Sunday Meditation: Make the Rosary Your Go To Devotion to Grow in Holiness
After the Mass, there is no greater devotion than the holy rosary. If you aren't praying it every day, you are depriving yourself of one of the greatest aids to lead us to heaven.
I must add some information about Fatima: It took 13 years from the last apparition in 1917 for the local Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Dom José Alves Correia da Silva, to officially declare the Our Lady of Fatima to be true and not in conflict with the church. "An interesting fact I discovered about Fatima is that while the actual apparitions were occurring, several other 'apparitions' were simultaneously reported within the same region (likely a 50-mile radius). These events contained similar content but were canonically incorrect. Some believe this was a tactic used by Satan to mislead canonical investigators, either to trick them into approving false apparitions or to prevent the formal approval of the valid apparition of the Blessed Mother."
Contextual Note on "Canonical Correctness" In the study of Mariology, the Church often looks for "signs of authenticity" to distinguish between genuine experiences and those that are either psychological or, as you mentioned, "preternatural" (counterfeit). During the 1917 events, there were indeed reports of "copycat" seers in the surrounding villages, which did complicate the initial investigation by the Leiria-Fátima diocese.
In the months surrounding the Fatima apparitions, local authorities and Church investigators had to contend with several other individuals claiming to have visions: Izabel Brandão de Amorim: Just a few miles away, this young woman claimed to see a "Lady" and even attracted her own crowds. However, her messages were often seen as contradictory to the Fatima message or lacking the same spiritual "fruit," and her claims were eventually dismissed. The "Copycat" Seers: Historical records from the Leiria-Fátima diocese mention that after the news of the Cova da Iria (the site of the main apparitions) spread, dozens of other children and adults in the region began claiming they also saw the Virgin Mary or angels. The "Bloody" Apparition: Some reports from that time included visions that were described as much more frightening or "theologically dark," which investigators used as a contrast to the calm and serious nature of the Fatima messages.
The same thing happened at Lourdes with strange "apparitions" occurring some with weird and sinister effects. https://theotokos.org.uk/false-visions-which-followed-lourdes/ Not surprising that the devil would throw confusion on a situation that was definitely from God.
I must add some information about Fatima:
ReplyDeleteIt took 13 years from the last apparition in 1917 for the local Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Dom José Alves Correia da Silva, to officially declare the Our Lady of Fatima to be true and not in conflict with the church.
"An interesting fact I discovered about Fatima is that while the actual apparitions were occurring, several other 'apparitions' were simultaneously reported within the same region (likely a 50-mile radius). These events contained similar content but were canonically incorrect. Some believe this was a tactic used by Satan to mislead canonical investigators, either to trick them into approving false apparitions or to prevent the formal approval of the valid apparition of the Blessed Mother."
Contextual Note on "Canonical Correctness"
ReplyDeleteIn the study of Mariology, the Church often looks for "signs of authenticity" to distinguish between genuine experiences and those that are either psychological or, as you mentioned, "preternatural" (counterfeit). During the 1917 events, there were indeed reports of "copycat" seers in the surrounding villages, which did complicate the initial investigation by the Leiria-Fátima diocese.
In the months surrounding the Fatima apparitions, local authorities and Church investigators had to contend with several other individuals claiming to have visions:
ReplyDeleteIzabel Brandão de Amorim: Just a few miles away, this young woman claimed to see a "Lady" and even attracted her own crowds. However, her messages were often seen as contradictory to the Fatima message or lacking the same spiritual "fruit," and her claims were eventually dismissed.
The "Copycat" Seers: Historical records from the Leiria-Fátima diocese mention that after the news of the Cova da Iria (the site of the main apparitions) spread, dozens of other children and adults in the region began claiming they also saw the Virgin Mary or angels.
The "Bloody" Apparition: Some reports from that time included visions that were described as much more frightening or "theologically dark," which investigators used as a contrast to the calm and serious nature of the Fatima messages.
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The same thing happened at Lourdes with strange "apparitions" occurring some with weird and sinister effects. https://theotokos.org.uk/false-visions-which-followed-lourdes/ Not surprising that the devil would throw confusion on a situation that was definitely from God.
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