Ivan Now in Medjugorje - Apparition and Message of Our Lady
May 20, 2011 A.D.
Our Lady appeared to Ivan on top of Apparition Mountain tonight at around 10:00 p.m. Pilgrims began to climb the mountain at around 7:00 p.m., finding a quiet spot to sit and pray, preparing for the time that they will be before our Mother. It was a beautiful evening, as pilgrims gathered, admiring the beauty of God’s creation through the beautiful sunset this evening. Pilgrims continued to climb and find a vacant spot to sit or kneel, up to the moment of the apparition. After over ½ and hour of singing, Ivan began the Rosary. We prayed one mystery of the Rosary and began a second one. At the end of the second decade, all grew silent, as Ivan knelt and prepared to receive Our Lady. Our Lady appeared to Ivan around 10:00 p.m., and the apparition lasted for several minutes. The following is Ivan’s description of the apparition:
Today, as always, after every meeting with Our Lady, I desire to also describe to you what is the most important. Our Lady came very joyful and happy and at the beginning, as always, She greeted us all with Her Motherly greeting, “Praised be Jesus, my dear children.” Then Our Lady said:
Our Lady then for a while, with Her arms extended, prayed over all of us here. She prayed over the sick present and She blessed us all with Her Motherly blessing. She also blessed the religious articles brought for blessing. Then Our Lady prayed for a while especially for peace, for peace in the world. I recommended also all of you, your needs, your intentions, your families and especially the sick. Our Lady then continued to pray over all of us. She left in that prayer, in an illuminated Sign of the Cross with a greeting, “Go in peace, my dear children.”
At sunset on top of Apparition Mountain, tonight, May 20, 2011. Oh how beautiful to return to Medjugorje, to her sunrises and sunsets, to her rock-strewn mountains and the dirt pathways that lead to them, to the sounds of singing and praying day in and day out, the birds chirping, the bells ringing…and to the deep silence of the apparitions of Our Lady when She appears, even when tens of thousands of people are gathered, all grow silent for Her coming. How beautiful, after 30 years of apparitions, She is still with us.
On top of Apparition Mountain at 7:00 p.m., May 20, 2011. This small gathering of pilgrims will continue to grow for the next three hours before Our Lady comes in Her apparition. It was a mild evening, pleasant to climb and sit in quiet meditation to prepare the heart for Our Lady’s benediction. Ivan has been in Medjugorje for a week. This is the first Mountain apparition of the season. It is always a great joy to be in the village and hear the call that Our Lady is returning to the mountain in the evening. It is also a great joy, if we can’t be in Medjugorje, to know that we can unite our prayers to those on the mountain, wherever we are, and be in the embrace of Our Lady during Her visitation.
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