BobVigneault
Bawberator
I could have put this in the dispensational section but that may have given it too much credence.
Never the less, this prophecy of St. Malachy is a fascinating oddity. St. Malachy was a genuine Irish arch-bishop who supposedly had the gift of prophecy.
His most famous writing is the list of all the Popes to come. Malachy lived in the 1100s, I think, but the list was most likely a forgery attributed to him in the 1500s for the purpose of strenthening the election of a particular pope.
A lot of RCC scholars have given great attention and ink to this list attributed to Malachy. What's fascinating is the names or mottos of the last popes.
To glance through some of these mottos I'm including a link to a site maintained by a starry eyed dispensationalist.
http://www.jpdawson.com/lastpope.html
The last three popes were prophecied as:
1. DE MEDIETATE LUNAE "of the half moon". I personally checked my planetarium program in my palm pilot and sure enough, JP the 1st became pope during a half moon and served for 36 days, about a month.
2. the next pope is DE LABORE SOLIS
Interpreted to mean - (a) From the toil of the sun (b) Of the eclipse of the sun.
There will be an eclipse of the sun today, at about 5:05 CST. This of course coincides with JP2's funeral.
3. the next pope is called GLORIA OLIVAE
Interpreted to mean - The glory of the olive
Now some interpret this to be not a pope at all but Jesus stepping onto the Mt. of Olives.
Hence, JP2 could be the last pope and Jesus might return today at 5:05 CST or before the next conclave chooses a pope.
I just didn't want to miss the opportunity, should the Lord return today, to say "I might have told you so".
Blessings and maranatha!
Never the less, this prophecy of St. Malachy is a fascinating oddity. St. Malachy was a genuine Irish arch-bishop who supposedly had the gift of prophecy.
His most famous writing is the list of all the Popes to come. Malachy lived in the 1100s, I think, but the list was most likely a forgery attributed to him in the 1500s for the purpose of strenthening the election of a particular pope.
A lot of RCC scholars have given great attention and ink to this list attributed to Malachy. What's fascinating is the names or mottos of the last popes.
To glance through some of these mottos I'm including a link to a site maintained by a starry eyed dispensationalist.
http://www.jpdawson.com/lastpope.html
The last three popes were prophecied as:
1. DE MEDIETATE LUNAE "of the half moon". I personally checked my planetarium program in my palm pilot and sure enough, JP the 1st became pope during a half moon and served for 36 days, about a month.
2. the next pope is DE LABORE SOLIS
Interpreted to mean - (a) From the toil of the sun (b) Of the eclipse of the sun.
There will be an eclipse of the sun today, at about 5:05 CST. This of course coincides with JP2's funeral.
3. the next pope is called GLORIA OLIVAE
Interpreted to mean - The glory of the olive
Now some interpret this to be not a pope at all but Jesus stepping onto the Mt. of Olives.
Hence, JP2 could be the last pope and Jesus might return today at 5:05 CST or before the next conclave chooses a pope.
I just didn't want to miss the opportunity, should the Lord return today, to say "I might have told you so".
Blessings and maranatha!
this would look great on your resume when you apply for a Reporter's position at the Enquirer magazine 
