On the Immaculate Conception. Remember how John the Baptist was sanctified in the womb at the sound of Mary’s voice. If God can sanctify John the Baptist in the womb, why can’t he make Mary an Immaculate Conception. Remember that both Eve and Adam were also in a state of grace so being in a state of grace does not mean that she couldn’t
choose into sin anyways. And then look at the prophets in the Bible like Enoch
who never died. The Immaculate Conception, to the best of my imperfect knowledge, was a long held belief by the Church that was only made into a doctrine when it was contradicted and the apparition at Lourdes confirmed it, just like the infalliability of Scripture was only declared during the Protestant Reformation, about 1500 or so years after the death of Christ. We are so far removed from the early Christians that all we
see is the theory, just like we can only
read about the Biblical miracles.
On original sin, imagine sin passing down to us just like a genetic disease.
On evidence for Christianity, the
Case for Christ by Lee Strobel might help. He was a former atheist, Chicago Tribune legal editor, Yale Law graduate who set out to debunk Christianity by factually researching the historical evidence and was instead converted to a Protestant pastor. For me, that book was a watershed moment in seeing Christianity as historical in addition to religious.
In Kibeho, Rwanda prior to the genocide, the Mother of the Word appeared. She said a “river of blood” would happen if people did not convert, repent,pray the Rosary, the Chaplet of Seven Sorrows, and stop committing various moral sins, such as the girls sleeping with certain men. Did a river of blood happen? This New York Times Article on the Rwandan genocide documents the apparitions of Mary
prior to the genocide.
query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E4D81738F93BA35757C0A96F958260
Then we look at Fatima, Portugal. See some of the messages from Mary to the three little children: *The war [World War I was still raging] is going to end. But if people do not stop offending God, another and worse one will begin in the reign of Pius XI… When you shall see a night illuminated by an unknown light [on January 25-26, 1938 from 9PM to 2AM there appeared over the Northern Hemisphere a very unusual light that scared many people. The New York Times devoted almost an entire page to the event. Scientists attributed it to an exceptional aurora borealis] “know that this is the great sign that God gives you that He is going to punish the world for its many crimes by means of war, hunger and persecution of the Church and the Holy Father” [Within two months of the sign, in March of 1938, Hitler invaded his first country, Austria.] *
loveandmercy.org/loveandmercy/fatima.htm
New York Times article: January 26, 1938
Aurura Borealis Startles Europe; People Flee in Fear, Call Firemen; Britons Thought Windsor Castle Ablaze–Scots See Ill Omen-Snow-Clad Swiss Alps Glow–Short-Wave Radio Halts The most brilliant display of an aurora borealis in fifty years held Britons spellbound over a wide area of this country tonight. From 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. the people of London watched two magnificent arcs rising in the east and west, from which radiated pulsating beams like searchlights in dark red, greenish blue and purple. [End of First Paragraph]
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Other articles
Los Angeles Times, Jan 26, 1938
Aurora Borealis Upsets Europeans pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/743927742.html?dids=743927742:743927742&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Jan+26%2C+1938&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Aurora+Borealis+Upsets+Europeans&pqatl=google
Chicago Daily Tribune, Jan 26, 1938
Aurora Borealis Glows in Widest Area Since 1709Abstract (Document Summary) Radio and telegraphic communication was disrupted and persons in many parts of the world were awed tonight as the aurora borealis [northern lights] flamed brilliantly farther south than the phenomenon ever has been seen by this generation.
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These can be further researched on news.google.com
*Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art Thou among women and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. *
Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse. Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse. Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse.
For the sake of his sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world! For the sake of his sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world! For the sake of his sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world!
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee and those who do not!
Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!
*Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art Thou among women and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. *
May you find peace–SOMEWHERE.
and I didn’t know.
But thank’s for telling me.
People love to be angry with God, Like they have a right! I try not to get God angry at me!