Barking at Unseen Demons: The Dogs of Medjugorje
Purgatory Mystic Maria Simma: -Dogs are the most hated animals by demons and the devil because they are the closest and most helpful animal to mankind….Shortly after the apparitions began, in June 1981, I asked a Poor Soul from Purgatory and told me they were true. You know, with Medjugorje, there is only one great danger, and it is that the world does not take it into account.
By Stephen Ryan : Demons and Dogs in Medjugorje
I left Hotel Dubrovnik and headed to Blue Cross early in the morning of November 2, 2017. I was hoping to get a decent place to see Mirjana experience her monthly apparition. I really wanted to see Mirjana up close during her apparition.
Despite my ambitions for a good spot, I soon discovered my plans were foiled by hundreds of determined Italians. They had surrounded the perimeter and they were not going to budge. I looked at my watch. It would be another two hours before Mirjana makes her way to Blue Cross and I was already cold.
I needed another plan. I had just arrived in Medjugorje and I did not know Medjugorje well but I had learned that Blue Cross is a short walk to Apparition Hill. A brisk climb up a rocky hill, I thought, would be good for my rapidly cooling body.
As the crowd patiently waited for Mirjana to arrive, organizers provided outdoor prayers on loudspeakers mixed in with beautiful soft Croatian music and song. The soothing sounds were interspersed with wonderful moments of quiet.
As I made my way up the hill, a new instrument was added to the symphony – softly barking dogs in the distance. When the prayers would end and the music would stop, a handful of barking dogs in the valley would add their voice to the silence and for some reason, it calmed me. I had recently published an article that an Austria mystic had claimed that dogs were the “most hated animal of the devil and demons because they are the closest and most helpful animal to mankind.”
I smiled at the sound of barking dogs. Our Lady was on her way to spend time with Mirjana and I could not help but think the dogs knew it. They are the protectors of Medjugorje and they do what they can to keep Our Lady safe.
Just as I reached the magnificent statue of Our Lady on Apparition Hill, I noticed an extended silence coming from the bottom of the hill towards the Blue Crosses.
Our Lady had arrived on a beautiful Wednesday morning to the village of Medjugorje and it seemed as if the world had come to a complete stop. It was a beautiful silence.
But outside the world the devil and his demons do not rest and so after a moment of quiet, the dogs of Medjugorje get back to their work, perhaps seeing the unseen and, in their way, protecting Medjugorje which is the light and the hope of the entire world.
This story comes from “Mystics of the Church”
According to Austrian Mystic – Maria Simma the holy souls in Purgatory have revealed to her the following:
- -That priests and nuns should always wear their habits/clerics, in as much as possible.
- -That Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers should be used very rarely, that is, only when it is absolutely necessary; that priests and deacons should make every effort to distribute Communion to the faithful, even though it takes longer to do so.
- – That receiving Holy Communion in the hand should be avoided as much as possible.
- -That holding hands during the Lords prayer and that the sign of peace after the Eucharistic prayer should be avoided in as much as it is possible, since both of these are a distraction from Jesus who is present upon the altar and that we should be concentrating upon Jesus alone during this important time of the Mass.
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-That dogs are the most hated animals by the devil and the demons because they are the closest and most helpful animal to mankind.
