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![]() | Medjugorje Website Updates - Medjugorje News & Articles2 Juni 2007 , Originally published 3 Agosti 1997 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Visionaries, Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo Mirjana Dragicevic: I pray for non-believers![]() At the recent Youth Festival in Medjugorje Mirjana said: Since 1987 my favourite day is the 2nd of each month. On this day I pray with our Blessed Mother for non-believers, who says, however: "for those who have not known God's love." She is asking for our help, of all of us, of all those who think of Her as Mother. Mary says we cannot save the non-believers if not through our prayer and example. She is asking us to give utmost importance to prayer in their favour, because She has said that the worst things - such as war, divorce, abortion - come from people who do not believe: "When you pray for them, you are praying for yourselves and for your families and for the good of the world." 22 Mei 2007 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews, Shepherds of Church Interview: Mons. Bernardo Cazzaro, Archbishop Emerito di Puerto Montt (Chile)![]() Mons. Bernardo Cazzaro, Servant of Mary, Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt (Chile) spent the major part of his life as a missionary in Chile. At the end of its active episcopal service, he returned to Italy in order to help as a spiritual councillor and confessor in the Marian shrine Monte Berico. In May 2007, during a pilgrimage to Medjugorje with a group from Vittorio Veneto, in an interview with Lidija Paris he expressed his impressions on Medjugorje. 21 Mei 2007 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Reflections / Author: Sr. Stefania Consoli Be Holy as I am Holy!![]() “Be Holy as I am Holy!” : mere advice, or a command? Is being holy something we can do on our own? We, expert in all that is technical; can we make ourselves become holy? The idea of making oneself holy is illusory. The Lord desired sharing this gift with us. Holiness is such a precious gift, and without it, it is impossible to enjoy the eternal goods of Paradise. God wants his children with him, He wants them to be eternally happy. For this reason He sent His Son who let His heart be pierced so we could receive the Holy Spirit. 21 Mei 2007 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Reflections / Author: Sr. Stefania Consoli Our Lady of the Pillar patron of Spain![]() “You haven’t heard of Nuestra Señora Del Pilar!? But she’s the Patron of all Hispanic Peoples! .. So, tomorrow we shall take you there.” It was during my visit to Madrid at the beginning of spring that I thus came to know of this story which is both fascinating and important. It is important because the shrine came to be after an apparition of Mary 40 years after Christ’s death (40 AD), that is, while she was still alive. 20 Mei 2007 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Medjugorje.ws news / Author: Marek Gayer Albanian, Catalan, Hungarian, Romanian and Swedish Medjugorje messages![]() 18 Mei 2007 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Medjugorje.ws news / Author: Marek Gayer Latvian and Portuguese language supported in Medjugorje Messages section![]() 8 Mei 2007 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Testimonies, Spiritual Life A story of a late vocation: Sister Rita Marie Sofka, USA![]() In 1991, my father asked me to see a video of Medjugorje, after I had dinner at my parent’s house. I always loved Our Blessed Mother. It was fascinating to hear that she was appearing in this country, and I said to my father, how can this be? Ten years, and I have never heard a priest speak about it in a church! My father told me that it was a protestant man who made the tape. That evening, there was a bad storm, and I could not drive back to my home, so I spent the night at my parent’s house. During the night, I really felt Our Lady’s presence in the room. Never anything like that happened to me. At one hand, I was excited, at the other nervous, but I felt peace. Something happened that night. She touched me. It was always in the back of my mind. When I would hear the word Medjugorje, it fascinated me. 8 Mei 2007 , Originally published 1996 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Visionaries, Vicka Ivankovic-Mijatovic, Interviews / Author: Fra Kresimir Sego Interview with Vicka Ivankovic by Kresimir Sego![]() Vicka, will you please describe what the feeling of a person is that has been meeting with the Mother of God every day now for fifteen years?This feeling cannot possibly be put in words, for there are no words to describe it. It is something special, a special peace, satisfaction, a joy that cannot be experienced with any man, but only with Our Lady. 10 Aprili 2007 , Originally published Novemba, 2000 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Visionaries, Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti Marija Pavlovic on Medjugorje Mary's messages: a call to be witnesses of joyOther languages: English, Italiano
![]() Our Lady always asks us to live her messages. She doesn't want us to depend on them, but she calls us to be joyful bearers of her words and to be good Christians. The Blessed Virgin gives us the opportunity to come to Medjugorje and begin a new life. That is why she chose us 19 years ago. When Our Lady appeared we asked her why she chose us, and she replied: "God gave me the possibility to choose, and I chose you." As one of Our Lady's witnesses I wish to help you, that you may be touched by this special grace in this year of the Great Jubilee. 10 Aprili 2007 , Originally published 15 Novemba 2001 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Testimonies, Medjugorje in the Catholic Church Testimony of Bishop Denis Croteau![]() I think what has struck my people is the piety and devotion of the people here, the faith, the testimonies we have received. We have seen people at prayer, people that believe, people that live their Christian experience of faith and love. They are on fire. It's beautiful. I couldn't ask for anything more. I've tried all kinds of things in my diocese to transform the people- because we live in a dysfunctional society and I've spent thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars with sessions and workshops, and I haven't accomplished, spending all that kind of money, 10% of what has been accomplished here with one pilgrimage! So you've got someone here who will really push, not officially, but push! 26 Machi 2007 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Testimonies, Reflections Seven Months with Gospa!![]() God Alone Suffi ces!It was the 20th October 2005. I was with two friends and prayer companions when my Medjugorje voyage began on the day I joined the “Kraljice Mira” community. It all started in 1998, the year our Blessed Mother prepared me for two special encounters with her and her Son. The first was a pilgrimage to Spain, to the tombs of St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, and to Garabandal where Our Lady appeared between 1960 and 1964, and only a few weeks later I went on pilgrimage again; this time to Medjugorje where I had not been before. 26 Machi 2007 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Reflections Silence! Heaven is Speaking!![]() It is Lent, a time when the Church advises us to live the experience of the desert, to be better prepared for Easter, with an appropriate inner disposition: void of the superfluous and more open to perceive the presence of God, who at Easter, after his Passion and Death on the Cross, will become for us full light, resurrection and glory. It is precisely to this that the Lenten journey invites us. The right tools are needed for the journey. Amongst the means suggested the most important one is fasting, which is the attitude of renouncing something that is dear to us, or good, but which is not strictly necessary for our survival. 26 Machi 2007 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Reflections / Author: Sr. Stefania Consoli In a Rush![]() If we stop a moment and listen to the rhythm of life that flows within us, perceived especially by the beating of the heart, we will realize that it is slow, calm and harmonious; unless we have forced it to fasten by a lifestyle which makes us rush. Our paper, the Echo, is sent to many parts of the world, and I hope there are still parts of the world where the folk are not “forced” to live the anxiety of the “developed world” who are caught up in a mechanism of production that threatens them not to stop. 1 Machi 2007 , Originally published Juni, 1984 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Visionaries, Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo, Interviews / Author: Fra Tomislav Vlašić, OFM Interview with Mirjana Dragicevic, By Fr. Tomislav Vlasic![]() Medjugorje, January 10, 1983Tomislav Vlasic: Mirjana, we have not seen each other for some time, and I would like you to tell me about the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and especially with the events that are connected to you. Mirjana Dragicevic: I have seen the Blessed Virgin Mary for eighteen months now, and feel I know Her very well. I feel she loves me with Her Motherly love, and so I have been able to ask Her about anything I would like to know. I've asked her to explain some things about Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell that were not clear to me. For example, I asked Her how God can be so unmerciful as to throw people into Hell, to suffer forever. I thought: If a person commits a crime and goes to jail, he stays there for a while and then is forgiven - but to Hell, forever? She told me that souls who go to Hell have ceased thinking favorably of God - have cursed Him, more and more. So they've already become a part of Hell, and choose not to be delivered from it. 24 Februari 2007 , Originally published Februari, 2004 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Visionaries, Vicka Ivankovic-Mijatovic, Interviews / Author: Sr. Emmanuel Vicka Ivankovic about following God's will![]() The village is quiet during these winter months. For many pension owners and the visionaries, less pilgrims means more time spent with family around the wood-burning stove. This past month a woman from China stayed in Medjugorje, with my community. She mentioned that she thought it must be easy for the visionaries to discern what God wants of them. "When you see Our Lady every day", she said, "you know how to follow the right path. But for us, how are we to know the will of God in our lives and how can we be sure not to be mistaken?" I took a chance that Vicka would have some "winter time" to spend with us and would share some insights of hers. She welcomed my friend very kindly. Because she radiates such a heavenly joy and love, one may think she can give a magic recipe for peace! Well, she did draw a clear line to happiness, but indeed nothing magic! | | ![]() | |
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