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fielsvd
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i am into research about apparitions. how do you find this kind of supernatural event today?
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JimR-OCDS
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I believe in apparitions, but only the one’s approved by the Church.
I’m skeptical about the recently claimed apparitions and I don’t believe many of them, especially like the image of the Blessed Mother in the windows of a hospital, or a toasted cheese sandwich. These sort of things make it embarrassing to be a Catholic sometimes.
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chevalier
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I do. One won’t probably happen to me, but I could happily die the moment after.
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jmcrae
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I believe in Lourdes, Fatima, and Guadalupe. I haven’t studied the others enough to know for sure.
I definitely don’t believe in cheese sandwiches or stains on the wall. When Mary appears to someone, she does not remain silent - if she ever appears to you, know that you are in big trouble, because either you are about to die or be declared insane.
Also, she never appears to anyone without demanding/requesting something difficult of them. Poor little Juan Diego was told to build a Cathedral and convert the Americas to the Catholic faith. The three little children at Fatima were charged with bringing about World Peace. And young Bernadette was commissioned to convert the whole world to the Catholic faith.
I have witnessed Marian miracles, but I have never actually seen an Apparition.
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Catherine_Grant
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Just a pre-emptive reminder to our readers that unapproved private revelations are a banned discussion topic. Please see the Spirituality sticky threads for more details.
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cheeto1
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I don’t believe in them and am even afraid of them.
I know Mary from the Bible. She is so humble, she would
never ask a cathedral built in her honor. I don’t talk about
them, or try to learn about them, but some people think this
means I’m not a true Catholic.
I know Mary from the Bible. She is so humble, she would
never ask a cathedral built in her honor. I don’t talk about
them, or try to learn about them, but some people think this
means I’m not a true Catholic.
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Bruised_Reed
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Have you considered she is asking out of humility? I don’t believe Mary asks for churches to be built in her honor because she think she deserves them but because this is what her Son wants for her and will use it and her to convert sinners, e.g. Guadalupe.
Can you imagine how humble one must be to ask for something like that? If it were to happen to you on some small scale (like having a wing of a hospital named after you) it could be almost embarrassing, humiliating even. Espcially if it out of proportion to what you have done in comparison to Others.
Can you imagine how humble one must be to ask for something like that? If it were to happen to you on some small scale (like having a wing of a hospital named after you) it could be almost embarrassing, humiliating even. Espcially if it out of proportion to what you have done in comparison to Others.
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M-Dent
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Be certain to see always find what the authentic Church teachings are.
A Catholic is not bound to believe in private revelation.
Saying that, I have little doubt Fatima was a trenedous gift from God.
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RPConover
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I hear ya, I’m not sure about a cathedral being a point of worry for me, but the message of these apparitions always seems to be “Repent, do pennance, live the Gospel, and say such-and-such a prayer more”… all things one should know and practice as a Catholic already. So no, I don’t really think about them… Christ has given us all we need for our salvation.
If that puts me outside the “club” surrounding believers in said apparition, oh well…
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JimR-OCDS
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I don’t believe Mary asked for Cathedrals to be built in honor of her, that’s the decision taken by the Church, after the fact.
In Lourdes, Mary asked for a chapel to be built where prayers could be said. They in fact built a small Church of the Holy Rosary. However, after the apparition was approved, the added the large Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. But those aren’t the only two. In fact there are no less than 4 churches in Lourdes. I use to wonder why, until I visited Lourdes and saw that the large crowds required the numbers they built. 20,000 people visit Lourdes everyday. The majority attend Mass and other services. Look at the size of your own Church and consider how you’d fit 20,000 people into it.
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M-Dent
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Jim, I hear ya.
It clearly demonstrates how God allows the Blessed Virgin Mary to intercede in hopes to being Christians to Christ.
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Sixtus
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You don’t!!!
If you are meant to witness it, then it comes to you, you do not go looking for it!
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live_for_jesus
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I think God is ever present thus i do believe in apparitions, God is sending our mother mary beacuse we are in crisis, and she does help,like she did at cana wedding. we cannot stop at the apparations but we need to look at the messages that our lady is giving throughout the world, messges of peace and conversion.
God bless you
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LilyM
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That’s exactly the sort of unapproved apparition that we’re not permitted by forum rules to discuss here :tsktsk:
I think God is ever present thus i do believe in apparitions, God is sending our mother mary beacuse we are in crisis, and she does help,like she did at cana wedding. we cannot stop at the apparations but we need to look at the messages that our lady is giving throughout the world, messges of peace and conversion.
I heard about that our lady is also appearing in malta, there is this website, if you are interested. www.borgin-nadur.org
God bless you
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live_for_jesus
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puzzleannie
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for excellent guidance on our proper attitude to so-called apparitions, locutions, and other such alleged supernatural communications, please see A Still Small Voice by Fr. Benedict Groeschel.
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TOP
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Yes, if the Church has approved them. The Church has approved more then we need to know. It seems like heaven is now begging us to pay attention. Tim
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CathMass
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I believe in apparitions and other Catholic mystical happenings. After all, didn’t that one pope (Pope Urban) say “it is better to believe because if it is proven true you will rejoice because you believed it.” Then he said something to the extent if it is false you will still get the same blessings as if it were true.
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marybee
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Some of them I believe…but with caution…My Mother was all into that stuff when i was young…she would show us videos of some that were not approved yet, I won’t mention which ones but it starts with a “G”…And Holy COW-did it give me nightmares for a long time! I still cringe when thinking of it.
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Greg27
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Personally even though I believe God exists and communicates to use in various ways, in grace, I’d write an apparition off very quickly as being far more likely to be a delusion caused by some mental disorder or a creation of the human imagination, than a communication from God. I am glad the CC has fairly strict investigations of alleged miracles and apparitions these days.
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