- Could you ever see yourself sharing similar messages that your Letter Writer did on your own social media accounts? Why or why not? What would you say?
I actually do think I could see myself sharing similar messages. This is because John talks a lot about love for one another, and that God is part of love. I beleive that I can't see my gods, but their actually all in my heart. So sharing love with one another is like sharing God's gifts. This is what John's message is, that we can only reach God by sharing love with one another, to our brothers, sisters, and fellow human beings.
2. What were some new things that you learned from the Marian Apparition projects (be specific)?
In the Marian Apparation projects I drew some comparisons and differences. Some comparisons is Mary usually asked the person she apparated to, to build a church or a chapel. However, the church or chapels she asked would be built for different reasons. When Mary apparted in Laus she wanted it for a place of sinners to convert and for priests to live there. However, in Our Lady of Atkin, it was a little different. Since, her apparation in Japan, Atkin was more recent, and she showed more signs that her actual self to another person. I learned overall that Mary deeply loves her son, and appareted to others for her son's chapels, and her devotees are absolutely devoted to her.
3. How did you see resilience at work within the Marian apparition that you researched?
I saw resilience in the way the people she apparated to devoted themsleves to Mary's word. A good example of this is in Our Lady of Lourdes. The girl that Mary apparted to is a poor girl name Bernadette. Bernadette saw the apparation of Mary, and stayed in the grotto for 15 days! Bernadette dug, and dug the rough soil in search of water. The people of her village watched her tirelessly work at the ground until she found the holy water deep in the ground.
4. Do you see yourself as being resilient? Why or why not?
Yes, in some ways I think that I am resilient because if I come upon a problem I usually can figure it out. I also think being resilient is the ability to not only deal with things by yourself, but be able to ask others for help. It takes a lot of courage to ask for help when you think of yourself as very strong. Sometimes however, I have to rely on someone else when I have a big problem, and those times I am not as resilient. But I also think that as human beings, we can't always be resilient but affected, and sometimes I think that's okay to let our feelings come out. We don't always have to be strong, but we can have our strong and weak moments that make us who we are.
