Non Catholics may have missed the fact that this month marks the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparition at Fatima, but Catholic media has been reminding its readers.
I have written before that it is rather odd (or just a sign of advancing age) that in my own lifetime, the diminution of devotion to Mary has been such a clear evolutionary change in the Catholic Church: at least in Australia, and, I suspect all English speaking countries. All tied up with feminism as a broad movement, I guess.
The events at Fatima remain about the strangest Marian event of all. The prophesies have sort of lost their mystery and significance, but the "Miracle of the Sun" is one of the oddest cases of an alleged multiple witness miracle ever recorded. I was creeped out in my teen years by reading a book that noted that many accounts of it sounded like a UFO disk obscuring the sun, and suggesting that the whole event was a case of trickster aliens messing with poor Portuguese kids minds. (Readers with long memories may recall I mentioned this 8 years ago.)
In any event, here's a post which sets out some more background information to the events in Portugal which I don't recall reading about before. Apparently, a spiritualist circle in Portugal was predicting the day of the first Marian apparition (in May) as one of great significance. Peculiar, or pure coincidence?
5 comments:
Yes Mary to which Catholics believe she had no sin thus was equal with Jesus. Unfortunately this is contradicted by the bible.
I knew you wouldn't be able to resist, Homer.
Strange how their priests are not allow to Mary
fortunately for you steve is far too mild mannered to turn your little comment into a religious civil war, Homes
Unfortunately for you Soony I was uttering biblical truth. Catholics believe something else other than that in the bible.
Only a person of Trumpian intelligence would think it a civil war!
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