It is not infection, it won't stick. And the souls know perfectly well they are not welcome in your house - nobody will come. They will come to your mom, because she helps them
Where do you live? Ireland? It was like that for my mother here growing up, they hated Catholics too for this town we live in is bascially a Baptist town. It is better now, never really had any problems except they do not like for us to pray to Mary! I can't believe how many predjudice people there are and the hatred they have for CAtholics, jews etc. My aunt that is married to my dad's brother, they are all predjudice and at one wedding my aunt made a statement that just blew me away..she said well so and so married a mexican and so so a jew, whats next black?!! I was shocked for I had no clue she felt that way..she too like the rest of my dad's side finally came around in their old age. And my mother's dad a full blooded German. You are the same as me, I can't tell where sound comes from either, LOL I bet you too have a difficult time finding the cordless phone.. True I do not follow conversations in large groups, it must be one on one.
This makes me sad, for I did not really realize this until now... I am superstitious..my sister said that after she left town here and returned home an entitey followed her home, it made noise and she was up early praying her rosary before work, she got up to look around and then sat back down. Her ottoman started moving around and slammed up against her chair! When I inquired about ghost with this ghost buster person in town for my mother, he said that it was either attached to the house or to her. So she went to stay the night with my oldest sister and she slept the night through, it did not follow her.
I live on the edge of London. Lived in a nice place too when all this happened. There is a lot of hatred for Catholics yes, but there is an undercurrent. If you are seen to be a lover of peace by some, they see this as a weakness and know that you will not retaliate. This is one of the biggest challenges of our faith. For me anyway. Ha ha at the phones. They are a bug bear. The mobile is on full blast, but never know if the sound is coming from my coat pocket, my jean pocket or my bag. Bangs have gone off outside, and I have looked at the opposite window to my family. They find it hilarious..
Do not be sad - if you are afraid, you are afraid. This may change, and you may get one just kidding Pray for the poor souls in Purgatory and your scare will also go away
The funniest story ever being hearing impaired..I was living alone in a small duplex at age 20 and I had this smoke alarm above my bedroom door and when I used the broiler the smoke would set if off but the alarm never totally went off..it would tweet, and for a good while I thought it was a bird! LOLOLO Until I made the attempt to go outside the bedroom door and the alarm went off and it startled me and my knees caved . I laughed so hard that day...
They will be sent your way...I will pray for them, yes I will. I am serious, I hope they get out too..I will add that they do not have to thank me
http://motheofgod.com/threads/some-thoughts-on-the-souls-in-purgatory.3600/ This is a thread on this forum specifically about the Souls in Purgatory
Thank you insearch and Marys child...I am no longer afraid, in fact I just sent my sisters an email and explained the need for a mass said for these spirits...and more. Not many people to my knowledge are privledged to be able to help these souls that I know of.
(Apologies for the late response, I have been away). I never saw anything, I just experienced them. There is an old Jewish tradition that trees can harbour evil spirits and, as I said, an ex-Occultist told me that he had actually seen an evil looking spirit in a tree and that his girlfriend (who had introduced him to the occult) pointed it out to him. I don't want to see anything like that but children are often more spiritually aware than we are. I hope things are sorted now.
Just reviving this thread and repeating a story told earlier in view of the current discussion about Medj. there are some good stories here that might cause those who have made their minds up negatively about Medj. maybe to reconsider their position. On Good Friday 1989 in Medjugorje it was announced that the apparition would occur on Krizevac at (I think) 10:30. I was there with two friends and we climbed the mountain in good time (having fasted on bread and water for the day - not bragging - it's relevant to the story). Several hundred of us sang hymns and said the Rosary while awaiting the apparition. We were unable to find a place near the front of the cross and so went behind it where there were many fewer people. We understood, after some time, from applause on the other side of the cross, that the visionary(ies) had arrived - to my shame I don't remember which of the visionaries were there - but anyway, the apparition finally began. Everything fell silent except that I could hear a buzzing noise (which continued throughout the apparition) and was surprised to see a 'neon sign' suddenly appear on the cross (a series of vivid, large, horizontal, red, wavy lines moving alternately left and right just under the arms of the cross). I knew that neon made a buzzing noise when up close so that explained the noise but I had no idea what the neon sign meant and assumed that it had some local significance. At the end of the apparition, more hymns were sung and more rosaries said, then things broke up and the throng started to move down the mountain. I and my two friends had brought up a flask of coffee and some chocolate and, as it was now after midnight, we decided to break our fast on the mountain top. As we ate, sitting on the rocks below the cross, one of our group of three moved off to talk to others sitting nearby and I asked my remaining companion whether he knew what the neon sign was meant to signify. He said that he didn't know what I was talking about, I told him that he MUST have seen it as it was several feet high and in vivid red and was moving. He had no idea what I was talking about. I asked other people sitting nearby and they all said that they had not seen a neon sign. I was amazed and suspected then that I had received some sort of personal message but had absolutely no idea what it meant. While walking down the mountain, we met up with the other member of our group, Kevin. I asked him if he had seen the 'neon sign' and he said that he had. He is an electrician and said that he was trying to work out how anyone could produce such a sign that was so bright and large without any noticeable cabling or generator. We could find no-one else who had seen it. The next day, I sought out our travel group leader who spent much of each year in Medj. and described what we had seen and asked if she had ever heard of this particular sign. She had not but said, 'don't worry, you will know what it means maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not for weeks, months or years but you will find out exactly what it means'. I was eaten with curiosity and was hardly in a state to wait possibly years. Then she went on to ask if we had been to see Fr. Jozo during our visit and I said that we hadn't. She said, 'Oh, you really must go to his church, the last time I went he said to the pilgrims - where do you think that Aaron's rod is today? The rod that gave water to the Israelites, that parted the Red Sea? Of course, no-one answered but he kept asking them where they thought it might be. Finally he said - I have it, I have Aaron's rod and I am going to show it to you-, people gasped. Then he drew out his Rosary and said, 'here it is, this is as powerful as Aaron's rod'. I thanked her for her time and went on my way. I carried on asking people throughout the rest of the visit whether they had seen the 'sign' and no-one had and no-one could guess what it might mean. On the evening I arrived home, I managed to put two and two together, I had seen a representation of the Red Sea and this linked to the story that I was told by the group leader about Fr. Jozo and the power of the Rosary. I picked up the phone to tell Kevin that I had solved the mystery but he had beaten me to it, he had arrived home earlier than me and immediately picked up the bible and asked what the sign meant, he found himself reading about the crossing of the Red Sea! Mystery solved, though why Our Lady would tell us especially, when She tells everyone to say the Rosary, I really don't know. If others will share their Medj. stories, I will add a few more myself.
