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Titolo: APPARIZIONE MIRACOLOSA IN SRI LANKA

CHE SANTA LISA E SAN ERALDO CI AIUTINO!
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A Flash, A Cloud, An Apparition
In a significant step towards making an official proclamation on the
mysterious apparition at a Catholic church in Rawatawatta, the
Archbishop of Colombo yesterday visited the church to see the
vision and join hundreds of devotees in prayer.
Fr. Revel, Parish Priest of the Queen of Angels church in the suburb
of Moratuwa, said the Archbishop Rt. Rev. Dr. Nicholas Marcus
Fernando would make an official statement soon regarding the
apparition on the wall behind the altar of the church.
The heavenly drama began two weeks ago when the church was
celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ). It
was also the day after the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin. Fr. Revel was depositing the blessed sacrament in the
monstrance on the altar for exposition soon after holy mass, when
many devotees saw a flash of light from the Blessed sacrament
along with what appeared to be a cloud. Eyewitness Kithsiri de Silva
said entire families- fathers, mothers and Children had seen the
miraculous flash of light.
The flash left a six- foot imprint on the wall behind and tens of
thousands of people who have flocked to the church since then say
the apparition is that of the blessed Virgin Mary holding a cross.
Fr. Revel told the "Sunday Times " it is now clear that the vision is
not of human origin. Theologians are studying it while devotees who
visit the church are being requested to pray for God to reveal what
he wants to show or say through the vision.
Generally, as in the hallowed shrines such as Lourdes or Fatima the
church watches for sometime and if the vision continues then an
official study is conducted by Theologians and experts before a
proclamation is made.
Whatever the outcome of the official study residents of Rawatawatta
say a little known church has come alive as a Holy place and the
centre of a divine revelation linked to the situation in the country and
the role of the Blessed Mother.
They said the positive developments so far were also significant.
People who seldom or never prayed were praying devoutly now;
those who seldom gathered for common prayer and service at the
church were doing so now.
(Source: The Sunday Times [Sri Lanka] - Aug 30 1998)
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The Sunday Times [Sri Lanka] / Sept 6 1998
The miraculous healing of an Air Force officer who suffered from lung cancer
is drawing an even larger number of devotees to a Catholic Church at
Rawattawatte where the mysterious apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
holding out the Cross continues for the fourth week. Rev. Fr. Edward Revel, a
parish priest of the Queen of Angels Church said the Air Force officer from
the Ratmalana base had spoken to him on Friday of the miraculous cure.
The officer had a patch on the lung and it had been diagnosed as cancer. He
had come to the Rawattawatte Church and prayed for healing along with
hundreds who gather there every day for prayer. A few days later a medical
test on his lungs had shown no trace of any patch. Such miraculous healings
have been regularly reported from Lourdes and other Holy places where the
Blessed Virgin appeared.
Fr. Revel said other healings had also been reported while people were coming
from all parts of the country to see the mysterious apparition or revelation
and pray. Three Holy Masses are celebrated every day in the packed and often
overflowing Church. Today's Masses will be at 8.30 a.m, noon and 6 p.m.
The extraordinary revelation began on Sunday August 16 when the Church was
celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi (body and blood of Christ). Fr. Revel
had just placed the Blessed Sacrament in the monstrance for adoration at a
holy hour when many in the Church saw a flashes of brilliant light from the
Blessed Sacrament along with a white cloud. The rays of light left an imprint
on the wall behind the altar. Thousands of devotees who saw the vision said
it was the figure of Mother Mary holding out a Cross.
The Archbishop of Colombo, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Nicholas Marcus Fernando visited
the Church last Saturday and saw the revelation. He is likely to make an
official proclamation soon, but a spokesman for the Archbishop's House said
yesterday the Church was still watching and waiting to see what would happen.
The Bishop of Galle and scores of theologians, priests and nuns have also
visited the Church which residents already treat as a holy place. Residents
say they believe the revelation is linked to the restoration of peace in the
country.
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