Justice Scalia on Miracles and the Supernatural – Mentions Medjugorje

Last updated on: February 14, 2016 at 8:04 am by Mystic Post

Justice Scalia on Miracles and the Supernatural – Mentions Medjugorje 2016-02-14T08:04:05-05:00 Mystic Post

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By Stephen Ryan

May Justice Scalia rest in peace. As we all know he was a devout Catholic. What many did not know was his strong beliefs in miracles and the supernatural.

A few years ago Justice Scalia told a room full of lawyers and judges that Christians and Catholics should not be afraid to embrace the supernatural

St. Thomas More Society honored Justice Scalia for his efforts on behalf of the Catholic Church. In his acceptance speech Justice Scalia outlined a long list of Christian beliefs that he said are greeted with derision by the worldly — dogmas including Christ’s divinity, the virgin birth and Christ’s resurrection.

Scalia said “Although the sophisticated may deride them as simple-minded, committed Christians should have the courage to embrace their faith. It isn’t irrational to accept the testimony of eyewitnesses to miracles”

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“What is irrational,” he said, “is to reject a priori, with no investigation, the possibility of miracles in general and of Jesus Christ’s resurrection in particular — which is, of course, precisely what the worldly wise do.”

Scalia cited the 10-year-old case of a priest in the Washington archdiocese who was said to have the stigmata. Statues of Mary and the saints appeared to weep in his presence. Reporters for The Washington Post did a story and were unable to find an explanation for the strange phenomena.

“Why wasn’t that church absolutely packed with nonbelievers,” Scalia asked, “seeking to determine if there might be something to this?”

The answer was obvious, he said with disdain: “The wise do not investigate such silliness.”

“Surely those who adhere to all or most of these traditional Christian beliefs are regarded in the educated circles that you and I travel in as, well, simple-minded,”

The Catholic justice cited a story in The Washington Post that described Christian fundamentalists as “poorly educated and easily led. The same attitude applies, of course, to traditional Catholics, who do such positively peasant like things as saying the rosary, kneeling in adoration before the Eucharist, going on pilgrimages to Lourdes or Medjugorje and — worst of all — following indiscriminately, rather than in smorgasbord fashion, the teachings of the pope.”

Stephen Ryan is the author of best selling Catholic thriller – The Madonna Files

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