Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: MNHCC@cunyvm.bitnet Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: May 25 1991 Medjegorje message Message-ID: Date: 14 Jun 91 03:25:18 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center Lines: 18 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu << I am very concerned about this sort of thing and as a christian find these 'apparitions' of Mary, very dodgy indeed. Please explain why you expect Mary to guide you rather than Jesus speaking directly through your congregation. Drew.>> You have missed the point. Our Lord Jesus Christ can speak to us in many ways. One of them is by sending the Virgin Mary or some other saint to deliver a message. It is not a matter of one or the other, or of "rather than". The question is whether Jesus, who is sovereign, has chosen to send her to Medjegorge. As an earlier posting indicated, the authorities of the Catholic Church are very skeptical about whether these alleged apparitions are truly from God. However, the question remains whether the Lord did send her, not whether He could have. Marty Helgesen