March News from Sr. Emmanuel!
March 18, 2015
Dear Children of Medjugorje, praised be Jesus and Mary!
1. March 2, 2015 Mirjana received her monthly apparition at the Blue Cross in the presence of many people. After the apparition, Mirjana shared the following message:
“Dear children! You are my strength. You, my apostles, who with your love, humility and silence of prayer are making it possible for one to come to know my Son. You live in me. You carry me in your heart. You know that you have a mother who loves you and who has come to bring love. I am looking at you in the Heavenly Father – your thoughts, your pains, your sufferings – and I offer them to my Son. Do not be afraid and do not lose hope, because my Son listens to his mother. Since He was born He loves and I desire for all of my children to come to know that love. I desire that all those who left Him because of their pain and misunderstanding may return to Him and that all those who have never known Him may come to know Him. That is why you are here, my apostles, and I as a mother am with you. Pray for the firmness of faith, because love and mercy come from firm faith. Through love and mercy you will help all those who are not aware that they are choosing darkness instead of light. Pray for your shepherds because they are the strength of the Church which My Son left to you. Through my Son, they are the shepherds of souls. Thank you.”
2. Great news! On March 13th, Pope Francis announced the celebration of a holy year of mercy, a Jubilee that will begin with Our Lady, the Immaculate Conception (December 8, 2015), and will end on November 20, 2016, with the solemnity of Christ the King.
At the beginning of the year, the Holy Father said, “This time is the time of Mercy.” See more information here:
http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-homily-with-announcement-of-year-of-m
You can also find the novena to Divine Mercy (April 3-11) on the EWTN website here: https://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/mercy/novena.htm
3. Vicka went to San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy) for a Baptism.
On March 10th, the Blessed Mother gave a message for Lent through her, “I am calling you to pray the holy Rosary, the Glorious Mysteries, everyday of Lent, on your knees, and in the family.” Let us do it, Mary needs it for her plans! Who knows if by doing what she says, we will prevent other children from being beheaded, other young people from committing suicide?! She said in Medjugorje, “A single Rosary can do miracles in your lives and in the world.” Yes, Our Lady knows why she asks us for that prayer, and she counts on us!
On the next day, March 11th, Vicka went to Monte Sant’Angelo, near Foggia, (where the Archangel Michael appeared on May 8th in the year 490). Later Vicka’s journey continued to an inn also called San Michele Archangelo! There, sick people, hospital nuns, nurses, and physicians all gathered for the apparition of Our Lady to Vicka. Our Lady asked us to pray for the plan that she will realize, and she mentioned again her suffering for the youth who are getting lost.
4. On March 19th, we will celebrate St. Joseph.
This great saint, the husband of the Virgin Mary, gave bread to the One who is the Bread of Life. He continues to work for our happiness as he did on earth for the Holy Family. An example of his kindness comes to us from Father Ted Custer, a missionary priest in Nicaragua, and is recounted here:
“In 1982 I entered into my second pastoral assignment in a little town in central Nicaragua. It was a difficult situation. The Sandinista Revolution was in full swing, and the so-called Contra War was heating up. I was following on the heals of a very popular priest who the people there did not want to see leave, (unfortunately he was ill). Just before returning home to the US for a visit, I was told that if I didn’t finish the extensive ceiling started in the church, the local parish council would “leave me alone”!
“At that parish there was a little statue of St. Joseph the people considered miraculous. I didn’t know much about that, but I made a desperate prayer to St. Joseph that he had to help me. I borrowed $2000 and commissioned the work, not knowing how I would ever pay it back, even in two years. I was home for a month, and just before I was to leave home, my former pastor called me to come see him, and said that he had something for me. It was a gift of a little more than $2000. I rejoiced I could pay back the money, and have a little left over as well. When I got back to the church in Nicaragua, I found the workmen had spent a little more than they’d planned, and the money my pastor gave me covered it EXACTLY! Viva San José!”
To all of us who have the possibility of praying with faith and to entrust him with our business, why should we leave him unemployed? (See PS1)
5. For those who want to listen in French, the next live broadcast will be on April 3 at 9 PM, I will explain the message of April 2nd, in French only. Click on www.enfantsdemedjugorje.fr
The Live broadcast dated March 3rd is posted on http://www.enfantsdemedjugorje.fr/index.php/le-direct-du-3.html
You may watch in French also my short little gift “St. Joseph, the Man of Divine Providence”
http://www.enfantsdemedjugorje.fr/index.php/prier-videos.html
Dearest Gospa, we want more and more to live in you, and carry you in our hearts. Yes, we know that we have a Mother who loves us and who came to bring love. In this walk to Easter, please, double the dose of your intercession so that we may be love and peace in this world that is looking for happiness where it is lost.
Sister Emmanuel +
PS 1. Please, send us your testimonies about St. Joseph at gospa.fr@gmail.com,help others to love him and pray to him!
PS 2. Our next mission will be to lead a retreat in Latvia, where our books about Medjugorje are published. Please keep our little team in your prayers.
PS 3. Write a letter to the Holy Mother! Send it to her at”Reine de la Paix”, BP 2157, F- 06103 Nice cedex, France. We will give it to a visionary.
PS 4. A call to families! A call to the families: you have delightful words from your children, let’s not loose them! Please send them to us at gospa.fr@gmail.com as we wish to publish them.
PS 5. View the Medjugorje celebrations live, at home! http://www.medjugorje.hr/en/multimedia/tv-web/
PS 6. Read and circulate “News from Medjugorje” by Sr. Emmanuel each month!
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© Sr. Emmanuel Maillard 2015
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