True Apparitions Neglected
and Corrupted
Richard Salbato, 01-23-2008
As many have pointed out in the past, there is an epidemic of
apparitions over the past 25 years thoughout the world: some true, some demonic,
some excessive imaginations (Charismatics), and some from psychological
problems. One of the main reasons for this epidemic is the lack of true
spiritual food in the modern parishes today.
The liberalism in the parishes by priests, their lack of obedience, and
their neglect of the teachings of the Church, have caused Catholics to seek
spiritual food outside the parish - even the Church, itself. If you look for
the Church to investigate these things for you, the way they did in the past,
you find that either they are too slow, or too generic in their conclusions,
and leave the entire thing in the air without clear guidelines. They simply do not want to offend anyone.
See: The Virtue
of Intolerance
Because of the
International Web and modern methods of publishing, the promotion of
apparitions is not only easier today, but in some cases, very profitable. I understand false apparitions and why people
are attracted to them, but what I don’t understand clearly is why these same
people do not also promote true apparitions.
Yes! They make a show of promoting true apparitions like
What is interesting
is why some true apparitions are neglected all together. I suppose the best way
to figure this out is to compare the true with the false. One interesting point to note is that almost
every true apparition involves someone who is a virgin and remains so. Except for a handful of married mystics, at
least 95% were and remained virgins. Not one false apparition involves a
continuing virgin. The mathematical odds
of this are incredible. There is talk of
sacrifice in all false apparitions, but not one where the seers practice this
sacrifice. If someone can point out a virgin seer among the false apparitions,
pass it on to us. If someone can point out one true and approved apparition
where the seer later got married, point it out to us because we cannot find
one. This may give us a hint as to why
these true apparitions are not promoted.
Another interesting
thing about true apparitions is how they emphatically support the teachings of
the Church and condemn error in faith and morals. During the Protestant Reformation and on the
same year that Martin Luther split from the Church because of his “fundamentalist
doctrines”, Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in Mexico to counteract him and the
false worship of the Indians. After Pius
X published his “Syllables of Errors” on Modernism, Our Lady of Fatima came to
condemn Socialism, Communism and the Masonic government of
An interesting thing
about true apparitions is that they never flatter the seer, and in fact, mostly
did the opposite. To Josefa Menendez Christ said that He picked her because she
was so dumb (my own words), and to Francisco of Fatima, Our Lady said that he
could not hear Her because of sins. He was 10 years old. Our Lady told Lucia that She would be with
her in suffering but She never flattered her with statements of how saintly or
good she was. Emmerich was slow mentally
and could not even read or write, and again never did her many apparitions
flatter her for anything. And yet, this
flattery permeates the false apparitions with, “God loves you. You are special
in God’s eyes. God is pleased with you.”
He never even said that to the Apostles.
Never in a true
apparition was the message changed. What
was said stood the test of time; whereas, almost every false apparition changes
from one message to the other. Here are
some of the changed messages that we can think of off the top of our simple
heads: “I have hand picked your
spiritual director.” Then a few years
later: “I am going to change your spiritual director because he has not done
what I asked.” “I will no longer appear
to you.” Then later: “I will come every
week.” “This will be the last
pope.” Then later: “This will be the
last pope of this era.”
All true apparitions
have a central control to protect the purity of the messages, the
miracles and the seer (if still living) so that exaggerations and
mistranslations do not creep in-destroying the message and its meaning. This happened with St. Brigitte because of
over enthusiastic promoters who put their own interpretation to the
messages. It also caused Divine Mercy to
be closed down because books were published that were not careful with the
truth. Books on Padre Pio have been
condemned because they were not checked out by the central control of the
apparition, the local bishop. Now that
we have an internet, all true apparitions have one and only one official web
site for the messages. Any other must
link to this one as the prime authority and source of the truth.
Probably the biggest reason that true apparitions are neglected in favor of false ones has to do with the Charismatic Movement and false ecumenism. The big fault of the Charismatics is that they see no difference between Catholics and other Christian religions. This is the heresy of modernism (as our last Newsletter points out) that infects the entire Church today. True apparitions are very clear on truth and error, and do not justify any sin against faith or morals.
Neglected
Why then do the promoters of false apparitions neglect the true ones? If you put a true apparition side by side with a false one, the things above strike out at you like night and day. What about the simple and gullible followers of false apparitions? If they are attracted to apparitions without caution, that is understandable; but, the fact that they neglect true apparitions is a mystery that needs to be looked into.
Maybe they neglect one of the greatest
mystics of our time, Anne Catherine Emmerich, and her complete life of Christ
from Creation to the end of the world, because they have accepted the “Poem of
the Man God” which is exactly the opposite in its stories and doctrine. The “Poem of the Man God” portrays an
ignorant Christ; whereas, Emmerich shows a Divine Christ with infinite
knowledge. Greatest Mystic of
Our Times, Anne Catherine Emmerich
Maybe they
neglect Tre Fontane in Rome and the Virgin of the Revelation because it
does not have a false ecumenism. The
seer, brought up in a very anti-Catholic Protestant family and later influences
by Masons and Socialists was about to kill the pope when Our Lady appeared to
him. As a result of his conversion, the
miracles and his preaching from the Shrine in
Our Lady of Nicaragua is one of the great apparitions of the
last 40 years and yet it is almost unknown to this apparition crazed
society. Our Lady appeared in a
Communist country at a time of turmoil to an ignorant farmer. It had short term prophesies that came true
quickly, long term prophesies like World War III, miracles, conversions, and
even the overthrow of the Communist government.
The seer became a priest, the bishops approved it quickly and even wrote
the story for publication. Last year at
the 20th anniversary of the apparitions all the bishops of
The near death experience of Gloria Polo and
her trip to the gates of Hell should be memorized, printed and spread
throughout the entire world, because all the reasons she was about to go to
Hell were told to her. Right up to her
death she felt confident that she was a good Catholic, a good mother, a good
doctor, and felt no fear of death. After
Christ showed her the many reasons she would have ended up in Hell, Het allowed
her to come back because of the prayers of someone she did not even know. She is now going around speaking on
this. Has any of these apparition sites
promoted this? Have they invited her to
speak at conferences? Are there
pilgrimages? Why not.
http://www.unitypublishing.com/Moral/gloriapolo.htm
Maybe the reason
people do not like this apparition is that there is no compromise or
justification by Christ on faith and morals at all.
Less than five years ago a statue of Our
Lady of Good Fortune came to life in front of a Moslem boy and began to move.
In the first year after that thousands have seen the same miracle that
continues today. Crowds are so large that a new Church had to be built and the
government built new roads to it. The miracles continue daily. Have you heard of it? Who promotes it? Why not?
The New Miracle of Our
Lady of Lebanon
Most people
remember the Beatification of Alexandrina in
Not far from the
shrine of Alexandrina is a living seer named Rossalina, who has lived on
nothing but Holy Communion for the last 20 years and is bed ridden. She is allowed by her bishop to see people
two hours on Saturday and Sunday. Why
has no one heard of her?
Corrupted
Not only have true apparitions been
neglected because of the enormity of so-called private revelations throughout
the world, but they have even been corrupted by self-serving and well meaning
people. The worst way a true apparition can be corrupted is by mixing it with
false apparitions like Michael Brown does in all his books.
They can even be corrupted by the true
mystic, as in the case of La Salette where her mind was corrupted in later life
by another visionary, who caused her to add things to her apparitions that were
never there in the first place. A true
mystic will sometimes be so kind and gentle that he/she might let people
control things that should never have happened.
Even a true mystic is better off by letting the local bishop control
everything involved including the publications and promotion of the story and
messages. This has been the case of
Padre Pio,
All the official books of
In spite of this, almost excommunicated
priest, Father Gruner continues to claim to be the spokesman of Fatima and
controls most of the top ten spots on the internet for
When the Church does not take charge of a
true apparition, the messages do not get out properly and get corrupted by bad
interpretations or prideful personal opinions.
Spiritual pride often causes untold problems to true apparitions. Everyone wants to have personal contact with
seers, and then think that because of this contact they must be special and
called to spread the word. This may not
be true, but it does not prevent them from pushing everyone else out of the way
including the bishop. So caught up in
being in charge or feeling important, they fail even to ask what God wants in
all this.
According to Canon Law, all books claiming
to be Catholic and dealing with faith or morals must have an Imprimatur. This can be by the author’s bishop or the
publisher’s bishop. In the case of
private revelation this must be from the seer’s bishop. The reason for this is (if true) that it is
the word of God and not the word of the seer.
The Church (local bishop) decides if this is the word of God and keeps a
file on all the information and investigation.
When a book is written to promote these messages, the author sends the
book to the local bishop so that he can compare the book to his files to make
sure that the facts are true and not exaggerated.
Even prayers, icons and statues have to be
approved by the local bishop. Icons and
statues are made to reflect what the seer saw, at his or her direction, and
then approved by the bishop. It is Canon
Law that icons and statues have to be approved by the church because they tell
a faith and moral story. The great story
of the Miraculous Metal is a great example. The official Pilgrim Virgin Statues
of Fatima is another great story. In
both cases, miracles followed these official icons. Today, of course, we have a false seer
claiming that the Miraculous Metal should be discarded and replaced by Our Lady
of the Globe Metal. Ridiculous and
Demonic!
Our Lady of Soufanieh
Our Lady of Soufanieh is a good example of
all the above. If you type in Our Lady
of Soufanieh in a Google search you will find thousands of references to Her,
but not one
So far, I can say that the promoters of
Our Lady of Soufanieh have failed to do what Our Lady asked of them, including
myself. The only book ever written on
the apparitions with an Imprimatur has been removed from the market because of
attacks by false apparitions. To this
day, the last messages by Our Lord to Myna have never been published and even
after a trip to Jordan and Paris to find out the messages, even I don’t know
them.
Another great example of this lack of
control is what is about to happen this year.
On July 21, 2008 Myna will be going to the city of
This Icon of Kazan stayed in Fatima for
almost 50 years before being returned to
Why then do we not have this information
all over the internet, and in Catholic and Orthodox publications? Why are not hundreds of thousands of people
going to
To see the video and information about the
Center of Our Lady of Soufanieh in
The above story of Soufanieh is the best example of all that can go wrong with a true apparition and very personal to me, because I have spent 25 years trying to promote this apparition. But all true apparitions are attacked by demons using the same methods as stated above, and often by using innocent but ignorant people, who think they are doing the right thing.
Our Lady of
One of my favorite apparitions is Our Lady of America, who
appeared to Sister Mildred Neuzil from Our Lady of the Nativity Convent in
Of course, Sister Neuzil and the convent worked closely with the bishop and did nothing without his approval. Sister Neuzil died on January 10, 2000. Before Sister Mildred died she told her friend, Sister Joseph Therese, that she'd have to be the one to spread the message and she would have to fight for Our Lady of America. Sister Therese couldn't imagine at that time what Sr. Mildred was referring to.
Also before her death, Sister Mildred Neuzil told another person that after she was gone people would fight against Sister Joseph Therese. That person felt obligated to relate that information to Bishop Blair recently because of what has happened. What happened?
Two men came to the convent and presented themselves to Sister Joseph Therese, supposedly referred to her by the Poor Clares. They were men of means and helped as volunteers including donations to the cause of spreading the messages. Considering a recent letter to Bishop Leonard Blair, I can assume they are the same two men that signed this letter, Kevin B McCarthy and Albert H. Langsenkamp. This is also why Checks sent to this group are made out to the Langsenkamp Family Apostolate.
Last fall, they stole Sister Therese’s website including all the names on her newsletter list which they are now using to send out emails to all on HER list. Her mistake was in trusting them. THEY have been the visible "face' of Sister Therese's mission for the last 2 years without any authority to do so. How diabolically clever!
Sr. Joseph Therese is in the middle of this "mess" and yet she is at peace, seemingly more concerned about praying for the men involved than about the difficulties of her situation.
One of the main reasons I think this is diabolical even if
these men feel down deep in their hearts that they are spreading Our Lady’s
messages, is the statue that they have.
The central message has to do with taking a statue to the National
Shrine; however, the statue these two men have is not the official statue. It
was made in
The official statue is being made now by an American artist. The link below tells about it.
http://www.ourladyofamerica.com
“In honor of Sister's anniversary we
announce today the coming in February a new marble statue of Our Lady of America.
Throughout the years it has been difficult to find an artist capable of
capturing the beautiful details of Our Lady as she appeared to Sister Mildred.
However, in August of 1999 Sister
Mildred predicted that eventually "an American artist would be found who
would overcome all the obstacles of artistry and be able to authentically
reproduce the image of Our Lady of
“The artist of this marble statue is a
renowned sculptor and comes from
Please stay tuned to www.ourladyofamerica.com
for further updates.
It is obvious to me that the only Official Statue of Our Lady
will come from this artist and be at the convent waiting for the day it will be
placed in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The only true Control Center of Our Lady of
“The only authentic source of
information about Our Lady of America or the writings of Sister Mildred Neuzil
come from Our Lady of the Nativity Convent and the Our Lady of America Center
in
“It was the wish of Sister Mildred and
Archbishop Leibold that we at the Our Lady of America Center in
Sister Mary Joseph Therese, C.I.T.
Relatives of Sister Mildred Many Neuzil, C.I.T.
Friends and Volunteers for Our Lady of
Our Lady of the Nativity Convent
(419) 435-3838
http://www.ourladyofamerica.com
The web sites these
men stole are - OurLadyofAmerica.org and OurLadyofAmerica.com. I will no longer
reference these to anyone, because they are not honest men. I do not see any
purity of hearts, but only disunity and dishonesty. If they want to rectify
this problem, they must work with Sister Therese, or stop all together.
Satan’s
Victory:
When you think about
it, there are two things that could change the world and probably will not.
One is the trip of
Myrna (Our Lady of Soufanieh) to the city of
The other is the
bringing of the real and official statue of Our Lady of American to the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Because these
apparitions have been Neglected and Corrupted, these two things might never
cause the change to the world Our Lady intended.
The neglect of Divine
Love and Menendez has not had the effect of devotion to Christ in the Eucharist
that it should have had.
The neglect of Tre
Fontane means that it has not had the effect of conversions that it should have
had.
Notes:
Below are other apparitions that I believe
are neglected or corrupted.
SISTER JOSEFA MENENDEZ and Christ's DIVINE LOVE, http://www.newjerusalem.com/josefa.htm
ALEXANDRINA Maria da Costa of
OUR LADY OF
NICARAGUA and
WORLD WAR III,
OUR LADY OF SOUFANIEH http://www.unitypublishing.com/damascus.html
TRE FONTANE,
ROME and the
Virgin of the Revelation
Greatest Mystic of
Our Times, Anne Catherine Emmerich
The New Miracle of Our
Lady of Lebanon
Our Lady of
Siluva, Lithuania 1608
Sins Against
Purity Cause Wars
Partial List of True Apparitions http://www.unitypublishing.com/Apparitions/TrueApparitions.html