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Medjugorje Calls
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Clued Into the Spirit
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| "As I began to address them the Holy Spirit came upon them."—Acts 11:15 | ||
 Peter, a Christian and a Jew, took the unprecedented step of entering the house of a Gentile, Cornelius (Acts 10:25). Gentiles, that is, non-Jews, were excluded from the company of Jews. However, the Holy Spirit made it crystal-clear to Peter that he was to enter Cornelius' house (Acts 11:5ff; 11:12).The Spirit hadn't yet instructed Peter what to say to the assembled Gentiles. So Peter "proceeded to address them" with a standard witness to the risen Lord (Acts 10:34ff). Then Peter brought up the subject of sin (Acts 10:43). Based on his previous preaching in Acts, it's quite possible that Peter's next words would have involved accountability for sin and the need for deep repentance. Theologically this makes good sense, but the Holy Spirit had a different subject in mind, for the Spirit took over from Peter. "Peter had not finished these words" about forgiveness of sins "when the Holy Spirit descended upon all who were listening to Peter's message" (Acts 10:44). Although Peter's Jewish Christian companions were surprised at this turn of events (Acts 10:45), Peter followed "the Spirit's lead" perfectly (Gal 5:25). Rather than trying to take the floor back from the Holy Spirit and finish his sermon, Peter "gave orders that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ" (Acts 10:48). Let us hear the voice of Jesus (Jn 10:16) and thereby learn the voice of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit knows exactly what is the right word at the right time (see e.g. 1 Cor 2:10ff). Like Peter, let us "live by the Spirit" and "follow the Spirit's lead" (Gal 5:25). | ||
| Father, I will serve You not by my own intelligence or wisdom, but by Your Spirit (Zec 4:6). | ||
| "I know My sheep and My sheep know Me."—Jn 10:14 |
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BEAM: Of Mary and miracles in Medjugorje
— Miracles happen every day, according to New Albany resident Sandra Bierly. Wonderful miracles of healing and answered prayers, of divine gifts and hope.
The former middle school science teacher should know. In her travels to a small town in Bosnia and Herzegovina, she’s experienced such wonders. And those revelations with the Almighty and his messengers have had a profound impact on both Bierly’s faith and life.
It began in a place called Medjugorje.
In 1981, six Herzegovinian children reported seeing an apparition of Jesus’s mother, the Virgin Mary, on a hill in this village. As time passed, the aging visionaries continued to witness and, at times, hear the Blessed Mother. For close to 33 years, more than 30 million believers have made the pilgrimage to discover what mysteries the Eastern European village might reveal.
“Medjugorje touched my heart unlike any place on earth,” Bierly said. “It’s like heaven on Earth. Each person experiences personally what they are meant to experience, so your experience would be completely different from mine.”
Bierly’s first experience occurred in 2002 around 20 minutes before noon EST, the time the visionaries have said the Holy Mother appears. Praying with her eyes closed, Bierly noticed that a blue sky filled her vision. Upon opening her eyes, she saw a lady in front of her. Eyes shut again, Bierly then witnessed the sky parting. Instantly she said she traveled through the parted skies and arrived at an altar in Lourdes, another city famous for its Marian apparitions.
For a moment, Bierly enjoyed the serenity. Despite not really wanting to leave, she was again transported back to her body at Medjugorje. Little if no time had elapsed.
“Back then, I trusted mostly in myself and not in a greater power,” she said. “In Medjugorje, I found peace unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before in my life. I was just flooded with it.”
Since her personal revelation, Bierly has returned to the village on five separate trips. Each visit brings something unexpected and new.
On one occasion, after climbing the mountain and the accompanying Stations of the Cross, a bulging disk in her back that had hindered her walking was healed. Another time she asked the Holy Mother to bless her poetry writing. Soon after, her submissions were accepted in a Catholic magazine.
In all, Bierly said more than 130 recorded miracles have occurred at Medjugorje.
And then there are the spiritual transformations that may be a little harder to document.
*During a visit to the site in 2013, Bierly witnessed something she calls a blessing. A video she recorded of the sun immediately prior to the apparitions scheduled appearance time shows, she said, an angel and a sign. A white orb transforms throughout the two minute recording in to what Bierly believes is a Host (also known as communion bread), then a chalice, followed by a monstrance (a vessel used to display the Eucharist during communion), all of which culminate in the blessed sacrament.
Following the recording of this video, Bierly also said she had been gifted with the miracle of the sun.
“I can look at the sun, anytime, anyplace, anywhere, and don’t see the sun at all. I see a host in front of the sun,” she said.
Blessings aren’t a one way street. Bierly has given back to her church, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and her community. She serves her parish in numerous ways, including as its pro-life coordinator, lector and choir member.
In addition, the 65-year-old spends her free time making rosaries and distributing them worldwide, all the while helping to spread her faith to those she believes to be in spiritual need. Since 2011, 15,000 have been completed by her own hands.
While the pilgrimages to Medjugorje helped Bierly transform her life, overseas expeditions aren’t always needed. Salvation, as always, can be found within.
“God meets you where you’re at. He meets every person where they’re at and he gives you what you need to sustain you until he’s ready to take you someplace else,” Bierly said. “It’s powerful.”
— Amanda Beam is a Floyd County resident and Jeffersonville native. Contact her by email at adbeam47@aol.com
Source of Article http://www.spiritdaily.com/
The former middle school science teacher should know. In her travels to a small town in Bosnia and Herzegovina, she’s experienced such wonders. And those revelations with the Almighty and his messengers have had a profound impact on both Bierly’s faith and life.
It began in a place called Medjugorje.
In 1981, six Herzegovinian children reported seeing an apparition of Jesus’s mother, the Virgin Mary, on a hill in this village. As time passed, the aging visionaries continued to witness and, at times, hear the Blessed Mother. For close to 33 years, more than 30 million believers have made the pilgrimage to discover what mysteries the Eastern European village might reveal.
“Medjugorje touched my heart unlike any place on earth,” Bierly said. “It’s like heaven on Earth. Each person experiences personally what they are meant to experience, so your experience would be completely different from mine.”
Bierly’s first experience occurred in 2002 around 20 minutes before noon EST, the time the visionaries have said the Holy Mother appears. Praying with her eyes closed, Bierly noticed that a blue sky filled her vision. Upon opening her eyes, she saw a lady in front of her. Eyes shut again, Bierly then witnessed the sky parting. Instantly she said she traveled through the parted skies and arrived at an altar in Lourdes, another city famous for its Marian apparitions.
For a moment, Bierly enjoyed the serenity. Despite not really wanting to leave, she was again transported back to her body at Medjugorje. Little if no time had elapsed.
“Back then, I trusted mostly in myself and not in a greater power,” she said. “In Medjugorje, I found peace unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before in my life. I was just flooded with it.”
Since her personal revelation, Bierly has returned to the village on five separate trips. Each visit brings something unexpected and new.
On one occasion, after climbing the mountain and the accompanying Stations of the Cross, a bulging disk in her back that had hindered her walking was healed. Another time she asked the Holy Mother to bless her poetry writing. Soon after, her submissions were accepted in a Catholic magazine.
In all, Bierly said more than 130 recorded miracles have occurred at Medjugorje.
And then there are the spiritual transformations that may be a little harder to document.
*During a visit to the site in 2013, Bierly witnessed something she calls a blessing. A video she recorded of the sun immediately prior to the apparitions scheduled appearance time shows, she said, an angel and a sign. A white orb transforms throughout the two minute recording in to what Bierly believes is a Host (also known as communion bread), then a chalice, followed by a monstrance (a vessel used to display the Eucharist during communion), all of which culminate in the blessed sacrament.
Following the recording of this video, Bierly also said she had been gifted with the miracle of the sun.
“I can look at the sun, anytime, anyplace, anywhere, and don’t see the sun at all. I see a host in front of the sun,” she said.
Blessings aren’t a one way street. Bierly has given back to her church, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and her community. She serves her parish in numerous ways, including as its pro-life coordinator, lector and choir member.
In addition, the 65-year-old spends her free time making rosaries and distributing them worldwide, all the while helping to spread her faith to those she believes to be in spiritual need. Since 2011, 15,000 have been completed by her own hands.
While the pilgrimages to Medjugorje helped Bierly transform her life, overseas expeditions aren’t always needed. Salvation, as always, can be found within.
“God meets you where you’re at. He meets every person where they’re at and he gives you what you need to sustain you until he’s ready to take you someplace else,” Bierly said. “It’s powerful.”
— Amanda Beam is a Floyd County resident and Jeffersonville native. Contact her by email at adbeam47@aol.com
Source of Article http://www.spiritdaily.com/
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Apparition to Mirjana May 2, 2012 in Medjugorje
Dear children! I, your mother, am with you for the sake of your well-being, for the sake of your needs and for the sake of your personal cognition. The Heavenly Father gave you the freedom to decide on your own and to become cognizant on your own. I desire to help you. I desire to be a mother to you, a teacher of the truth - so that in the simplicity of an open heart, you may become cognizant of the immeasurable purity and of the light which comes from it and shatters darkness, the light which brings hope. I, my children, understand your pain and suffering. Who could understand you better than a mother? And you, my children? Small is the number of those who understand and follow me. Great is the number of those who are lost - of those who have not yet become cognizant of the truth in my Son. Therefore, my apostles, pray and act. Bring the light and do not loose hope. I am with you. In a special way I am with your shepherds. With a motherly heart I love and protect them, because they lead you to Heaven that was promised to you by my Son. Thank you.
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The experiences of pilgrims in Medjugorje
Peter O'Brien from Ireland: "I experienced deep conversion"
date: 05.05.2014.
Numerous pilgrims arrived to Medjugorje in the last few days and we had chance to speak to Peter O'Brien, law student, who comes from Cork in Ireland. This is his fourth visit to Medjugorje and he said that he came for the first time when his friend, a priest, paid a trip for him "I was here for one week and even though I heard for Medjugorje before, I could not know what was happening indeed here. After I returned home, I had experience of deep conversion. It was a profound conversion and from that time I became very interested in Catholicism, Holy Mass and confession. Fortunately, my friends were also faithful and one of them wants to come here after my experience. I spoke about Medjugorje to others as well and they also want to come here. What is special here is that our faith is glorified as well as Catholicism; here we learn that God, Jesus and Mary are the most important in our lives. They are the most important in our lives and without them all would be useless. Sometimes we could become discouraged when we look around us, at the things that are happening especially in the last few years with all the wars and conflicts. Many things are changing and it seems it is getting worse. It seems so important to maintain the hard faith in all this, so we would be able to go through these times of temptations."
Source http://www.medjugorje.hr/en/
Source http://www.medjugorje.hr/en/
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Veni Sancte Spiritus
Medjugorje
- VENI, Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende.
COME, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and kindle in them the fire of Thy love.
A traditional prayer asking for the grace of the Holy Spirit.
COME, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and kindle in them the fire of Thy love.
A traditional prayer asking for the grace of the Holy Spirit.
"Dear children! I rejoice with you and in this time of grace I call you to spiritual renewal. Pray, little children, that the Holy Spirit may come to dwell in you in fullness, so that you may be able to witness in joy to all those who are far from faith. Especially, little children, pray for the gifts of the Holy Spirit so that in the spirit of love, every day and in each situation, you may be closer to your fellow-man; and that in wisdom and love you may overcome every difficulty. I am with you and I intercede for each of you before Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call." Our Lady's message of (May 25, 2000)
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Inspirational Story of Conversion and Faith
http://www.mothermarycomestome.net/
I should have known better, but in my life I’ve been the fool on the hill, a day-tripper, and a nowhere man. Yesterday, after leaving home, Lady Madonna, with a little help from my friends, led me on a magical mystery tour across the universe and up a long and winding road telling me she loves me and that she’s got to get me into her life......
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THE ETERNAL FRUIT OF HIS LOVE IS THE HOLY SPIRIT
"As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you." -John 15:9
"God is love" (1 Jn 4:16). The Persons of the Holy Trinity love Each other eternally. The Father and the Son love each other eternally, and the eternal Fruit of this love is the Holy Spirit. Thus, the Holy Spirit not only produces fruit (Gal 5:22) but is Himself the Fruit of the love of the Father and the Son.
In receiving the Holy Spirit, we receive the power to obey God's very first command to the human race: "Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it" (Gn 1:28). In the Spirit, we bear abundant (Jn 15:5), lasting fruit (Jn 15:16).
However, we live in a contraceptive, abortifacient society. As Pope John Paul II has taught, we live in a "culture of death." This is true both physically and spiritually. For example, many Christians in the Western world would never even entertain the thought of trying to bear fruit by evangelizing. Even those who will share their faith under ideal circumstances abort their attempts to evangelize when they see they will have to die to themselves to bear fruit (see Jn 12:24).
As Pentecost approaches, we must decide whether we want the Holy Spirit, the Fruit of the love of the Father and the Son, or if we want to remain in the "culture of death.""Choose life" (Dt 30:19) and life in the Spirit.
Prayer: Father, I choose life, love, fruitfulness, and death to self.
Promise: "He raises up the lowly from the dust; from the dunghill He lifts up the poor." -Ps 113:7
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Actor Jim Caviezel's Powerful Message on Abortion
Actor Jim Caviezel spoke at the Rock Church in San Diego in August of 2010.
Caviezel touched upon many issues concerning his religious beliefs but his
message about abortion and forgiveness were among his most powerful.
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Come Holy Spirit - Terry Clark
Dear children! As I call you to prayer for those who have not come to know the love of God, if you were to look into your hearts you would comprehend that I am speaking about many of you. With an open heart, sincerely ask yourselves if you want the Living God or do you want to eliminate Him and live as you want. Look around you, my children, and see where the world is going, the world that thinks of doing everything without the Father, and which wanders in the darkness of temptation. I am offering to you the light of the Truth and the Holy Spirit. According to God's plan I am with you to help you to have my Son, His Cross and Resurrection, triumph in your hearts. As a mother, I desire and pray for your unity with my Son and His works. I am with you; you decide. Thank you. Our Lady's Medjugorje message to Mirjana of (June 2, 2011)
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Dear Family of Mary!
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Children of Medjugorje
May 17, 2014 Dear Children of Medjugorje, praised be Jesus and Mary! 1 - On May 2, 2014, Mirjana received her monthly apparition at the Blue Cross, surrounded by a large crowd. After the apparition, she gave the following message: "Dear children, I, your Mother, am with you for the sake of your well-being, for the sake of your needs and for the sake of your personal cognition. The Heavenly Father gave you the freedom to decide on your own and to become cognizant on your own. I desire to help you. I desire to be a mother to you, a teacher of the truth - so that in the simplicity of an open heart, you may become cognizant of the immesurable purity and of the light which comes from it and shatters darkness, the light which brings hope. I, my children, understand your pain and suffering. Who could understand you better than a mother? And you, my children? Small is the number of those who understand and follow me. Great is the number of those who are lost - of those who have not yet become cognizant of the truth in my Son. Therefore, my apostles, pray and act. Bring the light and do not loose hope. I am with you. In a special way I am with your shepherds. With a motherly heart I love and protect them, because they lead you to Heaven that was promised to you by my Son. Thank you." 2 - How can one be well prepared for a pilgrimage? The season of great pilgrimages is at its height since Easter and I wish to share with you some suggestions to help you get the most out of your pilgrimage. It is so easy to miss the grace! My 25 years spent in Medjugore have taught me that the essentials can be summarized in 2 points: open up your heart, and expect the unexpected. In this way we are able to pay attention to the promptings of the Holy Spirit and to be ready to live the messages to their fullest. Of course this can be applied to any pilgrimage, not only the one in Medjugorje! Jesus, Mary and Joseph went on pilgrimage 3 times a year in order to celebrate the Living God of Israel. It was a major event for the Jewish people and a mitzva (commandment). From Nazareth, they had to walk about 100 miles to reach Jerusalem. They had to give up their habits, their rhythm of prayer, their work, and their acquaintanceship and accept to be uprooted for several days. They never knew in advance what awaited them on the road but they faced with joy the lack of comfort (facilities?) and the tiredness. They were stimulated by an exalting goal: to go pray in the Temple, be "seen" by God and respond to His call! Each pilgrimage allowed them to reach a new height (level?) in their spiritual life.  What should be done before leaving home? 1) Tell the Blessed Mother how grateful you are for being invited by her and thank her in advance for all the gifts that await you. Since you are her guest, these gifts are plenty! 2) Start reading some of the messages and testimonies in order to prepare your spirit; learn about the apparitions in order to discover the main facts of the shrine. 3) Make the firm decision to be happy with everything, not to complain and to take up whatever happens with a positive attitude. This will attract upon you, and upon all those you carry in your heart, tremendous graces! Your bed isn't as comfortable as the one at home? Remember that in 1981 the villagers didn't even imagine having a bed! The food is different? At that time, the villagers didn't have enough to eat and the men had to work in Germany to feed their families! The pansion doesn't have air conditioning? Remember that Jesus never had any during those torrid summers in Israel. Your guide is like this or like that? Your roommate is this or that? Perfect! Try to love that person divinely and to master your emotions! Ask him to tell you about his childhood and welcome the child that is hidden within him! A pilgrimage allows us to take some distance from our usual habits, and it offers so many reasons to give thanks to God when we are tempted to grumble. Then, when we don't grumble, a shower of graces falls down on us. Our Lady gathers up all these little sacrifices and obtains countless graces for us! 4) Always keep in mind the true goal of your pilgrimage and what Our Lady desires: to change your heart and the direction of your life. She loves you so much and she wants your total conversion! Prepare yourself for making a good confession; it's the most important step of your time in Medjugorje, for it cleans up all that prevents you from being open to God. 5) Be sober when you fill up your suitcase. Some pilgrims arrive in Medjugorje so laden down with material things that they are also heavy in their hearts. A pilgrimage is the opportunity to live detachment and embrace a bit of poverty so beneficial to the soul! Detachment helps the soul to be fully open to God's grace. Think of the Holy Family going by foot to Jerusalem! They were content with little and thus enjoyed a great interior freedom. 6) "Open you hearts!" is the message that Mary always gives to the pilgrims. Be generous toward God! Let Him change what he has to change in you without restrictions because a pilgrimage is a privileged time, an opportunity to let Him work in your soul. But He will do it according to the openness that you offer Him in your freedom. 7) Avoid absolutely seeking for wonders. Those who search for them are going the wrong way. They run the risk of being disappointed because in Medjugorje miracles occur in the hearts of people! Those who seek outward signs run the risk of missing the grace that Our Lady has in store for them and then leave with an empty heart. 8) Enjoy making new friends among your group, new brothers and sisters in the Lord! These new relationships that the Lord creates during a pilgrimage are often important in the future. When you return home, your new friends will help you live the messages and you will have a new spiritual support! Many small prayer groups and charities are formed as a result of a pilgrimage. And some marriages too!  9) Avoid shopping, keep only one day for your purchase, lest you fall into distraction and then your prayer will suffer from that. "Satan wants to change the pilgrims into bystanders", Our Lady tells us. And yet these traps are more and more numerous in the shrines! Don't focus too much on taking photos and don't take any during mass and adoration in order not to "loose the graces that Jesus and myself want to give you" tells Our Lady. There it is. Living these simple suggestions while you are on pilgrimage, you will show God your sincere good will, and then He will fulfill your heart beyond your expectations! 3 - A piece of good news! I finished writing my new book and, God willing, it will be published in France this July. Translations have already started. I will give the details in my June 15th report. I thank all those who prayed for the fruit of that book, and those who sent me their witness. It is not too late to send more. Considering the requests, I continue writing! 4 - On May 16th, during the apparition with Ivan on Podbrdo, Our Lady called us to pray for her intentions and for the plans she desires to realize for the world. "Pray, dear children," she said. "And persevere in prayer. The Mother prays with you and always intercedes for all of you before her Son." Never forget that she counts on our prayers to fulfill her beautiful plans! Dearest Gospa, Who could understand us better than you, our Mother? In this month of Mary, we do not want to do less than John the Apostle! More than ever, we welcome you in our home and in our hearts! Sister Emmanuel + |
PS 1. The youth festival will take place August 1 - 6. Why not help a teenager to come and allow him to change his life? Doing so, you may save a soul! PS 2. Why not write a letter to Our Lady? She loves letters and she'll bless you for it!Send it to:"Queen of Peace", BP 2157, F- 06103 Nice cedex, France. We will give it to a visionary. |
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Christ Be Our Light
Dear children! Today I am calling on you to decide whether or not you wish to live the messages which I am giving you. I wish you to be active in living and spreading the messages. Especially, dear children, I wish that you all be the reflection of Jesus, which will enlighten this unfaithful world walking in darkness. I wish all of you to be the light for everyone and that you give witness in the light. Dear children, you are not called to the darkness, but you are called to the light. Therefore, live the light with your own life. Thank you for having responded to my call. Our Lady's Medjugorje message, June 5, 1986
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The Medjugorje Message: A simple walk towards God...
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| Photo by Bernard Gallagher http://crownofstars.blogspot.com/ |
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A Reflection
Do not forget that you are passing like a flower in a field, which is visible from afar but disappears in a moment (January 25, 2007).
"My children; Again, in a motherly way, I implore you to stop for a moment and to reflect on yourselves and on the transience of this your earthly life. Then reflect on eternity and the eternal beatitude. What do you want? Which way do you want to set out on? The Father`s love sends me to be a mediatrix for you, to show you with motherly love the way which leads to the purity of soul; a soul unburdened by sin; a soul that will come to know eternity. I am praying that the light of the love of my Son may illuminate you, so that you may triumph over weaknesses and come out of misery. You are my children and I desire for all of you to be on the way of salvation. Therefore, my children, gather around me that I may have you come to know the love of my Son and thus open the door of eternal beatitude. Pray as I do for your shepherds. Again I caution you: do not judge them, because my Son chose them. Thank you." (July 02, 2012)
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The Medjugorje Message: “Tears of blood” witnessed at Medjugorje
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| Posted by Bernard Gallagher http://crownofstars.blogspot.com/ |
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Hymn to the Holy Spirit
"Dear children! You are not conscious of the messages which God is sending you through me. He is giving you great graces and you do not comprehend them. Pray to the Holy Spirit for enlightenment. If you only knew how great are the graces God is granting you, you would be praying without ceasing. Thank you for having responded to my call." Medjugorje (November 8, 1984)Dear children! At this time of grace, I call you to prayer. Little children, you work much but without God's blessing. Bless and seek the wisdom of the Holy Spirit to lead you at this time so that you may comprehend and live in the grace of this time. Convert, little children, and kneel in the silence of your hearts. Put God in the center of your being so that, in that way, you can witness in joy the beauty that God continually gives in your life. Thank you for having responded to my call. Our Lady's Medjugorje message, May 25, 2001
Dear children! Today I call you, through prayer and sacrifice, to prepare yourselves for the coming of the Holy Spirit. Little children, this is a time of grace and so, again, I call you to decide for God the Creator. Allow Him to transform and change you. May your heart be prepared to listen to, and live, everything which the Holy Spirit has in His plan for each of you. Little children, allow the Holy Spirit to lead you on the way of truth and salvation towards eternal life. Thank you for having responded to my call.
Our Lady's Medjugorje message of May 25, 1998
Dear children! Today I call you, through prayer and sacrifice, to prepare yourselves for the coming of the Holy Spirit. Little children, this is a time of grace and so, again, I call you to decide for God the Creator. Allow Him to transform and change you. May your heart be prepared to listen to, and live, everything which the Holy Spirit has in His plan for each of you. Little children, allow the Holy Spirit to lead you on the way of truth and salvation towards eternal life. Thank you for having responded to my call.
Our Lady's Medjugorje message of May 25, 1998
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The Medjugorje Message: “Tears of blood”... update...
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| Photo by Bernard Gallagher http://crownofstars.blogspot.com/ |
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The May 25, 2014 message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace, through Marija:
"Dear children! Pray and be aware that without God you are dust. Therefore, turn your thoughts and heart to God and to prayer. Trust in His love. In God's Spirit, little children, you are all called to be witnesses. You are precious and I call you, little children, to holiness, to eternal life. Therefore, be aware that this life is passing. I love you and call you to a new life of conversion. Thank you for having responded to my call."
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Fr. Emil Kapaun
Published on May 25, 2014
When the story of human history comes to a close, death and violence don't get the final word. The love of God does. That love, burning bright in the heart of Fr. Emil Kapaun in the darkness of a POW camp in the Korean war, made him a hero.
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