Mother Yvonne-Aimée of Jesus' predictions concerning the Second World War

Mother Yvonne-Aimée de Malestroit (1901 - 1951) had a life filled with heavenly gifts: visits from Jesus and Mary, suffering, and she was even persecuted by the devil. Yet all these could distract from the essential point: her heroic charity. She showed this, for example, between 1939 and 1945, by helping allied soldiers and French resistance fighters by hiding them in her hospital and aiding their escape. Before 1922, a gift of prophecy had already made her see what was in store for her during the Second World War.

Yvonne-Aimée decorated by General de Gaulle for her acts of resistance / ©DR

Reasons to believe:

As a young nun, Sister Yvonne-Aimée had a sort of daydream in which she saw various scenes that she did not understand. She wrote down these visions, which she described as "madness", purely out of obedience to her spiritual father, a sign of her humility and sincerity. He told her: "Whatever you see, write it down. We'll see. Sometimes things find an explanation later when they come true."

In fact, Yvonne-Aimée's writings foretell and describe various events that came to pass long afterwards. They are, without doubt, true predictions. Historical criticism, graphology and expert reports on Yvonne-Aimée's notebook prove this categorically.

These future events were concrete, normally unpredictable, and described with pertinent detail.s In 1922, Yvonne-Aimée had a vision of men in green invading France, while "cylinders" fell on the towns. Yet at that time the German army had not yet adopted the green uniform. Yvonne-Aimée also specified the date of the start of the Second World War: 1939.

Yvonne also had a vision of the five war decorations she would receive many years later. She saw "a tall general" coming to "greet her". In fact, she was awarded the French Legion of Honour in 1945 by General Charles de Gaulle, who insisted on bestowing this distinction on her personally. We have photos of the event, which took place thirty-three years later. Here again, the prophecy came true in an unmistakable way.

These predictions had a functional role for Yvonne-Aimée's life, for her mission, for France and for the world. Jesus told her that the world war had been "shortened" and positively resolved thanks to the offering of her life.

On the evening of 3 February 1951, Mother Yvonne-Aimée of Jesus died in Malestroit. Six years later, her coffin was opened: her body, immersed in five centimetres of water, was intact.

Summary:

Introduction to Mother Yvonne-Aimée de Malestroit

Yvonne Beauvais was born on 16 July 1901 in Cossé-en-Champagne (Mayenne department in north-western France). As a child, her grandmother read her Saint Therese of Lisieux' Story of a Soul, which so impressed Yvonne that she wished to "become a saint". At the age of nine, she dedicated her life to Christ in a letter she wrote to him in her own blood. At the age of twenty-one, during an illness, she met the Augustinian Hospitaller Sisters of Mercy in Malestroit (Morbihan). On 5 July 1922, in her room in Malestroit, she had a mystical experience during which Jesus showed her the Cross: "Do you want to carry it?" It was at this time that the extraordinary graces and phenomena began. For a while, the bishop of Vannes refused to let her join the Augustinian nuns in Malestroit, fearing that she would have too much influence on the community. At the age of twenty-six, she finally received permission to enter the monastery, under the name Sister Yvonne-Aimée of Jesus (literally, Yvonne the Beloved of Jesus). A practical woman as well as a mystic, and a great organiser, at the age of twenty-seven she launched the project for a modern clinic near the monastery, which opened in 1929. In 1932, she became mistress of novices and, in 1935, she was elected superior of the Malestroit monastery.

Two prophecies about the coming of the Second World War

The year was 1922. She was not yet a nun, but convalescing at the sisters' clinic in Malestroit. In a sort of daydream, she clearly saw "a terrible day because, as if at midday, darkness covered the earth and spirals of smoke seemed to rise towards the sky, rather like wisps coming out of a censer, without there being a lit censer". She tried to interpret her visions: "These are trials to come. They will be absolutely incredible."Yet she rejoiced, because she knew that the Lord would come and help them.

Then she saw soldiers coming. They were everywhere, bustling and running. They were getting on and off lorries. The striking thing is that their uniforms was green. She wrote: "These uniforms are not those of our soldiers." She also saw " planes dropping big cylinders on towns and setting huge fires". She mentioned this to the clinic chaplain, who was sceptical at first, but then told her: "Whatever you see, write it down. We'll see. Sometimes things find an explanation later when they actually happen." And indeed, her letters and manuscript were found after the Second World War, and everything made sense. The notebook was authenticated, and everything she wrote in it actually happened, including the declaration of war in 1939.

But she also saw other things: she saw herself dressed as a nun, wearing a black veil. She saw "a tall general decorating her and honouring her for all the things she had done during the war". This too came true when General de Gaulle gave her the Legion of Honour in July 1945. Witnesses heard him whisper in her ear: "I hope you're not in London at the same time, being decorated by Churchill".Mother Yvonne-Aimée de Malestroit received five distinctions for her high acts of resistance:

Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (1945);
Croix de guerre 1939-1945, with bronze palm (1945);
Medal of the French Resistance (decree of 3 January 1946);
French Recognition Medal (3 January 1946);
King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom (by the British Consul, 7 August 1949).

The death of Mother Yvonne-Aimée

After the war, Mother Yvonne-Aimée's body was worn down by successive illnesses, as well as mental and spiritual suffering. She wore the decorations she had received, but not for her own glory: rather, it was for the glory of God, who saved her from all the dangers during the war. On the evening of 3 February 1951, she died in Malestroit from a cerebral haemorrhage, just as she was about to visit nuns of the order in Natal, South Africa. She was forty-nine years old.

Six years later, her coffin was opened and her body, lying in five centimetres of water, was intact. She is still buried today in the small cemetery of the Augustines de Malestroit monastery.

In 2009, Monsignor Raymond Centène, Bishop of Vannes, once again officially requested that the Vatican examine her case carefully with a view to her beatification.

Arnaud Dumouch holds a degree in religious studies from Belgium. In 2015, he and Abbé Henri Ganty founded the Institut Docteur Angélique, which offers a full online course in Catholic philosophy and theology, in line with Benedict XVI's hermeneutics of continuity.

Beyond reasons to believe:

It would have been interesting to interview Yvonne-Aimée de Malestroit to find out whether the visions she had bolstered her courage during the war, knowing in advance that she would survive the events. Indeed, from 1940 to 1944, she act with true heroism: she was denounced and tortured for the help she gave to the Resistance. In 1940, in Malestroit, the community buildings were requisitioned by the Germans to be used as a hospital. This did not stop her from continuing her Resistance work. With the help of the other sisters, and thanks to her many tricks and strategic genius, she managed to care for and hide soldiers, Jews, French resistance fighters and even the famous General Audibert, head of the Resistance's Secret Army. Sometimes she disguised parachutists as nuns in order to hide them from the Gestapo.