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Pope Benedict XVI last week made worldwide headlines with his comments on condom use.
A couple of days ago the Pope made a surprise reference to yet another controversial subject - Medjugore The Holy See, two days ago in a talk to the general audience, specifically acknowledged the Medjugorje parish and he encouraged the faithful from Medjugorje to be "evangelizers of Gods love in your nation". Not so surprising, the Catholic press, ignored the the Pope's reference to an event that has moved millions of Catholics into a deeper relationship with Christ.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 December 2012 )
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Something to get us in to the Advent mood. This is an interesting surprise and such a joy when one notices how those that are not a part of the choir join in singing the Hallelujah. I simply had to share this. GOD BLESS. Please click read more on the right. |
Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 December 2012 )
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Dear children;Today I am praying here with you that you may gather the strength to open your hearts and thus to become aware of the mighty love of the suffering God. Through this His love, goodness and meekness, I am also with you. I invite you for this special time of preparation to be a time of prayer, penance and conversion. My children, you need God. You cannot go forward without my Son. When you comprehend and accept this, what was promised to you will be realized. Through the Holy Spirit the Kingdom of Heaven will be born in your hearts. I am leading you to this. Thank you. |
Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 December 2012 )
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November 24th at 3:30 pm it will be exactly ten
years since our belowed Father Slavko Barbaric, OFM was born in to heaven. The children and the employees of "Mother's
Village" in a special way relive this month of November. Lots of small,
everyday things and obligations begin to remind us of those last days
and moments of living together with Fr. Slavko. Nature and flowers in the
fall, chrysanthemums and candles come back to us images and feelings of
disbelief, sadness and fear those first days of life without him.
Now
we glance more down the bronze statue of Father Slavko, set in the
middle of the village for the first anniversary of his death. As if once
again we want to hear his greeting, a word of encouragement or to share
with him his thoughts and desires.
The last thoughts father shared atop of Cross Mountain were the prayer for the next person that will pass on to the next life and a few minutes later he passed on. Let us unite in prayer for Fr. Slavko's soul and for the soul of the next person to join him. God Bless you father and thank you for all of your great gifts you left behind. |
Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 December 2012 )
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Dear children; With motherly perseverance and love I am bringing you the light of life to destroy the darkness of death in you. Do not reject me, my children. Stop and look within yourselves and see how sinful you are. Be aware of your sins and pray for forgiveness. My children, you do not desire to accept that you are weak and little, but you can be strong and great by doing Gods will. Give me your cleansed hearts that I may illuminate them with the light of life, my Son. Thank you. |
Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 December 2012 )
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Dear children; Today I call you to a humble, my children, humble devotion. Your hearts need to be just. May your crosses be your means in the battle against the sins of the present time. May your weapon be patience and boundless love - a love that knows to wait and which will make you capable of recognizing God's signs - that your life, by humble love, may show the truth to all those who seek it in the darkness of lies. My children, my apostles, help me to open the paths to my Son. Once again I call you to pray for your shepherds. Alongside them, I will triumph. Thank you. |
Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 December 2012 )
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Dear
children, I am beside you because I desire to help you to overcome
trials, which this time of purification puts before you. My children,
one of those is not to forgive and not to ask for forgiveness. Every sin
offends Love and distances you from it and Love is my Son. Therefore,
my children, if you desire to walk with me towards the peace of Gods
love, you must learn to forgive and to ask for forgiveness. Thank you.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 December 2012 )
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It has been a tradition for decades for the holy mass to be served atop of Cross Mountain the first Sunday after the assumption of Our Lady and today is no different. Living at the base of the cross mountain gives me a front row spot for a number of events through the year, standing on the balcony of our home this morning made me realize how fortunate I am to be living here. One of the speakers at one of the events here in Medjugorje once said "this place is the heart of the catholic world", at that time I did not realize what he had said but now I understand. Our Lady, the mother of God came here, she is moving people closer to him. Throughout the year people come to Medjugorje in multitudes but going up to the Cross Mountain, barefoot, on their knees, with their children, suffering but offering it up. They come closer to God and Our Lady.
Fr. Marinko Sakota, a priest that was just recently transferred to Medjugorje as the parish vicar is the one that has the honors of being the main celebrant atop of Cross Mountain. If I had to guess the number of people that went up to the hill over the past night and the morning I would say 25 - 30000. We should get a closer number when I get the information on the number of holy communions that were given out. |
Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 December 2012 )
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The Assumption of Our Lady, a big day in the Catholic church and a big day here in Medjugorje. It is traditionally celebrated here but also in other parishes. It is a state feast day in the Rep. of Croatia when the police is in fine array, the state is consecrated to Our Lady.
I went for a walk through the fields and the white gazebo is where the evening program is taking place and I would estimate around 25000 people attending the Holy Mass. |
Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 December 2012 )
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Hello all, as you must know, the youth fest is over and as you noticed I did not deliver much over the past week or so. I've taken some photos and some videos and most of it is being edited. I had an opportunity to interview or better yet to film a very interesting testimony of a former IRA member, I will edit this and hopefully publish it here. In the meantime, here is a timelapse I did a few days ago climbing the Cross Mountain at 5:30 am, I wanted to show how busy this the path up was. This is a set of 1360 photos streamed as a video clip, I hope you like it. Click read more to view the video clip. |
Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 December 2012 )
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