The formation and education of the great Saints, who shall come at the end of the world, are reserved for Her. For it is only that singular and miraculous Virgin who can produce, in union with the Holy Ghost, singular and extraordinary things.

      I have said that this would come to pass particularly at the end of the world, and indeed presently, because the Most High with His holy Mother has to form for Himself great Saints, who shall surpass most of the other Saints in sanctity, as much as the cedars of Lebanon outgrow the little shrubs ...

      These great souls, full of grace and zeal, shall be chosen to match themselves against the enemies of God, who shall rage on all sides; and they shall be singularly devout to our Blessed Lady, illuminated by Her light, nourished by Her milk, led by Her spirit, supported by Her arm, and sheltered under Her protection, so that they shall fight with one hand and build with the other. With one hand they shall fight, overthrow, and crush the heretics with their heresies, the schismatics with their schisms, the idolaters with their idolatries, and the sinners with their impieties. With the other hand they shall build the temple of the true Solomon, and the mystical city of God; that is to say, the most holy Virgin, called by the holy Fathers the temple of Solomon and the city of God. By their words and their examples they shall bend the whole world to true devotion to Mary. This shall bring upon them many enemies; but it shall also bring many victories and much glory for God alone.
 

      ... and, finally, She must shine forth in grace, in order to animate and sustain the valiant soldiers and faithful servants of Jesus Christ, who shall do battle for His interests.  And, lastly, Mary must be terrible to the devil and his crew, as an army ranged in battle, principally in these latter times, because the devil, knowing that he has but little time, and now less than ever, to destroy souls, will every day redouble his efforts and his combats. He will presently raise up new persecutions, and will put terrible snares before the faithful servants and true children of Mary, whom it gives him more trouble to surmount than it does to conquer others.

      But what will they be like, these servants, these slaves, these children of Mary?  They will be ministers of the Lord who, like a flaming fire, will enkindle everywhere the fires of divine love.  They will become, in Mary's powerful hands, like sharp arrows, with which she will transfix Her enemies.

      They shall be as the sons of Levi, well purified by the fires of great tribulation, and closely joined to God; who shall carry the gold of love in their heart, the frankincense of prayer in their spirit, and the myrrh of mortification in their body; and they shall be every where the sweet fragrance of Jesus Christ to the poor and to the little, while they shall be an odour of death to the great, to the rich, and to the proud worldlings.

      They will be like thunder-clouds flying through the air at the least breath of the Holy Ghost; attached to nothing, surprised at nothing, troubled at nothing, they will shower down the rain of God's word and of eternal life. They shall thunder against sin; they shall storm against the world; they shall strike down the devil and his crew; and they shall pierce through and through, for life or for death, with the two-edged sword of the God's word, all those to whom they shall be sent on the part of the Most High.
 

      They shall be the true apostles of the latter times, to whom the Lord of Hosts shall give eloquence and strength to work wonders and to carry off glorious spoils from His enemies.  They shall sleep without gold or silver, and, what is more, without care, in the midst of the other priests, ecclesiastics, and clerics; and yet they shall have the silvered wings of the dove, to go, with the pure intention of the glory of God and the salvation of souls, wheresoever the Holy Ghost shall call them. Neither shall they leave behind them, in the places where they have preached, any thing but the gold of charity, which is the accomplishment of the whole law.

      In a word, we know that they shall be true disciples of Jesus Christ, who, marching in the footsteps of His poverty, humility, contempt of the world, and charity, shall teach the strait way of God in the pure truth, according to the holy Gospel, and not according to the maxims of the world. Their hearts will not be troubled, nor will they show favor to anyone; they will not spare or heed or fear any man, however powerful he may be.
 

      They shall have the two-edged sword of the Word of God in their mouths and the blood stained standard of the Cross on their shoulders. They will carry the crucifix in their right hand and the rosary in their left and the sacred names of Jesus and Mary on their hearts.  The simplicity and self-sacrifice of Jesus will be reflected in their whole behavior.

      Such are the great men who are to come.  By the will of God Mary is to prepare them to extend His rule over the impious and unbelievers.  But when and how will this come about?  Only God knows.  For our part we must yearn and wait for it in silence and in prayer ... "I have waited and waited."

-Saint Louis De Montfort