St. Anna Maria Gesualda Antonia Taigi 19th Century

 

Feastday not known                                               

Born 1769                              

Died 1837

 

A venerable servant of God born at Siena, Italy. Her parents Luigi Giannetti & Maria  kept an apothecary shop in Siena, but lost all their fortune and were obliged to go to Rome in search of a livelihood. Anna Maria was then 5. Having been educated in all the domestic Virtues she married in 1789 to Dominico Taigi, a retainer of the noble family of Chigi with whom she lived happily for 48 years. One day whilst she knelt in St Peters at confession she felt a strong inspiration to renounce such little vanities of the world that she had allowed herself. She listened to her inner voice of Grace. Soon afterwards she was received publicly in the Third Order of Trinitarians in the Church of S. Carlo alla Quarto Fontane. All the money she could spare she devoted to the poor and miserable. She never neglected her own family. Of her children 2 died young the others grew up in piety under surveillance of their mother. She converted many a sinner to God.  From being 20 years old until her death at 63 she was accompanied by a mysterious light in which she saw the past, present and future events. Whenever she did this she was asked to offer some special suffering for a need of the Church or individual soul. It is in this light that Anna Maria saw a great Chastisement to come upon mankind and at the same time a great blessing. As well as prophesying the Chastisement to come upon mankind Anna Maria also spoke of an illumination of conscience in which everyone would see themselves as God sees him or her. She indicated that this illumination of conscience would result in the saving of many souls because many would repent as a result of this “warning, this miracle of “self-illumination.” The best summary of her gifts is found in the introduction to Albert Bessieres, S.J. Anna-Maria Taigi Wife, Mother and Mystic and translated into English by Fr Stephen Rigby:

 

“Her intellectual gifts were altogether overshadowed by an unexampled miracle. Shortly before she had entered on a way of perfection there began to appear to her a golden globe which became as a sun of matchless light. In this all things were revealed to her. Past and future were to her an open book. She knew with certainty the fate of the dead. Her gaze travelled to the ends of the earth and discovered there people on whom she had never set eyes, reading them in the depth of their souls. One glance sufficed; upon whatever she focussed her thoughts, it was revealed to her and her understanding. She saw the whole world as we see the front of a building. It was the same with nations as with individuals; she saw the cause of their distresses and the remedies that would heal them. By means of this permanent and prodigious miracle the poor wife of Domenico Taigi became a theologian, a teacher and a prophet. The miracle lasted forty-seven years. Until her death the humble woman was able to read this mysterious sun as an ever-open book. Until her death she looked into it solely for the glory of God; that is, when charity suggested or obedience demanded it. Should things for which she had not looked, or which she did not understand, appear she refrained from asking explanations.”

 

“The poor, the great of the world, the princes of the Church came to her for advice or help. They found her in the midst of her household cares and often suffering from illness. She refused neither her last crust of bread nor the most precious moment of her time, yet she would accept neither presents nor praise. Her most powerful friends could not induce her to allow them to favour her children beyond the conditions in which they were born. When she was at the end of her resources she told God about it, and God sent what was necessary. Her most powerful friends could not induce her to favour her children beyond the conditions in which they were born. When she was at the end of her resources, she told God about it and God sent what was necessary. She thought it good to live from day to day, like the birds. A refugee queen in Rome wished to give her money. ‘Madame,’ she said ‘how simple you are! I serve God, and He is richer than you’. She touched the sick and they were cured, she warned others of their approaching end, and they died holy deaths. She endured great austerities for the souls in purgatory and the souls once set free, came to thank her…She suffered body and soul….She realized that her role was to expiate the sins of others, that Jesus was associating her with His sacrifice and that she was a victim of His company. The pains of Divine Love have an intoxication no words can explain. After Holy Communion there were times when she sank down as though smitten by a prostrating stroke. To tell the truth, her state of ecstasy was continual because her sense of the presence of God was continual…All pain was sweet to her…She went her way, her feet all bloody; with shining eyes she followed the Royal way.

 

“Behold, then the spectacle God raised to men’s sight in Rome during that long tempestuous period which began at the time the humble Anna-Maria took to the way of saints! Pius VI dies at Valence; Pius VII is a prisoner at Fontainebleau; the revolution will reappear before Gregory XVI reigns. Men are saying that the day of the Popes is over, that Christ’s law and Christ Himself are on the wane, that science will soon have relegated this so-called Son of God to the realm of dreams…He will work more miracles. But at precisely this time God raised up a woman to cure the sick…He gives her knowledge of the past, present and future. She declares that Pius VII will return. She sees even beyond the reign of Pius IX…She is God’s answer to the challenge of unbelief”

 

 

 “God will send two punishments: one will be in the form of wars, revolutions and other evils; it shall originate on earth. The other will be sent from Heaven. There shall come over the whole earth an intense darkness lasting three days and three nights. Nothing can be seen, and the air will be laden with pestilence which will claim mainly, but not only, the enemies of religion. It will be impossible to use any man-made lighting during this darkness, except blessed candles. During this alarm, the faithful should stay in their houses and recite the Rosary and beg God for Mercy. He, who out of curiosity, opens his window to look out, or leaves his home, will fall dead on the spot….” 1

 

“On this terrible occasion so many of these wicked men, enemies of His Church, and of God, shall be killed by this divine scourge, that their corpses round Rome will be as numerous as the fish, which a recent inundation of the Tiber had carried into the city…” 2

 

“All the enemies of the Church, whether known or unknown, will perish over the whole earth during that universal darkness, with the exception of a few whom God will soon convert.  The air shall be infected by demons who will appear under all sorts of hideous forms….” 3

 

“Religion shall be persecuted, and priests massacred. Churches shall be closed, but only for a short time. The Holy Father shall be obliged to leave Rome…” 4

 

“The Pope shall convoke a (general) council (that of the Vatican). A new constitution of the Church shall be proclaimed in it…. one after the other all the Episcopal Sees in the Catholic Church, the respective bishops of which were to oppose the definition at the late council at the Vatican…a very short time after the promulgation of the new Constitution of the Church by the general council, the Emperor of the French would declare war against Prussia, by which he would be defeated and made prisoner; that France should be humbled, because she would not know how to profit by her advantages as first daughter of the Church, and the protectress of the Holy See.” 4a

 

“France will fall into frightful anarchy. The French people shall have a desperate civil war, in which old men themselves will take up arms. The political parties having exhausted their blood and their rage, without being able to arrive at any satisfactory understanding, shall at the last extremity agree by common consent to have recourse to the Holy See. Then the Pope shall send France a special legate, in order that he may examine the state of affairs and the dispositions of the people. In consequence of the information received, His Holiness himself shall nominate a most Christian king for the government of France…” 5

 

“During this time there shall be a great universal revolution. The priests shall almost everywhere be massacred to such an extent that, in order to find one of them alive, it shall be necessary to travel several days. The churches shall be closed, but only for a short time.” 5a

 

“Religion shall be persecuted, and priests massacred Churches shall be closed, but only for a short time. The Holy Father shall be obliged to leave Rome…” 5b

 

“A heavenly apparition shall come to reassure the faithful. Saint Peter and St. Paul will appear on the clouds, and all men shall see them; and, in a supernatural manner, faith shall return to their hearts. Innumerable conversions of heretics shall cause universal edification.” 5c

 

“St Peter and St Paul will intervene in the election of a new pope” 6

 

“After the three days of darkness, Saints Peter and Paul, having come down from heaven, will preach throughout the world and designate a new Pope. A great light will flash from their bodies and settle upon the cardinal, the future pontiff. Then Christianity will spread throughout the world. He is the holy pontiff chosen by God to withstand the storm. At the end he will have the gift of miracles and his name shall be praised over the whole earth. Whole nations will join the Church shortly before the reign of the Antichrist. These conversions will be amazing. Those who survive shall have to conduct themselves well. There shall be innumerable conversions of heretics, who will return to the bosom of the Church; all will note the edifying conduct of their lives, as well as that of other Catholics. Russia, England and China will come into the Church…” 7

 

“At first will come several terrestrial scourges, as great wars, through which many millions will run into destruction. After that will come the celestial scourge in full severity, such as has never been. It will be short, but will cut off the greater part of mankind. Yet, before that, five big trees have to be felled…” 9

 

“One day, Anna Maria, while shedding a torrent of tears, prayed and offered her actions and sufferings for the conversion of sinners, for the destruction of sin, and that God might be known and loved by all men. Then, God manifested to her the horrible sins of persons of every condition, and how grievously He was offended. At this sight, the servant of God experienced a profound sorrow and, sighing, she exclaimed: ‘Dearly beloved! what is the remedy for this disaster? ’ Jesus Christ answered: ‘My child, the Church, My spouse, My Father, and Myself shall remedy everything. For after a punishment . . . those who shall survive shall have to conduct themselves well.’ At this point she saw innumerable conversions of heretics, who will return to the bosom of the Church; she saw, also, the edifying conduct of their lives, as well as that of all other Catholics.”  10

 

References

1. As quoted by Ted and Maureen Flynn Thunder of Justice: The Miracle, The Warning, The Chastisement, The Era of Peace Maxkol Communications 1993 p352

2. Robert A. Nelson. Prophecy: A History of the Future Internet Version (http://www.rexresearch.com/prophist/phfcon~1.htm)

3. As quoted by Ted and Maureen Flynn Thunder of Justice: The Miracle, The Warning, The Chastisement, The Era of Peace Maxkol Communications 1993 p 352

4. ibid p 353

4a. Fr Guadentius Rossi (Pellegrino) The Christian Trumpet (Thos. B. Noonand & Co, Boston, U.S. 1873) p. 65

5. Yves Dupont, Catholic Prophecy (Tan Books and Publishers 1970) p 45

5a. Fr Guadentius Rossi (Pellegrino) The Christian Trumpet (Thos. B. Noonand & Co, Boston, U.S. 1873) p. 65

5b. Robert A. Nelson. Prophecy: A History of the Future Internet Version

5c. Fr Guadentius Rossi (Pellegrino) The Christian Trumpet (Thos. B. Noonand & Co, Boston, U.S. 1873) p. 62

6.  Rev Benjamin Martin Sanchez, SSD The Last Times (Opus Reginae, Santissimi Rosarii, Zamora, Espania, 1971) p 47 as quoted by Desmond A. Birch Trial Tribulation and Triumph: Before, During and After Antichrist, (Queenship Publishing. 1996) p  363

7. Yves Dupont, Catholic Prophecy (Tan Books and Publishers 1970) p 45

 (http://www.rexresearch.com/prophist/phfcon~1.htm)

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10. Fr Guadentius Rossi (Pellegrino) The Christian Trumpet (Thos. B. Noonand & Co, Boston, U.S. 1873) p. 62-63