NOTE: In light of the fact that there is a type of scism taking place at Medjugorje, the Bishop said on Corpus Christi, "Therefore I responsibly call upon those who claim themselves to be “seers”, as well as those persons behind the “messages”, to demonstrate ecclesiastical obedience and to cease with these public manifestations and messages in this parish. In this fashion they shall show their necessary adherence to the Church, by neither placing private “apparitions” nor private sayings before the official position of the Church."
(The full text of Bishop Peric's homily can be found at http://te-deum.blogspot.com/2006/07/homily-of-bishop-ratko-peric-of.html.)
In situtations like Medjugorje, I always think of what St. Ignatius said: "Where the Bishop is, there is the Church, and where the Church is, there is the Bishop...Where the Spirit is, there is the Church, and where the Church is, there is the Spirit of God."
2006-07-20
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