I had forgotten that at La Sallette, Our Lady predicted "heavenly fire" in addition to the potato famine. I was also unaware of Cardinal Ratzinger confiding in Bishop Ito that the chastisement message of Akita was essentially the same as the third secret of Fatima. Father Scheier's near death experience on video 3 is a must see if you have not seen him before on EWTN. When Jesus tells him he was a priest for himself and not for God for 12 years it must have been horrible to hear. It reminds me of a Benedictine who was dismissing Medjugorje as unnecessary to lay person when her heard the Blessed Mother tell him "Fred, I am taking you to Medjugorje to save your priesthood" after he thought he was living a very devout priestly life. Does anyone know what Fr Scheier is up to lately?
My tablet has developed a fault (something to do with the flash player no longer being supported) which now means all u tube clips appear as a black box. No labels. Nothing. I thank you Daniel for alerting me with your comments that these videos could be worth looking at and powering up my pc to do so. Quite some years ago an interest in 'independent' 'evidence' for life after death had me searching the bookshelves of the public libraries. A meagre choice. Only one i found written with a viewpoint that did not clash with the Catholic faith i had been brought up in. It covered a number of modern 'occurances'. I recall it included the Angel of Mons. The Miracle of Fatima. ( The first time i learnt of this miracle) Garabandal. (The first time i heard of it: yet the account though in hindsight i know was sympathetic struck me as so strange - girls running backwards head up in the air - that i can recall a feeling of revulsion : how can this be from our Good God!) The weeping statue of Syracluse. And I recall my judgement on that phenomena : this is strange, small, and meaningless! I now admit that in a sense this judgement i made has stayed with me. Till now. It has taken watching these videos to finally to be brought to understand how important these messages of Tears from Heaven are.
It is strange. For instance looking at the pictures of blood flowing form the eyes of a statue, well it isn't a pretty sight. But then again maybe it isn't supposed to be pretty. The incident at Lourdes were bernadette was asked by Our Lady to eat the herbs or plants at the grotto. In the fil, 'The Song of Bernadette', she is shown scrappling in the dirt to eat them and her face coing up soild..and the crowd sniggering. Well I have never really understood that. There are so many strange things in the lives of the saints and mysticism I don't uderstand. Fo instance St Gerald majella kept quiet when accused by a bad woman of impropriety. Even St Alphonsus Ligouri ended up from Gerald's silence he was guilty. I have thought abut this for years and still i think Gerald should ahve spoken up! So many, many ,many mysteries.
The Redemptorists' Rule that St. Gerard Majella had professed and made vows to obey and follow- had specifically stated that the members should not excuse or defend themselves even if unjustly accused. St Gerard was just following his Rule and living it out to the utmost detail when accused of having fathered this woman's child. Of course this is a canonized saint and a miracle worker. Their reasoning is beyond reason, their prudence is imprudent, their wisdom is stupidity (to many of us), their choices are waste (apparently). Yes there are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MANY, many, many, many, yes, many things that we don't understand. We'll need eternity to understand God's Ways, which are not our ways, and we'll never ever, ever fully understand God. There will always be more God than we can get in.
CEBU CITY (Updated) -- Blood reportedly flowed from the eyes of an icon of the our Lady of Fatima which drew attention from residents in Sitio Kanhai, Barangay Tisa, Cebu City Tuesday morning. “Milagro gyud ni (This is a miracle),” said Efren Cabrera, 61. But neighbors who flocked to see the foot-long porcelain statue owned by the family of Victor Jude Rayla, 42, mocked Cabrera and other believers. A man drinking beer with friends shouted: “Pagbag-o namo (Mend your ways)!” His words apparently fell on deaf ears for other people proceeded to take pictures of the Virgin Mary and wipe the statue with their handkerchiefs. Photo of the weeping statue of the Virgin Mary in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City (Sunnex photo)Msgr. Esteban Binghay, in a phone interview, said the Church will investigate the incident before issuing any statement. “Ang unang lakang mao ang pagsusi kon milagro ba gyud o katingalahan lang ang nahitabo (The first step is to look into the incident if it is really a miracle or just a mysterious occurrence),” he said. “Careful ang simbahan (the Church is careful in its action).” Believe Barangay Tisa Chief Teresita Cabulao and Msgr. Antonio Medida of San Lorenzo Parish visited Rayla’s house. “Walay mawala kon motuo ta (We don’t lose anything if we believe),” said Cabulao, as quoted by Victor Jude’s father, Ruperto. The Rayla family planned to enclose the image in glass to protect it and hold a vigil. For Ruperto, 64, he said the Virgin Mary is sending a message for the people to their ways. Last Monday night, Joy, Victor Jude’s wife, was told by her youngest son, Jaythro, that the icon they brought three years ago was crying blood since Good Friday. Her 14-year-old son was changing clothes when he saw the blood on the statue’s face last March 29. He wiped it with his underwear. “Puwa kaayo to (The blood was red),” he said. But the boy said he did not feel anxious about what he saw and he just forgot about it. Joyful mystery Days later, he saw blood again streaming down the icon’s eyes. He decided to tell his mother about it last Monday night. Joy, 49, said she did not believe her son right away. She said she was praying the first joyful mystery of the rosary when she noticed the tears. “Pagkahuman og rosary, akong gisuling-suling (After my rosary, I examined it),” she said. When she was convinced the tears were blood, she informed her mother, Esther, and her husband, who was gambling that time. Ruperto, a tailor and lay minister, was also awakened from his sleep. For Victor Jude, he said he was shocked to see the blood. He even rubbed it and held the icon. “Naglibog ko sa akong hunahuna ato (I was confused that time),” he said. Last year, he was awakened from his sleep when he noticed a small icon of Mary fell on his side. He said the image was not damaged. “Basig pabalikon nako niya (Maybe she wants me to go back serving the Church),” he said. Ruperto said he prayed for his eldest son’s conversion and he is glad that his eldest son decided to be a catechist again. Victor Jude had organized a Marian devotion group in his neighborhood during his teens, after he dreamed of Mary stretching her arms towards him. Due to personal problems, he lost faith in God and he indulged in vices. Ruperto said he will continue to believe until his dying days that Mary cried because she was yearning for his son and other immoral persons to change. “Ang pagtuo di malalis basta gikan sa kasingkasing (Faith will stand if it comes from the heart),” he said.(Sun.Star Cebu)
mothersuperior7...thankyou for posting these wonderful videos. I had a chance to watch them today. I have been feeling a sence of urgency as of late. I appreciate your time and effort to evangelize the mercy and justice of God. Thanks again!
