So many locutions floating around these days. Sometimes discerning them wears me out. Among recent apparitions, I keep circling back to Kibeho. http://www.spiritdaily.net/kibehoprediction.htm http://catholicstand.com/lady-kibeho-listening/ http://kibeho.org/en/history.php) As far as preparation goes, studying the approved apparitions/messages of Kibeho sobers me every time I think of them. The Blessed Mother told the visionaries that what was to come in Rwanda was also coming to the whole world if there was no repentence. These messages, which hit hard on sexual immorality, pre-dated the AIDS outbreak. It's also chilling to note that the genocide was carried out neighbor against neighbor. It was a diabolical disorientation that lasted 3 months and took a million lives by some reports. One of the killers told Immaculee (http://www.immaculee.com/) that he can't explain his behavior, and that he now misses the people he killed! And there were Catholic priests who participated!
Perhaps the mass murders in the USA are the shadow of Kibeho, the portent of what is to come. In fact I am sure they are.