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The Magic of MEDJUGORJE

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Sid2	The Magic of MEDJUGORJE	Lead	[-]
Posts: 22088 (06/28/05 02:20 PM) Inner Guard Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None *Quote:* We are here to point them to Christ not point out their errors. There will come a time for dealing with their false beliefs as they begin to walk in the Truth. Let us give them the Good News in love and respond honestly to their questions or comments in that same love, then pray for them and dont give up on them. Recently I visited a lady in hospital who was a lapsed Roman Catholic. She had terminal cancer and very little time to live. She quietly informed me, I am ready to go and I am trusting in Mary, because her influence as a mother over her Son will get me there. Although away from Rome for many years still she clung to the disgraceful lie that Mary was her avenue to heaven. Never underestimate the power of this deception friends yet always be ready to share the Truth and pray that it will take root by Gods grace. I gave her a tract to read in her own time and spoke about the precious gospel and she listened the precious gospel and she listened carefully. She has since died and I do not know if the good seed took root or not. But that is not the point. We have a great commission to obey so let us be diligent to use our time wisely in sharing the genuine gospel with those under the control of Rome. 981 to PRESENT HOW HAS YOUR GARDEN GROWN?
Sid2	Turf War between different Catholic families engaged in the pilgrimage industry in Medjugorje	#1	[-]
Posts: 21535 (10/10/09 08:06 AM) Inner Guard Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	An insight into the extent to which financial gain predominates in Medjugorje is made clear in an article by the sociologist Max Bax in the June 1993 issue of Amsterdams Sociologisch Tidschrift It concerned what could be described fairly as a dirty little war between different Catholic families engaged in the pilgrimage industry in Medjugorje. One family had reached the stage of almost exercising a monopoly in this industry, and two other families decided to change this situation. Open war broke out. Of the 3,000 inhabitants of Medjugorje 140 were killed, 60 disappeared, and 600 fled the village and found their homes destroyed when they returned The two formerly less successful now operate the pilgrimage and tourist industry within Medjugorje. It should be realized that within this context the word "clan" would be more accurate than "family", as extended families in Herzegovina can number dozens or even hundreds. This has all been concealed from the outside world as it does not correspond to the image of a community dedicated to the Queen of Peace. More . . . I would rather be honestly blunt than diplomatically untruthful.
Sid2	Medjugorje: Guns for Mary	#2	[-]
Posts: 21819 (11/04/09 12:21 PM) Inner Guard Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Robert Hutchinson in Their Kingdom Come (1997) focused on the link between Opus Dei, the 20th century version of the Knights Templar, sent out by the Vatican to battle the march of communism and Islam, and the Croatian war. He notes that in 1997, Medjugorje had become the fourth most popular Christian pilgrimage site in the world. The site has become a massive revenue earner, specifically for the Franciscan order that runs the site. One question remains: what about the apparitions? Genuine, or invented. There are conspiracy theories that it was in fact the Franciscan order that was behind the creation of this apparition. Indeed, the apparitions were used by the local Franciscan Order to challenge the authority of the diocese. Others suggest that the bishop's negative judgement was influenced by a contrary animosity. In the end, Medjugorje's true nature is not the key question. Whether engineered or genuine, by its very nature, the people involved knew that Medjugorje could become an Eastern Lourdes - and went to work. The Vatican immediately realised the potential to use the apparitions to get money, but specifically weapons, into Croatia, to fight the enemy - a fight against Satan, with the Vatican able to defend this position, for was this not what the Virgin had said? And in the final analysis, that is indeed what it was: whether the Vatican had purely mundane reasons for arming the Croats or were following the Virgin's divine command, Medjugorje was "Guns for Mary". More . . . I would rather be honestly blunt than diplomatically untruthful.

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