(2nd March ’08) One person told the tabloid paper that after the House of Prayer lost its charitable status in Ireland, some followers were invited to a secret meeting outside Mullingar. “We all arrived on the bus and by the time we got there we were already very tired” and the person noted that the majority of the people present were elderly. Fr McGinnity started by saying a full Rosary. Then he started reading these messages from Our Lady and Jesus. The messages were very threatening, saying that the House of Prayer needed money and that if were financially able to help them then, we had to do so and if we didn’t we were facing eternal damnation in the next life". |
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This is an outrageous allegation, coming from an unnamed and unidentified source. Those who did attend a meeting outside Mullingar at the request of Majella Meade have all signed a statement to challenge the above claim. It is noticeable how all present except two have signed and in fact, in their statement, those who signed say that Fr McGinnity had attended in a spiritual capacity and his only role on the night was to lead the Rosary. Up to 90 percent of the people present were not elderly and all found the night to be a night of great joy. There is no message recorded in which Jesus or Mary ever said “the House of Prayer needed money and that if you are financially able to help them, that you must do so and if you don’t, you are facing eternal damnation” Surely the paper in question, if not the person giving them the statement should be able to provide a copy of such an alarming ‘message’. At the meeting in question, some messages were read by Majella Meade after Fr. McGinnity had finished the Rosary. The Messages read were from the booklet of messages available to everybody. |
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(2nd March ’08) “Two or three people said they had put money aside for old age, but Fr McGinnity told them to give the money anyway, that they would be looked after in the future. It was like mass hypnosis at that meeting” |
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Another example of a claimed ‘event’, which simply did not happen. One would wonder how praying the Rosary could be regarded as ‘mass hypnosis’? Again, those present at that meeting take great offence at the allegation, which is a total untruth, and they challenge the people behind this statement either to provide proof of what they have said, or to withdraw same. Years after any event, it is always to be expected that any disenchanted person may choose to create mischief by allegations such as above. Sadly, the media’s tactics seem to be to present sensational vivid headlines, however, untrue or ridiculous. The voice of truth by a MASSIVE counter majority would not sell newspapers. |
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One newspaper (tabloid) article tries to disparage Fr.McGinnity for the mere fact of having been approached by individuals reporting mystical experiences (or claiming 'visions'). |
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In its document on lay people in the Church, the Second Vatican Council acknowledges special gifts received by the Faithful and our need to test everything "not certainly with a view to quenching the Spirit" but to
"keep what is good" (Ch.1 :3).
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