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ApparitionsaroundtheWorld

OliviaBonvenuto

MissSchmidt

HonorsEnglish9

May1st2017
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OurblessedmotherMaryhasshownherselftousthroughprayer,butforsomeithas

beenmorethanthat.Shehasmadeherselfseenphysically,suchasinMedjugorjeandMexico.

Apparitionshappenallovertheworld,andeventhoughsomeplacesarefarfromonanotherthey

bothhaveonethingincommonandthatisOurBlessedMothermakingherselfvisibletopeople

hereonearthtohelpshareHerword.

In Medjugorje on the 24th of June 1981, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to six

trustworthywitnesses.Onthatday,aroundsixoclockonthehillthatisreferredtoasPodbrdo.

Thesixchildren,IvankaIvankovic,MirjanaDragicevic,VickaIvankovic,IvanDragicevic,Ivan

IvankovicandMilkaPavlovic,sawabeautifulladyholdingasmallchildinherarms,almostas

ifshewereprotectingthechild.Shedidnotspeaktothembutshedidindicatethatshewanted

themtocomenearher,allweretooafraidtodosoatthetime,butinstantlyeverysingleoneof

thechildrenknewwhothebeautifulwomenstandingbeforethemwas.Thisspecificapparition

tookplaceoverasevendayperiod.Onthesecondday,theywentbackbutweremissingtwoof

thechildrenthatwerewiththemthedayprevious,IvanIvankovicandMilkaPavlovic,their

spotsweretakenbyMariaPavlovicandJakovColo.Thesetwothenbecameapartofthesix

whogotregularvisitsfromMary,whiletheothertwoweretoneverseeheragain.Whilethey

weretheretheyprayedbeforeMotherMary,andaskedforprooftomakesurepeopledidnot

thinkthattheywerecrazy.MaryleftthemwiththesewordsGodbewithyoumyangels!On

thethirddaywhiletheywereontheirwaytoseeHertherewasaflashinglightthathappenedto

flashthreetimes,astoshowingherwhereabouts,alsotheyhadencounteredanolderwomanhad

saidtobrigHolyWatertomakesureitwasnotSatan.Whentheygottohershedisappearedbut

whentheybegantoprayShecameback. Onthisday,shewashigheronthehillthanever
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before. OntheFourthday,OurLadyappearedthreetimes,andwhenshedidtheyallasked

questionandsheansweredthem.Shegaveaspecificmessagetopriestswhichwasthis"May

thepriestsfirmlybelieveandmaytheytakecareofthefaithofthepeople!" Andagain,they

askedforsignsthattheywerenotcrazybecausepeoplewerebeginningtoaccusethemofdrug

useandlying. OurLadytoldthemtonotbeafraidofanything. Ontheirway,downshe

appearedforthe3rdtimeandsaidgoodbyeinhopesofseeingthemagain.Duringthefifthday,

therewasacrowdofaboutfifteenthousandpeople,theyallhammeredthekidswithquestionsto

askherandeventhoughitwasexhaustingtheyfeltasiftheywereinheaven.Thesixthdaythe

childrenweretakentoMostarforamedicalexaminationtheywereclearedtobeingoodhealth

andwerenotcrazy.Thecrowdthatdaywasbiggerthaneverbefore,theybegantoprayandshe

appearedthedoctorwhohadexaminedthemwaswatchingtheapparitionandshefeltatingling

asifOurLadyhadtouchedhertoassureherthateverythingwasforreal. Shewasevenan

atheist, on that same day Daniel Setka, who was ill, was miraculously healed, her parents

broughtherandprayedforherhealingandshewas,shewashealed.Ontheseventhandfinal

daytwogirlshadsaidforthesixchildrentogetintoacaranddrivefaraway.Crowdswereno

longerallowedtoappearandbewiththemastheyprayed.Theirtrickdidnotworktheystill

askedtogetoutofthecarandprayed.OurLadystillcontinuedtoappeartothemandpraywith

themeveninsecret.Apparitionsoccuraroundtheworldandareaveryspecialoccasion,just

likeinMexico.

InMexico,JuanDiegowaswalkingtohischapelwhenhesawabeautifulwomanwith

lightaroundher.Whenhesaw,hershespoketohimandsaid,"Mydearlittleson,Iloveyou.I

desireyoutoknowwhoIam.IamtheevervirginMary,MotherofthetrueGodwhogiveslife
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andmaintainsitsexistence.Hecreatedallthings.Heisinallplaces.HeisLordofHeavenand

Earth.Idesireachurchinthisplacewhereyourpeoplemayexperiencemycompassion.All

thosewhosincerelyaskmyhelpintheirworkandintheirsorrows,willknowmyMother'sHeart

inthisplace.HereIwillseetheirtears;Iwillconsolethemandtheywillbeatpeace.So,run

nowtoTenochtitlanandtelltheBishopallthatyouhaveseenandheard."(CatholicOnline).So,

hewenttotheBishopbuthekepthimwaitingandsaidhewouldconsiderherrequestandifhe

wantedtovisitagainhecould,soJuanwenttoMaryandaskedhertosendsomeoneelse.She

respondednoandsohewentback,andthatSundayafterwaitingtheBishopwantedproof.So,

Juanreturnedinaskingofhertogivehimproof,shesaidhewouldgethisproofandtonotfear.

Juansunclehadbecomeillandhedidnotgobackbecausehewantedtocareforhisuncle.But,

whenhisunclewasneardeathhelefthissidetofindapriestandwhenhedidhehadtopassthe

hillandMarywastherewaitingforhimtoreturn.Shetoldhimhisuncleshealthwasrestored

andtogoandgettheflowers,whichwereroses,forher.So,hedidandwhenhebroughtthem

backshesaidthatthatwasherprooftotheBishop.Theybelievedandwenttothesightwere

JuanhadseenMaryfirst,andwhenhereturnedhomehefoundacompletelycuredunclewho

hadsaidhewasvisitedbyawomanwithalightandhadsaidtohim,"Callmeandcallmyimage

SantaMariadeGuadalupe".(CatholicOnline).

Duringdifficulttimesinlifemanyofusreachtoprayerandrelyonit.ForImmacule

IlibagizasheturnedtoprayerduringthetimeoftheRwandanGenocide.Immaculeprayedto

GodmostofthetimebutasshetalksaboutinherbookLefttoTellshehasaspecialbondwith

theVirginMary.IespeciallylovedtheVirginMary,believingthatshewasmysecondmom,

watchingoutformefromheaven.Ididntknowwhy,butprayingmademefeelwarmand
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happy.(Ilibagizapage6).ThisallconnectstoherbookbecauseevenImmaculeexperiences

theappearanceofMaryinadream,itwasnotaphysicalappearancesuchastheotherswerebut

itwasstillMaryrevealingherselftoImmacule.

MiraculousthingshappenallthetimeandtohaveMotherMaryappeartoyouis

somethingprettyspectacular,wenowrelyontheapparitionstotellusmessagesofMaryin

hopesofunderstanding.Tohearstoriesaboutapparitionsoccurringandtobeabletobelieveare

themostamazinghappeningstoeveroccur.Apparitionshappenaroundtheworldandareall

bringingthewordofMaryintoourlifetime.
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WorkCited:

OurLadyofGuadeloupe.Catholic.org,26April2017,http://www.catholic.org/about/guadal

upe.php

Shawl,Steve.Medjugorje,ashorthistory.Medjugorje.org,https://www.medjugorje.org/

shistory.htm

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