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Private Revelation: Apparitions, Locutions, Etc… Private Revelation: Apparitions, Locutions, etc… Our Lady of Good Success Why Private Revelation? • Public vs. Private Revelation • Some reasons why we need Private Revelation. – Clarify something of Public Revelation under attack. – Emphasize something of Public Revelation being neglected. – Prepare us for future trials. – Strengthen Faith & Hope in present trial. – Increase Piety. – Show the real connection between Church Triumphant, Church Suffering, & the Church Militant. Is Every Apparition Safe? • St. Paul 2Cor 11:14 “…Satan himself trans- formeth himself into an angel of light.” – St. Ignatius of Loyola and his studies at Paris. – St. John of the Cross & the possessed nun. – Sr. Magdalena de la Cruz. • Devil conforms to our desires. The Charismatic Gifts Have Demonic Counterparts • The Charismatic gifts of the Holy Ghost are enumerated by St. Paul… as being things like … knowledge, prophecy, miracles, healing, tongues, interpretation, etc. • Experienced exorcists (and various accounts of historical anti-Catholic charismatic figures) show that these very same things are mirrored by the devil. He has his charismatics too! The Rite of Exorcism • The Instruction for the Rite of Exorcism: “Signs of possession are the following: ability to speak with some facility in a strange tongue or to understand it when spoken by another; the faculty of divulging future and hidden events; display of powers which are beyond the subject’s age and natural condition…” What to do? Go to the Church! • St. John Eudes: “So-called miracles and visions should never be mentioned unless officially accepted and ratified by the Church.” • In the Gospels Our Lord never tolerated error or misjudgment of Who and What He is. When there is an apparition, we should go to Him and He will tell us … • “And when it was late, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and Himself alone on the land. And seeing them labouring in rowing, (for the wind was against them,) and about the fourth watch of the night, He cometh to them walking upon the sea, and He would have passed by them. But they seeing him walking upon the sea, thought it was an apparition, and they cried out. For they all saw Him, and were troubled. And immediately He spoke with them, and said to them: Have a good heart, it is I, fear ye not. And He went up to them into the ship and the wind ceased…” (Mk 6:46ff). The Church Speaks • The Church speaks through Her Hierarchy. – St. Teresa of Jesus • The saints can be wrong. They are NOT the Magisterium. – St. Thomas Aquinas on the Immaculate Conception. – St. Jean Vianney & LaSalette – St. Padre Pio & Garabandal Some Points for Discerning Apparitions • St. Paul … Gal 1:8 “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema.” • Is the Cross of Authority present? – Vertical: Hierarchy. – Horizontal: Apostolic. • Private Revelation helps clarify or emphasize something of Public Revelation…rather than adding something new or increasing confusion. Does it clarify or contradict/confuse Public Revelation? • Immaculate Conception: Lourdes 1854—>1858. • Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus. “Do not judge your brothers and sisters who have not been converted. For My Father’s House, My Son has repeated over and over: remember always that My Father’s House—there are many rooms in the Mansion, signifying faiths and creeds. However, the Eternal Father, the beatific vision, is reserved for the Roman Catholic following. This it has been deemed by the Eternal Father since the beginning of time” • Limbo of the Infants. “All the children being slaughtered by war, murdered by those who should be loving them, or aborted even before they are given a chance to live are very precious to me. Upon their entrance into heaven, they are accepted in my loving embrace.” Fatima and Creation • Angel came first. Instead of tempting them, he prepared them to eat of the Tree of Life. • Our Lady came in the 13th Hour…Midday. The time of the FALL. • Boy-Girl… Adam-Eve represented in the seers… Francisco and Jacinta. Notice how one could hear but not the other. Lucia represents the Church. She mediated. • Six main apparitions with a 7th special one. • Stars came out at midday…with sun dimming, rainbow like things were seen each time. Cool. Firmament seen to open. • Miracle of the Sun… the SUN moved, everything dried immediately. Does it prepare for Future Trials or Just tell us Current Events? • Lourdes (1858) and Darwinism (1859). • Fatima and World War II. • “News” from heaven? • “News” about the world? – Shakespeare’s MacBeth Does it Increase Piety or Bank Accounts? • Does it have an approved chapel? Approved Prayers? Solemnized in the Liturgy? – Our Lady of the Snows – Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Guadalupe – Miraculous Medals – Lourdes – Fatima • Does it have to be sold to the people? – Slick magazines? • How do the visionaries live and die? – Globetrotting? vs. living and dying in religious life? Does It Strengthen Faith, Hope…? • St. Stephen, the Protomartyr. • St. Bernadette • Children of Fatima • Garabandal – Wishy washy… unclear… forgetful – Walking backwards… yelling… fearful. The Little Scroll of the Apocalypse • Scroll was sweet in the mouth but sour in the stomach. Thus, the seer experiences the joy of seeing the Beautiful Lady…but then has to carry heavy crosses… not go on tour! • St. Teresa of Jesus: “a solid foundation for the protection of oneself from the tricks and consolations coming from the devil is to begin with the determination to follow the way of the Cross and not desire consolations.” Show Heaven’s Love for Us? • Show the real connection between Church Triumphant, Church Suffering, & the Church Militant. • St. Bernadette • Fatima • Garabandal et al. Our Lady of Good Success Quito, Ecuador 1611 Ven. Mother Marianna of Jesus Foundresses of the Conceptionists Miraculous Statue Why Private Revelation? • Public vs. Private Revelation • Some reasons why we need Private Revelation. – Clarify something of Public Revelation under attack. – Emphasize something of Public Revelation being neglected. – Prepare us for future trials. – Strengthen Faith & Hope in present trial. – Increase Piety. – Show the real connection between Church Triumphant, Church Suffering, & the Church Militant. Prophecies Fulfilled: The Pope • On December 8, 1634, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, three archangels and their Queen appeared to Mother Mariana. St. Gabriel was carrying a Ciborium filled with Hosts which Our Lady explained: "This signifies the Most August Sacrament of the Eucharist, which will be distributed by my Catholic priests to faithful Christians belonging to the Holy Roman, Catholic and Apostolic Church, whose visible head is the Pope, the King of Christianity. His pontifical infallibility will be declared a dogma of the Faith by the same Pope chosen to proclaim the dogma of the Mystery of My Immaculate Conception. He will be persecuted and imprisoned in the Vatican by the unjust usurpation of the Pontifical States through the iniquity, envy and avarice of an earthly monarch." This holy Pope was Blessed Pius IX, who fulfilled every prediction made by Our Lady. His body, being exhumed for beatification in 2000, was found miraculously preserved in the tomb where it had lain for more than a century. His face still showed a striking serenity in death. Prophecies Fulfilled: President • “In the 19th Century there will be a truly Catholic president, a man of character whom God Our Lord will give the palm of martyrdom on the square adjoining this Convent. He will consecrate the Republic to the Sacred Heart of My Most Holy Son, and this consecration will sustain the Catholic Religion in the years that will follow, which will be ill-fated ones for the Church. These years, during which the evil sect of Masonry will take control of the civil government – will see a cruel persecution of all religious communities, and they will also strike out violently against this one of mine.” • The “truly Catholic” president of Ecuador, Gabriel Garcia Moreno (1821-1875), consecrated the republic to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1873. Pope Pius IX paid him tribute as a man who had died “the death of a martyr...a victim to his Faith and Christian charity.” Gabriel Moreno's heart and the famous painting of Our Lady of Quito can be seen in the Cathedral of Quito. Gabriel Moreno More Prophecies: 20th Century • Our Lady prophesied that at the end of the 19th Century and especially in the 20th Century that Satan would reign almost completely by the means of the Masonic sect. The Queen of Heaven told Mother Mariana that this battle would reach its most acute stage because of various unfaithful religious, who, “under the appearance of virtue and bad-spirited zeal, would turn upon Religion, who nourished them at her breast.” • “They will focus particularly on the children in order to sustain this general corruption. Woe to the children of these times!” Education! Homeschooling! • Many bad books spread at this time. Saints will be rare. All the Sacraments come under Attack • “It will be difficult to receive the Sacrament of Baptism, and also that of Confirmation…” • “The devil will make a great effort to destroy the Sacrament of Confession by means of persons in positions of authority.” The Most Blessed Sacrament • “Alas! How deeply I grieve to manifest to you the many enormous sacrileges—both public and also secret—that will occur from profanations of the Holy Eucharist! Often during this epoch (20th Century), the enemies of Jesus Christ, instigated by the devil, will steal consecrated Hosts from the churches so that they might profane the Eucharistic Species. My Most Holy Son will see Himself cast upon the ground and trampled upon by filthy feet.” Extreme Unction • “During this time,” she continued, “… the Sacrament of Extreme Unction will be little esteemed.
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