THAT Mary!?!
Oh dear, the reincarnation of Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. No kidding. If enough people believe in it, who are we to question? Here's a woman who, for about a half century, has been living her life as the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary. Catholic, of course. French Canadian, no less.
The Army of Mary cleave to the writings of Marie-Paule Giguere, aka the Virgin Mary. Situated at Lac-Etchemin, Quebec. What! never heard of it?
God, in His wisdom ordained a child be born to a Jewish woman through a divine miracle which declared Mary to be a virgin, yet pregnant with the Messiah. Who are we to question God? And this new Mary asserts that the Lord informed her she, like her purported son, would face a future where she would be 'crucified' by those of her own faith.
Sounds yawningly familiar. When is a cult a religion? When is a religion a cult?
This woman, one of ten siblings living in a Quebec backwater heard voices by the age of 12. That didn't stop her from marrying and bearing five children. No virgin she, evidently. All did not go swimmingly it would appear. Her marriage floundered, and her doctor, priest and social services recommended her children be placed in a boarding school. And she to return to live with her own mother.
Following swiftly was an order from God to set down for posterity the story of her life. Aided by the Virgin Mary who took her carefully under her wing, offering a special course to this woman in spirituality - and then commanding her to act - as the Virgin Mary, it would appear. Talk about having friends in high places. Talk about responsibility. Talk about a severely disturbed mind.
The Catholic Church, it would seem, has enjoyed a rather piquant relationship with this pious group of Catholics. The Church finds it disturbing that some woman can claim to be the Mother of Christ incarnate, and her word accepted by a large following. One wonders why, actually, since the Church itself makes similar claims, to represent the Trinity, expecting its flock to surrender to its authority.
But the Vatican has out-lived its patience with these intransigent believers. And it has excommunicated the Army of Mary. Alas. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has ruled that the operations of this arm of Catholicism are illegal, illegitimate, and is in a state of schism with the Catholic Church. Out, out! you blasphemers.
The group is calmly accepting, for this is the "will of God" and these events were foreordained. "In 1958 our foundress received from above, heard from above that she would be crucified by priests and bishops. It's only the realization today of such a message" according to the Superior General of the sons of Mary. "We cannot go against our conscience."
Heaven forfend. After all, Mary, the mother of Jesus is divine, and so is her recent presence. And a leading figure in her church, Father Jean-Pierre Mastropietro who has ordained new priests and who wears a Byzantine crown, himself behaving in the manner of a pope, has insulted the real pope.
Um, of course.
The Army of Mary cleave to the writings of Marie-Paule Giguere, aka the Virgin Mary. Situated at Lac-Etchemin, Quebec. What! never heard of it?
God, in His wisdom ordained a child be born to a Jewish woman through a divine miracle which declared Mary to be a virgin, yet pregnant with the Messiah. Who are we to question God? And this new Mary asserts that the Lord informed her she, like her purported son, would face a future where she would be 'crucified' by those of her own faith.
Sounds yawningly familiar. When is a cult a religion? When is a religion a cult?
This woman, one of ten siblings living in a Quebec backwater heard voices by the age of 12. That didn't stop her from marrying and bearing five children. No virgin she, evidently. All did not go swimmingly it would appear. Her marriage floundered, and her doctor, priest and social services recommended her children be placed in a boarding school. And she to return to live with her own mother.
Following swiftly was an order from God to set down for posterity the story of her life. Aided by the Virgin Mary who took her carefully under her wing, offering a special course to this woman in spirituality - and then commanding her to act - as the Virgin Mary, it would appear. Talk about having friends in high places. Talk about responsibility. Talk about a severely disturbed mind.
The Catholic Church, it would seem, has enjoyed a rather piquant relationship with this pious group of Catholics. The Church finds it disturbing that some woman can claim to be the Mother of Christ incarnate, and her word accepted by a large following. One wonders why, actually, since the Church itself makes similar claims, to represent the Trinity, expecting its flock to surrender to its authority.
But the Vatican has out-lived its patience with these intransigent believers. And it has excommunicated the Army of Mary. Alas. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has ruled that the operations of this arm of Catholicism are illegal, illegitimate, and is in a state of schism with the Catholic Church. Out, out! you blasphemers.
The group is calmly accepting, for this is the "will of God" and these events were foreordained. "In 1958 our foundress received from above, heard from above that she would be crucified by priests and bishops. It's only the realization today of such a message" according to the Superior General of the sons of Mary. "We cannot go against our conscience."
Heaven forfend. After all, Mary, the mother of Jesus is divine, and so is her recent presence. And a leading figure in her church, Father Jean-Pierre Mastropietro who has ordained new priests and who wears a Byzantine crown, himself behaving in the manner of a pope, has insulted the real pope.
Um, of course.
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