St Nick donations to Medjugorje area children & orphanage kids

 Thank you to everyone who contributed to The Saint Nicholas Project for children in Medjugorje area with prayers, love, and financial contributions.

$2,500 was raised through your generosity. Hundreds of prayers carried those gifts with love to those who needed it this Christmas season. $2,000 was used to make 270 packets for students up to 11-years-old for Saint Nicholas Day. The packets contained sweets, school and art supplies, and Rosary beads – wonderful gifts for children who may not have otherwise been able to receive such treats. The remaining $500 was given to the local orphanage, Mother’s Village, that is run by Franciscan Nuns and was created during the war by Father Slavko Barbaric. The orphanage is organized in family houses to ensure a family life: there are 7 houses and about 50 children who live at Mother’s Village. Mothersvillage.org

~~ A school official wrote to those who supported this project with this note of thanks:

“St. Nicholas arrived today, December 4th at 2 pm. He had the most beautiful gifts for our students up to 4th grade. It was so much fun... "Many thanks from the heart to MirPeace pilgrims from America, and children from Our Lady of Peace Elementary School Clarks Summit Pennsylvania for today's gifts. Many people helped with this project and those involved know it was all orchestrated by Our Lady’s loving hands. May you be filled with love and gratitude for the gifts we have all received."

Our Lady of Peace School

school FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/Osnovna-%C5%A1kola-Bijakovi%C4%87i-605398809525275/

orphanage website: http://www.mothersvillage.org/index.php...

What a gift it has been to be able to share kindness with the Medjugorje area community that has always shown kindness to pilgrims. The Saint Nicholas Project was started because of the concerns of pilgrims who had visited the villages of Medjugorje in the past. This place of prayer is where The Virgin Mary has been appearing to 6 local visionaries for almost 40 years, & has dedicated itself to the care of religious pilgrims from all over the world; when the pandemic didn’t allow for pilgrims this year, the village took a terrible blow financially. The region depends on tourism and hospitality for economic strength and this has been a very, very difficult time for almost every family in Medjugorje.

The pilgrims who had been to this oasis of peace were moved to provide some gifts for the children of Medjugorje, and to remind the people of Medjugorje that they are loved and prayed for daily by their friends near and far, just as their families pray for all of us in the world every single day. Donations also given via a lovely idea started by Joseph and Brenda on gofundme "the Saint Nicholas Project for Medjugorje".

Saint Nicholas Day was chosen as the day of celebration: local custom traditionally keeps Christmas as a more religious observation & tradition, & honors Saint Nicholas Day as the day of gift giving. Kindness matters.

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 Forgive just like Jesus & don't judge for hope & truth

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

Gospel(EN) - Luke 23:34 - Evanđelje(HR) 'Oprosti im, Oče, jer ne znaju što čine!' reče Isus.

  "My motherly heart yearns for this - for unity of all of my children - through my Son."  

 "If you desire to follow my Son, you will not judge 

but love like your Heavenly Father loves you. " 

" I am knocking on your hearts. They cannot open because they are not humble." ((more quotes below))

Did Jesus Christ compete on one side only? Was He worried was afraid? Or did He want to help you & me & all our brothers and sisters to have salvation & join Him with God Almighty in heaven? This Thanksgiving and Christmas season let's give the gifts of love, forgiveness and trust in God our Father. And peace in our Heart with joy in that truth & trust. Through the decades Gospa asks us to open our hearts to God & truly love each other(all souls),not judge but to #forgive & pray for God's Will. He knows how to fix anything humanity is She (Gospa Queen of Peace, the Blessed Virgin Mary) is always praying for each of us, and encouraging us to do the same.

"Little children, you live in a time in which God gives great graces, but you do not know how to make good use of them. You are concerned about everything else, but least for the soul and spiritual life."

"Dear children, with motherly concern I look in your hearts and see in them pain and suffering. I see a wounded past and an incessant search... Open yourselves to the Father... you will be happy. Your search will end. You will love, and you will not be afraid. Your life will be hope and truth, which is my Son. thank you...

Do not judge, because you will all be judged."

"I, as a mother, desire to save you from restlessness, despair, and eternal exile... My Son, by His death on the Cross, showed how much He loves you; He sacrificed Himself for your sake and the sake of your sins. Do not keep rejecting His sacrifice and do not keep renewing His sufferings with your #sins. "

"Anew, I am calling you to love and not to judge. My Son, according to the will of the Heavenly #Father, was among you to show you the way of #salvation, to save you and not to judge you.

If you desire to follow my Son, you will not judge but love like your Heavenly Father loves you. " We thank God for being patient with us & sending the Blessed Mother to Medjugorje to help us get closer to Him and #eternal happiness, eternal life for all eternity.

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Medjugorje message - your refuge will be the Heart of my Son Jesus

If we pray from the heart, and make it a true part of our lives, our refuge will be the Heart of Our Lady's Son Jesus Christ, no matter what trials we face as God's children. Prayer will be our life and joy. 

(EN) Gospa's monthly Medjugorje message, July 25, 2019

(HR) Gospina Poruka, 25. srpanj 2019

(ENGLISH) “Dear children! 

My call for you is prayer. 

May prayer be a joy for you and a wreath which binds you to God. 

Little children, trials will come and you will not be strong, and sin will reign but, if you are mine, you will win, because your refuge will be the Heart of my Son Jesus. 

Therefore, little children, return to prayer until prayer becomes life for you in the day and the night. 

Thank you for having responded to my call.”

(HRVATSKI - Croatian language) „Draga djeco! 

Moj poziv je za vas molitva. Neka molitva bude za vas radost i vijenac koji vas veže s Bogom. Dječice, doći će kušnje i vi nećete biti jaki i grijeh će vladati, ali ako ste moji pobijedit ćete, jer vaše će utočište biti srce moga Sina Isusa. Zato, dječice, vratite se molitvi dok vam molitva ne postane život u danu i noći. Hvala vam što ste se odazvali mome pozivu.“

Priests' spiritual renewal at Holy Mass, Medjugorje

Jesus Christ, Son of God, gives each one of us, God's children, His graces in the Holy Mass.

Our Lady said, in Medjugorje message, April 3, 1986 (ENGLISH)

Gospina Medjugorska Poruka, 3. travanj 1986. (HRVATSKI)

message below the photo.

photograph: The 23rd annual spiritual renewal for priests, a few days ago. Baka Jelka (Helen Sarcevic, Mir-Peace pilgrimage founder) attending Holy Mass with 2 of her daughters. They join hundreds of priests, thousands of Medjugorje citizens parishioners and pilgrims from all over the world at Saint James Croatian Catholic Church. Thanks for the photo, Adriana!

(ENGLISH) "Dear children! 

I wish to call you to a living of the Holy Mass. There are many of you who have sensed the beauty of the Holy Mass, but there are also those who come unwillingly. I have chosen you, dear children, but Jesus gives you His graces in the Mass. Therefore, consciously live the Holy Mass and let your coming to it be a joyful one. Come to it with love and make the Mass your own.
Thank you for having responded to my call." 

(HR) “Draga djeco! 

Želim vas pozvati na proživljavanje svete mise. Ima vas mnogo što ste osjetili ljepotu svete mise, a ima i onih koji nerado dolaze. Ja sam vas izabrala, draga djeco, a Isus vam daje svoje milosti u misi. Zato proživljavajte svjesno svetu misu i neka vam bude radostan dolazak. S ljubavlju dolazite i prihvaćajte svetu misu.
Hvala vam što ste se odazvali mom pozivu! ”

Thank God it's Friday. Thanking God for everything! 

*pilgrimage info: email mirpeace@comcast.net

Mary said in Medjugorje message, Oct 2001: I am with you, and I THANK GOD for each of you who has accepted and lives prayer with seriousness. (ENGLISH) 
(HRVATSKI - Croatian language) Ja sam s vama i Bogu zahvaljujem za svakoga od vas koji je s ozbiljnošću prihvatio i živi molitvu. 

She also repeats her words of wisdom to us through the visionaries, excellent advice, including these phrases in that same message:

(EN) I call you to pray from your whole heart and to love each other. (HR) Pozivam vas da molite iz svega srca i ljubite jedni druge.

(EN) Little children, you are chosen to witness peace and joy. If there is no peace, pray, and you will receive it. Through you and your prayer, little children, peace will begin to flow through the world. 
(HR) Dječice, vi ste izabrani da svjedočite mir i radost. Ako mira nema molite i dobit ćete ga. Preko vas i vaše molitve, dječice, mir će poteći svijetom.

(EN)... pray, pray, pray, because prayer works miracles in human hearts and in the world. 
(HR) dječice, molite, molite, molite jer molitva čini čudesa u ljudskim srcima i u svijetu.

~Gospa (Our Lady, our Mother & Mother of God, Blessed Virgin Mary), helping us to feel a bit of heaven on earth, one family, God's children, all for one & one for all. No one is forgotten. We are not alone. We're in it together. Let's light up the world. BE A LIGHT, joining the Light of the World, our brother, Jesus Christ... helping others to feel the joy of that true love as well.
Hvaljen Isus i Marija! Praised be Jesus & Mary!
Pray for us.
Hvala Bogu! Thank God!
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