Gospa encourages us to prayer rather than despair

 (EN) Gospa's message, June 25, 2000 - (HR) Gospina Poruka, 25. lipanj 2000.

And below that is a more recent encouraging Medjugorje message by Our Lady, Gospa, Blessed Mother of God, April 25, 2018. "Today I am calling you to live your new life.." There is hope for a better future. We can each help make that happen.   She and her Son, Jesus Christ, trusted God and persevered. 

God bless them! thank you. 

Hvaljen Isus i Marija! Praised be Jesus and Mary!


Photograph when Mir-Peace pilgrimage group joined pilgrims from around the world at Holy Mass, St James Croatian Catholic Church, and the 1st message are from June 25, 2000. A lovely throwback thursday memory! :-) 

(EN) Dear children! Today I call you to prayer. The one who prays is not afraid of the future. Little children, do not forget that I am with you, and I love you all. Thank you for having responded to my call.
(HR) “Draga djeco! Danas vas pozivam na molitvu. Tko moli ne boji se budućnosti. Dječice, ne zaboravite: Ja sam s vama i sve vas volim. Hvala vam što ste se odazvali mom pozivu. ”  


2nd inspirational message. Love it! During the current corona virus covid-19 pandemic we can be heartened and strengthened. Don't worry. Remembering the sacrifices Mary and St Joseph and Jesus made...with love and trust and acceptance... the ones that we know about in the New Testament Gospels. Wonderful role models for us and each family! Rather than on virus of sin, keep focusing on their great advice... and their patience in helping us get closer to God and His eternal goodness. 

 (ENGLISH)
GOSPA: "Dear children! Today I am calling you to live your new life with Jesus. May the RISEN ONE give you strength to always be strong in the trials of life and to be faithful and persevering in prayer; because Jesus saved you by His wounds and by His Resurrection gave you new life. Pray, little children, and do not lose hope. May joy and peace be in your hearts and witness the joy that you are mine. I am with you and love you all with my motherly love. Thank you for having responded to my call."
~Our Lady, Gospa, Blessed Mother of God, April 25, 2018, Medjugorje.

(HRVATSKI)
GOSPA: “Draga djeco! Danas vas pozivam da s Isusom živite vaš novi život. Nek vam Uskrsli dadne snagu da u kušnjama života budete uvijek jaki i u molitvi odani i ustrajni jer vas je Isus svojim ranama spasio i uskrsnućem dao novi život. Molite, dječice, i ne gubite nadu. U vašim srcima nek bude radost i mir i svjedočite radost da ste moji. Ja sam s vama i sve vas ljubim mojom majčinskom ljubavlju. Hvala vam što ste se odazvali mome pozivu. ”
~Gospina poruka, 25. travanj 2018

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are you preparing your soul during this crisis?

...but what about your soul, how are you preparing it?"Sometimes gifts don't look like blessings to us, but they can be. It is so with this unwanted, unexpected and intimidating guest... maybe it's a curse, maybe a blessing."

"The world has grown silent for a moment, the industrial giant is quiet, all people are equal again, both great and small, trembling with the same fear before the unknown...

They say that you can finally see the sky over Italy, and the Italians are socializing, meeting and loving their neighbors, balcony walls and glass windows are no longer obstacles .. There will not be silence in the halls and elevators anymore. The entire Christian world is praying together for the same thing. Families are finally coming to know one another, to become familiar, to socialize and pray out loud, and suddenly there is plenty of time. The virus even slows down time.
Where were you hurrying to, poor little person? Don’t you see how small and helpless you are compared to something far smaller than yourself? - What are you doing with yourself while your days have been counted just as the hairs on your head have?
Stop, and listen to the silence, return to your roots and pray to God. You are so desperately afraid for your bodies but what about your soul, how are you preparing it?

Some gifts don't look like blessings to us, yet they are... Just open your eyes to see how a tiny unknown particle changes your world, and Someone high up above is seeing everything and, what do you think, is He smiling?? 😉

Greetings to all and, with heads raised, pray to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Greeting you and united with you in prayer"
-Ivan

Medjugorje visionary Ivan Dragičević shared this through UdrugaKraljicaMira fb. Let's take the advice and prayers by Gospa the Blessed Virgin Mary to hearts as he has since gospa's (Our Lady's) apparitions started there in 1981... and learn to get truly closer to God through her son, Jesus Christ. As Fr Petar Ljubicic said days ago, this corona virus is a virus of sin... our sins. It's a chance to focus on heaven and eternal spiritual life rather than the temporary physical earthly. We always wanted more time to reflect and meditate on the New Testament during Lent, let's do it now. Let us rise together with love. Stop, look, listen to God's voice inside your heart. May God's Plan be realized. We can help by being united in prayer.
photo is Ivan a few years ago.

cure our virus of sin with prayer, fasting, sacrifice

Starting this Lenten season, you can help. 

Let's cure our virus of sin with prayer, fasting, sacrifice -- not only for ourselves or our family, but for every person, every soul.

That's the same true love and God's truth that Jesus sacrificed for us when he was crucified. He rose above our sins and death: the Resurrection of Christ at Easter.

*** When asked if we should be afraid of the coronavirus, COVID-19, Fr. Petar Ljubicic said,
"Dear friends, don't be afraid. This is just a warning call to us to be afraid of the virus of sin. If we are without sin, if we pray, fast, make sacrifice... that's the best defense against the corona virus. Fear does not help anything. Rather, pray, believe, and stay away from sin. That's the most effective way to be safe if the virus comes. And if it does come, it will find that it shouldn’t have even bothered.
Peace, and God's blessing.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."

We are in this together - one family under God - all God's children. When all else fails in life here in this physical world, if we trust God's plan, He will be there for us through it all. Now is the time to have faith, to have no fear.

Bible quotes (and Medjugorje message below) :
 "The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him." 
~Psalm 28:7
"And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us." 
~1 John 5:14

Our Lady often reminds us that through trust in God, with prayer and faith, miracles can happen, GOSPA quote, 1982: "The best fast is on bread and water. Through fasting and prayer, one can stop wars, one can suspend the laws of nature." She and her son, Jesus Christ, are helping us to realize God's spiritual kingdom is stronger than anything physical or earthly. Have we forgotten that God's grace is worth more than anything of this earth? Thy kingdom come.

Fr Ljubicic is the priest that Medjugorje visionary Mirjana originally chose to reveal her 10 secrets to the world from Gospa, Our Lady: the Blessed Virgin Mary, because she admired how much he was helpng the poor. Mirjana said, "Our Lady asked me to choose a priest who will reveal the secrets at the appropriate time. I am supposed to tell the priest 10 days in advance what will happen and where. We are supposed to spend seven days in prayer and fasting, and then three days before what is to happen... it will be revealed to the world". Let us have as much faith in God's plan as do the visionaries, trusting that we can do the right thing, and having faith in God's plan for the future and eternity.