"Once Again, Blood of St. Januarius Liquefied on Feast Day." An article on a repeated miraculous event

[mdgspencer]

Once Again, Blood of St. Januarius Liquefied on Feast Day| National Catholic Register

St. Januarius, or San Gennaro in Italian, the patron of Naples, was a bishop of the city in the third century, believed to have been martyred during the Diocletian persecution.

The reputed miracle is locally known and accepted, though has not been the subject of official Church recognition. The liquefaction reportedly happens at least three times a year: Sept. 19, the saint’s feast day, the Saturday before the first Sunday of May, and Dec. 16, the anniversary of the 1631 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

 

[AlNg]

Does the blood liquefy when a Pope comes to pray? I heard that it does in most cases, but that there were exceptions. Further, there have been explanations given that claim that the liquefication is due to natural causes.

 

[umamibella]

Does the blood liquefy when a Pope comes to pray? I heard that it does in most cases, but that there were exceptions. Further, there have been explanations given that claim that the liquefication is due to natural causes.

That is covered in the article posted, thanks for posting Mdgspencer.

 

[TK421]

People in Heaven never stop loving and caring about us.

 

[brown_bear]

For the faithful, there is full freedom to believe or not to believe.

As always, the Church is much more broad-minded than the average individual Italian faithful, who often excommunicate each other.

Among the devotional issues, in Italy, the one hotly debated is Medjugorje, which I am very sorry because I doubt that the Holy Virgin likes conflicts in her name.

But I don’t want to introduce off topics, let’s go back to the topic.

 

[HomeschoolDad]

AlNg:

Does the blood liquefy when a Pope comes to pray? I heard that it does in most cases, but that there were exceptions. Further, there have been explanations given that claim that the liquefication is due to natural causes.

That is covered in the article posted, thanks for posting Mdgspencer.

Well, I was going to say that this would give the lie to the sedevacantists, who claim there is no true Pope, but if the blood liquefies some times but not others, then it doesn’t really mean anything in that case.

Please note that I am not a sedevacantist.

 

[Dan_Defender]

Among the devotional issues, in Italy, the one hotly debated is Medjugorje, which I am very sorry because I doubt that the Holy Virgin likes conflicts in her name.

When I was in Italy last year I was surprised that one of the alleged visionaries was on a major Italian TV channel speaking fluent Italian. No doubt Medjugorje gets a lot more coverage in Italy than in North America.

 

[umamibella]

Well, I was going to say that this would give the lie to the sedevacantists, who claim there is no true Pope, but if the blood liquefies some times but not others, then it doesn’t really mean anything in that case.

Please note that I am not a sedevacantist.

I would say conspiracy theories abound everywhere, in and out of the Church, and the fact the blood of this great saint partially liquified when Pope Francis held it blows their conspiracy theories right out of the water.
Given Pope Francis is our latest and current Pope.

Your last statement ‘doesnt really mean anything’ would be one of doubting Thomas’ who are on the fence about whether this miracle occurs.