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Spirituality & Religious StudiesStigmata
This is one of our founder’s favorite religious subjects!!! She ABSOLUTELY loves this particular subject matter. She loved the 1999 movie titled Stigmata, starring Patricia Arquette & Gabriel Byrne. She gives 9.5/10. Even though Rotten Tomatoes may not agree. If anyone is interested in watching this movie, it’s currently on PlutoTV (which is completely free) & Prime Video (you have to pay for Prime, but the movie is free to watch on Prime).
This is the bodily wounds, scars, & pain which appear in the same body parts of Jesus’ crucifixion wounds: the hands, wrists, feet, near the heart, the head (from the crown of thorns), & back (from carrying the cross & scourging). A stigma (singular) is a mark on the skin. A person having the wounds of stigmata is called a stigmatist or a stigmatic.
St. Francis of Assisi is considered the 1st recorded stigmatic. Several 20th century doctors studied St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin’s reported an astounding 50-year stigmata.
Stigmatics are usually a Roman Catholic phenomenon. The Eastern Orthodox Church offers no official view on them. In Galatians 6:17, Paul said: “…for I bear in my body the marks for the Lord Jesus.”
Some stigmatics show a few, or all, of the Five Sacred Wounds that Jesus had forced on Him during his Passion, according to Biblical passages. In the 20th century, Marie Rose Ferron had been photographed many times with the Crown of Thorns stigmata. Others reported a form that has the stigmatics “crying” tears of blood.
Many stigmatics stigmata stops & starts, especially the times after receiving the (Holy) Communion. An exceptional number of stigmatics show a great desire to take/receive Communion often.
A proportionally high percentage of stigmatics exhibit inedia. Inedia, or Breatharianism, is the alleged ability for a person/human being to live without eating food, & in some cases, drinking water. These stigmatics only eat/drink the (Holy) Eucharist exclusively.
There are even some stigmatics who claim to feel the pain of wounds that aren’t visible. This is called “invisible stigmata.”
Some stigmatics’ wounds won’t clot. The wounds stay fresh & uninfected. The blood from these wounds is said to have a pleasing, perfumed odor. This smell is called the “Odor of Sanctity.”
People who have gotten stigmata often are described as estatics. Because they’re so overwhelmed when they receive the stigmata.
Here’s a few who were stigmatics:
- St. Ansbert of Rouen
- St. Francis of Assisi
- St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
- St. Mariam Thresia Chiramel
As of 1997, only 7 stigmatics have been declared saints by the Roman Catholic Church.
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Steve Dustcircle 🌹#NewHampshire’s 2020 law abolishing deadlines for #lawsuits alleging #sexualassault cannot be applied #retroactively, the state #SupremeCourt ruled Wednesday.
The ruling came in the case of Randy Ball, who sued the #RomanCatholic Bishop of Manchester in 2023 alleging he was #raped by a #priest at a summer camp in the 1970s.
New Hampshire court rules in clergy abuse case that 2020 law is not retroactive
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that the state's 2020 law abolishing the statute of limitations for filing sexual assault lawsuits is not retroactive. This decision Wednesday came in the case of Randy Ball, who sued the Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester in 2023, alleging abuse by a priest in the 1970s. Ball argued his lawsuit was valid under the 2020 amendment removing the statute of limitations. However, the court ruled that retroactive application would violate the state Constitution. Justices acknowledged the vulnerability of child sex abuse victims but emphasized their duty to interpret the Constitution.
Jonathan EmmesediI finished Stephen Harrigan -- The Sorrowful Mysteries earlier today.
I'd been wanting to read about Fatima for some time and just happened to stumble upon this .
As well being an informative history of the the origins of the Fatima cult and its reverberations down to the end of the twentieth century, it's also an engrossing memoir of growing up Catholic in Texas before Vatican II and the author's growing away from this faith.
https://www.stephenharrigan.com/sorrowful-mysteries
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Image: The three shepherd children who had visions of the Virgin Mary in Fatima (L-R: Lucia, Francisco, Jacinta) -- AFP
RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public InterestSep 26Pope Leo names Italian bishop to lead powerful Vatican office
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#neoclassical designed #greekrevival structure built between 1841 and 1847 #artandarchitecture
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Is It Possible for Energetic Entity “Spirits” to Affect Humanity Today? NOW AVAILABLE! https://lindahourihan.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/is-it-possible-for-energetic-entity-spirits-to-affect-humanity-today-now-available/ #Apocryphal, #Bishops, #Catholic, #Chi, #CouncilOfLaodicea, #Cult, #Energy, #Eternal, #FourForces, #God, #HolySpirit, #INTHEIRIMAGEANDLIKENESS, #Indoctrination, #Jesus, #LawsIfNature, #Life, #LifeForce, #LindaHourihan, #Love, #Nature, #Politics, #Pope, #Popes, #Religion, #RomanCatholic, #RomanCatholicChurch, #Soul, #Spirit, #Time, #Truth, #Universal, #UNIVERSALWISDOM, #Wisdom
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