We are so Blessed. And I thank you God every day for this wonderful gift that he giving to us by sending Our Lady to be with us every day.
Now for 28 years just in Medjugorje only. Who know how long she had been visit in other part of the world.
In The message to Ivan on June 25, 2009 night time Apparition Our Lady had refer to message word 7 times.
This remind me of my school year, my teacher always tell us if any thing impotence I will replete to you many time and will write on the broad.
accepting and living in Our Lady messages must be very importance at this time I do believe.
So let us all do it as Blessed Mother ask us to do so She can give us the new message.
I do not want Our Lady to replete the same message 77 time 7! do you?



God Bless

To read all 3 messages https://our-lady-for-life.forumotion.com/our-lady-of-medjugorje-f6/june-25-2009-message-t825.htm

Thank you Rooney. Thank you for watching out for us.

Steven

I was doing my normal research on Catholicism; hoping to find some inspirational stories. Lo and behold look what I found! A perfect complimentary story [Easter-won ] started for us. Enjoy.

Medjugorje and Me

by Kate Rines

used with permission

I first heard about Medjugorje through a Eucharistic Minister friend. He called to find out if I could serve a mass for him while he was away at "Medjugorje." After he said this, he paused as if waiting for me to say something. I was thinking "Hmm, that rings a bell but I don't remember it", so I didn't say a word.

About a year and one half later I went to a new bookstore to pick up some relaxation reading. This quaint new little bookstore was closed so I went to a tag sale that is perpetually held at the old Fire Station instead. There books are on sale for a whooping $2.00 a piece. I was in the back rummaging through boxes and crates when a blue covered book caught my eye. Lo and behold it was a book on Medjugorje. I decided for $2.00 I would buy it telling myself I'd read it when I was in the right frame of mind.

I put the book on the shelf and proceeded to read one of the other books I purchased, some romance novel or other. When I finished that book one of the secretaries at school gave me another book. The Medjugorje book remained on the shelf and I would look over and say "Yes, yes, when I'm in the right frame of mind." But since I'm rarely not exhausted from a full week of work and volunteering I just wasn't getting around to it.

Then one Sunday morning I was working at the Religious Education office during class time, I reached into my purse to retrieve a receipt and I felt something odd in the bottom of my purse. I reached in and pulled it out. Guess what? It was a medal of our Lady of Medjugorje. Now I must tell you I am not a big medal person. Nor do I have any idea how that medal made it into my purse. I had been nowhere that there were medals. I sat for a short minute and said to Nancy the secretary " Hey, look what I found! Isn't that odd!" She agreed and we went back to work.

Now I may be thick but I know when I am being nagged. I went home and started reading the book on Medjugorje. How can I describe what it was like? The book was written by Wayne Weible who is a protestant and from what I gather this is very impressive. I guess Protestants aren't big on Mary (something to do with it getting in the way of worshipping Jesus.) He explains that he gets to Jesus through Mary. That she leads directly to Him. He even prays the rosary which I know is not a Protestant thing to do.

Reading about Medjugorje was a spiritually explosive experience for me. Each time I picked up the book I also took along a box of tissue. I had to be careful not to read it before school or my makeup would be ruined. The healings, the message, the faith were so profound that it shook me right down to my soul.

I have begun to pray the rosary everyday. Of course I started doing this just as the pope declared the Mysteries of the Rosary. Some might see this as coincidence but I'm telling you I know when I'm being "nagged." Not only do I pray the Rosary but, it is also another tissue box experience. I feel each and every Mystery. There are so many blessings and naggings that have taken place for me on my way to this awakening.

When I refer to nagging please don't think of it in a negative way. I have a very stubborn personality and God has to really PROD me to make me get it.

Back to Medjugorje. I wanted more information so I went to a web site and there was a place to leave an intention or a question. So, I asked what should I do now? I'm having a bit of a mid-life crisis so I thought Id get a giant answer like go and finish your Masters degree or something like that.
What answer did I get? You're reading it!

I may be stubborn but because I've been praying to Mary she lets me hear what I'm supposed to do now. Mothers can get things through to you when the Father can't.

How's the book going? Well, I haven't finished it. I'm dawdling so I might never have to finish this great book. Will I ever go to Medjugorje? I don't know. Will I finish a Master's degree? I don't know.

What I do know is that I will finish this article and the Blessed Virgin will make sure that I don't have to be prodded as hard to do what I'm supposed to do. JUST DO IT!

Time to move forward with joy in our hearts. Move forward, one step at a time. God bless you!
Cyndi

love this story,
More, more please

Thanks Cyndi.

God Bless

"Do not refuse my love. Do not renounce salvation and eternal life for the sake of transience and frivolity of this life. I am among you to lead you and, as a mother, to caution you. Come with me."

It is just my wondering though, how many of 50,000 or so people that were there for youth festival had refuse the love that Our Lady had pouring out for them.
Our Lady had caution us not to renounce salvation and eternal life, What can we do! what can we do?

Our Lady have been asking for us to pray, here the chance for us to pray the rosary with other around the world this sunday August 16,2009
“Let Us Do It!“
Rosary to be simultaneously prayed on five continents

This Sunday, August 16, Catholics around the world will join together in a simultaneous praying of the rosary. The Rosary will begin at 5:00 PM Paris time, which is 11:00 AM east coast time, 10:00 AM central time, 9:00 AM mountain time and 8:00 AM west coast time. The participants will recite the Glorious Mysteries.

The invitation to become one in the praying of the rosary is extended by the Second Annual International Marian Conference, which will be held this year at Paray-le Monial in France. The festival is running from August 14-19. Zenit News reports that the conference is open to all, but is organized by young people, and is targeted at people aged 18-35 and families. Last year’s event drew 1,500 people and this year the organizers expect at least 3,000 attendees, and will feature speakers from France, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Brazil, and Canada. Organizers hope to give attendees an opportunity “to dive again into the mysteries of the Eucharist and the rosary and to be renewed by the Holy Spirit, like the apostles in the Upper Room with Mary, and to grow in holiness."

The festival is hosted by Bishop Benoît Rivière of Autun, Châlon and Mâcon, France. Other bishops attending include Archbishop Emeritus Henri Tessier of Algiers and Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon. Father Giovanni d’Ercole, of the Vatican’s Secretariat of State will also attend, and will speak on John Paul's special attachment to Our Lady. This year, Catholics will also be joined by members of an Orthodox parish in St. Petersburg, Russia, who will bring an icon for the veneration of the faithful.

The organizers say that the rosary will be assisted by meditations by John Paul II, that were given when he visited in France in 1986. In 1984, John Paul II consecrated the entire world to the Virgin Mary, and the organizers are confident that “John Paul II will entrust our important prayer intentions to the intercession of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, close to the Father.”

News of Sunday’s worldwide rosary came late to the English-speaking world, through a Monday article in the Catholic News Agency, but it has quickly generated significant enthusiasm. Comments include: “Can you imagine the POWER of the prayer of the rosary being recited by all those people together”; “Yes! This is most exciting…just what our world needs now! ”; and “Oh, Let us do it!”

Why Our Lady ask us to pray, pray ,pray.
cause pray leading us to be closer to her son our Lord Jesus Christ.
and through Jesus we will be closer to Our God.

If we want to be with God then "just do it pray,pray,pray"

Our Lady queen of peace lead us and pray for us. Amen

In the gospel reading today Jesus said " Be opened"

I was thinking while driving back home, that this word have to do with Our Lady message to Mirjana September 2.

"Dear children; Today, with a motherly heart, I call you to learn to forgive, completely and unconditionally. You suffer injustice, betrayals and persecutions, but by that you are closer to and dearer to God. My children, pray for the gift of love. Only love forgives all, as my Son forgives – follow Him. I am among you and am praying that when you come before your Father you can say: 'Here I am Father, I followed your Son, I had love and forgave with the heart, because I believed in your judgment and trusted in you.' Thank you."


"be opened" to forgive and "be opened to love.
Our lady ask us to pray, pray, pray
Let us do it now.

Open my heart Lord, let me to see your love.

Open my heart Lord, let me love like you.

Open my heart Lord, give me your grace to love. Amen

Our Lady Queen of peace lead us to love.

Having a Dialogue with God
I am writing this because I feel that Our Lady telling us " you are not praying enough" (Have you sunk so deeply into sin )
Every one know by praying mean we are with God! If we don't pray we stay away from God and you know what that can do to us.
Our Lady have a mission, " TO BRING PEACE INTO OUR LIFE AND OUR WORLD)

October 2, 2009 Message was not just for the unbeliever, all Our Lady' message are for all of her children.
Pray pray pray that all she asking. I ones asked Fr Benedict Groeschel " What is pray"
He said Pray is having a Dialogue with God, just talk to God. It dose not have to be formal form of pray.
you can talk to God every minute, ever where.

Here what Our Pope say

"The diligent reading of Sacred Scripture accompanied by prayer bring about that intimate dialogue in which the person reading hears God who is speaking, and in praying,responds to him with trusting openness of heart." (Pope Benedict XVI)

Yes, that true. but every one can benefit from this message as well.

remember this message of Our Lady " July 25, 1995 "Dear children! Today I invite you to prayer because only in prayer can you understand my coming here."


Jesus we trust in you.

[quote="easterwon'']Yes, that true. but every one can benefit from this message as well.

remember this message of Our Lady " July 25, 1995 "Dear children! Today I invite you to prayer because only in prayer can you understand my coming here." Jesus we trust in you.[/quote]

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Thanks for taking the time to reply.

I am still learning about Medjugorje and how to accurately interpret the Bishop of Mostar's new restrictions (i.e. I am not against Medjugorje.)

I agree the 2nd of the month message is beneficial for all souls, especially mine. I have not reached sanctity.

But here's my point:

Evidently a Medjugorje seer may receive a message, but it's not always intended for the world. For example, when one of the seers goes to the USA in Alabama, the messages from Blessed Mother are only for those who are present. Blessed Mother clarified it.

Likewise, the Friend from Medjugorje, in Huntsville, Alabama states the 2nd of the month targets only non-believers. That's why Blessed Mother's tone changes to being more strict and harsh on the 2nd of the month vs. the 25th. Evidently one of the seers clarified it also. I read it, but I haven't been able to find the source.

As a mother ''the Friend of Medjugorje'' helped clarify why Blessed Mother's tone sounded more strict and harsh on the 2nd of the month. In my mind it makes sense. As a mother, I would treat each child differently. I can't imagine ''whipping my child into more obedience'' when my daughter is doing the best she can to be good and obedient already.

Please click on the hyperlink below and read ''A Friend of Medjugorje's'' note at the bottom of the page.

https://our-lady-for-life.forumotion.com/our-lady-of-medjugorje-f6/medjugorje-making-sense-of-the-father-tomislav-vlasic-episode-t1022.htm

Claim, claim claim......... ( concerning Medjugorje)
The Vatican will...................
bishop said...........................
the seer quoted once............................
people speculate .................................

It could make one have no Peace

If people" Just Do It " As Our Lady of Medjugorje ask us to do so that Peace that she bring to us will happen according to her and God plane.

pray pray pray That all she ask the most. All will benefit from our prayers, the Vatican, the Bishop, the Seers and all the people who we pray for believer and unbeliever.

UMA AND KUMAR KRISHNAN JUST DO IT!

They said "Thank you. Thank you for all these visions and thank you for bringing us here. We don’t know what to do, you tell us, you guide us, show us what has to be done.’”

And this is the rest of their story.

From Hinduism to Catholicism
After a series of dreams about Mary, a local Hindu couple has joined the Church
KATIE BAHR | CATHOLIC HERALD
10/21/09
It was three years ago when Uma Krishnan says she first dreamed of the Virgin Mary. It was January 2006 and she was living in Singapore with her husband, Kumar, and her son, Karthi. In her dream she saw a “very humble lady” surrounded by candles.

She and Kumar were devout Hindus and they knew the lady in Uma’s dreams was not a Hindu god. They knew little of Christianity, but they thought this lady might be the Blessed Mother. Still, because they came from a long tradition of Hinduism in India, they didn’t give the dream much thought.

Later that year Kumar got a job that took him to San Diego. A few months later, he found a new job in McLean. Uma and Karthi joined him that December.

This past April, Uma began to have more dreams of Mary.

One night she dreamed she was walking into a church she’d never seen before. Once inside, she turned right and found a little room where there were red candles and a statue of Mary.

The second night, she was in the same room, but this time she saw a big cross made of palm leaves.

Another night, she dreamed she was in a boat. On her right was a black woman with dark hair and on her left, a lady wearing a blue scarf and holding a Bible. The woman in blue showed Uma some verses to read to make her worries disappear. In her dream, Uma read the Bible verses and both women disappeared.

Uma and Kumar talked about the dreams and, by the fourth night, they decided to visit a church to see what was happening.

Kumar typed “St. Mary Church Fairfax” into Google and entered the address from the first result into his GPS device. The address was for St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax.

When they got to the church, Uma was shocked. On the outside, it looked just like the church she had dreamed about the first night. When they went inside and turned right, there was a small chapel with red votive candles, a statue of Mary and a cross. It was just like her dreams. Uma started to cry.

“The moment was so touching,” Kumar said. “We were not even Christians and we were not even worshipping when we got such a thing. We were Hindus and we didn’t exactly know how to pray, but we just sat there and said, ‘Thank you. Thank you for all these visions and thank you for bringing us here. We don’t know what to do, you tell us, you guide us, show us what has to be done.’”

After the first visit to the church, a few days passed and Uma and Kumar didn’t return. Instead, they went to their Hindu temple.

Uma had another dream. She saw the statue of Mary on the outside wall of the church. Mary’s arms were out and there was a bright light coming from behind. In Uma’s mind, the statue seemed to be saying, “Come back to me.”

When Uma told Kumar, they decided to go to St. Mary of Sorrows that day. It was a Wednesday, and this time, they went into the main meeting room, where the Charismatic Prayer Group gathered. They shared their story and prayed with them.

After that, Uma and Kumar began to attend Mass and the Charismatic Prayer Group every week.

Uma’s dreams continued, but the couple also started experiencing strange “spiritual disturbances.” Uma would have nightmares, and during the day, alone at home, she would hear strange laughing, heavy breathing or footsteps. Sometimes she would feel a pressure on her neck and would have trouble breathing.

The disturbances were so bad that Uma was afraid to be alone. Kumar would drop her off at St. Mary of Sorrows when he went to work in the morning and she would stay at the church all day.

Frightened, Uma and Kumar talked to Father Stefan Starzynski, St. Mary of Sorrows parochial vicar.

Starzynski told them the disturbances might be coming because they were moving away from Hinduism. He told them not to worry and that they’d be okay if they just went toward the one, true God.

“Even as Hindus they were coming to the prayer groups and the healing Masses and praying the rosary every day, so I think something was trying to stop them from entering the Faith fully,” Father Starzynski said.

Kumar and Uma decided to get rid of all of their Hindu belongings and devote themselves entirely to Catholicism.

Because of their circumstances, the parish had a team of four parishioners teach the couple a condensed version of the traditional yearlong Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults program. Uma and Kumar went to the program every Saturday to learn about the sacraments and to discuss the Bible.

“It sounded like Mary was calling them to us and I felt like we had a responsibility to them,” said Father Starzynski. “They told me they wanted to become Catholic and they were so excited and eager that I thought this was an opportunity to be flexible.”

By the end of August, the group decided the family was ready to become Catholic. Sept. 12, Uma, Kumar and Karthi were baptized and the couple received the sacraments of confirmation, Communion and marriage.

In the days leading up to the ceremonies, Uma and Kumar feel they received lots of help from Mary.

Though they had a very limited budget and hardly any time to plan, Uma and Kumar wanted to have a nice wedding ceremony. They only had $400 to spend on a wedding dress for Uma, but their son found a perfect dress for $399.

Then, after deciding wedding photographers would be too expensive, a photographer from the parish offered his services for free.

Before the baptism and wedding day, Uma had another dream. This time Mary was standing outside the historic St. Mary of Sorrows Church, with a big smile on her face. She was holding two wedding rings and three rosaries — red, orange and yellow.

The couple decided to use those colors in Uma’s bouquet and on the wedding cake, all donated by fellow churchgoers.

On the actual day, the whole parish was invited to see Uma and Kumar receive the sacraments. A reception was held in the hall of the historic church, decorated with red, orange and yellow flowers.

“Even though we hadn’t planned things, God had planned for us,” Kumar said. “He planned everything so perfectly and he took care of everything, right down to the photographs. It was like he has predicted this marriage for us. We are so glad and so thankful and so lucky to be here.”

Father Starzynski said Uma and Kumar’s conversion story shows that God works in mysterious ways. He felt honored that he could be there to help the family.

“I think it speaks to how beautifully God can work and does work,” he said. “It makes you think, are we flexible enough to understand the ways God may work that are outside the box that we have constructed?”

Since they received the sacraments, Kumar and Uma say the disturbances and nightmares have stopped. Uma feels stronger and is able to stay home by herself with no fear.

“We feel like the Holy Spirit in her has just given her this total protection,” Kumar said.

The couple says they are constantly impressed with the parish community.

“I feel like I’ve been wandering all over the place and that I’ve come home,” Kumar said. “I never heard of such good people, such good Catholic people.”

And through it all, Uma’s dreams of Mary continue.

“Whether it’s good or bad, we want to share them with everybody so everybody knows about it,” Kumar said. “Some may take it badly, but we want to share it. We are very fortunate. I feel lucky, I feel honored and I feel blessed.”

to see their picture click this link http://www.catholicherald.com/local_news/detail.html?sub_id=11317

"I bring you my blessing, I bless you all " ( message of medjugorje October 25, 2009)

Heavenly Sound
I am so ever Graceful for this, My heavenly Mother Mary.

Thank you very much for your Love, your Blessing and your endless intercession for us.

Yes, Jed : I will pray pray pray ( just do it one Hail Mary at a time )

God Bless

Holy Mother Mary inspiring us to pray , pray from our heart for those in need.
Hope For Haiti Now (live on Telethom 2010)

Help me with this one Please.

"do not permit the untruths which come out of your mouth to silence your conscience."

Is this mean confession,confession and confession

God Bless