Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Joan of Arc Manuela Strack on October 21, 2025:
I see a large golden ball of light and, to its right, a smaller golden ball of light. A beautiful light descends towards us. The large golden ball of light opens, and St. Michael the Archangel comes out of this light towards us. He is dressed like a Roman soldier in white and gold and wears golden sandals. He is holding his sword raised towards heaven. St. Michael the Archangel is wearing a golden princely crown on his head with an oval ruby on the front. In his left hand, he is holding his shield. He holds his shield out towards us, on which his prayer is written. This is an invitation to prayer, and we pray it:
Sancte Michael Archángele, defénde nos in práelio, contra nequítuiam et insídias diáboli esto praesídium. Imperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, Princeps milítiae caeléstis, sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo, divína virtúte in inférnum detrúde. Amen.
[St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.]
Now I see that he is wearing a red general’s coat with a golden clasp in the shape of a lion’s head. St. Michael the Archangel looks down upon us and says:
May God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit bless you. Amen. Who is like God (Quis ut Deus)? I am St. Michael the Archangel. I have come to you from the Lord’s throne because it is the Lord’s Will. I therefore look upon you and come to you with an important message, which is the conversion of your hearts! Take this message out into the world. For it is not only I who desire the conversion of your hearts so that God’s Will may be fulfilled: my Lord Jesus Himself wanted this of you! You can read this in Holy Scripture. In Holy Scripture and in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. These are both sacred works that accompany you on your journey to heaven. Look at my Lord’s Sermon on the Mount: How important it is! There He speaks of this conversion! It is also important that you pray with your whole heart!
[Matthew 5:1-7:29 (The Sermon on the Mount) is cited, along with the Catechism of the Catholic Church, §1427-1433.]
III. The Conversion of the Baptized
1427 Jesus calls to conversion. This call is an essential part of the proclamation of the kingdom: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel.” In the Church’s preaching this call is addressed first to those who do not yet know Christ and his Gospel. Also, Baptism is the principal place for the first and fundamental conversion. It is by faith in the Gospel and by Baptism that one renounces evil and gains salvation, that is, the forgiveness of all sins and the gift of new life.
1428 Christ’s call to conversion continues to resound in the lives of Christians. This second conversion is an uninterrupted task for the whole Church who, “clasping sinners to her bosom, (is) at once holy and always in need of purification, (and) follows constantly the path of penance and renewal.” This endeavor of conversion is not just a human work. It is the movement of a “contrite heart,” drawn and moved by grace to respond to the merciful love of God who loved us first.
1429 St. Peter’s conversion after he had denied his master three times bears witness to this. Jesus’ look of infinite mercy drew tears of repentance from Peter and, after the Lord’s resurrection, a threefold affirmation of love for him. The second conversion also has a communitarian dimension, as is clear in the Lord’s call to a whole Church: “Repent!”
St. Ambrose says of the two conversions that, in the Church, “there are water and tears: the water of Baptism and the tears of repentance.”
IV. Interior Penance
1430 Jesus’ call to conversion and penance, like that of the prophets before him, does not aim first at outward works, “sackcloth and ashes,” fasting and mortification, but at the conversion of the heart, interior conversion. Without this, such penances remain sterile and false; however, interior conversion urges expression in visible signs, gestures and works of penance.
1431 Interior repentance is a radical reorientation of our whole life, a return, a conversion to God with all our heart, an end of sin, a turning away from evil, with repugnance toward the evil actions we have committed. At the same time it entails the desire and resolution to change one’s life, with hope in God’s mercy and trust in the help of his grace. This conversion of heart is accompanied by a salutary pain and sadness which the Fathers called animi cruciatus (affliction of spirit) and compunctio cordis (repentance of heart).
1432 The human heart is heavy and hardened. God must give man a new heart. Conversion is first of all a work of the grace of God who makes our hearts return to him: “Restore us to thyself, O LORD, that we may be restored!” God gives us the strength to begin anew. It is in discovering the greatness of God’s love that our heart is shaken by the horror and weight of sin and begins to fear offending God by sin and being separated from him. the human heart is converted by looking upon him whom our sins have pierced:
Let us fix our eyes on Christ’s blood and understand how precious it is to his Father, for, poured out for our salvation it has brought to the whole world the grace of repentance.
1433 Since Easter, the Holy Spirit has proved “the world wrong about sin,” i.e., proved that the world has not believed in him whom the Father has sent. But this same Spirit who brings sin to light is also the Consoler who gives the human heart grace for repentance and conversion.
St. Michael the Archangel Michael continues speaking to us:
The Lord called out to His Father with childlike trust: you should do so too! Do not cry out, “Lord, Lord,” but pray with your heart, and unite this cry, your petitions, with your heart. Love with all your heart and pray with all your heart! It is important that you, too, pray to the Father for peace like this. If the world prays for peace with all its heart and with repentance, then there will soon be peace. But if you do not convert, if sin prevails and your hearts become even harder, war will spread.
Now the small golden ball of light opens, and St. Joan of Arc comes out of this light. She is clothed in golden armor. In her hands she is carrying the Vulgate, the Holy Scriptures. She kneels before St. Michael the Archangel with the Holy Scriptures in her hands and opens them. I see the passage Luke 18:1-8 in Holy Scripture:
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3 In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my opponent.’ 4 For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? 8 I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
Now St. Joan of Arc looks at me and says:
Beloved friends of the Cross, it is important that you pray constantly. When you pray, you are speaking to God – remember this! How could the Lord turn you away if you constantly and humbly pray to Him with all your heart? You now know what you must do so that peace may come on earth. Once again I say to you: do not fight with earthly weapons. The rosary in your hands is God’s weapon! Your love for the Lord is a great weapon of God! Whatever you do, do not do it like a flame that quickly goes out; do it out of love for the Lord! This love in your heart will be weighed one day and will remain for eternity. Everything else fades away. Remember, you will be judged by your love!
