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June 15, 2009
Dear Children of Medjugorje, praised be Jesus and Mary!
1 – On June 2nd Mirjana received her monthly apparition in the presence of a big crowd gathered at the Blue Cross, at the foot of Apparition Hill. After the apparition, she shared the following message: “Dear Children! My love seeks your complete and unconditional love, which will not leave you the same as you are, instead it will change you and teach you to trust in my Son. My children, with my love I am saving you and making you true witnesses of the goodness of my Son. Therefore, my children, do not be afraid to witness love in the name of my Son. Thank you.”
As Our Lady was leaving, Mirjana saw a cross and the Heart of Jesus crowned with thorns. The crown was also around the cross at the level of the two branches.
2 – Mary in Sardinia! Last fall, I was on a mission in a wonderful pl
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ace of Sardinia, Italy named Arborea. It was a weekend of intense prayer that produced great fruit.
Graziano and his wife joined the retreat for the first time. He had arrived there dragging his feet, with no hope. The insistence of a friend who knew his financial problems had convinced him to come, but he remained doubtful and anxious. He was a car dealer and he had not sold a single car all year! He was seeing his garage go out of business with the economic recession and he was worried sick.
During the weekend his heart was so moved that he made a promise to the Lord, to pray in the family everyday. As soon as he was back home, he blessed both of his sons with the sign of the Cross, and told them that from then on the whole family would pray the Rosary together every day. The following morning when he opened the store, he entrusted the whole situation and his professional activity to the Blessed Mother. For that purpose he wished to make a concrete and visible gesture of his allegiance to Mary, with no fear of what people would say. He took a ladder, climbed up to the high light pole of the store and there, in full sight, put a beautiful picture of the Blessed Mother of Medjugorje. As he was stepping down the ladder, he saw the store door open and a man come in. The man pointed to one of the cars on sale and said to Graziano, “I would like to buy this car, this one there!” One can easily guess what Graziano felt at that moment!
Our Lady is always with the ones who decide for her! Only the first step demands a little courage; but if we take that step with confidence, joy soon flows in our hearts. Was anyone ever sorry to have walked hand in hand with Our Lady? She is extraordinary!
3 - A treasure for your summer evenings
Summer evenings become very interesting and enriching when we disconnect from TV and follow a precious advice from the Gospa: share together about the Bible! Our hearts will little by little be set ablaze! It is one of the best ways to “acquire the Holy Spirit,” which is, according to St Seraphim of Sarov, the goal of Christian life.
In order to achieve this, it is good to use imagination, according to the level of Biblical knowledge in each family. The member who is the most familiar with the Bible may go over a few pages of the Gospel or the Acts of the Apostles, extract a few details, words, situations, and make questions out of them (a kind of quiz). In the evening these questions are asked by members of the family. Soon a lively discussion on the Word of God will ensue, where each person can express himself in full freedom. This is how the Gospa taught the young people of the Medjugorje prayer group to know and love the Bible!
Below you will find some examples of questions. You can start with these questions before composing your own. It’s much more fun if you don’t cheat! Play the game, and look for the answers (in the references given below) only after having really tried to answer the questions yourself!
A - Name 6 out 7 things that the Good Samaritan did when he saw the man left for dead between Jerusalem and Jericho. (Lk.10-29)
B - Name 4 of the 5 prophecies about Jesus that the Archangel Gabriel gave to Mary during the Annunciation. (Lk. 1-30)
C - Name the 3 things that the sinful woman did for Jesus, and that the Pharisee did not do when Jesus came to take his meal at his house. (Lk.7-38)
D - Jesus prepared breakfast for his apostles on the banks of the Sea of Tiberias, after his Resurrection. What was on the menu? (Jn 21.9)
E - Name at least one passage where Jesus Himself talks about Noah, Abraham, Moses, Elijah, David, John the Baptist... (Noah, Lk 17.26 - Abraham, Mt 22.32 - Moses, Mt 19.8 - Elijah, Lk 4.25 and Mt 17.11 - David, Mt 17.11).
F - In what circumstances does Jesus refer to the ox, the donkey and to the manger? (Lk 13.15)
G - Who are the 2 apostles that Jesus sent to town to prepare for the Last Supper of Passover? (Lk 22.8)
H – What are the 4 signs named by Jesus (after his Resurrection) that will accompany those who believe? (Mk 16.17)
I - Name the 7 Words of Jesus on the Cross. (Jn 19. 26-28. Lk 23.34-46. Mk 15. 34)
Keeping company with the Word of God, is really keeping company with the Truth, and this is not a luxury in our world! What does God think of such and such a fact of human life? What does God think of money? Birth-control? Children? Suffering? Work? Friendship? Reading the Word, and reading it over, absorbing it, is letting the true Light flow into our hearts and get rooted there. It is opening one’s self to the true healing of the heart! If we live on healthy lights and transmit them to our children at an early age, peace and joy will then come and live under our roofs! All that we need to do is to decide. With God, everything is always simple, He is expecting us to take a step towards Him and He does the rest!
4 - An offensive of intense prayers and sacrifices must oppose and counter a horrible initiative from the hellhounds of the Enemy. In fact, “Hellfests” seem to be multiplying and one is to take place in France, on the Feast of the Sacred Heart, June 19! Its budget is three millions Euros. Think of the thousands of youth who may be caught in these death traps, in these satanic concerts. Let alone the wave of suicides that such festivals give rise to!
This tragedy can be stiffled!
By the grace of God the satanic singer can be held up and the Festival be cancelled, if we fight with the spiritual weapons of prayer, fasting and sacrifice. Last year thanks to the wall of prayers all over France, this Festival was cancelled: a torrential rain fell from Heaven. This year too it is not too late to “make a Jericho”, Holy Hours, Rosary chains, etc. What would the Gospa do in our place? Each and everyone's part is crucial. Let's not abandon our young generation in the hands of the destroyer and its servants. On the contrary, let us stand in the victory of God, let us bless Him for the plan of salvation He has in store already, even for the darkest of those singers!
5 - 28 years of grace!
On June 25th, Medjugorje will celebrate 28 years of apparitions of Our Blessed Mother! For us, we want to thank her for all her bounty and all her gifts, but without forgetting her sorrow expressed these last months through Mirjana.
It is marvelous to see how the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth has changed the course of history! What would have happened to John the Baptist without that powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit that he received when Mary greeted his mother Elizabeth? Yet, we must note a detail that can easily pass unnoticed when the visionary Ivan relates how the apparition takes place at night when his prayer group meets on the mountain. “The Holy Mother greeted us with her maternal salutation” he used to say at the beginning of his recount. That maternal salutation is the same as the one received by Elizabeth! That day, little Mary of Nazareth was only 13 years old but she was already a mother! Her salutation was “maternal”! She not only carried the Child Jesus in her womb, but she was already covered by the shadow of the Holy Spirit! It is that same Spirit that gushes from her today, and will always gush from her throughout Eternity. It is enough for her to give us a simple greeting! We can’t know the exact words of the salutation given to Elizabeth, but since everything is simple in the Gospel, we can believe that May spoke the same salutation the Jews are using today, that is “Shalom lak
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h!” “Peace be upon you!”
The special gift of Saints is to grasp all the graces offered by Heaven, without letting any one be lost. Saints are the best treasurers in the world! They receive everything and invest it right away, so they constantly bathe in the overflowing of God.
We have already received 28 years of daily greetings and blessings. We do not know when the Gospa will stop appearing, we only know that she will stop one day, as she announced it. Let us not miss today’s apparition and its flow of graces!
Each year for the Anniversary, journalists ask us, “What do you have to say after these 28 years of apparitions?” Each one of us should ask himself the same question, “During these 28 years of visitations of Mary, what did I receive personally, and what do I give back to our unpeaceful world?”
Happy Anniversary, dearest Gospa! We beg you, continue to appear to us!
Thank you for not getting tired! We need you more than ever!
Sister Emmanuel +
(Translated from French)
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PS 1 – Mark your calendar! Children of Medjugorje Summit Retreat with Sr. Emmanuel in St. Malo, Colorado (near Denver), October 11-13. For more information contact retreat@childrenofmedjugorje.com.
PS 2 – “Go and confess your sins!” Mary said. Let’s read again attentively the 10 commandments of God and make sure we are in the state of Grace! To help you make a good confession, there are two TV shows in our series, Confession (Volume Nine), and Reconciliation, (Volume Fifteen). I would also recommend Volume Twenty One: ‘Pray for priests’ with Sr Briege and Twenty Four with Sr Emmanuel.
PS 3 - Priests! Participate in the International Retreat for Priests in Medjugorje from June 29 to July 3, or to the Youth Festival from Aug. 1 to Aug. 6 (The Youth need you!) The lecturer is the friar Ante Vučković, O.F.M
You may make reservations by e-mail: seminar.marija@medjugorje.hr, or by fax: +387-36-651-999 (for Marija Dugandzic). Or: International Retreat for Priests in ARS (France), from Sept. 27 to Oct. 3, preached by Cardinal Schönborn. Spiritual assistance with Sr. Briege McKenna. info@retraitears2009.org - http://edb.beatitudes.org/ARS2009
PS 4 - Read it. Spread it! The Hidden Child of Medjugorje by Sr. Emmanuel. You won’t regret giving this book to a friend as a shower gift or a wedding gift! In the US go to our store: http://www.childrenofmedjugorje.com then click “Shop COM.”
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