Excellent! This is wisdom and truth that must be listened to. I totally agree, that after 2000 years, we already have a solid foundation of faith, built on Scripture, tradition, public revelations and/or apparitions and as such although some private apparitions are from heaven, we do not need them to base our Faith on. They are like cream on the cake to help us strengthen our Faith, and that is all. Thank you my friend for this posting. It is a great video. Welldone and God bless †
@mercychaplet Exactly. I wish people would understand that. What bishop wouldn't want Our Lady to truly appear in his diocese? It's not like he's being petty. He's trying to protect people from receiving invalid sacraments from priests whose faculties have been suspended. It's such a mess over there. Poor Bishop Peric.
400 years of Protestantism, and they have not understood yet that Catholics do not worship the Pope. Oh, well.... "Christ is the way to the Father." Yes, and why do you think Catholics do not know that? Can you show any point of Catholic doctrine that denies that Christ is the Head of the Church and that He is the Savior?
He didn't say about "daily visions", but about those who like to read about apparitions everyday. That's completely different, far for any allusion to Medjugorje, let alone "clear".
There are written statement by the Franciscan priest of Medjugorje, Father Slavko Barbaric, and signed by his translator, John T. Shindler. It contains many questions to be presented to the Gospa through the visionaries.
The "seers" have also made many many false prophesies, which were never fulfilled on the dates they gave! Also miralces they claim as proof, such as the hands turning round on the watch, is not in keeping with real miracles. (This watch was later taken to a watchsmith who confirmed that the hands had simply been plucked, so that with even a slight tilt, they would spin). Contrast these with the Fatima Secrets, and Miracle of the Sun, witnessed by over 70,000 people!!
According to Canon law, the local Ordinary HAS the jurisdiction to decide whether an apparition is authentic or false (Canon 753) just as at Fatima and Lourdes etc. This is Church Law. Due to dissobedience, he delegated the matter to a larger council of Bishops, as the local Franciscan clergy (long since dissobedient to the Magesterium) led the faithfull in ignoring his decision. His decision still stands. How much do you know about Bertone? Perhaps he is HARDLY the person to rely on!
I hope so. I really wanted him to be the pope this last time, but I suppose it was not God's will yet. Still, he's not a young man, I hope he lives long enough for it!
Bishop Zanic said: "IT IS NOT THE VIRGIN MARY APPEARING AT MEDJUGORJE." Archbishop, Cardinal Kuharic said: "IT IS NOT THE VIRGIN MARY APPEARING AT MEDJUGORJE." Lucia of Fatima said, Do not go there --- "IT IS NOT THE VIRGIN MARY APPEARING AT MEDJUGORJE."
@pbaylis1 I'm going to have to disagree with you. If Bishop Peric was not to be trusted, then he would be censured or suspended or laicized. That has not happened. Yet two of the priests that advised the seers early on have been laicized and yet another that still works with them is administering sacraments invalidly while under suspension. Yet Peric and his predecessor have never had any scandal attached to them.
In fact, Mirna of Damascus received four different apparitions on the eve of September 8th. One in that same year, 1984. On the following eve of September 8th, 1985, Christ said, "I am the creator. I created Her to give Me life..."
The greatest pilgrimage on Earth is [actually] at: The Holy Communion Eucharist. The Holy Eucharist is Jesus Christ; God Himself. No need 'apparition' to prove or believe that. John 20:29 Jesus said to him: "You believe because you can see me. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."
Firstly, "it takes time" and "we have to wait till they finish" are NOT valid arguments. Sr Lucia continued to see Our Lady & Our Lord after the apparitions were approved! Secondly, Pray, fast etc - are obvioulsy not the contradictions I speak of. See the tape interviews from the first week, or transcripts etc! Also, I recommend you read "Understanding Medjugorje", which provides some evidence in a condensed form. All should seek the truth, biases withstanding.
@iotaunam1 it's not Fatima part 2. It's Garabandal part 2. The similarities are there. (being appeared to while stealing, among other things). The devil has, to give him his due, brushed up on his PR since then. He's succeeding wildly in creating a schism with Medjugorje.
False Doctrine of Medjugorje: from April 1983 "Our Lady" said: 1. . . . give me the grace to love all men as you loved Jesus Christ . . . 2. . . . give me the grace to be merciful towards you . . . 3 . . . if, by chance, I should lose your grace, I ask you to restore it to me.
Answer by Gospa: Yes. ??? The fact is: Catholic Church [Vatican] has condemned Necedah long time ago. Even, the seer died out of the grace of the Church and did not even receive a Church burial. Necedah has been taken over by the priests and bishops of the heretical sect, who split from the Catholic Church.
On May 25, 1984, the so-called "Virgin" commanded that her 2000th anniversary be celebrated on August 5th. Bishop Zanic forbid the request. The "Virgin" then demanded that the feast of her birthday be celebrated on the 5th of August instead of the 8th of September. What about the Feast of the Immaculate Conception? Will that have to be changed also?
@WilliamTapley The Sunday Sabath is based on the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday.If you say Sabbthis wrong for Sunday, state you reason, which you did not do.
@sokre86 That quote was proven to be false by Ratzinger in a letter to either Zanic or Peric. Any statements attributed to the pope and himself concerning Medjugorje are untrue... something like that.
The bishops are appointed to govern by the Holy Spirit, and it is the Holy Spirit that guides their judgements, as well as Church Tradition. Therefore they discern according to the spirit, not judging according to the flesh.
The entire country of Mexico was converted because people were enthusiastic about an apparition. I'm not sure throwing a wet blanket on people is the correct way.
God will not contradict Himself. Nor will a true seer contradict another true seer. Since Catherine Emmerich, Therese Neumann, Mary Agreda, and the Church have said that Mary was born on September 8th, what are we to make of this woman of Medjugorje?
I do not spread lies! I never ever said that Medjugorje was spoken of negatively by any official Vatican Pronouncement - that does not mean it is not false!!!! It is an evil movement, which has nothing to do with our Lady!!! There is plenty of Formal letters from the Bishop of Mostar (the Ordinary who represnts the Church by Canon law) which refute this false apparition clearly!!!!
Of course the Pope cannot prevent people from going! If people go there and want their confessions herd, or hear Mass etc, the Church makes provisions, as it would do anywhere else!! This does not lend support IN ANY WAY to these fasle apparitions. Do you know what Cardinal Ratzinger said about Medjugorje when he was head of the CDF? Do you know that Rene Laurentin has lied (which he admits) when he knows it is false? Again, find out about Bertone before you cite him as anyway credible!
@Estaban333 I will reply to your PM - but I will say here what should be clear to anyone: you don't have to visit every false apparition site to kow that it is false. I will respond to the rest by PM.
@apeygirl Lets just hope he does the right thing sooner rather than later. There are too many gullible people out there who wont believe it is false until the Pope says it.
Regarding evidence, have you seen the video that I provided a link for? It shows conclusively that Vicka was not in ectasy, as she claimed, and lied about "the Gospa" nearly dropping the Child Jesus. Whatsmore, it you you who bear false witness against me, since I do not lie about what I have said!
@iotaunam1 I acknowledge that you do not have to visit every claimed apparition site to establish its authenticity personally. I share your opinion of some without going myself. However Medjugorje is unique in that an estimated 30 million people have been there (so, not directly comparable with other sites). I am one of the 30 million and have been there 3 times. I do know more than you do about this. If Cardinal Schonborn felt the need to go (in 2010) before making judgement, maybe you should.
These are some of the questions and the answers by the Gospa (Virgin?): Question 2. When does a baby receive a living soul? Answer by Gospa: "Four and one half months." Question 4. What about UFOs? Are they true? Answer by Gospa Yes.
Rosarium Parabellum "Gospa" is a feminine version of "Lord" in the local language. I doubt in its authenticity also, always had. The mother of God did however appear in the village of my ancestors, at least twice. The last time was in the late 1990s: there was a war and a soldier from the neighboring country took the church bell from one of the two churches and buried it (likely he wanted to sell it ...). However, the Lady was coming into his dreams every night and was telling him: "give me back my bell". The guy was an atheist and communist, but told about his experience live on Croatian TV later, said where the bell was buried and the person who rang it daily for a couple of decades has approved that it was the missing/stolen bell! :-) Peace be with you.
Here's another unofficial recorded, verified Bertone comment, which you're going to hate. "For the moment, one should consider Medjugorje as a Sanctuary, a Marian shrine, in the same way as Czestochowa." He added: "The Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith has asked the Episcopal Conference of Bosnia Hercegovina to take over the dossier of Medjugorje and start again from the beginning. A team of experts will take part in the work." Source: Medjugorje Report 15 May, 1999
Well, not necessarily. If the Bishop rejects the guidance of the Holy Spirit and acts on his own, according to his free will, then we can't say that he was led by the Holy Spirit. After all, all the Old Testament Kings were anointed of God, but look how most of them turned out. You have to keep yourself pure and holy and listen to and obey the direction of the Holy Spirit. It's a struggle sometimes.
You see. He said that we who judge according the flesh, don't know when He comes and when he goes. Shall we then judge about whether Mary comes or goes? Learn to listen to the Holy Spirit instead? The Holy Spirit may tell you personally whom to listen to.
Do they steal cigarettes now? Was Peter a sinner when Christ first appeared to him? What happened then? Was he forgiven? Did he carry on sinning? Please answer these questions. Then you will know the correct way to view the visionaries. You will see how Christ views the visionaries, you will see how the Vatican views the visionaries and you will yourself become a true Catholic and more Christ-like. If you don't want to, then you've no business calling yourself a Christian.
Also, in real apparitions, such as Lourdes, La Salette, and Fatima etc - the apparitions never lasted more than 6 months - sometimes one day! Contrast this with Medjugorje. In real apparitions, Our Lady only gives short, serious messages directly relating to the salvation of the world - whereas in Medjugorje, we see thousands and thousands of meaningless conversations with "the Gospa". Jakov also asked the Gospa about the football results - contrast this with Fatima etc.
Lol. He must have gave this speech before Benedict resigned. I wonder if he's changed his tune now and started following those visionaries who said "Don't listen to the pope."
+PAT ALEX I As you heard the Cardinal, if the visionaries tell people to disobey the pope and the bishops, “it’s not from heaven.” There's not 'tune-changing'.
@apeygirl Bishop Zanic was initially supportive but withdrew support when the Communist authorities called him to a meeting in Sarajevo. He told the then parish priest that he was not prepared to go to prison and would obey the civil authorities and that is what he did.
@apeygirl True. One of the many hundreds of lies and contradictions coming from those false "seers". Do these blind sheep not even start to question the authenticity when they see the seers having multiple homes (with swimming pools) and ordering BMW'S brand new with "outside the series" wheels. It is a sick joke at the expense of Real Apparitions like Fatima.
Demonic cannot be supernatural because only GOD is supernatural, demons are only preternatural so the bishop is correct in declaring there is nothing supernatural in the alleged apparitions.
@Estaban333 No, if you read what the Bishop wrote you will see his reasons why he changed his mind after hearing the facts of what actually happened and interviewing the "seers". Also the "authorities" could have stoped this sharade long ago, but the amount of money it brought in made even the reddest of them bite their toungues. As to your question: I cannot say, thats up to the Pope. The longer he delays however, the bigger the problem will be-Should have been done when the fraud statrted.
So what! This proves nothing. The Vatican denies that JPII said anything like this! Even if he did, it would only show that he believed that a false apparition was True! Do not try and link false apparitions with those of Fatima. In doing so, you are dicrediting Fatima!!!!
Again you mention Bishop Zanic's letters. These can all be ignored according to the official letter from the Vatican's Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. Neither Zanic nor his successor Peric were very popular in the Vatican. Both were endorsed by the communist regime in Yugoslavia. Zanic was a firm believer in Medjugorje, but appeared to suddenly changed his tune when the Communist Secret Police demanded that he stop the apparitions.
@iotaunam1 No. If you read what Fr. Jozo says, the Bishop changed his mind because he was frightened of going to prison as Fr. Jozo later did for 2 years and lost his hearing as a result. The Communist authorities were intent on stopping the claims and warned the Bishop, it was much later that the government saw some advantage in letting the pilgrims in to spend their money.
Every word of God must be believed.Gods true children and sons that have open channel of communication with the pillar of fire constant receive from the Lord.That is THUS SAITH THE LORD.The bible serves as reference point to butress these.Gods word the bible remains and is a book of private revelations. D Word of God came 2 Amos, Moses,Samuel,to me & as many as have channel of communication open the the holy spirit.Revelations from God are word based. Eg Jesus to apostles on the way to Emmaus.
I dare say that even E Michael Jones, Richard Salbato and the nastiest of detractors would be cringing at your ignorance. There is very little doubt that Zanic favoured the apparitions and Zovko opposed them at first. Both Zovko and Zanic were ordered by the Communist Secret Service, under threat of jail, to cease the apparitions. By the time Zovko had changed his mind and chose 3 years in jail. But, Zanic soon began to oppose the apparitions. He spent no time in jail.
The cardinal quoted scripture: "Those who listen to you, listen to me, and those who don't listen to you, don't listen to me". He doesn't realise that irony. God speaks to us through apparitions. Fear and apprehension of apparitions is not a good look for a Catholic leader. We should all be listening VERY CAREFULLY when God speaks through an apparition and begin to do the things that are asked.
He quoted scriptures about Jesus christ speaking to the apostles and he never said that apparitions are not true, infact he stated the enormous process on how to determine if its true and its role to us faithful. It takes years and years to prove it. But the key point was he acknowledged that there are apparitions but never forget the core value of Catholic teachings handed down from the apostles itself until the present day.
Well, you may call me hateful, but I have no intention of returning insult. I believe that you are sincere in your will to follow Christ and His Church, but are, like so many others, caught up in this deception. Also, the fact that the "seers" have "quit smoking" is not relevant to my point: that they had stolen cigaretts and were smoking them when "the Gospa" appeared. This is in complete contradiction to the the events surrounding real apparitions.
This "mere video" exposes the lies for all to see!! This cannont be from God, as he is all truth. The Ordinary of the area has the power ( by Canon law) to make a definitive pronouncement on the matter. He has - look up his numerous letters etc! Whatsmore, I do not need to be "forgiven" for exposing the truth about this false apparition, in fact I would consider it a sin to know about it, and not warn other well meaning people!
First, as I keep asking, and you never answer, is: Where is the evidence that Vicka was not in ecstasy? If you're saying the evidence is that she moved her head away from Jean Louis' finger, again, I ask you.....why would God not allow her body to defend itself? Let's clear that one up first. Then we'll address other things. You're not keeping up with the pertinent questions so I'll repeat them one at a time. You just attack me when I give you the answer you asked for. Respond to this one first.
The Pope said, at a general audience on 2nd Dec 2010 "I greet all Croatian pilgrims here, and especially those from the parish of St. James in Medjugorje. Your pilgrimage to Rome is part of the way of preparation for the coming of the Lord. Therefore, in hope, be evangelisers of God's love in your nation. May God bless you. Hvaljen Isus i Marija (Blessed be Jesus and Mary)". Doesn't sound as though he is about to condemn the apparitions to my ears.
The Church throughly reviews these priviate revelations based on Cardnal's explanations. They are not part of Our Catholic Faith. They can encourage faith and that is their purpose. We as Catholics are not required to believe them. They are not a part of the Magisterium of The Catholic Church.
iotaunam: "Again, find out about Bertone before you cite him as anyway credible! " Lol, you seem completely bound by ignorance and hate. It is YOU who needs to get the facts. You're just being plain silly. Bertone was secretary for the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith and reported to Ratzinger. He would have needed Ratzinger's approval to send that letter!
Sir there was NEVER A PUBLIC REVELATION.God never spoke to the public.The revelations in the Bible were all PRIVATE REVELATIONS.The bible told us the word God came to Isaiah,to Nahum,Nhemaiah,even Apostle John. It was God SPEAKING TO THE INDIVIDUAL NOT PUBLIC.Catholic church DOES NOT BELIEVE THE BIBLE!
You have already insulted and condemned half of Medjugorje. You're condemnation of innocent people is against the 8th commandment and the reason why you are getting back what you have given out. What the heck happened to the basic Christian tenet "Judge not lest you be judged".
Pull your head in iotaunam. How dare you spread lies and cause conflict. Medjugorje has NEVER been spoken negatively of by any official pronouncement by the Vatican. I challenge you to show us even ONE document. I can show you several that say the opposite of what you're saying.
The cardinal speaks words of wisdom. I like his speech. Very clear and catholic!
I love Cardinal Arinze! keep um coming. God Bless.
Excellent! This is wisdom and truth that must be listened to.
I totally agree, that after 2000 years, we already have a solid foundation of faith, built on Scripture, tradition, public revelations and/or apparitions and as such although some private apparitions are from heaven, we do not need them to base our Faith on. They are like cream on the cake to help us strengthen our Faith, and that is all.
Thank you my friend for this posting. It is a great video.
Welldone and God bless †
Great video!
Thank you for posting.
God bless you and keep you forever.
I love Cardinal arinze
My sure certain pilgrimage: the Tabernacle where Christ is. 😉👍🏻
I could easily see him as Papa
I believe in apparition that the catholic church confirmed..
Again I say: OUR future Pope!
@mercychaplet Exactly. I wish people would understand that. What bishop wouldn't want Our Lady to truly appear in his diocese? It's not like he's being petty. He's trying to protect people from receiving invalid sacraments from priests whose faculties have been suspended. It's such a mess over there. Poor Bishop Peric.
400 years of Protestantism, and they have not understood yet that Catholics do not worship the Pope. Oh, well.... "Christ is the way to the Father." Yes, and why do you think Catholics do not know that? Can you show any point of Catholic doctrine that denies that Christ is the Head of the Church and that He is the Savior?
Excellent! Thanks for sharing.
His Eminence is clearly talking about Medjugorje ("daily visions").
He didn't say about "daily visions", but about those who like to read about apparitions everyday. That's completely different, far for any allusion to Medjugorje, let alone "clear".
I believe he is referring to unapproved apparitions like medjugorje and garabandal.
he will be the next pope, be assured
There are written statement by the Franciscan priest of Medjugorje, Father Slavko Barbaric, and signed by his translator, John T. Shindler. It contains many questions to be presented to the Gospa through the visionaries.
The "seers" have also made many many false prophesies, which were never fulfilled on the dates they gave! Also miralces they claim as proof, such as the hands turning round on the watch, is not in keeping with real miracles. (This watch was later taken to a watchsmith who confirmed that the hands had simply been plucked, so that with even a slight tilt, they would spin). Contrast these with the Fatima Secrets, and Miracle of the Sun, witnessed by over 70,000 people!!
According to Canon law, the local Ordinary HAS the jurisdiction to decide whether an apparition is authentic or false (Canon 753) just as at Fatima and Lourdes etc. This is Church Law. Due to dissobedience, he delegated the matter to a larger council of Bishops, as the local Franciscan clergy (long since dissobedient to the Magesterium) led the faithfull in ignoring his decision. His decision still stands.
How much do you know about Bertone? Perhaps he is HARDLY the person to rely on!
Card. Arinze was a great man excerpt when he excomunised Mgr Marcel Lefebvre, a truly saint man.
He did not excommunicate Mgr Lefefvre, cardinal Bernardin Gantin (from Benin) did. And whether some dislikes It or not, Mgr Lefebvre desobeyd.
NOT a holy man. Disobedient excommunicated disgraced…
I hope so. I really wanted him to be the pope this last time, but I suppose it was not God's will yet. Still, he's not a young man, I hope he lives long enough for it!
Bishop Zanic said:
"IT IS NOT THE VIRGIN MARY APPEARING AT MEDJUGORJE."
Archbishop, Cardinal Kuharic said:
"IT IS NOT THE VIRGIN MARY APPEARING AT MEDJUGORJE."
Lucia of Fatima said, Do not go there ---
"IT IS NOT THE VIRGIN MARY APPEARING AT MEDJUGORJE."
@pbaylis1 I'm going to have to disagree with you. If Bishop Peric was not to be trusted, then he would be censured or suspended or laicized. That has not happened. Yet two of the priests that advised the seers early on have been laicized and yet another that still works with them is administering sacraments invalidly while under suspension. Yet Peric and his predecessor have never had any scandal attached to them.
The answer to Question 2 would legalize almost all abortions; Question 4 and 7 need no comment;.
I think he's wonderful. Our next pope? I'd like to think do.
How does the catholic church distingush between private revelations vs. the two witnesses of revelations ch 11?
In fact, Mirna of Damascus received four different apparitions on the eve of September 8th. One in that same year, 1984. On the following eve of September 8th, 1985, Christ said, "I am the creator. I created Her to give Me life..."
The greatest pilgrimage on Earth is [actually] at:
The Holy Communion Eucharist.
The Holy Eucharist is Jesus Christ; God Himself.
No need 'apparition' to prove or believe that.
John 20:29
Jesus said to him: "You believe because you can see me. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."
Firstly, "it takes time" and "we have to wait till they finish" are NOT valid arguments. Sr Lucia continued to see Our Lady & Our Lord after the apparitions were approved!
Secondly, Pray, fast etc - are obvioulsy not the contradictions I speak of. See the tape interviews from the first week, or transcripts etc!
Also, I recommend you read "Understanding Medjugorje", which provides some evidence in a condensed form. All should seek the truth, biases withstanding.
@iotaunam1 it's not Fatima part 2. It's Garabandal part 2. The similarities are there. (being appeared to while stealing, among other things). The devil has, to give him his due, brushed up on his PR since then. He's succeeding wildly in creating a schism with Medjugorje.
garabandal scared me to death..
@@lexinoel7 both garabandal and medjugorje are questionable!
False Doctrine of Medjugorje:
from April 1983
"Our Lady" said:
1. . . . give me the grace to love all men as you loved Jesus Christ . . .
2. . . . give me the grace to be merciful towards you . . .
3 . . . if, by chance, I should lose your grace, I ask you to restore it to me.
Answer by Gospa: Yes.
???
The fact is:
Catholic Church [Vatican] has condemned Necedah long time ago.
Even, the seer died out of the grace of the Church and did not even receive a Church burial. Necedah has been taken over by the priests and bishops of the heretical sect, who split from the Catholic Church.
On May 25, 1984, the so-called "Virgin" commanded that her 2000th anniversary be celebrated on August 5th. Bishop Zanic forbid the request. The "Virgin" then demanded that the feast of her birthday be celebrated on the 5th of August instead of the 8th of September. What about the Feast of the Immaculate Conception? Will that have to be changed also?
@WilliamTapley The Sunday Sabath is based on the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday.If you say Sabbthis wrong for Sunday, state you reason, which you did not do.
@sokre86 That quote was proven to be false by Ratzinger in a letter to either Zanic or Peric. Any statements attributed to the pope and himself concerning Medjugorje are untrue... something like that.
Amen
That is for me to decide if they are Demonic or not. Please tell me which Apparition did you get these words?
No, for the Church to decide! Good luck on your own!
Ah, now that explains a lot. I didn't know that.
could you please tell me which of the marian apparition did you get these words?
The bishops are appointed to govern by the Holy Spirit, and it is the Holy Spirit that guides their judgements, as well as Church Tradition. Therefore they discern according to the spirit, not judging according to the flesh.
Amen.
Jesus Christ is in Nunawading
The entire country of Mexico was converted because people were enthusiastic about an apparition. I'm not sure throwing a wet blanket on people is the correct way.
God will not contradict Himself. Nor will a true seer contradict another true seer. Since Catherine Emmerich, Therese Neumann, Mary Agreda, and the Church have said that Mary was born on September 8th, what are we to make of this woman of Medjugorje?
Catholic Family Land. It is in Ohio. An amazing place!
Question to "lady" gospa of Medjugorje:
"Did you appear at Necedah, Wisconsin?"
I do not spread lies!
I never ever said that Medjugorje was spoken of negatively by any official Vatican Pronouncement - that does not mean it is not false!!!! It is an evil movement, which has nothing to do with our Lady!!!
There is plenty of Formal letters from the Bishop of Mostar (the Ordinary who represnts the Church by Canon law) which refute this false apparition clearly!!!!
@swwaddell I agree with you :D
Of course the Pope cannot prevent people from going! If people go there and want their confessions herd, or hear Mass etc, the Church makes provisions, as it would do anywhere else!! This does not lend support IN ANY WAY to these fasle apparitions. Do you know what Cardinal Ratzinger said about Medjugorje when he was head of the CDF?
Do you know that Rene Laurentin has lied (which he admits) when he knows it is false?
Again, find out about Bertone before you cite him as anyway credible!
@Estaban333
I will reply to your PM - but I will say here what should be clear to anyone: you don't have to visit every false apparition site to kow that it is false. I will respond to the rest by PM.
@apeygirl
Lets just hope he does the right thing sooner rather than later. There are too many gullible people out there who wont believe it is false until the Pope says it.
Regarding evidence, have you seen the video that I provided a link for? It shows conclusively that Vicka was not in ectasy, as she claimed, and lied about "the Gospa" nearly dropping the Child Jesus.
Whatsmore, it you you who bear false witness against me, since I do not lie about what I have said!
@iotaunam1 I acknowledge that you do not have to visit every claimed apparition site to establish its authenticity personally. I share your opinion of some without going myself. However Medjugorje is unique in that an estimated 30 million people have been there (so, not directly comparable with other sites). I am one of the 30 million and have been there 3 times. I do know more than you do about this. If Cardinal Schonborn felt the need to go (in 2010) before making judgement, maybe you should.
Obviously ignored what the Cardinal just said…🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
@iotaunam1 You clearly have high level sources! When is "soon"?
These are some of the questions and the answers by the Gospa (Virgin?):
Question 2. When does a baby receive a living soul?
Answer by Gospa: "Four and one half months."
Question 4. What about UFOs? Are they true?
Answer by Gospa Yes.
Rosarium Parabellum "Gospa" is a feminine version of "Lord" in the local language.
I doubt in its authenticity also, always had.
The mother of God did however appear in the village of my ancestors, at least twice. The last time was in the late 1990s: there was a war and a soldier from the neighboring country took the church bell from one of the two churches and buried it (likely he wanted to sell it ...). However, the Lady was coming into his dreams every night and was telling him: "give me back my bell". The guy was an atheist and communist, but told about his experience live on Croatian TV later, said where the bell was buried and the person who rang it daily for a couple of decades has approved that it was the missing/stolen bell! :-)
Peace be with you.
You can see the spirit of disobedience in the comments….
@iotaunam1 Well, he cracked down on the Legion of Christ and laicized one of the Medjugorje seers' spiritual directors. I have faith in Pope Benedict.
Here's another unofficial recorded, verified Bertone comment, which you're going to hate.
"For the moment, one should consider Medjugorje as a Sanctuary, a Marian shrine, in the same way as Czestochowa." He added: "The Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith has asked the Episcopal Conference of Bosnia Hercegovina to take over the dossier of Medjugorje and start again from the beginning. A team of experts will take part in the work."
Source: Medjugorje Report 15 May, 1999
Well, not necessarily. If the Bishop rejects the guidance of the Holy Spirit and acts on his own, according to his free will, then we can't say that he was led by the Holy Spirit. After all, all the Old Testament Kings were anointed of God, but look how most of them turned out. You have to keep yourself pure and holy and listen to and obey the direction of the Holy Spirit. It's a struggle sometimes.
You see. He said that we who judge according the flesh, don't know when He comes and when he goes. Shall we then judge about whether Mary comes or goes?
Learn to listen to the Holy Spirit instead? The Holy Spirit may tell you personally whom to listen to.
what about the 3rd secret of Fatima the Vatican cover up
@apeygirl Can you quote the relevant messages?
Do they steal cigarettes now? Was Peter a sinner when Christ first appeared to him? What happened then? Was he forgiven? Did he carry on sinning?
Please answer these questions. Then you will know the correct way to view the visionaries. You will see how Christ views the visionaries, you will see how the Vatican views the visionaries and you will yourself become a true Catholic and more Christ-like. If you don't want to, then you've no business calling yourself a Christian.
The numerous absurd messages, lies, falsehoods and DISOBEDIENCE associated from the beginning with the events and "apparitions" of Medjugorje.
Also, in real apparitions, such as Lourdes, La Salette, and Fatima etc - the apparitions never lasted more than 6 months - sometimes one day! Contrast this with Medjugorje.
In real apparitions, Our Lady only gives short, serious messages directly relating to the salvation of the world - whereas in Medjugorje, we see thousands and thousands of meaningless conversations with "the Gospa". Jakov also asked the Gospa about the football results - contrast this with Fatima etc.
GOT MIRACLES BUT THAT ALL I WILL SAYS, NOBODY WILL CARE.
Lol. He must have gave this speech before Benedict resigned. I wonder if he's changed his tune now and started following those visionaries who said "Don't listen to the pope."
this lecture was given before Pope francis was elected.
+PAT ALEX I As you heard the Cardinal, if the visionaries tell people to disobey the pope and the bishops, “it’s not from heaven.” There's not 'tune-changing'.
@apeygirl Bishop Zanic was initially supportive but withdrew support when the Communist authorities called him to a meeting in Sarajevo. He told the then parish priest that he was not prepared to go to prison and would obey the civil authorities and that is what he did.
@apeygirl
True. One of the many hundreds of lies and contradictions coming from those false "seers". Do these blind sheep not even start to question the authenticity when they see the seers having multiple homes (with swimming pools) and ordering BMW'S brand new with "outside the series" wheels. It is a sick joke at the expense of Real Apparitions like Fatima.
@pbaylis1 I disagree with Zanic there. It supernatural, but not the good kind.
Demonic cannot be supernatural because only GOD is supernatural, demons are only preternatural so the bishop is correct in declaring there is nothing supernatural in the alleged apparitions.
@Estaban333
No, if you read what the Bishop wrote you will see his reasons why he changed his mind after hearing the facts of what actually happened and interviewing the "seers". Also the "authorities" could have stoped this sharade long ago, but the amount of money it brought in made even the reddest of them bite their toungues. As to your question: I cannot say, thats up to the Pope. The longer he delays however, the bigger the problem will be-Should have been done when the fraud statrted.
I love it how he says the word 'DOGMA'!
So what! This proves nothing. The Vatican denies that JPII said anything like this! Even if he did, it would only show that he believed that a false apparition was True!
Do not try and link false apparitions with those of Fatima. In doing so, you are dicrediting Fatima!!!!
Again you mention Bishop Zanic's letters. These can all be ignored according to the official letter from the Vatican's Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. Neither Zanic nor his successor Peric were very popular in the Vatican. Both were endorsed by the communist regime in Yugoslavia. Zanic was a firm believer in Medjugorje, but appeared to suddenly changed his tune when the Communist Secret Police demanded that he stop the apparitions.
@iotaunam1 No. If you read what Fr. Jozo says, the Bishop changed his mind because he was frightened of going to prison as Fr. Jozo later did for 2 years and lost his hearing as a result. The Communist authorities were intent on stopping the claims and warned the Bishop, it was much later that the government saw some advantage in letting the pilgrims in to spend their money.
Every word of God must be believed.Gods true children and sons that have open channel of communication with the pillar of fire constant receive from the Lord.That is THUS SAITH THE LORD.The bible serves as reference point to butress these.Gods word the bible remains and is a book of private revelations. D Word of God came 2 Amos, Moses,Samuel,to me & as many as have channel of communication open the the holy spirit.Revelations from God are word based. Eg Jesus to apostles on the way to Emmaus.
I dare say that even E Michael Jones, Richard Salbato and the nastiest of detractors would be cringing at your ignorance.
There is very little doubt that Zanic favoured the apparitions and Zovko opposed them at first.
Both Zovko and Zanic were ordered by the Communist Secret Service, under threat of jail, to cease the apparitions. By the time Zovko had changed his mind and chose 3 years in jail. But, Zanic soon began to oppose the apparitions. He spent no time in jail.
The cardinal quoted scripture: "Those who listen to you, listen to me, and those who don't listen to you, don't listen to me". He doesn't realise that irony. God speaks to us through apparitions. Fear and apprehension of apparitions is not a good look for a Catholic leader. We should all be listening VERY CAREFULLY when God speaks through an apparition and begin to do the things that are asked.
He quoted scriptures about Jesus christ speaking to the apostles and he never said that apparitions are not true, infact he stated the enormous process on how to determine if its true and its role to us faithful. It takes years and years to prove it. But the key point was he acknowledged that there are apparitions but never forget the core value of Catholic teachings handed down from the apostles itself until the present day.
Wow you were not listening at all and think you KNOW BETTER than the cardinal! That’s rich!
Well, you may call me hateful, but I have no intention of returning insult. I believe that you are sincere in your will to follow Christ and His Church, but are, like so many others, caught up in this deception.
Also, the fact that the "seers" have "quit smoking" is not relevant to my point: that they had stolen cigaretts and were smoking them when "the Gospa" appeared. This is in complete contradiction to the the events surrounding real apparitions.
Flaco favor el de la Virgen, eh señores?
Ella saca tierra del agujero y Uds de espaldas la vuelven a meter dentro.
Didáctico , oh yes .
This "mere video" exposes the lies for all to see!! This cannont be from God, as he is all truth.
The Ordinary of the area has the power ( by Canon law) to make a definitive pronouncement on the matter. He has - look up his numerous letters etc!
Whatsmore, I do not need to be "forgiven" for exposing the truth about this false apparition, in fact I would consider it a sin to know about it, and not warn other well meaning people!
First, as I keep asking, and you never answer, is: Where is the evidence that Vicka was not in ecstasy? If you're saying the evidence is that she moved her head away from Jean Louis' finger, again, I ask you.....why would God not allow her body to defend itself? Let's clear that one up first. Then we'll address other things. You're not keeping up with the pertinent questions so I'll repeat them one at a time. You just attack me when I give you the answer you asked for. Respond to this one first.
The Pope said, at a general audience on 2nd Dec 2010 "I greet all Croatian pilgrims here, and especially those from the parish of St. James in Medjugorje. Your pilgrimage to Rome is part of the way of preparation for the coming of the Lord. Therefore, in hope, be evangelisers of God's love in your nation. May God bless you. Hvaljen Isus i Marija (Blessed be Jesus and Mary)". Doesn't sound as though he is about to condemn the apparitions to my ears.
The Church throughly reviews these priviate revelations based on Cardnal's explanations. They are not part of Our Catholic Faith. They can encourage faith and that is their purpose. We as Catholics are not required to believe them. They are not a part of the Magisterium of The Catholic Church.
iotaunam: "Again, find out about Bertone before you cite him as anyway credible! "
Lol, you seem completely bound by ignorance and hate. It is YOU who needs to get the facts. You're just being plain silly.
Bertone was secretary for the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith and reported to Ratzinger. He would have needed Ratzinger's approval to send that letter!
Sir there was NEVER A PUBLIC REVELATION.God never spoke to the public.The revelations in the Bible were all PRIVATE REVELATIONS.The bible told us the word God came to Isaiah,to Nahum,Nhemaiah,even Apostle John. It was God SPEAKING TO THE INDIVIDUAL NOT PUBLIC.Catholic church DOES NOT BELIEVE THE BIBLE!
Could become a Pope
You have already insulted and condemned half of Medjugorje. You're condemnation of innocent people is against the 8th commandment and the reason why you are getting back what you have given out. What the heck happened to the basic Christian tenet "Judge not lest you be judged".
Pull your head in iotaunam. How dare you spread lies and cause conflict. Medjugorje has NEVER been spoken negatively of by any official pronouncement by the Vatican. I challenge you to show us even ONE document. I can show you several that say the opposite of what you're saying.
Liar, liar..You better repent quick
nonesense.