The Vatican has not been able to refute the evidence of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to people all over the world!
Conversations with the elders and Christian philosophers of a believer are not surprising. But each of them would be glad if he had the chance to communicate with someone of the greatest saints. For example, with the Virgin Mary - especially since stories are known cases when she communicated with ordinary mortals.
What does the Virgin Mary look like?
The earthly mother of Christ is indeed considered one of the most revered personalities in Christianity. The Mother of God was the usual girl from Nazareth, matched to Joseph. He was chosen to marry her, because during their meeting the staff of the future bridegroom unexpectedly blossomed. Innocent, she conceived her only son thanks to the Holy Spirit. Before this, the angel Gabriel appeared to her and warned her that she would become the mother of the greatest Messiah.
"Blessed Virgin Mary was from the very first moment of His Conception, a special grace and the location of Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, preserved not tarnished by any spot of original sin. This radiant and absolutely unique holiness, to which She is gifted from the first moment of Her conception, is wholly given to her by Christ. She is redeemed in a sublime manner in anticipation of the merit of Her Son "
The angel Gabriel visited the husband of Mary and informed him that she had become pregnant with the Holy Spirit. Joseph said that he was ready to "secretly let her go," which Gabriel opposed.
"Do not be afraid to take Mary, your wife, for what is born in her is from the Holy Spirit; He will bear a son, and you will call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. "
So the angel advised Joseph. Maria's husband did this.
During her lifetime the Virgin Mary was a woman with light and calm facial features. She is portrayed as a smiling girl in white, blue or red clothes with a baby Jesus in her arms. Atheists believe that those who were destined to see Mary simply reproduce in memory the once seen image on numerous icons.
Who was lucky enough to see the Virgin Mary?
The history of the Virgin Mary became the first textbook of history to become the story of Bernadette Sibiru from Lourdes. The events that happened with the girl laid the foundation for a mass pilgrimage to Lourdes for healing. In February 1858, Bernadette collected firewood for a fire and accidentally wandered into the sky from wherece came the grotto in the forest. There she saw a beautiful woman with a radiant smile, stretching out her arms to her. The Virgin Mary appeared before her dressed in a white long dress, and roses spread out at her feet. After she had crossed Bernadette with a cross, she suddenly evaporated in the air.
The girl was not believed by everyone, but some Catholics believed that she was a saint. A few weeks later, Bernadette saw the Virgin again, offering her to drink dirty water in the grotto of Masabel and wash her body with it. The example of a teenager was followed by adults - and each of them was healed of all diseases. Nobody except Bernadette saw the mother of Christ, but the whole world recognized the miracles she performed.
Lourdes to this day every year, visit millions of people, some of whom really recover. For example, in 1987, 51-year-old Jean-Pierre Beli got rid of multiple sclerosis, which had him ridden to bed. Miraculous recovery doctors did not find an explanation. Similar cases the Catholic Church recorded at least 7,000 times.
In 1905, Elder Philip was lucky to repeat the fate of Bernadette three times. Moreover, the Virgin Mary appeared to him under different circumstances: Philip counted three visits by his Virgin Mary at the age of 18, 40 and 60. The mother of Christ appeared in the sky and Philip prayed before her. The second coming was most interesting. Before the old man a picture of the procession of the Virgin and monks with banners in the hands arose. He also saw an unbeliever trying to throw stones at the one that gave birth to Christ. Then the Virgin Mary made a sign to the Son of God, and he fenced her off from the offenders with a high stone wall. In the third vision, she came to Philip as a young girl who covered her head with a white veil when she met them. Only then did Maria decide to speak to the elder.
"Philip, by the will of My Son you are brought to this city to serve God and people. From that day grace and my help will be with you. You will help people, by your prayers you will cast out demons and heal people. My intercession will not touch you. And remember the day of this phenomenon of my Luganskogo remember and teach everyone to honor him "
Fatima phenomena of the Virgin Mary
The only recognized Catholic church was the coming of the Mother of God, the so-called "Fatim phenomena". All of them occurred in the Portuguese city of Fatima from April 1915 to October 1917. The priests counted 11 phenomena, about which they were informed by people of different social status and ages. Children and adults saw Mary as if in a cloud and said that "she was wrapped in it, like in a sheet." Several times a beautiful young man came along with her, claiming that he was an Angel and urged to pray with him.
"We barely started to play when a strong gust of wind suddenly shook the trees and over them there was light, whiter than the first snow. Approaching, he acquired the appearance of a young man, transparent and radiant. He began to speak: "Do not be afraid, I am the Angel of Peace. Pray with me. " He knelt on the ground, bent low and three times said: "Lord God, I believe, I bow, hope and love you. I ask you to apologize for all those who do not believe, do not bow, do not hope and do not love you. " Then he got up and said: "Pray like this. The hearts of Jesus and Mary are attentive to your prayer. " Only gradually later he disappeared "
Opinion of the Vatican and ufologists
The Vatican in 1980 initiated a full investigation of the Fatima events. Were collected stories of eyewitnesses, the views of journalists and scholars of the time. Catholic thinkers failed to reach a consensus, although initially the Vatican promised the press to cover every step of explaining the phenomena of the Virgin Mary in Fatima. In the 90's, the Vatican issued an official notification of the completion of the investigation - and there was not a single word about its results. The proponents of extraterrestrial theories of the origin of life on Earth have their own view of what happened: they assume that the Virgin descended to the inhabitants of Fatima on a flying "plate". Should I trust their words?