It’s been a while my friends! After a brief hiatus for high school tennis I am back! This week Adam Blai joins me again this time to discuss The World of Marian Apparitions: Mary’s Appearances and Messages from Fatima to Today by Polish author Wincenty Laszewski. Adam and I take a look at the importance of some of the nearly 500 apparitions included in this gorgeous hardcover volume. We discuss how to discern apparitions and how to follow them in a positive manner. Get your copy here.

From the Sophia Institute Press

The world-changing appearance of Our Lady at Fatima ushered in a continuing series of remarkable apparitions worldwide that the Church has either officially approved or marked as likely-authentic. Author and Mariologist Wincenty Laszewski summarizes the powerful and urgent messages of these apparitions in this unparalleled, encyclopedic work-instantly the new standard on the subject. Most of these riveting chapters include portentous warnings – some are ominous, others more hopeful. This stunning book serves as a wake-up call to the faithful and is a worldwide clarion call to deeper prayer and conversion. It includes:

  • Over 400 pages describing the fully documented miracles and visions
  • Fascinating accounts by eyewitnesses, including non-believers
  • 50+ maps of locations and pilgrimage sites
  • Photos and illustrations: documents, events, and faces of the visionaries
  • The finest works of art and reproductions of Our Lady

Each message and appearance is analyzed and quoted precisely. Their sheer abundance is enough to absorb believing Catholics-and many a skeptic-from all walks of life and reading habits. A partial listing of those described includes:

  • Fatima, Portugal, 1917: The Message of Fatima
  • Basel, Switzerland, 1917: Mystical Wounds
  • Fatima, Portugal, 1921: Mother of Obedience
  • Pontevedra, Spain, 1925: Contemplative Mother of God
  • Banneux, Belgium, 1933: Virgin of the Poor
  • Heede, Germany, 1937: Queen of the Poor Souls in Purgatory
  • Siekierki, Poland, 1943: Holy Mother Teacher of Youth
  • Tre Fontane, Italy, 1947: Virgin of Revelation
  • Warsaw, Poland, 1948: Dispenser of Divine Omnipotence
  • Ngome, Africa, 1955: Mary, Tabernacle of the Most High
  • Rome City, USA, 1956-9: Most Holy Mary, Lady of America
  • Zeitoun, Egypt, 1968: Silent Lady
  • Akita, Japan, 1973: Apocalyptic Madonna
  • Deir el-Ahmar, Lebanon, 1976: Virgin Mary of the Maronites
  • Asdee, Ireland, 1985: Madonnas in Motion
  • Hruszew, Ukraine, 1987: Madonna of Kiev
Bio

Adam Blai, a layman, is a peritus (Church-decreed expert) in religious demonology and exorcism for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He has also served as an expert in these areas in training priests, deacons, and laity in many other dioceses. He is an auxiliary member of the International Association of Exorcists, a Vatican-recognized Private Association of the Christian Faithful based in Rome. Over fifteen years of working and training in the exorcism ministry, he has witnessed or experienced a number of miracles, some of which he has been appointed to investigate by the Church. He also works in the tribunal of the Pittsburgh Diocese and is pursuing a canon law degree.

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