I’ve been getting emails about horrific things at night, with some pointing out 3:00 AM or thereabouts.
Some say it’s the mockery of the hour of mercy: 3:00 PM, when our Lord hung on the Cross.
It’s seems to be a bit of a phenomenon, real or perceived. If Satan’s minions do have something to do with a bit of this, it’s so as to create a culture which fears Satan’s power over even times of the day or night, making good people cower and giving idiots the licence to be all the more stupid. It’s all a mind game, either with ourselves or with Satan’s minions, but no more than a mind game.
Don’t play the mind game! The Lord has conquered! And don’t forget, it was 3:00 PM when all hell had broken out on Calvary, when Satan thought he had had a certain victory. But, no. Our Lord rose from the dead, and it is He, Jesus, who has a good grip on us!
And… and… don’t forget the Saint Michael prayer!
Accompany me, Father George David Byers, S.S.L., S.T.D., as I begin life as a Catholic Priest-Hermit by choice. Holy Souls Hermitage is dedicated to the sanctification of my fellow priests, bishops, deacons & seminarians going through the purgatory of this life or the next. Prayer and sacrifice go up, of course, for both Benedict XVI and the next Successor of Saint Peter. 
Right on Father…
Peace be with you all…God bless you Father George…
Father George, no one knows why the 3:00 a.m. phenomenon is happening but it is happening! It has been for years. It happens to me so often that I don’t think it’s strange to wake up at 3:00 a.m, get up, pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet and then go back to bed. I offer up my prayers through our Blessed Mother’s Immaculate Heart for her intentions because she knows who needs our prayers.
The hour of 3:00 a.m. is a time when most of mankind is sleeping and vulnerable to spiritual attacks. (Not everyone says their evening prayers.) This is the time when a lot of people die in their sleep and join the good Lord. It is said that 3:00 a.m. is the time when the veil between heaven and earth is it’s thinnest. These people who are dying, need the prayers of the Church to help them in their transition from this life to the next. However, there may be a battle for their souls. Just like in the Bible, there is mention that St. Michael disputed with Satan over the body of Moses. It is no different now then when it was in the Old Testament days. The 3:00 a.m. wake up call to prayer is an act of charity and protection for those in need of it. I don’t believe it is ever intended to be equivalent to or replace our Lord’s death on the cross at 3:00 p.m. but rather to help those who may be in need of emergency prayer when most of the world is asleep. I believe too that we may even be praying for people in different parts of the world who may be in trouble.
These times are probably the darkest they have ever been in history. When pray-ers get a call, whether it is at 3:00a.m or 3:00 p.m., we have a need to respond and do it without question. I always felt it was for someone who needed extra prayer to make the leap into heavenly bliss. Perhaps it is their reward from the Lord for good and faithful service. Or maybe someone who had an accident or was in grave danger and gave a cry for help. Evil seems to occur under the cover of darkness and you hear the stories of witches and warlocks doing their evil ceremonies at the height of the moon. Maybe heaven is protecting the innocent from evil directed at them. Well, who knows for sure…I don’t. Because of my loss of sleep, it is my sacrifice that I join to my prayer which is offered up for them.
You are quite right to stress that 3:00 pm. is the hour Jesus gave up his spirit to save all of us. We are truly sorry for our sins but enormously grateful that our Lord suffered and died that we may live. Praise to our Lord Jesus Christ!