March
15, 2013
Dear
Children of
Medjugorje,
praised be Jesus
and Mary!
1. On March
2nd, 2013, Mirjana
received her
monthly apparition
at the Blue Cross.
After the
apparition, she
gave us the
following
message:
"Dear
children! Anew,
in a
motherly way, I am
calling you not to
be of a hard
heart. Do not shut
your eyes to the
warnings which the
Heavenly Father
sends to you out
of love. Do you
love Him above all
else? Do you
repent for having
often forgotten
that the Heavenly
Father, out of His
great love, sent
his Son to redeem
us by the Cross?
Do you repent for
not yet having
accepted the
message? My
children, do not
resist the love of
my Son. Do not
resist hope and
peace. Along with
your prayer and
fasting, by His
cross, my Son will
cast away the
darkness that
wants to surround
you and come to
rule over you. He
will give you the
strength for a new
life. Living it
according to my
Son, you will be a
blessing and a
hope to all those
sinners who wander
in the darkness of
sin. My children,
keep vigil. I, as
a mother, am
keeping vigil with
you. I am
especially praying
and watching over
those whom my Son
called to be
light-bearers and
carriers of hope
for you - for your
shepherds. Thank
you."
2. Ivan
in Argentina. After
having seen his
venue cancelled in
Uruguay, Ivan was
able to give his
testimony in
Buenos Aires. Only a
few days before
leaving for Rome
to join
the
conclave, Cardinal
Jorge Bergoglio
(our dear Pope!)
gave his approval
for Ivan to
receive the
apparition
at Luna Park.
According to Ivan,
during the
apparition the
Blessed Mother
prayed at
length in
Aramaic, her
mother tongue,
over each priest
present and she
gave this message:
Dear
children!
Today I invite you
to open yourself
to prayer. You are
living a time in
which God gives
you great
blessings and you
don't know how to
take advantage of
it. You are
preoccupied by
lots of things
except your soul
and your spiritual
life. Wake up from
this tired world,
awaken your soul
from its sleep and
say to God with
all your strength,
"Yes!" Decide
for holiness and
conversion. Dear
children, I am
with you and I am
calling you with
all my soul to the
perfection and the
holiness of your
soul and of all
what you do. Thank
you for having
responded to
my call today".
At Luna
Park, which was
packed, Ivan said
that the Gospa is
shedding tears of
blood for her
children who have
been killed by
abortion.
3. Viva
Francis, Pope of
the Americas! On the
evening of March
13th (Marthe
Robin's birthday),
we were glued to
our computer
screen, waiting
for the red
curtain to open.
Then we saw an
unknown figure
appear, a Cardinal
whom no journalist
made mention of, a
Cardinal whom the
Holy Spirit
had secretly set
apart. He is one
to Our Lady's
liking:
humble,
determined, firm
in the Church's
faith, a fighter
for the Gospel
before a
hostile government
- in short a
friend of
simplicity and
filled with
charity for all!
While the
journalists are
still talking, the
Christian
media is
giving good
commentaries on
his person and his
work. I don't
need to add
anything else to
these reports, but
here are a few
points
closely
related to
Medjugorje for
which we give
thanks to God:
- For
years the
Archbishop of
Buenos Aires had
been following the
events in
Medjugorje and
gave them credit.
- He
welcomed Fr. Jozo
Zovko while on his
mission in
Argentina.
- He
welcomed Fr. Danko
last year, for his
mission through
Argentina. (Fr.
Danko is a
Franciscan from
St. James parish
in Medjugorje,
well known by
pilgrims.)
-
Cardinal Bergoglio
allowed Ivan to
spread his witness
in Buenos Aires
early this
March.
- One of
his first
initiatives, the
day after his
election, was to
consecrate his
Pontificate to the
Blessed Mother. He
went to Santa
Maria Maggiore
Basilica at 8:00
am, brought a
bouquet of flowers
for the Virgin
Mary and prayed
silently in front
of her Icon.
Didn't the Gospa
ask in Medjugorje
that we always
begin our work
with a prayer and
finish it with
giving thanks?
- For the
past 3 years his
confessor has been
a Franciscan from
Herzegovina, P.
Ostojić! Previously,
for 30
years his
confessor had been
Fr. Nikola
Mihaljević, a
Jesuit and also a
Croatian (now
deceased). (corrected
translation from
the French
original by
www.medjugorje.eu)
- Last,
he is the one who
will enfold the
workings of the
Vatican Commission
on Medjugorje once
Pope Emeritus
Benedict hands
over the file to
him, which is
hopefully
positive. Let's
pray that its
contents will be
released soon.
4. In
the depths of
China... Recently
I heard a story
about two Austrian
missionaries,
Father
Gotsch
and Brother
Gervasius, that I
would like to
repeat
here.Gervasius,
who had travelled
through Tibet and
India, tells that
one day in 1976,
in southern China,
he went along with
Fr. Gotsch to
visit a dying man
from Kaotai. They
rode their horses
for 200 kms (124
miles) through
hills and over
mountains passes
to arrive at the
house of the dying
man, too late. He
had already died.
After the burial,
as they made their
way back over the
mountains, they
met a young man
who seemed to be
waiting for them
on the side of the
road. The man
asked them to
follow him to his
ailing mother.
They followed him
to a small hamlet
15 kms (9
miles)away. They
found the dying
woman in a very
poor dwelling.
When she saw the
priest, she asked,
"Stranger, will
you answer the
truth if I ask you
questions?"
"Of
course, Mother!"
the priest
responded.
"Is there
a God in whom
there are three
persons? Is there
another life, a
place of happiness
for good people,
and a place of
terror for bad
ones? Is it true
that God came on
this earth to die
for men and open
the place of
happiness for
them? Stranger, is
this all true?"
Astounded,
the priest
answered "YES".
And he wondered
how this woman
learned all these
things.
The woman
continued,
"You have
the water with
you, so wash me so
that I may go to
the place of
happiness!"
Father
Gotsch couldn't
believe what she
was asking.How did
she know that he
had baptismal
water with him?
Her determined
attitude was
somewhat childlike
yet convincing.
The priest briefly
explained to her
the liturgy and
the meaning of the
sacrament, and he
baptised her. The
sick woman, full
of joy, said,
"You also
have the bread
with you. It is
special bread
because God is
inside. Give me
some of that
bread!"
The
priest took out of
his bag the
consecrated Host
that he was
carrying with him.
He explained to
her the meaning of
the sacrament of
the Eucharist and
gave her Holy
Communion. He also
gave her the last
rites (the
confession of sins
and the anointment
of the sick). He
then said to her,
"Until
now, you are the
one who asked
questions, now
it's my turn to
ask questions!
From whom did you
learn the truths
of our faith? Did
you meet Catholic
believers or
Evangelists?"
"No,
stranger" she
replied.
"So did
you read Christian
books?"
"I can't
read, Stranger,
and I did not even
know there were
such books."
"Then
from where and
from whom did you
receive this
knowledge of our
faith?"
"I always
thought that it
should be like
this, and I have
lived this way for
10 years. I have
also taught my
sons this way and
you can wash them
all (baptise
them)."
"But you
knew that we were
going to come this
way today?"
"Certainly!
I saw a man in a
dream. It's him
who told me to
send my younger
son to the road
and call the 2
strangers that
were about to pass
by. He told me
that they were
going to "wash" me
to go to the place
of happiness after
death."
The
missionaries were
deeply moved. The
woman's attitude
toward death was
so peaceful that
it left no room to
doubt. Before
leaving, the
missionaries gave
her a picture of
Saint Joseph,
patron of the
dying. Filled with
joy, she
exclaimed,
"But this
one, I know him!
He often came to
visit me. He is
the one who told
me to send my son
on the road to
call you!"
She
couldn't say for
sure if Saint
Joseph came to
visit her in
person, or if it
was in a dream,
but
knowing
that did not
matter to her.
What mattered was
what Saint Joseph
had taught her.
Later on,
the missionaries
learned that this
woman died that
very night.
(From
the German
publication «
Weite Welt » N˚
1, Jan. 1976)
On
March 19, we will
celebrate the
Solemnity of St
Joseph. Let's not
forget to honour
him and ask much
from him,
especially for
those who do not
known yet the love
of God. He will
always surprise us
with his goodness!
Dearest
Gospa, Mother of
the Church, you
has given us a
magnificent
present with Pope
Francis! With you
and all the
elected ones in
Heaven, we want to
pray for his
protection and to
watch as sentinels
around him, in
this crucial time
for the Church.
Sister
Emmanuel +
(Translated
from French)
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