Mother Mary Apparitions: The hidden dark side
[2 Cor 11:13-15]: For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. (KJV) [2 Cor 11:13-15]
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        There are many things that the Catholic Church is not disclosing regarding these 'visions' and 'conversations' with the deceased person Mary. For instance, below we observe apparitions of "Our Lady" that the Church is not disclosing, recounting two such evil 'visions' claiming to be Mary:

        Mirjana Dragicevic, one of the six children who reported seeing what now are internationally known 'visions' in Medjugorje Yugoslavia, describes the vision of April 14, 1982. In it, the Bible verse, "Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light" (2nd Corinthians 11:14) was graphically depicted. He transformed himself before Mirjana. Her naive interpretation follows:

"He was ugly, horribly ugly. You cannot imagine how ugly, he almost killed me with his gaze, I almost fainted.  Then Satan went away and Our Lady came and said to me: "...renew the use of holy water, wear blessed objects and holy objects and put them in your homes." "*

^* Tomislav Vlasic and Slavko Barbaric, Open Your Heart to Mary Queen of Peace (Milan, Italy: The Association of the Friends of Medjugorje, 1985, p. 14.

        This transformation of Satan (or another evil principality and power i.e., Zech. 5:7-9) into 'the Virgin' is not an isolated incident. The Irish press reports from Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland:

"[Twenty thousand] 20,000 pilgrims are said to have visited the town since some children claimed they had seen black blood flowing from a statue of Our Lady and an apparition of the devil with horns appear behind the statue." *

* "Why All Our Statues Moving," The Sunday Tribune, September 15, 1985, Vol. 5, No. 37, p. 9; see also June Levine, Sunday Independent, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1, Sept. 15, 1985, p. 10.

        This 'transformation' from a devil to 'the Virgin' was viewed at seven other Irish cities. (Dunkill, Ballinspittle, Mooncorn, Mountcollins, Cartloe, Monasterevin, and Stradbally).

2 Cor 11:13-15
13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. (KJV)

Definition from the Strong's Concordance:
Transformed: Greek word #3345 metaschematizo (met-askh-ay-mat-id'-zo); from #3326 and a derivative of #4976; to transfigure or disguise; figuratively, to apply (by accommodation)

        Helen Blavatsky, who was a spiritualist who channeled demons and who formed the occultist Theosophy Society, confirms the identity of 'the One' who changes form:

"[H]e is the mysterious personage about whom legends are rife in the East, especially among Occultists. It is he who changes form, yet remains the same. He is the Nameless One...who has so many names...He is the Initiator."

        She is referring to satan. There is a very good reason for God warning us not to consult with the dead, for it is by that means that satan and evil spirits speak to people. In the Bible, a necromancer is someone who consults with the dead and receives messages. God strictly warns against it, in fact, God puts it into the same category as witches, wizards and the occult:

Deut 18:11-12 (Our Lord God speaking)
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. (KJV)

Definition from above:
Necromancer: Hebrew words #1875 darash (daw-rash') & #4191 muwth (mooth); a primitive root; properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship the dead.

        In other words, Mary isn't talking to anybody, for the dead do not speak, but it is satan and his demons who are communicating with them. Be careful of this type activity!

        The Bible tells us that there are good spirits and there are bad spirits.  We know that the Holy Spirit is good, and that demonic spirits are bad.  The Bible tells us to 'test' the spirits whether they be of God or satan.

1^st John 4:1
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (KJV)

        A good spirit does not give messages that go against the word of God. But the supposed Mary messages lead us to idolatry (Mother Mary worship, Prayer Beads, praying to and worshipping the created thing rather than He whom is the Creator).

Rom 1:25
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.  (KJV)

        A couple of messages from the Yugoslavian apparitions are given below showing that the supposed Mary visions are stating things directly against what the Bible says, whereby you can know that they are from satan rather than from God:

        Please understand that this is not our Lord's Mother speaking.  It is satan or one of his demons in disguise.  The true Mother Mary is in Heaven with God, she is not 'popping up' all over the globe contradicting Almighty God!  Shame on those who spread that lie. 

        We respect the Lord's Mother, for she was chosen by God to fulfill a prophecy [Isaiah 7:14 & Matt 1:23], just as the Prophets and Apostles were.  But we also know that she cannot intercede for us and she has no redemptive powers.  One would think that if Mary was all that the Catholic and Orthodox Churches say she is (i.e. intercessor, helper, co-redemptress, and even an almost goddess figure) that God would have saw fit to mention her more than the 18 -19 times that she appears in the Bible.  And God never told us to pray to anyone but Him.  Even Jesus Christ stated as much:

Matt 6:9 (Jesus speaking)
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.  (KJV)

        I'm sorry but Jesus did not say: "After this manner therefore pray ye: "Mother Mary...".  That is just something that the Catholic Church 'dreamed up' in the 1800's A.D.!  

        Non-Catholic Christians have historically held Mary in high regard as a godly and highly favored woman of God, a sinner saved by the grace of her divine Son.

        Catholic dogma, on the other hand, has exalted her in an irresponsible and idolatrous way. She is declared to have been free from all original sin (the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, first declared in 1854!; (Catechism 491-492), free from any actual sin during her life (Catechism 411), and perpetually a virgin even after the birth of Jesus (Catechism 499-500).

But the Bible says:

Mark 6:3-4
3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.  (KJV)

        Those mentioned in the above Scripture (James, Joses, Juda, Simon, and His sisters) are Jesus' half brothers and sisters, born of Mary and Joseph; while Mary is Jesus' Mother, God is Jesus' Father.  Below are just two more falsehoods from the Catechism (teachings) of the Catholic Church: 

Catholic Catechism 491:  "Mary... was redeemed from the moment of her conception... preserved immune from all stain of original sin."

Catholic Catechism 493: "Mary remained free of every personal sin her whole life long."

But God's Word says differently:

Rom 3:23
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God  (KJV)

        Allegedly, Mary was taken, body and soul, into heaven (Catechism 974). This is the dogma of the "Assumption of Mary," declared in the year 1950!   In heaven, Mary supposedly intercedes for the church as "advocate, helper, benefactress, and mediatrix" (Catechism 969). She is made virtually a co-savior with her Son (Catechism 968). Recently, an increasing number of prominent Catholics have petitioned the church to officially declare that Mary can provide forgiveness of sins!  As though the Pope simply saying it - makes it so.  (There are all indications that Pope John Paul II will declare this before his papacy ends, possible as part of his Jubilee 2000 program).

These doctrines are so far afield from the Scriptures that non-Catholic Christians are amazed and saddened.

For the Bible says:

1 Tim 2:5
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus  (KJV)

Acts 4:10-12
10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.  (KJV)

        Only through Jesus Christ can we be saved, Mary is simply a good woman who led a good life, did God's work, and has passed away - period. See: Do Catholics Worship the Mother Mary? And if they do, is it against God's Word?

Below are a couple more reports of Mary messages from sightings, visions, and apparitions:

'Our Lady' of La Salette said:

"If my people do not willingly submit, I SHALL BE FORCED TO ALLOW THE ARM OF MY SON TO WEIGH DOWN! For how long a time have I grieved because of you. I have had to pray UNCEASINGLY LEST MY SON ABANDON YOU. You can never understand how much sorrow I have known" (Catherine Laboure and the Modern Apparitions of Our Lady, Englebert, 153) (Emphasis ours).

But the Bible says:

Heb 13:5-6
5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.  (KJV)

St. Bernardine of Sienna says:

"St. Bernardine of Sienna does not hesitate to say that: "all obey the commands of Mary, even God himself"  (Glories of Mary, Liguori, 202).

But the Bible says:

Isa 42:8
8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.  (KJV)

Job 40:1-2
1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.  (KJV)

In the Catholic publication: 

New Interpretation of the Mass, (with the "nihil obstat" and "imprimatur") by Borgmann, on page 57, we read the following blasphemous statement about Jesus and Mary:

"Now He lifts His eyes to her, knowing that she is His mother. At every nod of her eyes HE PLAYS THE PART OF THE ''SUBDEACON'' and grants her every wish" (Catholicism Against Itself, Vol.11, Lambert, 122).

But the Bible says:

No Scriptural rebuttal necessary!!!

So then, whence came all this Mother Mary goddess type stuff?:

 "As late as the fourth century there are no indications of any special veneration of Mary. Such veneration at that time could begin only if one were recognized as a saint, and only the martyrs were counted as saints. But since there was no evidence that Mary had suffered a martyr's death, she was excluded from sainthood. Later the ascetics came to be acknowledged as among the saints. That proved to be the opening wedge for the sainthood of Mary, for surely she of all people, it was alleged, must have lived an ascetic life!" (Roman Catholicism, Boettner, 133)

        There is no way to reconcile what the imposter 'Mother Mary' says nor what those who blasphemously idolize her say, with what God tells us through His holy written Word, the Bible.  They are in direct contradiction.  The Bible is our guide from God to stay in His ways and to avoid being deceived by the 'beautiful' perverse lies of that wicked one satan and his misguided little minions.

I Jn 2:21
21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.  (KJV)

John 8:44
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (KJV)

        Jesus foreknew that the greatest enemy of the Christian would be the false preachers/teachers in the Christian churches themselves!   Even an avowed Satanist is no real threat to a Christian, but a false preacher/teacher in the very house of God can lead many astray.  Jesus warned us about false prophets and false messengers, and He told us how to know if they are false or not.

Matt 7:15-21 (Jesus speaking)
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.  (KJV)

        Jesus said we would know them by their fruit. These false Mother Mary Apparitions tell us to disobey God and lead us into idolatry, therefore they bear bad fruit and are not of God, but rather they are of satan. And all the while, the Pope is leading us there. Christian beware!

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