I've heard some people in the traditionalist community are skeptical of such visions because apparently the angels would not go into the chapel and such... can anybody give me reasons why there should be skepticism around such visions?

For many years I had uncertainty about the Divine Mercy devotions, having
seen many traditional Catholics involved with it, and I had doubts about
the Divine Mercy devotions when I read about how it had been prohibited
under Pope Pius XII, who many consider was "angelic."  

I read that Sr. Faustina's diary could not have been written by her since she
was illiterate, and then I heard a rather shallow woman tell me that she
preferred Sr. Faustina to Sr. Lucia of Fatima because she was so much better
looking.  I asked her about the fact that Sr. Lucia obeyed Our Lady who told
her to learn to read and write, but Sr. Faustina never did learn.  She had no
answer, and I then had more uncertainty, and more doubts.  

Things were not looking so good for the Divine Mercy cult.

I was not appreciative of JPII's tampering with the Rosary to make it 20
decades, introducing 5 new ones that are quite foreign to the whole ebb
and flow of the beautiful 15-decade garland of Our Lady.  I was encouraged
by my priest who held up a glow-in-the-dark Prison Ministry plastic rosary at
the pulpit and he said, "This is as close as I get to the Luminous Mysteries!"

Years went by, and I prayed for an answer.

Then one day, I was at a Rosary Rally not long ago and I was seated next to
a Filipino lady, who got extra loud at the Fatima Decade Prayer.  She said,

"O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell.  Lead all souls
to heaven especially those most in need of The Divine Mercy."


The incursion of this Divine Mercy cult into my Rosary meditations was the
last straw!  ENOUGH with this!

All my uncertainty and doubts suddenly vanished. I think it was a miracle!

It was condemned under John XXIII by the Holy Office headed by Cardinal Ottavianni.

http://www.cathinfo.com/catholic.php/Holy-Office-forbids-Divine-Mercy

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It was condemned under John XXIII by the Holy Office headed by Cardinal Ottaviani.

http://www.cathinfo.com/catholic.php/Holy-Office-forbids-Divine-Mercy

I provide two factual statements and one person gives a "thumbs down."

There's been a lot of that happening lately. I am starting to suspect that this place is crawling with closeted conciliarist subversives.

If it is, however, that could be the silver lining to the thumbs-down cloud. That is to say, some things written here—actual Catholic facts being among the most "objectionable"—could be getting under the bad guys' skin. So doubtless there are occasions when a down-turned thumb ought to be seen as a badge of honor.

…It's the same person who always thumbs down posts that oppose the Divine Mercy devotion.…

This is news to me; thank you, Cheryl. I had no idea that there were Trads that didn't oppose it! It's as creepy and dangerous and subversive an innovation as those "luminous" mysteries.

Dear SJB:

You do a very funny impression of an automated telemarketer.

Incidentally, I am always happy to see your handle, since the actual SJB is the patron saint of those in my profession.

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She promotes the Divine Mercy.

Sede is a male.

I did think that he was a male initially, but somebody recently referenced him as a her so I thought I was wrong. I will refer to him as him from here forward.

He's a strange bird and he's totally wrong about Divine Mercy. There was a trad who went by the name "JDobbs" who was also crazy about Divine Mercy. Birds of a feather.

… Here's a little excerpt from one of his lengthy tirades against me:

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…If you ever **even once** post against The Divine Mercy on any thread ever again, I will put you on ignore.…

Wow. That sounds like an offer that would be hard to refuse.

Kidding aside, the Faustina grift is the last thing I'd expect an SV to fall for. Yet again, however, facts make expectations look like fools.