Priest Leonid, redemptorist from Ukraine province, participated in the 15th International seminar for priest in Medjugorje and gave the testimony, first to the other participants and then to Radio Station Mir Medjugorje. We publish the testimony as it was given:
My first pilgrimage to Medjugorje was related to my obligations and to my occupation in the priest vocation. Namely, in 2005 local Church entrusted me with huge responsibility and gave me heavy burden to carry and that was service of … [More]

July, 2002 – Fr. Gabriel Amorth:
“Medjugorje is a fortress against Satan. Satan hates Medjugorje because it is a place of conversion, of prayer, of transformation of life…I always understood Medjugorje as a continuation of Fatima. According to Our Lady’s words in Fatima, if we had prayed and fasted, there would not have been World War II. We have not listed to her and therefore there was a war. Also here in Medjugorje, Our Lady often calls to prayer for peace. In her apparitions, Our Lady … [More]

Priest Leonid, redemptorist from Ukraine province, participated in the 15th International seminar for priest in Medjugorje and gave the testimony, first to the other participants and then to Radio Station Mir Medjugorje. We publish the testimony as it was given:
My first pilgrimage to Medjugorje was related to my obligations and to my occupation in the priest vocation. Namely, in 2005 local Church entrusted me with huge responsibility and gave me heavy burden to carry and that was service of … [More]

Dear sister:
1. The Gospels were written over a century AFTER Christ died. Therefore the words of which you speak are not direct speech but reported speech.

2. As a Roman Catholic we believe that we are guided by:
a. Holy Scripture as interpreted exclusively by HOly Mother Church
b. Sacred Tradition, e.g. the Patristic Fathers, etc.
c. The Magesterium of the Church, i.e. the teaching authority of Holy Mother Church.

Your debate is an old one, something which was dealt with by the Magesterium … [More]

@ ACLumsden:"Are you Roman Catholic? " - is this your reaction to me quoting words spoken directly by Jesus Christ ? Now you are putting your haughty spirit above the Living Word. This is not about me,or him ,but testimony to the fact that Our Lady,Mother of God ( " In the Begining was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God...") ,Our Mother ( " Son,behold your Mother ! Woman - behold your son ! - Christ from the Cross ) always leads us to Her Son (" Do,whatever He tells you !") … [More]

James 2:24
You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

Indeed, Fatima has the most and has the recent evidence of the message from heaven, and is approved by the Holy See (also in Kibeho). According to the Angel of Peace, only through recieving the Holy Eucharit is the way to holiness (John 6:52-58).

Personal conlusion: The works will save us by doing the commandments of God, participating in His Sacraments. Without works, there is no faith. Works is … [More]

Are you Roman Catholic?

@ ACLumsden : Eph 2:8 :" For by God ye are saved through faith and that not of uourselves:it is the gift of God not by works so that no man can boast." The only proper reaction would have been :" Praise the Lord!" . " However ! " you have chosen to question the works of the Holy Spirit... " Your faith had saved you " " Whatever you ask for with faith,in My Name ye shall receive " ; " Believe and ye shall be saved, ye and your whole household." ; " O,ye of little faith " ;" If ye had faith the … [More]

@Alinalotte - One is not in a position to interpret or preside over you or your husband's experience. However! You have said that we are saved through faith. I am here to tell you that you are in grave error.

Salvation is a gift that only God can give through Jesus the Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit. NO ONE can merit it, deserve it, or work for this gift of Salvation. This is why St Paul tells us to "work out your salvation in fear and tembling". ONLY GOD has the authority to save; … [More]

@ St Benedict,pray for us : My late husband, born moslem,atheist for 40 years of his adult life who said :" I too,wish I could believe as you do,but my mind,my messed up scientific mind will not let me" the day he was overshadowed by the Holy Spirit, his face,his whole upper body shining with internal light,having bowed and asked a Lady three times ,if She really speaks to him in Polish,following Her example ,blessed himself with the sign of the Cross, giving homage to the Holy Trinity, by the … [More]

You're not having to believe in either approved or unapproved, the fact remains all apparitions once fell into the unapproved catagory. History repeats itself, Fatima & Lourdes had the same debunkers making the same old short-sighted observations and criticisms as people who don't believe in Medjugorje do today. You either "get it" or you don't. You are not required to believe anything for that matter. The ignorant individuals are the ones who make bold statements before the Papal Commission … [More]

Like I said before, if we are not bound to believe in APPROVED private revelation, why do we suddenly need to believe in UNAPPROVED ones?

Here's a sampler of people's bizarre behavior in Medjugorje:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlPHHl0AjZk

Seriously!? This is why people go there? To stare at the sun and try to destroy their electronic equipment, not to mention the eyes?

"I'll be right there honey. Just a few more shots of the clouds to share with our friends back home"

I see lunacy, not … [More]

Very inspiring!

It is not "one of them " - one of the visionaries,but an American enteprenuer that was organizing the meetings and taking money from people requesting private meetings with the visiting visionary.Keep in mind :" The satan will lie in wait to strike Her heel ,but She will destroy his head " Satan always tries to destroy Virgin Mary's work aimed at salvation of souls and today with whole Europe accepting the idea of reality of one god,with denying the One True God of Judeo- Christianity all devil … [More]

Fortunately the USCCB has little influence in the Church because if it did speak for the majority of Churches in the U.S. the sermons would consist of pro-abortion and pro-homosexual tirades!-Nice try though!

Sbpfu,
That JS Award strike close to home, literally. I'm in Utah, so I can probably make some arrangements.

"Every diocese in the United States has tours to Medjugorje and to believe that every diocese in the U.S. and worldwide for that matter for the past 2 1/2 decades has been in violation of the Vatican decree is utter foolishness"

That's the USCCB for ya.

SBpfu - Do behave...YOu card you...!

Every diocese in the United States has tours to Medjugorje and to believe that every diocese in the U.S. and worldwide for that matter for the past 2 1/2 decades has been in violation of the Vatican decree is utter foolishness. As I have stated, in order for a ban to be placed on an apparition site it has to be deemed false by the Vatican Commission. Medjugorje has not and will not be judged either way until: 1. The apparitons have ceased to occur. 2. After the cessation of the apparitions … [More]

I reiterate. In the Gospel of Luke we see the answer clearly:

"As the crowds increased, Jesus said, "This is a wicked generation. It asks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah."

Luke 11:29

Signs and wonders are not what the Christian chases after, leave that to the Pagans and soothsayers! Seek God, seek the Truth. How? Through Sacred Scripture, Tradition and Holy Mother Church. (full-stop!)

It will be interesting to see how quickly Medjugorje merchants will close shop when the papal commission rules against the alleged visions.

Place your bets now. They will:

1. Close shop immediately
2. Continue spreading the "messages", because "a new papal commission will exonerate them"
3. Become the Medjugorje sheepdogs and offer 50% off all forbidden material before moving on

I'm not really a betting man, but I think #2 is most likely.

You have proved little other than that you are willing to acknowledge NOTHING that conflicts with your own personal worldview, in this case, with Medjufraud.
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The supporters of Medjugorje emphasize that the Holy See has never expressed any position on the matter.

"That's another lie! As I pointed out before, the Vatican has forbidden pilgrimages by priests to the place

Exorcist and Bishop Andrea Gemma on Medjugorje

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I've already proven my point and you can choose not to accept it as indeed you will.

"trick the uninformed"?

The uniformed would be you. Add to that, your refusal to acknowledge, much less accept, the informed opinoins of those who have personal knowledge and experience with Medjufraud.
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"Absolutely Diabolical"

"The truth is that when the Bishop of Mostar speaks, the Church of Christ speaks, and is it to him, who speaks with the authority conferred to him by the Vatican, that we need to listen. Thus, the Holy See has already expressed … [More]

http://www.marian-times.com/articles/medjugorje/pope-benedict-not-against-medjugorje.cfmThere is no ban on pilgimages to Medjugorje until an apparition site is Proven False. This ban, if it were to occur would happen after the Papal Commission renders its decision on the authenticity of the apparitions in Medjugorje which can only occur after the apparitions have ceased and the Papal Commission has made its declaration.

If you had researched your story you'd find this "ban" never occurred and is in fact put out there to trick the uninformed.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict, issued a ban on pilgrimages to the site (Medjufraud) but this has been widely ignored.

Father Vlasic was suspended last year by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith amid an inquiry into his conduct after three commissions failed to find evidence to support the visionaries' claims.

The Vatican also began an inquiry into claims he was guilty of sexual immorality after he made a nun pregnant.

The defrocking was secretly signed … [More]