Tag: Discernment
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The Holy See Abrogates Previous Norms on Private Revelations
The Holy See has just published a historical document today, May 17, 2024. The Norms for Proceeding in the Discernment of Alleged Supernatural Phenomena provide details of the updated norms on how reported private revelations should be treated by the local bishops and the Holy See. In summary, private revelations will no longer be declared…
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What is Your Current Position on the Lipa Case?
Most Catholics do not realize that every time they say something in favor of the few exorcist priests who attack the Mediatrix, they also attack the peaceful devotion of other priests, probably hundreds of them, who believe in the apparition. These believing priests are scattered throughout the archipelago, and they defend the cause of the…
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Opus Dei Priest to Bishop David: ‘We Cannot Stop the People from Celebrating the Mass on September 12’
August 2, 2023 Most Reverend Pablo Virgilio DavidPresidentCatholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines Your Excellency, I write to you in relation to the directives from The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) asking the bishops of the Philippines to “dissuade’ any activities that run counter to the church’s official ruling on the alleged…
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Arguing with CFD May Not be a Good Idea
ALWAYS REMEMBER THESE THINGS if you plan to have a healthy conversation with a “Catholic Defender” (CFD) member on social media
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New Eucharistic Miracle in a Priestless Village in Honduras
It happened on a Thusday afternoon, June 9, 2022, in a remote and not so known village called Espinal in the town of San Juan, in Intibuca, Honduras. The small village is composed of about 60 families that cultivate coffee and corn for living. Like in all parts of the world, there is a scarcity…
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2010 Theological Reflections on ‘Mediatrix of All Grace’ by Fr. Gerard Timoner III
Our Lady, Mary Mediatrix of All-GraceTheological Reflections of Rev. Fr. Gerard Francisco P. Timoner III, O.P. on the Messages of Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace, and the Accounts of the 1948 Lipa Apparition CENTRAL SEMINARYUNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMASMANILA Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace I. Fr. Richard A. Hernandez and Sr. Julie S. Micosa, MCSH, chair…
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Pope Francis Through the Eyes of His Collaborators
I recently received a journal from a Jesuit-run college from which I did a two-year scriptural and systematic theology course. The journal touches on many topics, including the synod on synodality and Pope Francis’ appointment to Cardinal-elect Victor Manuel “Tucho” Fernandez, an appointment they call “milestone” in Francis’s revolution. But the journal did not mention…
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‘Our Blessed Mother Always Guides My Path to Holiness’: Testimony of an Engineering Student
MY DEVOTION STORY ABOUTOUR LADY, MARY MEDIATRIX OF ALL GRACE November 3, 2020 Praise Be Jesus Christ, Now & Forever!Ave Maria Mediadora de Toda Grazia! I am John Michael Deala, a Youth Devotee of Our Lady of Lipa, Mary Mediatrix of All Grace. My devotion story started when I was Grade 1 student – Age:…
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Roles of the Laity in the Exorcism Ministry
Both the ordained and the non-ordained members of the Church should work together in the daily spiritual battle against Satan and his legion. They work day and night in order to lead us away from the eternal happiness of heaven. So they disturb, tempt, and even possess some to redirect our focus to other things…
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A Miraculous Petal With the Fatima Apparition Discovered Today July 13, 2023
Mama Mary is actively manifesting her motherly love through her miraculous statue in San José, Batangas. Today, Thursday July 13, 2023, Mama Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace, has given us a sign from heaven of God’s immense love for humanity. It has been reported that her beautiful image began to exude oil from February 18,…
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Sad Truths Depicted in the ‘Midnight Mass’
A Short Review of The Midnight Mass TV Series When a Catholic stops being Catholic, that is, when he stops believing in the sacraments, he deliberately breaks his communion with the Church. The spiritual graces conferred by the sacraments also stop, and the virtues he developed slowly fade away. The person then begins to contradict…
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How to Read the Holy Bible?
The Holy Bible is the world’s best-selling book with five billion copies sold. It is a small library containing 73 books written by different authors in different literary forms, and intended for different audiences. The Song of Moses in Exodus 15 and the Song of Deborah in Judges 5 are believed to be the most…
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Answering Fr. Nonnette Legaspi’s attacks against Our Lady of Lipa
A short video clip spread over the social media shortly after a criminal case was filed against an exorcist priest, Fr. Winston Cabading, O.P. The said priest, who is also an exorcist, called the Lipa apparitions as “demonic,” which hurt the religious feelings of one of the devotees of the said private revelation. As far…
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Discernment of Mystical Phenomena for Catholics
The following list is taken from pages 349-451 of the book “Exorcist Volume Three, Spiritual Warfare and Discernment” by Fr. Jose Francisco “Jocis” C. Syquia. Fr. Jocis is the director of the Archdiocese of Manila Office of Exorcism. He has dedicated a significant amount of time to study about extraordinary phenomena. In my opinion, reading…
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