A bishop’s revelations
Bishop Remigiose
Inchananiyil had a special affection and closeness to
Mother Mary when he was a kid. He remembers how he was rescued by Mother Mary when he
was about to drown in a river. That’s the reason the name Maria was added to
his name. He was keen to see Pieta, the great work by Michelangelo. When he got
a chance to see Pieta while he was studying in Rome, he was touched at the agony in her face
and cried seeing the face of Mother Mary.
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| Bishop Remigiose |
The Bishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of
Thamarassery, Kerala,
India, says he has
a special devotion to Mother Mary and he recites all the 20 mysteries of the
rosary every day following her request. He says Mother Mary told him to pray
Way of the Cross, too, every day.
When Angel Gabriel appeared before
Mother Mary for annunciation, Mother Mary who was a young woman was too perplexed
and mystified. For, Mother Mary thought “Am I really giving birth to the Son of
God?” Gabriel had told her that her relative Elizabeth was six months pregnant. In fact
this was the sign that these events were from God, he says.
Bishop Remigiose
says Mother Mary confirmed the veracity of Angel
Gabriel’s revelation after seeing the pregnant Elizabeth. Then Mother Mary realized that
what the angel told both were true after her visit, he said in a television
talk recently.
Afterwards when the Holy Family had to run away to Egypt, Mother
Mary had reasons to doubt. If He is the Son of God, why should it happen? The
same situation repeated and Mother Mary was in doubt again when Jesus was
missing at the Temple
for three days when He was 12 years old.
“The Bible says nobody has seen
the face of God. In fact, God told Moses that he would die if he sees God’s
face. So Mother Mary was concerned that she and her husband Joseph would die
when they see His face,” Bishop Remigiose said.
The talk by Bishop Remigiose,
telecast by Shalom television channel, started with his disclaimer. He says
these revelations from Mother Mary were personal in nature and not intended to
add to the Catholic teachings.
According to the bishop, many people had called Jesus as a mad man at
that time. This also came to the ears of Mother Mary. She thought: “if Jesus is
the Son of God why are people calling Him a mad man?” Also when Jesus was
tortured to death, Mother Mary thought: how can someone do this to God?
But when Jesus died and Mother Mary put his
body on her lap, she looked at His face. Then Mother Mary could see the real
face of God without even an iota of doubt, Mother revealed to the Bishop. So he
realized that people will see the face of God during tough and difficult times.
Bishop Remigiose said he was making these
revelations from Mother Mary as just “Remigiose” and not as “Bishop Remigiose”.
