Did the Rosary Save This Priest from the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima?

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Eight missionary-priests were eight blocks from where the atomic bomb exploded. Everything around except for their house was destroyed. They were not harmed at all, didn’t even have radiation sickness, which was to be expected. They believed they were unharmed because they lived the message of Fatima. Because they faithfully prayed the rosary every day.
see epicpew.com/rosary-save-priest-atomic-bomb-hiroshima/
 
If they believe that is what happened, then its good enough for me. I’ve heard the story before, and scientific explanations of radiation shadows and the like - waaaaay back in the day, before the internet even…none ever seemed as plausible as divine intervention!
 
All miracles in all likelihood use vagaries of physical law, rather than overt violations of it, to take hold. What makes it a miracle is that it happened just in the way and place and time needed.

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mdgspencer said:
Eight missionary-priests were eight blocks from where the atomic bomb exploded. Everything around except for their house was destroyed. They were not harmed at all, didn’t even have radiation sickness, which was to be expected. They believed they were unharmed because they lived the message of Fatima. Because they faithfully prayed the rosary every day.
see epicpew.com/rosary-save-priest-atomic-bomb-hiroshima/
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Its a miracle if the Church says its a miracle. We cannot say something is a miracle.
 
It happened at St Maximillian Kolbe’s friary in Nagasaki as well.
Franciscan Friary established by St Maximilian Kolbe in Nagasaki before the war was likewise unaffected by the bomb which fell there. St Maximilian, who was well-known for his devotion to the Blessed Virgin, had decided to go against the advice he had been given to build his friary in a certain location. When the bomb was dropped, the friary was protected from the force of the bomb by an intervening mountain. So both at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we can see Mary’s protective hand at work.
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From what I recall, the friary was built on a side of a hill in an area no one wanted. The Japanese government would only allow them to locate there, thinking it would not survive anyway.

Well it did. The friary was on the back side of the hill from the atomic bomb blast, and the friars survived. After the bomb dropped, they went to serve the survivors. They even opened their friary to the victims.

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Not sure… Surely God does not have favourites.

Thinking of the italian earthquake when a little girl died saving her small sister from death by covering her with her body.
 
Rosebud77 said:
Not sure… Surely God does not have favourites.

Thinking of the italian earthquake when a little girl died saving her small sister from death by covering her with her body.
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That’s the awful quandary when hearing of these events, isn’t it? I always try to imagine how I would justify seeming injustices to my atheist daughter.

For every account we hear of a child being saved from a precipice by her guardian angel, someone else can quote news reports of a toddler dying in a fire.

For every person cured of a tumour following a Novena, anyone can point to the children’s cancer ward at the local hospital. Aren’t parents praying for them, too?

I’m not decrying the power of prayer. But I think we should not think it is automatic, or that certain classes of people are special.

I hope and pray that one day (probably after death) we will understand why.

Meanwhile, I’m afraid I find sentimental tales rather irritating.
 
paperwight66 said:
That’s the awful quandary when hearing of these events, isn’t it? I always try to imagine how I would justify seeming injustices to my atheist daughter.

For every account we hear of a child being saved from a precipice by her guardian angel, someone else can quote news reports of a toddler dying in a fire.

For every person cured of a tumour following a Novena, anyone can point to the children’s cancer ward at the local hospital. Aren’t parents praying for them, too?

I’m not decrying the power of prayer. But I think we should not think it is automatic, or that certain classes of people are special.

I hope and pray that one day (probably after death) we will understand why.

Meanwhile, I’m afraid I find sentimental tales rather irritating.
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Indeed. We as Christians are far too ready to scream “miracle!” when all the gates open to allow a happy ending. But what should we then do when all the gates close to allow a tragedy?

ICXC NIKA
 
Whenever I hear of something miraculous happening … and then I hear of some tragedy that happened … all I tell myself is who am I to question God’s motives.
 
Rosebud77 said:
Not sure… Surely God does not have favourites.

Thinking of the italian earthquake when a little girl died saving her small sister from death by covering her with her body.
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No, sorry to burst this bubble, but theologically speaking, in actuality God does have favourites. Jesus Christ Himself was a favourite of the Father. The Blessed Virgin Mary was, as St. Gabriel the archangel had said, full of grace and that the Lord is with Her. Moses was a murderer, David was a murderer and an adulterer, and they were both favoured over other murderers and killers in the OT.

If anything, this should be a testament to the Saints who truly have intercessory power over others.
 
multitude said:
No, sorry to burst this bubble, but theologically speaking, in actuality God does have favourites. Jesus Christ Himself was a favourite of the Father. The Blessed Virgin Mary was, as St. Gabriel the archangel had said, full of grace and that the Lord is with Her. Moses was a murderer, David was a murderer and an adulterer, and they were both favoured over other murderers and killers in the OT.

If anything, this should be a testament to the Saints who truly have intercessory power over others.
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Which saints do not have intercessory powers?
 
thistle said:
Which saints do not have intercessory powers?
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All of them have intercessory powers technically. Just saying that this case ought more to be a testament that some saints, say, Our Lady, have far stronger intercessory power than anyone else. And precisely because, God actually does have favourites.

This concept may be disquieting to some people but it really shouldn’t be. God loves everyone but it does not necessarily mean He does not have favourites.
 
multitude said:
All of them have intercessory powers technically. Just saying that this case ought more to be a testament that some saints, say, Our Lady, have far stronger intercessory power than anyone else. And precisely because, God actually does have favourites.

This concept may be disquieting to some people but it really shouldn’t be. God loves everyone but it does not necessarily mean He does not have favourites.
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You cannot say he listens some some saints and not to others and this is certainly nothing the Church teaches. You should have at least said it is only your opinion and not based on anything.
 
thistle said:
You cannot say he listens some some saints and not to others and this is certainly nothing the Church teaches. You should have at least said it is only your opinion and not based on anything.
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When did I actually say that? I merely said that some truly have intercessory powers over others. That doesn’t necessarily mean that God doesn’t listen to the prayers of other saints. But if you wish to put words in my mouth…

Anyways, my response was more because of people’s refusal to give benefit of the doubt, based on bad theological assumption. It’s one thing to refuse to give benefit of doubt, it’s another when people base it on the wrong idea. And God certainly has favourites.
 
multitude said:
When did I actually say that? I merely said that some truly have intercessory powers over others. That doesn’t necessarily mean that God doesn’t listen to the prayers of other saints. But if you wish to put words in my mouth…

Anyways, my response was more because of people’s refusal to give benefit of the doubt, based on bad theological assumption. It’s one thing to refuse to give benefit of doubt, it’s another when people base it on the wrong idea. And God certainly has favourites.
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I quote you: If anything, this should be a testament to the Saints who truly have intercessory power over others.

The Church neither teaches that some saints have no intercessory powers nor that some have greater intercessory powers.

All of this is pure unfounded speculation on your part. You should at least say its only your opinion and stop trying to push your view on us about something the Church does not teach.
 
Let’s consider what we know:
  1. The priests were mere blocks from ground zero of a nuclear blast
  2. They had been praying the Holy Rosary together daily
  3. The Blessed Virgin promises her special protection for those who pray the Holy Rosary - prayer of the family rosary, she said, is a most powerful protection. The priests living together serve as a family situation, praying together
  4. They were not injured by the blast
  5. They were unharmed by the fallout
  6. The rest of their lives there was (is?) still no sign of radiation poisoning or any ill effects
Conclusion: Miraculous protection
Further Conclusion: Pray the family rosary EVERY DAY:bangbang:😊
 
jofa said:
Let’s consider what we know:
  1. The priests were mere blocks from ground zero of a nuclear blast
  2. They had been praying the Holy Rosary together daily
  3. The Blessed Virgin promises her special protection for those who pray the Holy Rosary - prayer of the family rosary, she said, is a most powerful protection. The priests living together serve as a family situation, praying together
  4. They were not injured by the blast
  5. They were unharmed by the fallout
  6. The rest of their lives there was (is?) still no sign of radiation poisoning or any ill effects
Conclusion: Miraculous protection
Further Conclusion: Pray the family rosary EVERY DAY:bangbang:😊
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Perhaps I should.
 
Katherine438 said:
Whenever I hear of something miraculous happening … and then I hear of some tragedy that happened … all I tell myself is who am I to question God’s motives.
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I am leaning this way too. Kind of why I believe in fate. Perhaps it is easier being an unbeliever.
 
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