My Thoughts on Catholic Marian Apparitions

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[BanterWithBojan]

*Correction: 7:50 - ''You never had these types of vision prior to the SCHISM'' (not vision)

[azzythehero]

There is also the icon of the Theotokos "Unexpected Joy". An Orthodox Christian led a very sinful life but still prayed before an icon of the Mother of God and the Christ child. One day while praying he saw blood pouring from the hands and feet of the Christ child. Scared, he yelled "what has caused this?" Then he heard a voice say " every time you sin, you crucify my son anew. " This encouraged him to repentance and the joy of brought to him. Again, this did not change the dogma of the Orthodox Church.

The fire of Jerusalem is still good to venerate, but as you said the Divine Liturgy is also as great a miracle.

[eduardovalentin]

"If you have never seen the holy fire, every Liturgy is inconceivably more miraculous than that"

That is beautifully put. I know I take for granted the mystery of the Liturgy and seek signs and visions. But I miss the greatest moment of theophany in my life, that occurs at the altar ever Sunday at Liturgy. I see my Christ, my God come to his people, and offer of himself for our salvation. Who needs any miracles or holy fire when we have that?

[theodoreperkoski]

One thing everyone should remember is that, even when an apparition is approved in the Roman Catholic Church it is not required to believe in it.

[SonfJames]

I’m a Roman Catholic priest and I do enjoy your videos and am grateful for your ability to share your talents. You’re very level headed and I appreciate that the most. Which is why I’m thankful you call certain segments “rants, ” as they typically do not flow out of the same researched, logical platform, that your other videos stem from. Your humor is gold, and it is smart. Still, I’m sure even you know, that the presentation you gave on Catholic declaration on dogma and Marian apparitions are, well, caricatures, as opposed to icons of the truth of the stories. Still made me laugh, which I appreciate. The apparition at Lourdes, by the way, which voiced the Mother of God as saying “I am the Immaculate Conception” occurred 4 years after the dogma of the Immaculate Conception was pronounced in Rome, not before. Remember, brother, it may not be a dogma in the east, but it sure is in your prayers, and “the law of prayer is the law of belief “- an axiom that ties us both east and west into the hidden bond of Tradition. In the west, this title (Immaculate Conc) was necessary beyond piety, as further research into the subject might reveal to us, that in certain periods of history, developments and declarations and authentic apparitions have taken place in the various churches for reasons only in retrospect can be detected. Plus, it gave the singer Madonna a catchy title for her music album. So there’s that? Peace!

[fmayer]

Great video. We need to be very careful about dreams and visions since Satan loves to use ego to entice men to sin. Jesus said clearly "Blessed are those who believe without seeing." In the case of Fatima the Roman Church was very careful about accepting it and many of the ideas surrounding Fatima are not accepted by the Church. I have been Orthodox for 35 years now and I appreciate the caution the Orthodox Church proceeds without making everything a dogma. Good point on Our Lady of Guadalupe; Our Mother Mary is very humble and any vision that creates a dogma that is not likely to come from a very humble and God fearing woman is false.

[joylarson]

Thank you so so much, I am becoming Orthodox and am so grateful to you and The Holy Trinity.

[benibozic]

1854 - Pope Pius IX declares the dogma of immaculate conception
1858 - apparitions in Lourdes where Mary calls herself Immaculate conception

First the dogma then the apparition. And this is the only case of appartion having sth to do with dogma (I believe).

[theredraven]

I miss it when you call us brothers and sisters in Christ.

[lleonnigg]

1. 40 AD ( Bilocation of mary to st James)

2. Dogma is not defined by an apparition

3. Not all visions have a consequence

4. Fatima... conversion of Russia ( convert Russia from communism and from the revolution)

5. First 5 Saturdays devotion
( first Saturdays of 5 months....go to confession, communion, pray for the pope, meditate of the life of Christ, go to mass)

6. Lourdes ( Mary appeared to st Bernadette in an apparition telling her to pray for souls and their dogma of the immaculate conception was made a dogma even before the apparition at lourdes )

7. Since mary is sinless then she is the immaculate conception

[ButSeriouslyThough]

Over here in France, the Orthodox usually believe in the Lourdes apparition. It is on March 25th - the feast day of the Annunciation - that Mary said she is the Immaculate Conception, and therefore the Orthodox interpret this to mean that she was talking about the immaculate conception of Jesus.
Also, Catholics love Medjugorje over here. I know a deacon who wouldn't stop talking about it.

[BrettWes]

I would love to see a video about the Jerusalem “holy fire.”

[filida]

I am an orthodox and I visited Guadalupe with a typical orthodox smug attitude. I said I would not buy anything from there, but I changed my mind at the very last minute and I bought a small icon, just in case I was wrong. And at that exact moment, I felt the grace of God upon me. That taught me a huge lesson. About the other catholic miracles, I consider them rather cases of mass hysteria.

[gregstarr]

Well put.
I like the personal, intimate aspect of the Orthodox visions.

[bensirach]

You should make a video about Blessed St. Xenia of Petersburg. I took your encouragement to read about the lives of the Fools-For-Christ and her story grew on me. Maybe a Reliquary video, perhaps.

[julianjulian]

@Bible Illustrated Hands What can you say on the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mexico, known as the Lady of Guadalupe? An image on a tilma (impossibly used as a medium for painting) without any human trace.

[elizabethshaw]

I have had a few visions and a couple of Miracles but I didn't run anywhere to tell people about them. Number one most people wouldn't have believed me and number to my mother knew these things happened so I could talk to her and I did. She passed away a year ago so I keep them to myself but they don't happen often and I'm not some special person.

[Sjouker]

Dear Bojan, first of all, thank you for all your wonderful videos. This time, however, I have to correct you on one point. The apparition in Lourdes (1858) happened after the proclamation of the dogma of the immaculate conception (1854). By the way, to my knowledge it never happened that a catholic dogma was proclaimed as the result of an apparition. That’s fortunate, because most of the more recent ones are rather bonkers. When are you going to post the video about the toll-houses? I’m immensely looking forward for that one. Best wishes, Fr. Hugo

[mouse_in_a_wheat_field]

Idk... Guadalupe seems pretty plausible. I'm Orthodox but I kinda like that one as a guilty pleasure. 😂

[tsasuyeda]

What do you think of the apparition to the Coptic Church in Zeitoun, Egypt, 1968 - 70?