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Medjugorje, October 15, 2024
St. Teresa of Avila
Dear Friends, praise be to Jesus and Mary!
1. On September 25, 2024, the visionary, Marija, received the following monthly message:
“Dear children! Out of love towards you, God has sent me among you, to love you and encourage you to prayer and conversion, for peace in you and in your families and in the world. Little children, do not forget that true peace comes only through prayer from God, who is your peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (With ecclesiastical approval.) |
| 2. A major turning point for the messages! After Marija’s apparition on September 25th, the translators of the message received an unusual surprise: following the Nihil Obstat granted by the Vatican for Medjugorje, the message could be translated and then submitted for approval by the Church before being published. This approval was granted a few hours later by Mgr. Aldo Cavalli (PS1)
See in PS2 the current situation of the 6 visionaries. |
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3. Saint Joseph never ceases to surprise me
I have just returned from my annual mission in Spain, and I am delighted to see how Heaven has been with us on this long journey to each of the 8 cities we visited. Heaven showed itself in a real way through an astonishing event that I wish to report here, for the glory of God.
Our small team consists of 5 people. We travel in a van, and we pray together a lot. Each one of us has their own job to do. I sit in the back seat next to my French-Spanish translator, Juan Antonio, and next to him is Gloria, who establishes the connection with the parishes we are invited to. In front of us is Jesùs B., who is driving. Next to him is our friend Juan, husband of Gloria, Jesùs’ teammate, who generously takes care of all the practical things. In short, the ideal team!
When we drove through the city of Oviedo, it was crazy out there in the streets, because it was the annual festival of the Americas. Juan Antonio was walking slowly enough to follow my pace, and explain to me so many beautiful things about this celebration.
Back in the van, he wanted to call his family, but then he realized that his iPhone had disappeared. He had put it in a bag that he carried on his back. We looked for the phone everywhere: on the bench, on the floor, in every corner of the vehicle… Nothing! Juan and Jesùs called his number many times, but there was no answer. It was a catastrophe! The phone had been stolen from his bag, as sometimes happens on busy days when pickpockets are active. We started praying, and everyone was fervently invoking God and his saints.
As for me, I called upon my father-in-law, that is to say Saint Joseph (the husband of my Heavenly Mother). As he had worked quite a few miracles in our house in Medjugorje, I reminded him of what he was capable of and I said to him: “You know in whose hands this phone is. You also know that this simple instrument is very important for our mission, because it contains contacts, information and documents that are necessary for us. Without this phone, some aspects of our mission will be compromised. And this mission must serve to spread the messages of your spouse, Mary, so this directly concerns you! Well… forgive my audacity, but please bring this phone back to us and put it into our hands. You can do it! You’ve already done it for other things… ” |
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| Shortly after this prayer, I decided to call Juan Antonio’s number, knowing that it had not answered my friends’ calls a few minutes earlier. So, I called, and now we heard the phone ringing! Juan Antonio jumped up, looked in the direction of the ringtone… his phone was there, between him and me, just lying there on the seat!
Needless to say, we were overawed by immense joy, and praise just flowed from our hearts and mouths! We were 5 witnesses to this extraordinary fact, and we will never forget it. Blessed be St Joseph and his fatherly love for all those who confidently invoke him and who rest in his fatherhood, so tender and so powerful. I believe that in Heaven, his Son Jesus continues to listen attentively to his adoptive father. Isn’t he the one who gave the bread of the earth to the One who is the Bread of Heaven? Was he not the shepherd for the Lamb who was to wipe out the sin of the world?
4. What I did not imagine about the Virgin Mary.
In this month of the Rosary, let us discover Mary’s wonderful role in the plan of salvation. In his book “Cosi ho visto l ‘immcaulata “, (This is how I saw the Immaculate), Don Dolindo Ruotolo quotes the words he received from the Virgin Mary, words that reveal to us an unknown aspect of her greatness and the unique role she plays for the salvation of humanity and of each one of us:
“I am Mary Immaculate, your Mother, Queen of Heaven and earth.” “I am above the angels, because, more than all the angels, I was submitted to the will of God… I fulfilled the highest plan of God, the plan of the Incarnation of the Word.
“Angels recognize God’s plan for creatures, and become His messengers. They execute it and encourage the creatures entrusted to them to accomplish it…
When I heard the Angel’s announcement, I replied: “Here is the handmaid of the Lord”, I mended the cry of rebellious angels: “I will not serve!” And by giving myself totally to God, I welcomed the Word of God into my womb.
Angels receive some rays of divine light and pour them onto the creatures; I received the Divinity itself and became its Mother. So, I reign over the angels because I play a restorative role for all those who are fallen, and also a surrogate role in their mission, because to the highest degree, I fulfill the angelic mission.
The rebellious angels fell from their height because they did not want to accept the humanity of the Word of God… I repaired this offense by worshipping this humanity in my womb… by always remaining His servant while being his Mother. |
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| 5. Joy for Mary? In this month of the Rosary, we might want to be a little creative and imagine the moments of joy that Our Lady was able to experience during her life. If we read between the lines of the Joyful Mysteries, we can guess the very simple events where Mary felt particularly joyful. When we, her children, think of her often, it already gives her great joy. But we can make her flutter with joy when we unite with her by meditating on the happy moments of her life.
I propose 7 moments of her life. These are not mysteries, but paths for meditating on what her heart may have experienced.
A. In Nazareth, her joy to see that an Angel had spoken to Joseph during the night! Her joy to see him so happy to learn that he could take her as his spouse!
B. At her cousin Elisabeth’s home, her joy at feeling her Child move in her womb for the first time, and how a river of infinite tenderness filled her.
C. In the stable in Bethlehem, her joy as she listens to the Shepherds’ story. How the Angel had revealed to them who the little newborn was, and how an army of Angels had sung the Glory of God….
D. Her joy when she saw the radical conversion of Mary Magdalene, after so many fervent prayers. Her joy when a deep friendship with her was born.
E. On the morning of the Resurrection, her joy at the unexpected burst of her Risen Son into her apartment, (before he went to the tomb), the unspeakable joy she experienced when he held her against his Heart with infinite tenderness. Her joy at seeing his body totally restored by the mysterious effect of the Resurrection, having seeing it shattered to the point of no longer resembling anything human.
F. After Jesus’ Ascension into Heaven, her joy of being with Saint John, of living the Mass celebrated by him and of receiving Holy Communion from his hands! Her joy at having her Son living in her heart and being united with Him in the mystery of the Eucharist.
G. Her joy at hearing the words of her Son Jesus resound within her through the preaching of the apostles. |
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