I did some quick research on this one… Does this apparition have official approved status yet with the Church? There appears to be some conflicting information out there in regards to its official status. Some Catholics are quite opposed to it apparently. Personally, seems to me that this pointing to one’s self over and over and the demanding of high titles sounds little like the Mary we read of in Scripture and more like…well…something else entirely.
I have a hard time seperating these titles from “pride”, which doesn’t resemble anything I have read of Mary’s humility in the Bible. As for the post regarding the apparrition mentioned earlier, it reminds me more of the queen in the *Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe than our beautiful Mary. *You will worship and bestow high titles upon me, or else! Does that sound like a good creation, or something more sinister in its nature and design? But that’s just me… I am very suspicious of apparitions in general. What, for instance, prevents the enemy from appearing to us in the guise of someone good–such as Mary? As the Catechism reminds us, God can always extract some good from evil events, but that doesn’t mean we necessarily should accept every appearance of Mary as authentic or true.
Thanks… I think I’d be more comfortable with wider level of acceptance–from a non-biased group. Sometimes the defense of these appearances seems to take on a sort of nationalism by their supporters. Besides, it still seems that the tone of this particular appearance differs quite a bit from other appearances, which also happen to be more widely accepted by the Church. After all, if our enemy desires us to call Mary the “Co-Redemptrix”, that should give all its supporters reason for pause. Besides, shouldn’t we all be pretty skeptical of anything coming out of this particular country? I am afraid to admit my herritage is from that neck of the woods, but the region is not exactly known for its conservative thought and reason.
I agree to a point that we should be skeptical, but not overly so. If the bishop finds it true then i have no problem with it.
“Queen of the Angels”? Mary, Mother of God was a creature, a human being, and as I understand it we cannot become angels. Now Mary, Mother of God is Queen of Heaven which includes all of heaven including the saints, angels, and anything else in heaven. This is a much larger constituency than just angels which are only spirits with no body. Remember, our Holy Mother is in heaven with her human body intact.
Tarzan was King of the Jungle. That doesn’t mean he’s a tree or an ape. He could be called King of the Trees, King of the Apes, King of the Jungle – he’s also King of the Worms and King of the Mosquitos since they are also in the Jungle, but being lower creatures, such a title bestows less honor.