Comments on: The Petals of Lipa: True story of the Virgin Mary’s apparition in Lipa Part 5 (Days of Darkness)

By: Warren E. Estrañero

Warren E. Estrañero — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:54:12 +0000

Deo gratias! Our Lady is no longer persecuted in the Philippines. I have a very rare story to tell: our barrio have a devotion to our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces or Our Lady of Lipa since 1948 and until now annually we celebrate her feast on 31 May as our secondary Patron. In fact we have an old image of her. I was astounded to learn that devotion to her was banned but perhaps because of the distance of our place (Unisan, Quezon) we continue to celebrate her feast by praying the Holy Rosary during the whole month of May, floral offering, and at the last day we have foods prepared by the hermanos and hermanas for the whole barrio, dancing, socialized drinking because we have visitors (politicians and prominent persons of the town) just last 31 May our visitor was the vice-mayor-elect of Unisan. But i was saddened by the story that our present Parish Priest doesn’t know Her (Our Lady, Mediatrix of All Graces) and reportedly exclaimed upon seeing Her sacred image: “Who is She?” But i thank our Merciful God because devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mediatrix Of All Graces have never waned in our Barrio since 1948 and certainly it never will.

By: jun

jun — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:06:57 +0000

A very good news!

Blessed be Our Lord Jesus Christ!

The Church has decided to open up the apparition site of Our Lady Mary Mediatrix of All Grace at the Carmel in Lipa City, Batangas.

This is the joint decision of the His excellency the Archbishop of Lipa, Ramon Arguelles and the Reverend Mother Teresa, Prioress of the Community of Discalced Carmelites in Lipa.

In view of the increasing interest and devotion to Our Lady under the title of Mary Mediatrix, A view deck is currently being constructed at the location which will enable the faithful to view the most sacred grounds of the apparitions of 1948.

The target completion date is as of the moment set at May 31. It will then be opened to the public soon after.

May this development bring the faithful more closely to Our Lord Jesus through his mother who unceasingly calls us to repentance and renewal of faith.

God Bless You All

By: jun

jun — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:52:50 +0000

Decree

Whereas, on April 12, 1951 the then Apostolic Administrator of Lipa, Rufino J. Santos, D.D., issued a decree banning public veneration of the image of Our Lady Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace; [...]

http://bluepanjeet.net/2009/11/22/5952/official-decree-lifting-1951-ban-lipa-apparition/

By: Jun

Jun — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:39 +0000

New probe into Virgin Mary’s apparition in Lipa set

By Dona Pazzibugan
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines — Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguelles has formed a new commission to revisit the series of apparitions of the Virgin Mary at the Carmel monastery in Lipa, Batangas, in 1948 [...]

PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL REPORT…

By: jun

jun — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:32:42 +0000

Ay opo. mali kasi yung pagkaintindi ko noong una when i first heard the news. I thought this was already the pronouncement of the commission. Pero yung Ban pala ang tinanggal. Parang nawalang bisa yung verdict noong 1951.

By: jun

jun — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:06:50 +0000

yung contact ko hindi pa rin nag eemail. But it was already featured sa news kagabi sa bandila. Sabi sa News. Lift na yung Ban sa devotion that was declared noong 1951. Pero wala pa ring pronouncement ang roma about the approval. Nasa tao naman daw yun kung maniniwala sila o hindi.

By: bluepanjeet

bluepanjeet — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:56:14 +0000

Jun, I hope you don’t mind I’ll edit your comment baka akalain ng readers na approve na nga yung apparition. For prudence’s sake Kapatid.

By: bluepanjeet

bluepanjeet — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:34:41 +0000

Jun, bigyan mo naman ako copy. I’ll email you my email address. If you can kindly scan the press release, kahit xerox, send it to me or at least the text and source and I will post it asap. There are so many silent readers and devotees of Mary Mediatrix here in my blog. Nalalaman ko na lang na they follow this story when they email me privately.

For Mama Mary Jun,

Pax et Bonum

By: bluepanjeet

bluepanjeet — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:31:28 +0000

Pero syempre hindi natin mapipilit yung mga tao na ayaw maniwala. Kahit si Mama Mary in her message, she is not forcing us to believe.

Jun, alam mo ba na meron ako isang reader dito na kung ano ano aliases ang ginagamit para makapagcomment at para madiscredit ang Lipa with all his lies and deception? He even accused Cardinal Vidal of something. I do not know where the hate is coming from. But this poser is definitely is lost.

I will answer his lies and delusions point by point soon. I’m just gathering all his accusations.

I will post it soon. Busy lang.

By: jun

jun — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:16:49 +0000

Meron daw silang press release na ilalabas. I got the news from a person na close sa mga Carmelite nuns of Lipa.

By: bluepanjeet

bluepanjeet — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:20:35 +0000

Hello Jun.

It’s a good news indeed. Anyhow, It would be nice if you can provide us the source of the news or the link of the news so that our readers can verify its veracity. Otherwise it would just mislead the faithful. I have searched high and low of the news that you are talking about yet I cannot sem to find it even on the CBCP website..

By: jun

jun — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:47:47 +0000

Some clarification. the church reversed it’s 1951 negative decision about lipa apparition. meaning a new commision will be set up to re-investigate the apparition. Wala pa po yung official pronouncement. Sorry po mali yung pagka intindi ko sa news na nabasa ko.

By: jun

jun — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:15:58 +0000

kapapasok lang pong Balita. ~~Approve na po ang apparition sa Lipa!!!.~~ The decision in 1951 was reversed. Please wait for the press release. If I can have a copy of the press release and the official pronouncement, I'll post it here. Mabuhay ang Birhen ng Lipa.

By: jun

jun — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:03:36 +0000

Tingin ko malapit na rin siyang ma approve. as of now there is a group of priests in the Archdiocese of Lipa who are working for her cause to have it’s official recognition. Last october yung bishop ng Lipa personally went to Rome upang makakuha pa ng ilang documents about the apparition. Saka a good number of Bishops and Cardinals in the Philippines have already expressed their personal belief in the apparition. so I think wala nang reason upang pagdudahan pa yung apparition sa Lipa. Pero syempre hindi natin mapipilit yung mga tao na ayaw maniwala. Kahit si Mama Mary in her message, she is not forcing us to believe . Pero I think time will come na makikita ng lahat yung totoong nangyari. I’m praying for that. By the way announcement lang regarding her cause: if you know somebody na gumaling or na convert or naka experience ng healing through her intercession kindly write a letter to the Carmelite nuns in lipa. They need it for documentation for her cause. Saka yung 1 million rosary campaign for her cause. hanggang Dec. 8 po yun. If you want to send pledeges please wirte to Fr. Melvin Castro. Bishop’s Residence Tarlac City.

By: bluepanjeet

bluepanjeet — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:36:12 +0000

But a high “eye roll” is common in those who are highly suggestible.

Even in 1948, one would expect someone to have had her checked by a physician. Was she?

The fast “cure” by blessing goes along with this.

It is a “conversion reaction”, what used to be called hysterical blindness. I’ve treated cases of conversion reactions in the US and in Africa.

But sir, as was stated above, an official Church commission had already examined her in the Person of Dra. De Leon in 1948 and there was no findings in the original report that she was highly suggestive/suggestible, hysterical or in some kind of abnormal psychological state. The Dr. was even interviewed on the Keithley documentary in 1992 and has vouched her findings. This said interview was submitted to John Paul II by Keithley herself in an audience with him in Rome. The documentary was finally put into a book called Lipa. These is one of the many reasons why the negative declaration of the Bishops at that time is questionable because all of the members of the commission did not find any single hint of fraud in Teresing or in the Apparition itself yet the bishops signed it otherwise against the Apparition. And some of these bishops confessed before they died that they were coerced by a foreign church official into signing the negative declaration under the pain of excommunication…

By: tioedong

tioedong — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:00:48 +0000

the only way the eye could be “white” would be from rolling them high up. Ordinarily, if a person is blind from pathology, you see a white scar but still see where the iris of the eye is, except in late stage scarring.

If the witnesses hadn’t seen this, I’d worry about a brain problem (neurological pathology). But a high “eye roll” is common in those who are highly suggestible.

Even in 1948, one would expect someone to have had her checked by a physician. Was she?

The fast “cure” by blessing goes along with this.

It is a “conversion reaction”, what used to be called hysterical blindness. I’ve treated cases of conversion reactions in the US and in Africa.