Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Historical Apparitions

The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven

Standard Disclaimer: The author of this site claims that these apparitions are all approved by Rome. Some I'm not familiar with so I can't say. As well, he does list some unapproved ones in the left column. What does this mean? Well, 'I'm from Missouri' on the issue of apparitions. I'm the doubting Thomas, so to speak. If Rome has approved something I'll accept that, but I don't go out of my way about it. I find something a bit disturbing about people who focus more on Mary than on Jesus or the Father. Something seems misplaced somewhere.

Oh, well...

(I have enjoyed this book: The Miracle Detective: An Investigation of Holy Visions, and have to make a point of rereading it again soon.)

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