In cases which concern private revelations, it is better to believe than not to believe,...
“My dear brother, it is clear to me that, given the Logos, you yearn for the Rhema; that utterance of Christ directly to your heart. I fear you are looking for it in the wrong places. Pope Urban VIII was not referring to third party revelation, but rather to private first person revelation received by you. Do not look for a voice from God ANYWHERE BUT IN YOUR PRAYERS, because that ALONE is where you will find it. I encourage you to learn and practice the Lectio Divina.”
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NL, I must ask,
Why are you helping “Sola Fide” believers go on believing
a lie? They will (I wish they would change) protest the Truth until God shows them in the Great Warning, He is actually trying to show them now.
It’s not Catholic or correct to reject the messages from Heaven, you can’t mean the in CAPS.
Lectio Divina is a beautiful method of contemplative prayer using Scripture, it is not what Pope Urban was talking about in his quote on “believing” private revelation, approved and yet to be approved.
The mystics and saints practiced contemplative prayer, everyone can do the same to draw closer to Our Lord but the messages from Heaven are for all, God makes it clear to share what they have heard on their heart or in some cases actually heard audibly and sometimes though rare, seeing Our Lord and His mother in giving their message.
Private revelation is a help, God is not silent. Why would He be in these times of so much evil? I can see how some Catholics would reject God is speaking to Protestants, it goes the same for Protestants about the Catholic messages from Heaven. He loves us all, He is trying to reach us.
Pride often stops the Hierarchy too, the envy over a messenger hearing from Our Lord AND the messages speak of the falling away of some of Jesus’ consecrated ones, especially in the last fifty years.
Important, the messages from Heaven often end with a request to share the message, ie: “make My message known.”
God bless you,
I have never stated a belief in Sola Fide, but I will not denounce the importance of Faith.
As for my advice regarding where to look for the word of God, I was addressing it to you specifically, not to a general audience. Look to Scripture and prayer that are synergistically joined in Lectio Divina.
I also caution you to look objectively at what you are posting. You are not experiencing private revelation, you are merchandizing third party claims. You have not been touched by a single divine revelation and been called by God to become its champion, you are championing a different prophet and message nearly every day with no apparent discernment. That practice will dilute and diminish any message of divine origin you are given. Ask yourself who would benefit from that before you embrace the next self proclaimed prophet. Not everyone who cries Lord, Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven.
Peace be with you.