Medjugorje redux
Last week I wrote about my skepticism towards the Medjugorje apparitions, while acknowledging that God has clearly worked through the events in that town for good (even in my own life). Austin Ruse, the President of the New York and Washinton, D.C.-based Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), has just written an article with similar conclusions for The Catholic Thing.
Read it here.
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I am a recent convert to Catholicism through Medjugorje. Once agnostic, I am now a devout Catholic. For me, Medjugorje has been a beautiful gateway to the Lord’s Church. You wrote earlier that it is your opinion that it is extremely unlikely that the Blessed Mother is appearing to the visionaries in Medjugorje. What plausible alternative explanation do you have? The Satan theory is the one all skeptics resort to because there isn’t any other earthly explanation. The Satan theory makes no sense because the Blessed Mother in Her apparitions focuses on being devout to Christ and His Church – hardly something Satan would ever do. In fact, the priest, bishops and lay people who embrace Medjugorje are some of the most devout and conservative Catholics. The truth is that Our Lady IS appearing to the visionaries. It is just so incredible that some can’t accept the reality of God granting us such a wonderful gift in our time. But Christ and His Mother have been rejected before, both in their earthly existence and through other visionaries, such as Sr. Faustina. What I think causes people to reject Medjugorje is a deep seated fear of the true reality of God in our lives. If we as Catholics believe in the presence of the Lord in each of the millions of Eucharistic Hosts presented throughout time and throughout the world, how is it so difficult to believe that His Mother would appear and give us messages of hope, love and a path to Her Son?
Tim, I responded to you as a new blog post.