Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the health-check domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /nas/content/live/brownpelican/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131

Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the mfn-opts domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /nas/content/live/brownpelican/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
The Age of Mercy Is Ending and a New Age Is Upon Is, by Suellen Brewster – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

The Age of Mercy Is Ending and a New Age Is Upon Is, by Suellen Brewster

How St. Joan of Arc Won Mark Twain’s Skeptical Heart, by Patrick J. Walsh
September 23, 2025
Trump Takes on Autism Epidemic, by John Zmirak
September 23, 2025

Photo by Javier Miranda on Unsplash. Earth photo from moon

By Suellen Brewster, Catholic Exchange, September 23, 2025

Suellen Brewster is a wife, mother, and happy revert to the Catholic faith. She helps lead the local Ignatian Exercises and is a member of the Dominican laity. Suellen writes from her home outside of Buffalo, New York, where the long winters invite souls into quiet prayer and reflection.

Author’s Note: For those interested in learning more, the apparitions and prophecies, as well as individual testimonies regarding Illuminations of Conscience, are thoroughly covered in The Warning by Christine Watkins, which carries an Imprimatur.

 

Speak to the world about My mercy; let all mankind recognize My unfathomable mercy. It is a sign for the end times; after it will come the day of justice. While there is still time, let them have recourse to the fount of My mercy . . . (The Diary of St. Faustina, paragraph 848)

Avatar photoOver the years I have pondered and prayed about various Church-approved private revelations and writings of the saints on the topic of the “Illumination of Conscience.”  The diagram below formed in my mind. It is a “mental map” to help us plot out current events and human responses from a spiritual standpoint. Given the increasing violence and degradation of the human person we are experiencing, this diagram may be helpful in discerning what is happening in our world and time.

Ideological Divide

Down the center of the diagram is a vertical line that separates those trying to follow God and those following the world. We have encountered the Ideological Divide at the holiday dinner table and in comment sections. Yes, the divisions are political but digging deeper we see ideological and spiritual roots. …