass is the visible Church
I answer that, where the ancient Mass is offered in integrity, there am I in the midst of them. Seek it, or found it.
Article 13
Whether white or red martyrdom is the seal of this work
I answer that, they will hate you because they hated Me first. Expect to be despised, cancelled, imprisoned, or slain. Rejoice and be exceeding glad.
These thirteen articles are not counsels of perfection.
They are the grammar of survival.
They are the only way left to “look up and lift up your heads.”
I, Mary, once the refuse of the world, now by grace a citizen of heaven,
declare by the authority that belongs to every soul washed in the Blood of the Lamb and confirmed by the Mass of All Time:
Whosoever shall keep these thirteen articles with perseverance unto the end,
the same shall be saved,
and his lot shall be with Gregory, Pius V, Pius X, and all who kept the faith whole and undefiled.
Given from the desert,
on the First Sunday of Advent,
in the year when the fig tree put forth its leaves,
2025.
Look up.
Your redemption draws near.
Mary of Egypt,
once harlot, now penitent,
pray for us who have recourse to thee.
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