One of the visionaries claimed that her mother who had died a short time previously had appeared to her and spoken to her. This would seem to be contradicted by Scripture in the parable of Lazarus and the rich man which clearly states that a barrier has been placed between this world and the next so that no one can pass from one to the other.

I am unsure of whether Medjugorje is genuine or not. I have been there in the earlier years and more recently in 2002. I had no experiences there of any kind. I would only say that it is unwise to base your faith on any apparition. It would also be better to give the money to the poor rather than spending it on travelling to Medjugorje twice or three times a year. I know people who go there obsessively every year and even twice a year. We must be careful of this to avoid spiritual greed. These apparitions in Medj have also led to many false visionaries around the world promoting messages of their own claiming to see Jesus, Mary and the Saints (especially in Ireland). I know this apparently also happened with Lourdes where many false apparitions were reported around the same time as the authentic visions took place. It is inevitable that these visions also cause fanaticism which can give a place of genuine apparition a very bad name. Ultimately obedience to the Hierarchy is the true test of an authentic visionary. I am not sure whether obedience has taken place in Medjugorje. There is so much publicity about Medj on the net, it is very difficult to find something that just relates the facts in relation to whether they (the visionaries, or the Priests in Medjugorje) have been truly obedient or not. But again I would not base my faith as I stated earlier on an apparition whether it is authentic or not.

i first went to medjugorje in the year 2000, i was cured of a growth their in year 2002, in the month of september , and during an apparition with ivan and our blessed mother, i was sat next to ivan, during the entire apparition, not only was i cured of a growth, but i witnessed with my own eyes, our lady during the apparition, the fact is this , medjugorje is true, our lady is appearing their, their were thousands of people their that night, and i know a priest who was sat close by me, who himself witnessed, something very special during that apparition , i have now been to medjugorje 35 times since the year 2000, i feel close to heaven in that village, their is a great number of people who have gone to medjugorje, who have become priests shortly afterwards, would the devil take credit for this ,he would take people from the ministry of god , not increase it, theirfore we have it in one instant , medjugorje is true , the work of the holy spirit, who prepared the way for our blessed mother mary, to give great graces to a multitude of people who have gone their, and whose very lives have been changed by the devotion to our lady and whose prescence her son jesus has in the blessed sacrament, to be at holy mass and to be at holy hour at medjugorje, makes my very soul that god gave me, dance for joy,at medjugorje, i know in my heart the mass is for the good of the church, why then in my own country, are changes takeing place in our churches, which isnt for the good of the church, god is whatching everything that is going on, his eyes are fixed on the wrong doers,my advice to you, is to come back to the church, before it is too late,

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