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To: A.A. Cunningham
Yes, she does in the scriptures. But the more I study the these appearances the more I am becoming convinced that it is slowly and by stages leading people away from a focus o­n God and Christ at to a "safe harbor" in Mary. Let me give you an example from Fatima...


"...Do you suffer a great deal? Don’t be discouraged. I will never forsake you. My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the road that will conduct you to God."

...

"To prevent this, I come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the Communion of reparation o­n the First Saturdays. If they listen to my requests, Russia will be converted and there will be peace. If not, she will scatter her errors throughout the world, provoking wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred; the Holy Father will have much to suffer; many nations will be annihilated.

Jesus wishes to make use of you to have me acknowledged and loved. He wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart."

“Here you see hell, where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart... Pray, pray a great deal and make sacrifices for sinners. So many souls go to hell because there is no o­ne to pray and sacrifice for them.”


These appearances are about Mary and her roll in redemtion. Granted, God and Christ are present in the above - but They are supposedly telling people They want them to be devoted to Mary. Some are even calling this the Marian age - which, to my mind, goes squarely against scripture when it says,

"God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son"  Heb.1 ASV



32 posted on 12/15/2003 5:39:12 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: PetroniusMaximus
Mary is the mother of all Christians and Jesus gave her to the world at the time of His death when He entrusted her care to John. As Christians we are obligated to honor her in accordance with the 4th Commandment. The Church has always taught that the Blessed Mother has a unique role in the redemption of mankind but that there is only one Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
34 posted on 12/15/2003 6:30:45 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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