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Saint's Blood Liquefies - Good Omen for the World
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| 09/20/2001
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Posted on 09/22/2001 6:04:00 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: patent
Knock this off, you may not like the belief, but this event has been around longer then your church has. Address it without the insults, please.You are very right. Maybe some Catholics are uncomfortable with certain beliefs but they are common with many. Catholics aren't exactly like Protestants and people sometimes forget that. Catholics are more willing to accept the Supernatural world and that sometimes it shows itself in the natural world.
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posted on
09/22/2001 11:07:39 PM PDT
by
FITZ
To: FITZ
I had to chuckle while reading some of the posts here. I too, was a HUGE skeptic about spinning suns and signs from heaven. But I have personally witnessed the sun spin at a site in Indiana called Sylvan Springs this summer. (It seems a nun had apparitions there in the 1950's with the Blessed Mother.)
The entire time I am watching the sun spin, I am analyzing how this is happening...is it just the brightness of the sun, is it a distortion in my cornea due to the brightness...believe me...I was VERY skeptical and actually a bit scared when it happened. But my sister saw it too. It was a huge confirmation for me of the validity of this location.
I used to think people who "needed" this type of experience were somehow lacking in their spiritual lives. Little did I realize how spiritually lacking I was until this happened. There is such joy at this place...such peace.
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posted on
09/22/2001 11:20:08 PM PDT
by
Hamilton2
(EASY TO BE SKEPTICAL ...HARD TO BELIEVE)
To: Cultural Jihad
Thanks for trying, but I was unable to see the picture. :)
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posted on
09/22/2001 11:25:51 PM PDT
by
JMJ333
To: a history buff
See post 116.
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posted on
09/22/2001 11:27:55 PM PDT
by
JMJ333
To: Hamilton2
I know when my doctor was going to Mexico because there was a statue crying tears, some people thought it was flakey even though he's got a very good reputation in the medical circle here, but it's pretty universal with Catholics to have beliefs that Protestants and Atheists and others would find unusual. Often things aren't talked about except in "safe" company so in a way it's not a surprise that some don't even realize it. What Catholic doesn't pray to St Anthony when they lose something and then credit him with finding it for them?
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posted on
09/22/2001 11:30:31 PM PDT
by
FITZ
To: a history buff
BTW not only did JP 2 refuse to go to that spot, but while in Croatia, made a point of praising a real (his words, not mine) site of Marian apparitions.Well, hmm...who was that John Paul clone that showed in Bosnia-Herzagovina? I'll find the link and post it--but not tonight--I'm going to bed.
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posted on
09/22/2001 11:33:29 PM PDT
by
JMJ333
To: JMJ333
You can see it if you right click and look at properties and then copy and paste the http address to your browser's window. It seems you have to go to the web site and then the pictures shows.
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posted on
09/22/2001 11:49:01 PM PDT
by
FITZ
To: FITZ
Actually, I think Catholics were losing the spiritual side of their faith until recently. And as for private revelations, the Church rarely makes a decision one way or another. Something like 75% of reported private revelations are not responded to by the Church.
My experiences are something I have been careful to talk about. When I told my husband about it, he said he beleived me ...he wasn't there. I told him if he had told me the same story I would have thought he had gone a little nuts.
So, I really understand the skepticism. But I have experienced the power not just of what I have seen but have felt in my heart the impact of the peace.
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posted on
09/23/2001 12:14:05 AM PDT
by
Hamilton2
(Faith is a gift.)
To: JMJ333
"I will do my best to locate the statement by the pope saying that Medjugorie was worthy of pilgrimage. When I find it, I'll post it."
Sure I'd like to read it. I am not trying to cut down miracles or Medjugorie.
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posted on
09/23/2001 1:20:10 AM PDT
by
Theresa
To: FITZ
"What Catholic doesn't pray to St Anthony when they lose something and then credit him with finding it for them?"
I thought it was St. Jude! Oh my gosh no wonder I never find anything.
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posted on
09/23/2001 1:26:53 AM PDT
by
Theresa
To: Cultural Jihad
"Beware of false prophets" (Matt. 7:15). Those who do ministry in a way pleasing to people and against the will of God, those who do not warn against sin, those who twist scriptures and try to justify any manner of living, those assembly preachers who talk about salvation though they themselves are not saved, babblers, those who do ministry with smooth and cunning words to satisfy their lustful desires, those who are likened to dogs which lap up their own vomit, those who give importance to signs and miracles but leave out salvation and holy life- the scriptures warn that all the above kinds of people are false prophets. The Lord tells us to beware of such false prophets and depart from them (Matt. 7:15-23). Call me a skeptic .
Cheese .
To: LarryLied
Everyone knows marshmallows, not green jello, are essential to Mormonism.Actually, the ultimate totem is, of course, marshmallows embedded in green jello.
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posted on
09/23/2001 5:32:25 AM PDT
by
Illbay
To: Theresa
Saint Anthony is for lost things.
Saint Jude is for lost causes.
At least that's the way my mother put it. She prayed every morning and every night to Saint Jude. Since her death, I wear two Saint Jude medals on a chain - hers and my own.
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To: Theresa
I thought it was St. Jude! Oh my gosh no wonder I never find anything. No I think St. Jude is over hopeless causes. There's a prayer to St. Anthony that I've heard always works: "Tony, Tony look around, something's lost and must be found." I know people who use that and claim they then found things they almost gave up on.
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posted on
09/23/2001 6:56:08 AM PDT
by
FITZ
To: Illbay
Actually, the ultimate totem is, of course, marshmallows embedded in green jello. You might see some miracles too if you weren't so distracted by the itching from those hair shirts.
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posted on
09/23/2001 6:59:17 AM PDT
by
FITZ
To: Thorn11cav
I agree but to people who are not Catholic this stuff seems a bit like Science Fiction. Of course the Mormons have some pretty weird beliefs as well. Exactly. Look at the Mormons. No one has flakier beliefs than they. Ultimately all of our ideas about the nature of God will fall far short of the Reality of God. But that doesn't really matter much to God, who looks inside the heart to see what is really important to Him. Mormons search their consciences every day and strive to do the will of God. If you talk about morality to most Protestant kids today they will just laugh and sneer.
To: Cultural Jihad
"Beware of false prophets" (Matt. 7:15). Those who do ministry in a way pleasing to people and against the will of God, those who do not warn against sin, those who twist scriptures and try to justify any manner of living, those assembly preachers who talk about salvation though they themselves are not saved, babblers, those who do ministry with smooth and cunning words to satisfy their lustful desires, those who are likened to dogs which lap up their own vomit, those who give importance to signs and miracles but leave out salvation and holy life- the scriptures warn that all the above kinds of people are false prophets. The Lord tells us to beware of such false prophets and depart from them (Matt. 7:15-23). Things I cannot deny .(Works of the Living God)
Friends and others healed by the laying on of hands .
Prayers answered for myself and others .
Addictions broken
Countless amounts of people accepting Christ
Myself accepting Jesus as Lord
Speaking in tongues
Many other personal things God has done in my life .
Some should take a moment to think, where would they go if they were to die today, within the next hour, right this moment ?
Jesus is waiting.
Cheese .
John 3:16,Acts 2:1-4, Acts 15:13, Eph 6:10-17, Mark 16:20
Study to show yourself approved, pray always, put on you armour, take up your sword and go preach for He is with you .
To: a history buff, Theresa
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posted on
09/23/2001 12:20:04 PM PDT
by
JMJ333
To: a history buff
I did a bit of research on E. Michael Jones, and not all Catholics are comfortable with his positions. It is true that there are people inside the church who seek to do her harm. You have, however, interested me in him and I will be picking up a copy of the book you recommended.
Here is a link to someone opposing Jones--
An Open Letter to E. Michael Jones</a href>
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posted on
09/23/2001 12:24:35 PM PDT
by
JMJ333
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