tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post734430354532617651..comments2024-03-13T03:09:42.812-04:00Comments on Mystics of the Church: Catherine Passananti- The Mystic of BostonGlenn Dallairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335880223972671663noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-52072403995405627912023-01-16T03:08:53.607-05:002023-01-16T03:08:53.607-05:00It's stories like these that make me think the...It's stories like these that make me think the supposed mystical revelations and voices in some people may really just be their own thoughts and voice, not the voice of God; their own epiphanies, not direct revelations from God. Sometimes, however, it could happen that Divine voices mystics hear are intermixed with their own perceptions. <br />I'm sure Catherine was a very pious and good woman who really loved God, and maybe even had some real mystical experiences. But this stuff about communion in the hand being displeasing and the charismatic movement being diabolical don't sit well with me. I'm not a huge fan of the charismatic stuff, particularly their "baptism" in the spirit or whatever. But I don't think it's therefore diabolical. I think there could be instances when the devil comes in to deceive individual charismatics. Like when some claim you're only a true Christian if you're "slain in the spirit." That's definitely diabolical and ridiculous. Perhaps Jesus meant his words in this way. <br /><br />As for communion in the hand, perhaps he meant he disapproves of it only when people take it unworthily, as if it were just some special bread. Or when people are careless and drop it. Or when certain clergymen and laity would push it because of their modernist lack of belief in the real presence. <br /><br />You spoke of some mystics around the time when communion in the hand was being introduced disapproving of it. Again this could be their own thoughts being misconstrued as divine voices and revelations. Their own thoughts affect their mystical experiences. Like when medieval mystics would have visions of the crucifixion and see Jesus nailed to the cross in the same way as local crucifixes. It's just their own perceptions.<br /><br />Also, Catherine's mother becoming a canonized saint? I don't think that will ever happen. Few people know of Catherine. Fewer still about her mother. Again, this supposed voice she heard may have just been her own love for her mother speaking, not Jesus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-74746038511075028912021-10-01T04:15:38.323-04:002021-10-01T04:15:38.323-04:00I love your websites (all of them), and I hope you...I love your websites (all of them), and I hope you continue to present these lesser-known mystics. Thank you for all the hard work and long hours of research you obviously put into these articles. <br />Take care, <br />PattyCupcake328https://www.blogger.com/profile/11855401062219311807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-50321869311064464502016-09-06T16:38:34.394-04:002016-09-06T16:38:34.394-04:00(Continued from above)
Catherine was told that pra...(Continued from above)<br />Catherine was told that prayer was the only thing that kept the demons away. <br />They would pray for hours privately and together at the Adoration. They would pray to end abortion and the consecration of Russia, amongst other things. The card of the prayers along with the prayer requests that Jesus asked for will be downloaded to the website administrator and hopefully he will be able to attach.<br /><br />One of the most important things I wanted to stress is that Catherine did not get the timing of her death wrong. Jesus or God the Father (unsure) did not want anyone to know the hour of death. Not even Catherine. There was only one occasion that I recall of someone finding out about an impending death and it was to warn one of the Daughters of the Holy Eucharist of the ramifications that could be prevented. The woman was crying all the time and I remember my mother saying, “I do not know what is the matter with Theresa, she is crying all the time but she won’t say why.” We later found out why directly from Theresa. <br /><br />There was another Daughter of the Eucharist who was ill in the hospital. She had never missed a Holy Hour. When asked, either Jesus or God the Father (not sure) said she would be present or attend (not sure of the exact words) the Holy Hour. There was a sense of relief as all interpreted she would be well enough to go. The woman did show up just after the Holy Hour had started and she sat in the back so as to not interrupt. The other women acknowledged her and she acknowledged them back. When the hour was completed, no one could find her. They could not figure out where she had gone. They found out later that this woman had died right before the Holy Hour. He did keep his word! She did attend.<br /><br />In conclusion, I did want to address Catherine’s mother Frederica. It is referenced that Catherine gave the roses out from her grave. I met someone maybe around 2007 who said that her father had the rose in his pocket when the elevator he was riding in lost control and crashed to the ground from a high level. He was not hurt or harmed when he walked away. There are probably more stories like this out there, but most of the women are deceased or very old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-26345108803060551722016-09-06T16:37:33.495-04:002016-09-06T16:37:33.495-04:00NOTES:
I found this wonderful website and was surp...NOTES:<br />I found this wonderful website and was surprised to read about Catherine. My parents were Sons and Daughters of the Holy Eucharist and went every first Friday of the month to the Holy Hour, as it was called. It was Eucharistic Adoration with Prayer. I was young during those years but will ask God to guide my hand in trying to recap a few messages and give some clarity to folks reading. <br /> <br />When Catherine would receive messages she would go into a trance like state. Her vitals would go very low. Sometimes she would come out of this state shaking or crying, depending on the message or vision given. This happened after she described seeing the dead bodies prior to Jim Jones, Guyana. This also happened when Catherine saw the floor of the church open up and demons (I believe it was in the form of snakes, but unsure) landed on the heads of the priests (and possible nuns). She said she was told there was going to be a demonic attack on the priests and the Church. Keep in mind this would have been around the start of the sex abuse crisis in the Church.<br /> <br />I want to be clear about what I recall about the message Catherine was given about receiving the Holy Eucharist in the hand. It was said that we were NOT to take it in our hands. Our hands were not consecrated. I do not recall there being mention that Jesus must abide or however it was written in the book. I cannot say for certain that something got lost in the translation. I can only say what I remember. <br /> <br />Catherine also conveyed a message during the height of the Cold War basically not to worry at that time about Russia. What I remember hearing was that the “blood shed would be here “ on our soil during the next war and that “WE WOULD GET IT FROM WITHIN”. (You will need to pray for discernment on this. This was over 40+ years ago. The people present were simple pious people and they would just accept without questioning. At that time, I believe they were relieved to know that the Cold War would not come to fruition.) They had complete faith in God. I do remember a rumbling about China being an issue down the road, but I cannot say for certain under what context. Catherine was also told that the Third World War could be postponed indefinitely if people repented and prayed. <br /> <br />Catherine was given a message one day about Jimmy Carter, very far in advance of the election. She said Jesus told her he would become president for one reason and one reason only: Peace in the Middle East. I believe there was mention about the two men involved as being positive. I do remember hearing that Anwar Sadat was a good man.<br /> <br />Catherine was a very humble, pious and uneducated woman who was given messages to take to people around the world. This simple woman was given a message to Pope V! and when she arrived she they escorted her right in to see him. I know the woman personally who accompanied her. On her way there, she saw a demon and the plane started to have a mechanical issue and then descended rapidly nose first. She and her companions started to calmly pray the rosary and other passengers joined in. The plane stopped descending. When the plane touched down. <br />The captain asked to meet the woman who began the prayers. He told her he there was no physical way possible to have stopped that plane from crashing. It was nothing short of a miracle.<br />(Continued below)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-68481240966443201062016-03-29T14:08:40.939-04:002016-03-29T14:08:40.939-04:00Humans can't become angels after death. They c...Humans can't become angels after death. They can only be saints in Heaven. Therefore no human or saint can become someone's guardian angel. Patron saint, yes, but never guardian angel. False predictions and predictions that can't be verified or contextualised (stories of healings that don't reference the name identity of the person for example) should be treated with great caution. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-40435631341648481082016-03-15T04:31:19.732-04:002016-03-15T04:31:19.732-04:00Fellow greetings! Please permit me to ask the anon...Fellow greetings! Please permit me to ask the anonymous brother if he recalls the name of the mystic who was given a vision about the charismatic renewal in the 70's?<br /><br />Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-85289001532935329152016-01-19T22:46:12.011-05:002016-01-19T22:46:12.011-05:00Communion in the hand? Other religions in Spirit? ...Communion in the hand? Other religions in Spirit? Sounds like the current pope and a New World Order initiation. Rammhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371870199907555325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-74750885141176589682016-01-19T12:22:27.915-05:002016-01-19T12:22:27.915-05:00Glenn,
The words that Catherine Passananti ("...Glenn,<br /><br />The words that Catherine Passananti ("The Mystic of Boston") supposedly received are not just about receiving grace and love in a general sense in all religions apart from the Catholic religion. Here are her words again :<br /><br />“I AM not in Body in other Religions, but in Spirit. I do possess them in all Religions. If they cannot receive Me in Body, they shall receive Me in Spirit." <br /><br />In those words, a direct relationship is made between the Blessed Sacrament in the Roman Catholic Church and God's supposed presence in Spirit in all other religions.<br /> <br />Jesus is God Incarnate and is present in the Roman Catholic Church in the Blessed Sacrament. Hence, He is present in the Roman Catholic Church "...in Body..." and Roman Catholics receive Him "...in Body..." ( "... receive Me in Body..." in Holy Communion.<br /><br />The supposed message then says that this special Presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament in the Roman Catholic Church has an EQUIVALENT or SUBSTITUTION in all other religions "... in Spirit..." and that they receive Him "..in Spirit...".<br /><br />In short, the message claims that one can receive Jesus sacramentally in the Roman Catholic Church or spiritually in all other religions. It is the same Jesus received in two different ways, and there is nothing said to deny that those two ways are equal.<br /><br />This in turn is the heresy of indifferentism in which all religions are equal, which in turn, denies the infallibly defined dogma that there is no salvation outside the Roman Catholic Church.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Stephen Ho<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Stephen Honoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-33323902589159557102016-01-19T10:18:59.188-05:002016-01-19T10:18:59.188-05:00In regards to commenting on or interpreting certai...In regards to commenting on or interpreting certain private revelations from Catherine, in general I try to refrain from giving my own interpretations when it comes to purported mystics. My intent from the very beginning of this "Mystics of the Church" website has been to highlight the lesser known mystics of the Church in an effort to make them more known for the greater glory of God, so as to inspire others by their holy lives of suffering and sacrifice, and to testify to their practice of heroic virtue.<br /><br />With this in mind, when in comes to purported visionaries/mystics/prophets, I endeavor to simply report on their life, revelations and mission in a neutral and unbiased manner, under the "we report, you discern" operative. <br /><br />So long as the individual has not received a negative judgement from the Church, has not said or done anything contrary to the teachings of Scripture or the Church, or made any confirmed false prophesies, I am happy to highlight them here for the purpose of information and edification. I try to simply just let the mystics speak for themselves, and leave it to the Catholic Church and the faithful to judge and discern for themselves.<br /><br />-Glenn Dallaire <br />Glenn Dallairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335880223972671663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-63507437516166395242016-01-19T01:03:38.900-05:002016-01-19T01:03:38.900-05:00Concerning Communion in the hands. Quote from Bles...Concerning Communion in the hands. Quote from Blessed Mother Teresa when ask what is the greatest error and tragedy to have befallen the church in your life time Mother?<br />Her response without hesitation was "Communion in the hands". Pope St John Paul was against it and he NEVER gave communion in the hands. Same Pope Paul VI. Maria Simma in the book about purgatory " Get us out of here" says that communion in the hand was Satan's doing (Pg 78). That the souls in Purgatory who for over more than 60 years have come to her (1940-2004) have told her communion in the hand is not good and has lead to countless sacrileges. Indeed in my church in CA, a previous pastor spoke of a day some years ago that a middle aged woman came to his rectory to return a large bag of consecrated hosts she had been saving. Communion in the hand made it easier she said. Her conscience got to her. We have also caught people trying to leave mass with the host in their hands. Maria Simma said a number of bishops have gone to purgatory over communion in the hands and priests also according to the souls in purgatory who God permits them to communicate this to her. The problem began in Holland in 1974 and has spread since then. There are parts of the Catholic world that do not permit communion in the hands in Latin America and the middle east and other places in the 3rd world. I have seen this myself in Mexico and read about other places. Maria Simma also said in the same book, that the souls in Purgatory told her (remember God is allowing the souls to communicate these among other things as they seek prayers and masses. They have told her that there are bishops who will remain in purgatory until a future bishop returns to communion in the mouth only thereby correcting what the bishop did. One will not leave purgatory until the end of the world. These are bishops who instructed or allowed the change to communion in the hands and some who pushed it. This also includes a number of priests. In all this has allowed a lack of belief in the true presence among millions of Catholic under 45. At age 65, I see this clearly everywhere as I remember when it was never allowed in any church in any diocese in the world. Remember no Pope has ever approved communion in the hand, yet have ALL the Popes since Pope Paul VI failed Our Lord? We must all pray that Pope Francis brings an end to this practice for the LOVE OF JESUS who is truly present BODY, Soul, Mind and Divinity in the Blessed Sacrament. By the way I Deeply in Love with Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament and am in charge of Adoration at my parish in California for 8 years and visiting Jesus for 16 years plus. One thing I have learned in Adoration is Bow first then Communion in the Mouth, and only from a priest or ordained deacon who is becoming a priest.Jesus has answered many of my prayers, and those who go to Adoration on a weekly basis. We even have many claims of Our Lord appearing in the Host seen by multiple persons who did not know each other. We even have photos and 1 video of these remarkable experiences. Finally, Maria Esperanza who I met in her hme in March 2002, told me that God had plans for me when I was already going to adoration and sure enough 6 years later I with some help (mostly Jesus) began 42 hours of Adoration each week, that in February 2011, through 2 personal incidents was transformed into 142 hours a week now. Praise be Jesus Mary and Joseph who is the patron of our adoration apostate. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04198121654715939623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-53487760115296897542016-01-18T20:28:27.267-05:002016-01-18T20:28:27.267-05:00I knew a mystic (not the one in this article) who ...<br />I knew a mystic (not the one in this article) who back in the mid 1970's was given two visions concerning the Charismatic movement. In one, she was shown a pool of water being fed by a underground spring. The water was very cloudy, so that it was almost impossible to see anything in the water clearly.. <br /><br />The LORD said to her (I'm paraphrasing now from memory) "What do you see in that pool of water?"<br />She replied, "Lord, I can hardly discern anything in it; its too cloudy."<br /><br />She was then told essentially that the Charismatic movement came from the Pentecostal church, and that its origins are not from God, and that the "spirit" at its origin is NOT the Holy Spirit. He explained that while many good and sincere persons are within the Charismatic renewal, discernment of what is good within it is very difficult, because of the "muddy waters" coming forth from the spring at its origins.<br /><br />Not long after this vision and the accompanying explanation, she was shown a large stadium with thousands of people in it. She was "told" that it was a Charismatic renewal conference that was occurring at that moment in a nearby city. She then saw "fireworks" shooting up from the crowd into the air above the people; she was told these were the prayers of those in attendance there. Yet most of the "prayers" were bursting in the sky, and falling back down to earth. Only a few here and there penetrated into the heavens. She then was given to understand that many of the prayers by those in attendance there were being made out loud and publicly in a "showy" fashion, and this is why they were bursting in the air, and not penetrating into the heavens. Its as if they were "weighted down" because of the showy manner in which they were being made.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-32275853945459359752016-01-18T19:12:38.267-05:002016-01-18T19:12:38.267-05:00I just don't understand why Jesus told her tha...I just don't understand why Jesus told her that her guardian angels were St. Michael, St. Therese, her mother and I forgot the other. I thought we have our guardian angels reappointed and that they were not of human nature. Can you please explain this to me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-12791936632507335232016-01-18T18:16:00.731-05:002016-01-18T18:16:00.731-05:00In regard to the writings saying the Lord said the...In regard to the writings saying the Lord said the Pentecostal Movement is "diabolical", I would like to contribute a suggestion. <br /><br />The official Catholic Charismatic Renewal is under the authority of the local Bishop (s). <br /><br />The "diabolical" part of the message might not have been written correctly. <br /><br />There are small groups who adhere to the Pentecostal Movement or Charismatic Movement who are not entirely in submission to Church teaching, but mix Protestant fundamentalist beliefs with their Catholic faith.<br /><br />These groups might have a "diabolical" influence, in that sense, but the Lord would not have denounced a work of His Holy Spirit.<br /><br />Jesus might have warned against an influence that was such, and whomever or whatever was heard could have been heard through the very human filter of their own fear of these manifestations of the Holy Spirit, already believing themselves that they were evil.<br /><br />Back in the early seventies when telling my Grandmother, (who was in Catherine's age range at the time) about the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and the love amd joy found among the people at the Catholic prayer group,<br />I was told very abruptly and dismissed, at the same time, that it was of the devil.<br /><br />There are people, to this day, who denounce the Catholic Charismatic Renewal because of having been chastized, so to speak, about precious Catholic devotions by "well meaning" people who have felt that they are led by the Holy Spirit to mix fumdamentalist beliefs with Catholic teaching. This is what I suggest today is the "diabolical" part of the Lord's words to Catherine.<br /><br />With all due respect, JudithJudith Painterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167246261878008546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-15914343221159469902016-01-18T18:12:25.036-05:002016-01-18T18:12:25.036-05:00Her attack on the charismatic movement as "di...Her attack on the charismatic movement as "diabolical" tells<br />me that this is a false seer.<br />Note that she did not even accurately predict her year of death<br />but said it would be in seven years and it turned out to be 4.<br /><br />Also: why would the church canonize some acquaintance of<br />this woman?? Sounds very bizarre to me. <br />I'm sure she was a good woman but even<br />good people can be false in their "messages". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-59510269325091872592016-01-18T16:44:06.160-05:002016-01-18T16:44:06.160-05:00RE: Communion in the Hand
Are we such legalists t...RE: Communion in the Hand<br /><br />Are we such legalists to think if something is not a sin, but simply displeasing to Christ, then it is OK to continue?Albertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13584880436211954023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-28348564041040009292016-01-18T15:22:35.486-05:002016-01-18T15:22:35.486-05:00Doctor Weilert said...
Her statement regarding th...<i>Doctor Weilert said... <br />Her statement regarding the Catholic Charismatic Renewal is ridiculous. It certainly is NOT diabolical or every Pope since Paul VI would not have endorsed it. </i><br /><br />The above isn't a true statement. Popes can endorse all kinds of erroneous things and have done so in the past.<br /><br />Pope Stephen VI condemned a prior pope as an antipope, Pope Formosus, and had his body dug up, put on trial, and thrown in a river. Two subsequent popes agreed with Stephen and claimed Pope Formosus as an antipope. They were wrong.<br /><br />Pope John Paul II showed favor to Marcial Maciel. Look what happened there.<br /><br />The Jesuits were suppressed by a pope. Another pope reversed that decision.<br /><br />Some popes endorsed living in Avignon and were basically vassals of the French king. They were wrong.<br /><br />Pope Pius XII in Mediator Dei: "Thus, to cite some instances, one would be straying from the straight path were he to wish the altar restored to its primitive tableform; were he to want black excluded as a color for the liturgical vestments; were he to forbid the use of sacred images and statues in Churches; were he to order the crucifix so designed that the divine Redeemer's body shows no trace of His cruel sufferings; and lastly were he to disdain and reject polyphonic music or singing in parts, even where it conforms to regulations issued by the Holy See."<br /><br />Every pope since Vatican II has endorsed what Pope Pius XII has stated is a "straying from the right path."<br /><br />Thus, popes can endorse erroneous things. It happens all the time.DJRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028761850444888285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-74599209971804941912016-01-18T15:08:09.720-05:002016-01-18T15:08:09.720-05:00Thank you for this post, Glenn. It is good to com...Thank you for this post, Glenn. It is good to come to know many people in love with the LORD. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-67480411049648849952016-01-18T14:07:03.301-05:002016-01-18T14:07:03.301-05:00Why does she say a decade of the rosary for all so...Why does she say a decade of the rosary for all souls in heaven? They don't need our prayers, but we can definitely use theirs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-57125950986909014142016-01-18T13:41:19.152-05:002016-01-18T13:41:19.152-05:00Glenn, Irene, and All--Her statement regarding the...Glenn, Irene, and All--Her statement regarding the Catholic Charismatic Renewal is ridiculous. It certainly is NOT diabolical or every Pope since Paul VI would not have endorsed it. Catherine is mistaken at best. I would be very cautious about promoting her...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10583584837363377161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-66977661101001546292016-01-18T13:28:21.222-05:002016-01-18T13:28:21.222-05:00Hi Glen,
Thank you for the article. I have a ques...Hi Glen,<br />Thank you for the article. I have a question on the following excerpt: "The disaster of the Pentecostal Movement. Our Lord said in the Blessed Sacrament, “It is diabolical,” they have changed the name to Charismatic Movement. Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament said, “It is one in (sic) the same” meaning Pentecostal and Charismatic.” Do you think this applies to Charismatic meetings of Catholics where the format is Rosary, singing and praise, silent prayer and sharing of a "word"? I have mixed feelings on the meetings. I like the Rosary and singing and praise. I have never heard such a strong comment on it. I don't want to do anything that does not bring me closer to Christ. Thank you. IreneIrenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-85226531036895039892016-01-18T12:10:38.829-05:002016-01-18T12:10:38.829-05:00I used to see Catherine at St. Anthony's in Bo...I used to see Catherine at St. Anthony's in Boston - she entered with her followers on Saturdays and sat right up front. I also attended one or two of her prayer meetings. She was always very quiet and discreet. I had no idea of her 'widespread' reputation at the time, but I also never found anything especially compelling about her 'revelations'. That said - years later a priest told me about her and her reputation for sanctity - which obviously continues to this day. I think she is probably a saint.<br /><br />Mystical messages need great discernment by the Church - mystics are never canonized because of their mystical gifts or manifestation - but rather for heroic virtue.<br /><br />St. Annibali Maria di Francia, a priest who very much liked reading the mystics often recommended discretion, even suggesting mystical revelations and locutions ought to be edited to remove errors.<br /><br />“Conforming to prudence and sacred accuracy, people cannot deal with private revelations as if they were canonical books or decrees of the Holy See. Even the most enlightened persons, especially women, may be greatly mistaken in the visions, revelations, locutions, and inspiration. More than once the divine operation is restrained by human nature. For instance who could ratify in full all the visions of Emmerich and St. Brigid, which show evident discrepancies? I love very much the private revelations of holy persons, but never I accept them in full!" - St. Hannibal<br /><br />“I love the private revelations of holy persons, but I never accept everything.” (The Father’s Soul pg. 88)Terry Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819523933502820341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-45735576415321495962016-01-18T11:48:38.174-05:002016-01-18T11:48:38.174-05:00Through reception of Holy Eucharist in the hand, m...Through reception of Holy Eucharist in the hand, many other offenses have come. The sacred Host is easily stolen for desecration and for Black Masses and profaned. Catholics have come to regard it as less sacred by handling the Consecrated Host, and so many other sacred and holy practices are now regarded as irrelevant today, even the ones the priests perform. Some Catholics say "it is no big deal" when we do not observe with great reverence while treating all about the Mass as sacred and holy. This is because of the familiarity of receiving the Body of Christ with unconsecrated hands.ciaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178328002613599699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-48227370022064159072016-01-18T11:32:15.447-05:002016-01-18T11:32:15.447-05:00I live in Boston and I am very active in the local...I live in Boston and I am very active in the local Church. I've never heard of this women. That fact, that some Monsignor believed that the "Mistic" was authentic does not give official Church approval to it, or even local ecclesiastical approbation. Even if it were approved, which at this present time ,according to my knowledge, it is not, the church can only say there is nothing in the messages which are contrary to Catholic belief. Theologically, it comes under the category of "private revelation" and no Catholic is a bound to believe its authenticity.<br /><br />One has to be extremely careful and prudent in these matters. Many of the woman's statements sound odd. I am not a fan of holy communion in the hand which has led to many abuses. Nor am I enthused with the Catholic charismatic movement. However, to say that the charismatic movement is diabolical in origin is over-the-top. I know many in the movement who are strong Catholics and very devoted to the blessed sacrament and the blessed Virgin Mary. <br /><br /> Unfortunately, there are many sincere catholics who belong to the "miracle of the month club," and who are constantly seeking "signs and wonders" of a mystical nature. They would do better to study the sacred Scriptures, and the writings of the fathers of the church, attend Holy Mass and receive holy communion with devotion, give loving service to their neighbors, and live the Gospel of Jeus Christ. These are the only "signs and wonders" the world needs to see.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281211890145323471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-22891867640638160592016-01-18T10:45:44.528-05:002016-01-18T10:45:44.528-05:00Hi Stephen,
The thing is, if you read the purporte...<br />Hi Stephen,<br />The thing is, if you read the purported quote from Jesus carefully, you would see that He says nothing whatsoever about salvation---just that He "possesses them in all Religions". <br /><br />I interpret it to mean essentially that God does not leave any peoples bereft, regardless of their religion, and that His grace and love are freely given to all of humanity.<br /><br />Thanks for your comment and may God bless you and your loved ones,<br />Glenn Dallaire<br />Glenn Dallairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335880223972671663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233237209177841826.post-14769486943230827012016-01-18T10:36:20.960-05:002016-01-18T10:36:20.960-05:00I am not a charismatic but believe they do much go...I am not a charismatic but believe they do much good in the Church. Recent popes, including Pope Francis, have held meetings with and encouraged them in Rome and elsewhere. What does it mean when the following is said? Is this a condemnation of the Catholic Charismatic Movement? If so, how can these be true visions from God?<br />"The disaster of the Pentecostal Movement. Our Lord said in the Blessed Sacrament, 'It is diabolical,' they have changed the name to Charismatic Movement. Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament said, 'It is one in (sic) the same' meaning Pentecostal and Charismatic.” (A Mystic of Boston, p. 809) <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com