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Compiled by Andrew Jerome Yeung
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STATEMENT FROM THE APOSTOLIC NUNCIO
STATEMENT FROM THE APOSTOLIC NUNCIO
Archbishop Allessandro D'Errico, Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina, gave the following announcement about Medjugorje on March 18th, 2010, at the end of the 48th Bishops' Conference of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
"Whenever I would meet the Holy Father, he was always enormously interested in Medjugorje. He was involved in everything, starting from the time when he was Head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He is aware that this is an issue of special importance, and he, as supreme authority of the Church, needs to give his precise statement about the matter. The Holy Father is very familiar with the Medjugorje phenomenon; he even mentioned that to me personally. He is aware of the vast amount of positive and good influence of the local priests, religious, Franciscans and lay people, and therefore it is hugely difficult for him to perceive that there can be so much opposing information about the same phenomenon.
"That is why he wants to establish this Commission on a really high level. He wants to do this so that he can have a broad picture about the subject based on persons who have the uppermost qualities and skills. For that reason he has invited Cardinals, Bishops and experts from different parts of the world to be participants in the Commission.
"On March 17th, 2010, it was officially announced that the Chairman of this Commission would be Cardinal Ruini, a very prestigious cardinal, who has considerable qualities, and is also a close associate of the Holy Father (and has been his friend not only during the period while he is the Pope). Cardinal Ruini is well acquainted with the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina; he particularly knows the circumstances from the war period, when he was the President of the Bishops' Conference of Italy. At that time, he brought about the decision that the Italian Church and the Bishops' Conference of Italy would become more involved in helping all the wounded nations in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
"What is especially interesting, and shows the Holy Father's abundant sympathy for this country, is that he wanted this information about the Commission to be announced simultaneously at the Vatican and in Mostar -- since Medjugorje is obviously in the territory of the Mostar Diocese. I know well that the media had spoken a lot about this Commission for a long period of time, and great expectations were formed. Today, we can say that we are pleased and grateful to the Holy Father for this attention which he expressed towards Mostar and our Catholic communities. That is how I, on behalf of the Holy Father, announced this important decision to the bishops at the same time when the news was released in Rome.
"We understand that the work of this Commission is going to be extremely demanding, and I would like to invite all of our communities to pray and to offer the work of this Commission to St. Joseph and to Mary, Mother of the Church -- the patron saints of Mostar."
The Commission began meeting on March 26th, 2010.
PREFACE
By Marija Stelzer-Dugandžić
[Native of Medjugorje. Close friend of the visionaries. Graduate of the prestigious Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Licentiate in Pastoral Theology from the University of Vienna. Author of Our Lady Speaks As A Mother – Textual Analysis and Theology of the Messages of Medjugorje (Informativni Centar “Mir” Medjugorje).]
Since 1981, six Croatian youths in the village of Medjugorje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, have been asserting that they see the Blessed Virgin Mary and that they receive messages from her. For millions of people all over the world these extraordinary events, together with the heavenly instructions, have become a source of renewal within their Christian lives. The messages are in complete harmony with the Gospel and with Catholic Tradition.
Although the Church’s position on the occurrences is, at this stage, one of investigation and watchful attention, unofficial pilgrimages to Medjugorje are neither prohibited nor discouraged. On the contrary, the Church acknowledges this village to be a sanctuary of prayer, and oversees the liturgical-pastoral services offered at the site by the Franciscan priests and sisters.
Through Medjugorje, numerous Christians and non-Christians have found their way to God, to one another, and to the Church; this is what most characterizes Medjugorje, described by someone as “a place where it is very easy to turn to God and to start a new spiritual life.” Thousands of visitors have experienced conversion and various forms of healing.
The Archbishop of Vienna, His Eminence Christoph Cardinal Schoenborn, main author of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, stated: "When you look at a place like Medjugorje, you can see a superpower of mercy."
"This is my first visit, but since I've been a Bishop from 1991, I have simply noticed the fruits of Medjugorje."
"I would be lying if I said this fruit did not exist. This fruit is concrete and visible, and I can see in our diocese and in many other places graces of conversion, graces of a supernatural life of faith, graces of joy, graces of vocations, of healings, of people returning to the Sacraments - to Confession. All this is not mis-leading. Therefore, as far as I am concerned, as a bishop, I can see the fruit. If we had to judge the tree by its fruit, as Jesus rec-ommended, I must say that the tree is fruitful."
In fact, Cardinal Schoenborn often tells his bishops and priests openly that in excess of 50% of the seminarians in his diocese have chosen this path thanks to Medjugorje, which was the place of their conversion or of their call to the priesthood. “If I were an opponent of Medjugorje, I would have to close down my seminary, since almost all the candidates have received their call to the priesthood through Medjugorje!”
The Cardinal’s observations about the return to the Sacraments can be partially attested to by the large number of communicants and confessions at Medjugorje. There are at least six Masses each day, and during the summer months, each one is overflowing with pilgrims – more attendants than what you see on Sundays in most churches in the rest of the world. Annually, the number of communion hosts used far exceeds 1,000,000. As well, there are six confessionals inside the church and a row of twenty-five more outside. Dozens of extra stations are set up around the grounds on big feast-days. The queues are long.
Andrew Jerome Yeung, the writer of this compilation, travelled to Medjugorje no less than thirty three times. He is one of those for whom this hamlet became a second home. Staying there for several weeks on some occasions, he witnessed and personally experienced the intense response to Our Lady’s call in the surroundings in which they were given. He learned to speak a little Croatian, and made many friends among the parishioners, the visionaries and the pilgrims.
The six books he wrote, plus the beginning of the seventh, are all influenced by the Queen of Peace in one form or another. In fact, the only reason he came originally to the shrine in 1984 was to ask the Mother of God for counsel and direction on his first one: DO WHATEVER JESUS TELLS YOU! which eventually took him another 26 years to complete. The sayings quoted in it are exclusively those attributed to Jesus by the Evangelists in the Four Gospels. In 2008, the Catholic Church in China published the translation in two formats, simplified Chinese and Chinese/English. The latter is for university students enrolled in English language classes. It will be a powerful instrument in helping to crush the serpent’s head.
I consider Our Lady Speaks from Medjugorje a very precious contribution to understanding the communications of the Blessed Virgin. Putting the more important subjects in alphabetical order, Andrew assists us in finding an easy entrance to the riches of the wonderful guidance given by our loving Mother. On the one hand, for those who do not know them or who reject them purely out of ignorance, it gives a quick and clear view of what Mary is saying. On the other hand, for those who do know them and want to live them more fully, this systematic manual will be useful in their meditations and in the revitalization of their faith.
I hope this work fulfils the author’s wish of bringing to the reader the immense joy of becoming a better Christian. I hope it will serve as an inspiration for all to come closer to God, and to learn to pray and offer up their lives for the conversion of sinners and unbelievers. I hope also that priests and deacons will find in it valuable reminders for their preaching, leadership, and proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
[The above-mentioned book DO WHATEVER JESUS TELLS YOU! can be read (Spiritual Readings) and heard (Audio Teachings) in this same web-site: www.medjugorjeca.org. The book can be bought at the Medjugorje Centre of Canada, 128 Industrial Road, Richmond Hill, Toronto, L4C 2Y3. Telephone 416-900-0270. Fax 905-884-9331. E-mail:
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Pope John Paul II on Medjugorje
From the internet site officially sponsored by the Franciscan priests, one can read some of the documented remarks made by His Holiness.
To Bishop Pavol Hnilica (1984): "Medjugorje is the continuation of Fatima."
To visionary Mirjana Dragičević (1987): "If I were not the Pope I would already be in Medjugorje confessing."
To Bishop Maurillo Kreiger of Brazil (1988): "Medjugorje, Medjugorje; it is the spiritual heart of the world."
To a group of doctors in Italy (1989): "Yes, today the world has lost its sense of the supernatural. In Medjugorje, many seek and rediscover it in prayer, fasting and confession."
To Archbishop Angelo Kim, President of the Korean Bishops' Conference, in reply to his compliment to the Pope, "Father, thanks to you, Poland was able to liberate itself from Communism" (1990): "No, this is not my merit. This is the work of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as she had predicted in Fatima and in Medjugorje."
To Fr. Jozo Zovko (1992): "Busy yourself with Medjugorje, look after Medjugorje, don't tire. Persevere, be strong, I am with you. Watch over, follow Medjugorje."
To Archbishop Felipe Santiago Bentez of Paraguay (1994): "Approve all that is related to Medjugorje."
To Bishop Robert Cavallero of Chiavari, in answer to his question to the Holy Father whether he believed in Medjugorje (1997): "I believe... I believe... I believe."
Background
The Blessed Virgin appeared first on June 24th, 1981 to Ivanka Ivanković and Mirjana Dragičević. Later that afternoon, when she came again, Vicka Ivanković and Ivan Dragičević had tagged along. The next day, on her third apparition, Marija Pavlović and Jakov Čolo were also present. This second afternoon all six stayed to watch, listen and pray. At that time, Jakov was 10 years old while the others were just past their mid-teens.
Since then Our Lady has been conveying messages to them on a regular basis. This material contains excerpts of the more important ones. The majority is from March 1984 to the present. Except for about a dozen of them, many of the early messages had not been formally recorded or translated by the parish translation team. Should they become authenticated, they will be included as soon as available.
Critics
Opponents of Medjugorje like to justify their stance by arguing that there is no need for heavenly visitations, that Revelation was completed on the death of the last Apostle, that a Christian has enough guidance through Sacred Scripture and the Church. That may be so, but we beg them to open their eyes and look around. How many people do they see reading Sacred Scripture? How many heed what is written in them? How many are faithful to all the tenets of the Church? Our Lady never said she came to announce a new set of revelations; she is here precisely to exhort her children to live what the Bible and the Catholic Church teach!
"Look around you, dear children, and you will see how greatly sin has dominated the world," she stated on September 13th, 1984. Many of her children give in readily to sin; they ignore God; they live like pagans. Can a loving Mother stand by and do nothing?
The Messages
Mother Mary did not come primarily to tell us about future events. She came mostly to pass on guidelines for living a solid spiritual life - guidelines that are pertinent in every age no matter on what date they were initially given. She appeals especially for conversion, prayer, strong faith, peace, penance and fasting.
"I have remained with you this long to help you in your trials" (02/07/1985), she explained. Looking back at the tribulations that have afflicted the Church, the world, families, and individuals over the decades after this providential promise of assistance was made, one begins to comprehend its implications and the reason why it is so important to heed Our Lady.
The State of the Church during the Apparitions
Throughout her history, the Church has periodically experienced terrible trials - trials caused by external persecutions and/or the sins of her own members. But she has always bounced back. Just as Jesus agonized in the Garden of Gethsemani, just as he was betrayed by one of his Twelve, maligned by his enemies, scourged, crowned with thorns, spat upon, made to carry a heavy cross and crucified, so will the Church go through the same at different stages of her journey. But similarly, she will rise again! Jesus said, "And the gates of Hell shall never prevail against her" (see Mt 16:18).
Mother Mary stood by her suffering Son, steadfastly believing in his plan of redemption. She never doubted the efficacy of his teachings, or diluted them. Not once was she discouraged, knowing that he would be brought back to life on the third day. She says to us from Medjugorje, "I rejoice with you, and in this time of grace I call you to spiritual renewal" (05/25/2000).
Rejoice? This is a time of grace?
Yes! Emphatically yes! And we are already witnessing the purification of the Church, of her leaders, of the laity, of the world.
Take courage; do not be afraid. In the end, Mary's Immaculate Heart will triumph, and her sons and daughters will come to their senses. They will get up and go to their Father's house. They will live again in holiness and peace.
The prophet Haggai's remarks about the Temple can be adapted to portray the present and future condition of the Church. The treasures that he speaks about, and the silver and the gold, may be thought of as symbols for God's precious children whom he desires to return to him from every nation.
"Is there anyone left among you who saw this Temple in its former glory? And how does it look to you now? Does it not seem as though there is nothing there? But take courage now, Zerubbabel! - Yahweh declares. Courage, Joshua son of Jehozadak high priest! Courage, all you people of the country! - it is Yahweh who speaks. To work! I am with you - Yahweh Sabaoth declares - and my spirit is present among you. Do not be afraid! For Yahweh Sabaoth says this: A little while now, and I shall shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I shall shake all the nations, and all the treasures of all the nations will flow in, and I shall fill this Temple with glory, says Yahweh Sabaoth. Mine is the silver, mine the gold! - Yahweh Sabaoth declares. The glory of this new Temple will surpass that of the old, says Yahweh Sabaoth, and in this place I shall give peace - Yahweh Sabaoth declares" (Haggai 2:3-9, New Jerusalem Bible).
Our Lady said, "Read Sacred Scripture, live it, and pray to understand the signs of the time. This is a special time" (08/25/1993). "Therefore, little children, pray and read Sacred Scripture so that through Sacred Scripture you may discover the message for you in my coming here" (06/25/1991).
Conversion
In the Bible, Jonah was asked to announce to the people of Nineveh that in forty days the city would be destroyed. The inhabitants repented, and were spared. Whatever divine chastisements our present perverse generation justly deserves can also be reduced or eliminated, if we convert.
"I invite you to conversion. This is the most important message that I have given you here," Our Lady asserted on February 25th, 1996.
"You cannot be converted, little children, if you do not abandon sins and do not decide for love towards God and neighbour" (01/25/2002).
Live Your Mother's Messages
One mistake a person can make is to ignore Our Lady's injunctions. Another is to think that her invitation to conversion is meant for somebody else. "You speak much, little children, but little do you work on your own conversion" (09/25/1998).
"There are many who think they are doing a lot by talking about the messages but do not live them" (05/25/1991).
"Therefore, convert and start to live my messages, not with your words but with your life" (09/25/1998).
"Dear children, if you live the messages, you are living the seeds of holiness" (10/10/1985). Live Mother Mary's messages and you will know how true this statement is; you will receive direction and help to be separated further from sin and profanity, you will become more and more united to God, you will carry out your Christian vocation with greater understanding.
The Blessed Mother habitually closes her messages with the sentence: "Thank you for having responded to my call." This "Thank you" has the same force as the ones seen in public places, like, "Thank you for not smoking", which signifies: "Do not smoke!" Besides expressing her gratitude, Our Lady is requesting, "Respond to my call! It is vital that you do."
In Jesus we see the perfect example of one who followed his Mother's bidding, with superlative fruitfulness. He lived in obedience to her for thirty years at Nazareth, and advanced in wisdom, in stature, and in favour before God and his people. (See Luke 2:51-52.)
Daily Meditation
We invite you, fellow children of God, after you have gone through this material once, to consider adopting it as part of your meditative reading, concentrating on one message each day, or (at most) a topic per day. Mother Mary beckons, "Little children, read every day the messages I have given you and transform them into life" (12/25/1989).
The idea is not to finish everything within a certain length of time. The purpose is to let the words sink in and become assimilated into your thoughts and behaviour.
A way to benefit from Our Lady's teachings is to apply them to your personal situation. "I call you, little children, to look deeply into your heart" (01/25/2002).
God First
"In your work and in your everyday life, put God in the first place" (12/25/1987), the Blessed Virgin tells us. This is a key element and a link running through all of her instructions. It necessitates giving to God our highest regard, and trusting him explicitly. It requires our profound belief in his love for us and for all whom we hold dear, and learning to count on that love with complete abandonment and in the absence of the slightest trace of doubt. This is how we can pray with such confidence that our whole outlook on life is transformed. This is how we can talk to God in joy and peace, fully conscious of his affectionate presence. This is how we can pray with the heart, in a humble and quiet spirit.
"I am calling you to total surrender to God" (05/25/1988). Among other things she is telling us not to be afraid, but to place in God's hands ourselves and everything that is in our hearts. "God is your greatest friend" (02/25/1992). Let him be the Lord of your life.
When we have truly understood these things we will be on an amazingly elevated level of spiritual awareness.
Children
When Mother Mary begins her messages by addressing us as "Dear children" she is reminding us that we are God's sons and daughters - and hers; we are cherished by God - and by her; we are to think of ourselves and our loved ones in that light, and live accordingly.
She also calls us "Little children." In this, she echoes Jesus' words: "Unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven" (Mt 18:3, New Jerusalem Bible). With Jesus, she is urging us to live with child-like trust.
"At that time Jesus exclaimed, 'I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do.'" (Mt 11:25-26, New Jerusalem Bible)
Peace
Right from the second day of her apparitions, Our Lady put out the call for peace. "Peace, peace, peace; only peace" (06/26/1981), she announced.
"I want each one of you to experience in your heart that peace which God is giving" (06/25/1987).
"Therefore, pray that the Lord of peace may protect you with his mantle and that he may help you to understand the greatness and the importance of peace in your hearts" (12/25/1990).
And with peace in yourself, let it go forth to your neighbours and beyond. "Dear children, by your own peace I am calling you to help others to see and begin to seek peace" (09/25/1986).
"Little children, you are chosen to witness peace and joy. If there is no peace, pray and you will receive it. Through you and your prayer, little children, peace will begin to flow through the world. That is why, little children, pray, pray, pray, because prayer works miracles in human hearts and in the world" (10/25/2001).
Prayer
The request that Mother Mary makes most often is for her sons and daughters to pray. "Let prayer, dear children, be your everyday food" (05/30/1985).
"In prayer you will discover the greatest joy and the way out of every situation that has no escape" (03/28/1985).
"Let prayer be your life. Dear children, dedicate your time only to Jesus and he will give you everything that you are seeking" (09/25/1987).
"Dear children, Satan is very strong. And therefore I request your prayers - that you offer them for those who are under his influence so that they be saved... If you pray Satan cannot injure you, not even a little bit, because you are God's children and God watches over you. Pray, and let the rosary be always in your hands as a sign to Satan that you belong to me" (02/25/1988).
"Especially, I call you to pray for all those who are far from God, that they would be converted" (08/25/1989).
"Pray in order to understand that all of you, by your life and your example, ought to collaborate in the work of salvation" (05/25/1996).
"In a special way, little children, I call you to pray for the conversion of sinners" (03/25/1999).
"Pray in a special way for those who do not know God's love; and witness with your life so that they can also come to know God and his immeasurable love" (02/25/2000).
"Little children, believe that miracles can be performed by simple prayer" (10/25/2002).
Notes
1. For more information, please visit the Internet site at http://www.medjugorje.hr. The site is sanctioned by the Franciscan Fathers who are in charge of the parish.
2. The quotations in OUR LADY SPEAKS FROM MEDJUGORJE are translated from the Croatian language. Questions concerning the interpretation of any text must be resolved by consulting the original documents.
3. The subject titles are in alphabetical order, but, because the topics are not mutually exclusive, duplication and overlapping do exist here and there.
4. The numbers in brackets at the end of each citation denote the sequence (month/day/year). Thus, (08/02/2008) indicates August 2nd, 2008.
5. Most messages were given through Marija every week or month. For those that were not, in this book, the date on which a message was received is followed by the name of the visionary through whom the message was given.
6. When Mother Mary stops speaking to the world via Marija every month, no more new quotations will be added to this book. At that time, Our Lady's messages will continue to be reported on www.medjugorjeca.org under the title Our Lady Speaks: Special and Annual Messages. In fact, that work has already commenced. Please visit the website, scroll down on the left side of the home page to "Our Lady's Messages," and click on it in order to view the entries.
7. Reminder: on the first day of her apparitions in Medjugorje in 1981, Our Lady was holding in her arms an infant whom she showed to the visionaries, and whom she kept covering and uncovering with her veil.
How old would this child be today, in terms of earthly years?
THE TOPICS
God will bestow great gifts on you if you surrender yourselves to him. (12/19/1985)
God does not want you lukewarm or undecided, but that you surrender to him totally. (11/20/1986)
Put your life in God's hands. (01/25/1988)
Therefore, dear children, forsake everything and consecrate your time to God and then God will bestow gifts upon you and bless you. Little children, do not forget that your life is transitory like a spring flower which is wonderful today, but is gone tomorrow. Therefore, pray in such a way that your prayer and your surrender to God may become like a road sign. (03/25/1988)
Surrender yourselves to God so that he may heal you, console you, and forgive everything inside you which is a hindrance on the way of love. In this way, God can mould your life, and you will grow in love. (06/25/1988)
Everything you do, and everything you possess, give over to God so that he reigns over your life as King of all that you possess. That way, through me, God can lead you into the depths of the spiritual life. (07/25/1988)
You see, little children, how nature is opening herself and is giving life and fruit. In the same way I call you to a life with God and complete surrender to him. (05/25/1989)
Do not be afraid to open your heart and to completely surrender yourself to Jesus, because only in this way can he enter into your heart and fill it with love, peace and joy. (12/25/1998, Jakov)
Therefore, little children, make good use of this time of joyful prayer and abandonment. (07/25/2010)
Unceasingly adore the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. I am always present when the faithful are adoring. Special graces are then received by them. (03/15/1984)
Today, I invite you to fall in love with the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Adore him, little children, in your parishes. In this way you will be united with the entire world. Jesus will become your friend and you will not talk of him as someone you hardly know. Union with him will be a joy for you, and you will become witnesses to Jesus' love which he has for every creature. Little children, when you adore Jesus you are also close to me. (09/25/1995)
You adore Him, and may your hope be hope to those hearts who do not have Jesus. (08/25/2008)
From day to day I wish to clothe you in holiness, goodness, obedience and God's love, so that from day to day you will become more beautiful and more prepared for your Master. (10/24/1985)
Dear children, once again I want to call you to prayer. When you pray you are much more beautiful, like flowers which, after the snow, display all their beauty, and all their colours become indescribable. So you also, dear children, after prayer you exhibit more strongly before God everything that is beautiful; this pleases him. Therefore, dear children, pray, and open your inner self to the Lord so that he may make of you a harmonious and beautiful flower for Paradise. (12/18/1986)
Put God at the centre of your being so that, in this way, you can witness in joy the beauty that God continually gives in your life. (05/25/2001)
Dear children, today I call you to read the Bible every day in your homes. And let it be in a visible place so as to always encourage you to read it and to pray. (10/18/1984)
Read Sacred Scripture, live it, and pray to understand the signs of the time. This is a special time. That is why I am with you to draw you close to my Heart and to the Heart of my Son Jesus. Dear little children, I want you to be children of light and not of darkness. (08/25/1993)
Little children, you do not know how to live in the grace of God; that is why I call you all anew to carry the word of God in your heart and in your thoughts. (08/25/1996)
Little children, live joyfully the messages of the Gospel which I have been repeating all the time I have been with you. Little children, I am your mother and I desire to reveal to you the God of love and the God of peace. I do not want your life to be in sadness but that it be realized in joy for eternity according to the Gospel. (12/25/1996)
I call you to renew prayer in your families by reading Sacred Scripture and to experience joy in meeting with God who loves his creatures infinitely. (09/25/1999)
Also today I call you to be carriers of the Gospel in your families. (01/25/2006)
I call you to place more blessed objects in your homes, and I call everyone to put some blessed object on yourself. Let all the objects be blessed, and thus Satan will attack you less because you will have armour against him. (07/18/1985)
I call all of you to pray with your whole heart and to change your life day by day. (11/13/1986)
God wants to save you, and sends you messages through people, nature and many things which can only help you to understand that you must change the direction of your life. (03/25/1990)
Dear children, God blesses you day after day, and desires transformation of your life. Therefore, pray that you may have strength to change your life. (05/25/1990)
I have come to help you, and therefore I invite you to change your life because you have taken a path of misery, a path of ruin. When I told you, "Convert, pray, fast, be reconciled", you took these messages superficially. You started to live them and then you stopped, because it was difficult for you. No, dear children, when something is good, you have to persevere in the goodness, and not think, "God does not see me; he is not listening; he is not helping." (03/25/1992)
In order to understand what you have to do, little children, pray, and God will give you what you concretely need to do, and where you need to change. (02/25/1993)
Decide, as in the first days of my coming here, for a complete change of your life. In this way, little children, you will have strength to kneel and to open your hearts before God. God will hear your prayers and answer them. (08/25/2004)
Dear children! You know that the season of joy is getting closer but, without love, you will achieve nothing. So, first of all, begin to love your own family, everyone in the parish, and then you will be able to accept and love all those who come here. This week should be a week during which you learn to love. (12/13/1984)
This Christmas, Satan wanted in a special way to spoil God's plans. You, dear children, were also conscious of Satan yourselves on Christmas day. But God is winning in all your hearts. Let your hearts keep on being happy. (12/27/1984)
I am calling you to prepare yourselves for Christmas by means of penance, prayer, and works of charity. Dear children, do not look towards material things, because then you will not be able to experience Christmas. (12/05/1985)
For Christmas, my invitation is that together we glorify Jesus. I present him to you in a special way on that day, and my invitation to you is that on that day we glorify Jesus and his birth. Dear children, on that day pray still more and think more about Jesus. (12/12/1985)
Dear children, today I wish to call you to love of neighbour. The more you resolve to love your neighbour, the more you will experience Jesus, especially on Christmas Day... I wish in a special way on Christmas Day to give mothers my own special motherly blessing, and Jesus will bless the rest with his own blessing. (12/19/1985)
I call you to pray especially at this time in order to experience the joy of meeting with the new-born Jesus. Dear children, I want you to experience these days just as I experience them. With joy I wish to guide you and show you the joy to which I wish to bring each one of you. (12/11/1986)
Dear children, these are days in which the Father grants special graces to all who open their hearts. I bless you and I desire that you too, dear children, become aware of the graces, and place everything at God's disposal so that he may be glorified through you. (12/25/1986)
Dear children, rejoice with me! My heart is joyful because of Jesus, and today I want to give him to you. Dear children, I want each one of you to open your heart to Jesus, and I give him to you with love. Dear children, I want him to change you, to teach you, and to protect you. Today I pray in a special way for each one of you, and I am presenting you to God so that he manifests himself in you. (12/25/1987)
You say that Christmas is a family feast day, therefore, dear children, put God in the first place in your families so that he may give you peace and protect you not only from war, but also from every Satanic attack during times of peace. When God is with you, you have everything. (12/25/1991)
Today is the day of peace, but throughout the whole world there is much lack of peace. Therefore, I call you to build up a new world of peace together with me by means of prayer. (12/25/1992)
Today I rejoice with you, and I pray with you for peace: peace in your hearts, peace in your families, peace in your desires, and peace in the whole world. May the King of Peace bless you today and give you peace. (12/25/1994)
Today, again, I invite you to pray so that through prayer, fasting, and small sacrifices, you may prepare yourselves for the coming of Jesus. Let this time, little children, be a time of grace for you. Use every moment and do good, for only in this way will you feel the birth of Jesus in your hearts. If you give good example with your life and become a sign of God's love, joy will prevail in the hearts of all. (11/25/1996)
This is a time of grace. Little children, today in a special way with little Jesus whom I hold in my embrace, I am giving you the possibility of deciding for peace. Through your 'Yes' for peace and your decision for God, a new possibility for peace is opened to you. Only in this way, little children, will this century be for you a time of peace and well-being. Therefore, put little new-born Jesus in the first place in your life and he will lead you on the way of salvation. (12/25/1999)
Today when Jesus is born and by his birth brings immeasurable joy, love and peace, I call you in a special way to say your "Yes" to Jesus. Open your hearts so that Jesus enters into them, comes to dwell in them, and starts to work through you. Only in this way will you be able to comprehend the true beauty of God's love, joy and peace. Dear children, rejoice in the birth of Jesus, and pray for all those hearts which have not opened to Jesus, so that Jesus may enter into each of their hearts and start working through them, and so that every person would be an example of a true person through whom God works. (12/25/2000, Jakov)
I call you today and encourage you to prayer for peace. Especially today, carrying the new-born Jesus in my arms for you, I call you to unite with him through prayer and to become a sign to this unpeaceful world. Encourage each other, little children, to prayer and love. (12/25/2001)
Today, when Jesus desires in a special way to give you his peace, I call you to pray for peace in your hearts. Children, without peace in your hearts you cannot feel the love and joy of the birth of Jesus. (12/25/2003, Jakov)
Also today, in my arms I bring you little Jesus, the King of Peace, to bless you with his peace. (12/25/2005)
Little children, in love, share that peace and blessing with others. (12/25/2009)
Today I wish to call all of you to Confession, even if you have confessed a few days ago. I wish that all of you experience my feast day [Annunciation] within yourselves. But you cannot experience it unless you abandon yourselves completely to God. Therefore, I am inviting all of you to reconciliation with God. (03/24/1985)
Jesus desires to fill your hearts with peace and joy. Little children, you cannot realize peace if you are not at peace with Jesus. Therefore, I invite you to Confession so that Jesus may be your truth and peace. (01/25/1995)
Let Holy Confession be the first act of conversion for you and then, dear children, decide for holiness. (11/25/1998)
Open your heart to God, little children, through Holy Confession, and prepare your soul so that little Jesus can be born anew in your heart. Permit him to transform you and lead you on the way of peace and joy. (11/25/2002)
Dear children, today I am very happy because there are many who wish to consecrate themselves to me. Thank you. You have not made a mistake. My Son Jesus Christ wants to bestow on you special graces through me. My Son is happy because of your surrender. (05/17/1984)
Dear children, again today I call you to consecrate your life to me with love, so that I can guide you with love. (11/27/1986)
Therefore, little children, I am calling you today to the prayer of Consecration to Jesus, my dear Son, so that each of your hearts may be his. And then I am calling you to consecration to my Immaculate Heart. I want you to consecrate yourselves as individuals, families and parishes so that all belong to God through my hands. Therefore, little children, pray that you comprehend the greatness of this message which I am giving you. I do not want anything for myself, but all for the salvation of your souls. (10/25/1988)
I invite all those who have said "Yes" to me to renew their consecration to my Son Jesus, to his Heart, and to me, so that we can take you more intensely as instruments of peace in this unpeaceful world. (04/25/1992)
Consecrate your heart and make in it the home of the Lord. May he dwell in it forever. (03/18/1996, Mirjana)
I call you to be responsible and determined, and to consecrate each day to God in prayer. (01/25/1998)
Also today, I urge you to consecrate yourselves to my Heart and to the Heart of my Son Jesus. Only in this way will you be mine more each day and you will inspire each other all the more to holiness. In this way joy will rule your hearts and you will be carriers of peace and love. (05/25/2004)
Dear children, I wish to call all of you to full conversion so that joy will be in your hearts. (06/25/1990)
My presence here is to take you on a new path, the path to salvation. That is why I call you day after day to conversion. But if you do not pray, you cannot say that you are converting. (06/25/1992)
God can give you peace only if you convert and pray. (05/25/1993)
Dear children, I cannot help you if you do not live God's commandments, if you do not live the Mass, if you do not give up sin. (10/25/1993)
Little children, I wish to make of you a most beautiful bouquet prepared for eternity but you do not accept the way of conversion, the way of salvation that I am offering you through these apparitions. Little children, pray, convert your hearts and come closer to me. (07/25/1995)
Today I invite you to conversion. This is the most important message that I have given you here. (02/25/1996)
Little children, when you put God in the first place, then you will seek God's will in all that you do. In this way your daily conversion will become easier. Little children, with humility seek out what is not in order in your hearts. Conversion will become a daily duty that you will perform with joy. Little children, I am with you, I bless you all, and I invite you to become my witnesses by prayer and personal conversion. (04/25/1996)
Little children, you speak much about God, but little do you witness with your life. Therefore, little children, decide for conversion, that your life may be true before God, so that in the truth of your life you witness the beauty God gave you. (07/25/1996)
Little children, do not be afraid. I am with you and I intercede before God for each of you so that your heart receives the gift of conversion. Only in this way, little children, will you comprehend the importance of grace in these times, and God will become closer to you. (04/25/1998)
This, little children, is a time of grace for you. Make good use of it for your personal conversion, because when you have God, you have everything. (07/25/1998)
With every morning sunrise, God calls you to convert and to return to the way of truth and salvation. You speak much, little children, but little do you work on your own conversion. Therefore, convert and start to live my messages, not with your words but with your life. In this way, little children, you will have strength to decide for true conversion of the heart. (09/25/1998)
Only with love and prayer, little children, can you live this time that is given to you for conversion. (03/25/1999)
Also today I call you to convert and to believe in God more firmly. (05/25/1999)
You are concerned too much about material things and little about spiritual ones. Open your hearts and start again to work more on your personal conversion. (04/25/2000)
Little children, you live in a time in which God gives great graces but you do not know how to make good use of them. You are concerned about everything else, but least for the soul and the spiritual life. Awaken from the tired sleep of your soul and say "Yes" to God with all your strength. Decide for conversion and holiness. I am with you, little children, and I call you to perfection of your soul and of everything you do. (03/25/2001)
Pray, pray, pray for the conversion of your heart, so that Jesus may be born in all of you and may dwell in you, and come to reign over your entire being. (12/25/2001, Jakov)
You cannot be converted, little children, if you do not abandon sins and do not decide for love towards God and neighbour. (01/25/2002)
If you convert, all those around you will also be renewed, and prayer will be a joy for them. (05/25/2003)
And you, who are far from prayer, convert and, in the silence of your heart, seek salvation for your soul and nurture it with prayer. (05/25/2007)
And you who are far from God's mercy, convert so that God may not become deaf to your prayers and that it may not be too late for you. (08/25/2007)
Dear children! I call you to work on your personal conversion. You are still far from meeting with God in your heart. Therefore, spend all the more time in prayer and Adoration of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, for him to change you and to put into your hearts a living faith and a desire for eternal life. (03/25/2008)
At this time when you are thinking of physical rest, I call you to conversion. Pray and work so that your heart yearns for God the Creator who is the true rest of your soul and your body. May he reveal his face to you and may he give you his peace. (07/25/2008)
Dear children! Today I call you anew to conversion. Little children, you are not holy enough and you do not radiate holiness to others, therefore pray, pray, pray and work on your personal conversion, so that you may be a sign of God's love to others. (08/25/2009)
Dear children, I want to tell you that the cross should be central these days. Pray especially before the crucifix from which great graces come. Now in your homes make a special consecration to the crucifix. Promise that you will neither offend Jesus nor abuse the crucifix. (09/12/1985)
Today, in a special way, I invite you to take the crucifix in your hands and meditate on the wounds of Jesus. Seek from Jesus that he heals your wounds which you, dear children, sustained during your life because of your sins or the sins of your parents. Only in this way, dear children, will you understand that the world needs the healing of faith in God the Creator. Through Jesus' passion and death on the cross, you will understand that just by prayer you can also become true apostles of faith, when, in simplicity and prayer, you live faith which is a gift. (03/25/1997)
In this time of grace, let the cross be for you a sign-post of love and unity through which true peace comes. (11/25/1999)
Also today I call all of you for your hearts to blaze with more ardent love for the Crucified, and do not forget that, out of love for you, he gave his life so that you may be saved. Little children, meditate and pray that your heart may be open to God's love. (09/25/2007)
Only through giving, little children, can you comprehend the gift of Jesus´ sacrifice on the Cross for each of you. Little children, give time to God that he may transform you and fill you with His grace, so that you may be a grace for others. (11/25/2007)
I wish that all of you be Jesus' reflection which will enlighten this unfaithful world walking in darkness. (06/05/1986)
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 mercy of God. As Mother I ask you to allow me to do this. (03/18/1999, Mirjana)
Throw out all darkness from your heart, and let God's light and God's love enter your heart and dwell there forever. (12/25/1999, Jakov)
Dear children, I invite you to decide completely for God. (01/02/1986)
I want you to understand that this life lasts briefly compared to the one in Heaven. Therefore, dear children, decide again for God. (11/27/1986)
The way is difficult for those who have not decided for God. Dear children, decide and believe that God is offering himself to you in his fullness. You are invited, and you need to answer the call of the Father who is calling you through me. (10/25/1987)
Therefore pray, so that, free from any influence of Satan, you may decide only for God. (11/25/1989)
Today I invite you to decide for God once again, and to choose him before everything else and above everything else, so that he may perform miracles in your life, and that, day by day, your life may become joy with him. (01/25/1990)
Decide to give more time to God who gave you these days of grace. Therefore, dear children, pray and renew in a special way the love for Jesus in your hearts. (03/25/1991)
Little children, this is a time of grace and so I call you again to decide for God the Creator. Allow him to transform and change you. (05/25/1998)
At this time while you are still looking back to the past year, I call you, little children, to look deeply into your heart and to decide to be closer to God and to prayer. Little children, you are still attached to earthly things and little to the spiritual life. (01/25/2002)
Little children, decide also today for God so that in you and through you he may change the hearts of people, and also your hearts. Be joyful carriers of the risen Jesus in this unpeaceful world which yearns for God and for everything that is from God. (04/25/2003)
Decide for God, little children, and you will find in God the peace your hearts seeks. (09/25/2006)
I invite you to draw still closer to God through prayer. Only in this way will I be able to help you and protect you from every attack of Satan. I am with you and I intercede for you with God, that he protects you. But I need your prayers and your "Yes". You get lost easily in material and human things and forget that God is your greatest friend. Therefore, my dear little children, draw near to God so that he may protect you and guard you from every evil. (02/25/1992)
I am your mother and I invite you to come closer to God through prayer, because he alone is your peace, your Saviour. Therefore, little children, do not seek comfort in material things. Rather, seek God. (09/25/1993)
I am with you and I teach you, little children: in God is your peace and hope. Therefore, draw closer to God and put him in the first place in your life. (01/25/2001)
Dear children! Do not forget that you are here on earth on the way to eternity and that your home is in Heaven. Therefore, little children, be open to God's love and leave egoism and sin. (07/25/2000)
Dear children! Today the Lord permitted me to tell you again that you live in a time of grace. You are not conscious, little children, that God is giving you a great opportunity to convert and to live in peace and love. You are so blind and attached to earthly things and think of earthly life. God sent me to lead you toward eternal life. I, little children, am not tired, although I see that your hearts are heavy and tired for everything that is a grace and a gift. (10/25/2006)
Little children, when you pray you are close to God and he gives you the desire for eternity. This is a time when you can speak more about God and do more for God. Therefore, little children, do not resist, but permit Him to lead you, to change you and to enter into your life. Do not forget that you are travellers on the way toward eternity. Therefore, little children, permit God to lead you as a shepherd leads his flock. (11/25/2006)
Renounce sin and choose eternal life. (01/25/2008)
I desire, little children, that each of you fall in love with eternal life which is your future, and that all worldly things be a help for you to draw you closer to God the Creator. (01/25/2009)
I am with you and am leading you towards eternity, for which every heart must yearn. (08/25/2009)
Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe. (06/28/1981)
The people should believe firmly and have no fear. (06/29/1981)
Open your hearts and surrender your lives to Jesus so that he works through your hearts and strengthens you in faith. (05/23/1985)
When you are far from God, you cannot receive graces because you do not seek them with a firm faith. (01/25/1988)
Therefore, little children, believe, and pray that the Father increases your faith, and then ask for whatever you need. (04/25/1988)
I am near to you and I invite all of you, little children, into my embrace so that I may help you; but you do not want it, and so Satan puts you to the test, and in the smallest trifles your faith disappears. (03/25/1995)
Listen, because I wish to speak to you and invite you to have more faith and trust in God who loves you immeasurably. (08/25/1996)
Let your faith be an encouragement to others to believe and to love more. (12/25/2001)
Also today I am with you in prayer: that God gives you an even stronger faith. Little children, your faith is small, and you are not even aware how small. Despite this, you are not ready to seek the gift of faith from God.... Pray, pray, pray; and only in faith, and through prayer, will your soul find peace, and the world find joy to be with God. (08/25/2002)
In the past Lenten season, you have understood how small you are and how small your faith is. (04/25/2003)
Little children, at this time, in a special way, I pray before God to give you the gift of faith. Only in faith will you discover the joy of the gift of life that God has given you. Your heart will be joyful - thinking of eternity. (11/25/2005)
Also today I call you to have more trust in me and my Son. He has conquered by his death and resurrection, and calls you that through me you be part of his joy. You do not see God, little children, but if you pray you will feel his nearness. (04/25/2006)
I ask the families of the parish to pray the rosary in the family. (09/27/1984)
Today I call you to renewal of prayer in your homes... Let prayer take first place in your families. (11/01/1984)
Every family must pray family-prayer and read the Bible! (02/14/1985)
Dear children, I beseech you to start changing your life in the family. Let the family be a harmonious flower which I desire to give to Jesus. Dear children, let every family be active in prayer for I wish that good fruit in the family be visible one day. Only in this way will I give all, like petals, as a gift to Jesus in fulfilment of God's plan. (05/01/1986)
Therefore, dear children, let your family be a place where holiness is born. Help everyone to live in holiness, but especially your own family. (07/24/1986)
Dear children, today I am inviting you to renewal of prayer in your families so that every family will become a joy to my Son Jesus. Therefore, dear children, pray and find more time for Jesus, and then you will be able to understand and accept everything, even the most difficult sicknesses and crosses. (01/25/1992)
I want you to awaken love in your families so that love will reign where there is unrest and hatred. (04/25/1993)
Today I invite you to live peace in your hearts and families. There is no peace, little children, where there is no prayer, and there is no love where there is no faith. (03/25/1995)
A family cannot say that it is at peace if it does not pray. Therefore, let your morning begin with morning-prayer, and the evening end with thanksgiving. Little children, I am with you and love you; I bless you and want every one of you to be in my embrace. (08/25/1995)
Little children, put Sacred Scripture in a visible place in your family, and read and live it. Teach your children, because if you are not an example to them, children depart into godlessness. (08/25/1996)
Put Holy Scripture in a visible place in your families, read it, reflect on it and learn how God loves his people. (01/25/1999)
Dear children, pray for those families who have not come to know the love of my Son. (06/25/2004, Ivanka)
This is a time of grace for the family and, therefore, I call you to renew prayer. Let Jesus be in the heart of your family... Let every family become a witness of love in this world [which is] without prayer and peace. (10/25/2004)
By prayer and the reading of Sacred Scripture let the Holy Spirit - who will renew you - enter into your families. In this way you will become teachers of the Faith in your family. (04/25/2005)
Little children, in a special way, I call you to holiness in your families. I desire, little children, that each of your families be holy and that God's joy and peace, which God sends you today in a special way, may come to rule and dwell in your families. Little children, open your hearts today on this day of grace, decide for God and put him in the first place in your family. (12/25/2006, Jakov)
Dear children, today I call you to begin fasting with the heart. There are enough people who fast - but only because everybody else is fasting. It has become a routine which no one wants to discontinue. I ask the parish to fast out of gratitude because God has allowed me to stay so long in this parish. Dear children, fast and pray with the heart. (09/20/1984)
Especially live the fast, because by fasting you will achieve - and cause me joy - the fulfilling of the whole plan which God is planning here in Medjugorje. (09/26/1985)
Satan is strong and wants to sweep away my plans of peace and joy and make you think that my Son is not strong in his decisions. Therefore, I call all of you, dear children, to pray and fast still more firmly. (08/25/1991)
I wish to renew prayer with you and to call you to fast. I desire to offer these to my Son Jesus for the coming of a new time - a time of spring. (10/25/2000)
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. (01/25/2001)
I desire, little children, to draw you all closer to my Son Jesus; therefore, you pray and fast. (07/25/2004)
Do novenas of fasting and renunciation so that Satan be far from you and grace be around you. (07/25/2005)
By fasting and renunciation, little children, you will be stronger in faith. (03/25/2007)
Dear children! As Mother, for many years already, I have been teaching you faith and God's love. You have neither shown gratitude to dear Father nor have you given him glory. You have become empty, and your heart has become hard and without love towards your neighbours' sufferings. I am teaching you love, and showing you that dear Father loved you, but you have not loved him. He sacrificed his Son for your salvation, my children. As long as you do not love you will not know your Father's love. You will not get to know him because God is love. Love and do not be afraid, my children, because in love there is no fear. If your hearts are open to the Father and if they are full of love towards him, then why is there fear of what is to come? Those who are afraid are the ones who do not love because they are waiting for punishments, and because they know how empty and hard they are. Children, I am leading you to love, to dear Father. (03/18/1995, Mirjana)
Be of just and innocent heart so that I may lead you to your Father; because the fact that I am here is his great love. (03/18/1996, Mirjana)
Pray that God may be their Father and not their Judge. (03/18/2010, Mirjana)
FATIMA
I invite you to renunciation for nine days so that, with your help, everything I wanted to realize through the secrets I began in Fatima may be fulfilled. I call you, dear children, to grasp the importance of my coming and the seriousness of the situation. I want to save all souls and present them to God. (08/25/1991)
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 that I can present them to God for what is most necessary. (09/25/1991)
Pray for peace so that as soon as possible the Era of Peace, for which my heart waits impatiently, may reign. (06/25/1995)
Dear children! I wish to share my joy with you. In my Immaculate Heart I feel that there are many who have drawn closer to me and, in a special way, carry the Triumph of my Immaculate Heart in their hearts through prayer and personal conversion. I wish to thank you and 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. (08/25/2000)
Do not be anxious or worried. God will help you and show you the way. (05/25/1988)
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: through prayer and fasting alone even wars can be stopped - the wars of your unbelief and fear for the future. (01/25/2001)
And you, do not be afraid because the one who prays is not afraid of evil and has no hatred in his heart. (09/25/2001)
Dear children! Do not be afraid, I am always with you. (06/25/2003, Ivanka)
I am Mother, and even though I feel pain for each one who goes astray, I forgive easily, and am happy for every child who returns to me. (11/14/1985)
The fruit of peace is love and the fruit of love is forgiveness. I am with you and I invite all of you, little children, to forgive in the family first of all, and then you will be able to forgive others. (01/25/1996)
Dear children, pray with the heart to know how to forgive and how to be forgiven. (06/25/1997, Ivanka)
God has given free will to everyone, and it is at your disposal. (01/30/1986)
From day to day, I want to lead you more and more in prayer, but I do not wish to force you. (08/14/1986)
You know that I want to lead you on the way of holiness, but I do not want to compel you to be saints by force. I wish that each one of you would help yourself and me by your little self-denials so that I can lead you closer to holiness day by day. (10/09/1986)
Dear children, you know that I love you immeasurably, and that I want each of you for myself. But God has given to all a freedom which I lovingly respect and to which I humbly submit. (11/25/1987)
Day by day I pray for you, and I want to draw you ever nearer to God; but I cannot if you do not want it. (01/25/1988)
God offers and gives himself to you. But he wants you to answer his call in freedom. (11/25/1988)
Little children, I do not wish to force you, but, freely and as children of God, give your time to God. (07/25/1989)
Dear children! Particularly at this holy time of penance and prayer, I call you to make a choice. God gave you free will to choose life or death. (03/18/2003, Mirjana)
God will give you gifts by which you will glorify him till the end of your life on this earth. (06/02/1984)
Little children, understand also the greatness of the gift which God is giving to you through me: that I am protecting you with my mantle. (03/25/1990)
In the goodness and the love of God the Creator, I am also with you as a gift. (10/25/1995)
I am a gift to you because, from day to day, God permits me to be with you and to love each of you with immeasurable love. Therefore, little children, in prayer and humility, open your hearts and be witnesses of my presence. (10/25/2005)
Dear children, glorify God with a hymn of love so that, day by day, the love of God may grow in you to its fullness. (06/25/1988)
I do not want your life to pass by in words, but that you glorify God with deeds. (04/25/1991)
That is why, little children, renew prayer in your families and your heart will glorify the holy name of God, and Heaven will reign in your hearts. (05/25/1997)
Also today, I call you to give glory to God the Creator in the colours of nature. He speaks to you also through the smallest flower about his beauty and the depth of love with which he has created you. Little children, may prayer flow from your hearts like fresh water from a spring. Let the wheat fields speak to you about the mercy of God towards every creature. (08/25/1999)
God wants to draw you closer to himself, and moves you to give him glory and thanks. (08/25/2003)
God can give you everything that you seek from him. But you seek God only when sicknesses, problems and difficulties come to you, and you think that God is far from you and is not listening and does not hear your prayers. No, dear children, that is not the truth, (01/25/1988)
God does not want anything from you except your surrender. Therefore, little children, decide seriously for God, because everything else passes away. God alone does not pass away. (05/25/1989)
Little children, God offers himself to you in fullness. (02/25/1990)
When God is with you, you have everything. (12/25/1991)
God is your greatest friend. (02/25/1992)
God is all-powerful in your daily life. (05/25/1992)
Today I invite you to glorify God and that the name of God be holy in your hearts and in your life. Little children, when you are in the holiness of God he is with you and gives you the peace and joy which come from God only through prayer. (05/25/1997)
In a special way, now when it is being said that God is far away, he has truly never been nearer to you. (09/25/1999)
God is near to you in prayer and through prayer. (07/25/2000)
Only when the soul finds peace in God does it feel content, and love will begin to flow into the world. (09/25/2002)
My children, without God you can do nothing; do not forget this even for a single moment. For, what are you, and what will you be in the earth when you return to it again? Do not anger God, but follow me to life. (03/18/2003, Mirjana)
In your work and in your everyday life, put God in the first place. (12/25/1987)
Little children, when God is in the first place, then you will seek God's will in all that you do. (04/25/1996)
I desire that each of you reflect and carry peace in your heart, and say, "I want to put God first in my life." In this way, little children, each of you will become holy. (12/25/1997)
Put God in the first place, then the risen Jesus will become your friend. (03/25/1999)
I call you to prayer so that through prayer you put God in the first place. (11/25/2000)
Dear children, you are not aware with how much love God loves you. (03/25/1988)
Rejoice because God loves you and gives you every day the possibility to convert and to believe more in God the Creator. (05/25/1994)
Little children, God is great, and his love for every creature is great. Therefore, pray to be able to understand the love and goodness of God. (10/25/1995)
Dear children! In this message which I give you today through my servant, I wish that you reflect a long time. My children, great is the love of God. Do not close your eyes, do not close your ears, while I repeat to you: great is his love... Do not reject from yourself the name of God so that you may not be rejected. (03/18/1996, Mirjana)
Today I call you to let your life be connected with God the Creator, because only in this way will your life have meaning, and you will understand that God is love... God gives himself to whoever seeks him. (04/25/1997)
Pray, little children, and open your heart to God's love; but you cannot if you do not pray. (09/25/2004)
I call all of you to grow in God's love as a flower which feels the warm rays of spring. In this way, little children, you also grow in God's love and carry it to all those who are far from God. Seek God's will and do good to those whom God has put on your way, and be light and joy. (04/25/2008)
Therefore, little children, arm yourselves with prayer and fasting so that you may be conscious of how much God loves you, and carry out God's will. (10/25/2008)
Pray that, in your hearts, God may be in the center of your life and with your life witness, little children, so that every creature may feel God's love. Be my extended hands for every creature, so that it may draw closer to the God of love. (06/25/2009)
These days are the days when you need to decide for God, for peace, and for good. Let all hatred and jealousy disappear from your life and from your thoughts, and let only love for God and neighbour dwell there. (01/25/1993)
Let good overcome evil. (07/25/1995)
Use every moment and do good. (11/25/1996)
Also today I rejoice with you and call you to goodness... Little children, tell everyone, "I want goodness for you," and he will respond with goodness, and, little children, good will come to dwell in the heart of each person. (12/25/1997)
Be an example, little children, and an incentive for good. (03/25/2004)
Little children, leave a sign of goodness and love wherever you pass, and God will bless you with an abundance of his blessing. (01/25/2007)
May your life, little children, be a reflection of God's goodness and not of hatred and unfaithfulness. (08/25/2007)
God allows me to help you every day with graces to defend yourselves against evil... Just pray and God will give you the graces you are seeking. (10/25/1984)
He is giving you great graces but you do not understand them. Pray to the Holy Spirit for enlightenment. If you only knew how great are the graces that God is granting you, you would pray without ceasing. (11/08/1984)
Dear children! You are a chosen people and God has given you great graces. (11/15/1984)
Dear children, during these days my Lord is allowing me to intercede for more graces for you. Therefore, I wish to urge you once more to pray, dear children! Pray without ceasing! That way, I will give you the joy which the Lord gives to me. With these graces, dear children, I want your sufferings to be joy. (06/19/1986)
Dear children, seek from God the graces which he is giving you through me. I am ready to intercede with God for all that you seek so that your holiness may be complete. Therefore, dear children, do not forget to seek, because God has permitted me to obtain graces for you. (08/25/1987)
This is the time - the time of grace. And, little children, I want God's grace to be great for every individual. (06/25/1989)
Little children, believe, pray and love, and God will be near you. He will give you the gift of all the graces you seek from Him. (10/25/2005)
GROWTH
I want to call you to grow in love. A flower cannot grow without water. So you also, dear children, cannot grow without God's blessing. You need to seek his bless-ing from day to day so that you will grow normally and perform all your actions in union with God. (04/10/1986)
Dear children, I wish to lead you daily more and more in prayer; however, you are not able to grow because you do not want it. I call you, dear children, to let prayer be in the first place for you. (07/03/1986)
I wish that through each one of you God's plan may be fulfilled, and that everything God has planted in your heart may keep on growing. (04/25/1987)
Dear children, through prayer grow all the more to-wards God from day to day. (09/25/1987)
Surrender yourselves to God so that he may heal you, console you, and forgive everything inside you which is a hindrance on the way of love. In this way, God can mould your life, and you will grow in love. Dear children, glorify God with a hymn of love so that God's love may be able to grow in you day by day to its fullness. (06/25/1988)
I want each one of you to discover the way of holiness and that you grow on that way until eternity. (04/25/1990)
Dear children! May this time be a time of personal prayer for you, so that the seed of faith may grow in your hearts; and may it grow into a joyful witness to others. I am with you and I desire to inspire you all: grow and re-joice in the Lord who has created you. (01/25/2010)
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