Discernment Basics, Part 1 – Jan 06 – Homily – Fr Terrance
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Fr Terrance gives the homily at Bloomington, IN, on Jan 06, 2023, on the basic principles we use to discern whether private revelation from an alleged apparition is acceptable.
Pope Benedict XVI Verbum Domini quotes from John of the Cross, since God had given us his son, he has no more to say - https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20100930_verbum-domini.html - Paragraph 14
We should not seek extra visions outside of the Church
Private revelation is just a means to help the people live what has already been revealed
Should we reject all private revelation, no
Mark Miravalle on his book Private Revelation unless it is approved by the Church - http://www.queenship.org/product/Private-Revelation-3105.html
We can ascent if we follow the norms of the Church, which will be discussed in later homilies. ONy after the faithful go to an alleged site of an apparition does the church start a formal investigation
Example of Fatima, many years before approval
CDF in 1978, the local bishop is the primary judge but can appeal to the Vatican - https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19780225_norme-apparizioni_en.html
Positive Criteria:
Needs to be some solid, physical evidence, seers must be sincere, sane, obedient, and able to lead a normal life afterward
Must be free of error,
Do they foster virtue
Negative Criteria:
Manafest factual or doctrinal error, or prophecies that did not come true
Money-making motives, sinful acts, insanity, or instability
Must be overall cohesive evidence that it is valid.
How to decern those apparitions not fully approved?
Saints say the most important is obedience
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque - Autobiography - Satan has no power over the obedient - https://tanbooks.com/products/books/discounts-sales/5-books/the-autobiography-of-saint-margaret-mary/
St Faustina - Satan cannot imitate obedience - Diary par 939
Playlist on this series on Private Revelation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NapQHzx7uV0&list=PLejh_e0-LN4y42myKti-7trU4m_CAZLn1
Ave Maria!
Mass: Wkdays before Epiphany - Jan 6 (Mk 1) - Wkdy
Readings: - http://usccb.org/bible/readings/010623.cfm
1st: 1jo 5:5-13
Resp: psa 147:12-15, 19-20
Gsp: mar 1:7-11
More on the Readings: https://airmaria.com/r?m=1318
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