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Post by Marya Dabrowski on Sept 30, 2019 17:35:07 GMT -5
I'm reading a book, The Life of Saint Joseph as manifested to Maria Cecilia Baij; imprimatur 1921. It says Our Lord was circumcised by a man St. Joseph brought to the cave. I had always thought St. Joseph himself did it. What do you think? I know it doesn't matter but just wondering.
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Post by Pacelli on Sept 30, 2019 20:18:41 GMT -5
I'm reading a book, The Life of Saint Joseph as manifested to Maria Cecilia Baij; imprimatur 1921. It says Our Lord was circumcised by a man St. Joseph brought to the cave. I had always thought St. Joseph himself did it. What do you think? I know it doesn't matter but just wondering. This is from Lapide’s commentary on Luke ch. 2, v. 21 This is from The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Anne Catherine Emmerich, pp. 240-244, (I realize that this is private revelation, but it’s interesting, and certainly not in any way against the Faith, and the book does have an imprimatur that was given in 1914) SOURCE
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Post by Marya Dabrowski on Oct 1, 2019 16:52:55 GMT -5
Thank you, Pacelli! How wonderful to read! I have the Dolorous Passion from Anne Catherine's visions but there must be much longer writings I never knew about.
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Post by Pacelli on Oct 2, 2019 13:00:42 GMT -5
Thank you, Pacelli! How wonderful to read! I have the Dolorous Passion from Anne Catherine's visions but there must be much longer writings I never knew about. Thanks for asking the question, it motivated me to read from Anne Catherine Emmerich’s book again which I haven't read in years. If you click on the source link I posted, it leads to the whole book, which I think is the most lengthy writing of her visions.
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Post by Voxxkowalski on Oct 3, 2019 15:57:36 GMT -5
What status and who was the patron of Bl Anns visions. At what level can they be upheld...medjagagory being zero and Fatima being 10
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Post by udoc89 on Oct 3, 2019 18:45:12 GMT -5
This is lovely, but is Anne the mother of Our Lady? I am reading through the volumes of “The Mystical City of God” by Blessed Mary of Agreda. She says that St. Anne died and left Our Lady an orphan before she married St Joseph, who was chosen by the priests for her.
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Post by Pacelli on Oct 4, 2019 12:35:12 GMT -5
What status and who was the patron of Bl Anns visions. At what level can they be upheld...medjagagory being zero and Fatima being 10 There was no patron of her visions, but the Church allowed them to be published and read by Catholics without any intervention. She had her visions in the early 19th century during the reign of Pope Pius VII, and for all of the Popes and bishops that followed that time, none prohibited her writings to be published or read. Also, the great theologian and liturgist Don Guéranger highly praised her writings. Her writings also received the imprimatur by pre-Vatican II bishops. There can be no doubt that Anne Catherine Emmerich was a good Catholic and a holy and pious woman. She lived an exemplary life, living on the blessed sacrament alone for 12 years, receiving the stigmata, and in every way demonstrating a holy life. Medjugorjie had none of this. The seers were never known for any remarkable holiness. I know someone that attended a talk by some of them and even witnessed them smoking, and it’s not that I think moderate smoking, is a sin, but this type of modern pleasure is not a sign of of a higher level of sanctity. This is all besides the fact that the alleged statements made by “Our Lady” were in many cases against the Faith and the accounts of the visionaries had many other problems which were even documented by the local Conciliar diocese. Catholics are of course free to not concern themselves with any private revelation, but if God is behind this, and I personally believe that, then such revelations can be useful in inspiring us in our Faith and the practice of it. I personally believe that this woman was a great Catholic who was in communication with God and received these visions from Him. I also completely believe in Fatima, Lourdes, Knock, Guadalupe, etc. In cases like this, I think the best thing is to look at how the Church reacted to the apparitions, visions, miracles. etc, and also to look at the character of the person or persons receiving these Divine favors. A good tree bears good fruit.
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Post by Pacelli on Oct 4, 2019 13:16:28 GMT -5
This is lovely, but is Anne the mother of Our Lady? I am reading through the volumes of “The Mystical City of God” by Blessed Mary of Agreda. She says that St. Anne died and left Our Lady an orphan before she married St Joseph, who was chosen by the priests for her. Yes, the Anne mentioned is clearly St. Anne, mother of Our Lady. I did read the account in “The Mystical City of God,” and there is a contradiction between the accounts.
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Post by Pacelli on Oct 4, 2019 13:27:09 GMT -5
On a personal note, it’s strange that we are discussing St. Anne on here as I just made a pilgrimage last week to the Basilica of St. Anne de Beaupre in Quebec, and while I was praying before her holy relic, one of my intentions that I prayed for was all of the members of this forum, and now we are discussing her.
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