Why Apparitions Today?
One of the most significant aspects of modern life has been the repeated visitations of Our Lady from Her celestial home to earth. It is perfectly true to say that at no time, during the entire history of the Catholic Church, has Our Blessed Mother revealed Herself so often as during the last one hundred and fifty years. So frequently has She intervened within this period of time to warn man that he is treading the brink of destruction and to point out to him the way to salvation, that these manifestations have become a prominent feature in Catholic life, and the expression “Marian Age” has rightly been assigned to our times. In view of the importance of these interventions in human affairs, it would seem proper at the very outset to establish the position that these private revelations hold in the Church. As everything necessary for man’s salvation is found in the public deposit of faith which is confided to the Churchand public revelation has ceased with the death of the last Apostle
