Medjugorje

On June 24, 1981, Blessed Mother appeared again to six young people in the village of Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Yugoslavia at that time). Our Lady’s message is a call to conversion. She requests that we pray (especially the Rosary), and that we make reading the Bible part of our daily lives. She asks us to fast—to make small personal sacrifices in our daily lives that we may become the people we should be, more like Our Savior Himself. She asks us to go to monthly confession (if you are not Catholic, pray for forgiveness with a sincere heart) that we may reconcile ourselves with Our Father in Heaven. And Our Lady asks us to go to Mass often (weekly Worship services if you are not Catholic).

The 25-year anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady in Medjugorje is upon us. Our Blessed Mother has been appearing every day for 25 years! This is unprecedented! Our Lady has been telling us this is a “time of grace.” For 25 years, Our Blessed Mother has been calling us. Our loving Mother in Heaven wishes to lead us back to Our Lord. We must ask ourselves, how much longer will this time of grace last?

In the past century, Our Lady has appeared in Fatima, Garabandal, Medjugorje and many other places. The Blessed Virgin comes for all mankind—she loves all her children. Blessed Mother wants to lead us back onto the right path. At Fatima, the children were shown a vision of hell. Many souls are on the wrong path, and our God does not wish any to be lost. This is why Jesus is sending His Mother, Our Mother, to call us. And always in her messages she greets us, “Dear children!”

At Garabandal, the girls were told of three events that will happen in the future: a Warning, a great Miracle and a Chastisement. And at Medjugorje, the visionaries have also been given ten secrets about the future. I believe these “secrets” contain both great graces from God and also chastisements for a sacrilegious and indifferent world. We can be certain that any chastisements that come we will have brought on ourselves. What is it that consumes our lives? Do we long for all that is good and right and just? Or do we chase after what is vain and selfish? Do we love truth? Or falsehood? Our Lady urges us to amend our lives. How long will this time of grace last?

As I have been writing this post, I have been reflecting on my own experiences in Medjugorje and the graces the good God and Our Lady gave to me. I remember the visionary Mirjana told us that she had been called to be a visionary. And she said that all of us pilgrims that had come to Medjugorje had been called to take the messages back home with us. I pray that God gives me the grace to answer well. Mirjana told us, “The most important message Our Lady has been repeating is the Holy Mass.” Emphasis on the Eucharist was a message at Fatima and Garabandal also.


Always Our Lady tells us to put God in the first place. Mirjana told us that, “This is the time of decision…” Are we deciding for God? Are we putting God in the first place?

Our Lady urges us to open our hearts and let Jesus in. Our Lady tells us to, “Pray, pray, pray!”

And so, I will end this post with prayer:
Come into our hearts, Lord; come into our hearts.
Come into our life, Lord; come into our life.

A prayer spoken by Father Jozo:
“Bless us. Save us.
Touch our hearts and souls.
Come, O Most Holy Spirit!
Come change us. Come Bless us.
Come give us new birth.
Take from us our heart of stone.
We need a new heart—
A heart that loves,
A heart that believes,
A heart that forgives,
Jesus’ Heart, a Christian heart.
Come, O Most Holy Spirit!
Awaken us. Change us.
Come, O Most Holy Spirit!
That we may become believers,
That we may become witnesses
Of a new better world.
Come, O Most Holy Spirit!
In Your name Jesus,
Amen.

MEMORARE
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of Virgins. My Mother, to you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me.
Amen.


OUR LADY OF THE AMERICAS
by Reyes Ruiz





Blessed Mother,
She Who Has Been Made Full of Grace,
pray for us!
Our Lady of the Angels, pray for us!
Saint James the Apostle, pray for us!
Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us!
Our Lady, Patroness of the Americas,
pray for us!
Saint Juan Diego, pray for us!
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us!
Sister Lucia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart,
pray for us!
Our Lady of Carmel, pray for us!
Our Lady, Queen of Peace, pray for us!
Gospa Majka Moja, Kraljica Mira, moli za nas!

In the name of the Father
and the Son
and the Holy Spirit,
Amen.