01-15-2021, 11:23 PM
As Aragorn and his armies arrive at the Black Gates of Mordor for their finalbattle, we see this gift of inner-discernment at work when the Dark Lord’sLieutenant rides forth from Udûn, the deep dale of Hell, to relay Sauron’s terms. The ‘Mouth of Sauron’ mocks the army that dares to challenge Mordor as nothing but an inglorious rabble and insults Aragorn as someone less than even a common brigand. However, Aragorn stands his ground without raising a finger:
“Aragorn said naught in answer, but he took the other’s eye
and held it, and for a moment they strove thus; but soon though
Aragorn did not stir nor move hand to weapon, the other quailed
and gave back as if menaced with a blow.”156
Returning to the new knightly order promised to the Church, Marie-Julie was shown that right in her own place of residence at La Fraudais is where the Fathers of the Cross will be housed, a great Sanctuary will be built there in honour of the Cross and will become a tremendous place of pilgrimage.157 Marie-Julie was shown the exact details of how it would look. It will be a miraculous site with a healing spring and will also have houses for widows, orphans and cloisters of nuns. The great shrine will also receive miraculous help from Heaven during its construction: three times a day the workers will hear the heavenly choirs singing, the celestial music will give them relief in their labours. The angels will also help build it: workers will put a mark upon the walls only to return from their times of rest to discover that the walls will be miraculously taller than the markers. No worker will be killed during its construction, there will be no fatal accidents. Nobility and the rich will generously donate costly presents to help in its construction and adorn the shrine. It appears a great new ‘City of God’ will be founded around this great and holy place and will become the capital of the Cruciferi. Tolkien once more seems to be inspired or have had an intuitive understanding of the prophecies as we find in Lord of the Rings the noble peoples of Middle Earth promise to aid Aragorn rebuild his city in a similar fashion. Gimli the Dwarf promises on behalf of his people to send the best stone workers to build up the houses and roads, while Legolas the Elf notices that they need more beautiful living things to bring the heart delight, and promises to send rare singing birds and trees that do not die. Their people keep their word as we read:
“In his time (King Aragorn) the City was made more fair
than it had ever been, even in the days of its first glory; and it was
filled with trees and with fountains, and its gates were wrought of
mithril and steel, and its streets were paved with white marble; and
the Folk of the Mountain laboured in it, and the Folk of the Wood
rejoiced to come there; and all was healed and made good, and the
houses filled with men and women and the laughter of children,
and no window was blind nor any courtyard empty; and after the
ending of the Third Age of the world into the new age it preserved
the memory and the glory of the years that were gone.”158
156 Ibid, The Return of the King, p. 923.
157 We Are Warned, pp. 461-488.
157 We Are Warned, pp. 461-488.
158 Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, p. 1004.