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From: lohr@wsqtb8.berkeley.edu (P. J. Lohr)
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Subject: Re: Why Believing "Bible Alone", is Wrong
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Date: 3 Jan 91 09:31:07 GMT
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Greg Shay writes...

> I stand before you today to call your attention to Medjegorje, Yugoslavia.
> (I have heard the pronunciation as MED - JUH - GOR - EE ).
> I have no idea what each of you think about what is going on there, but
> I tell you, on my faith in God, God is truly trying to reach to all of us
> from that place.  Real live words from heaven, miracles, warnings, and a call
> for us to convert to God.  Everything that is said supports the Bible,
> there is no contradiction.  It is a message of Hope and of Peace and of 
> Destiny for all of mankind.

> Every person who cares about God at all should investigate this.  If you
> are drawn to go there, by all means do whatever you must do to go.  I have
> not been there myself, but I personally know many who have.  I have found
> the reality and power of this event through the books and video tapes
> available.

I agree with most everything Greg says, but I must add a word of caution - Satan 
will oppose any work of God and Medjegorje is no exception.  To my dismay the 
following prayer card was handed out in my parish by a recent pilgrim to Medjegorje.
Her life was truely changed, but the message she was spreading as a result seems 
far from the statement " Everything that is said supports the Bible, there is no 
contradiction".  You be the judge....

	PRAYER TO THE MOTHER OF
	GOODNESS, LOVE AND MERCY (Mary)

	O Mother mine,
	Mother of goodness, love and mercy,
	I love you infinitely
	and offer myself to You.
	By means of Your goodness, Your love
	and Your grace, save me.
	I desire to be Yours.
	I love you infinitely,
	and desire You to protect me.
	From the depth of my heart I pray You, Mother
	of goodness, give me Your goodness.
	Let me gain Heaven by means of it.
	I pray you by Your infinite love,
	to give me the grace,
	so that I may love every man,
	as You have loved Jesus Christ.
	I pray You to give me the grace
	to be merciful towards You.
	I offer myself to You completely and desire
	that You follow my every step.
	Because You are full of grace.
	And I desire that I will never forget this.
	And if by chance, I should lose grace
	I pray you to restore it to me once more.  Amen.


I find at least six separate errors or categories of error here (which I will 
publish upon request) often repeated several times each.  The card has no 
indication of who was publishing or distributing them, but the woman said she 
received them (a whole stack) from an Franciscan priest (but who knows for sure).

Phil