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Stigmata

Stigmata

A stigmata is a spontaneous manifestation of bloody wounds on a person's hands, feet, and side, similar to wounds of the crucified Jesus Christ. Writers about stigmata episodes, categorize them as either divine or mystical, external or internal. “Over 300 have been recorded and are regarded as a truly coveted experience in ones spiritual acceptance.” (Britanica 293)  A Stigmata consists of five classic points where wounds appear: the side, both hands and both feet. Traditionally these are known as the Five Wounds or the Sacred Wounds of our Lord, because they are the marks that occurred at the time of His Crucifixion. Some people are said to suffer the Passion of Christ which includes the agony at Gethsemane which had the tears or sweating of blood, scourging at the pillar, the crowning of thorns, beatings, the shoulder sound from carrying the Cross, and the Five Wounds inflicted during the Crucifixion itself. 
With the stigmata we have to be very discerning and very careful. “It is true that psychosomatic effects can take place in people when they are in an hysterical state or whatever”. (Harrison, 3.)  Even some cases have been documented where people induced this phenomenon by their

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