Hello and Peace of Jesus be with you
I am Brother Mariamartin de la Cruz SDBV, founder of the Sons and Daughters of the Blessed Virgin. I would like to offer clarification on some things and it is unfortunate that no one emailed me sooner to do so, as I became aware of this forum almost a year after its public posts.
Someone was concerned…
A heretic is defined as one who knowingly contradicts the Papacy and Church doctrines as the Pope defines them.
http://www.hol.com/~mikesch/aquinas.htm And as there is neither heresy in the God the Father devotion, to which I assume you are referring, or the chaplet to God the Father, neither is there cause for fear of it. In addition, even if a heretical group promulgated, for example, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, it would not make the Divine Mercy Chaplet heretical or even suspect because a heretical group is promulgating it. Neither does a devotional prayer need to have approval in order to be prayed or promulgated, provided it is free from doctrinal error.
Nowhere on
sdbv.org is it stated or even eluded to that we are the recipients of apparitions or messages. It is stated very clearly and with deliberate intent the origin of any quotes that we use as reference material. And in the God the Father section where there are more unknown ones, it is also stated that we are not affiliated with any of the visionaries or organizations that promote them in an official capacity. It is only that we have found them personally fruitful and promote them as such.
http://www.sdbv.org/html/_father_of_all_mankind.html
Regarding the doctrinal purity of the God the Father Consecration Chaplet and devotion…
The Holy Octave of Consecration to God our Father and its Consecration Chaplet devotion were originally introduced by St. Andrews Productions
https://www.saintandrew.com as a separate work from Seeing with the Eyes of the Soul, Barbara Centilli’s messages from God the Father. No longer does this kind of work need an imprimatur so it was not necessary that Dr. Petrisko acquire one, but the Foreward given in the Consecration book by Fr. Michael O’Carroll’s C.S.S.P. (Irish theologian, author of over 35 books and lecturer at Blackrock College in Dublin.) assures us that it is a “solidly constructed work”, in other words, it is biblically sound and free from doctrinal error.
As to the canonical status of SDBV…
As our current residence in Az. is not a permanent one (and throughout the community’s development we have mostly not been located in the Phoenix diocese), I have not yet approached the bishop and have no need to. Canon law requires foundings to approach a bishop at some point to acquire status, but not right away. We are in the preparatory stage of development. And at this stage, which is still a beginning level, there are not sufficient grounds to approach a bishop for canonical status yet. Bishops, in practice, want to see a pretty well established structure with quite a few members having lived the life they propose for themselves for a fairly long time before they will erect a founding as a public association, which is the next stage, and is the stage before becoming a religious institute. The guiding principle of foundings, as stated by Fr. Elio Gambari S.M.M., a priest who is the principle canon lawyer responsible for the canons regarding foundings in the revised code of 1983 and who also wrote Canonical Establishment of a Religious Institute: Process and Procedures, a book on foundings and who is considered the leading expert on the matter, is that new founding communities, as much as is possible, live the life they propose for themselves, e.g., including vows, until such time as they are ready to approach a Bishop. This necessitates and validates our seeking of alms and assistance to fulfill our mission and Charism, which was another concern stated on this thread. This is referred to on this page of our site.
http://www.sdbv.org/html/new_movements.html
In addition, there is a comment from a forum on this very site; Catholic Community Forum, on foundings that clarifies this. It is the Aug 6, ’08 post from Cloisters.
http://forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=258864
Regarding the links we endorse…
It is too long to include here but among many of the links endorsed in the links section, among which are Vatican, Adoremus, EWTN etc, there are also one’s that some would consider controversial which are also free from doctrinal error. If needed there are clarifications and quotes from accredited sources. And further down on the same page, there are quotes from the Holy See, Pope John Paul II, the Catechism, and Dr. Mark Miravalle S.T.D. professor of theology at U. of Steubenville, on private revelation so that all who visit this page would have a correct understanding of private revelation according to the mind of the Church.
http://sdbv.org/html/links.html
As for the Nature of God the Father…
Did He not manifest Himself in the burning bush and in other ways throughout the Old Testament though He is pure spirit? And have not angels appeared in human form although they too are pure spirit? Also, in the case of the church approved messages to Mother Eugenia Ravasio The Father Speaks to His Children, God the Father did appear to her as a man, so there is Church approved precedence. I’m sure this was not overlooked in the 10+ year of investigation by the local Bishop’s commission in order to conclude that it was entirely free from doctrinal error. Here is a link to the page where you can link to the book on our site in which the beginning of the book states this.
http://sdbv.org/html/_father_of_all_mankind.html
Let us pray that the Holy Spirit unite us all in one heart, mind and faith and as children of one God and Father in the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Amen.
May God bless you and Mary keep you
Br. Mariamartin
