Fr. Bernard Nunes, O.C.D., on the Bayside apparitions
3. Why Bayside in New York has been Chosen
Chiefly because: New York being a centre of evil—murder of the unborn—has also to be a centre of reparation. Moreover, if it has great influence for evil, it has also great influence for good. The people of the country, too, are very courageous:
"We have chosen the sacred grounds—in New York—with purpose: New York has become a centre of evil, like cancer spreading its evil all over; like an octopus, spreading its tentacles throughout the world. This is Babylon the Great, the harlot among the nations, that has led many astray. Now, My child, I tell you one major reason why the Father sent Me to choose this site as a centre of reparation: it is because of the murder of the young. The murder of the unborn promoted in your city of evil has been watched by the Father with great anger! The unjust in your city and state will be dealt with severely!"
"Your country has lost the knowledge of the Father. Sin within your country is truly an abominable way of life. Your children are walking the road to perdition. The murders in your city have not ceased. The murders of the unborn must cease now, for your city will fall. Woe to those who have the responsibility of nourishing the soul and set them unto the road to perdition. Better that they had died in their mother's womb."
"Your city, your nation, has great influence throughout the world: Discipline must be restored. Your example will be followed by many. We expect to retrieve from your efforts many souls that would otherwise have been lost to Us. This has been the centre set up by the Father for the repatriation of sinners. We have chosen to give this Message through you, My child and My children in the United States, for we find there is much courage in the hearts of your countrymen."
4. Warnings and Chastisements
As the sins of man have multiplied beyond measure, the world will be cleansed gradually by great trials and sufferings. There will be domestic divisions, famine, plague, diseases, disasters and upheavals in nature: these are warnings to alert mankind to penance. Russia will be the scourge of the world, causing destruction and enslavement:
"There will be many warnings before the Chastisement (great Chastisement). Already the punishments have started. Man shall lose all regard for human life and charity, because he has given himself to satan and the pleasures of the flesh. We do not intend to destroy the world completely (by the Great Chastisement), but We shall cleanse it by steps. The sins of man have multiplied beyond expectancy. There will be placed upon your world great trials. It is the plan of the Father that the cleansing begin. In the past many warnings have been given you, but they have not been recognized as coming from the Eternal Father. Now there will be cataclysms such as have never been seen upon your earth. Grievous trials are now starting for mankind."
