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27 Julai 2005 , 11:43 , Originally published 2 Agosti 2002 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews Interview: Hubert Liebherr, Initiator of the “Peace March”Other languages: English, Hrvatski
![]() Hubert Liebherr: There are times when everything goes well, and times when I think that nothing functions for me! What had helped me personally was Our Lady’s answer given to the visionaries, when they asked Her why She had chosen them. She said that she had chosen neither the best ones nor the worst ones. When I saw that they were ordinary people, that each one of them has a character, a specificity, it helped me. They are ordinary, I am ordinary… it means that it is possible. If Our Lady had chosen some very holy people, very much advanced in spiritual life, I would have probably said that it was not my world, or that I will never make it. It helped me. There are periods when I have difficulties with prayer, but the Lord knows me and has understanding for my weaknesses. This is why I can trust Him, I can trust in His love and mercy. 27 Julai 2005 , 10:27 , Originally published 17 Julai 2003 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews / Author: René Laurentin Interview: Rene Laurentin, Theologian and Mariologist (Selected Passages)Other languages: English, Hrvatski
![]() Those who go against God and against His law of love destroy themselves, individually and collectively. Today, there are some really immoral laws that destroy human beings, in some cases even proscribe to kill an unborn child. There are thousands of reasons for which we can say that human beings destroy themselves today. I would not say that this was God’s punishment; it is a self-destruction, and human beings are working on it themselves. When an alcoholic drinks too much, gets a lever disease and dies from it, it is not God who punished his lever, but the alcohol that destroyed it, that the person drunk with so much passion. 27 Julai 2005 , 09:35 , Originally published 10 Desemba 2003 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews Interview: Jim and Kerri Caviezel, and Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ”Other languages: English, Hrvatski
![]() Jim Caviezel: ... She said that Ivan Dragicevic was coming to Ireland… I met with him a couple of times, and during an apparition, I felt a physical presence. Ivan told me two things that really hit me: “Jim, man always makes time for what he loves”, and “The reason man does not make time for God is that he does not love God”. Then, he talked to me about praying from the heart. That became like a beginning of a mission for me – to always pray from my heart. 27 Julai 2005 , 08:58 , Originally published 8 Juni 2004 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews, Medjugorje News Musicians from Medjugorje in Korea![]() From May 2 to 18, 2004, a group of musicians from Medjugorje participated in an apostolic journey in South Korea, during which they visited 13 parishes, among which the Bundang St. John’s Church, the biggest parish in Asia (15.000 parishioners). They also had two big encounters at Namjang, the only Korean Marian shrine. They played for his Eminence, Cardinal Su Hwan Stefano Kim. Korean friends of Medjugorje organized this trip, and Dr. Marta Nam, a Korean interpreter living in Rome, accompanied them. 27 Julai 2005 , 08:45 , Originally published 25 Septemba 2002 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews Interview with Dr Philippe Madre, Doctor of Medicine, Permanent Deacon, Member of the Community of the Beatitudes![]() To me it seems obvious that Medjugorje is a place where God dwells, where Heaven dwells. When people come here, something special takes place, they seem to be “tamed” by the presence of God and the presence of Mary, even if they are not aware of it. In this way, the two obstacles we are speaking about have a tendency to diminish or perhaps to even disappear. This is why I think that Medjugorje is an important place of healing and that it has to become even more so. In the times to come I think that Medjugorje has to live more and more this grace of healing. 27 Julai 2005 , 08:15 , Originally published 2 Oktoba 2001 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews, Medjugorje in the Catholic Church Interview: Mgr. Hermann Reich, Bishop of Papua New Guinea![]() Mgr. Hermann Reich: I was struck by the main theme of our Lady’s messages, which is peace. Then, there is always again the question of conversion and confession. These are the main themes. I am also struck by the fact that she always comes back to the theme of prayer: do not be tired; pray, pray; decide yourselves for prayer; pray better. I think that there is much prayer, but maybe people do not pray in the right way. There is much prayer, there is quantity but, in many ways, there is a lack of quality. I think that we have, according to the desire of Our Lady, not to pray less but to improve the quality. We have to pray better. 26 Julai 2005 , Originally published 23 Aprili 2004 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews Interview: Mario Vuknic, academic painter from Novi Sad (Voivodina, Serbia)Other languages: English, Hrvatski
![]() Mario Vuknic: Medjugorje is an invitation to a change of life, to put prayer in life, to a change that requires great efforts… There is always a fear of losing old habits. However, in changing our life, we receive much, much more: a greater fullness of life. Medjugorje is a place where miracles do happen. This is a fact. We are witnesses. And I know many others. 26 Julai 2005 , Originally published 3 Juni 2001 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews Interview with Abbot Nicolas Hakim, Superior General of the Chueirite orderOther languages: English, Hrvatski
![]() Lidija Paris-Brajša: What do you think about ecumenism? Sometimes it seems that it is easier in countries where there is a religion representing the majority, and several religions representing minorities… Where the number of the faithful is equal, it seems to be more difficult…Abba Nicolas Hakim: I will tell you one thing: we have to pray! Meetings are not enough: we have to pray much. Prayer unites the whole Church. If the Holy Spirit leads me, I am united to all. One Spirit makes one Church. In the same Spirit, there are no enemies. You are my spirit - I am your spirit. Only if the Holy Spirit permeates the whole Church, will it be one. The superiors and those responsible have to invoke the Holy Spirit, and if they are filled with the Holy Spirit, the Church will be one ipso facto. The Pope said: if the Holy Spirit dwells in our hearts, the Church becomes one. Unity is very simple: it is the Holy Spirit in our hearts. There is something, which splits the Church: it is sin. Pride. Authority. 26 Julai 2005 , Originally published 3 Juni 2002 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews Interview: Fr. John Cooper, Parish Priest (Pastor) of St. Robert’s, EnglandOther languages: English, Hrvatski
![]() Fr. John Cooper: I think that there is a strong connection between praying and faith. The more you pray, the more you grow in faith. But also, I encourage people to pray for the gift of faith. People pray for material things, but how many pray to have a strong faith, for ability to love their husband or wife? When we pray for the spiritual gifts, which are necessary, God always answers our prayers. Many people come to me and say their faith is growing weaker. I tell them to pray for a stronger faith, to get into the habit of daily prayer, to take daily prayer seriously, to pray about faults they have. We need to relate confession to daily life. 26 Julai 2005 , Originally published 20 Septemba 2004 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews, Testimonies A testimony: Manuel Reato – a student of theology from Italy![]() Manuel Reato (23), a student of theology from Torino, has come several times to Medjugorje. Medjugorje has changed his life. Our Lady’s messages have deeply touched his heart and he believes that they are important for the whole world. Manuel is trying to live Our Lady’s message in his daily life. In Medjugorje, he has learned to seek God, here, he has learned how to pray. Although he is in a wheelchair since his early childhood, Manuel feels a call to become a priest. 26 Julai 2005 , Originally published 10 Novemba 2001 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Theology reports, Medjugorje in the Catholic Church / Author: Dirk Grothues Is Medjugorje a Spiritual Movement in the Church?![]() One thing we can do is that each one of us tries as best as he can to live the messages, which the Queen of Peace gives us so patiently and tirelessly. Another thing we can do is to take care that the original message is not being falsified or obscured in the Medjugorje centres and prayer groups. Medjugorje is not just any pious prayer movement. The program of Medjugorje is not simply that of any popular mission, as it is from time to time presented to our communities. It is good to pray, to fast, to go to holy mass, to go to confession regularly, to read Sacred Scriptures. But, if we do not understand that, despite all personal piety, we are dealing here with total peace and conversion, then we have not yet correctly understood the essence of the Medjugorje message. 26 Julai 2005 , Originally published 8 Oktoba 2004 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews Interview with Felicia of Abensperg and TraunOther languages: English, Hrvatski
![]() For me, Medjugorje is like a source of fresh water, where I come to drink, and to feel the power of God and the strength of Our Lady. The world we live in is different, very rough; there are so many things that surround us, that are offered to us, and that are happening, and there is so little presence of God in them. There are so many things that we still have to learn… Each time I come to Medjugorje, I learn something new. 26 Julai 2005 , 16:35 , Originally published 22 Mei 2003 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews Interview - Fr. Roman Grüter, a priest from Switzerland: “I Never Felt So Intensely As a Priest As In the Confessional in Medjugorje”Other languages: English, Hrvatski
![]() Fr. Roman Grüter: I noticed that many people who come to Medjugorje seek healing of the body, of the soul, of the spirit. This is similar in all places of pilgrimages, but here it is especially strong. People seek to be transformed, renewed, healed in the deepest sense of the word; this is very important for people. I think that we should encourage them and help them in this process, and we need to give them good spiritual guides and help on this way. 25 Julai 2005 , Originally published 1 Julai 1996 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews, Priests of Medjugorje / Author: Miro Brcic Interview with Fr. Tomislav Pervan - "Medjugorje, the New Emmaus"![]() Fra Tomislav Pervan: Medjugorje began with the laity, with ordinary children, it was brought to the laity and it was they who first beleived and only then was it passed on to the priests. And today it is the laity who bring the Medjugorje movement to the whole world. It is really the laity who hundreds of times cross even oceans to come to Medjugorje. When I ask them why they come so often to Medjugorje, and why they bring pilgrims to these parts which aren't safe, they reply that they do it because they see changes in people. Spiritual changes. 25 Julai 2005 , Originally published 1 Julai 1996 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews, Visionaries, Vicka Ivankovic-Mijatovic / Author: Marijan Sivric Interview with Vicka Ivankovic - "Pray for the Youth!"![]() Interview by Marijan Sivric Vicka Ivankovic: "She would like us to accept the message with our hearts and to live them. Often we accept the message, we begin to live it, but then we get tired and we remain the way we were before. And Our Lady would like that everyday we live her messages a little bit and that we would make progress in our lives." | | ![]() | |
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