A lady who claimed to see apparitions of Jesus told me I will be a priest and I don't know what to think

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I’m 17. I am interested in the supernatural. I heard about a catholic chapel where miracles supposedly have occurred (they claimed a lady with stage 4 leukemia was cured, among other things). I contacted someone over Chapel’s facebook page and they told me there have been apparitions of Mary and Jesus. Because of the apparitions and miracles I was intrigued and went. I wanted to see these supernatural occurrences. Yesterday my grandmother and I stopped in to the chapel to see it. When we got there we were shocked to see that it was in a small neighborhood at someones house. The chapel building was intended as a garage, they turned it into a chapel instead. They also had an expensive giftshop. My grandmother and I walked into the chapel and looked around. We walked out and saw there was a sign on the shop that said to ring that door bell. We did so and an elderly lady walked out of the house which is located on the same property and introduced herself. She opened the shop and we talked for a while. She told us about how she saw many apparitions of Jesus and could “see him just as if he were actually there in real life”. She said she is the only one who can see them. We went back into a chapel with her and continued our conversation. She was asking me about my plans after high school and I was telling her about the colleges I applied to, she then cut me off and said “when are you going to take the collar?”. I was flabbergasted, I knew what she meant. I told her I do not want to be part of the clergy and she told me the reason she had asked me if I had ever been an altar server was because when she saw me she “saw me being a priest” (referring to me being a priest, maybe she had a vision). I made an excuse to leave and promptly left.

I really really really do not want to be a priest. I cannot reiterate enough how strongly I feel that the priesthood is not my vocation. I have mental health problems and am very introverted. There are many other reasons but I am just not preist material. Not to mention I wouldn’t want to be a Catholic Priest with all the sex scandals in the church. I also want to have a wife someday and maybe kids, I don’t wanna die alone.

Now one of the “miracles” she told me about was that the Virgin mary leave glitter in the chapel. She showed me some glitter that was in the case with a statue of mary, she also showed me some on the floor. I could tell this was store bought glitter. Even if it were not, why would mary leave glitter?

Upon a quick internet search I found out that this chapel is not associated with the catholic church, it is not listed as a chapel nor a church nor an oratory on the official website of the diocese it is in. It seems like she bought a lot of religious articles, set them up in her garage and called it a chapel. perhaps it is all a scam to get people to buy stuff from her gift shop.

I don’t know but those last two points make me very wary about this. But her telling me I would be a priest has made me very upset because that is not what I want and after much prayer I feel that is not what god wants either.

Any thoughts?
 
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You visited a person who is deluded at best and selling snake oil at worst.

I’d simply shake the dust off and move on.
 
It sounds like this affected you emotionally and it may take some time to clear this out of your mind. Maybe going to a movie or watching some shows on TV will help you refocus. There are no such people who can validly say things like this.

Resist the idea that this person has some power over you, which she does not.
 
Italia19 said:
Because of the apparitions and miracles I was intrigued and went.
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What has your Bishop said concerning this Apparition?
Italia19 said:
When we got there we were shocked to see that it was in a small neighborhood at someones house.
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Well, that sounds legitimate…
Italia19 said:
I really really really do not want to be a priest.
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I have great news for you. That woman isn’t God and nobody can force you to become a Priest.
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Now one of the “miracles” she told me about was that the Virgin mary leave glitter in the chapel.
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That’s a scam. She’s a fraud and/or delusional.
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Any thoughts?
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Disregard the entire encounter. Do not go back there. Finally, report it to your Diocese. It smells of fakery.
 
Some have prophesied about vocations, a priest (or was it his Bishop?) that Fulton Sheen went to (for confession?) once said that Fulton Sheen would one day be greater than he (the priest/bishop), Sheen became an Archbishop (admittedly it was because people wanted to get him off TV, etc., but still…). I believe a similar story occurred between Karol Wojtyla and Padre Pio. That said, it is strange, and I wouldn’t read too much into it, though you ought to be open to the possibility of being called to the priesthood (many priests want/wanted a wife and kids, Fr. Mike Schmitz was dating a girl when he felt the call) usually the people who make good priests would make good fathers and the people who would make good fathers would make good priests.
 
Hi Unitarian, this is the second completely off-topic post I’ve read by you in a thread. We are happy to discuss with you, but please make your own thread with your own issues and concerns.

What you are doing - going into threads and derailing them with stuff completely off topic to the thread - is against the rules of the Forum and if you don’t stop, you will likely be flagged and moderated.
 
Throwing up one accusation after another is not going to foster dialogue.

Please search for existing threads or begin your own for each topic.
 
Welcome, Unitarian!
I, and I would assume others, would be happy to consider your accusations and statements, but only if you start your own thread so we can deal with them one by one and not derail this thread. Your shotgun approach reminds me of a college sophomore who, after 2 months of intro to philosophy, comes home to Thanksgiving dinner having the whole world figured out. What you’ve stated here might be new to you, but most have seen it before.
 
Right now I’m trying to rationalize how someone can read multiple posts asking them not to derail a thread, and yet they continue to ask non relevant questions to the Op. I’ll mute this thread while I ponder this conundrum and hope to see you down the road on a thread you actually start.
 
A lady told you she thinks you should be a priest. A lady who has a chapel in her garage. Her opinion should have as much weight as anybody else’s that met you for the first time.
 
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