I was going to little Cuba (apparently in Miami somewhere) with some Hispanic friends. It was for a festival of some kind. We were in front of a window where the Virgin Mary was said to appear, people were drawing on the window to manifest her. I drew too and she appeared to me. I was surprised as I don't deify her as Catholics do. She told me to trust in my intuition, and to pray to God if I needed help and that he would help me. She said "you know what to do inside". I started praying and thought to myself "I'll pray, but not to her, only to God, the Holy Spirit or Jesus!" Then I was afraid she'd be able to read my mind and was embarrassed.
I remember thinking that now I'd have to admit to all of those girls that I saw the Virgin Mary and I didn't want to do that, lol. Like they were right after all and I had to own up to that.
Why the heck would I dream about the Virgin Mary???
RE: Virgin Mary???
Hi American woman,
I thought your story was lovely. Sorry I obviously can't say whether it was actually the Virgin Mary appearing to you or not - it could be that you manifested it through thinking about her - on the other hand it could have been her. Many people have had similar experiences to you. I thought you may also like to know that the Catholic church authorities tend toveeron the side of scepticism - for obvious reasons - as things can't be proved/disproved - even forfamous sites like Lourdes. Personally I think it was a lovely thing to have happened to you - your feeling/apparition didn't say anything unpleasant - you only experienced something that was nice. Perhaps you could just start praying a bit more to have a closer relationship with God ?
I also wanted to make a short comment, as a Catholic, on your quote :
ORIGINAL: American Woman
I was surprised as I don't deify her as Catholics do. She told me to trust in my intuition, and to pray to God if I needed help and that he would help me. She said "you know what to do inside". I started praying and thought to myself "I'll pray, but not to her, only to God, the Holy Spirit or Jesus!" Then I was afraid she'd be able to read my mind and was embarrassed.
I just want to tell you about the fact that what you wrote is often one of the biggest misconceptions non-Catholics have about Catholics. Catholics don't and have never deified Mary - that's reserved only for God. It would be sacrilegious for Catholics (and other Christians as well) to do this. Catholics simply show respect to Mary as she was the mother of Jesus Christ.Catholics often ask for her intercession in their prayers - this means(for example) that if you were asking for someone to recover from an illness you may pray to Mary and ask for her to intercede with God to make this person better. Mary would have no power in herself to make this person better - she can only ask God to do this. It's a bit like asking a friend to say a prayer for you.
If you feel upset by this feeling you had or want to get more info(I'm not an expert by the way but there are some things I may be able to help you with)please feel free to either write again on the forum or to pm me.
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