S
Seeking33
Guest
I was reading last night about several of the Saints and people who at least were being considered for sainthood. Some of the accounts of the people I read about were outright weird.
For example, there was one called Catherine the Astonishing, and this woman was strange. They said she used to have “mad fits”. One time they thought she was dead and while they were having her funeral, she lifted out of the coffin and “levitated” to the ceiling. The article also said she was seen levitating often. Hmmm, that gives me the hibbee-jibbees!!!
There was another man who was seen bi-locating. Now, I had never heard this term and had to look it up. It means being physically in two places at the same time. People actually saw him attending Mass and working in the fields at the same time. Ummm, I’m scared.
I did not feel the Lord reading this stuff. I went to bed feeling really creepy and actually had horrible nightmares last night.
The part that I guess did make sense was that most of the saints had horrible, tragic lives and several suffered mental illnesses and were often abused or neglected as children. Satan definitely did his best to destroy them. Quite a contrast with the “prosperity” gospel we hear of today. But, I felt depressed after reading about them…seriously.
Why would it be considered Holy to have the levitating and bi-locating and such? Also, another one that bothers me is the “stigmata”. It just feels evil to me to think about this appearing on someone’s body, especially if it is just randomly appearing on people (such as if the person was not especially devoted to God). Does the church support that these phenomena are from God? It seems from the other side to me. I’m trying to be careful and respectful, but I mean really…
Any opinions on this?
For example, there was one called Catherine the Astonishing, and this woman was strange. They said she used to have “mad fits”. One time they thought she was dead and while they were having her funeral, she lifted out of the coffin and “levitated” to the ceiling. The article also said she was seen levitating often. Hmmm, that gives me the hibbee-jibbees!!!
There was another man who was seen bi-locating. Now, I had never heard this term and had to look it up. It means being physically in two places at the same time. People actually saw him attending Mass and working in the fields at the same time. Ummm, I’m scared.
I did not feel the Lord reading this stuff. I went to bed feeling really creepy and actually had horrible nightmares last night.
The part that I guess did make sense was that most of the saints had horrible, tragic lives and several suffered mental illnesses and were often abused or neglected as children. Satan definitely did his best to destroy them. Quite a contrast with the “prosperity” gospel we hear of today. But, I felt depressed after reading about them…seriously.
Why would it be considered Holy to have the levitating and bi-locating and such? Also, another one that bothers me is the “stigmata”. It just feels evil to me to think about this appearing on someone’s body, especially if it is just randomly appearing on people (such as if the person was not especially devoted to God). Does the church support that these phenomena are from God? It seems from the other side to me. I’m trying to be careful and respectful, but I mean really…
Any opinions on this?