You make a very good point about Our Blessed Mother obtaining graces. A vision may be as phoney as a three dollar note, but God may bring good out of it. I refer to my two other comments here on Marpingen, which was once the Medjugorje of its day. The wall beside the small chapel is covered with devotional plaques and thanks for …
You make a very good point about Our Blessed Mother obtaining graces. A vision may be as phoney as a three dollar note, but God may bring good out of it. I refer to my two other comments here on Marpingen, which was once the Medjugorje of its day. The wall beside the small chapel is covered with devotional plaques and thanks for favours received. The prayers of the faithful are honest and the Divine Response may be genuine.
As I found on my visit, Marpingen has a long way to go before it justifies its ludicrous claim to be the "German Lourdes". So it is unlikely to lead many astray. In contrast, Medj is an out of control monster. It is obviously too big and making too much money to be suppressed, unless the Vatican is willing to risk massive dissent and perhaps another schism, as per the nuns in Spain on whom the Pillar recently reported.
Bridget,
You make a very good point about Our Blessed Mother obtaining graces. A vision may be as phoney as a three dollar note, but God may bring good out of it. I refer to my two other comments here on Marpingen, which was once the Medjugorje of its day. The wall beside the small chapel is covered with devotional plaques and thanks for favours received. The prayers of the faithful are honest and the Divine Response may be genuine.
As I found on my visit, Marpingen has a long way to go before it justifies its ludicrous claim to be the "German Lourdes". So it is unlikely to lead many astray. In contrast, Medj is an out of control monster. It is obviously too big and making too much money to be suppressed, unless the Vatican is willing to risk massive dissent and perhaps another schism, as per the nuns in Spain on whom the Pillar recently reported.