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A very happy and holy New Year and a blessed Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God to you all!

The First and Last Deception is now available! Here is the Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/First-Last-Deception-Aliens-Return-ebook/dp/B0DJFWQ421

The Audiobook is coming soon; for now, here is the entire Part One, for free:

I will also soon be selling the book (in all formats) directly at TheFirstAndLastDeception.com , though I’m not set up for that just yet. (The Ebook, at least, should be available there in a few days.) Discounted bulk orders will also soon be available there.

Here’s what some great Catholics who read the manuscript last month have said about the book: (full reviews at bottom of post)

“In this excellent volume, Professor O’Connor … shows how the teaching of Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Church’s Magisterium illuminates the faithful Catholic with respect to the avalanche of recent allegations of UFOs sightings. O’Connor shows how Satan is continuing his ancient deception of the human race today, hidden in plain sight. The recent ramping up of UFO claims, allegedly intelligent extraterrestrial life, and the involvement of the US government (and world governments) in the midst of it all is not merely the next “psyop”; rather, it is an essential part of the diabolical plan to deceive the human race to reject Christian faith and the offer of eternal life. Informative and pragmatic, this book also serves as an extended spiritual meditation on the human condition, salvation history, the enemy’s wiles, and God’s goodness, truth, mercy, and power.  A must read!

— Dr. Michael Sirilla, Professor of Systematic and Dogmatic Theology, Franciscan University of Steubenville

Fearless, thought-provoking, and even appropriately controversial, Daniel O’Connor’s latest book, The First and Last Deception, gives the reader much to ponder on hot-button topics, such as UFOs, aliens, and A.I. As always, his extensive research and academic training in the Catholic faith are on full display. Having attended seminary with him, I know first-hand Daniel’s orthodoxy and his love of the truth of Catholicism. Although some may disagree, O’Connor presents a compelling argument that the whole notion of non-human intelligent incarnate life is the final deception referred to in Scripture. It behooves all of us to consider this possibility, or else risk being “unprepared” for the end times as Christ has warned.

—Fr. Chris Alar, MIC. Provincial Superior & Director of the Marian Helpers at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy

“A masterful, if not definitive refutation of the alien hypothesis.”

— Mark Mallett, Evangelist, Host of Countdown to the Kingdom & The Now Word, and Author of The Final Confrontation 

One would think that with more or less two trillion galaxies and 200 billion trillion (sextillion) stars in our ever-expanding universe, it would only make sense that other rational beings could exist somewhere out there—right? With the United States Congress holding actual hearings on UFO’s, they must be onto something—no? After all, sane people have recounted seeing unidentified flying objects for years—and didn’t some saint say that there could be intelligent life in the universe, besides little us? Really, there is no logical fallacy or harm in believing that aliens exist. Or is there?

The First and Last Deception surprised me. My mind was airtight on the possibility of there being rational creatures among the two trillion galaxies, until Daniel O’Connor’s extensive research, arguments and incontrovertible truths punched holes in my assumptions. Now I feel that humanity needs to read this book and pass it onto others, even to those who could care less about the subject. Why? Because an enemy is lurking behind alien eyes. This enemy is real, but not what people think. We must waste no time now in forming a Catholic fortress against a tsunami of extraterrestrial lies that is advancing, threatening to kill the faith of many.  

— Christine Watkins, Author of The Warning & Founder of Queen of Peace Media

The “alien” phenomena either has a faith-based answer (it’s demons);or, it has a natural answer (it’s fake and is being fabricated by those secret societies in power- such as in the deep state). The Church has never spoken about “UFO sightings” as a matter of Church teaching, so you are free to discern for yourself the credibility of the claims made about them. However, I believe Daniel O’Connor convincingly argues that the UFO phenomenon is demonic in origin (the Bible says that Satan can appear to us “as an angel of light” —2 Corinthians 11:14); and that these are demonic manifestations intended to take your eyes off of Jesus and your faith and make you chase diabolical shadows. Kyle Clement wrote that “Demons will masquerade and come in the form that you want them to come as based on what’s in your memory.” Atheism and unbelief is one of the biggest problems we face today (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2123); therefore as a consequence of this sin, God allows the devil to deceive us. 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 (RSV) “The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are to perish, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore, God sends upon them a strong delusion, to make them believe what is false, so that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” These UFOs are wicked deceptions caused by Satan because people reject the truth, therefore God will punish us with these UFO delusions so that we end up believing what is false. Gullible secular humanists believe that UFOs are saviors from another world; in fact, they are demonic manifestations intended to take you down the rabbit hole to hell. (Notice that those who claim they were abducted by aliens say they couldn’t move. Could this be “diabolical oppression”? They also say the aliens looked like reptiles. Well, the Holy Bible calls the devil “nahash” in Genesis 3:15, and “nahash” means “serpent dragon”: a reptile.) All these UFO encounters, and now our military suddenly coming out with more reports and sightings seems very suspicious.  Marxist atheists will come up with anything to make us believe “we’re not alone.” Here is a theory: what if the Antichrist tries to disguise himself as an “alien” who has “the solutions” (false solutions) for mankind? Our society is conditioned to accept almost anything right now. The Antichrist could make use of this great falsehood: “we’re not alone in the Universe” to put the nail in the coffin for so many; seducing modern men to lose what little faith they have in Christianity–especially if he portrays himself as an alien with superior intelligence.

—Jesse Romero, Radio Host, Evangelist, & Author of The Devil in the City of Angels: My Encounters With the Diabolical

I’ve also done two webcasts on the book recently (many more coming; stay tuned!):

With Mark Mallett on Countdown to the Kingdom:

With Doug Barry and Fr. Heilman on US Grace Force:

Also, an announcement:

I have closed my Albany PO Box. (Unfortunately, almost all the downtown daily Masses in Albany have been eliminated, so nothing brings me there on a regular basis any longer, as I’ve switched my daily Mass routine elsewhere.) Moving forward, please send all mail to:

Daniel O’Connor

279 Troy Rd STE 9

Box 133

Rensselaer, NY 12144

I finally have a bulk orders page for An Introduction to Living in the Divine Will set up. (Apologies for the delay!) You can place a bulk order here: www.DSDOConnor.com/Orders If you place a bulk order within the next few days, it should arrive before Christmas. 

Apologies if you’ve reached out to me and I haven’t been able to respond. As I’m putting the finishing touches on The First and Last Deception, I’ve had to mostly set aside my email inbox (and other things; i.e., podcasts). But I will be getting back to all of that soon!

The book will indeed be released on January 1st. Although Amazon only let me set up a pre-order page for the eBook, it will be released simultaneously as an eBook and a Paperback–at that same page. (I also hope to have the audiobook completed and ready to order on that same day, although it’s possible there will be a slight delay for that.)

This book could not be coming at a more opportune time. Even as someone who has written against the ET/UFO Deception for years, I am stunned to see how quickly and powerfully it is unfolding, and how many are falling for it on both sides of the aisle (not to mention even those within the Church who should know better). Just last month, there was yet another US Congressional Testimony. There, the world was told again, by government officials, that aliens are among us. 

It is all a lie, and it is a deliberate paving of the way for a pseudo-messianism in opposition to Jesus Christ.

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It is urgent and essential that everyone be guarded against this lie, which is–more and more each day–promising to become The Great Deception itself.

It is, moreover, vital to understand the genuinely Catholic assessment of it. Many Evangelicals are sounding the alarm (and long have been), but unfortunately their own well-meaning efforts to do so often involve leading their followers into other errors. The only approach to the ET/UFO Deception (and, now, also, the AI Deception) that will keep one’s soul safe is one guided by Scripture, Tradition, AND Magisterium (and, yes, good science and philosophy). My upcoming book provides all of those, and in a very compact package. The First and Last Deception  is much shorter and much easier to read than my massive 2023 tome, Only Man Bears His Image. However, this is not only a far smaller version of that book. It also contains the fruits of a massive amount of additional research and analysis I’ve done in the year since. No one will want to miss this one.

Now, on to a few thoughts on the days ahead.

There is much rejoicing at the massive “Red Wave” that just swept America. I, too, rejoice in this. Yet we should be reminded that this is no onset of the Era of Peace. Anything but. And too many are letting their guard down; they are forgetting the lessons they recently learned at Boot Camp.

“When people say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as travail comes upon a woman with child, and there will be no escape.” —1 Thessalonians 5:13

The same nefarious global elite still retain the vast majority of the power in this world that they long have. 

They may even try something unprecedented to disrupt the transfer of power that is planned for January. Perhaps they will seek to formally initiate World War 3. Who knows. I say this not as a prediction, much less a prophecy: only a warning to remain vigilant. Now is not the time to sit back, relax, and relish apparent victory. 

I have quoted this passage from Jesus to Luisa often:

 “My daughter, the whole world is upside down, and everyone is awaiting changes, peace, new things.  They themselves gather to discuss about it, and are surprised at not being able to conclude anything and to come to serious decisions.  So, true peace does not arise, and everything resolves into words, but no facts.  And they hope that more conferences may serve to make serious decisions, but they wait in vain.  In the meantime, in this waiting, they are in fear, and some prepare themselves for new wars, some hope for new conquests.  But, with this, the peoples are impoverished, are stripped alive, and while they are waiting, tired of the sad present era, dark and bloody, which enwraps them, they wait and hope for a new era of peace and of light.  The world is exactly at the same point as when I was about to come upon earth.  All were awaiting a great event, a new era, as indeed occurred.  The same now; since the great event, the new era in which the Will of God may be done on earth as It is in Heaven, is coming – everyone is awaiting this new era, tired of the present one, but without knowing what this new thing, this change is about, just as they did not know it when I came upon earth.  This expectation is a sure sign that the hour is near. ” – July 14, 1923

The election of anti-globalist leaders in unprecedented proportions is a testimony to precisely this sentiment that the message above refers to. People are absolutely sick and tired of the status quo. They know that “something’s got to give.” And among so many other signs, this, too, is “a sure sign that the hour is near”

But as Jesus also says, people are unaware of what He is preparing.

The Era of Peace is coming. But the Chastisements will come before it. Buckle up.

It is Advent. We are preparing for the Coming of Christ. Now would be a good time to, above all, get your spiritual house in order. Live in the Divine Will. And it would also be a good time to ensure your pantry is stocked with non-perishable foods, (which you can cook), that you have plenty of extra water, that you’ve got some extra gasoline, warmth, and so on.

So take some prudent measures (to whatever extent you discern you are called), set them in a corner somewhere, and forget about them so that you can focus on the mission. Trusting the Divine Mercy, Proclaiming the Divine Mercy. Living In the Divine Will, proclaiming the Divine Will. Do these with all your heart, and the Kingdom will come sooner than you could have imagined. 

I have been in touch with a very special priest for over a year now, and I have become convinced that the visions he has been receiving for almost all of his life are indeed authentic calls from Heaven. They are also prophetic.

I will call him Fr. John. He wishes to remain anonymous—and for all the right reasons. He is an American Catholic priest in good standing, and as he is very dedicated to his priestly ministry and to his flock. He does not want public exposure for his visions to risk interfering with that.  But I can assure you based on my own conversations with him and my own knowledge of his situation that he is indeed a good, holy, humble, orthodox Catholic priest who is deeply faithful to his vocation and is under spiritual direction.

Since he began sharing his visions with me over a year ago, they have edified me greatly, and I am sharing some of them here (with his permission) in hopes that they will do the same for you. When he verbally described these visions to me, I can tell you that I really felt the truth in them.  

What follows is not my interpretation or understanding of his visions – I asked him to type up the visions himself, so that there would be no risk I misremembered something as he explained them to me. All I did was optimize the formatting, etc.

Click here to open the file.

If you have any problems with that PDF file, you can find the same content in a post here. 

I’d like to highlight the following excerpts from the document above:

The living crucifix rapidly descended toward me. The sky remained a clear blue, and yet the clouds seemed to dissipate in the wake of an extraordinary golden-silver light that emanated from Him and the Cross. The rapidity with which the Crucifix descended itself seemed to impress upon me the notion that “He was coming” and that much would indeed “be burned away in His wake.. For a number of years following, this same vision repeated maybe half-a-dozen times, always building upon itself, more elements “added” each time.  .”

He then shares more details (please read them all) from the vision, such as:

The sound is coming from the Cross itself; the rumble of the Cross passes through every living thing, so that it literally vibrates in our bones, in every cell. All at once, we—the entire world—knows that God is real, and that Jesus Christ is Lord. 

Note that Fr. John received this vision long before he had ever heard of “The Warning,” yet the experience is nevertheless in this aspect (and many other ways he explained to me) a striking prophecy about precisely that. Combining such observations along with other features of his life and ministry as it now stands—as they relate to certain details of the visions (I cannot share more than that)—a striking inference emerges: if these visions are authentic, and I believe they are,… then The Warning is likely very imminent. 

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I have been hearing from so many people around the world who are experiencing entirely new and extremely heavy crosses in their lives right now. If you are among such souls, please know that this is for a reason, and you are not alone. Your brothers and sisters in Christ across the world are going through the same thing. God is putting the finishing touches on the preparation of your soul for what lies ahead. Do not lose trust. God is about to act in an extraordinary way. Hold on. 

Remember that those times in which you feel desolation are not the times to make course-changes to your life; such suggestions, when they arise in those circumstances, are usually temptations from the Devil.

So, keep praying all of your prayers; keep frequenting the Sacraments; keep doing what God has called you to do; keep faithful to your vows and your vocation; keep the flame of hope alive in your heart even for those close to you who seem to have suddenly turned away from God definitively (even if they have died, and no matter how they died—simply assume they made it to Purgatory, and pray & fast for them with great hope). Keep your soul in God’s grace.

Let me share one more excerpt from the visions. Last year–I cannot remember if it was at a conference, or in a webcast, or what have you – I made reference to this part of the vision, as it is greatly encouraging. He first describes fire engulfing much of the world, but then adds:

…in the midst of the raging flames were groups of people. They stood together in circles, facing inward, with their backs to the fire. They each held a rosary in their hands and were praying. As they prayed, and regardless of the color and material of which their beads were made, each rosary emitted a radiant golden light. The light enveloped these groups of praying people. Wherever the light shown, the flames were halted. I distinctly remember seeing what I can only describe as “islands” of green grass and blue sky amidst the flames.

When the flames emerge, remind yourself of God’s promises.

“…my dear Jesus showed me, with facts, how the Sovereign Queen descended from Heaven with an unspeakable majesty, and a tenderness fully maternal; and She went around in the midst of creatures, throughout all nations, and She marked Her dear children and those who were not to be touched by the scourges.  Whomever my Celestial Mother touched, the scourges had no power to touch those creatures…” —The Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta

Father John has received many more visions than these. If he discerns that more should be shared, then I will be sure to post them.