When Mary Appeared...

Scripture tells us how God communicates Himself and His messages to His people. He uses dreams.visions, inner voices. He also anoints prophets to be His mouthpiece to proclaim His messages to the people. Scripture is flooded with stories and miracles and supernatural events and these were normal back then. In the last century and a half, we hearf of the ( and for some,have seen) numerous accounts of Marian apparitions in different parts of the globe. The visionaries are usually young and quite normal, not particularly well educated and not extraordinarily holy or spiritual prior to the vision.

These are the type of people the lady chooses to reveal her messages to. There is one common message in all the apparitions:

JESUS has been offended by the sins of humanity, and Mary exhorts us to prayer and repentance.

The apparitions are both a message of hope and a warning. If we heed, there could be peace. But if we do not , a great chastisement would befall mankind.

Below are some of the Marian apparitions that have received official approval by the Roman Catholic Church ( Although the list may vary in other websites and their corresponding messages and prophecies)

1. Our Lady of Guadalupe

Guadalupe , Mexico, 1531

Juan Diego,57

2. The Immaculate Conception

Lourdes, France

Feb 11 – july 16 1858 ( 18 visitations)

St. Bernadette Soubirous,14

3. Our lady of Miraculous Medal

Reu du Bac Paris, France

Summer of 1839 ( 3 Visitations)

St. Catherine Laboure,24

4. Virgin of the Poor

Bannex , Belgium

January 15,1933 to March 2 1933

5. The Immaculate Virgin and Mother of God,

Queen of Heaven

Beauraing, Belgium

November 29,1932 to January 1933 (33 times)

6. Knock , Ireland

August 21,1879 ( 2 hours or so)

Mary Mcloughlin and Mary Beirne

7)Our Lady of all Nations

Amsterdam, Netherlands March 25 1945 – may 31,1959

Ida Peerdeman

7. Our lady of Hope

Pontmain, France

January 17,1871 ( 3 hours)

Eugene 12, Joseph ,Barbadette ,10 and 2 young girls ,9 and

11

8. La Salette France

Sept 19 1846

Melanie Calvat, 14 and Maximin Giraud,11

9)Our Lady of the Rosary

Fatima, Portugal

May 13 to October 13,1917 ( every 13^th of the month)

Lucia dos Santos ,10 Francisco Marto,9 and Jacinta Marto,7

10)Our lady of Sorrows

Akita, Japan

June 1973 – May 1982

Sister Agnes Sasagawa

There is one common message in all the apparitions:

Jesus has been offended by the sins of humanity

and

]Mary exhorts us to prayer and repentance.