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Marian Apparitions Around the World and in Different Cultures

Throughout history, the Blessed Virgin Mary has appeared in various places and cultures, bringing messages of faith, repentance, and hope.
This article recounts her miraculous apparitions around the world, revealing how her maternal love and divine guidance continue to inspire devotion and strengthen the faith of people across generations.

The Seven Sorrows of the Dolorosa

Any good mother can relate to our article concerning the seven sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Although Our Lady did not actually experience what her Son Jesus Christ did, the vicarious experience of Our Lady as His Mother can never be discounted. With the merits of recollecting these sorrows as a supernatural promise concerning a devotion, we are presenting to you the seven sorrows that she had experienced which when meditated upon with the prayer of the Ave Maria for each sorrow, a certain merit is earned by each devout soul.This article recounts her miraculous apparitions around the world, revealing how her maternal love and divine guidance continue to inspire devotion and strengthen the faith of people across generations.

Analyzing the Movie “Mary”

“Mary,” a film released by Netflix on December 6, 2024, offers an adaptation of the life of Mary, Mother of Jesus. Produced by the controversial megachurch pastor Joel Osteen, the full-length movie begins with Mary’s conception, highlighting her parents, Sts. Anne and Joachim, and concludes with the Holy Family presenting the newborn Jesus at the Temple in Jerusalem after evading Herod’s soldiers.

Does this film accurately portray the Mary we know and hold dear?

Religious Identity Theft

One of the most modern prevalent crimes would be identity theft. For instance, one would not know that his identity is being used for a crime that would need such identity in an authorized registry such as one being done by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) intended to legitimize something bogus. Hence, investigators noted that common people such as vendors are made corporate stockholders by criminals operating the POGO for money laundering even without their knowledge. But of course, there are some who do these things deliberately by portraying themselves as real Filipinos and legitimate businessmen in spite of the fact that they are assuming another identity by using falsified documents. But one can be so wrong in assuming that this is a modern crime.

Gilgamesh Epic Retold

Sumerian and Akkadian account of the hero Gilgamesh, is an epic poem of antiquity concerning the King of Uruk (not to be confused with Abraham’s Ur) culled from clay tablets from the library of Ashurbanipal (669-631 BC), the last king of the Assyrian empire. He is the son of an anunnaki (nephelim) and a human who is characterized as a mighty giant. As king, he had this lusty vice of taking the bride for himself on the day of the wedding and none of his subjects could stop him.

The Origins of Chivalry

When men have mutual respect for one another, they practice an honorable and virtuous behavior wherein they treat each other as equals. And for the fairer sex, the female, they show utmost respect wherein the ladies feel protected and valued. This manifest behavior is what is expected of cavaliers, the gentry, or in the native parlance, the maginoo.

Man of the Spirit

Whether they would like him to go to oblivion or keep his name as a real challenge, the Medjugorje apparitions story may never be complete without the mention of the former priest, Tomislav Vlasic, who voluntarily like Judas took it upon himself to take care of the seers there.

Cabra Apparitions: A School-Community Affair

Cabra Island in Lubang, Mindoro Occidental is small island which used to have a functional lighthouse for seafarers. With a length of 4.5 kms. (2.8 miles) and 2.9 kms. (1.8 miles) in its longest and widest sides. The lighthouse was built 600 meters from the sea from the western side of the island by the Spaniards in 1885 and is no longer functioning even during the time of the apparitions in 1966. The Spaniards named it Cabra because they saw a herd of goats there but during the time of the apparitions the island being small is also called by the visitors Cabra islet. The Cabra islet actually is a smaller island close to the island which some natives call Cabra also because it has the shape of a goat.

The Seven Sorrows of the Dolorosa

Any good mother can relate to our article concerning the seven sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Although Our Lady did not actually experience what her Son Jesus Christ did, the vicarious experience of Our Lady as His Mother can never be discounted. With the merits of recollecting these sorrows as a supernatural promise concerning a devotion, we are presenting to you the seven sorrows that she had experienced which when meditated upon with the prayer of the Ave Maria for each sorrow, a certain merit is earned by each devout soul.