Hour of Grace apparitions Dec 8th

[irishcolleen45]

A parishioner mentioned to me about this devotion. Searching here I found conflicting comments on whether this is approved.

Any recent updates? The last I read was that it was not approved back in 1984.

Thanks.

 

[thistle]

A parishioner mentioned to me about this devotion. Searching here I found conflicting comments on whether this is approved.

Any recent updates? The last I read was that it was not approved back in 1984.

Thanks.

They are not approved by the Church.

The position of the Church which you can find in wiki. This is an extract:

The following five pronouncements were made over the course of several decades by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brescia as cited by Kwvin Symonds[29] and Alfredo Tradigo:[30]

1. Communicated by the Episcopal Curia on June 30, 1968: “The Monsignor Bishop vividly exhorts all the faithful that they declare themselves respectful to the directives of the Church not to favor either by publications or by pilgrimages the spreading of devotions that are founded upon a non-approved interpretation of facts neither objectively controlled nor responsibly evaluated.”
2. Communicated by Monsignor Luigi Morstabilini on November 25, 1975: “The Monsignor Bishop renews the firm invitation to the faithful and to the clergy because by their obsequious acceptance of preceding decisions they might find at other sanctuaries and places recognized by the Church the better form to experience the right and necessary devotion to the Mother of God according to more authentic contents of faith and of Catholic spirituality.”
3. Declaration of Monsignor Bruno Foresti on October 15, 1984: "The Bishop of Brescia supported by the authoritative opinion of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, communicates that (a) the aforementioned apparitions of Our Lady the Mystical Rose in Montichiari do not present motives of credibility; (b) the cult relative to Our Lady the Mystical Rose, therefore, is not approved and can not be practiced nor favored; (c) whosoever favors it, by spreading publications or by organizing pilgrimages, does not help, but disturbs the faith of believers by inducing them to behave contrary to the disposition of the Church."
4. Declaration of Monsignor Bruno Foresti on February 19, 1997: “The Bishop of Brescia holding accountable some various solicitations that come continuously requested in merit, both from Italy and from external nations, reconfirms that which was disposed by him and by his predecessors.”
5. In the attachment to Decree number 229/08 by Monsignor Luciano Munari on March 19, 2008 at point 2 is read: “In a particular way there is explicitly asked of individuals and of groups, that until now are more or less directly dedicated to promote the Marian cult in the Fontanelle locality, to respect all the indications of the Directory, and not to spread the messages or publications, neither to promote the acts of the cult, nor to send compositions that might even only indirectly induce the faithful to restrain both the judgment and the Church on the aforementioned apparitions or other extraordinary phenomena, even as may be modified in a positive sense.”

 

[irishcolleen45]

Thank you.

That’s what I found but afterwards I went to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brescia but I can’t read Italian. I tried using Google Translate but was limited to translating piece meal. There was something there I think related to this.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Yeah, some guy at my prayer group was going on last week about honoring Mary by praying the psalm three times with outstretched arms and I had no idea what he was talking about, Googled and found the related apparition was “not approved as supernatural”. My impression is that this is something the Medjugorje contingent passes around, although the purported apparition in question is from 1947 and not associated with Medj.
If you want to spend an hour in prayer to Our Blessed Mother that’s a nice thing and we can do it any day of the year, just don’t associate it with an unapproved apparition.

 

[irishcolleen45]

My husband had the same reaction regarding the outstretched arms. I should have know better but I admit I’m gullible at times.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

I may pray the hour later as it’s National Night of Prayer for Life here in USA, and i can make the prayers about that, but not at noon, so as to make clear I am following the bishops’ teaching.