Narratives

Hosted by Carolyn Morrison here is a series of short videos.

1. Mysteries of the Church :- The Church and WWII
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2. Mysteries of the Church: The Crusades
   Published On: 2013-Feb-04
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3. Mysteries of the Church: Gifts
   Published On: 2013-Feb-02
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4. 27 Catholic Mysteries Gifts of The Holy Spirit
   Published On: 2013-Nov-07
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5. Mysteries of the Church: The Early Evangelists
   Published On: 2013-Feb-04
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6. Mysteries of the Church: Apocalypse
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     • Video #1
       Published On:- 2013-Feb-02
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   • Participants
     • Deacon Kevin McCormack ( Molloy College )
     • Rev. John Cush ( Diocese of Brooklyn )
7. Mysteries of the Church: Marian Apparition
   • Profile
     • A Marian apparition is a reported supernatural appearance by the Blessed Virgin Mary. The figure is often named after the town where it is reported, or on the sobriquet given to Mary on the occasion of the apparition. Marian apparitions sometimes are reported to recur at the same site over an extended period of time.
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     • Video #1
       Published On:- 2013-Feb-02
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8. Mysteries of the Church: Intense Spiritual
   Published On:- 2013-Feb-02
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9. Mysteries of the Church: Exorcism
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Indepth

Mysteries of the Church: Marian Apparition

1. Annunciation
   • On the night known as the Annunciation, our blessed Mary received a message
   • The message being that though a Virgin, she will conceive and  have a son
   • Now many millions of people have gotten to know her
   • She has her own prayer and those who pray to her have received her blessings
2. Apparition
   • Dr. Patrick Hayes, Fairfield University
     • Divine Intervention into Human Consciousness
     • God breaks in from Time to Time
     • Number in the hundreds
   • 295 have been investigated
   • Out of that number only 12 have been approved
   • Steps to approval
     • Local Dioceses Investigate
     •  Bishop Conference, a whole country will investigate
     • Vatican, Apostolic Seal will then jump in
3.  Fatima
   • Sources
     • Wikipedia ( Link )
   • Appeared to three young portuguese children
   • Predictions
     • Hell await those who sinned
     • Predictions of World War One and World War Two unless Russian Converted
       • 1917 Communist Takeover of Russia
         • Religion was driven out of Russia
       • In response, they were told
         • ReChristianize Russia
         • Listeners pushed to convert Russia to Immaculate Heart
     • Third Secret
       • Presented Real Challenge to the authority that heard it
       • A man in white will suffer
         • Led to mountain top by gunmen and shot
         • Is it the Pope?
         • Pope shot
           • Pope Francis shot in 1981
           • He vowed to place bullet
           • May 13, 1981: Assassination Attempt on Pope John Paul II!
             • YouTube
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           • The Pope of Our Lady of Fatima
             • MichaelJournal.Org
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               While he was in the hospital, Pope John Paul reviewed the Church’s documentation of Fatima and the Third Secret of Fatima. He was convinced that Our Lady of Fatima had saved his life. Later that year, he had a mosaic of the Virgin Mary (Mater Ecclesiae — Mother of the Church) installed on St. Peter’s Square. He went three times afterwards to the shrine of Fatima in Portugal (1982, 1991 and 2000) — to thank the Virgin Mary. On March 25, 1984, to fulfill the request of Our Lady of Fatima, the Pope consecrated the world — including Russia — to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Communism collapsed soon afterward.As a measure of his gratitude, John Paul gave the bullet that was extracted from his abdomen to the shrine; the bullet today forms part of the crown of the statue of the Virgin of Fatima. During John Paul’s 2000 visit to Fatima, the third part of the message the Virgin gave to the three children in 1917 was revealed; it was a description of the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul: the “bishop clothed in white” who prays for all the faithful is the Pope. As he makes his way with great effort towards the Cross amid the corpses of those who were martyred (bishops, priests, men and women religious and many lay persons), he too falls to the ground, apparently dead, under a burst of gunfire.
   • Lucia, one of the three
     • Said it could be released at 1960
     • But, held till 2000
   • Released
     • By Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict
4. Guadalupe
   • Our lady of Guadalupe
   • Sources
     • Wikipedia ( Link )
5.  Lourdes, France
   • Appeared to 14-year old Bernadette Soubirous in 1858
   • Sources
     • Wikipedia ( Link )

Mysteries of the Church: Intense Spiritual

1. Questions
   • Questions Jesus asked Peter
     • Who do you say that I am
     • And, the other question, do you love me
     • What is your relationship to me
2. Difference between Religion and Faith
   • Religion can be just an external observance
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       • You do this, you do that
     • (-)
       • It does not lead to transformation
       • It does not lead to true peace
       • It does not give you a sense of purpose
       • It does not help you
     • And, so people give it up
   • Faith always helps us
     • Because we are meant to believe
   • That is why people can give up religion
     • They do not allow it to come into the innermost being
3. Franciscan Friar
   • Vows
     • Poverty
       • Vows of Poverty does not mean to live in Poverty, but to live in a community where everything is shared with each other
     • Chastity
     • Obedience
   • Live in an area noted for Poverty
     • (-)
       • Crime
       • Drugs
       • Prostitution
     • (+)
       • Godly people
   • Why do we do this?
     • To conform ourselves to the obedient one
       • To the Poverty
       • To the Chaste one
       • To the Obedient one
     • If Jesus
       • If Jesus was married
       • If Jesus was wealthy
       • If Jesus was independent and autonomous
     • Did his own thing
   • Life lived
     • More in conformity with Jesus
   • If the community has a turn around
     • They will leave and go live elsewhere
   • Simple Life
     • Franciscan Friar
       • Sources
         • Franciscans
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4. Carolene Morrison
   • What truly matters is that one has done so in the Spirit of Jesus Christ
   • It can not be felt from outside, but only when truly lived
   • We may not fully grasp the decisions made by those who have dedicated themselves to an intense spiritual life, but perhaps that is the point; that it should remain a mystery.
   • And, to truly understand such a life, one must live it

Mysteries of the Church: Exorcism

1. Demonic possession is not ordinary, sin is ordinary
   • Anybody can sin