Finally I have found the FULL quote that I have been looking for from JPII 2 years before he became the pope. I found it in this article by Fr Dwight Longenecker who got it from a different article by Fr CJ McCloskey. The link is Fr Longenecker's article no longer leads to Fr McCloskey 'a article but I found that link at that address using the internet archives. Fr. McCloskeys article can now be found at this link, https://web.archive.org/web/20140906045955/http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2014/the-final-confrontation.html
We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has gone through. I do not think that wide circles of American society or wide circles of the Christian community realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-Church, of the Gospel versus the anti-Gospel.
“We must be prepared to undergo great trials in the not-too-distant future; trials that will require us to be ready to give up even our lives, and a total gift of self to Christ and for Christ. Through your prayers and mine, it is possible to alleviate this tribulation, but it is no longer possible to avert it. . . .How many times has the renewal of the Church been brought about in blood! It will not be different this time.”
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