Bishop Anthony Fisher of Parramatta Diocese, Australia, Condemns Maria Divine Mercy

The following article 'Who is Maria Divine Mercy' appeared in Australian The Catholic Weekly news magazine in June 2014, and it contains one more important condemnation of the Irish seer. Contents below: 

'Fundamental Delusion' - Bishop Greg O’Kelly SJ on Little Pebble, MDM and other sects

Bishop Greg O’Kelly SJ 

Strangely and sadly, when many in Western Society appear to have grown weary of Christianity, and Christian people need to drink from the sources of Word and Sacrament within the Church, there are instances of devout people turning to weird sects, of decent Catholic people and others giving credence to some self-proclaimed visionary who leads them down paths that sew sorrow for many. These cults frequently result in family breakup, spiritual distress, rejection of the teachers of the Church, a self-righteousness and insulation from the wider Christian community is created and all based on someone’s supposed private revelations. Words are attributed to Jesus or Mary suggesting actions that are in contradiction to Jesus’ teachings in the Gospel. 

Buffalo Bishop Prohibits Dissemination of Maria Divine Mercy's Messages in Portland Diocese

Buffalo Bishop has prohibited dissemination of Maria Divine Mercy's messages in the Diocese of Portland. 

 

Full text of his letter below:

Bishop Richard. J. Malone

Full text below:

Dear Monsignor/Father, 

Recently an enquiry was been made relative to some materials that are being disseminated through the website www.thewarningsecondcoming.com. The website contains the writings of "Maria Divine Mercy" which is the pseudonym of an anonymous woman who reportedly lives in Dublin and who claims to be a Roman Catholic and to be 'receiving spiritual guidance from the Catholic Church." Since some o the "messages" promote negative attitudes towards the teachings of the Second Vatican Council and of the Papacy, I have made further inquiry as to the "authenticity" of these alleged revelations.

Through the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, an inquiry was made of the Irish Catholic Conference to see if the Irish Bishops had issued any guidance. Some of the Irish Bishops had no knowledge of these revelations and none had made any statements. However, since the individual uses a pseudonym and is anonymous, it is difficult to investigate. However, there have been other statements made by other bishops. In particular, Bishop Coleridge of Brisbane, Australia has stated:

"I have examined some of these messages and found them to be patently fraudulent and corrosive of true Christian faith as the Catholic Church teaches it. The alleged recipient of the messages operates anonymously and refuses to identify and present herself to local Church authority for a theological examination of the content of her messages. 

The messages contain certain theological and historical errors some of which fall within the category of bogus millenarianism, and they are more likely to provoke fear rather than the peace of the Spirit. They play on elements o the Catholic faith only to undermine it at its core. Moreover, they are outrageous in their claims against Pope Francis. Therefore, the messages of Maria Divine Mercy are not to be taken seriously, discussed, or distributed within the Archdiocese of Brisbane.

Additionally, both the National Catholic Register and New Advent have posted negative evaluations of the Maria Divine Mercy revelations which can be found at http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jimmy-akin/9-things-you-need-to-know-about-maria-divine-mercy and http://blog.newadvent.org/2013/03/a-closer-look-at-false-prophecies-of.html

Given the fact that the Church as not yet pronounced on the authenticity of these "revelations", and given the fact that more than one bishop has judged them to undermine the Catholic faith at its core, I hereby prohibit the dissemination or promotion of Maria Divine Mercy materials in the Diocese of Portland. If anyone approaches you or you are aware of anyone in your parish that is speaking about or promoting these materials please make them aware of this prohibition. This ban will be in effect, until such time as the "revelations" are authenticated by the Church.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. Thank you for your ministry to your parishioners and for your commitment and fidelity to the Church.

May God bless you with His peace. Please know that you are in my prayers.

Yours sincerely in Christ,

(signed)

Most Reverend Richard. J. Malone

Apostolic Administrator of Portland

Bishop of Buffalo 

"Bishop Richard Joseph Malone is the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Portland. He served as the 11th Bishop of Portland, Maine, from March 2004 to May 29, 2012, when Pope Benedict XVI named him the 14th Bishop of Buffalo. Bishop Malone was installed in Buffalo on August 10,2012. On that same day, he became the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Portland, a position he will hold until a new bishop is named for the diocese

Warning on the "Warning"

Some messages in the "warning" do not correspond with the teachings  of the Church, such as talk of "the Christian churches."

A plain text of Bishop Andreas Laun about a controversial private revelation

Days ago I received a call from a man with the question of what to make of "The Warning". I replied "I can not say anything, I do not know what you're talking about!" At his insistence, I had a look at the first pages of the "Warning" on the Internet. But as for the content, my verdict is: "warning before the warning!"

Austrian Auxiliary Bishop Andreas Laun: 

"Ridiculous is the message 
that the "preparations" for 
the second Coming of Jesus were 
"in full swing" - as if it would be
a campaign or a great journey
that Jesus had to 'prepare' for!" 

And this for the following reasons: The woman who get these "messages" claims have not been certified by heaven, as for example in Fatima through the miracle of the sun was the case, and other private revelations by other characters. And: Some things in the "warning" do not correspond to the teaching of the Church, such as talk of "the Christian churches."

According to Catholic teaching, only the Catholic and the Orthodox community are a "church," all other "churches" are only "Christian communities". That "God Father" of the "Hierarchies of Heaven" will fight the battle of Armageddon, sounds like "Lord of the Rings" and not by a private revelation that will recognize the church! Puzzling is the message of Jesus, that he is now more than twice as heavy suffering than during his Passion - the same Jesus of the Church teaches that it sits "at the right hand of the Father"?

Ridiculous is the message that the "preparations" for the second Coming of Jesus were "in full swing - as if it would be a campaign or a great journey that Jesus had to "prepare“ for!   In addition, there are a number of messages such as:  who is faithful, will go to heaven!  Or that we have free will, that God loves us even in difficult times, that the Church will never "go under" and is another of this kind! Louder "messages" that Catholics have known for a long time! The author of this "messages" knows how to accommodate over and over again allusions to biblical texts in their messages and uses particularly the Book of Revelation, which is particularly well suited to obscure content and at the same time to give them a bit of the Bible's authority. Of course, this serves "the warning" and the fear-mongering!

That we have reason to be worried regarding all that the future may bring, we know from revelation, but to a great extent it is enough even to read the daily newspapers! And so on! The truth in these "warnings" we know already, the other we can safely ignore.  So warning before the warning!

The original pastoral 

admonition in German 

can be found here

She could confuse some, they change the subject from him to what God really wants from them, others just "steal" time, then missing them somewhere! Moreover, if God is trying to tell us something important currently, he has ways and means to do it so that we also learn it without guessing games and hide-and-seeks with cleverly laid "tracks".   And finally: If I wanted I could also invent such "revelations" every day!

Slovakian Bishop Condemns MDM messages as Heretical

This warning of the Slovakian Archdiocese of the town of Spisska should have been posted earlier, but here is the pastoral letter issued by the Bishop of Spisska Stephen Sečka as early as November 2012, after being alerted by priests, religious and lay about the growing spread of its messages over the internet, though not particularly referring to the Maria Divine Mercy, other than to say an "Irish visionary."  The original letter in the local Czech language appears in the Slovakian Archbishops Conference website here and has been reported in Miraculous Rosary blog site

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I learned that in some parishes is widely spread messages about the so-called Great Day of God's warnings, resulting from the alleged private revelations of an Irish visionary. These messages are distributed via the internet. I have found that it is heretical, which is not in accordance with the teachings of the Catholic Church and is showing signs of sectarianism. This whole doctrine is indeed poprepletaná prayers for God's mercy and calls for confession, as well as what the Catholic Church teaches, but quotations from Scripture are commented and explained arbitrarily and contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church. Similar tendencies were already in the early Church, therefore St.. Apostle Peter wrote: "Above all, you should know that no prophecy of Scripture does not allow private interpretation" (2 Peter 1: 20).

After seeing this website I also found that believers are encouraged to acquire the "Seal of the living God" to be sanctified by a priest. We remind you that no priest faithful to Christ and his Church must cooperate in this matter, because they would be guilty of transgressions against the faith and his office. To anyone who will disseminate these heretical messages , remember the very severe words  of the Holy Scripture, written by St. Apostle Paul to the Galatians:

“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel, which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.  But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!  As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse! (Gal 1, 6-9).

All believers, who perhaps out of ignorance began to believe the messages mentioned, please I urge you to leave these heretical teachings and not spread them.

On this matter, I was obliged, in order to highlight the purity of Catholic faith, obedience and unity with the Holy Father, and for the sake of salvation of your souls.

Devoted to the Lord, Stephen Sečka, Bishop of Spisska

Brisbane Archbishop Warns against spreading MDM messages

Issued to the clergy, religious and lay faithful of the Archdiocese of Brisbane, the reproduced image below of the official pastoral letter from the Archbishop of Brisbane, the Most Reverend Mark Coleridge, effectively makes it official the Church's condemnation of the false prophet Maria Divine Mercy or MDM.  As of May 28th, 2013, several online sites have already reported this such as the Adriansharp blog site  with the pdf file of the Letter you can download here.

Needless to say, followers of the discredited scam prophet will no doubt dismiss this Church issued assessment which should not be surprising at all since Satan will never follow the Church founded by the Son of its arch-enemy.