Interesting Website!

[ron_xyz]

Hi,

I’ve come across a website that has really helped me grow as a Christian and I wanted to share it with others.

There’s a woman in Bolivia named Catalina Rivas who says she’s been receiving and writing down messages from Jesus. She’s taken them to her archbishop who has approved them saying, “We have read Catalina’s books and we are sure that their only objective is to guide us all on a journey of authentic spirituality, founded on the Gospel of Christ.” When I first came across this site I was pretty skeptical, however, after reading many of the messages I can say I truly believe they’re authentic.

I think whether you believe their supernatural nature or not they’re excellent material to meditate on.

Here’s the link: greatcrusade.org

Thanks,
-Ron

 

[puzzleannie]

don’t see anything on the website referring to Church approval for this visions or messages. I’ll wait for the judges’ ruling, thanks all the same.

 

[ron_xyz]

Thanks for your comment. You’re right, there’s nothing on the initial homepage of the site talking about church approval. However, each message has the Imprimatur from Mons. René Fernández Apaza - Archbishop of Cochabamba.

I did a little quick research on what exactly the Imprimatur is and found this definition:

Imprimatur is Latin for “let it be printed.” When a Roman Catholic bishop grants his imprimatur to a printed work, he assures the reader that nothing therein is contrary to Catholic faith or morals. This imprimatur is not given lightly; only after a thorough review process.
-Ron

 

[gunner_n]

What I find interesting is that, even though I’m a “cradle-Catholic”, growing up I never heard of:
The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in La Salette in 1846; the apparations in Belgium in 1932-1933; in “Tre Fontaine” in Rome in 1946; of Jesus to Teresa Musco until 1976, Luisa Piccarreta, the “Daughter of the Divine Will”, [St.] Faustina Kowalska who was given the Divine Mercies by Jesus.
I discovered many of these [other than St. Faustina whose diary I read this past year] yesterday, after reading about them in the Preface of “The Great Crusade of Love”, one of the books dictated to Katya Rivas by Jesus over the course of 15 days in early 1996.
I discovered the web-site and its contents after viewing the video “Science Tests Faith” and attending an inspiring presentation on the subject by Tim Francis. The foundation of the presentation is a investigative reporting conducted in 1999 by a [former] self-proclaimed athiest who was sent by Fox News to investigate the claims of a statue of Jesus that bled and shed tears in the same town as a woman who was reportedly receiving messages from Jesus and Mary since 1993. See www.youshallbelieve.com.
Although the story is spreading, it seems that few Catholics that I’ve spoken to have heard of this. It’s remarkable that it has been almost 20 years since it started, and 13 since the broadcast and yet the world is still unaware!
I encourage everyone who is seeking God to investigate these messages with a discerning spirit as scripture commands. I believe them to be truly from Christ. I read recently that Truth is given additional grace so that it may “[go] forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11

Spread the Word!

 

[adrift]

What I find interesting is that, even though I’m a “cradle-Catholic”, growing up I never heard of:
The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in La Salette in 1846; the apparations in Belgium in 1932-1933; in “Tre Fontaine” in Rome in 1946; of Jesus to Teresa Musco until 1976, Luisa Piccarreta, the “Daughter of the Divine Will”, [St.] Faustina Kowalska who was given the Divine Mercies by Jesus.
I discovered many of these [other than St. Faustina whose diary I read this past year] yesterday, after reading about them in the Preface of “The Great Crusade of Love”, one of the books dictated to Katya Rivas by Jesus over the course of 15 days in early 1996.
I discovered the web-site and its contents after viewing the video “Science Tests Faith” and attending an inspiring presentation on the subject by Tim Francis. The foundation of the presentation is a investigative reporting conducted in 1999 by a [former] self-proclaimed athiest who was sent by Fox News to investigate the claims of a statue of Jesus that bled and shed tears in the same town as a woman who was reportedly receiving messages from Jesus and Mary since 1993. See www.youshallbelieve.com.
Although the story is spreading, it seems that few Catholics that I’ve spoken to have heard of this. It’s remarkable that it has been almost 20 years since it started, and 13 since the broadcast and yet the world is still unaware!
I encourage everyone who is seeking God to investigate these messages with a discerning spirit as scripture commands. I believe them to be truly from Christ. I read recently that Truth is given additional grace so that it may “[go] forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11

Spread the Word!

a word of caution read here

also
The “Nihil Obstat” and “Imprimatur” are official declarations that a book or pamphlet is free of doctrinal or moral error.** No implication **is contained therein that those who have granted the Nihil Obstat and the Imprimatur agree with the content, opinions or statements expressed.
Please know that the presence of an Imprimatur does not mean that a book is an official text of the Church. It doesn’t make the book the equivalent of an encyclical, say. It’s not the approval of the work by the Pope or a dogmatic Council, and it’s not a stamp of infallibility. It doesn’t even mean that everything in the book is accurate, only that there is nothing in it that contradicts Catholic dogma. But, while occasionally a book sneaks through and its Imprimatur later recalled, this procedure is an important way for Catholics to increase their chances of staying error-free with regard to doctrine. Sadly, because of the triumph of modernsists and liberals in the human aspect of the Church since the Second Vatican Council, books which could well contain a watered-down theology, a warped view of History, etc. now do receive the “Imprimatur.”