Few have actually read the words of St. Ida of Louvain's prophecy about the Plague. But the Pope in Avignon has decided to grant me access to the original records concerning St. Ida's Vision. Below is a word for word account of all she said as best I could translate it from the original Aramaic.

As I held the Infant Savior in my arms last evening, the babe opened his lips and spoke to me. He told me that a great Plague is to sweep through Christendom, one which will put the plagues of the Egyptians to shame.

"For the wickedness of Christendom has become a stench in my nose."

"Woe to those who have treated my people worse than they would treat beasts! In this time, as in the time of the Exodus from Egypt, the sons of Jacob and those who heed their warnings shall be all who survive the coming Plague. Among those who spurn the least of these, men will bury their infant sons. Mothers shall weep and rend their hair."

"Men without heads, who think of nothing but their hunger, shall walk the earth, and they will prey upon the flesh of their fellows."

"Rats shall walk as men, and they shall carry death as a black cloud to blot out the light of all hope for them."

"In that day, many shall cry out to me 'Lord! Lord!' and I shall not hear their cries. I shall turn away my eyes and withhold my mercy."

"For they have abused the foreigner, spat upon the children, and murdered their brothers. They have stolen virgins from their beds and have known them despite their cries. Wormwood has turned their waters bitter. They have ignored my commandments and filled their streets with refuse. They have neglected the widow and the orphan. They have not destroyed the idols of their fathers. They have slain me in their hearts and claim that my blood, and not my will, is their salvation."

"The people shall wear their nations' sins upon their bodies, and their flesh shall turn as black as soot. Their families and their neighbors shall turn away from them, for if they do not they too shall bear their sins on their flesh."

"Kings shall lose their sons as they lay with harlots, and their wives as they embrace babes."

"But when the people of Christendom show sorrow in their wicked ways, then I shall raise up a deliverer among them. He shall bring healing upon all who know him. But the wicked shall spurn his help and plot evil against him. For before he came to them, they did not see how sick they were. Through his eyes they shall understand that they are as writhing snakes, and so they will seek to spill his blood."

"Woe to the whole of Christendom should they prove as wicked as Jacob in the days of the prophets, or the Romans in the days when I walked the Earth. For if they have not learned from the mistakes of their forefathers, then they shall suffer a fate far worse."

"The dead of Sodom and Gomorrah will look upon them with pity. In every city I shall leave only one family alive. In every village one child."

"But if they will heed my call to repent, then, like Nineveh before them, they shall be spared."

"I will lead them to an era of peace and healing. They will understand that all children are precious in my sight. The foreigner shall be friend to them, and their enemies long gone."

"Thus sayeth the Lord: prepare for the coming days, Christendom, when you shall be tested. Heed my warnings and you will be saved from the Black Death that awaits you."

And when Christ was finished speaking, behold! I saw a man with the face of a bird, and he smelled of pleasant fragrances. He wore a coat of black, and carried a scythe in his hands. Wherever his feet tread the land was black, and a dark cloud was always with him.

After that, the Infant Christ allowed me to play with him so that I might be comforted.