Mailbag: Mysteries

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Let’s go to the mail, starting with Wyoming, where, as we reported, an abnormal number per thousand of suicides seems to be taking place. One tabloid headline: “America’s New Death Valley.”
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We’re talking about low overall numbers, but a bafflingly high rate—one of the highest in the world.
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Noted a news clip: “The suicide rate in a rural area of Wyoming has skyrocketed to become the fourth highest in the world, one coroner has claimed. The unnatural deaths in Natrona County began last fall, and have continued into the new year. Coroner Jim Whipps on Tuesday urged county commissioners to address the issue, after 12 people, mostly young adults, killed themselves over the past four months.”
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The record setter for this county was a couple years ago, at thirty-two or so (there may have been another).
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Urging immediate study, officials say the cause is “mysterious,” perhaps do to the school system. Do drugs also play a role?
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Casper is a city in central Wyoming. It offers breathtaking landscapes and scenery, is the second-most populous city after Cheyenne. It has about 6,000 residents. The surrounding county has about 20,000 more
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A viewer named Manny Ortiz believes he has insights as to perhaps why.+
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“I lived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for many years, and I was involved in youth ministry,” he says. “I remember when we went to Casper for a Catholic youth retreat, we were told that Casper had a lot of occult activity, especially on Casper Mountain. This is a reminder for me to pray for the people of Casper. Wyoming itself is a very troubled area, spiritually. I’m just glad Wyoming Catholic College and the Marian Shrine are in Wyoming now.”+
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For you to severalize.
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Also for your discernment: a statue said to be exuding honey, olive oil, and salt.+
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It is being taken quite seriously, and the place—which we had not previously identified–is  at the Church of San José and Santa Teresita in Aguas de Santa Bárbara, Brazil.
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We’ll take it under advisement. (The video below was taken on May 11, 2024.)
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A woman named Emily from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, requesting her surname not be used, had some strong opinions about the Holy Father’s recent interview in the CBS show, 60 Minutes, in which he said a recent Vatican decision allows individuals in homosexual unions to be blessed, but not the union itself (something he has stated previously).
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“I’m sending you this email because the Pope’s wording in the interview, and the wording in the document, actually indicate there’s not been further clarity on homosexual blessings,” writes Emily. “I am very sad to say the Pope appears to be confused over the wording in the document. Here are the two quotes which show a contradiction, and the underlining and other emphases are mine to show where this gets confusing. From the interview: ‘But to bless each person, yes. The blessing is for everyone. For everyone. To bless a homosexual-type union, however, goes against the given right, against the law of the Church. But to bless each person, why not?’++

“And from the document, within the first few paragraphs at the very beginning:++

“’It is precisely in this context that one can understand the possibility of blessing couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples without officially validating their status or changing in any way the Church’s perennial teaching on marriage.’++

“Clearly stated in the document is the possibility of blessing couples, while clearly stated from the interview is blessing of each individual person.+

“What gets to be confusing is how the Pope says we are blessing couples outside of the liturgy, and yet he says we cannot bless unions. Being a couple and unionhood are the same thing for Christians. Either you are one or you aren’t. There isn’t a semi-union, nor is there a lifetime engagement. And you can’t cohabitate while being engaged. In other words, there is no gray area.++

“After all, there is no union here, and one is not possible, right? Just something for anyone to consider. An open question.”++

Meanwhile, a viewer from Ireland named Michael who had an aunt involved in the occult, argues that “sometimes tongues can be demonic rather than charismatic. My witch grandaunt brought me to a charismatic novena when I was twenty-four, after which I received ‘tongues.’ In Irish I had been repeating: ‘ní mo Hannah mo sín scí mo Hannah.’ I realize today it was Irish but not the translation. I just Googled the translation and the tongues were demonic. (One word was Hebrew: ‘hannah’ is the Hebrew name for ‘favor.’ What I had been repeating without realizing it is: ‘My favor, is not my favor.’ Basically, cursing myself that my good fortunes did not belong to me.”++

We certainly know most instances of “tongues” are powerful and holy, as at Pentecost. They are often particularly potent against the enemy.++

Again, we’ll leave it up to you to decide.

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