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#12468 Did the Miracle of the Sun Actually Happen? - Tim Staples

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“Did the Miracle of the Sun actually happen?” This question opens a discussion on the authenticity of miraculous events in Catholic tradition. Other topics include the relationship between God’s will and personal manifestation, the nature of the Mass as a propitiatory sacrifice, and the significance of Ananias laying hands on St. Paul.

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Questions Covered:

  • 02:35 – Did The Miracle of the Sun actually happen?
  • 17:23 – Can we manifest what God will give us?
  • 29:25 – If the mass is a Propitiatory sacrifice then how come mortal sin can’t be forgiven during mass?
  • 45:00 – What was the significance of Ananias laying his hands on St. Paul?
  • 50:23 – Josephus said James was Jesus’ brother. What is the Catholic response to that?

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As advertised, Tim Staples, our guest this hour.

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Tim making me turn his computer on while I'm trying to do the intro to this. No, I got it. Everybody stay seated. I will do two things at once. You will see. I can do two things at once. Ask me anything. 888-3-1-8. This thing is usually on already. Don't make me do three things. There you go. Is you're going to find, at least it's open. 8883118. The top professionals, that's what we are here at Catholic Answers. Come on. If you got a question about the Catholic faith, we'd love to take it. And you don't have to be Catholic to call. Again, the number 8883187-884. The way we play this game is I get to ask the opening question, and then you get to ask all the questions after that. And I'll tell you right now, there's two lines open. We got four lines full, two lines open. So get in that queue if you've got a question for Tim. 8883187884 Tim Staples, a senior apologist here at Catholic Answers. I've been doing this longer than most of you have been alive. Let me just put it that way. I'm doing this longer than most of you've been alive. Widely recognized, at least everywhere I go, as the very best, as the top dog, as the guy everybody wants to imitate in this business of Catholic apologetics, the author of Behold Your Mother, a biblical and historical defense of the Marian doctrines. Hello, Tim Staples. Hey, brother. How are you? I'm good. Are you wearing a summer shirt? I am. Because it's so nice and warm out today. Good Lord. It's been raining like crazy, but it's sunny today, though. No, it was the thing that was in the front of my closet. Okay, all right. Are the Christmas lights up yet? No, not yet. How are the spaceships up there navigating if you don't put on your Christmas lights for them to see why? Not until Friday after Thanksgiving. We're strict on that, man. Okay. All right. My question for you

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is a little late. It should have been asked October 13th. So you know what it's about if it should

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have been asked October 13th. Yes. A lot of Catholics out there right now are going, I know what this

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question is going to be about. It is. And it's beautiful and powerful. Right. October 13th, the miracle of the sun,

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Our Lady of Guadalupe. So... Fatima. Excuse me. We were just talking about Our Lady of Guadalupe.

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Thank you. Same lady. Different spot. Different spot. That's right. Same Blessed Mother.

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Yeah, right. I guess what I meant to say was

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when Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared at Fatima. That's not how you're supposed to say that.

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Or you could say when Our Lady appeared at Fatima. Yeah, that's right. But it's the same Our Lady.

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Yes, but so this is, now I'm trying to remember, 1917, I think. Is that right? 1917? And then

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it promised a miracle, and then boy, did they get a miracle. It's called the miracle of the sun.

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So am I supposed to believe that this actually happened? The sun danced in the sky. Yeah.

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And, you know, we first have to clarify,

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as you know, Cy, that the church does not require faith in any private revelation or apparition

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or anything like this. So it's not something that we're required to believe with divine and Catholic

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faith because only, in fact, not all

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magisterial teachings are required to be believed with divine and Catholic faith, only infallible

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