Part (*) - Life of Mary
Marida Ignacio
Note that last part was chapter 25. I'm skipping through
part/chapters 26 thru 33 because I already posted these
under "PASSION OF CHRIST/RISEN CHRIST" posts.
Chapters 34 thru 37 now follow this post
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*INTERMISSION -
The Life of Mary as Seen by Mystics
Compiled by Raphael Brown
ISBN: 0-89555-436-4
Nihil Obstat: John A. Schulien, S.T.D.
Censor Librorium
Imprimatur: Moses E. Kiley
Archbishop of Milwaukee
Published by TAN Books and Publications, Inc.
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I like to take this moment to insert some general info on the book.
It has in its Foreword that the Church is definitely still the
intervening authority for condemnations and prudent approvals
of various mystical visions and private revelations. This compilation
is based on written (by visionaries themselves and/or their
'secretaries') documents of visions given by our Lord Jesus Christ
and our Blessed Virgin Mary to the following Catholic visionaries:
St. Elizabeth of Schoenan (1127?-1164)
St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373)
Venerable Mother Mary of Jesus of Agreda (1602-1665)
Sister Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824)
The writer, while comparing the documents, tells that some details
of information among the mystics contradict each other (ie. how many
nails punctured Jesus' hands and feet) but he explained that these
differences in details were perhaps God's discernment and decision
of what to show to each visionary.
The book is presented in a masterfully written novel form of
revelations to the above mystics blended with the Gospel story.
It enhances an understanding as additional background to the New
Testament story.
Declaration of Obedience
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In conformity with the decrees of Pope Urban VII
concerning the publication of private revelations, I
herewith declare that:
1. While the sources from which this book has been
compiled have frequently been published with
the approval of learned theologians and with
the permission of the ordinaries of many dioceses
in several countries, I willingly submit all that
is contained in this work to the judgement of the
Holy See;
2. In applying the terms "saint" and "venerable" to
persons who are neither canonized nor beatified,
I wish in no way to anticipate the final decision
of the Church; and
3. For all the private revelations and seemingly
supernatural events herein narrated, insofar as
they have not received the attestation of the
Church, I claim no more than assent of a merely
human credence, according to the dictates of prudence
and the principles of mystical theology.
- The Compiler
... the following is given after the introduction.
OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
is reported to have said to the mystics (whose accounts
are compiled in this book):
ST. BRIDGET OF SWEDEN:
"Know that it is not for your own sake alone that I speak
to you, but also for the salvation of all Christians...know
too that when it pleases Me, men shall come who will take up
the words of 'The Heavenly Revelations' with joy and
consolation."
VEN. MOTHER OF AGREDA:
"Many mysteries pertaining to My Mother... are still hidden,
especially the interior secrets of her life, and these I wish
now to make known. I desire to make known to mortals how much
her intercession is worth. If men would now seek to please Me
by reverencing, believing, and studying the wonders which are
intimately connected with This Mother of Piety, and if they
would all begin to solicit her intercession from their whole
heart, the world would find some relief."
SIS. ANNE CATHERINE EMMERICH:
"I give you these visions, not for yourself; they are given to
you in order that they may be recorded, I give you these visions -
and I have ever done so - to prove that I shall be with My Church
till the end of days. But visions alone sanctify no one; you
must practice charity, patience, and all other virtues."
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(__ \/ ) His Peace through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Marida
* )XxXx/
* | / "Human-kind: Where protection of valuable life starts and
* ) / takes off."
* \/ Jeremiah 1:5: "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you..."
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