By: John

John — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 01:39:29 +0000

Various triggers appear in daily life, from the Kentucky fried chicken to the Haka before a football match, or a guard of honour; all are symbolic of a certain sentiment. When a baby arrives, mothers will tie a bow about its head. This all adds up to a CULTURE.
Of late the religious enculturation that accompanied festivities became lukewarm, and people raised questions about alternatives to the status quo. Underlying religious enculturation is always the memory of saints or martyrs, apparitions, visions, prophetic dreams, and other manifestations of the existence of a Divine will, that permeates all Catholicism and takes it forwards to the promised Kingdom. The choice for a particular apparition has also a choice for the promises that go with it. Who would ever have thought that Soviet Russia would come to an end? Or that the human sacrifice in south America would end so quickly? Permanent miracles exist everywhere, from Loreto to Guadalupe to Lanciano, and the trend to re-enter the mystery by a choice of a statue is an altogether good one. Several statues of Montichiari have been found to weep, showing the
need to turn to Mary who asks the Father continually for the salvation of souls….
“Those who honour me I will honour” Samuel 2:30.

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By: John