Status: Supernatural Evidence Not established and Not excluded (Non
constat de supernaturalitate)
Episcopal Remarks:
“The local bishop appointed a commission that I went before – I didn’t mind. It
has a monsignor, a canon lawyer, and two priests. You know they always try to
get the good guy, bad guy thing - some that aren’t responsive to it and some
that might be. That investigation began two years ago. They did not see weeping
- didn’t happen when they were here. So they just let it go - they didn’t
say anything in favor or opposed.” (Statement by the Seer vide infra)
Corroboration by
Other Seers:
Biographical Information: Neil Harrington
Jr. began receiving messages from St. Francis of Assisi in 1991. He began having apparitions of the Virgin
Mary during the rosary at the weekly prayer cenacle at his parents' house. The
apparitions continued weekly from 1992 – 1995. He continued receiving verbal
messages through 1997. A team is now working to transcribe and compile all the
messages received by Harrington. A Catholic church commission was formed to
investigate the authenticity of the apparitions. It is apparently bogged down
as several members have left on academic assignments. We visited in August of
1999. There were about 100 people in attendance on the evening of August 10,
including a Catholic priest and several nuns. Just before the centacle, we
asked to see the actual statue that had wept. Father John the priest took us up
to the bedroom, the Apparition Room. He explained where the visions occurred
(near a window) and the statue that wept was in the corner, the centerpiece of
an altar with kneeling pads. Father
John said he has no doubt in the authenticity of the visions. He said Neal will
be the first to tell you he lived a hard life. (Harrington has the eyes and
countenance that reflect extremely hard living.) On one occasion, he was
praying with Harrington, and asked a question of the Virgin, silently. After
they finished, Harrington came over and told him the answer to the question, a
"message from the Virgin." Another time, Father John felt the Virgin
spoke to him, and later Harrington told him at that time of the prayer the
Virgin was looking at John. John said they sent away the media after a flurry
of interest, including television coverage. At the height of the visions, they
had crowds of up to 800….The Harrington family has formed a non-profit
corporation to manage the site and donations.1
An
Interview with Neil Harrington
START
QUOTE “Well it’s a long story. Back in September of 1990, we decided to set one
day aside a week and pray the rosary. People, mostly family at first, started joining
us. We said whoever Our Lady wanted to join us would be there. So at first
twenty to forty, and we’ve had as many as 800 here. On the third of May in 1994, there was four priests here who
brought their own statues of the Mystical Rose and we had our own statue of the
lady of the Mystical Rose. (Mystical Rose was an apparition in Italy of 1947.)
The tone of that apparition was directed at priests. It was a bit of an
admonishment and an appeal to them. But then they opened up to pilgrimages
about five years ago. Anyways, that night all the statues began to weep and
plus the statue of Our Lady of Grace. The whole place smelled of roses outside
and inside and that’s what brought people here. Of course then it was on TV and
then we had lots of people. Sometime people will bring a statue to get fixed up
or for a priest to bless. It’s a long story how it went but it just kept
growing and growing. It’ll be nine years next month. Priests here from every
place in the world just about. Brazil, Australia, Ireland, Africa – I don’t
know how they get word of what’s here but they come. The local bishop of that
diocese in Italy condemned it because there was a lot of things in the message
that was an admonishment, which whenever that happens its suppressed. Then they
lifted the ban, they removed the signs and let people come there.
[Consideration of what’s happened in Enfield] never got to the Vatican – lots
of apparitions are approved by the local bishop, like in Japan. One in
Venezuela. There’s been lots approved by bishops. Only a few have been approved
by the Vatican. Lourdes, Fatima. They never approve while they’re ongoing. So other things have happened, and of course
the important thing is people, beautiful people, coming here to pray. Lot of
miracles, lots of physical cures, conversions - we’ve had many
conversions. The bishop – after statues
were weeping – happens here quite frequently - not on regular basis but after
six weeks or so. The local bishop appointed a commission that I went before
– I didn’t mind. It has a monsignor, a canon lawyer, and two priests. You know
they always try to get the good guy, bad guy thing - some that aren’t
responsive to it and some that might be. That investigation began two years
ago. They did not see weeping - didn’t happen when they were here. So they just
let it go - they didn’t say anything in favor or opposed. They just let it
go and I’m happy with that. Supposedly said if it were published there‘d be
people in wheelchairs pouring in the streets from Bombay – I couldn’t handle
it. (Interrupted by one of the helpers.) Looks like I’m in trouble – I’ve got
to get going.” END QUOTE 2
The
Messages
Our
Lady, October 4, 1994
BEGIN
QUOTE "I Come In Urgency With A Global Warning" Glory to you, O God, for allowing me to come
to my beautiful children. My dear children, blessed are you who journey here
tonight in the sight of God. For God is present in your midst. Tonight, as you
have prayed great honor has come from your hearts, giving glory to God in the
Highest. O my dear children, tonight, I
come in urgency with a global warning . Dear children, if the world does not
adhere to the obedience of God in a short period my beloved Pope shall be taken
to heaven and a new world wide chastisement shall fall upon the earth. This
chastisement shall be like no other. Please, my children, it is urgent in this
period in which you are living that you begin to pray in reparation for the
world's sins. Dear children, invoke the Holy Spirit that burns inside you and
remain strong and let the gentle breeze of the Holy Spirit guide you in the
light of righteousness. Please, my children, resist the temptations that our
adversary shall tempt you with. For each one of you,my children present
tonight, are my blessed children who are being called to the Almighty God's
wedding feast. Please, my children, come forth to the wedding feast in proper
attire. Please, My children, I promise
you, you are called to be l disciples of my Divine Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
It is time my children to join me at the foot of my Son's cross and pray for
the reparation of the world, for through your prayers my children, many things
are possible. Dear children, in a short
time as like it was spring there shall come a period in which a cloud shall
come over the world. This cloud shall be as a time of comfort, where many of my
children shall stop praying as if they had fallen asleep in light of God. This
cloud will lead many astray. But when this time shall come you must remember my
warning. My children who have ears to hear and sight to see do not be as the
virgins who ran out of oil for their lamps. Please,my children, remain
confident and ready at all times and remain consecrated to me,your ever loving
Blessed Mother, and I will continue to lead you on the path to my Divine Son,
Jesus Christ, our Lord. Dear children, through your beautiful prayers that you
had prayed last week, three earthquakes had been lessened,sparing many who were
not prepared to meet our Lord. Also, my dear children, there was a great
powerful earthquake that could not be altered. For there are some events that
cannot be altered. I do so thank you, my children for respectfully responding
to my call for prayer and tonight I call to you for even more prayer, for I am
calling a new devotion to go along with my holy Rosary. This devotion shall
have great power to aid me to better help my poor in spirit children. This devotion shall be as the following: The
first prayer shall be the Apostles Creed. Then 1 Our Father, 3 Hail Mary's, 1
Glory Be, A Fatima Prayer. And then I call to my beloved son, Neil, to place
upon the walls the fifteen mysteries of my holy Rosary. In front of the first
picture of the holy Rosary invoke the Holy
Spirit. Then pray 1 Our Father,
1 Hail Mary, 1 Glory Be and the Fatima Prayer.” END QUOTE 3
References
1.
Visions of Jesus Christ.com Weeping Mystical Rose Statue in Conneticut
(http://www.visionsofjesuschrist.com/weeping65.htm)
2. Ibid. Transcript of an Interview with Niel Harrington
3. Earth Changes Website Message from Neil
Harrington Subject: Global Warming From: Albert. B. Date: 10/13/94
(http://www.skepticfiles.org/skep2/chac07.htm)