Stigmata and Satan's work

Let me start by saying that stigmata is not a biblical fact. There is nothing in scripture that records anyone ever having stigmata, talking about stigmata or that anyone would ever receive stigmata. I am tired of hearing about the alleged miracles of stigmata so it was time that I wrote an article about and present the facts of the case.

In the New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia, there is a lot of information about the subject. They claim that there were over 20 stigmatics in the 19th century. I will list some of the more known ones.

Therese Neumann, Padre Pio, Mryna Nazzour,Julia Kim, St Gemma of Galgani and St.Rita of Cascia.

The 'wounds' of Mryna Nazzour were self-inflicted, from veiwing the pictures. All of them were straight scratches, not one puncture. Even on her hands and feet, it was scratches, more than likely from her fingernails.

St. Rita's only wound was a single wound on her forehead.

St. Gemma- Pope Pius XI says of her "She bore the wounds of Christ".

Padre Pio had stigmata through his hands.

Julia Kim, who was best known for having claimed that the wafer she had taken in the Eucharist turned to flesh and blood and was bleeding. In all actuallity, the 'blood' looks like old strawberry jelly. Anyone can google her name and look under images to see the same photo that I saw. Added to that, the blood and flesh that Christ spoke of was indeed symbolic. I will address this in the next blog.

Lastly, Therese Nuemann. A german woman who claimed to have stigmata. There were many claims made about her. Supposedly. she shed tears of blood (which was not a wound of Christ), sharp pain and bleeding on her left side, wounds in her hands, on her head, she had her sight restored, her limbs restored and others. It is claimed that she had over 700 occasions of stigmata. It sounds impressive to most Catholics. ALso, one of the greatest claims and it is a lie, that she went from 1925-1962 with no food except the euchrist wafer and from 1927-1962, she had no water and no other fluids except the wine for the euchrist. It is physicaly impossible to go that long without food and water, her body would have suffered from dehydration and malnourishment. It is said that she lost no weight during this time. We know now that that is impossible as well. Even for patients with feeding tubes and are on IV's for fluids that they can can gain or lose weight.To top it off, there are Catholic prayers to this woman.


Let me start by saying that Christ was not nailed through His hands. The hands could not support the weight of a full grown man. And Roman history shows (and it was the Romans who actually nailed Him to the cross) that crucifixtion was done through the median nerve which is in the wrist, even through tradition and Catholic art shows it was in through the hands.

Second, Christ suffered these wounds so that we would not have to. Sstigmata is not in scripture, therefore we know that it is not biblical. Could it be an act from God? Unlikely. Again, Christ suffered for us, He paid our debt. Could it be an act of Satan? Most likely. I say that because Satan strives on deception. Satan wants us to turn from God. God never tells us that we are goign to get stigmata and there is no record in biblical history of anyone having it. The other part to this is called Invisable Stigmata. The pain of the wounds but no physical wounds. Does that mean every time I have a severe headache, I am having invisable stigmata? Of course not, because stigmata is not biblical and it is not from God.

We have to learn to trust God's word. He gave it to us for a really really good reason. I pray that this has helped just one person. That is my goal in life. To just help one person. If I can do that, then I will be happy and satisfied. God Bless you all!