To Continue about the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lipa, we shared some of the similarities of this Apparition to the previous apparition in the part one of these articles. The sign, the number fifteen, her name and the suffering and sacrifices of the seer.There are those who may claim that Sr. Teresita or the people at the Mount Carmel Monastery are aware of other apparitions and are imitating them. But here are some other proofs that the Apparition in Lipa is true.
On August 7, 2023, Dr. Robert Masigno, President of Confraternity of Our Lady of Mediatrix of all Grace, sent a message to the CBCP President, Bishop Pablo Virgilio David about the Vatican's letter prohibiting them to host the celebration of the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary in Our Lady Mount Carmel in Lipa, Batangas this September 12. But why does the Vatican prohibit them to host this Marian Event? The reason is the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lipa to Sr. Teresita on September 12, 1948. Is this apparition true or just created by a woman who wants attention? Or a devil in disguise to fool this nun just like the exorcist, Fr. Cabading stated? Before we answer that, let us share a brief history of the Apparation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lipa.
According to one of my brothers Jorge Bergoglio or Pope Francis qualifies being Petrus Romanus using two gauges: one, being the official Vatican count of only 110 good popes from the time of Pope Celestine when St. Malachi has supposedly written his “prophecies” and two, Conchita Gonzales’ count of only three more popes after John XXIII died.
Almost every Catholic who practices their religion knows about St. Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans who was instrumental in making the French dauphin King of France despite the neglect shown her from the time of her capture to her trials as a witch and inevitable martyrdom. She in fact, before her calling by numerous saints from heaven suffered from deafness and was a simple shepherdess of a flock, a far cry from being a commander of a liberationary host during the hundred years war between France and England.
A brother wrote very briefly on this Marian shrine and I felt I need to learn more about it and so here I am writing for others so that they will not feel the way I felt when I first learned about it.
In the IT parlance, 5G or fifth generation communication technology in the fastest and most modern means. It is what we needed today not for the sake of the world wide web and its modernistic features or for any caprice or dominion of a super developed country. However, this is not the reason why we need it, actually even a 3G feature will suffice, for what must be conveyed, or the content is what is most relevant to our need. It is the message that is loud and clear, the warning in 3G.
I am no theologian, what shall I say? I’m just a layman whose interest in philosophy, and especially the logic of things makes me some sort of a reformer. Of course I would like to see changes but they better be for the good and not for anything worse. This is why when I learned about the Garabandal I saw the changes in the Church in a new light. I began to think about the logic of the changes brought by Vatican II in the context of what has happened in Garabandal and everything that is still to happen.
Beginning this Yuletide season, Sanhedrin will bring you a new format which will tackle controversial issues regarding things that could affect the faith and fate of mankind. Borrowing from the Philippine cultural tradition of duplohan, balagtasan, and the like; Sanhedrin would like to be the site where opposing and similar ideas may be ventilated and rendered as: Scribe, Pharisee, Saducee and Zealot.
The Blessed Virgin Mary is well-known for her apparitions in different places of the world. Some of her apparitions were accompanied by the praying of the Holy Rosary. One of her popular apparitions is in Lourdes France, where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Saint Bernadette of Soubirous.
“I shall spend every moment loving. One who loves does not notice her trials; or perhaps more accurately, she is able to love them. I shall do everything for Heaven, my true home. There I shall find my Mother in all the splendor of her glory. I shall delight with her in the joy of Jesus himself in perfect safety.”
Saint Bernadette was a daughter of a former miller. Saint Bernadette’s Family was so poor and forced to live in a former prison in Lourdes, France. Compared to her siblings and children with the same age, she was unhealthy. When she was an infant, she was infected by Cholera and she also had an asthma. Her unhealthy body hindered her to attend school that resulted to her lack of education. She also had a little knowledge about the Catholic Faith.
“If you say the Holy Rosary faithfully until death,I assure you that in spite of the gravity of your sins,you shall receive a never-ending crown of glory. Even if you are on the brink of damnation, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and save your soul, if and mark well what I say – if you say the Holy Rosary devoutly everyday until death for the purpose of knowing the truth and obtaining contrition and pardon of your sins” -- St. Louis de Monfort
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