Does anyone find this recent post at SpiritDaily to be a troubling development? I realize keeping an apostolate like SpiritDaily afloat can't be easy, and they've done so much good, but charging a subscription fee for prophecy? That's a dangerous development IMO, as you run the real risk of falling into sensationalism to sell subscriptions: http://www.spiritdaily.com/special report3.htm
Imagine if MDM ( Mary Carberry) threw a couple of hundred thousand dollars Michael Browns way ? Then what ?
I agree. It is most unusual for someone to sell what another has declared. Glenn if you start selling Garabandal information, count me in the gig somehow
Hey Mark. Get in line. I am already going to hold the camera for Glenn at the Miracle ha ha. I guess you can get paid if that is the case though because I would rather be with Glenn there than make money
I don't think a subscription to an online magazine is the same as selling prophecy, anymore than religious bookstores making a profit on the prophetic books they sell. The worker is worth his wages.
I am not sure. I don't mind extra charges to read research-based material, but it seems to me that prophecy (unless personal) is meant for as many people as possible to hear. I like Michael Brown and Spirit Daily but I haven't felt comfortable about subscribing.
Agreed. There is something distasteful about it. I'm not saying its "wrong" but it certainly doesn't feel "right" to publish a teaser on a prophecy, only to have the reader realize they have to subscribe to read what was promised from the main page.
For those who have never dealt with Michael Brown, he's no angel. For years I wrote to him to print my Garabandal facts and findings ,especially about the close relationship of Padre Pio & Conchita,but he refuses to print the truth, because he & his wife support Medjugorje, and they want that to be the focus of "prophecy ". Hey, maybe if I pay him enough ,he now will print my facts & findings, Hmmmmm?
What about a magazine selling prophecy Kathy? which is what is on offer here. Personally I hope people dont pay to read false messages.Which are on offer.
If someone signs up post the rest of it here I am all for supporting those in need and those that have something of value they are selling. I just don't like how this is presented. The "look what you are missing!" by not signing up. Now every 2 weeks I am going to hit a link and get a taste of a story that I can't read unless I pay a nominal fee. Seems the way of the internet anymore. I like Michael and his site just wish I knew why he is charging now. Does he need 50 cents from everyone for every "special report" story? How is he going to decide what is free and what isn't? Is the most helpful or insightful information held back for paying customers? Is he making extra effort on these stories to justify paying? hmmmm I may sign up if I can see a reason but right now I can't. I support Mark Mallett because he asked and his ministy and family need it. He is also a fellow Canadian.
There is a man in Medj. who lived there all his life. For the first 25 years of the Apparition he and his family refused to buy even a refrigerator (they eventually did). Why? "Because I don't want to make money off of Gospa."
I subscribed to it. I've read, and listened to, Michael Brown's works ever since the mid-nineties when I first heard him talking about Medjugorje on a tv show. Medjugorje led me directly to becoming Catholic, and I can thank Michael for that. I've benefited from his research for nearly twenty years now. I've bought many of his books, but otherwise I have received the rest of his information for free, by way of his Spirit Daily links and features. Since he has supplied all of that free for the taking, and obviously works at it around the clock, I understand he must feel that his work is worth some recompense, and a dollar a month is pretty nominal. The man has bills to pay, a family to support, and websites to keep up. I don't have much money, but even so, I consider his offerings to be well worth it. He's not making money on prophecy, he's just trying to cover some minimal expenses, while he researches and writes and dispenses it to us. It's a job.
I agree with you summer fields I have been reading Michael Brown books, spirit daily, conference etc and have never paid anything even though he does ask for donations. I subscribed To special reports. They are good But not for general reading. I would not advise a new Christian to read this stuff. Any way you can find this info elsewhere on the Internet and books (for sale by the way!) Give Michael a break. He is doing a lot of good. He has been a great sign of hope for me. His (free!) articles on Charlie Johnston are a treasure!
For years I have thought Michael Brown has been tortuously cautious in his short essays on his website. If I have to pay $1 a month for more in depth spiritual reading I will. Sounds very fair to me.
I wanted to look up a message Our Lady gave in Italy on the 9th of November and when I went to a major Medugorje site they said I had to subscribe to read it. I thought this was wrong. I always wonder about the huge amounts of money it appears to run some Catholic interent sites/ What they need all the money for.
Ps Michael visits this site, at least he used to on a regular basis and so will probably read this thread. Just so you know.
Cardinal O'Malley says Pope must take action on Bishop Finn At Spirit Daily, the above was posted on November 15th, 2014 and the 16th. It upset me a lot, Bishop Finn is a holy bishop (priest) being railroaded. But, to follow at Spirit Daily, on the 17th: 'O'Malley: 'I'd love women priests' Then, on Tuesday the 18th and Wednesday, November 19th: In defense of Bishop Finn Say a prayer for Bishop Robert Finn. And pray for two priests who are cardinals now, Cardinal O'Malley and Cardinal Dolan. The end times meaning the end of an evil time. The smoke of Satan has entered the Vatican, is this reason why O'Malley and Dolan are cardinals?
well, I live in O'Malley's archdiocese and I can tell you he is quite good. He had to step in after cardinal law got shipped out for being a key cover-up person in the abuse. O'Malley became the person who had to heal the community at ground zero of the abuse scandel in the US. We have to be very careful about criticizing others, especially if we are putting their actions and words under a microscope to analyze. And we've already discussed the women priests on another thread and the feeling is it was taken out of context.
Wait a second PotatoSack, O'Malley is criticizing, acting against Finn on national TV! You do not have to defend the cardinal just because you live in his diocese. The abuse scandal was homosexual. Cardinal O'Malley by his words is for married (impossible) Lesbian/sodomite couples teaching in Catholic schools. Great protection of our children and of the Faith. The opposite took place recently in Bishop Finn's Kansas City diocese, a teacher was let go. And, CBS interviewing Cardinal O'Malley's, I am sure loved his remarks concerning Bishop Finn. From the Catholic World News Article put up at Spirit Daily recently: 11/14/14 "Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley has told the CBS television program “60 Minutes” that the status of Kansas City’s Bishop Robert Finn-- who has been convicted of endangering children because of his failure to report abuse charges—is “a question that the Holy See needs to address urgently." Cardinal O’Malley, who heads a new Vatican commission on abuse, nodded silently when “60 Minutes” correspondent Norah O’Donnell remarked that Bishop Finn would not be allowed to teach religious-education classes under the rules of the Boston archdiocese. The cardinal said that Pope Francis is keenly aware of the problem. Speaking about the work of his commission, the cardinal said: One of the first things that came up was the importance of accountability, and we’re looking at how the Church can have protocols on how to respond when a bishop has not been responsible for protection of children in his diocese." The truth, trial lawyer funded anti-Catholic group called S.N.A.P. and the awful, totally secular Kansas City Star newspaper went after Bishop Finn. Hey, in the news, judges especially and some prosecuters are not pro-Catholic. Thank Heavens, Spirit Daily followed up two days later with a Catholic League article in defense of Bishop Finn: Catholic League - December/2011 "After he (Father Ratigan) violated strictures regarding his movement last May, the diocese contacted the authorities, even though it had no legal mandate to do so. It was then that even more disturbing photos were found. In other words, Bishop Finn did what no other leader of any religious, or secular, organization has done: he put all the cards on the table and brought in the police in a case where there was no complainant. More than that, he asked for an independent investigation by a former U.S. attorney, Todd P. Graves. Graves and a team of attorneys, former prosecutors and FBI officials issued a report concluding that while some matters may have been handled better, Bishop Finn was guilty of no criminal wrongdoing (he had almost no role in this case). But that was not enough for the likes of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) and their lawyers. They drove public opinion on this issue, resulting in an unprecedented indictment of a bishop—on a misdemeanor, no less. Subsequently, they have been on a rampage finding new “victims” to sue." I can share some things about Bishop Robert Finn. He invited a traditional priestly group (ICKSP) to offer the Latin Mass in his diocese. Bishop Finn learned to offer the Tridentine Mass himself. Bishop Finn has a great devotion to Jesus' Divine Mercy promoting DM in the diocese. He is a holy priest. Jesus says in the messages, "pray for My priests" so that's what I asked for in my post, prayer for Finn and O'Malley and a the third priest, Cardinal Dolan. PotatoSack, I want to change your mind, we differ over this. I hope we can remain friends.
