Medjugorje, Newsletter of December 14, 2011

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December 14, 2011
St. John of the Cross

 

Dear Children of Medjugorje, praised be Jesus and Mary! 

 1. On December 2, 2011, Mirjana received her monthly apparition at the Blue Cross, surrounded by a reduced crowd, due to the winter season. She gave us the following message:

"Dear children!  As a mother I am with you so that with my love, prayer and example I may help you to become a seed of the future, a seed that will grow into a firm tree and spread it's branches throughout the world. For you to become a seed of the future, a seed of love, implore the Father to forgive you your omissions up to now. My children, only a pure heart, unburdened by sin, can open itself and only honest eyes can see the way by which I desire to lead you. When you become aware of this, you will become aware of the love of God - it will be given (as a gift) to you. Then you will give it (as a gift) to others as a seed of love. Thank you!“
Again, Our Lady asked us to pray for our priests.  

2. This picture may surprise you. This Infant Jesus has an unusual history. A Franciscan priest from Cava Dei

Tirreni (Salerno, Italy), Fr Luiggi, went to Israel in Oct. 2010 and found this statue, which he bought right away. Back in Italy, he put down the package in a room in the monastery and went to bed. The next day a very sweet voice woke him up, “Open up, I am choking!” He became flustered. Then he went to open the package he had brought back from Israel. And there, the statue has shed tears of blood! He called his bishop who was visiting the friars on that day. He too, took notices of the fresh tears down the face of Jesus. Immediately some authorities and experts were called. After long analyses, the fact turned out to be authentic. There was no fixing. The blood was real human blood; it had the same characteristics as the shroud of Turin. One year later on Oct. 2011, the statue was exposed for veneration of the faithful. 
 
For us today, Christmas is near and we have already prepared the Manger, haven’t you? The Infant Jesus will be placed and we will bring the family together to venerate Him, adore Him and marvel at His coming among us. Yet, a year ago, this Child was shedding tears of blood! What does it mean? What message does he want to give us? Why is He choking in his box? He said, “What you do to the littlest of my children, you do it to me.” So what did we do? Or what did we miss to do? We have embellished the Christmas story, added some candles and garlands to the stable and hung colorful lights (there was no light in the stable), we’ve decorated our Christmas tree with cute angels and figures, and we have made the whole thing very pleasant to look at. But one can ask oneself, “Infant Jesus, if you spoke to us today, what would You say to me? Why are you crying? What new mortal anguish makes you shed tears of blood? What new Gethsemane is your adorable little heart of love plunged into?  
 
Each one will think of his own answer. But Jesus’ tears should not escape us, they shake us! Yes, what have we missed doing? Now more than ever, we have the opportunity to wipe the face of our Blessed Infant! We can all dry at least one of his tears of blood by a simple prayer from the heart, by giving up a serious sin, by a firm decision to forgive someone, by offering to fast for a mother planning to abort a child, by visiting a neighbor devastated by loneliness, by a discrete donation to a mother of a family that can’t cope, etc.  Baby Jesus is so humble that he accepts anything, even the smallest sign of affection! Isn’t December 25th HIS birthday? Doesn’t He have the right to be first in our celebrations and to receive the most awesome gift? 
 
Little Infant Jesus, by your innocence, come heal our hearts stifled by vain worldly worries! We no longer want to let you moan in your closed box by “living it up” far from you. Just the opposite, we want to open wide our doors to you! We want to take you with us at all times and places, to carry you on our wounded hearts like the Child of the family of whom we are proud! Because “you are the most beautiful of the children of men and grace is poured upon your lips” (Ps.45:3). Have no fear, Baby Jesus, we won’t hurt you, stay with us! Without you, we are finished! You are our joy and our glory!

 
3.  Saints are awaiting you!  Don’t forget to draw a saint’s name on Christmas or New Year’s Day, and may he be your daily companion for 2012! (See PS1). For example: if you draw St. Vincent de Paul (feast day on Sept. 27), you receive a word from him to inspire you: "The Lord always has his hand at work when he removes all human means and orders us to accomplish something that is above our capacities"… You also receive a mission connected with the saint, such as: “Pray for those who are discouraged in front of obstacles”.

 
 
4.  Some news from here. Fr. Jozo Zovko and at least 4 of the visionaries have already been to Rome in order to be "examined" by the Commission, and they came back happy. The locutionist Jelena Vasilj is slowly recovering from a Thrombosis. Her life is no longer in danger. Let us pray for a complete recovery!  Fr. Jozo Zovko is now posted in the monastery of Zagreb, with Fr. Ljubo whom many pilgrims know from Medjugorje. Vicka has resumed witnessing to the pilgrims, no longer at the blue house, rather at Sr Kornelia's orphanage near her village, and only when her health allows it.
 
 
5.  A family on our route. Recently, we rejoiced over Sr. Briege McKenna's presence at our home. She is that nun who, with Fr. Kevin Scallon, travels the world to make Jesus in the Eucharist loved and to use her gift of healing among others. Fr. Kevin, as well, has much to share with us...
 
One Christmas night, as he was on the road towards his nephew's house, he found himself stranded on the side of the road at 9:00pm. It was impossible to get his car started and he still had an hour drive ahead of him. There wasn't a soul in sight since he left Dublin.  By the light of the Christmas moon he saw a cottage on the far side of the roaddirectly across from where he was parked. 
 
There was a light burning in the window, so he decided to ask the people in the house for the use of their phone.  He went through the little white wooden gate, up the path and knocked on the door. After a moment, a youngish man opened the door and greeted him warmly. Looking past him into the house the priest saw a young woman with a baby in her arms.  She was holding the baby's little head close to her cheek.  She smiled at the priest who asked the man if they had a phone.  He replied very gently, "No we don't, but if you walk back to the town there is a man there who has a bicycle shop and he will let you use his phone.  You can't miss the house. It's to the right of the supermarket." The priest thanked the couple and wished them a Happy Christmas. "Will the car be alright there?" he asked the man.  "Oh yes, I'll see to that," he replied.
 
So, on that bright dry moonlit Christmas night the priest walked back to the town and found the bicycle shop.  On the way he could not stop himself from thinking of his encounter with the couple and their baby, and especially by the strange aroma in the house. It was not an Irish smell.  For some reason it reminded him of his recent visit to the Holy Land. And why was the house lit only by candles?
 
The owner of the bicycle shop opened the door, and listened as the priest recounted his predicament. He permitted him to call his nephew, and as he waited, the bicycle-man's wife offered him tea and Christmas cake which he gladly accepted. She talked about the weather, and how Christmas was so quiet this year, etc. Sure enough, the nephew arrived within the hour.  They said goodbye to the couple and departed.  They stopped at the priest's stricken vehicle to discover that the fan belt was missing.  They returned the next day with a local mechanic to fetch the car.  Having done the necessary repairs, the priest turned to pay a visit to the young family and headed for the little white gate.  He could not find it. There was only the hedge, and beyond it, a simple green field with no house anywhere to be seen. On the return journey the nephew spoke the whole time. As for Fr. Kevin, he remained silent.  It was the Feast of the Holy Family.

Dearest Gospa, may this Christmas be for us the best Christmas of our life! Please enter into our homes, in our rooms and in our hearts! Come and place in them the treasure of treasures, your Newborn Baby, and teach us to adore Him as you adore Him!

Sister Emmanuel + 
(Translated from French)

 

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PS 1.  Receive a Saint for 2011! Create a new family tradition!  Check out our website today for our list of saints at www.childrenofmedjugorje.com.  For your Christmas and New Years gatherings, print and cut out their names, place them in a basket and let your dear ones pick up one!  These saints are a special companion for us; they also give us a mission. This was already a tradition at St. Faustina’s Convent! (#359 in her Diary)

PS 2. New!!  It's finally here! Sr. Emmanuel's newest book, "Maryam of Bethlehem, The Little Arab", will be available for download on December 15, 2011. This is a book that you won't be able to put down, a real bomb, "Maryam of Bethlehem, the little Arab". Get your kindles and iPad ready for this new arrival!
 
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