Spreading the word about Mary of Bondi.
Apparitions grow in significance as the faithful hear of the phenomenon and find their way to belief and acceptance.
Our Lady of Lourdes, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of Aparecida, Our Lady of Manaoag and the many other apparitions accepted worldwide are today great trees of belief that began with a single seed and now provide shelter, hope and comfort to multitudes.
With apparitions, the greater the number of believers, the greater the good that flows from them. So the lesson is this: if you accept Mary of Bondi, if you want her message to make a difference, help spread the word.
Why would the Holy Mother choose to appear in Bondi?
Why did she appear in any of these places? I don't know if anyone knows the answer to that. But I have worked out why she would choose to appear in Bondi.
The answer, I think, is that Bondi is a crossroads, a word famous beach that attracts people from all parts of the planet. It's a place rich in youth, energy and creativity, a cultural magnet for surfers, artists and innovators, a place where you can walk the streets and hear people speaking Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Mandarin, Tagalog, French, German, Japanese and Mandarin, and detect English-speaking accents from Ireland, America, New Zealand, Canada, Fiji, Samoa, South Africa and many others.
People come to Bondi from all over the world to experience this unique place, and then return home with memories and stories. So maybe Mary would choose Bondi for exactly that reason: by appearing here, she can tap into the energy and the passion of Bondi’s many visitors, and be sure that word will spread to their homelands and the faithful there.