Hello, my name is Father Gregory Pine and I'm a Dominican friar of the

province of St Joseph. I teach at the Dominican House of Studies and I work for the

Tomistic Institute and this is Pines of the Quinas. In this episode I want to ask do we need Marion apparitions? I

ask this question with Father Bonaventure recently on a God's blending episode but I

want to ask it here again to examine it at greater length because on one hand, you got a lot of folks

who are inquiring into the faith or joining the faith

and they're concerned to know like, okay,

what is the bread and butter?

What is the meat and potatoes what is the simple

formula for which I'm responsible you know like lots of doctrines lots of

devotions lots of people saying lots of things like do I need to care

about this because if I don't

have to care about this I feel like I'd like to focus elsewhere. Okay so you got those people

but then you got other people who are like give it all give it all to me right so I want to

know this I want to know that I want to practice this I want to practice that

But then they might be concerned because like how do you explain this to others or how do you present this to others because

Certainly there are folks who look at the

Catholic practice of the faith and they're like I thought you guys worship Jesus

what's all this like worship of Mary going on so we have a feel for what fits in our own life, but we want to be able to explain it to our contemporaries so that way they aren't scandalized by our prayer and practice.

So bring your questions to the table. I'll see if I can answer them. Let's ask

together whether or not we need marrying apparitions.

Okay, as you might have suspected for a follower of St. Thomas Aquinas, the answer is going to be no, and yes.

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