Medjugorje Today Happy birthday - unnecessary confusion is easily cleared up: WHY TODAY IS THE VIRGIN MARY's BIRTHDAY THOUGH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SEEMS TO TEACH DIFFERENTLY Since 1984, a most sorry misunderstanding has been at the core of a point of criticism leveled by some people against the Virgin Mary's apparitions in Medjugorje: That Mary, in Medjugorje, has revealed her earthly birthday to have been today, August 5 - now when the Catholic Church celebrates the solemn feast of Mary's birth on September 8. The truth is that neither the Bible, nor the Tradition of the Church (the writings of the saints, first of all) mention anything about Mary's date of birth. And so when the Church, most understandably, wished to mark Mary's birthday, it had no source to turn to, and so chose a random day for a solemn celebration which turned out to be September 8. Given that the Church only had a 1/365 chance to have picked her real birthday as the day of celebration, it should be no wonder that her birth actually took place on another day. Now, how has the parish of Medjugorje (and with the parish most other Medjugorje devotees) been reacting to this? By celebrating twice, naturally! The Solemn Feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary was never devalued, never left in the background by anyone we know. Instead, August 5 was added, by some even marked with birthday cakes, as this new Italian photo shows. And so, if you ever hear anyone say that Medjugorje is being disobedient to the Church by celebrating Mary's birthday on a different day from that of the official Church, simply tell them these facts, and kindly let them know they are in error. This much said: Happy Birthday, sweet Mary! 2029 years today, and more beautiful than ever! In Medjugorje, the event is marked by a public apparition to Ivan Dragicevic, at 11 pm on Apparition Hill. We hope to be able to post a photo and an eventual message around midnight European time. ----------- This is a special Facebook-only post for the subscribers of Medjugorje Today. To have the latest news from Medjugorje, apparition site of the Virgin Mary since 1981, bookmark http://www.medjugorjetoday.tv/ To further receive these bonus contents, simply like us at Facebook.
I'm so glad you posted Mother Mary's Birthday today! This is so funny because I have been trying to upload this photo since yesterday. I received this photo back in the late 80's early 90's. This is before internet and before anyone I know owned a computer. A friend of mine was given this photo by someone she worked with in Houston who had been to Medjugorje and somehow received it when they were on a trip over there. I can't remember the exact story of how the photo came to be but it is a photo taken at Medjugorje. I was fascinated with the photo from the very beginning. I remember staring at it all night because it was so beautiful! If you look at her outstretched arms they look like 3D. Plus she is holding a very long set of beads. I presume it's a huge rosary but I could never see the 10 smaller Hail Mary bead and the larger Our Father bead in the pic. If you look off to the upper right there is an image of the cross with what appears to be Jesus carrying it. She also has a crown of what appears to be stars on her head. In the upper left hand corner is what appears to be a globe. I could never decipher what's in the center. But there appears to be another image between her right arm and the bush in the image. I just wanted to share this with everyone today and what a perfect day on Our Mother's Birthday! God Bless!
Thanks for posting, it's a very interesting photograph. I have never seen one so detailed, pictures of Her are usually a blurry light form. For anyone wondering, copy this to the address bar and you may see it enlarged: http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w651/rondel65/MotherMary0012_zpsaf8a8232.jpg
I would be interested to know if anyone else has ever seen this picture in the past. More interesting is to see there is a lot more in the background. Everywhere I look I think I see something else. The globe round object on the upper left hand corner looks like I see the face of Jesus with the crown of thorns. There also appears to be an angled sword or something like it coming toward the Virgins heart. Or I could be just too imaginative! God Bless!
