Mariology for Everyone #33 ( 30min) Play – Dr. Mark Miravalle discusses the nature and purpose of Marian private revelation such as apparitions and locutions given to people from Mary and the relation of this to divine revelation in scripture and tradition.

This series is a complete 40 part introductory course on Mary presented by Dr. Miravalle, a theology professor specializing in Mariology, who has been teaching at the Franciscan University of Steubenville for over 25 years. General topics are as follows:

– Mary as revealed in the Sacred Scriptures, taught and explained by the Church Fathers, the Saints, and the Church’s documents
– the proper ways to show childlike love and devotion to the Blessed Mother of Jesus;
– Church’s official teaching on Marian apparitions over the centuries.

Also on:

http://www.mariantimes.com/category/mariology-for-everyone/

https://vimeo.com/user9740938

Ave Maria!

Audio (MP3)

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Ave Maria!  I was caught by surprise when, browsing Marian news online, I encountered a decent article about Our Lady of Fatima in the Washington Post.  They apparently published the article for the 100th anniversary of Fatima, because it’s a very important a celebration in the Catholic Church.  The article provides some of the evidence in favor of the Miracle of the Sun and only gives a couple sentences to the skeptics’ explanations.  The Washington Post included a link to Sister Lucia’s biography on amazon, so a fair number of their readers will likely purchase her extraordinary testimony.  The Washington Post has over 100 million readers, so this could lead to conversions.

About 2 p.m., some began to see what later became known in the Catholic Church as “the Miracle of the Sun.” The rains that had plagued the day ceased, and the sun emerged from behind clouds to spin and tremble for 10 minutes.

“Before the astonished eyes of the crowd, whose aspect was biblical as they stood bareheaded, eagerly searching the sky, the sun trembled, made sudden incredible movements outside all cosmic laws — the sun ‘danced’ according to the typical expression of the people,” reported O Seculo, a Lisbon newspaper.

The strange phenomena included odd colors.

“Looking at the sun, I noticed that everything was becoming darkened. I looked first at the nearest objects and then extended my glance further afield as far as the horizon. I saw everything had assumed an amethyst color. Objects around me, the sky and the atmosphere, were of the same color. Everything both near and far had changed, taking on the color of old yellow damask,” said José Maria de Almeida Garrett, a science professor from Coimbra, Portugal, who was at the scene.

Onlookers from as far as 25 miles away noted the strange phenomena in the sky.

There were scientific reasons put forth for what had happened: Perhaps the witnesses had stared at the sun too long. Perhaps it was a combination of optical effects and a real meteorological shift caused by the weather and the cloud cover.

But the miracle was acknowledged as “worthy of belief” by the Catholic Church in 1930.

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Ave Maria!

Fr. Josemaria gives the first of four talks on the Divine Mercy to the Evansville Men’s retreat at the Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center where he covers the Mystery of God’s Mercy,  including:

0:19 – Introduction, Outline of Retreat

4:01 – St Faustina the messenger of God’s Mercy and her diary.

10:14 – Why the messages, Reasons for belief.

14:50 – The distinction between Public and Private Revelation, Authority and

18:50 – Role of private revelation is to help our faith, pointing back to Public Revelation, Lourdes, Fatima, Guadalupe, La Salette, Rue de Bac, Miraculous Medal

20:45 –  Build a Church where Jesus dwells, pointing back to Jesus and His Word.

21:42 – Weeping in Heaven for our sins: past, present, and future. Jesus’ passion was his hour but it transcends time.

25:00 – God chooses simple messengers, Card. Ratzinger.

26:45 – Mystical graces specific to certain mystics that can’t be imitated by anyone. Golden Cincture.

30:45 – Prophetic character of St. Faustina’s Diary

31:26 – Distinguish Essence from Secondary Elements, Grace of Sanctification that is for the sanctification of the soul to the one it is given, Gratuitous Grace that are graces for others

33:26 – Mystical graces, can they be given to less holy people?

34:40 – Divine Mercy in the Old and New Testament. Fall of Adam is a lack of trust in God. Golden calf, Christ’s passion, cross, resurrection, Spiritual Alzheimers, forgetfulness of God’s mercy and salvation history, revert to idols.

37:52 – “Tell the world about My mercy and My love” Remind people of His mercy.

These talks were from a retreat for the Evansville Men’s Group on “Experiencing God’s Mercy through the Visions of St. Faustina” January 10-12, 2020, at the Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center. Four talks covered the mystery of God’s mercy, divine mercy in my soul, divine mercy in action, and the spirituality of divine mercy.

For more talks from this event: http://dev.airmaria.com/tag/fr-josemaria-divine-mercy-retreat-2020/

YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv7SQeWHNYA&list=PLejh_e0-LN4xHrnvlOxlguLPufD7vqDQA

Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center: https://www.maryschildren.com/

Buy the Diary: https://www.catholiccompany.com/diary-saint-maria-faustina-kowalska-divine-mercy-my-soul-i8063/

Online Diary: https://www.faustyna.pl/zmbm/en/diary-full-text/

Image of Miraculous Medal from https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-models/art/sculptures/virgen-milagrosa-miraculous-medal

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