"No Words Were Spoken."

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Let me preface this by saying that I find both these individuals entertaining.

Last night I stumbled upon a video of Pastor Mark Driscoll misrepresenting something that Candace Owens (who recently became Catholic) shared on her livestream and he got Ratioed in the comments section.

She had mentioned that she had a dream about a friend of hers that had recently passed (Charlie Kirk, whom I believe was also close to becoming Catholic had his life not been cut short).

Pastor Mark was “raised Catholic.” I put this in quotes, because I don’t think they lived their Catholic Christian faith. They just went through the motions if at all. I listen to Pastor Mark’s podcast and he often is ignorant of what Catholic Christians actually believe and he will often misrepresent what we believe.

Pastor Mark begins his video by sharing how he had a vision while speaking at a Conference in the U.K. when he saw a young lady walking by. He claims he saw this women being abused by her boyfriend in the vision. After his talk, he went up to her and said, “You need to go back to your Dad” and leave this young man you are with. He explained to her his vision and according to his story, she asked how he knew about the abuse that had occurred the night before.

He then begins to contrast his vision with Candace Owens’ dream. He even called her dream necromancy (which it was not). She was not seeking the dead.

This brings me to the title of this post. After my Dad passed, I believe God gifted me with a very vivid dream, a moment with my Dad I have not dreamt of my Dad since this. No words were spoken. But, it gave me the opportunity to forgive him. I woke up with great joy & peace in my heart.

I noticed in the comments section last night that others shared similar dreams of loved one’s who have passed and the common phrase, “no words were spoken,” often accompanied these stories.

So my question to you guys is, have any of you ever experienced this. And if so, do you believe these dreams are a gift from God, of demons as Pastor Mark was alluding to, or simply a natural way in which our brains process grief (which Pastor Mark also speculated)?

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While we are forbidden to attempt conversation with the dead (I think; summoning them is right out except when we call on their help, but their must be some official distinction), I believe that God sometimes permits them to speak to us.

Right after Saint Marianne Cope died, one of the Sisters thought she heard Mother Marianne say that now she would help them more than she could before.

A friend of mine who has faith asked of a friend of ours who had died whether heaven and God are real. “Yes and yes,” my friend heard (it might have been a dream). My friend thinks it was our friend answering his question, and I think so too.

Now, Cade, help us old people out with your modern slang: what does “got Ratioed” mean?

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Correct! What we do not do is necromancy. This is forbidden (Leviticus 19:31; Deuteronomy 18:10–11; 2 Chronicles 33:6).

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This is when you get more negative responses than likes.

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But your father is not dead. The Saints are not dead. Christ is the God of living, not the dead.