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© Children of Medjugorje 2024
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Medjugorje, November 18, 2024
Dear Friends, praise be to Jesus and Mary!
1. On October 25, 2024, the visionary, Marija, received the following monthly message:
“Dear Children! At this time, as you celebrate All Saints Day, seek their intercession and prayers so that, in union with them, you may find peace. May the saints be intercessors and examples for you, so that you may follow them and live holy lives. I am with you and intercede with God for each of you. If you love God above all else it will be easy for you to pray and open your hearts up to Him. Thank you for responding to my call. (With ecclesiastical approval.) |
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| 2. He no longer looked human!!
Paulo Roberto’s story is absolutely incredible. I will let Father Enrico tell it to you… (PS1)
“In our Alliance of Mercy community in Brazil (Alleanza di Misericordia), we received the grace to help victims of mercy. Those are people with chronic and even fatal diseases, who offer up and consecrate their sufferings for the conversion of sinners. One of our first victims was a young man, Paulo Roberto, who had skin cancer from the age of 1 and died at the age of 19. In other words, he suffered for 18 years. |
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| “I came to know him under very special circumstances: a priest had gone to take him Holy Communion, but he was not prepared for the shock that awaited him: Paulo Roberto’s face was completely disfigured by the illness and was covered with a veil. He had to remove this veil to receive Communion. But the priest, seeing this face, that no longer looked human at all, fainted. Because I was working with lepers, I was called to bring Communion to this young man. I went, and was faced with a child who, from a young age, had offered his suffering to Jesus for the conversion of sinners.
“From then on, as a priest, I accompanied him on his spiritual journey. He told me that when he was little, around the age of 10, he had a very special experience. He saw Jesus, who asked him the following: ‘Paulo Roberto, if you were born again, would you want to be healthy, or sick as you are now?’- Paulo answered: ‘Jesus, I would like to be reborn as You wanted me, because then I would be sure to do only Your will. And if my body was healthy, I would run the risk of losing the health of my soul. So, I’m happy to live the way you wanted.’
“He also had other mystical experiences. I am certain that I was in the presence of a saint, a saint whom I was able to provide support to until his death. He would preach to young people who were getting lost in drugs, sex and all sorts of vices, and he would say to them, ‘Look at me! For my entire life, I have never been in good health. But you who have healthy bodies, you cannot despise that, you can’t destroy your body! Look! So many young people like you can’t even live as young people anymore!’ |
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| “Many drug addicts converted after listening to his testimony. It should be added that when he was preaching, his body smelled like a corpse. Flies would often land on his wounds, and he would have to go to the hospital to remove the worms that appeared in his wounds. Nevertheless, out of love for these young people, he would take advantage of any and every opportunity to evangelize to them. He wrote many letters, inviting the youth to climb on the mountains, to embrace nature, to play… while he himself could never leave his home! And he would add, ‘I know, I will go to the Lord soon, then I will fly over the mountains and I will go higher than the birds!’
“On the day of his death, in 2002, his mother told me: ‘Paolo Roberto asked for you to put a veil on his face and write the words that God will inspire you with.’ He didn’t want anyone to feel bad or be scared in front of his completely disfigured face. The Lord inspired me with these words: The face of man disfigured by pain; the face of God transfigured by love. Indeed, his face beamed with this wonderful love that he conveyed to everyone, and that gave life to those he met. |
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| We cannot but think of the Suffering Servant described by the prophet Isaiah: “Just as there were many who were appalled at him – his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness -” … “a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces…” “After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied…” Isaiah (52:14 and 53:3 and 11).
“When I opened the coffin – with a great deal of trepidation because, if he already smelled like a corpse in his lifetime, I was afraid that people would feel sick. But it was my duty to do it. I had no idea of the surprise that awaited me: I had barely opened the coffin when we could all smell a very intense fragrance of roses! I started weeping … Then I placed the veil over his face. I was certain that I was standing before a saint, a saint from next door, as Pope Francis said, a saint who had given his life so that we, we who have health, can therefore make good use of every moment of our lives. As the Little Flower of Lisieux said: ‘A simple sigh of love can save a soul’. May the Lord grant us this grace through the intercession of Paulo Roberto! |
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| 3. “Spend 24 hours without a single complaint…” Shall we do it again? I was happy to see that my proposal to spend 24 hours without expressing a single complaint was very well received by the pilgrims gathered in our little forest here in Medjugorje, as well as by those who heard about this initiative. Of course, a complaint must immediately be replaced by praise to God. We know that complaining pleases the enemy and damages the soul. It also makes the atmosphere heavy. On the contrary, every praise, every thanksgiving pleases God and makes us grow on the path of holiness. Praise cancels out the negative effect that the complaint would have.
Today, as we prepare to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8th, we can offer Our Lady a beautiful gift, and together take another step on the path she has been teaching us for 43 years: we will give up speaking ill of our neighbor for 24 hours! How about that? No backstabbing, no slander shall escape from our mouths. Neither in the hallways, nor at the table, nowhere…! Sometimes this bad habit is so ingrained in us that we no longer realize the harm we do to ourselves and to others, not to mention how much it offends the Lord. |
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| The following example really struck me: A woman from the village was going to mass every day, with Father Jozo Zovko celebrating at the time. One day, for health reasons, she was unable to leave home, but after Mass she asked her family what Father Jozo had said in his homily. They replied, “Tonight,” he said, “when you are gathered at the table, make sure you do not speak ill of anyone! The woman spontaneously retorted, “So what are we going to talk about?” No further comment is needed here.
4. During my 1989 interview with Maria Simma in Austria, she told me that “gossip and slander are the worst defilements for the soul, and they require a long purification in Purgatory”. Through slander, you can damage someone’s reputation and even push them to suicide. Many mystics have described the horror of this sin in the eyes of God and the terrible suffering that awaits those who slander, in Purgatory, if they do not repent. Moreover, ‘willingly listening to slander is also slandering, and incurs the same condemnation’ (Dorothy of Gaza). But let us never forget that “charity covers a multitude of sins” (1 Pt 4:8), so it is never too late to beg the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with charity, that divine love which always flows to us from the wounded Heart of Jesus, and which will make us eternally happy. |
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| 5. Don Dolindo Ruotolo was born into heaven on November 19, 1970, so we are close to his feast day…. We know that praying to a Saint (or a holy man of God) on the day of his feast, grants us a special favor: this saint will accompany us when we cross over into eternity. Let us not neglect such an opportunity! (PS 2)
Don Dolindo tells us:
“Whoever prays is really well armed; he is strong and invincible, because prayer alone thwarts all human and diabolical plans, and can even lead God to new designs of mercy, in his love. Prayer is an admirable force with many aspects. It has an effect on mind and matter, on creatures and on the Creator himself.” |
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| 6. My next live broadcast in French will be on November 26th at 9pm. Commentary for the October 25th message can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhPHX-MqcVU
PLEASE NOTE: I will be absent on December 26th, so I will comment on the Christmas message on Sunday, December 29th at 9pm. |
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| Dearest Gospa, we definitely want to go to Heaven! Be strong with us! Please help us to silence within ourselves the lies conveyed by the world with its false happiness! Avert jealously over our souls and, by your presence, drive away the enemy who wants to destroy us! Starting in the morning, enfold us in your maternal embrace and do not let go of us at any time!
Sister Emmanuel, Community of the Beatitudes
Translated from French
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| PS 1. Father Enrico Porcu and Father Antonello Cadeddu, originally from Sardinia, founded the Alliance of Mercy community in Brazil in the year 2000.
You can discover this community here: www.alleanzadimisericordia.it
PS 2. A good book to read about Don Dolindo’s very special grace:
Jesus, You Take Over: Prayers for Surrender to God’s Will for Private Devotion
Click HERE |
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| PS 4. For English speakers, good news!
Some very good news! My new book about the Angels has arrived: ‘Make friends with the Angels’. It’s available on Amazon. CLICK HERE
This Angels book is listed today as the number 1 best seller in the Mariology category on Amazon.
You may buy it also from Ebay, Waterstones, Blackwells and other good bookstores.
This book has not yet been published in other languages. |
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| PS 5. Follow the Medjugorje evening program at home, from 5pm to 8pm for the winter schedule. The Blessed Virgin herself drew up the plan!
It can be seen at www.medjugorje.hr Or here: www.centremedjugorje.org |
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| PS 9. “Jesus today”. Here is some excellent daily nourishment to grow in the love of Christ! On the website Mary of Nazareth you will find the gospel of the day with a very interesting comment to “Jesus today”.
https://www.mariedenazareth.com/en/our-activities/ |
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