Agree with Marion and Durango.  I think anything else is fantasy or wishful thinking.  ("Oh well, I probably won't have to worry about this in my lifetime.") The devil is playing his usual hide-and-seek game, but I am not fooled. This does not mean that I think I'm of such stalwart soul and body that I'm any more prepared than others.  I'm trying to walk the fine line between trust and vigilance, and definitely, definitely to make another General Confession within the next two years maximum.  I would highly recommend the latter for all devout Catholics.  

I don't think we should count on a particular prophecy to guarantee a period of restoration/peace before the final battle.  Someone said on this thread or another that the outcomes of prophecies can vary radically depending on how the Church and the world respond, have responded, etc.  What "would have been true"/predictable/likely 100, 50, 20, or even 5 years ago may no longer be operative, especially in a particular sequence or "timeline."  I think it is very dangerous to assume "long periods" for anything.  That is also a failure to understand what the term "era" or "period" might mean or what it once meant.  Could have once meant 100 years and now means three years.  Be careful of "fitting" God into our expectations and trying to become individual "prophets" ourselves.

Just be ready, and detach ourselves from any "loves" subordinate to divine love or competing with it.

Minor Chastisement or End Times?

What say you?  What say your priests?

And you Miser Peccator? What say you? Any ideas, or just asking?

I probably lean towards the end times scenario from what I am seeing, but I would never rule out the power of Mary's intercession.

Well then, let's ask Our Lady Mary Queen of Heaven to intercede, that Our Lord may come as soon as possible. Why would anyone prefer more of this drama going on down here?

I must say I agree with that.  Some say Mary's era of peace is what comes after His arrival.

Yes, a true and real era of peace would have to be "the final era of peace". No more sin, at all.

We are in THE end times. There is no doubt. All Biblical prophecies will be fulfilled by the end of this decade. 

My best guess on specific stages is as follows: 

1. We are now in what Our Lord calls "the birth pangs." 

2. The next phase--the outright persecution of the faithful remnant by "the governors" (again the words of Our Lord). Think vaccine-related restrictions on buying and selling.

3. The next phase will be initiated by a supernatural event, described as "The Warning," which will not be heeded by most. It will probably be related to forcing vaccines on infants and small children under the age of reason.

4. Then, more intense persecution followed by another supernatural event, described as "The Miracle," after this happens there will be "a short period of peace" and many souls will covert but most will quickly fall away because of a mass media deception. 

5. Finally, after the last act of Divine Mercy ("the Miracle") and its aftermath are over, the Great and Final Chastisement, the Day of the Lord, the Wrath, will commence. The Elect will not experience God's Wrath. Only those who have consistently rejected Our Lord's calls to repentance will experience the Wrath. This "splitting" off of the experience, the rewarding for some and the punishment for others, is very important. Most people worried about the end times seem to be worried about being punished by Our Lord. But if you keep the Commandments and treat your neighbors with Charity, you need not be worried.

A storm is coming. All of this is coming in a handful of years. Persevere and receive your reward. Detach yourself from "the world" and "worldly concerns." Prepare to meet Jesus face to face soon. If you are ready, you will have nothing to worry about. 

But I do agree we are heading toward rough waters. Though they aren't the final days. The prophesies are revolution (possibly due to unrest and the vax mandates that put people out of jobs), then famine, pestilence (kind of a second great depression) that morphs into the 3rd WW and that will morph into the 3 days. Its supposed to be short but swift and hard. Then the resoration and the final age of the church

My sense is that the lack of a visible head for the past ~60 odd years is part of the chastisement. 

Regarding a period of peace, we actually have enjoyed a period of relative peace.  Prior to 1950 there were 2 world wars with hundreds of million dead or displaced in the space of 40 years.  Today's conflicts pale in comparison, and there hasn't been a major conflict in Europe pretty much since WW2.  Not sure what people are looking for to be honest, but it seems to me we are having a period of peace and have had one for about 80 years.