Marian apparitions of Natividade in Brazil, 1967-1968

From May 9, 1967 to 1968, agnostic Brazilian doctor Sebastian Fausto de Faria alleged apparitions and messages from the Virgin Mary. The following is one of the messages:

"I am truly Myriam, Immaculate Mother of Jesus. My principal title is that of Divine Maternity, the reason for my own existence. I am the messenger of faith and love for a Christianity traumatized by discord, in the midst of a humanity threatened in its spirituality. 

To the Church of my Son, guardian and first interpreter of his doctrine, and of which I am also Mother, I address the following exhortation: 

that, without renouncing her essence and her fundamental values, she continue to adapt her action to the present times with wisdom and prudence, in order to better accomplish her spiritual mission, a sacred mission, above all evangelizing;

that the primacy of the worship of God and my Son be re-established, and that those whose holy lives are a permanent source of virtue be invoked;

that people respect the churches and the hierarchy, and accept the authority of episcopal decisions, especially those of the greatest: Peter. Let the faithful beware of the arsonists of faith and discipline within the Church itself!" 

The local bishop granted the imprimatur to Dr. Fausto de Faria's messages and authorized the construction of a shrine.

Message of July 12, 1968

Apparitions of Myriam, Immaculate Mother of Jesus to Sebastian Fausto de Faria in Natividade, Brazil, 1968 ( authorized devotion)

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