Prophecy re: television

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I recall a prophecy by a Catholic - private revelation - mentioning that, in either the “last days” or in the 20th century, the devil would enter people’s homes through a black box situated in their homes. At the time I read this, I didn’t pay much attention to it and I cannot find any reference to that now. I thought it might be from Catherine Emmerich, but I can’t find anything like that in searching references to her.**

The Eastern Orthodox Saint Cosmos Aitolos said something similar.
 
Take these prophecies with a grain of salt. The same thing could have been said about the printing press but then the Bible would never have been widely available. Unless someone thinks that is a bad thing? There is nothing evil about any inanimate object. While tv may do some harm it has done much good. It keeps the world informed of what’s going on and helps us realize it is a smaller world than we think it is.
 
I heard Father Corapi talk about the prophecy of seeing the black box in one of his homilies on EWTN and I am pretty sure he said it was Saint Elizabeth ann Seton who saw the vision…but I did a lot of searching on the internet and I can’t find anything to back it up…
Does anybody know if this prophecy was approved by the Catholic church or not???

I would also like to add that I think only a very small percentage of good comes from the tv and most of that good is WASTED time…I say get rid of the tv and find something productive to do…go ride a bike, read a book, pray and spend time with your family! I 'm 19 years old an I wish my parents would have never introduced the tv to me or my brothers and sisters. Our whole family is giving it up for lent and after lent I hope it stays that way. It brings so much evil and Unnecessary worrying into your lives!
 
I heard Father Corapi talk about the prophecy of seeing the black box in one of his homilies on EWTN and I am pretty sure he said it was Saint Elizabeth ann Seton who saw the vision…but I did a lot of searching on the internet and I can’t find anything to back it up…
Does anybody know if this prophecy was approved by the Catholic church or not???

I would also like to add that I think only a very small percentage of good comes from the tv and most of that good is WASTED time…I say get rid of the tv and find something productive to do…go ride a bike, read a book, pray and spend time with your family! I 'm 19 years old an I wish my parents would have never introduced the tv to me or my brothers and sisters. Our whole family is giving it up for lent and after lent I hope it stays that way. It brings so much evil and Unnecessary worrying into your lives!
 
I’ve heard something similar attributed to St. Cosmos Aitolos, an Orthodox saint.

I’ve yet to find it in his writings.
 
sarahel said:
I heard Father Corapi talk about the prophecy of seeing the black box in one of his homilies on EWTN and I am pretty sure he said it was Saint Elizabeth ann Seton who saw the vision…but I did a lot of searching on the internet and I can’t find anything to back it up…
Does anybody know if this prophecy was approved by the Catholic church or not???

I would also like to add that I think only a very small percentage of good comes from the tv and most of that good is WASTED time…I say get rid of the tv and find something productive to do…go ride a bike, read a book, pray and spend time with your family! I 'm 19 years old an I wish my parents would have never introduced the tv to me or my brothers and sisters. Our whole family is giving it up for lent and after lent I hope it stays that way. It brings so much evil and Unnecessary worrying into your lives!
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amen you said it sister!
 
Mini_gerbel said:
do you know what channel. i searched around. but figure its easy just to ask :ehh:
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Dear MiniGerbel -
EWTN is a **Cable TV **Network - and I believe the number depends on your location.
As for the prophecy, it sounds familiar but I can’t be sure. Put Nostradamus (spelling?) into your search engine - if its not Anna Catherine Emmerich - he might be a source for this. Happy searching !
 
I think the person who had the prophecy is Bl. Anna Maria Taigi.

The prophecy is cited here and I see that book and page number reference are given.
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The source is The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Rockford, IL: TAN Books, 1983) pp. 115-116.

Update: Sorry, this appears to be a citation for a different reference in the post. Someone could email the page’s author and verify if he/she has the reference.
 
I think that claiming its the TV is rather short sighted. The first TELEPHONES were nothing more than black boxes with a knob or two. It looks like a box more than anything.

The first TV’s had green tinted screens and silver bodies or else they were wood panneled. It was only in the 80’s they looked boxy…and today look more like picture frames.

At one point most iceboxes were also black. Computers were black boxes. Mailboxes are black boxes. Home file boxes are black boxes. Some cookies and ceriel come in black boxes. Many vacccums look like black boxes.

Point being. We have no idea. The more people claim its the TV the more i am inclined to believe it is not. I am actually more inclined to believe its the telephone as early party lines were gossip mills. That is wholly as creidible as the TV logic.
 
Yes, there are many things that might fit the description. But, the tv has this power above them all. It has profoundly changed the culture in the latter part of the 20th century. And even if you are careful about what you watch- it can still wear down your morals. My husband and I have recently substantially cut back on our viewing. We didn’t watch anything overly objectionable before, but recently when we put a movie on, we are simply shocked. Lack of modesty, language, violence, etc. We are shocked by all these things in a way we never were before, because we were exposed frequently.

Everything from the way we dress, our aspirations (how many are just seeking their 15 minutes these days?), to cultural views on marriage and fatherhood (a very common theme in television is the goofy, incompetent husband, or men avoiding being tied down), etc. has all been disturbed on a large scale by that black box. And yes- even my flat screen- its big, square and black! While not precise, it can easily be described as a black box!

Its certainly something to think about!
 
The prophecy in question is from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.

FWIF, I’ve read about it, briefly, from Fr. Frank Poncelet of Our Lady’s Apostolate of No-TV.

Also, St. Padre Pio would tell people to get rid of the TV.
 
Prophecy sounds like a bunch of nonsense frankly, something that someone with an anti-TV agenda would retroactively attribute to a Saint. FWIW, that’s how many Biblical prophecies were. :mad:
 
VeritasLuxMea said:
Prophecy sounds like a bunch of nonsense frankly, something that someone with an anti-TV agenda would retroactively attribute to a Saint. FWIW, that’s how many Biblical prophecies were. :mad:
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I would say it betrays a shameful lack of education (and common sense) to blame the evils of the world on an electronic box that’s only been a stepping stone in the advancement of human communications technology. Being a saint with good intentions does not excuse such ignorance.
 
Lost_Wanderer said:
I would say it betrays a shameful lack of education (and common sense) to blame the evils of the world on an electronic box that’s only been a stepping stone in the advancement of human communications technology. Being a saint with good intentions does not excuse such ignorance.
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Wow. I guess I missed it, but I didn’t see anyone blaming the evils of the world on an electronic box. What I read is that some of the problems of the world are caused by people misusing this technology, much as anything used improperly can cause problems.

God bless,
Dan
 
danonwaveland said:
Wow. I guess I missed it, but I didn’t see anyone blaming the evils of the world on an electronic box. What I read is that some of the problems of the world are caused by people misusing this technology, much as anything used improperly can cause problems.

God bless,
Dan
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For your reading pleasure. :rolleyes:
Shin said:
The prophecy in question is from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.

FWIF, I’ve read about it, briefly, from Fr. Frank Poncelet of Our Lady’s Apostolate of No-TV.

Also, St. Padre Pio would tell people to get rid of the TV.
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Blenderx said:
Yes, there are many things that might fit the description. But, the tv has this power above them all. It has profoundly changed the culture in the latter part of the 20th century. And even if you are careful about what you watch- it can still wear down your morals. My husband and I have recently substantially cut back on our viewing. We didn’t watch anything overly objectionable before, but recently when we put a movie on, we are simply shocked. Lack of modesty, language, violence, etc. We are shocked by all these things in a way we never were before, because we were exposed frequently.

Everything from the way we dress, our aspirations (how many are just seeking their 15 minutes these days?), to cultural views on marriage and fatherhood (a very common theme in television is the goofy, incompetent husband, or men avoiding being tied down), etc. has all been disturbed on a large scale by that black box. And yes- even my flat screen- its big, square and black! While not precise, it can easily be described as a black box!

Its certainly something to think about!
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I’m no fan of TV, but that black box could be anything. It could be a radio, a telegraph, a phonograph, a projector, a Nintendo 64, a sleek black MacBook, a black cigarette case, a refrigerator, a vcr, a dvd player – need I go on?

It is an interesting prophecy, to be sure, but I’d rather watch out for the Devil himself than let him sneak in inside a brown box because I was too busy keeping my eye on the black ones.
 
danonwaveland said:
and your point is. . . ? :rolleyes:

God bless,
Dan
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Let’s see, you blindly assume I was referring to you when in fact I was obviously reacting to this thread’s latest responses. Veritas over there was even first before me yet you choose to harass me over it?

Unless I struck a really sensitive nerve indicating that you are in fact agreeing to the posts I quoted, your hostility is unwarranted.
 
I do not watch TV. I watch movies I select, but not TV.

I had a little mini celebration the day I took the TV out of my living room and put it away.

In its place, I put a very large cross.

I find that TV makes people very un-sensitive and cold. It forms their brains into a very particular way of thinking that our culture wants to mold it into.

Whoever has control of the culture will have control of the people. I know who has control of this culture so I do not let this culture in my home so easily. :knight2:
 
Devil entering our home not in the sense like someone mentioned the girl from the ring kind of scenario. What they mean is that the TV, while it could be an amazing source of information readily available for everyone, it’s used to market things we don’t need (we only need Jesus- I’m talking bigger picture). You watch the “news” and what do you see? Violence, drugs, malice, or news that is really not news. Kim Kardashian divorcing was all over morning news, the radio, and what people were talking about. I hate to be the one to say it, but this is not news. Our perception and our focus on what is true (Jesus) is so skewed. In this sense, this is what the devil is doing- deluding us to believe this is “living”. This is not living, this is buying into his deception. Need I remind you all the devil doesn’t come out and say wave his arms and makes us follow him, the devil is the master of deception.
 
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