Lightning Strikes the Vatican!

1970jennifer · Feb 12, 2013

What Can this Mean!!!!????

There has got to be some kind of significance to this, I mean the Pope resigns and then -BANG- lightning strikes! I looked up every reference to lightning in the bible and it's always either God's power or destruction. And I'm not even going to mention the Saint Mala.....

Insight anyone? (and please don't say "it means lightning struck the Vatican" because so far everyone i have told has been like 'big deal, so lightning struck the Vatican')
Then they asked why I am calling them at 5:AM to tell them that lightning struck the Vatican when just yesterday I woke them up at 5:30AM to tell them that the Pope resigned. Then they say to not call at 5:30 AM again unless Jesus actually comes back.
So ignorant.

Jen

Anhelyna · Feb 12, 2013

Seen any black helicopters recently ?

MKJ · Feb 12, 2013

It means they are on a hill.

Passionate Chicken · Feb 12, 2013

Lightening struck it twice just hours after the Pope resigned.
Did Lightning Really Strike Vatican After Pope's Resignation?

Lightning Strikes St Peters Basilica - YouTube

pgp_protector · Feb 12, 2013

Ya wonder why they have Lightning Rods, couldn't have anything to do with the History of it being hit by Lightning ???

Tigg · Feb 12, 2013

Anhelyna said:
Seen any black helicopters recently ?

Wall. one flew over my house once...

StarOfSorrow · Feb 12, 2013

Gallery of the Gods: Zeus - YouTube

Standing_Ultraviolet · Feb 12, 2013

I don't mean this to sound rude, but lightning strikes at the Vatican definitely aren't omens portending doom. The prophecy attributed to St. Malachi very likely had his name attributed to it after the fact by someone hoping to encourage the election of a particular pope who fit the next pope's description very well (and who lost). Descriptions of popes prior to the alleged discovery of the prophecy fit extremely well, and afterward, some are just reaching (like saying that "wavy man" fit a pope because he lived in a city supposedly founded by Odysseus).

St. Peter's Basilica is a high point, located above everything surrounding it. The top of it is essentially a lightning rod. I'm sure that it's struck by lightning fairly often.

Passionate Chicken · Feb 12, 2013

Black helicopters fly in our area all the time. We hear a chopper approaching and go to look and 9 times out of 10 it's black with no numbers whatever. Pretty wild. Especially when they fly low and circle certain houses in the area.

I wish I had a PA system for outdoors so I could play the X-files theme .

This is an old article[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Vatican artisans work to restore tip of St. Peter's Basilica

By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Besides setting up the scaffolding, the "pontarolli" also erected a cable that now shuttles equipment and supplies to the dome's tip.

Archbishop Comastri said part of the restoration project includes putting up a new lightning rod "since a lot of lightning bolts hit the basilica."

He said artisans will clean and repair the 16 stone candelabra that dot the top of the lantern, and specialists will tackle the rust and corrosion that has encrusted the dome's gold-plated, bronze sphere.

Though from St. Peter's Square the sphere looks no larger than a beach ball, the archbishop said the hollow globe can actually fit up to 14 people.

A large cross adorns the sphere, atop of which will be affixed the Vatican's hi-tech lightning rod, which marks the highest point of the basilica at almost 450 feet, he said.[/FONT]

S.ilvio · Feb 12, 2013

Thats natre for you and I'm sure God is smiling at the timing...

Genersis · Feb 12, 2013

Obviously I don't think it means anything.

There are other ways of looking at it if you want to add a meaning to it. Arguably, you could say it's symbolic; representing the Vatican(Catholicism) protecting the Earth(Us humans) from God's wrath(Eternal Torment).

The early phone calls is going a bit far. You could of waited till later.

1970jennifer · Feb 12, 2013

Well, thank you for all the replies. The black helicopter thing went right over my head, though. Great, now that's another thing I have to worry about.
OK, so there's no significance to it. Done and done. Here I was thinking the end is neigh! Imagine, I was going to repent and start atoning for my sins like now!!! Good to know I won't have to worry about that for a while. By the way, what's everyone giving up for Lent? I'm trying to go 40 days without using the f word. It's a real problem for me.

+JMJ
Jen

MikeK · Feb 12, 2013

I couldn't go 40 minutes without saying the F-word.

What is +JMJ? I don't knw what it is, so I'm going to assume it is some sort of tribute to Jam Master Jay. That's awesome.

pgp_protector · Feb 12, 2013

MikeK said:
I couldn't go 40 minutes without saying the F-word.

What is +JMJ? I don't knw what it is, so I'm going to assume it is some sort of tribute to Jam Master Jay. That's awesome.

IIRC. it's Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

football5680 · Feb 12, 2013

"Yes," he told them, "I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning! Luke 10:18

Beginning of the end times maybe?

Adaephon · Feb 12, 2013

1970jennifer said:
Then they asked why I am calling them at 5:AM to tell them that lightning struck the Vatican when just yesterday I woke them up at 5:30AM to tell them that the Pope resigned. Then they say to not call at 5:30 AM again unless Jesus actually comes back.
So ignorant.

Jen

Not sure if you might be kidding, but you know most people are asleep at 5 AM, or are only just waking up, right?

Ave Maria · Feb 12, 2013

Somehow I imagine it has been struck by lightning many times in the past. It is a tall structure and it sits on a hill with no trees taller than it in the area. Naturally its a lightning magnet when storms roll through.

pgp_protector · Feb 12, 2013

Ave Maria said:
Somehow I imagine it has been struck by lightning many times in the past. It is a tall structure and it sits on a hill with no trees taller than it in the area. Naturally its a lightning magnet when storms roll through.

Shhh facts in threads like this are not always appreciated.

MikeK · Feb 12, 2013

pgp_protector said:
IIRC. it's Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

That makes sense, thanks.

thereselittleflower · Feb 12, 2013

1970jennifer said:
Well, thank you for all the replies. The black helicopter thing went right over my head, though. Great, now that's another thing I have to worry about.
OK, so there's no significance to it. Done and done. Here I was thinking the end is neigh! Imagine, I was going to repent and start atoning for my sins like now!!! Good to know I won't have to worry about that for a while. By the way, what's everyone giving up for Lent? I'm trying to go 40 days without using the f word. It's a real problem for me.

+JMJ
Jen

Do you think that your life could not be required of you at any moment?

Why would you put off repentance?

You personal end could be at any moment. . are you ready to meet your maker right now?

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