In her message of March 18th in
Medjugorje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, the apparition, calling herself
Queen of Peace, tells visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo “Dear
children! I am coming among you because I desire to be your mother
- your intercessor. I desire to be the bond between you and the
Heavenly Father - your mediatrix. I desire to take you by the hand
and to walk with you in the battle against the impure spirit.”
In the 1950's in a series of apparitions in Amsterdam, Holland,
an apparition, calling herself Lady of All Nations, tells
visionary Ida Peerdeman that she demanded of the Church to declare
her "Co-redemptrix, mediatrix and advocate". This would be the 5th
Marian dogma declared by the Catholic Church.
Do not confuse the two apparitions and messages!
- Ida, who knew Medjugorje during her lifetime, always said that
the Mary she saw was a different Mary than that of
Medjugorje.
- Mary in Medjugorje has said in her messages that she does not
possess all graces. Mary of Amsterdam is venerated as
mediatrix of all graces.
- Ida often had her appearances during Holy Mass, where she
often distracted attention from the Eucharist with her screaming
and shouting. Mary in Medjugorje has said "If you can choose
between attending an apparition with me or attending Holy Mass,
please choose attending Holy Mass."
- Mary of Amsterdam has herself depicted on the cross
(see picture on the right),
- on the globe,
- with sheep under her feet.
This is the place of Christ.
- There are many other apparitions of Mary that claim high
titles like in Manduria, Mary of the Eucharist, second
phase of Rue du Bac in Paris, Lady of the Globe etc. Vassula and
Garabandal I also put in this category.
The "low" apparitions, with humble titles, are Lourdes, Fatima,
Medjugorje, Banneux, Beauraing, etc.
The apparitions of one category support each other, but
never mention the apparitions of the other category. Mary
in Medjugorje talks about the apparitions in Izbicno as being
from God and about Fatima that what she started there she is
finishing in Medjugorje. But she does not talk about apparitions
of the other group. This should make you think.
- Amsterdam gives a lot of schism among Catholics
world-wide. During the 2nd Vatican Council, so a priest told us,
Dutch catholic youth, that the debate in the corridors of the
Vatican was not about the "aggiornamento", but about the
apparition of Amsterdam and the dogma it demands. 40% Of all
cardinals and bishops was and is fervently in favour, 60% was
and is fervently against.
- The group in favour wanted then also in the document Lumen
Gentium a paragraph about Mary to be included in the chapter
about the Holy Trinity. They lost since they are 40%, the
other 60% won and the paragraph about Mary came in a separate
chapter.
- And this is exactly the danger of Amsterdam and this dogma,
and why the devil has launched it.
During the Reformation the devil succeeded in splitting off the
Christians who have Mary too low. Now he is busy in splitting
off the Catholics who have Mary too high.
Don't fall into the trap and don't mingle other apparitions like
Vassula, Garabandal or Amsterdam with Medjugorje. I am already
hesitant on putting this page on my Medjugorje website, but
since Mary is talking in Medjugorje now for the second time
about her being mediatrix I feel I have too.
- In her message of March 18th 2012 the Queen of Peace speaks
about the third and second title of the "co-redemptrix,
mediatrix and advocate (or intercessor)"-dogma demanded by the
so called Lady of All Nations but then instead of the first
speaks about the impure spirit. This should make you think.
Advocate and mediatrix are very old titles used to describe
Mary, nothing new. Co-redemptrix is the title demanded by the
Lady of All Nations and way too high. The devil has concocted
this trio of titles in the apparition of Amsterdam, using lesser
good (titles) to achieve (a) bigger evil (title) as he always
does.
If Mary would be declared co-redemptrix by the Catholic Church
then that would be the end of me and many other Catholics of
being catholic.
If Mary in Medjugorje would declare herself co-redemptrix in a
message, then I would take my Medjugorje site off the air or
even turn it into an anti-Medjugorje website.
- I have asked Vicka in a registered letter from Medjugorje to
ask the Gospa whether the apparition of Amsterdam was from God
or not. But the only response was in the next monthly message
"you ask too much, you should pray more." Note that Mary in
Medjugorje never mentions apparitions that are not from God.
- There is one message of Amsterdam in the accompanying blue
book in which Ida describes the apparition as "undressing
herself",
- and in another message in the blue book the apparition asks to
send more Dutch troops to the Dutch Indies/Indonesia,
which was fighting for independence then.
Would Mary in Medjugorje do such things?
- All previous bishops of Amsterdam disapproved the apparition,
then one bishop accepted the prayer, then the Vatican said one
line in the prayer was wrong and forbade all international
pilgrimages to Amsterdam. Then the latest bishop approved the
apparition. But his mother was a firm friend of Ida and had
her son be consecrated to this apparition, which is
dangerous, since it was disapproved then.
- Now this current bishop of Amsterdam is "under influence" and
in his "investigative commission" only appoints people in favour
of the apparition or people having no opinion, but no
adversaries, as he should also.
- You can also read the document from the Filipino bishops
against Amsterdam.
So could you please not talk about a Marian dogma that states
that Mary is co-redemptrix when Mary in Medjugorje only states
that she is intercessor and mediatrix? Don't be responsible for a
schism in the Catholic Church!
In case you are in favour of Amsterdam, then I know it's harder to
talk to advocates of this 5th dogma than to evolutionists, but you
still you need to know what I know and I still need to ask you,
God Bless!
Drs. Johannes Leushuis
webmaster www.medjugorje.eu
