Mother Mary said at Fatima: "My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the sure way which will lead you to God." St. Thomas Aquinas said: "The things we love tell us who we are!" With that in mind, I will try to post each day something about Our Blessed Lady, items about the Holy Roman Catholic Church, and public domain Catholic books too! I pray you enjoy my ministry!
Below are two albums of pictures that I created:
1. Our grand daughter Adrianna.
2. Tears of Mary!
When I mentioned the 5 Stones of Our Lady the other day, I got many responses from our shipmates, asking me to explain what the 5 Stones are!! I was surprised!! So I am transcribing Fr. Leon's talk to pilgrims, in which he explains the 5 Stones!! We will do one stone a day! Here is the First Stone:
Our Lady said years and years ago, I think back in 1987, "I give you your five stones against your Goliath." You remember King David, when he was still a shepherd and he went out to meet Goliath, he had to pick five pebbles from the stream, and with his slingshot, he defeated Goliath. And Our Lady gave us five stones, she said, against our Goliath, whatever our Goliath is. Here is my own take on the 5 Stones:
#1 - Pray with the heart! They always say that here in Medjugorje, "Pray with the heart." What does that mean? It means praying in your own words to God like He is your best friend. Praying with the heart means praying with out what the Americans call "B.S." It means praying without b---s---t. Think about how you pray. Lot's of people say nice things to God. They put it in nice language and then they have distractions. They are distracted by all these things going on in Church or by all the things they have to do when they get home. Praying with the heart is telling God exactly what is in your heart. Oh God, don't let me forget to take the laundry out of the machine, or did i leave the door open and the oven on?? Or why is this gentleman making such a noise? And these things are exactly what we need to tell God because they matter to us and so they matter to Him. And this is what praying with the heart means. If you have distractions it means that you are not telling God what is important to you. You are hiding it from Him. And what's the point, He already sees it, He knows it. But you need to tell Him. And Our Lady says above all, pray the Rosary. When we were children, our parents went out one night, and we took out the old photo albums, you know the black and white pictures. And we were looking at it, my sister and me and my brother, and we were thinking how come we are not in some of these pictures. You know, like my Grandparent's wedding, my mother's baptism...things like that. And so, we took orange crayons and we drew ourselves in, like stick figures. So, at my mother's baptism there is this giant orange version of my sister peering at my mother being baptized. And me at my parents' wedding...And we got into a lot of trouble.
But this idea of an orange crayon, drawing yourself into black and white pictures, that is what the Rosary is. If you think about a Renaissance painting sponsored by the Italian gentry, you have the Birth of Our Lord - angels - shepherds - Our Lady - St. Joseph - and Don Giovanni and his wife, Isabella... Or the Crucifixion of Our Lord, and who is there, Thomas Aquinas, Mary Magdalene, St. Dominic, St. Catherine of Sienna, with her stigmata, and all sorts of things. That is what the Rosary is. It is taking ourselves and inserting ourselves into the Mysteries of Christ. Because the mysteries of Christ must come with power into my life, now and today.
So, is the Rosary difficult to pray? No, it is a big orange crayon, and you are drawing yourself in. So, you just imagine yourself in these scenes. You don't have to come away with some wonderful inspiration. Just imagine yourself there as the Archangel Gabriel greeting Our Lady. Say the words, "Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with you." And what that means. Because Gabriel knows it also means that the Lord is with you when you die on the Cross and when your heart is torn in two with the sword piercing it, when you are standing at the foot of the Cross. He knows that. And yes, he says that because God told him to.
Or imagine yourself as a shepherd, or an angel or one of the Characters. Put yourself in the scene. That's praying with the heart.
P.S. I was able to climb Apparition Hill on Saturday with our group! It was wonderful! I prayed for all of you and your intentions. There is peace on that Hill. Deep peace that comes from Our Lady!
"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world." Saint John Paul II Be connected! www.marytv.tv
Today is the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus! I just want to send you the great joy of the love of Jesus, so present here in Medjugorje!! On this feast you can feel Jesus' love just flowing upon us all.
During Hour of Mercy I discovered a beautiful prayer that St. Faustina wrote in her Diary to Jesus Sacred Heart. Of all people, she understands the Sacred Heart!!!
Saint Faustina wrote:
O Jesus, eternal Truth, our Life, I call upon You and I beg Your mercy for poor sinners.
O sweetest Heart of my Lord, full of pity and unfathomable mercy, I plead withYou for poor sinners.
O Most Sacred Heart, Fount of Mercy from which gush forth rays of inconceivable graces upon the entire human race, I beg of You light for poor sinners.
O Jesus, be mindful of Your own bitter Passion and do not permit the loss of souls redeemed at so dear a price of Your most precious Blood.
O Jesus, when I considerthe great price of Your Blood, I rejoice at its immensity, for one drop alone would have been enough for the salvation of all sinners.
Although sin is an abyss of wickedness and ingratitude, the price paid for us can never be equaled.
Therefore, let every soul trust in the Passion of the Lord, and place its hope in His mercy.
God will not deny His mercy to anyone. Heaven and earth may change, but God's mercy will never be exhausted.
Oh, what immense joy burns in my heart when I contemplate Your incomprehensible goodness, O Jesus!
I desire to bring all sinners to Your feet that they may glorify Your mercy throughout endless ages. (Diary, 72) This Heart of Love is beating here in Medjugorje!! Draw close to Jesus today!!
Our Lady told us:
October 25, 1996 "Dear children! Today I invite you to open yourselves to God the Creator, so that He changes you. Little children, you are dear to me. I love you all and I call you to be closer to me and that your love towards my Immaculate Heart be more fervent. I wish to renew you and lead you with my Heart to the Heart of Jesus, which still today suffers for you and calls you to conversion and renewal. Through you, I wish to renew the world. Comprehend, little children, that you are today the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Little children, I invite you and I love you and in a special way implore: Convert!" Thank you for having responded to my call."
May we draw closer and closer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary!!!
Our Lady being processed before the Anniversary Mass!
(c) Mary TV/ Anthony Zubac 2019
June 28, 2019
Dear Family of Mary!
"Dear children! I am thanking God for each of you. In a special way, little children, thank you for having responded to my call. I am preparing you for the new times that you may be firm in faith and persevering in prayer, so that the Holy Spirit may work through you and renew the face of the earth. I am praying with you for peace which is the most precious gift, even though Satan wants war and hatred. You, little children, be my extended hands and proudly go with God. Thank you for having responded to my call." (June 25, 2019)
Our Lady has mentioned a new time several times over the years, always with a sense that she has come to get us ready for each new time. Here are a few of those references.
January 25, 1993 "Dear children! Today I call you to accept and live my messages with seriousness. These days are the days when you need to decide for God, for peace and for the good. May every hatred and jealousy disappear from your life and your thoughts, and may there only dwell love for God and for your neighbor. Thus, and only thus shall you be able to discern the signs of the time. I am with you and I guide you into a new time, a time which God gives you as grace so that you may get to know him more. Thank you for having responded to my call."
Our Lady told us that the new time she was announcing in 1993 would be a time in which we could get to know God more. Certainly her presence in Medjugorje has facilitated our getting to know God better and better. She has taught us to pray with the heart, to adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, to read the Sacred Scriptures and to attend daily Mass. All of these practices draw us close to God and to His love. We are so blessed to have experienced that new time of grace.
December 25, 1995 "Dear Children! Today I also rejoice with you and I bring you little Jesus, so that He may bless you. I invite you, dear children, so that your life may be united with Him. Jesus is the King of Peace and only He can give you the peace that you seek. I am with you and I present you to Jesus in a special way, now in this new time in which one should decide for Him. This time is the time of grace. Thank you for having responded to my call."
Again in 1995 Our Lady announced a new time in which we should decide for God. She brought us little Jesus, so that He could bless and lead us into a time of grace and joy. She wanted us to let Jesus lead us into peace!
October 25, 2000 "Dear children! Today I desire to open my motherly heart to you and to call you all to pray for my intentions. I desire to renew prayer with you and to call you to fast which I desire to offer to my Son Jesus for the coming of a new time - a time of spring. In this Jubilee year many hearts have opened to me and the Church is being renewed in the Spirit. I rejoice with you and I thank God for this gift; and you, little children, I call to pray, pray, pray - until prayer becomes a joy for you... Thank you for having responded to my call."
And in 2000, Our Lady invited us into the new time of spring, during the 2000th jubilee year, so that we could be renewed in the Holy Spirit and grow in prayer and joy!
Now in 2019 we are again invited to New Times, times that will be a challenge to us. Times in which we will need firm faith and persevering prayer in order to be strong and cooperate with the Holy Spirit who is bringing about renewal of the entire earth. What these days will be like we do not know. But we have the tools we need now to face those days. We have the 5 stones, and Our Lady's prayer program to guide us as we move into these New Times.
It sounds difficult but triumphant. Perhaps we are drawing closer to the Triumph of her Immaculate Heart!
PS. I will continue reflections over the next few days, but maybe not every day. I want to take some time to pray and experience Our Lady on the hills and Jesus in Adoration. So don't be worried if you don't get a reflection every day!! I am praying for all of you!! Thank you for responding to Our Lady's call!!!
"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world." Saint John Paul II Be connected! www.marytv.tv
The Procession with Our Lady's Statue during the 38th Anniversary Mass
(c) Mary TV/ Anthony Zubac 2019
June 26, 2019 St. Cyril of Alexandria
Dear Family of Mary!
"Dear children! I am thanking God for each of you. In a special way, little children, thank you for having responded to my call. I am preparing you for the new times that you may be firm in faith and persevering in prayer, so that the Holy Spirit may work through you and renew the face of the earth. I am praying with you for peace which is the most precious gift, even though Satan wants war and hatred. You, little children, be my extended hands and proudly go with God. Thank you for having responded to my call." (June 25, 2019)
It seems that Our Lady has plans...plans for the future. She is preparing us for The New Times! We do not know what these new times will be like. But we know they are coming. And it appears that these new times will require something from us. We will need firm faith, perseverance in prayer and the Holy Spirit. It sounds like we will be needed in these New Times to bring about a renewal that will span the earth.
This is no small thing!
It sounds impossible from our human vantage point.
But Our Lady is doing the preparing, we only need to respond.
I can't write much now, so let's just pray together this prayer to Our Lady in response to her call to help her in preparing the New Times:
How to Give Oneself to Mary Mother of Goodness, of Love and of Mercy (Given by Our Lady to Jelena Vasilj, 4/19/1984)
Oh my Mother! Mother of goodness, love and mercy! I love you immensely, and I offer myself to you. Through your goodness, your love, And your mercy, save me! I wish to be yours. I love you immensely And I wish that you protect me. In my heart, oh mother of goodness, Give me your goodness, So that I go to Heaven. I ask you for your immense love That you may give me the grace That I will be able to love each one Just like you loved Jesus Christ. I ask you in grace That I be able to be merciful* to you. I offer myself completely to you And I wish that you will be with me at each step, Because you are full of grace. I wish never to forget your grace, And if I should lose it, I will ask, make me find it again. Amen.
A sea of priests and pilgrims for the 38th Anniversary Mass!! Beautiful!
Our Lady's children from the entire world, giving thanks for her presence in Medjugorje!
Marija and Ivan, visionaries, lead us in the Magnificat!! We thank God for the visionaries who have shared their experience of Our Lady with us all these years! May God bless them all!!!
All pictures (c) 2019 Mary TV/Anthony Zubac
"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world." Saint John Paul II Be connected! www.marytv.tv
Here is the June 25, 2019 Message (through Marija):
"Dear children! I am thanking God for each of you. In a special way, little children, thank you for having responded to my call. I am preparing you for the new times that you may be firm in faith and persevering in prayer, so that the Holy Spirit may work through you and renew the face of the earth. I am praying with you for peace which is the most precious gift, even though Satan wants war and hatred. You, little children, be my extended hands and proudly go with God. Thank you for having responded to my call."
The visionary Ivanka Ivankovic-Elez had her regular annual apparition on June 25th 2019. At her last daily apparition on May 7, 1985, Our Lady confided to Ivanka the 10th secret and told her that she would have an apparition once a year on the anniversary of the apparitions. It was that way also this year.
The apparition, which lasted 4 minutes (18:37h - 18:41h), took place at Ivanka's family home. Only Ivanka's family was present at the apparition. After the apparition, Ivanka said that Our Lady gave the following message:
Thank you Dearest Mother!!! (c) Mary TV/ Anthony Zubac 2019
J.M.J.
June 24, 2019
The Eve of the 38th Anniversary
Dear Family of Mary!
We have arrived at the celebration of 38 years of Our Lady's coming to Medjugorje! It seems impossible that she would stay with us this long. But, indeed, she has!! Denis and I arrived yesterday in Medjugorje and were greeted by so many of our dear friends!! It is really an experience of family here in Medjugorje.
Today we used our new studio for the first time!!! We prayed Divine Mercy here and then the Daily Rosary. Denis and Tom gave everyone a tour right after Divine Mercy which you can watch in the Hour of Mercy Archive.
Here are three pictures I took:
This is the main set! Don't the chairs look comfy!! They wouldn't let us do the Rosary there today because they were afraid we would fall asleep!!
These are the giant studio cameras that were used today for our Rosary. Wow are they big!!!
And here is our beautiful Blessed Mother, who is really in charge of all this stuff!! May we serve her well in this studio!
Tomorrow will be a big day, so I am keeping this short! We will have Hour of Mercy at 3:00 pm, Daily Rosary at 4:00 pm, Evening Rosary with the Parish at 6:00 pm, and the 38th Anniversary Mass at 7:00 pm!! And there will be Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament directly after Mass!! Don't miss it. Our Lady is with us to bless us!!
In Fatima Our Lady promised that "in the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph". In Medjugorje she has told us "I invite you to self-renunciation for nine days so that, with your help, everything that I desire to realize through the secrets I began in Fatima, may be fulfilled" (August 25, 1991). The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is our hope in these dark days. As we reflect on Our Lady's coming in Medjugorje, this Triumph gives us a hope for the future. We also are being invited to be part of that Triumph, through our response to her call:
"Dear children! Today in a special way I invite you all to prayer and renunciation. For now as never before satan wants to show the world his shameful face by which he wants to seduce as many people as possible onto the way of death and sin. Therefore, dear children, help my Immaculate Heart to triumph in the sinful world. I beseech all of you to offer prayers and sacrifices for my intentions so I can present them to God for what is most necessary. Forget your desires, dear children, and pray for what God desires, and not for what you desire. Thank you for having responded to my call."(September 25, 1991)
May we respond with all our hearts to Our Lady's plea! Let us pray:
The Annunciation
"Dear children! Also in this difficult time God's love sends me to you. My children, do not be afraid, I am with you. With complete trust give me your hearts that I may help you to recognize the signs of the time in which you live. I will help you to come to know the love of my Son. I will triumph through you. Thank you."(June 2, 2007)
The Visitation
"Dear children; Today I call you to a humble, my children, humble devotion. Your hearts need to be just. May your crosses be your means in the battle against the sins of the present time. May your weapon be patience and boundless love, a love that knows to wait and which will make you capable of recognizing God's signs, that your life, by humble love, may show the truth to all those who seek it in the darkness of lies. My children, my apostles, help me to open the paths to my Son. Once again I call you to pray for your shepherds. Alongside them, I will triumph. Thank you."(October 2, 2010)
The Birth of Jesus
"Dear children! I come to you as a Mother with gifts. I come with love and mercy. Dear children, mine is a big heart. In it, I desire all of your hearts, purified by fasting and prayer. I desire that, through love, our hearts may triumph together. I desire that through that triumph you may see the real Truth, the real Way and the real Life. I desire that you may see my Son. Thank you."(March 18, 2007)
The Presentation
"Dear children, Today, with my motherly heart, I call you gathered around me to love your neighbor. My children, stop. Look in the eyes of your brother and see Jesus, my Son. If you see joy, rejoice with him. If there is pain in the eyes of your brother, with your tenderness and goodness, cast it away, because without love you are lost. Only love is effective; it works miracles. Love will give you unity in my Son and the victory of my heart. Therefore, my children, love."(September 2, 2008)
The Finding in the Temple
"Dear children! I desire to share my joy with you. In my Immaculate Heart I feel that there are many of those who have drawn closer to me and are, in a special way, carrying the victory of my Immaculate Heart in their hearts by praying and converting. I desire to thank you and to inspire you to work even more for God and His kingdom with love and the power of the Holy Spirit. I am with you and I bless you with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call."(August 25, 2000)
Dear Mother Mary, we gather together to pray this novena, with deep gratitude for your presence in our midst. You have come to show us the way to heaven. The Heavenly Father has sent you to us to help us to repent and return to Him. You are coming to be the bond between us and the Heavenly Father, and to help us to love and serve His Son. You pray with us for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, because you have told us that when we have the Holy Spirit, we have everything. Therefore we ask that during this Novena you will help us to bond with you and through you with our Triune God who loves us so much. We ask that every grace can be poured out upon our shepherds, especially Pope Francis, during these nine days that they will be strengthened and purified for the days ahead, these most triumphant days of the Triumph of your Immaculate Heart! Thank you, dearest Mother!!!
Thank you for praying this novena with us! I believe we have prepared our hearts for the graces that Our Lady will pour out upon us on June 25! Let's remain in prayer and hope! God bless you all!
(c) Mateo Ivankovic 2017 Our Lady's great love for us!
J.M.J.
June 22, 2019
38th Anniversary Novena Day 8
Dear Family of Mary!
"If you knew how much I love you, you would cry with joy. When anyone is before you, and asks you something, you will give it to him. I am before so many hearts, but they remain closed. Pray so that the world receives my love." (June 21, 1984 Jelena)
"The special encounter with Medjugorje took place four years ago, when I came on a pilgrimage with my family. We always came here to give thanks to God and to receive blessings. I never thought that anything special should happen to me, but that was exactly what happened. My wife and I were going to the church, to pray there. I knelt and I began to pray. Suddenly, I felt warmth, love and gentleness that were being poured on me. It was in that moment that Mother conveyed a message to me: "Don't you know how much I love you; why do you still question my love?"
I began to cry because of fear and embarrassment; I could feel how small my faith was. All of my worries, all of my burdens were released, I felt completely free, as if I was in the world of complete and utter love, warmth and tenderness. I felt ashamed to cry and I could feel people staring at me. My wife could see that something extraordinary was taking place.
It was that same night that I wrote the poem to Our Lady: 'Tonight I stood beneath Thee, O Mother, I stood beneath Thee, Pure Tenderness'," said Dorijan, who is a member of Aledory band together with his brother and they witness their faith with the music. "We are trying to live the messages of the Queen of Peace. Sometimes we are able to do that, sometimes we fail. I regret for not having been able to come to Medjugorje more often."
This is a beautiful description of what it is like to encounter the love of Our Mother, Mary. She is waiting to pour out her love on all of us. We have only to ask! Let us pray!
The Annunciation
"Dear children! Today I wish to give you my own love. You do not know, dear children, how great my love is, and you do not know how to accept it. In various ways I wish to show it to you, but you, dear children, do not recognize it. You do not understand my words with your heart and neither are you able to comprehend my love. Dear children, accept me in your life and so you will be able to accept all I am saying to you and to which I am calling you. Thank you for having responded to my call."(May 22, 1986)
The Visitation
"Dear children! With joy in the heart I love you all and call you to draw closer to my Immaculate Heart so I can draw you still closer to my Son Jesus, and that He can give you His peace and love, which are nourishment for each one of you. Open yourselves, little children, to prayer - open yourselves to my love. I am your mother and cannot leave you alone in wandering and sin. You are called, little children, to be my children, my beloved children, so I can present you all to my Son. Thank you for having responded to my call."(June 25, 2013)
The Birth of Jesus
"Dear children, I am coming to you as a mother and I desire that in me, as in a mother, you may find your abode, consolation and rest. Therefore, my children, apostles of my love, pray. Pray with humble devotion, obedience and complete trust in the Heavenly Father. Trust as I have trusted when it was said to me that I will bring the blessing of the promise. May out of your hearts, from your lips, always come forth 'May your will be done!' Therefore, trust and pray so that I can intercede for you before the Lord, for him to give you the Heavenly Blessing and fill you with the Holy Spirit. Then he will be able to help all those who do not know the Lord - you, apostles of my love, will help them to call him 'Father' with complete trust. Pray for your shepherds and place your trust in their blessed hands. Thank you."(March 02, 2014)
The Presentation
"Dear children! I am here, I am among you. I am looking at you, am smiling at you and I love you in the way that only a mother can. Through the Holy Spirit who comes through my purity, I see your hearts and I offer them to my Son. Already for a long time I have been asking of you to be my apostles, to pray for those who have not come to know God's love. I am asking for prayer said out of love, prayer which carries out works and sacrifices. Do not waste time thinking about whether you are worthy to be my apostles. The Heavenly Father will judge everyone; and you, love Him and listen to Him. I know that all of this confuses you, even my very stay among you, but accept it with joy and pray that you may comprehend that you are worthy to work for Heaven. My love is upon you. Pray that my love may win in all hearts, because that is the love which forgives, gives and never stops. Thank you."(February 02, 2015)
The Finding in the Temple
"Dear children! As a mother, I desire to be of help to you. With my motherly love, I desire to help you to open your heart and to put my Son in the first place in it. Through your love for my Son and through your prayer, I desire for God's light to illuminate you and God's mercy to fill you. In this way, I desire for the darkness, and the shadow of death which wants to encompass and mislead you, to be driven away. I desire for you to feel the joy of the blessing of God's promise. You, children of man, you are God's children - you are my children. Therefore, my children, set out on the ways on which my love leads you, teaches you humility and wisdom, and finds the way to the Heavenly Father. Pray with me for those who do not accept me and do not follow me - those who, because of hardness of their hearts, cannot feel the joy of humility, devotion, peace and love - the joy of my Son. Pray that your shepherds, with their blessed hands, may always give you the joy of God's blessing. Thank you."(March 18, 2014)
Dear Mother Mary, we gather together to pray this novena, with deep gratitude for your presence in our midst. You have come to show us the way to heaven. The Heavenly Father has sent you to us to help us to repent and return to Him. You are coming to be the bond between us and the Heavenly Father, and to help us to love and serve His Son. You pray with us for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, because you have told us that when we have the Holy Spirit, we have everything. Therefore we ask that during this Novena you will help us to bond with you and through you with our Triune God who loves us so much. We ask that every grace can be poured out upon our shepherds, especially Pope Francis, during these nine days that they will be strengthened and purified for the days ahead, these most triumphant days of the Triumph of your Immaculate Heart! Thank you, dearest Mother!!!
Our Lady has been coming to us for 38 years, injecting into our tired and discouraged world the gift of Divine Hope. God has sent her to be a light in the darkness of sin and faithlessness. Now we are asked to carry that hope into our own spheres of influence. Hope is like fresh air, it revives our spirits. May we receive the hope Our Lady brings and give it to others:
"Dear children! Today I call you to renew prayer and fasting with even greater enthusiasm until prayer becomes a joy for you. Little children, the one who prays is not afraid of the future and the one who fasts is not afraid of evil. Once again, I repeat to you: only through prayer and fasting also wars can be stopped - wars of your unbelief and fear for the future. I am with you and am teaching you little children: your peace and hope are in God. That is why draw closer to God and put Him in the first place in your life. Thank you for having responded to my call."(January 25, 2001)
Let us pray:
The Annunciation
"Dear children! Also today I call you to pray for peace. Pray with the heart, little children, and do not lose hope because God loves His creatures. He desires to save you, one by one, through my coming here. I call you to the way of holiness. Pray, and in prayer you are open to God's will; in this way, in everything you do, you realize God's plan in you and through you. Thank you for having responded to my call."(March 25, 2003)
The Visitation
"Dear children! Also today I call you, in this time of grace, to pray for little Jesus to be born in your heart. May He, who is peace itself, give peace to the entire world through you. Therefore, little children, pray without ceasing for this turbulent world without hope, so that you may become witnesses of peace for all. May hope begin to flow through your hearts as a river of grace. Thank you for having responded to my call."(November 25, 2008)
The Birth of Jesus
"Dear children! I look at you and I see in your heart death without hope, restlessness and hunger. There is no prayer or trust in God, that is why the Most High permits me to bring you hope and joy. Open yourselves. Open your hearts to God's mercy and He will give you everything you need and will fill your hearts with peace, because He is peace and your hope. Thank you for having responded to my call."(November 25, 2010)
The Presentation
"Dear children! Anew, in a motherly way, I am calling you not to be of a hard heart. Do not shut your eyes to the warnings which the Heavenly Father sends to you out of love. Do you love Him above all else? Do you repent for having often forgotten that the Heavenly Father, out of His great love, sent his Son to redeem us by the Cross? Do you repent for not yet having accepted the message? My children, do not resist the love of my Son. Do not resist hope and peace. Along with your prayer and fasting, by His cross, my Son will cast away the darkness that wants to surround you and come to rule over you. He will give you the strength for a new life. Living it according to my Son, you will be a blessing and a hope to all those sinners who wander in the darkness of sin. My children, keep vigil. I, as a mother, am keeping vigil with you. I am especially praying and watching over those whom my Son called to be light-bearers and carriers of hope for you - for your shepherds. Thank you." (March 02, 2013)
The Finding in the Temple
"Dear children, Remember - for I am telling you - that love will win. I know that many of you are losing hope because around you, you see suffering, pain, jealousy, envy... but, I am your mother. I am in the Kingdom but am also here with you. My Son is sending me anew to help you. Therefore, do not lose hope; instead, follow me - because the victory of my heart is in the name of God. My beloved Son is thinking of you as he has always thought of you. Believe him and live him. He is the life of the world. My children, to live my Son means to live the Gospel. This is not easy. This means love, forgiveness and sacrifice. This purifies and it opens the Kingdom. Sincere prayer, which is not only words but is a prayer which the heart speaks, will help you. Likewise fasting (will help you), because it is still more of love, forgiveness and sacrifice. Therefore, do not lose hope but follow me. I am imploring you anew to pray for your shepherds so that they may always look to my Son who was the first Shepherd of the world and whose family was the entire world."(December 02, 2014)
Dear Mother Mary, we gather together to pray this novena, with deep gratitude for your presence in our midst. You have come to show us the way to heaven. The Heavenly Father has sent you to us to help us to repent and return to Him. You are coming to be the bond between us and the Heavenly Father, and to help us to love and serve His Son. You pray with us for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, because you have told us that when we have the Holy Spirit, we have everything. Therefore we ask that during this Novena you will help us to bond with you and through you with our Triune God who loves us so much. We ask that every grace can be poured out upon our shepherds, especially Pope Francis, during these nine days that they will be strengthened and purified for the days ahead, these most triumphant days of the Triumph of your Immaculate Heart! Thank you, dearest Mother!!!
Today we reflect on the great joy that Our Lady brings to us in Medjugorje. Pilgrims experience this joy during their stay in Medjugorje. It is a joy that cannot be manufactured. No rock concert or baseball game can give this kind of joy. It is a joy that wells up from within. It is triggered by even the smallest thing, like a beautiful sunset or a tiny flower. It is the joy of being with God. Our Lady said to us:
"Dear children! I invite you now to be open to God. See, children, how nature is opening herself and is giving life and fruits. In the same way I invite you to live with God and to surrender completely to him. Children, I am with you and I want to introduce you continuously to the joy of life. I desire that everyone may discover the joy and love which can be found only in God and which only God can give. God doesn't want anything from you only your surrender. Therefore, children, decide seriously for God because everything else passes away. Only God doesn't pass away. Pray to be able to discover the greatness and joy of life which God gives you. Thank you for having responded to my call."(May 25, 1989)
This joy "can be found only in God". And it is available to us as we respond to Our Lady's call, and live her messages. Today let's give thanks for this great joy which comes from God!
The Annunciation
"Dear children! I desire to share my joy with you. In my Immaculate Heart I feel that there are many of those who have drawn closer to me and are, in a special way, carrying the victory of my Immaculate Heart in their hearts by praying and converting. I desire to thank you and to inspire you to work even more for God and His kingdom with love and the power of the Holy Spirit. I am with you and I bless you with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call."(August 25, 2000)
The Visitation
"Dear children! In this time of grace, I call all of you to renew prayer. Open yourselves to Holy Confession so that each of you may accept my call with the whole heart. I am with you and I protect you from the ruin of sin, but you must open yourselves to the way of conversion and holiness so that your heart may burn out of love for God. Give Him time and He will give Himself to you and thus, in the will of God you will discover the love and the joy of living. Thank you for having responded to my call."(November 25, 2012)
The Birth of Jesus
"Dear children! Give thanks with me to the Most High for my presence with you. My heart is joyful watching the love and joy in the living of my messages. Many of you have responded, but I wait for, and seek, all the hearts that have fallen asleep to awaken from the sleep of unbelief. Little children, draw even closer to my Immaculate Heart so that I can lead all of you toward eternity. Thank you for having responded to my call."(June 25, 2011)
The Presentation
"Dear children! Also today I call you to conversion and to holiness. God desires to give you joy and peace through prayer but you, little children, are still far away - attached to the earth and to earthly things. Therefore, I call you anew: open your heart and your sight towards God and the things of God - and joy and peace will come to reign in your hearts. Thank you for having responded to my call."(May 25, 2012)
The Finding in the Temple
"Dear children! Also today I call you to also be like the stars, which by their light give light and beauty to others so they may rejoice. Little children, also you be the radiance, beauty, joy and peace - and especially prayer - for all those who are far from my love and the love of my Son Jesus. Little children, witness your faith and prayer in joy, in the joy of faith that is in your hearts; and pray for peace, which is a precious gift from God. Thank you for having responded to my call."(September 25, 2014)
Dear Mother Mary, we gather together to pray this novena, with deep gratitude for your presence in our midst. You have come to show us the way to heaven. The Heavenly Father has sent you to us to help us to repent and return to Him. You are coming to be the bond between us and the Heavenly Father, and to help us to love and serve His Son. You pray with us for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, because you have told us that when we have the Holy Spirit, we have everything. Therefore we ask that during this Novena you will help us to bond with you and through you with our Triune God who loves us so much. We ask that every grace can be poured out upon our shepherds, especially Pope Francis, during these nine days that they will be strengthened and purified for the days ahead, these most triumphant days of the Triumph of your Immaculate Heart! Thank you, dearest Mother!!!
"Dear children! I want you to surrender your hearts to me so that I may take you on the way, which leads to the light and to eternal life. I do not want your hearts to wander in today's darkness. I will help you. I will be with you on this way of discovery of the love and the mercy of God. As a mother, I ask you to permit me to do this. Thank you for having responded to my call." (March 18, 1999 Mirjana)
Today is Day Five of our Novena for the 38th Anniversary of Our Lady's coming to Medjugorje. As we see in this message from March 18, 1999, Our Lady speaks of surrender. She longs that we surrender our hearts, our very lives into her hands. What does surrender mean?
In the Oxford English Dictionary one of the meanings of surrender is "To abandon oneself entirely to..." This means to let go control of my life, and place it entirely in another's hands. It is an act of utter trust. It is the kind of abandonment that a baby has in his mother's arms, a trust that is complete. There is no fear or worry involved, only a trusting repose. To abandon oneself entirely to another means to place all one's hope and trust in that person, knowing that it is the best possible thing to do. To abandon oneself entirely to Our Lady and thus to Jesus, is truly the best thing we can do for ourselves. This is total consecration!
Our Lady asks us surrender ourselves to her and through her to God. She says that she needs this surrender in order to work in us and through us. Today we will meditate on surrender, in the words of Our Lady!
The Annunciation
"Dear children! Today also I call each one of you to decide to surrender again everything completely to me. Only that way will I be able to present each of you to God. Dear children, you know that I love you immeasurably and that I desire each of you for myself, but God has given to all a freedom which I lovingly respect and humbly submit to. I desire, dear children that you help so that everything God has planned in this parish shall be realized. If you do not pray, you shall not be able to recognize my love and the plans which God has for this parish and for each individual. Pray that Satan does not entice you with his pride and deceptive strength. I am with you and I want you to believe me, that I love you. Thank you for having responded to my call."(November 25, 1987)
The Visitation
"Dear children! Today also I am inviting you to a complete surrender to God. Dear children, you are not conscious of how God loves you with such a great love because He permits me to be with you so I can instruct you and help you to find the way of peace. This way, however, you cannot discover if you do not pray. Therefore, dear children, forsake everything and consecrate your time to God and God will bestow gifts upon you and bless you. Little children, don't forget that your life is fleeting like a spring flower which today is wondrously beautiful but tomorrow has vanished. Therefore, pray in such a way that your prayer, your surrender to God, may become like a road sign. That way, your witness will not only have value for yourselves but for all eternity. Thank you for having responded to my call."(March 25, 1988)
The Birth of Jesus
"Dear children! I am inviting you to a complete surrender to God. Pray, little children, that Satan may not carry you about like the branches in the wind. Be strong in God. I desire that through you the whole world may get to know the God of joy. By your life bear witness for God's joy. Do not be anxious nor worried. God himself will help you and show you the way. I desire that you love all men with my love. Only in that way can love reign over the world. Little children, you are mine. I love you and want you to surrender to me so that I can lead you to God. Never cease praying so that Satan cannot take advantage of you. Pray for the knowledge that you are mine. I bless you with blessings of joy. Thank you for having responded to my call."(May 25, 1988)
The Presentation
"Dear children! Today I am calling you to a complete surrender to God. Everything you do and everything you possess give over to God so that He can take control in your life as the King of all that you possess. That way, through me, God can lead you into the depths of the spiritual life. Little children, do not be afraid, because I am with you even if you think there is no way out and that Satan is in control. I am bringing peace to you I am your mother, the Queen of Peace. I am blessing you with the blessings of joy so that for you God may be everything in your life. Thank you for having responded to my call."(July 25, 1988)
The Finding in the Temple
"Dear children, on this day of grace, I am calling you to love. Little children, God loves you immeasurably and that is why, little children, full of trust and without looking back and without fear, completely surrender your hearts to Him so that God may fill them with His love. Do not be afraid to believe in His love and mercy, because His love is stronger than every one of your weaknesses and fears. Therefore, my children, full of love in your hearts, trust in Jesus and say your 'yes' to Him, because He is the only way which leads you to the Eternal Father." (Jakov Annual Message 2018)
Dear Mother Mary, we gather together to pray this novena, with deep gratitude for your presence in our midst. You have come to show us the way to heaven. The Heavenly Father has sent you to us to help us to repent and return to Him. You are coming to be the bond between us and the Heavenly Father, and to help us to love and serve His Son. You pray with us for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, because you have told us that when we have the Holy Spirit, we have everything. Therefore we ask that during this Novena you will help us to bond with you and through you with our Triune God who loves us so much. We ask that every grace can be poured out upon our shepherds, especially Pope Francis, during these nine days that they will be strengthened and purified for the days ahead, these most triumphant days of the Triumph of your Immaculate Heart! Thank you, dearest Mother!!!
The day before yesterday Cathy and I received an email from our dear shipmate, Meghan Cokeley. Meghan is the Director of the Office for the New Evangelization for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Meghan tells us:
I have been giving a talk around the Archdiocese the last few months called "What Can We Do? The Role of the Laity in a Time of Crisis" and I consider it straight out of the school of Our Lady!
Some people have been asking me for a copy of it so I ended up recording a version so I could share it with those who couldn't attend in person. I thought I would share it with you because I know you know exactly what I am talking about! (It's long, 75 minutes, just fyi!)
Indeed, all those immersed in the school of Our Lady will know exactly what she's talking about. What Meghan presents, by way of the Church's teaching and tradition, sounds so much like Our Lady in Medjugorje because it's a call to holiness. That is what the church is thirsting for and what Our Lady has been trying to build in us for 38 years! "Holiness works miracles!" Our Lady tells us in her messages (see below).
The saint who chose us yesterday, at the beginning of our Rosary on the digital sea, right after I had told everyone about receiving Meghan's email, was St. Padre Pio.
His intercession played an important role for us. I had an insurmountable problem that made it impossible to go ahead with Mary TV. I believed Padre Pio could solve it. So I decided to go to Rome in June, 2002 to ask him during his canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square, to solve my problem as his first miracle as an official saint in the Church!
So I went to Rome and Meghan Cokeley came with me.
At the moment of his canonization we were standing in St. Peter's square begging St. Padre Pio to take care of this insurmountable problem - as his very first miracle as an official saint in the Church - so that I could go forward with Mary TV.
I discovered the following week that it was right at that moment, in another country, two people who had previously never met, were introducing themselves to each other. That meeting was the miracle I needed. My insurmountable problem was solved... St. Padre Pio, at the moment he was made an official saint, did it! St. Padre Pio, thank you!
Today construction of Mary TV's television facility in Medjugorje is complete. Our matching grant appeal has been met. Thank you! Take a look: https://marytv.tv/studio-update-2/
Next week Cathy and I will be praying with you from Mary TV's new television studio in Medjugorje. We can't wait!
Now let's join together in prayer thanking Our Lady for coming to us every day for 38 years!
"Dear children, open your hearts and try to feel how much I love you and how much I desire for you to love my Son. I desire for you to come to know Him all the better, because it is impossible to know Him and not to love Him - because He is love. I, my children, know you. I know your pain and suffering because I lived through them. I laugh with you in your joy and I cry with you in your pain. I will never leave you. I will always speak to you with motherly tenderness. And I, as a mother, need your open hearts to spread the love of my Son with wisdom and simplicity. I need you to be open and sensitive to the good and mercy. I need you to be united with my Son, because I desire for you to be happy and to help me to bring happiness to all of my children. My apostles, I need you to show everyone the truth of God, so that my heart, which suffered and today suffers so much pain, can win in love. Pray for the holiness of your shepherds, so that in the name of my Son they can work miracles, because holiness works miracles. Thank you." (5/2/15)
God bless you!
Denis
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"Dear Children! As a mother, I implore you, open your heart and offer it to me, and fear nothing. I will be with you and will teach you how to put Jesus in the first place. I will teach you to love Him and to belong to Him completely. Comprehend, dear children that without my Son there is no salvation. You should become aware that He is your beginning and your end. Only with this awareness can you be happy and merit eternal life. As your mother, I desire this for you. Thank you for having responded to my call."(March 18 2002 - Mirjana)
It seems that one of the prerequisites to Our Lady's school of holiness, one of the underlying predispositions we need to have is an "open heart". Our Lady has mentioned the need for an open heart at least 70 times in her messages. She not only suggests that we open our hearts, she implores us, begs us, and prays for us to have open hearts. Why is an open heart so important and what does it mean?
I think an open heart means that we let Our Lady into our inner self. We invite her into our heart where our deepest secrets, wounds, desires and hopes are found. It means that we invite her into our inner room where we pray, where we love, where we choose. We do not hide ourselves from her. And we do not put on a show for her, we are honest and straight-forward with her about everything. The same goes for Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit. We open our heart to them, that they may have free access to our inner self.
Why is it important? Because it is only with an open heart that we can make contact with God and Mother Mary, and receive all the graces we need to be saved. We must open our hearts, no one can do it for us. It is our fundamental choice to believe in God and love Him. When we open our heart we choose to convert, turn to the Lord and trust Him. We choose to follow Our Lady who is leading us to God.
Medjugorje is the place where hearts open! May we be those open hearts!!
The Annunciation
"Dear children, By God's will I am here with you in this place. I desire that you open your hearts to me and to accept me as a mother. With my love I will teach you simplicity of life and richness of mercy and I will lead you to my Son. The way to Him can be difficult and painful but do not be afraid, I will be with you. My hands will hold you to the very end, to eternal happiness; therefore do not be afraid to open yourselves to me. Thank you. Pray for priests. My Son gave them to you as a gift."(May 2, 2008)
The Visitation
"Dear children; Today I am praying here with you that you may gather the strength to open your hearts and thus to become aware of the mighty love of the suffering God. Through His love, goodness and meekness, I am also with you. I invite you for this special time of preparation to be a time of prayer, penance and conversion. My children, you need God. You cannot go forward without my Son. When you comprehend and accept this, what was promised to you will be realized. Through the Holy Spirit the Kingdom of Heaven will be born in your hearts. I am leading you to this. Thank you."(December 2, 2010)
The Birth of Jesus
"Dear children, with much love and patience I strive to make your hearts like unto mine. I strive, by my example, to teach you humility, wisdom and love because I need you; I cannot do without you my children. According to God's will I am choosing you, by His strength I am strengthening you. Therefore, my children, do not be afraid to open your hearts to me. I will give them to my Son and in return, He will give you the gift of Divine peace. You will carry it to all those whom you meet, you will witness God's love with your life and you will give the gift of my Son through yourselves. Through reconciliation, fasting and prayer, I will lead you. Immeasurable is my love. Do not be afraid. My children, pray for the shepherds. May your lips be shut to every judgment, because do not forget that my Son has chosen them and only He has the right to judge. Thank you."(January 02, 2013)
The Presentation
"Dear children! Today, I am calling you to a new life. It is not important how old you are, open your heart to Jesus who will transform you in this time of grace and, like nature, you will be born into a new life in God's love, and you will open your heart to Heaven and the things of Heaven. I am still with you, because God permitted me out of love for you. Thank you for having responded to my call." (February 25, 2019)
The Finding in the Temple
"Dear children, open your hearts and try to feel how much I love you and how much I desire for you to love my Son. I desire for you to come to know Him all the better, because it is impossible to know Him and not to love Him - because He is love. I, my children, know you. I know your pain and suffering because I lived through them. I laugh with you in your joy and I cry with you in your pain. I will never leave you. I will always speak to you with motherly tenderness. And I, as a mother, need your open hearts to spread the love of my Son with wisdom and simplicity. I need you to be open and sensitive to the good and mercy. I need you to be united with my Son, because I desire for you to be happy and to help me to bring happiness to all of my children. My apostles, I need you to show everyone the truth of God, so that my heart, which suffered and today suffers so much pain, can win in love. Pray for the holiness of your shepherds, so that in the name of my Son they can work miracles, because holiness works miracles. Thank you."(May 2, 2015)
Dear Mother Mary, we gather together to pray this novena, with deep gratitude for your presence in our midst. You have come to show us the way to heaven. The Heavenly Father has sent you to us to help us to repent and return to Him. You are coming to be the bond between us and the Heavenly Father, and to help us to love and serve His Son. You pray with us for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, because you have told us that when we have the Holy Spirit, we have everything. Therefore we ask that during this Novena you will help us to bond with you and through you with our Triune God who loves us so much. We ask that every grace can be poured out upon our shepherds during these nine days, that they will be strengthened and purified for the days ahead, these most triumphant days of the Triumph of your Immaculate Heart! Thank you, dearest Mother!!!
Medjugorje, June 16, 2019Feast of the Most Holy Trinity Dear children of Medjugorje, praised be Jesus and Mary!
1. On June 2nd, 2019, Mirjana received her monthly apparition at the Blue Cross, surrounded by a large crowd of pilgrims. After the apparition, she conveyed this message: "Dear children, only a pure and an open heart will make it such that you may truly come to know my Son and that all those who do not know His love may come to know it through you. Only love will make you comprehend that it is stronger than death because true love conquered death and made it so that death not exist.My children, forgiveness is the most exalted form of love. You, as apostles of my love, must pray that you be strong in spirit and that you could comprehend and forgive. You, apostles of my love, by understanding and forgiveness, are giving an example of love and mercy. To be able to comprehend and forgive is a gift for which it is necessary to pray, and to nurture it.By forgiveness you are showing that you know how to love. Just look, my children, how the Heavenly Father loves you with a great love, with understanding, forgiveness and justice-how He gives me, the Mother of your hearts, to you. And here I am among you to bless you with a motherly blessing, to call you to prayer, to fasting-to tell you to believe, to hope, to forgive, to pray for your shepherds, and above all to love without limits.My children, follow me! My way is the way of peace and love, the way of my Son. It is the way that leads to the triumph of my Heart. Thank you."
The authorities have requested that all sites connected with Medjugorje abstain from showing a film of Mirjana's apparition. Obedience is always blessed! 2. The Feast of Corpus Christi will be celebrated on June 23rdIf I were to share all the testimonies of conversions, sometimes totally unexpected, of people who experience the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, I could write a whole book! People who come to Medjugorje without believing in the Real Presence can only marvel at the thousands of faithful gathered around the Rotunda in the evenings when the Blessed Sacrament is exposed on the altar.
Even demons know WHOM they are dealing with! They have no doubt at all about the Real Presence of Christ in consecrated hosts! Why would they tremble in front of a little piece of bread? It is not uncommon to hear inhuman cries uttered by some people who are possessed and who shout profanities during Adoration, especially during the final Eucharistic Blessing. Far be it from me to quote these blasphemies here, but as recounted in the Gospel, Satan and his fallen angels manifest themselves concretely, terrorized by the One who defeated them on the cross. The same is true during Mary's apparitions to Mirjana on the 2nd of the month. Quite often, hell manifests itself when she arrives, she who has received the power and the mission to crush the head of the serpent. I know many unbelievers who, overwhelmed by the evidence and harshness of this spiritual struggle, started to believe in God. Some mystics have received intimate knowledge of the presence of Jesus. At Châteauneuf de Galaure (France), a priest brought Holy Communion to Marthe Robin, the mystic. When he got there, after a simple greeting, Martha said to him, "Father, Jesus is not here!" The priest reassured her that Jesus is in the little pyx he carries with him. But Martha insisted: "No, father, Jesus is not here!" The priest then wanted to prove to her that Jesus was indeed there, he opened the pyx and had to apologize to Martha: he had taken the pyx but had forgotten to put the host into it!
His knees failed him! In Medjugorje, when the apparitions took place in the Rectory, a priest from New York, dear Father Albert Shamon, obtained father Slavko's authorization to attend the apparition with the visionaries. In truth, he was skeptical about the authenticity of these apparitions. He carried the Holy Sacrament with him, as he used to visit the sick. When the Blessed Mother appeared, he wanted to kneel down, but to no avail. Despite his best efforts, his knees wouldn't bend. He was very intrigued, especially since during Mass, his knees were fine. This strange phenomenon continued over the next two days. On the third day he asked Our Lady why his knees remained stiff during her apparition, and Mary explained: "I do not want my Son to kneel before me!" Father Shamon was then convinced of the authenticity of what was happening in Medjugorje. On June 6th, in a tiny chapel of perpetual adoration in Reconquista, Argentina, there was a woman, Elena, who is known to our friends and who prayed in silence. She was a very simple, fervent and humble woman. She wanted to film the Blessed Sacrament on display in the monstrance and let her camera run as she bowed her head in adoration. It was 11:15 p.m. At the time, she didn't notice anything. But when she left, she discovered with surprise an incredible phenomenon: On several occasions, the host threw out rays of powerful light and pulsated, as this little film shows.
After an investigation, my friends in Argentina assured me of the authenticity of this phenomenon; however, everyone remains free to believe it or not. Lest some people start to criticize - sometimes without having studied the phenomenon closely. There is always the danger of keeping quiet about the signs given by God so I am publishing this one to bring joy to many! In the run-up to the Feast of Corpus Christi, it is good to recall a few words Jesus spoke to his best friends, the Saints. "Write for the benefit of religious souls that my delight is to come to their hearts in Holy Communion..." (§1682)
"I desire to unite Myself with human souls; My great delight is to unite Myself with souls. Know, My daughter, that when I come to a human heart in Holy Communion, My hands are full of all kinds of graces which I want to give to the soul. But souls do not even pay any attention to Me; they leave Me to Myself and busy themselves with other things. Oh, how sad I am that souls do not recognize Love! They treat Me as a dead object." (§1385)
Jesus shows Himself to Jelena Vasilj. In the 1980s, Jelena was still receiving messages for Medjugorje's prayer group and for her personal edification. These inner locutions often went hand in hand with inner visions of Our Lady and of Christ. (This grace is different from the one received by the 6 visionaries who physically see the Blessed Mother). One day, Jelena was leaving the church after Mass when she saw Jesus. It was during His Passion, and He was covered in wounds, His coat all stained with blood, and His eyes expressed a deep sadness. He said to her, "When people receive me in Holy Communion, they go back to their seat, they make a sign of the cross and then they dismiss me!" Who will understand the sadness of Jesus when He is ignored or dismissed? Doesn't He come to give Himself entirely to us and fill us with His graces?
Jesus went so far as to say to Sr. Faustina: "I enter certain souls as if to relive my passion" (1598).Indeed, the instruments of His passion are not so much those of his executioners at that time, but our sins. If Jesus finds a soul that receives Him unworthily, never renouncing sin and trampling on His commandments, He finds in that soul the torture of His passion. That is why Our Heavenly Mother never ceases to invite us to renounce our sins through a sincere confession so as to purify our hearts. May all our Holy Communions be true feasts for Jesus! 3. New surprises ahead... These days, Yann Le Goff, our French technician who manages our live broadcast on the 3rd of the month, came to film a number of short episodes about the known and lesser-known messages of the Gospa. I chose more than fifty topics, and each one lasts between 2 and 4 minutes. This way, young people won't think of zapping! We also filmed the 20 mysteries of the Rosary on Podbrdo and other key places in Medjugorje, to enable our internet users to pray at home together with us. Let us pray to the holy Angels, asking them to protect the work and to bless Yann! These mini videos will be available on YouTube and other media in the coming weeks and months. The list will be published before mid-July, so you can enjoy them this summer.
For English and other foreign languages, the videos will be subtitled rather than having a voiceover, so you will still hear my voice! Just be patient... 6. PLEASE NOTE! Our next Live Broadcast on the message of the 2nd will be on September 3rdat 9 p.m. As is the case every year, there will be no live broadcasts in July and August. The June 3rd program is broadcast at http://www.enfantsdemedjugorje.fr/medjugorje-direct-du-3-juin-2019-2/ Dearest Gospa, you are the one we want to live with this summer! Queen of Peace, more than ever, please manifest your maternal presence in our lives, free us from the fear of the future and teach us to find true rest in the Heart of your Son! Sister Emmanuel, Community of the Beatitudes (Translated from French)
PS1.We will be celebrating the 38th anniversary of the Apparitions on June 25th! What gift will we give to our Blessed Mother that day? She's got her own idea! She will whisper it to us while we pray. Re-read her messages, focus on some of them, and listen to her carefully! PS2. The Youth Festival in Medjugorje will be held from 1 to 6 August. Don't delay, book your tickets today! PS3. Recently, 2,300 people with disabilities, along with their carers, were invited by the parish. The families of the village welcomed them for free. They were offered a great program. What a wonderful example of true charity on the part of these parishioners!
PS4. Our next missions will be in Florence (Italy) in a few days, in Spain in September, in Italy in October and in India in November. Hong Kong in July 2020. May your prayers accompany us for a super abundant spiritual harvest! Thank you! PS5. Follow us! In English/ German, filmed in Austria, "Give your wound to Jesus!"- "Schenke Jesus deine Wunden" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg1AT7oy8R0&t=3728s
