MEDJUGORJE PILGRIMAGES: THE DUPLICITOUS MESSAGES of GOSPA

MEDJUGORJE PILGRIMAGES: The DUPLICITOUS MESSAGE of GOSPA

 

 

..according to the seers the GOSPA of MEDJUGORJE has said ... Catholics of good conscience and people of all creeds are called to conversion of heart, prayer and fasting...practical prayer as well as a salutary disposition of soul and mind...fasting not only in a corporal sense but also fasting of the reason and desires..to exercise prudence and temperance..which of course we do not see at MEDJUGORJE since the proponents have failed to obey the Agency and agents of God in his Church ..the successors to the apostles...

...if one examines the messages more closely and uses the scriptures as a mirror of discernment along with the laws of love as they are evinced through the dogmas and traditions of the Church and the exhortations of the bishops in good standing we see that there are many contradictions...

April 25, 1994 "Dear children! Today I invite you to decide to pray according to my intention. Little children, I invite each one of you to help my plan to be realized through this parish. Now I invite you in a special way, little children, to decide to go along the way of holiness. Only this way will you be close to me. I love you and I desire to conduct you all with me to Paradise. But, if you do not pray and if you are not humble and obedient to the messages which I am giving you, I cannot help you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

 

..according to this message the GOSPA is instigating rebellion and insubordination to the local Ordinary( the Bishop)..as well as the Bishops of Zadar as well as the CDF ... it was the Bishop in good standing who has cautioned and indeed ordered that the dissemination of any messages be not made or attributed to the Mother God of God... the Zadar Bishops and the CDF have concurred...indeed how is one to walk the paths of holiness if they have not the humility to trust the Shepherds of the Church..as well how can one reconcile the fact that the Gospa herself is contradicting an order of her Son...this order is to obey the Bishops who are not purveying any sinful decree...

[10] And thou shalt do whatsoever they shall say, that preside in the place, which the Lord shall choose, and what they shall teach thee,

[8] If thou perceive: Here we see what authority God was pleased to give to the church guides of the Old Testament, in deciding, without appeal, all controversies relating to the law; promising that they should not err therein; and surely he has not done less for the church guides of the New Testament.

[11] According to his law; and thou shalt follow their sentence: neither shalt thou decline to the right hand nor to the left hand. [12] But he that will be proud, and refuse to obey the commandment of the priest, who ministereth at that time to the Lord thy God, and the decree of the judge, that man shall die, and thou shalt take away the evil from Israel: [13] And all the people hearing it shall fear, that no one afterwards swell with pride

                                      Deuteronomy 17:10-13

                                          ..so we see from scripture that defying a bishop in good standing provides an occaision of placing one’s soul in grave danger from spiritual death...

[20] Amen, amen I say to you, he that receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

John 13:20

 

10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whosoever is not just is not of God, or he that loveth not his brother.

1 John 3:10

 

....of course in order to be just one must be fair and give everyone their rightful due..and when we disrespect the wishes of a Shepherd of God the local Bishop then we are not practicing justice and equanimity...are we showing love to the local Bishop whose mission is to protect us from error when we proceed in a spirit of public disdain for his witness and ignore his pleas...

....as well we have the Catechism of the Church as a sure guide...

 

CCC 896, “Let all follow the bishop, as Jesus Christ follows his Father, and the college of presbyters as the apostles; respect the deacons as you do God's law. Let no one do anything concerning the Church in separation from the bishop."

....of course the Gospa wants all to follow her message but not to follow the advice of the local Bishop...or the advice of the Zadar Commission or the advice of the CDF who have told the faithful to stop presuming the credibility of any apparition publicly....

..this is just one message of thousands and in other mesages the GOSPA advises prayer for God’s priests however if one does not obey the priests and bishops and become a vehicle for God’s grace through practical prayer which is done by following an agent of God’s commands then prayer indeed does not actuate its full potential since obstinate supplicants thwart the efficacy of God’s grace...through obedience we attain unity....

As Thomas Aquinas wisely says...

It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.

 

..such people are viewed as fanatics who try to bend everyone to their whim rather than trying to accept each person for their deficiencies as God accepts us all..and to work to create unity of cause...indeed not all faithful are called to pray, fast, read the bible and go to mass every day...some do more some do less..however if we keep up with our obligations and live the law of love as Jesus says..to love one another as i have loved you..this is the chief commandment..a shortcut to heaven..indeed one must not neglect the sacraments however one is not required to pray, fast and attend confession (unless in a state of mortal sin) under a strict regime unless they are in a religious vocation....it is bewildering to watch as many proponents adopt a Pharisiacal attitude that they are more Holy since they pray and fast and Go to mass every day..however this is the spirit which Jesus rebukes...

..so we see adherents at MEDJUGORJE praying so that the Bishop change his stance and accept the messages of the GOSPA yet this is unwise and definately contrary to the will of God who exhorts us to be loving and kind and  in humility submit to the advice of our spiritual Fathers who are not espousing sin....this is the type of fanaticism petulance and hypocrisy which makes all Chirstians look bad..indeed this type of attitude is an enemy to peace since such a one is still absorbed in their own prerogatives and not resigned to take up the cross and follow Christ..the cross of human suffering..indeed no one can carry Christ's cross yet we all can carry a small portion of it as the apostle exhorts us in the Gospel where he mentions ...

 

²⁴ Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in my flesh, for his body, which is the church:

Colossians 1:24

 

April 25, 1996 "Dear children! Today I invite you again to put prayer in the first place in your families. Little children, when God is in the first place, then you will, in all that you do, seek the will of God. In this way your daily conversion will become easier. Little children, seek with humility that which is not in order in your hearts, and you shall understand what you have to do. Conversion will become a daily duty that you will do with joy. Little children, I am with you, I bless you all and I invite you to become my witnesses by prayer and personal conversion. Thank you for having responded to my call."

 

..from another message we are  purportedly told by the GOSPA to put GOD first...if we do not listen to his agents...the Bishops and the CDF then we are not explicitly putting GOD first..we are subjugating GOD to the urges of our own desires and our own will...and so the GOSPA herself is espousing a duplicitous spirituality which is not sincerely seeking unity....let us all examine ourselves through a spirit of contrition and by the principles of philia and agape love so that we may not be a slave to our own spiritually erotic desires ...let us strive for a rational love ...amen

MEDJUGORJE UPDATE: CLUB MED

MEDJUGORJE: SPIRITUAL HEDONISM

CLUB MED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 ....Ethical hedonism is the idea that all people have the right to do everything in their power to achieve the greatest amount of pleasure possible to them. It is also the idea that every person's pleasure should far surpass their amount of pain. Ethical hedonism is said to have been started by a student of Socrates, Aristippus of Cyrene. He held the idea that pleasure is the highest good....

 

 

...indeed what one sees happening at MEDJUGORJE is a spiritual vacation resort...if one peruses  the internet one can see the commercialization and the vacation resort mentality at work in MEDJUGORJE...there are pilgrim packages complete with bus and tour guide and visits to the SEERS homes all complete with meals and hotels...indeed all the while perfectly legitimate church approved apparitions such as our Lady of BANNEUX or our Lady of Sorrows in KIBEHO RWANDA have suffered...indeed all the attention being squandered in MEDJUGORJE is casting a shadow on recognized apparitions...

 

..indeed people come with an errant notion that when they hear the words..lift your hearts up to the Lord..they believe in a literal way that God is in the sky..this is a lack of spiritual formation or catechesis without the teaching of the church people fall into error...so they look up..however God is everywhere since he is omnipresent..to lift one’s heart up would mean to walk in a righteous manner abiding by the upright laws of God...it does not mean to look up in the sky for God...however people persist in folly and search for signs and wonders and so fall into a spiritual hedonism which perverts charity and undermines the precepts of the Church of Christ....

if we embrace God within us we shall rise up above ourselves and admonishing our own will find the true way of love ..through the will of God and his Church....

 

...the lusting for signs and wonders at MEDJUGORJE has adherents to the messages going on prolonged flights of fancy and detouring from reality in effect...what we see in MEDJUGORJE is a subversion of the proper pilgrimage where the pilgrim offering veneration to the church and her saints places their petitions along with their sacrifices at the foot of the cross in unity and through filiation of the one true church and its magisterium....

 

Here we have some adherent’s

 messages concerning their visit...

 

                                 Anonymous said...

“I have been to Medjugorje and would rather go there on vacation then Hawaii or Cancun or any other place. There are Holy Masses many times a day, the community rosary is very powerful and Evening Adoration is awesome. If there is an apparition I do not fight the Italian crowds to be present. All I know is it is a very prayerful place and until the vatican condemns them I will continue to go. 45.00 a night for hospitality and food is a deal....and there is good beer and wine and awesome people, including priests and bishops from all over the world. The visionaries are very humble and the fact that some say they live extravagant lives are wrong(the ones in Medjugorje) Poor Mirjana is like a prisoner is her own modest home...she is a simple girl. If it was false why would anyone choose a life like that? Of course not for money...she could never even enjoy it...she doesnt go on vacation or buy lavish things. I believe some people are jealous. We have so called catholic converts running the parish circuit charging 2000/hr. I would question some of their motives---and they are in the states. “

 

....it is good to hear that beer is cheap..but indeed it is a scandal that priests and bishops may be personally ratifying the phenonmenon as being imbued with a supernatural character....apart from providing pastoral care to pilgrims the  presence of religious should not be taken as surety of the genuine nature of the spectacle....

 

 

Anonymous Pilgrim said

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A year has elapsed since I last went to Medjugorje. And how I miss this place every day since the day I came home. To me it is the safest place on Earth. Can anyone imagine a young lady climbing those rocky hills alone and yet coming back safe and sound. Not raped nor robbed. What would have happened if I have done the same somewhere else in this world? In certain countries people can even be robbed when they come out of their house to dispose off the garbage. Once you accidentally dropped your wallet you won't see it again for sure and this is happening everywhere in this world. In Medjugorje I was surprised when the priest announced during mass at St' james Church asking the pilgrim who had lost his wallet to claim it from him. Obviously someone had picked up the wallet and given it to the priest. The honesty of the people of this place is really something laudable in itself. Keep up your good name, Medjugorje!”

 

.it is good to hear that no-one is getting physically accosted while they take out the garbage in MEDJUGORJE..but I am sure the pleasant hosts of the resorts take care of that for the pilgrims...

 

 

Anonymous Travel agent said:

 

“The visionaries in Medjugorje tell us that no one goes to Medjugorje by accident. We are called individually by Our Lady. What an awesome thought! If you feel called to go to Medjugorje then answer Our Lady's invitation! Traveling to Medjugorje is truly a life changing experience!”

 

…Oh really?...Our Lady is indeed according to the visionaries completely unaware that the local Bishop in good standing has personally forbidden pilgrimages to MEDJUGORJE…well this is indeed interesting…I suppose OUR Lady is calling the faithful to be disobedient to the Bishop..????

 

 

..basically what we have at MEDJUGORJE is people worshipping themselves and their own notions and inclinations about what God is..it is emotionalism and hedonistic in nature..it is a worship of the Golden calf..power, money and unchaste desire…..chastity itself as a virtue guards all the virtues..it is not associated strictly with concuspiscence(sex)...if one is chaste they are not complacent and they are meticulous about all their habits...regular examination of the interior state yields tremendous fruit and helps aid a soul on the journey of the way of the cross...since the will is not subjecting itself to God by way of the local Ordinary we have the people worshipping idols..in effect we have people worshipping THEMSELVES…this is why at MEDJUGORJE people neglect charity since they believe they are number one so they need not try harder to excel in the spiritual journey..indeed they have no notion that it is a journey…

 

….Pray for us all- amen