{"id":68365,"date":"2024-06-12T00:38:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T04:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=68365"},"modified":"2024-06-13T08:18:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T12:18:00","slug":"mailbag-discerning-cartoons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/mailbag-discerning-cartoons\/","title":{"rendered":"Mailbag: From The Sun During Procession To Questions About Gratitude (And Cartoons)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Above:“We took the attached photos in Ontario, Oregon, during the Benediction and blessing of the people by Bishop Liam Cary<\/a> <\/span>of the Diocese of Baker,” write Jim and Gemma Zeller of Bellingham, Washington. “We were outdoors in front of Blessed Sacrament Church where the bishop and hundreds of the faithful had just finished processing around the city for about an hour on a very warm day.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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“It was part of the National Eucharistic Procession that began in San Francisco and will ultimately end in Indianapolis in July.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“During the Benediction and Blessing, [Gemma] came across the street to tell me people were looking up in the sky at an unusual cloud.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“At first I didn’t see anything, but when I focused my eyes around the area of the sun, there was the rainbow colored cloud you will see in the attached photos.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“The sun was very white (not yellow) and not so difficult to look at, as if it were the Holy Eucharist hanging in the sky.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“I decided to take a few pictures, and didn’t think much else of it until the next day, when we decided to show them to some fellow pilgrims at the next parish along the pilgrimage route in Fruitland, Idaho.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“That’s when we saw that the cloud under the sun could be seen as like a paten under the Host and miraculously, Jesus seems to have left His signature, writing a ‘J’ under the paten.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“For us, and for so many who have seen these photos, they are stunningly miraculous. Nature could not have created this. We wanted to share this with you, in case you might share it with others to inspire confidence that God is here. He is really here.”<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Thanks Jim and Gemma. We’ll see what others think.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Joan Zaikoski — also of Oregon (Beaverton) — wondered this:<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“Why is it that all Creation sends\u00a0 loving, joyful, and thanksgiving to God?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“Every moment should be a humble and loving thanksgiving to God!<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“Earth should resound in symphony joyful love to Him.\u00a0 Nature and all creation does lift up to Him…<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“But not man?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“Why is that?”<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Writes June Klins, an old friend from Pennsylvania who has done yeowoman work as head of The Spirit of Medjugorje<\/a><\/span>: (which we highly recommend you peruse): “I debated whether to post this as it was quite personal, but I thought it might give someone hope. We all need hope. Yesterday (the feast day of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) was a very difficult (and scary) day with my husband\u2019s dementia. I kept praying and things did not seem to be getting any better. My son took him for a few hours so I could go to Adoration, and when I picked him up, things had settled down. When I changed my clothes for bed, I could not believe my eyes when I saw the heart that God had ‘tattooed’ on my arm. I had been wearing long sleeves because it was a bit cool out, so I never saw when this appeared. I am guessing God was telling me that He was with me all day, even when it did not seem like it. We had just finished watching a program called ‘Could it be a Miracle?'”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sometimes you have to be there to fully appreciate “coincidence.”<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Miracles are often in the eyes of the beholder (and believer).<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Thumbs up, June.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“Just sending on a testimony of something that has happened to me numerous times in watching cartoons,” writes Michael O’Grady from Ireland.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“One of my charisms is discernment of spirits. <\/span><\/strong>If [someone I know] brings \u2018pokemon\u2019 toys into the house (which are actually pocket monsters based off of the thousands of pagan Shintu gods\/ demons), I end up cursed with spiritual attacks (especially at 3 a.m., the demonic hour).<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“A few months ago, I had to quit watching Sonic the Hedgehog animation. I was again getting cursed with spiritual attacks at 3 a.m., but also throughout the day. In the recent Sonic movie, he is referred to as the \u2018Blue Devil\u2019 and the storyline that he is an alien might very well be indeed inspired from the enemy (as most alien manifestations are actually demonic).<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“The most recent cartoon to now affect me is <\/span><\/strong>\u2018Spongebob Squarepants.\u2019 <\/span><\/strong>Most episodes of this cartoon seem harmless.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“However; there is an episode where the villain Plankton dresses up in robes, in a Freemasonry Lodge, and has torture devices for use on people. There are moments in the episodes where characters mention the \u2018god\u2019 of the sea, Neptune, as a Deity. (St Paul says the false gods are actually demons). Some episodes portray violence, such as characters getting their skin ripped off, or really ugly monsters. <\/span><\/strong>There is another episode where Spongebob and Patrick worship an object that is similar to a divination object and obey any commands it gives. (similar using a swinging pendulum in scrying for direction from the occult). <\/span><\/strong>I was watching an episode recently where one of the characters exclaimed the curse \u2018I have no soul\u2019 (after he said this the fires of hell appeared around him on the screen for a number of seconds).\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>After viewing that scene, I immediately got a spiritual attack from a demon that has never happened to me before.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“I was alone in the sitting room sitting on an armchair. Something inside the armchair poked the lower right of my back, very strongly. It felt like a rat or large mouse or squirrel was inside the material of the chair and had poked me.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“I immediately jumped up in terror and from that moment, that exact part of my back has been cursed with excruciating back pains. (I am young and don\u2019t get back trouble. I only ever experience back or shoulder pains, when I am near witchcraft people; it\u2019s part of the discernment of spirits God has given me). <\/span><\/strong>I am sure that cartoon is either deliberately or ignorantly infiltrated by the enemy and that specific episodes have material that can [affect] viewers.”<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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“Going to Adoration, Confession, wearing a Benedict medal, and consuming exorcised salt\/water help clear this spiritual attack.”<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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W<\/span>e’ll take it under advisement. In any situation, good advice, Michael.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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[Footnote: we were happy to see a recent TikTok reach 1.8 million views. It is aimed at our young, and the largest viewing segment was those aged 25 to 45, though it was also seen significantly by those 18 to 24. Please pray for this aspect of our ministry <\/span>(and perhaps share it on your social media).]<\/em><\/div>\n
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@spiritdaily1<\/a> How to tell demons are around #fyp<\/a> #paranormaltiktok<\/a> #medjugorje<\/a> #catholicTikTok<\/a> #Demons<\/a> #viral<\/a> #Christian<\/a> #spiritualtiktok<\/a> \u266c original sound – Michael Brown<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n