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The Apparition of Mary at La Laus, France (1664)
White Horse Inn ^ | February 4, 2014 | Timothy F. Kauffman

Posted on 06/27/2015 8:53:16 AM PDT by RnMomof7

Our Lady of LausStatues depicting the apparition of Mary to Benoite Rencurel at La Laus, France.

One of the most fervent forms of devotion in Roman Catholicism is to the visions of Mary, commonly called “apparitions.” For many centuries, in many locations around the world, Mary is alleged to have appeared to visionaries of the Roman Catholic Church. These visionaries typically report conversations with Mary, and the apparition of Mary has many times delivered messages that have been documented through the official channels of the Roman Catholic Church. There have been many hundreds of alleged apparitions throughout history, but only a few have been approved officially by the Roman Catholic Church. These few are considered to be actual bodily appearances of Mary,  and therefore “worthy of belief.” Among them are the Apparitions of Mary at Guadalupe, Mexico (1531); Paris, France (1830); La Salette, France (1846); Lourdes, France (1858); and Fatima, Portugal (1917).

The approval process for an alleged apparition can take many years, and it is rare for one to be elevated formally to the same level as those listed above. When that approval becomes official, it provides a tremendous amount of insight into the visions of Mary themselves because interviews with the visionaries are meticulously inspected, and the vision’s messages and teachings are rigorously documented through the approval process. It also provides tremendous insight into the Roman Catholic Church, because the teachings of approved apparitions are consistent with Roman Catholic teaching—otherwise they would not have been approved.

The recent approval of the Apparitions of Mary in La Laus, France is significant for this reason. The vision of Mary in La Laus appeared to Benoite Rencurel in 1664 and continued for 54 years. Early in her encounters, Benoite was resisted by the church hierarchy and was tempted to give up. The vision encouraged her to press on:

“No, My daughter, you must not run away. …  don’t be afraid. Tell the Vicar General that he can very well make God come down from Heaven by the power he received when he became a priest, but he has no commands to give the Mother of God.

There are many other teachings to evaluate from La Laus, but this one is highlighted because it shows Christ subjected as a prisoner and a servant to the Roman Catholic priest, but Mary free of any such encumbrances. When Benoite conveyed this message to the Vicar General, the meaning of the message was quite clear:

“Sire, although you command God each morning and make Him come down to the altar by the power you received when you became a priest, you have no commands to give His holy Mother, who does as She pleases here.”

That message was the turning point, and the Vicar General allowed Benoite to continue receiving visits from the apparition. On May 5, 2008, more than three hundred years after the visions began, the apparitions of Mary at La Laus were approved as worthy of devotion.

Not surprisingly, this depiction of Mary as equal, or superior, to Christ is consistent in approved apparitions. The Fatima apparition taught that Jesus wants Mary to be honored throughout the world:

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

The La Salette apparition of Mary taught that Jesus was angry because people were not setting aside the Sabbath day to honor Mary:

“I gave you six days for working. The seventh I have reserved for myself. But no one will give it to me. This is what causes the weight of my Son’s arm to be so crushing.”

Two things are abundantly clear from La Laus and other approved apparitions: 1)  the visions of Mary eagerly desire to be elevated to the level of Jesus Christ and higher, and 2) the Roman Catholic Church is formally comfortable with that elevation. Listen to Father Eymard explain how the three Persons of the Trinity waited to discover what Mary’s answer would be to the Angel Gabriel at the annunciation:

“The angel is the first to salute. He is, indeed, the less worthy of the two. Mary is sovereign here, and since the Three Divine Persons are awaiting an answer, she holds in her hands the fate of the world. Ah, how powerful is that lowly maiden!” (Eymard, Month of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, trans. from the Sixth French Edition, 1903, p. 55).

Fr. Eymard is one of the most famous proponents of the La Laus apparitions, and it is clear that he swallowed their teachings whole. We will explore these and other apparitions of Mary later, but the formal approval of an apparition is worthy of special notice.

The Mary of the visions, of course, is not the Mary of the Bible. For more information on the history of the apparitions of Mary, and their unbiblical messages, you can see my book, Quite Contrary: A Biblical Reconsideration of the Apparitions of Mary here.



TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Charismatic Christian; Evangelical Christian
KEYWORDS: apparitions; idolatry; mariolatry; mary
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

I had never heard of the Apparition of Mary at La Laus, so I did an internet search and found that it is actually the Apparition of Mary at Laus, not La Laus. I found the following web site which gives more detailed information on the apparition:

http://catholictradition.org/Mary/laus.htm


41 posted on 06/27/2015 7:03:56 PM PDT by rwa265
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To: MHGinTN

I don’t know.

I do know, I like Art better than George Noory.


42 posted on 06/27/2015 7:05:59 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: MUDDOG

Noory I cannot stomach. John B Wells, on the other hand, is a great interviewer and has a great show called Caravan To Midnight. I’ve posted a few links to complete shows he has put up on Youtube for free because he deems them vital for Americans in these times of the dismantling of the Republic’s Constitution. John B. is so far better than George Noory that Noory is eaten up with bitterness.


43 posted on 06/27/2015 7:08:47 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: MHGinTN

I never knew how much until I started reading these and other threads. They are so misguided.


44 posted on 06/27/2015 7:33:40 PM PDT by MamaB (Heb. 13:2)
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To: RnMomof7
Right now I am following the recipe found in the book written by the Holy Spirit.

And which recipe would that be? Or are you hiding your recipe from the rest of us? Quite selfish if you are hiding it.

45 posted on 06/27/2015 7:34:25 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: ebb tide
The recipe is on this wise:

Ny faith in Jesus as Deliverer and Lord, you are born from above, right then. With that event God now has a cleansed dead spirit in which He can send His Life as the Holy Spirit into you. That LIFE is then adopting you into the family of God, by His Life. Thus Justified, the process of sanctification begins on the newborn, as God's Spirit raises you up in the Way that you should go. Delicious!

46 posted on 06/27/2015 7:38:01 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: MHGinTN

And in what cult would you belong to in which dead spirits are cleansed?


47 posted on 06/27/2015 7:49:43 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: metmom
2 Corinthians 11:14-15 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.

Luther comes to mind.

48 posted on 06/27/2015 7:54:10 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: ebb tide

Does Paul say you are dead in your trespasses and sins? Does Paul say that by faith you are saved? I am a member of His family by His Holy Spirit within me. And natch that is in my before dead spirit, since the spirit is dead without that which God created it top contain, the same thing that went out of Adam and Eve resulting in their death, spiritually. When God says in that day you shall surely die, He means THAT DAY. So we know the state of dead has to be spiritual because the couple remained in the Garden until God drove them out.


49 posted on 06/27/2015 7:54:27 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: ebb tide

BTW, the ‘His’ refers to The Family of Jesus Christ.


50 posted on 06/27/2015 7:56:21 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: MHGinTN
I am a member of His family by His Holy Spirit within me.

And to whom do you confess your sins? Yourself?

51 posted on 06/27/2015 8:02:56 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: ebb tide
I am not under the law, so the sins that I commit, the stumblings I have are as related to a child of Christ's family doing things I ought not do, so His Spirit gently at first brings to my consciousness my transgression and I confess my repentence of such a mistake. If I do not do as He instructs He chastises me. And I have had just such chastisement for behavior unbecoming a member of His family. But it is a family thing, not for public examination.

You see, because I am born from above, I am no longer under condemnation for the sin nature I inherited from Adam. I am however responsible to be tuned in to His leadership and guidance. It is a wonderful life. Give it a try. You will know in your heart that you are Born from Above. You will have joy you cannot even imagine as His love floods over and through you.

52 posted on 06/27/2015 8:08:51 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: MHGinTN
I am not under the law, so the sins that I commit, the stumblings I have are as related to a child of Christ's family doing things I ought not do, so His Spirit gently at first brings to my consciousness my transgression and I confess my repentence of such a mistake.

If you're not under the law, may I assume you ignore the Ten Commandments?

53 posted on 06/27/2015 8:17:28 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: ebb tide
You want to assume? LOL

The laws of sin and death, the laws of Moses, have been covered by the Blood of Jesus upon the Mercy Seat which is above the laws. Because His righteousness covers those laws I am set free from the penalty of those laws beign broken. He died on the cross for me and you and that is reality for us as we exhibit our faith in Him as our Deliverer.

When someone from Jerusalem tried to raise the commandments of the law over the heads of newborns in the Real Church of Jesus Christ, the spiritual church, a big church council was held in Jerusalem and it was decided that new Christians were not to be miss-taught to follow the laws of Moses. Their membership in His family was by faith, not by the laws.

I do not ignore the ten commandments because I am under the two great commandments from Jesus, so in them is contained all the law and the prophets. I'm already a Saved, born again Christian. I'm not trying to obtain that salvation after all that I can do to be worthy, and I don't lose His Life then have to get it back via some priest in a mystery religion.

54 posted on 06/27/2015 8:24:34 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: MHGinTN
Why do you reject the Gospel?

"Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained." John 20:23.

55 posted on 06/27/2015 8:34:26 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: ebb tide

Where did you get the false assumption that I reject the Gospel? Then you give an example that is not the Gospel of God’s Grace? You might want to check your anchor, you appear to be adrift.


56 posted on 06/27/2015 8:36:16 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: MHGinTN
I'm already a Saved, born again Christian.

So thought Jim Jones and David Koresh..

57 posted on 06/27/2015 8:38:30 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: ebb tide

well now, you are adrift. So long.


58 posted on 06/27/2015 8:39:41 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: MHGinTN
Where did you get the false assumption that I reject the Gospel?

I get a true idea from the fact that you don't confess your sins.

By the way what is "the Gospel of God's Grace" and who publishes it?

59 posted on 06/27/2015 8:45:16 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: MHGinTN
Well now, you are adrift. So long.

Not at all.

Hop on board there's plenty of room.

60 posted on 06/27/2015 8:53:59 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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