Possible apparition

[Scottyvo]

Hey everyone. I’m new here figured I’d ask a question thats been on my mind for some time and see what some fellow Catholics and Christians believe. Here goes:

When I was in 8th grade (he year I would be making my confirmation) around Thanksgiving and Christmas. I got into a fight with my brother and mother and was sent to bed early for it. I forget what the fight was about but I remember my mother getting upset and crying so before going up to my room for the night i came down and said I was sorry and that I loved her. Well that night I had a dream that I would never forget. The dream goes as follows:
Im in the car with my family driving down some road and I’m looking up at the clouds (the puffy ones that u can make shapes out of) just dazing off, when my brother (the one who I got into the fight with) distracts me and asks me some question. I answer him and when I look back up in the sky is a cloud that is in the shape of Jesus (the outline in the clouds). After staring at it for a few minutes my brother distracts me again and when I look back its gone. Now at this time I wake up from my dream but my eyes are still closed. I had this tingly feeling in me thats hard to explain exactly how i felt though and I was afraid to open my eyes because there was a brght light. Well I finally open my eyes and the light turns out to be the hallway light shining on my face.

Coincidentally my religion teacher that year was new to teaching religion and said he taught religion because of a dream he had as well.

I have never forgotten that dream and to this day I believe I may have saw Jesus or an angel of some sort in my dream. I asked my religion teacher what he thought and he said it could have been Him. But I asked my closest friend who is a charismatic Christian what he thinks and he said it could have been the Devil in disguise and that it may not have been Jesus.

Today I am currently a Junior in college and taking a Christianity class that asks us to search up a topic on chrisitan websites and see what they say. So thats why I am posting this to see what fellow Catholics and Christians say about my dream and what it could possibly have meant or still mean. Thank you.

 

[Dorothy]

Hey everyone. I’m new here figured I’d ask a question thats been on my mind for some time and see what some fellow Catholics and Christians believe. Here goes:

When I was in 8th grade (he year I would be making my confirmation) around Thanksgiving and Christmas. I got into a fight with my brother and mother and was sent to bed early for it. I forget what the fight was about but I remember my mother getting upset and crying so before going up to my room for the night i came down and said I was sorry and that I loved her. Well that night I had a dream that I would never forget. The dream goes as follows:
Im in the car with my family driving down some road and I’m looking up at the clouds (the puffy ones that u can make shapes out of) just dazing off, when my brother (the one who I got into the fight with) distracts me and asks me some question. I answer him and when I look back up in the sky is a cloud that is in the shape of Jesus (the outline in the clouds). After staring at it for a few minutes my brother distracts me again and when I look back its gone. Now at this time I wake up from my dream but my eyes are still closed. I had this tingly feeling in me thats hard to explain exactly how i felt though and I was afraid to open my eyes because there was a brght light. Well I finally open my eyes and the light turns out to be the hallway light shining on my face.

Coincidentally my religion teacher that year was new to teaching religion and said he taught religion because of a dream he had as well.

I have never forgotten that dream and to this day I believe I may have saw Jesus or an angel of some sort in my dream. I asked my religion teacher what he thought and he said it could have been Him. But I asked my closest friend who is a charismatic Christian what he thinks and he said it could have been the Devil in disguise and that it may not have been Jesus.

Today I am currently a Junior in college and taking a Christianity class that asks us to search up a topic on chrisitan websites and see what they say. So thats why I am posting this to see what fellow Catholics and Christians say about my dream and what it could possibly have meant or still mean. Thank you.

Well, just off the top of my head it sounds like our Lord was showing you that it pleased him that you apologized to your Mom and told her that you loved her.

In any case, such things don’t have to be pondered over. They are what they are at the time you experience them, and the most important thing is to live each day for the Lord.

 

[Prayer_Warrior]

There is a question about this experience that you can ask yourself and you will likely know if it was good or evil. Did it bring you closer to the Lord? If yes, it was probably the real deal. If it caused heartache or strife then it may have been a trick.

I have had a similar “dream/vision”. I can confirm the “tingling” feeling and the in my situation I was in a vivid dream where I saw a white temple. When I woke up, I sat straight up in bed and the vision was still before my eyes. There is more to it than that but I don’t want to hijack your thread about my experience.

I don’t much about dreams. I think it is significant that you were going down a road with your family, and that you saw Jesus but then after being distracted you didn’t see Him anymore. Perhaps the Lord was telling you to keep your eyes fixed on Him, don’t be distracted away from Him. But anytime the Lord appears in a vision it is a real gift. You should pray about it. Ask the Lord what He meant. He may show you in a whole new way.

PS. Welcome to the forums!

 

[water]

I’ve learned from my own experiences that whatever dreams you have, especially cases such as yours, pray and ask God if He wants you to know something. I have quite few dreams and they help me draw closer to God. My girlfriends had many dreams in which she met Jesus and Virgin Mary. Some dreams of hers were very obvious because it happened to her next few days.

God bless.

 

[wcknight]

It could be that you’re just plain nuts …

Sorry the devil made me do that.

You should try to remember how you felt during the dream. Some of the saints say that when Christ or Mary appeared to them they always felt safe and secure and enveloped by love. When some demon or the devil appeared in disguise they always felt apprehensive or fearful or uneasy.

 

[thistle]

Hey everyone. I’m new here figured I’d ask a question thats been on my mind for some time and see what some fellow Catholics and Christians believe. Here goes:

When I was in 8th grade (he year I would be making my confirmation) around Thanksgiving and Christmas. I got into a fight with my brother and mother and was sent to bed early for it. I forget what the fight was about but I remember my mother getting upset and crying so before going up to my room for the night i came down and said I was sorry and that I loved her. Well that night I had a dream that I would never forget. The dream goes as follows:
Im in the car with my family driving down some road and I’m looking up at the clouds (the puffy ones that u can make shapes out of) just dazing off, when my brother (the one who I got into the fight with) distracts me and asks me some question. I answer him and when I look back up in the sky is a cloud that is in the shape of Jesus (the outline in the clouds). After staring at it for a few minutes my brother distracts me again and when I look back its gone. Now at this time I wake up from my dream but my eyes are still closed. I had this tingly feeling in me thats hard to explain exactly how i felt though and I was afraid to open my eyes because there was a brght light. Well I finally open my eyes and the light turns out to be the hallway light shining on my face.

Coincidentally my religion teacher that year was new to teaching religion and said he taught religion because of a dream he had as well.

I have never forgotten that dream and to this day I believe I may have saw Jesus or an angel of some sort in my dream. I asked my religion teacher what he thought and he said it could have been Him. But I asked my closest friend who is a charismatic Christian what he thinks and he said it could have been the Devil in disguise and that it may not have been Jesus.

Today I am currently a Junior in college and taking a Christianity class that asks us to search up a topic on chrisitan websites and see what they say. So thats why I am posting this to see what fellow Catholics and Christians say about my dream and what it could possibly have meant or still mean. Thank you.

I don’t want to be a sourpuss but if its a possible apparition then it cannot be discussed here as unapproved apparitions are forbidden to be discussed in the forums.
If its a dream then its just a dream. How could anyone here interpret a dream.

 

[Karianne]

. When some demon or the devil appeared in disguise they always felt apprehensive or fearful or uneasy.

Then why did the Angel tell Mary “Do not be afraid”?
If I saw Jesus or Mary I would, I think, be kind of scared.

 

[wcknight]

You may be afraid at first but generally great peace and comfort are accompanying feelings with apparitions from real saints or Christ. At least that is what some of the saints say about their encounters with real apparitions versus demons or Satan (in particular Padre Pio and Sister Faustina.)

 

[water]

When some demon or the devil appeared in disguise they always felt apprehensive or fearful or uneasy.

Then why did the Angel tell Mary “Do not be afraid”?
If I saw Jesus or Mary I would, I think, be kind of scared.

that’s right. We can just based on feeling alone.
I had quite few people telling me the same thing - that if it is headache, if it is uneasy feeling, if your heart pumps, then it is from Satan. I doubt this. Sometimes, you can be very joyful, your heart pumping for knowing what God tells you.