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[Source: Medjugorje Today]
By Jakob Marschner on Jan 17, 2012
In 2011, the total number of Holy Communions distributed during Mass in Medjugorje went above 2 million for the first time. The number of concelebrations by priests was likewise record-high in passing 40,000, also for the first time.
Priests were involved in two Medjugorje records in 2011: Never before did so many of them come - and never before did they distribute so many Holy Communions to parishioners and pilgrims
2,027,900 Holy Communions would be enough if all the inhabitants of Houston, Texas, were to receive the Body of Christ one time each. Yet the number does not stem from Houston, but from Medjugorje where more than two million distributed Holy Communions in one year was registred for the first time in 2011.
The number climbed from 1,571,800, a rise of 29 percent compared to 2010 which was itself a record year. 1,378,600 Holy Communions were distributed in Medjugorje in 2009, according to parish statistics.
A record number of priests handed out the more than two million Holy Communions. 41,094 concelebrations of Mass were registred in Medjugorje in 2011, up from 38,227 the previous year. The figures are not descriptive of the actual number of visiting priests, as most concelebrate more than one Mass during their stay in Medjugorje.
The current Medjugorje boom in Italy accounts for some of the progress, though not all of it. 8,171 Italian concelebrations took place in 2011, up from 7,270 the year before and 4,718 in 2009. |
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[Source: Medjugorje Today]
By Jakob Marschner
 Ignoring the apparitions in Medjugorje is unforgivable for Christians, says Rome's leading exorcist who shakes his head at those who wait until the Church has ruled. Speaking of "betrayal" Fr. Gabriele Amorth also lashes out at bishops and priests for being indifferent to the fruits of Medjugorje.
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 Unlike in Canada, the Feast days of Corpus Christi and Ascension are observed in Catholic countries on Thursday - Corpus Christi Thursday being the day of the week on which Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist, and Ascension Thursday being 40 days after Easter. In Catholic countries, these two are "Holidays of Obligation." They are public holidays, and all Catholics are obliged to go to Mass on those days. So too is the Feast day of St. John the Baptist a Holiday of Obligation.
This year, Corpus Christi fell on Thursday June 23rd, the Feast day of St. John the Baptist was on Friday  the 24th, the thirtieth Anniversary of Our Lady's appearance in Medjugorje on Saturday the 25th, followed by Sunday on the 26th. That was a very long week-end! The number of pilgrims was extraordinarily large. During those four days, all morning Masses were in the Croatian language for the parishioners and lasted till noon; therefore the English Masses began at 12:00pm. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament was celebrated every night during the Novena prior to, and in preparation for, the Anniversary. The overnight Adoration on the Anniversary did not end till 5:00 on Sunday morning.
That was the only time this sequence of events ever happened in Medjugorje. It will be the 114th Anniversary before it will be repeated in the year 2095. The last time Corpus Christi Thursday fell on the 23rd of June was way back in 1859.
Because of the late Easter, the Feast days of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary were pushed back to July 1st and 2nd respectively. As you can see, our pilgrims had many special celebrations in Medjugorje this year, including the big Feast day of Sts. Peter and Paul on June 29th. Fr. Kevin characterized that Mass, whose main celebrant was our Fr. Peter Leung, as ‘beautiful' and a ‘highlight.' |
 Vatican City (VIS) - At the end of today's general audience, as part of the greeting groups of pilgrims in different languages, the Pope addressed the Croatian crowd of pilgrims: "I greet all Croatian pilgrims, and especially those from the parish of St James, Medjugorje! Your pilgrimage to Rome is part of the way of preparation for the coming of the Lord. Therefore, in hope, be evangelisers of God's love in your nation. May God bless you."
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 Dear family of Mary,
Please send out to everyone in your email list:
MARY TV will be streaming Our Lady's apparition to Ivan LIVE,
Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at <www.marytv.tv> in St. Joseph Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
The church will provide Spanish translation.
Streaming will begin at 5:30 pm (EST) with the apparition taking place around 6:40 pm, (EST).
We will also be streaming LIVE on iPhones, iPads, iPods, Androids and all smart phones.
And it has been confirmed to us by church authorities that according to the Church's teaching, those who participate "piously and devoutly" through our live internet broadcast will receive Our Lady's blessings during her apparition – the same as those praying along with her in the church. And the religious items they have with them for her to bless will be blessed by her the same as the religious items placed right in front of her in the church during her apparition!
PS. Note the 43 minute video at <www.marytv.tv> marking an historic event that took place in St. Stephens Cathedral in Vienna on November 17, 2011. This video, that we've also put on youtube, needs to be spread! Our Lady, the Queen of Peace, appeared to Ivan Dragicevic and gave a message. After her apparition Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, the Archbishop of Vienna, and chief editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, publicly thanked Our Lady and thanked Ivan. His Eminence then presided at Mass giving a homily on Lk 19:41- 44, the Gospel reading for the day which spoke of the importance of not missing this time of Our Lady's visitation!
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Thursday, 09 June 2011 20:50 |
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[Source: Crownofstars Blogspot]
 In May 2011, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn was interviewed on Radio "Mir" Medjugorje and spoke warmly about his private visit to Medjugorje during Christmas and New Year 2009/10.
The Cardinal stated that his decision to go to Medjugorje came about as a result of visiting the "mother house" of the Cenacolo Community in Saluzzo, Italy, for its annual "Festival of Life" in the summer of 2009. He said he was aware of the deep connection between Medjugorje and the Cenacolo Community and how the Community has spread to the entire world and gives active and visible witness to the power of the resurrection of the Lord. He said he also wanted to use his time in Medjugorje for silence and meditation.
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Sunday, 28 November 2010 13:07 |
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(Excerpt from Our Lady Speaks as a Mother, by Marija Stelzer-Dugandzic, pictured second from the right.)
[The others, pictured from left to right: His Eminence Christoph Cardinal Schoenborn (Archbishop of Vienna), and visionaries Marija Pavlovic, Mirjana Dragicevic and Ivanka Ivankovic.]
If we speak about the vocabulary of the messages, the question arises whether it is the vocabulary of Our Lady, or of the visionary, or of some third person. In other words: what process takes place between the actual ecstasy of the visionary and the written word, which then becomes “the message”?
Let us first pay attention to the visionary herself. To my question about how she receives the message, she answered, “I hear, I see, and I sense Our Lady. It is not like a dictation one receives from somebody; rather it is an experience drawing my whole being into it. The words themselves are already an experience by itself. If Our Lady says, ‘I am your mother; I love you’, she gives me such a convincing feeling that I can never express it completely in words. At the end of my ecstasy I need some time to be quiet so as to remember the experience and the message accurately.”
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