Back in the 1980’s, members of a local Catholic Church in Santa Barbara, California took a pilgrimage to Medjugorje.
I wish I had gone with them, because they witnessed some amazing things. Small crosses carried by the parishioners turned to gold, the sun cartwheeled across the horizon, into the sky, and down to the other side of the horizon; some people saw flaming crosses in the sky, other people had visions. Wish I had seen those wonders.
Shortly after the trip, the Balkans War started, so perhaps all these miracles were some kind of warning?
Good Friday 09
There was a very holy priest who went to Medjugorje that never had that happen to him.
Another priest, in explaining why the crosses turned to gold, said that they symbolized the fires of purgatory that people must endure for their sins.
In the Miracle of the Sun Many people -- in the case of Fatima -- thought the sun was falling out of the sky and were frightened to death.
If one realizes What a Miracle Receiving Jesus in the Eucharist, then clearly it is not necessary to go around chasing apparitions.
Clearly THE WORDS OF GOSPEL might be a much more worthwhile pursuit than looking for special photographs, rosaries that turn to gold.
In other words, the great miracle is JESUS.
And we were given a wonderful gift in the BIRTH OF MARY and the LIFE OF MARY, the mother Jesus.
A friend of ours went there. She claimed to see visions when she stared into the sun. She showed us photos she took of angels in the trees (there were no angels visible in the photos).
She eventually had an emotional breakdown. It was not unexpected.