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@terezagrbin4357
@terezagrbin4357 24 күн бұрын
how old is this as it is not in Yugoslavia
@jfd12gubs45x
@jfd12gubs45x Ай бұрын
This is a cult not Catholicism,
@robertmanella528
@robertmanella528 Ай бұрын
Unapproved, means unapproved, period!! The bishop's have special graces to tell if apparitions are real or not!! As Catholics we must obey the church!! I have always had huge doubts about the apparitions!! I.e. in December 2023 our blessed mother Mary supposedly said, " I will not be appearing on earth anymore!"!! Then in January 2024 blessed Mary supposedly said she had a new plan!! Blessed Mary is not skitsophrenic!!
@lindacosta3265
@lindacosta3265 Ай бұрын
I am very sorry for the people who in 2024 still give their sacrifices and money to these organisers. This so called phenomenon became a business and several persons are make their living of this…
@TheBookofTruth-fn1bh
@TheBookofTruth-fn1bh 25 күн бұрын
We are now living in the Dark End Times Apostasy and you are a perfect example. You should be sorry for your complete rejection of God. That day is coming very soon.
@FlyingMalamute
@FlyingMalamute Ай бұрын
Medjugorje is a demonic hoax. Good people go there in faith and it's enriching the fraudulent "seers". The Blessed Mother would never have run off at the mouth like this cheesy 'Queen of Peace'.
@greentorm5467
@greentorm5467 2 ай бұрын
If huge numbers of people gather to holiday and talk about the holy spirit, that's not a bad thing...friendships will be made, lives changed for the better.
@Gofaw
@Gofaw Ай бұрын
that's irrelevant to what the video is saying
@jhonsondesilva8182
@jhonsondesilva8182 2 ай бұрын
I was there in 2005.I believe in the apparations.time will tell.from June 24th 1981 till now 30th May 2024.I hope Mirjana the lead seer will reveal the warnings soon.i continue to pray yhe rosary.amen
@colleenconger5265
@colleenconger5265 2 ай бұрын
I cry watching the confessions….. It’s so powerful. I can feel it through the screen.
@CatholicSaintslayIncorrupt
@CatholicSaintslayIncorrupt 2 ай бұрын
So many conversions from people are happening to date when they go to Megjurgoria. So many. It holds a very joyfilled feeling when there too. The messages are simple on purpose. Satan is complex and cant keep to simplicity .
@Gofaw
@Gofaw Ай бұрын
The conversions aren't proof that the apparitions are real. People converted after travelling to places with no religious significance whatsoever. Find yourself an actual argument
@CatholicSaintslayIncorrupt
@CatholicSaintslayIncorrupt Ай бұрын
@Gofaw sustained conversions. This Is the good fruit we present to you for proof!
@Gofaw
@Gofaw Ай бұрын
@@CatholicSaintslayIncorrupt read my previous comment again but slowly this time. People converting after travelling to Medjugorje does not prove the apparitions
@AnneofAvonlea
@AnneofAvonlea 2 ай бұрын
Look how they read from Catholic theologians?! Can’t stick to the Word of God.
@AnneofAvonlea
@AnneofAvonlea 2 ай бұрын
Have no fellowship with darkness is what comes to mind listening to the man in black.
@bernadettehays453
@bernadettehays453 2 ай бұрын
These apparitions at Medjugorje ARE REAL AND ARE TRUE! People, even atheists who went confirm their return to God. 100’s if not 1000’s have experienced The Holiness of Medjugorje. They have seen and experienced Miracles. So those unbelievers be fully AWARE that Satan is working his hardest for you not to believe in Our Blessed and Holy Mother’s appearances there. WHY? Because The Mother, a human is the ONE who is going to crush the serpents neck (Satan) Satan detests Our Blessed Mother because of this. She wants EVERYONE to come and know Her Son Jesus. Satan will sow the seeds of doubt within those people. Remember! “ In The End, My Immaculate Heart Will Triumph.” It wouldn’t be the first time Satan has done this, and it won’t be the last as he knows his time is coming to an end. He’s working overtime to take as many people with him to hell. By not believing in the message’s it will be too late, and You will realise the Truth.
@FlyingMalamute
@FlyingMalamute Ай бұрын
You are plainly unaware of the locutions that contradict Catholic doctrine.
@Gofaw
@Gofaw Ай бұрын
You don't have any authority to rule any apparitions as real and true. The local bishops have condemned it time and time again, and you owe your obedience to their authority. Might as well apostatize and become a protestant if you want to pick and choose what to believe
@Angelina6518
@Angelina6518 3 ай бұрын
It’s Heaven on earth! Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
@romandaigle455
@romandaigle455 3 ай бұрын
Satanic apparitions
@Sahih_al-Bukhari_2658
@Sahih_al-Bukhari_2658 3 ай бұрын
Debate starts 4:41
@CW-pp7zc
@CW-pp7zc 3 ай бұрын
Mary is dead as all people are. Only Jesus is alive and should be prayed to.
@user-yc3wu1ys1o
@user-yc3wu1ys1o 4 ай бұрын
Medjugorje is the commercialization of the sacred.
@superdoobo
@superdoobo 7 ай бұрын
At best it's a great money making scam, at worst it's demonic.
@bbteamcs
@bbteamcs 9 ай бұрын
In medjugorje is only DEVIL !
@laramei3933
@laramei3933 9 ай бұрын
Devil and all human sins in this place of liars!!
@heavenlywarning
@heavenlywarning Жыл бұрын
Dear Lord Jesus Christ protect us from harm and evil.
@remyracho-rueca1873
@remyracho-rueca1873 Жыл бұрын
Mother Mary Queen of Peace our mother “ Jesus I Trust in You “ To Jesus through Mary
@TheWriterWalker
@TheWriterWalker Жыл бұрын
May God bless you for explaining these truths so clearly and boldly.
@TheSatyr53
@TheSatyr53 Жыл бұрын
While you coming cunning croats counting money
@chickengeorge9162
@chickengeorge9162 Жыл бұрын
How could these children organize this.
@haroldmcbroom7807
@haroldmcbroom7807 Жыл бұрын
The Disciples obeyed the instructions of Christ while He was walking amongst them, and even after His death and resurrection. His Disciples came to Jesus, asking "How then shall we pray?", and Jesus replied, "In this manner shall ye pray...", followed by the narrative of the Lord's Prayer, "Our Father, Who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name...". Nowhere in God's Word does Jesus instruct the Disciples in any of the teachings from the Catholic catechisms and dogma's of their traditions. And nowhere is it found in God's Word where the Disciples taught that prayer should be made to anyone other than the Heavenly Father, not to Mary, nor the dead. As far as Catholic Mass goes... If God did not tolerate it from the Jews, why would Jesus found a "religion" based on what the Father is clearly against. *Hebrews 10:11-18 (nkjv)* _11 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, 13 from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. 14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified._ Pay attention to verse 13, _"...waiting till His enemies are made His footstool."_ This is an indication that Jesus is not sitting on His Throne waiting to be called down by the Priest to serve, repeatedly, as a constant sacrifice for sins, in fact it is Written: *Hebrews 10:26-27 (nkjv)* _26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries._ The Bible clearly states that Jesus died once, for the sins of many for all generations. No one including the Priest has the power to bring Christ down from His Thrown for the purpose of fulfilling man-made traditions. There are no saving sacraments to Mass, in fact, God's Word tells us we are to be right with one another BEFORE taking Communion, and He says to do this in "remembrance of Me", not for any other reason than that. CHRIST WAS OFFERED ONCE TO BEAR THE SINS OF MAN... not repeatedly. *Hebrews 9:27-28 (nkjv)* _27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation._
@BellaFirenze
@BellaFirenze Жыл бұрын
I had no idea Ivanka Trump was a visionary. Of all people... A first century Jewish woman with red cheeks and blue eyes. Stars, veils, crown... Really? Mary has a tendency to appear to children. What's up with that? These people have made a business out of this alleged apparition. It's the same story with Lourdes, Fatima, Guadalupe, etc. Incredible.
@charlespadamada5979
@charlespadamada5979 Жыл бұрын
can you feel that when they both pray the Our Father?? Thats is something else to hear and witness..
@delagum1
@delagum1 Жыл бұрын
Thank you bringing me back to the fold. I was lost and your prayers to St. Mary brought me back to the fold. Where I gave my first confession in over 20 years! I am like a new boy! Peace ☮️
@chum3192
@chum3192 2 жыл бұрын
Proverbs 22:3 “A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.” Take heed to this truth, or if you reject it as "conspiracy" or "craziness" you will suffer the consequences. "Popery Puseyism Jesuitism" By Luigi Desanctis Page 140: At what, then, do the Jesuits aim? According to them, they only seek the greater glory of God; but if you examine the facts you will find that they aim at universal dominion alone. They have rendered themselves indispensable to the Pope, who, without them, could not exist, because Catholicism is identified with them. They have rendered themselves indispensable to governors and hold revolutions in their hands; and in this way, either under one name or another, it is they who rule the world, who have reduced it to such perversion of ideas, that he can neither be a good citizen nor a good Catholic who is not a Jesuit. Page 139: He who thinks he knows the Jesuits by having read all the books that were written in the past century to unmask them, would be grossly deceived. The Jesuitism of that day was an open war against the Gospel and society; the Jesuitism of the present day is a slow but contagious and deadly disease, which secretly insinuates itself; it is a poison taken under the name of medicine. "History of the Jesuits: their origin, progress, doctrines, and designs" 1854 By Nicolini, G. B. (Giovanni Battista) Page 39: take the Jesuit for what he ought or appears to be, and you commit the greatest of blunders. Draw the character after what the Jesuit seems to be in London, and you will not recognize your portrait in the Jesuit of Rome. The Jesuit is the man of circumstances. Despotic in Spain, constitutional in England, republican in Paraguay, bigot in Rome, idolater in India, he shall assume and act out in his own person, with admirable flexibility, all those different features by which men are usually to be distinguished from each other. He will accompany the gay woman of the world to the theatre, and will share in the excesses of the debauchee. With solemn countenance, he will take his place by the side of the religious man at church, and he will revel in the tavern with the glutton and the sot. He dresses, in all garbs, speaks all languages, knows all customs, is present everywhere though nowhere recognized-and all this, it should seem (O monstrous blasphemy!), for the greater glory of God Page 82: [Jesuit] Father Francis Pelhco... candidly confesses that " the many illustrious friends of the Society, prelates, orators, learned and distinguished men of every description, the supporters of the Society, remain occult, and obliged to be silent.'' "The Jesuits in History" by Hector MacPherson Page 148: Danger lies in the fact that since the Vatican Council the interests of both are identical. Jesuitism is the power behind the Papal throne. “The presence of the Jesuits in any country, Romanist or Protestant,” once remarked Lord Palmerston, “ is likely to breed social disturbance.” So hurtful was the Jesuit Order found to be that, up to 1860, it was expelled no fewer than seventy times from countries which has suffered from its machinations... In spite of Continental warnings, England, in the name of a spurious toleration, has become a Jesuit dumping-ground. Those whom other countries have found from sad experience to be enemies, Britain allows to land on her shores, and to carry on unmolested their work of iniquity. We are carrying toleration to excess, and unless there is a change of policy, this nation will one day pay a heavy penalty. If we wish to escape the penalty, we must come to realize that a system which enslaves the individual, fosters superstition, is at war with patriotism and destroys morality, will, if allowed to flourish unchecked, sooner or later destroy society. "The Jesuits in History" 1914 by Hector MacPherson Page 122: In order to clearness of thought in dealing with this subject, it is well to note the distinction between Roman Catholicism and the Papacy. The former has to do mainly with religion. It rests upon the theological doctrines which Protestants believe to be erroneous. There are Roman Catholics who take their religion but not their politics from the Pope. Had the Roman Catholic Church remained a purely religious organisation like any other sect, the world would have been spared centuries of evil. But in the course of its development the Romish Church, through its Popes, entered the civil sphere and aspired to universal monarchy. "The Vatican Against Europe" 1993 by Edmond Paris Page 308: In the future, as in the past, she (The Catholic Church) will inexorably move towards the end she has set herself, without the slightest thought for the ruins and the catastrophes that her unwearying pursuit might be causing. "The end justifies the means". "No political event or circumstance can be evaluated without the knowledge of the Vatican's part in it. And no significant world situation exists in which the Vatican does not play an important explicit or implicit role. "The Secret History Of The Jesuits" 1975 by Edmond Paris Page 7: The public is practically unaware of the overwhelming responsibility carried by the Vatican and its Jesuits in the start of the two world wars-a situation which may be explained in part by the gigantic finances at the disposition of the Vatican and its Jesuits, giving them power in so many spheres, especially since the last conflict. Page -163-164: But let us see, first, how an especially "authorized" personality, Franco, Knight of the Order of Christ, expressly confirmed the collusion between the Vatican and the nazis. According to "Reforme", this is what the press of the Spanish dictator (Franco) published on the 3rd of May 1945, the day of Hitler's death: ... "I learned much from the Order of the Jesuits", said Hitler... "Until now, there has never been anything more grandiose, on the earth, than the hierarchical organisation of the Catholic Church. I transferred much of this organisation into my own party... I am going to let you in on a secret... I am founding an Order... In my "Burgs" of the Order, we will raise up a youth which will make the world tremble... Hitler then stopped, saying that he couldn't say any more.."(108) "Swarms of Locusts: The Jesuit attack on the Faith" 2002 by Michael Bunker Page 12: There is a conspiracy against Christendom.... But who are Satan’s agents in this conspiracy? The “agents” are the Jesuits. Even though the Jesuits exude vast influence and control in the areas of theology, education, recorded history and current media, I am still perplexed that virtually no literature exists exposing the Jesuit’s influence on mainline Protestantism. 👇🙃 ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ꜱᴀᴠᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛɪᴀɴ: ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪʙʟᴇ ꜱᴀʏꜱ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ ᴅᴏ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴀʀɴ ꜱᴀʟᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀ ɢɪꜰᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɢᴏᴅ. ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ɪꜱ ᴄᴏɴꜰᴇꜱꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴏᴜʀ ꜱɪɴꜱ. ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇ ʜᴏʟʏ ɪɴ ᴏʙᴇᴅɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴊᴇꜱᴜꜱ (ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ) ꜰᴀɪᴛʜ. ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴊᴇꜱᴜꜱ ᴅɪᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴜʀ ꜱɪɴꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴏꜱᴇ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ 3ʀᴅ ᴅᴀʏ. ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴡᴇ ꜱᴇᴇ ʜᴏᴡ ꜱᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ꜱɪɴ ɪꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴘᴇɴᴛ (ᴛᴜʀɴ) ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɪᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀꜱᴋ ɢᴏᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇʀᴄʏ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴏʀɢɪᴠᴇɴᴇꜱꜱ, ɢᴏᴅ ᴡɪʟʟ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴜꜱ ʜɪꜱ ʜᴏʟʏ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴡᴇʟʟ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴜꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴜꜱ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴄᴏᴍᴇ ꜱɪɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪᴠᴇ ʜᴏʟʏ. ɴᴏ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴ ᴏʀ ᴄʜᴜʀᴄʜ ᴄᴀɴ ꜱᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ
@margaretmusser5390
@margaretmusser5390 2 жыл бұрын
no
@kirkstruhart6216
@kirkstruhart6216 2 жыл бұрын
FAKE... FALSE... CONDEMNED !!!!!!!
@Mrjohndoe2986
@Mrjohndoe2986 2 жыл бұрын
That place is of the deceiver of men.
@solascripturamjc9681
@solascripturamjc9681 2 жыл бұрын
So good to see you, Mr. Andrews! This is what I call Witchianity. Before you even mentioned it, I saw Roman Catholicism in this- pope francis actively promotes earth worship. Episcopal is same as RC in the end. I just read John 12:25 this morning. We're not supposed to love our lives here, the earth is not the end all. Really appreciate this, thank you. I do not follow John Macarthur at all. Continuing to pray for you.
@jeff7888
@jeff7888 2 жыл бұрын
It's good brother that you make us aware of the errors of progressive Christianity yet you promote John MacAuther who denies still that we are saved by the blood. You can look up videos just as late as two years ago and he still denies we are saved by the blood. So Cecil how can you promote John MacAuther?
@cecilandrews5394
@cecilandrews5394 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Jeff, this 'allegation' is not new - I don't believe it is a fair reflection of the beliefs and teaching of John MacArthur. There is an article that details his own response to this 'charge' - I tried to include the link to it in this reply but it doesn’t appear to allow me to include it so if you email me (email address on my ministry web site) I will send the link to you
@garethifan1034
@garethifan1034 2 жыл бұрын
This is excellent, and most necessary in these days - many thanks.
@danieltorrens4954
@danieltorrens4954 2 жыл бұрын
I have a question, why are you morbidly obese?
@kayy4040
@kayy4040 3 жыл бұрын
I went to Medjugorje as a believer in 1991. It became clear to me it is a diabolical hoax, designed to take focus from Fátima. And so called devout people fall for it, failing to notice the deception and lies of the seers to the Bishop, their riches, the monotonous, boring messages for FORTY years! Well, when the secrets fail to materialise. I hope you all finally wake up and return to the true vision that took place at Fátima.
@ChristineJonah88
@ChristineJonah88 3 жыл бұрын
Title is incorrect. It is not disturbing. It is a wonderful, wonderful video of how it all started and what happened.
@ronalvarado2800
@ronalvarado2800 3 жыл бұрын
Aliens!!!!
@medusa459
@medusa459 3 жыл бұрын
Been there and nothing spectacular there going on . Watch the TRUTH and stop being so GULLIBLE!... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIGng5WFlNZ9bck
@louisegalante2094
@louisegalante2094 3 жыл бұрын
You have just taken me back to the place I love. Medjugorje has my heart. Our Lady is my mother. Ave Maria
@sammie9074
@sammie9074 3 жыл бұрын
What rubbish.
@chinabluekurvinus7453
@chinabluekurvinus7453 3 жыл бұрын
These two fake visionaries ,they should be ashamed of themselves ,they have lured millions because of money , they are fraud
@chinabluekurvinus7453
@chinabluekurvinus7453 3 жыл бұрын
This is a total Hoax these so called visionaries were fraud they are not the real visionaries , they are fraud visionaries ,stupid fraud visionaries
@Immortalsouls
@Immortalsouls 3 жыл бұрын
Big time deception against the Catholics!
@thekoosh323
@thekoosh323 3 жыл бұрын
And at the end of the video, one of the "seers" said that Mary said that only one Our Father is enough, as long as it "Comes from the heart". First of all, she blinks about 5-8 times immediately after saying that, which is a physical sign of deception, according to her baseline behavior. And 2nd, that also means that praying the Rosay isn't necessary because it's "repetitive"....why would Mary say? Her one huge message at Fatima was to pray the Rosary everyday!
@Loudes012
@Loudes012 Жыл бұрын
Very good points. I thought these visions in Medjugorje were true. These messages seemed valid but why would the BVM say to not recite the Rosary.
@thekoosh323
@thekoosh323 3 жыл бұрын
Im very very cautious about this! There's no true message (since the beginning), no true miracles, no prophecy about any future events....and...according to the "seers" Mary asked them to be priests and nuns. They went their own way, got married, etc, and other professions, etc. Im sorry, but if Mary directly told me that She would want me to become "this" or "that" ..... there'd be NO hesitation. In the end, the "seers" didn't give themselves to Mary, which is very very suspicious in of itself.
@dalton7145
@dalton7145 3 жыл бұрын
The Bishop there said it was false. Also why would our Blessed Mother contradicts everything she had said in past apparitions, that are approved by the Church? Something isn't right about it. Jmop! Remember during the end times it's said that even the elect will be deceived! Plus not just did they marry( which is fine, unless Our Blessed Mother says not to be), but they also became very rich. Every Marian Apparitions the seers where told to be nuns or priest. So guess in the end we'll all know the truth. Also don't forget Satan loves mocking all that is Holy, he is a great deceiver, a master magician, an angel( fallen) of light.
@paulf4724
@paulf4724 Жыл бұрын
Only true conversions and vocations, you mean... The Theotokos knows best how to get her children to Jesus' heart 😉
@woundedpawz
@woundedpawz 2 ай бұрын
Its all about Faith. You either believe in it , or you dont. Our Faith is tested every day.
@jmj5388
@jmj5388 Ай бұрын
You have misrepresented the facts. The Blessed Mother told the children that she would LIKE it if they became priests and religious, but only if that was what they, themselves, wanted. Only Marija and Ivan ever seriously considered the religious life; Ivan dropped out of seminary training because he found the studies too hard, and Marija got married.
@FlyingMalamute
@FlyingMalamute Ай бұрын
The locutions of this cheese ball "Queen of Peace" are 99.5% utter garbage that ChatGPT could crank out. The rest contradict Church teaching.
@keats27
@keats27 3 жыл бұрын
The people making the mistake of discounting all Marian Apparitions quotes the scripture "there is one God, and one mediator between man and God, Christ Jesus." And this is true. Jesus brings us to God. Without Jesus, we would never have been able to be reconciled to God. But Mary is a different kind of mediator/intercessor. She intercedes for us with her SON, who, somehow that nobody really understands, is God. (John 1:1). Catholics call this a "mystery." Nothing in the Catholic faith says we need Mary to be saved. None of the sacraments are directly of Mary. We do not baptize in Mary's name, nor do we think she suffered, died, and was buried. Here's what we as Catholics (and other older forms of Christianity like Russian, Greek, Eastern Orthodox) know. Mary is the daughter of God because we are all sons and daughters of God in a sense, and because she was most likely the first Christian--the first person who truly believed and understood that Jesus was Messiah. You could argue that that was Peter, and that's fine too, but Mary was around for Pentecost. She is a Christian, and in that sense, she is alive in her Son Jesus. Along with being the daughter of God, she is also the Mother of Jesus and therefore, Mother of God. And in the final sense, when Gabriel came to her, indicating that she would conceive and bear a son, who will be known as Emmanuel...she was spouse of God--as are we all in a sense because we the Church are the bride of Christ. Now, Christians can all claim sonship (daughtership) and bride status, but only ONE PERSON IN ALL CREATION can claim to be the Mother of God. As Mother of God, she shared his BLOOD. As Mother of God, Jesus honored her--Catholics often point to the wedding when Jesus turns water into wine at his Mother's bequest. As Mother of God, she took the body from the cross and buried her Son--while all the apostles save John fled. When Jesus said, Mother behold your Son, Son behold your Mother (referring to John), Catholics believe that she then gave his Mother to the WHOLE CHURCH. I lost my Mother in January of 2020. I watched her die. And I assure you, Jesus loved his Mother in a way that is different than any other kind of love. Scripture tells us, "all women will call me blessed." And the Holy Spirit tells us through Elizabeth, Mary's cousin, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!" (Amen). One of my favorites that Bible literalists like to bring up is the following: they say, "Jesus said she was not blessed when he said, blessed RATHER are all those who do the will of my Father" when referring to Mary. But here's the thing....they make the mistake (one they make often) of stressing the wrong word. Instead of stressing "rather," try stressing "ALL." See, when Mary agreed with the Holy Spirit (when she was told by Gabriel that she would bear a Son), she DID THE WILL OF THE FATHER--despite the possible calumny and hardship that would invoke. Where Eve had disobeyed God, Mary was obedient. Now, while it's true that there is one INTERCESSOR between God and Man, the Man Christ Jesus, it is also true that ALL of us can intercede through prayer. Not a single Bible-believing Christian out there would argue that they do not have a right to pray. We all do--best if done in Jesus name (or as Jesus). But, Mary was and is in a unique position because she can go to her son AS HIS MOTHER. Now, some say that means he HAS to obey her--I don't believe this. And from the stories related about Mary, she never goes to him demanding anything. She is known, even by demons who HATE her, by her remarkable humility. Why not go to Jesus himself? We can. He's in heaven too, seated at the right hand of God the Father with whom he is somehow ONE. But Mary is also in heaven, and her humility and position as his Mother is HONORED by GOD. And we do have recourse to her--from that moment when Jesus gave her to us. She isn't just his mother. She is OUR MOTHER. If you had a person in that position who could go to Jesus for you, just as Jesus can go to God for us...would you truly not want her prayers for you? I think what is happening is that the literalists are getting too caught up in the language, and are turning their backs on...their own spiritual MOTHER. They fail to honor her. They fail to love her. Often, they outright attack her. If you're Jesus, what do you think of those people?
@Convert96
@Convert96 3 жыл бұрын
You are the one who is disturbing.
@jerannejackson1229
@jerannejackson1229 3 жыл бұрын
The Presence of God Is thick and overwhelming in Medjugorje. The holiest place on earth! The Blessed Mother is also palpable...this place is REAL!!! THANK YOU JESUS & MARY
@nilofc
@nilofc 3 жыл бұрын
Medjugorje is not approved by the Catholic Church. The bishops said that this is not to be believed in. The proponents of this were rebellious friars