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to the time of the Forty Years (A.D. 2000 to 2039/2040), especially the mid 

to late 2030's. The first few years of the Forty Years will have less suffering, 

and the remainder of the Forty Years will have more suffering, and the last 

seven or so years will have the most suffering. 

10.  On Henoch and Elias. `They will suddenly appear on earth full of the 

Spirit of God, when the Church becomes darkened and the world in terrible 

agony. They will convert those of good will and comfort the oppressed 

Christians. With the help of the Holy Spirit they will have great success 

against the heresies of Antichrist. But in the end they will be delivered unto 

death.'   

    These words are true; they echo the words of Holy Scripture. Here, the 

Virgin Mary is telling us about the two prophets of the book of Revelation 

(Rev 11:3 13). These words also agree with the secret given to Melanie 

(paragraphs 31, 32). 

    Henoch is Enoch  of the book of Genesis (Gen 5:18 24). Elias is the 

prophet Elijah (2 Kings 2:9 12). Since neither of those two holy men seems 

to have died, the two prophets of Revelation may in fact be Enoch and 

Elijah. Or, it may be that the two prophets of Revelation resemble Enoch 

and Elijah in their spirit and power (cf. Luke 1:17). The two prophets are 

sent because, during times of great suffering, God always gives His Divine 

help to His children. 

The Secret of Melanie Calvat 

    Melanie's secret is much longer and more detailed than Maximin's secret. 

As with Maximin's secret, some of the passages have a dual meaning, 

referring both to the sufferings of the Forty Years (21st century) and to the 

nearly seven years of the Church's great suffering (25th century). 

    The Virgin Mary gave Melanie her secret in French. There are a number 

of different translations of Melanie's secret. The translation given here is a 

new translation. I have based this new translation on a copy of the original 

manuscript of the 1904 edition of  Le Secret De Melanie, handwritten (in 

French) by Abbe Combe, Cure of Diou (Allier), published in Lyon, France. 

He obtained from Melanie a copy of her secret  entirely written by her 

hand  and which conformed to the text of the secret originally printed in 

1879, at Lecce, France.

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    This 1904 manuscript corrected several typographical errors made by the 

publisher of that first edition, which was published in 1879 with the 

Imprimatur of Monseigneur Zola, Bishop of Lecce. Melanie had added her 

own comments within several of the paragraphs of the secret given to her by