By a Friend of Medjugorje

By a Friend of Medjugorje

Medjugorje, Mirjana, A Mystery is Revealed by A Friend of Medjugorje feature article of the April through November 1996 edition of the Caritas of Birmingham newsletter 1

By no means is Caritas intending to pre-empt the Church on the validity of the Apparitions. They are private revelation awaiting the Church s judgment. Because the Queen of Peace Apparitions are ongoing and not yet over, the Church has yet to rule on their authenticity. Caritas of Birmingham, the Community of Caritas and all associated with it, realize and accept that the final authority regarding the Queen of Peace Medjugorje Apparitions rests with the Holy See in Rome. We at Caritas, willingly submit to that judgment. Caritas of Birmingham and its mission is not connected to the Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama. The Diocese of Birmingham s official position on Caritas is neutral and holds us as Catholics in good standing. Published with permission from SJP Lic. COB. Copyright 2009, SJP. Copyright 2008, SJP. Copyright 2007, SJP. Copyright 2006, SJP. Copyright 2003, SJP. Copyright 1996, SJP. For additional copies write: Caritas of Birmingham 100 Our Lady Queen of Peace Drive Sterrett, AL 35147 USA Call 205-672-2000 press ext. 315 (24 hours a day) See pages 47 48 for Pricing. SJP International Copyright. All rights reserved including international rights. No part of this booklet may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from Caritas who is licensed to use the material. Caritas of Birmingham, 100 Our Lady Queen of Peace Drive, Sterrett, Alabama 35147 USA. None of the mailing lists of Caritas or its entities, including electronic mailing lists, etc., are for sale, nor is permission given to use them in anyway, by anyone. There are no exceptions. All civil, criminal and interstate violations of law apply. 2

ABOUT THE AUTHOR The author of this book is also the author of the books Words From Heaven, How to Change Your Husband, I See Far, Look What Happened While You Were Sleeping and other publications such as the Words of the Harvesters and the Caritas of Birmingham Newsletter. He has written more on Medjugorje than anyone in the world, producing life-changing writings and spiritual direction to countless numbers across the world, of all nationalities. He wishes to be known only as A Friend of Medjugorje. The author is not one looking in from the outside regarding Medjugorje, but one who is close to the events - many times, right in the middle of the events about which he has written; a first-hand witness. Originally writing to only a few individuals in 1987, readership has grown to over 250,000 in the United States, with additional readers in over one hundred thirty foreign countries, who follow the spiritual insights and direction given through these writings. The author, when asked why he signs only as A Friend of Medjugorje, stated: I have never had an ambition or desire to write. I do so only because God has shown me, through prayer, that He desires this of me. So from the beginning, when I was writing to only a few people, I prayed to God and promised I would not sign anything; that the writings would have to carry themselves and not be built on a personality. I prayed 3

that if it was God s desire for these writings to be inspired and known, then He could do it by His Will and grace and that my will be abandoned to it. The Father has made these writings known and continues to spread them to the ends of the earth. These were Our Lord s last words before ascending: Be a witness to the ends of the earth. These writings give testimony to that desire of Our Lord to be a witness with one s life. It is not important to be known. It is important to do God s Will. For those who require ownership of these writings by the author in seeing his name printed on this work in order to give it more credibility, we state that we cannot reconcile the fact that these writings are producing hundreds of thousands of conversions, if not millions through grace, and are requested worldwide from every corner of the earth. The author, therefore, will not take credit for a work that, by proof of the impact these writings have to lead hearts to conversion, have been Spirit inspired with numbers increasing yearly, sweeping as a wave across the ocean. Indeed in this case, crossing every ocean of the earth. Our Lady gave this author a direct message for him through the visionary, Marija, of Medjugorje, in which Our Lady said to him to witness not with words but through humility. It is for this reason that he wishes to remain simply A Friend of Medjugorje. Caritas of Birmingham 4

Medjugorje The Story in Brief THE VILLAGE SEES THE LIGHT is the title of a story which Reader s Digest published in February 1986. It was the first major news on a mass public scale that told of the Virgin Mary visiting the tiny village of Medjugorje, Bosnia-Hercegovina. At that time this village was populated by 400 families. It was June 24, 1981, the Feast of John the Baptist, the proclaimer of the coming Messiah. In the evening, around 5:00 p.m., the Virgin Mary appeared to two young people, Mirjana Dragicevic* and Ivanka Ivankovic*. A little later, around 6:40 p.m. the same day, four more young people, Milka Pavlovic*, the little sister of Marija, Ivan Ivankovic, Vicka Ivankovic*, and Ivan Dragicevic saw the Virgin Mary. June 25, 1981, was the first day the six visionaries, Ivanka Ivankovic,*, Mirjana Dragicevic*, Vicka Ivankovic,* Marija Pavlovic*, Ivan Dragicevic and Jakov Colo saw Our Lady, or the Gospa, on the hill. These six have become known as and remain the visionaries. These visionaries are not related to one another. Three of the six visionaries no longer see Our Lady on a daily basis. As of July 2009, the Virgin is still appearing everyday to the remaining three visionaries; that s well over 12,820 apparitions. The supernatural event has survived all efforts of the Communists to put a stop to it, * Names at the time of the apparitions, they are now married with last names changed. 5

many scientific studies, and even the condemnation by the local bishop; yet, the apparitions have survived, giving strong evidence that this is from God because nothing and no one has been able to stop it. For over twenty-eight years, the apparitions have proved themselves over and over and now credibility is so favorable around the world that the burden of proof that this is authentic has shifted from those who believe to the burden of proof that it is not happening by those opposed to it. Those against the apparitions are being crushed by the fruits of Medjugorje millions and millions of conversions which are so powerful that they are changing and will continue to change the whole face of the earth. See mej.com for more information. 6

Medjugorje, Mirjana, A Mystery is Revealed! The making of this booklet began when some of the community of Caritas was is Medjugorje in March of 1996 and discovered a few of the items in which you will be reading. We went back to verify in June, July, and August of that same year to make sure we had everything OK and that we understood it correctly. We have learned from the past that anything that has to do with Our Lady is opposed by satan, especially Her messages. We announced in the Spring of 1996 to those who regularly receive information from us that we had something of a special nature, not the secrets but something connected to the secrets, from Mirjana. We knew that we must be thorough and wait as long as necessary before we published this document in order to verify accurately what was written. Hence, four trips to Medjugorje and much prayer by the community accompanies these pages. These pages unveil something Our Lady is doing through Mirjana which will impact the whole world. While we believe it will be accomplished in a low key way, without trumpet and fireworks, it will have an affect upon all men. You can rest assure that however quiet and low key it may be, with it affecting all of mankind, satan will be loud and boisterous in opposing it even the unveiling of it through these writings of which purpose is to incite prayer to help bring it about. Approach and read the following with hope for the world and with prayer. Please pause and pray to the Holy Spirit before proceeding. 7

On November 15, 1981, Our Lady told the visionaries: The world is on the point of receiving great favors from Me and My Son What sort of wonder do we behold?! The visionaries are the closest source to Our Lady s plans in Medjugorje. They are not to be discounted as unimportant, as some suggest. They have suffered in ways that many will never know. It is they who should be listened to in trying to understand Our Lady s plans. The visionaries of Medjugorje carry with them an importance greater than the presidents or kings of the earth. Our Lady said: December 31, 1985 You will not have peace through the presidents but through prayer. How important is peace to man? Peace is the ultimate in life. Everybody seeks it. The world today tries to find it through money, materialism, consumerism, pleasures, plastic surgery, and a host of other erred paths. The human heart yearns for peace. We must have peace to be able to love, and we must love to be able to forgive. Our Lady says: January 25, 1996 The fruit of peace is love and the fruit of love is forgiveness 8

Who is teaching us about peace? Who delivers this knowledge about how it is obtained? Kings? Presidents? No, it is not these, but the visionaries! They hold for our particular time an extraordinary position. However, this position the six visionaries hold will be recognized not just for this particular time but for all ages. Presidents come and go. Their memory fades quickly and, after a generation, they are forgotten except to be recorded by a little ink on paper not much of a tribute to those who were held in such esteem while they were alive. In man s history, those who lived on after their death were those who were carried in the hearts of future generations. It is this written text, impressed upon the hearts they leave behind, that their good continues into each successive generation. They transcended time, from one generation to the next, impacting and altering society by changing each generation. These people lived their lives by high moral virtues or were saints of the Church. The Hitler s or the Tito s, who in their day had great power, lived in the hearts of their comrades, but theirs was an elusive power, without permanence, and it is gone. Ivanka was told by Our Lady: May 7, 1985 No one in the world has had the grace which you, your brothers, and sisters have received (referring to the six visionaries) 9

It is not our words, but Our Lady s words, which place the visionaries in this position. Her stating that no one in the world (6.5 billion people) shows that the place they hold is graced to such a degree that it is unparallel since the death of the last apostle. It is they who have walked with the Mother of Jesus, the Queen of Heaven, for twenty-eight* years daily. When one reflects upon this, it then becomes easy to understand their positions. No popes, no previous visionaries, etc. have had this degree of grace. The last to experience a grace of this magnitude were the apostles and even they were not gifted with seeing a resurrected, transfigured, glorified body on a daily basis. When Peter and the others saw Jesus transfigured, along with Moses and Elijah, only one time, he wanted to build three temples in commemoration of the one holy event! What importance should be placed on six visionaries who see daily what Peter saw on Mt. Tabor only once? Our Lady Herself makes the tie and strong point when, during an apparition on Cross Mountain, She said on June 24, 1986: You are on a Tabor These thoughts pondered and reflected upon will show you a glimpse of the magnitude of what it is that not only the visionaries are graced with, but the whole world. Therefore, the visionaries are very important. What they tell us is not * This was originally written in 1996. We only updated the year in our reprinting. Often many of these writings are foreseen, even prophetic, by realizing when it was originally written - which the update could make you think it was written in hindsight rather than foresight. 10

the news of the day, but rather the news of our age and the way for ages to come. And yet, so many neither recognize the visionaries, nor respect them for that which they have been chosen. Instead, many occupy or give their ear to useless news and enchantments of the world. On March 18, 1996, Mirjana received a title directly from Our Lady which should give her greater respect and attention. She was referred to by Our Lady as my servant. In the past, Our Lady has never used a title such as this in any public message given to any one of the six visionaries, nor has it been Her custom to patronize them with useless words or exaggerations. What Our Lady said, She meant. Our Lady is known as a servant, so much so that She obtained and now holds Her position in Heaven and upon the earth through Her earthly life of obedience and service. Our Lady comes down now on a daily basis in a simple grey dress. This is significant because grey is the typical color of servitude. She comes down on feast days radiant and in splendid gold to signify Her Queenship, which comes through Her obedience as a servant and as the Mother of Our Lord. We cannot peer into the hearts of men, and many times when we try, our judgements are wrong. We can, however, know something of other s hearts when evidence speaks. Our Lady said something profound regarding Mirjana s heart by calling her servant. Only a Pharisaical mind would deny 11

Our Lady s words which made a clear statement, a point that the Mother Servant while on earth, and now the Queen of Heaven, purposely gave with intent to Mirjana. Our Lady wants us to listen to the visionaries. She wants their voices increased. Their mission carries more importance than the kings of the earth. The words they delivered, Our Lady has said, come directly from God. December 31, 1981 I have been conveying the message of God to the world With all these thoughts about the position the visionaries hold and the importance of their words, we reveal to you something from Mirjana of an extraordinary nature and of greatness. It is something which we cannot fathom, connected to the secrets, a cause of great wonder! Our Lady s words of November 15, 1981, which began this booklet, are beginning to be understood and brought into the fullness of reality and life during our time! Repeating Our Lady s words stated in the beginning: The world is on the point of receiving great favors from Me and my Son 12

What Mirjana Revealed At this place in these writings, it would be of great benefit to pause and pray to the Holy Spirit for that which God wants to reveal to you. To understand the importance of what we ve learned from Mirjana directly in June of 1996, it is first important to go back into history to those who once held positions such as Mirjana. While these individuals we will write about are great saints of the Church, we maintain that Mirjana s position and what she reveals will be of far greater importance in man s history.* These chosen individuals of the past have lived for centuries in the Church and in our hearts, having an impact through the passage of time to now, centuries later. Are we establishing Mirjana as a saint? No, that is for the Church to establish, and Mirjana s life will have to prove such merit. It is important and somewhat frightening to note that even a visionary can go to hell. Judas life, though not a visionary, proves that. However, there is evidence in individual lives which show the path on which they are headed. * This statement may sound like an exaggeration and may be difficult to grasp, yet it is Our Lady who says I will give messages as never before. I will no longer appear on this earth. I m calling the world to conversion for the last time. This time is a particular time. When one reviews all of the messages of Medjugorje and understands them in a biblical context which is being fulfilled, one will understand that this is the time of the Woman of Revelation, the time awaited by St. Louis De Montfort, which all Marian apparitions in history have led up to. To understand more of this extraordinary moment in history, order Medjugorje, The Fulfillment of All Marian Apparitions (bk1007) by a Friend of Medjugorje. Call or write Caritas of Birmingham, 100 Our Lady Queen of Peace Drive, Sterrett, AL 35147 USA. 205-672-2000, ext. 315, twenty-four hours a day. 13

Our Lady calling Mirjana servant after 14 years of her being intimately tied to Our Lady is a strong positive sign of Mirjana s path as well as the position in which the Church eventually will place her. What was it like living during a time when chosen individuals were given instructions by Our Lady to inform others of God s favors to the world? Reviewing their lives will help bring into focus the magnitude of the gift God the Father offers us through Mary to be spread by Mirjana. Indeed, the world is on the verge of great favors. In 1170 A.D., St. Dominic was born. He became a priest and spent much time in church weeping for the sins of others. The Albigensian* heresy had grown and was threatening the Church. St. Dominic was greatly concerned by the activity of women in the propagation of Albigensianism and the fact that many girls were exposed to evil influences in their homes and others were being sent to Albigensian convents to be educated. The pulpits became infected, so Dominic put together a band of preachers through which he earnestly desired to revive an apostolic spirit in priests, many of whom were the subject of great scandal to the people. Priests themselves were a great source for the overflow of vice and heresy. It was * The Albigensian heresy flourished in southern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Its followers asserted that both good and evil co-existed in God. They espoused suicide to free the good soul from the evil body while they rejected matrimonial relations which would produce more evil bodies to trap good souls. They also denied the humanity of Christ and the resurrection of the body. 14

in these circumstances that St. Dominic received instructions directly from Our Lady of a prayer which was adopted (not without the resistance of some) by the Universal Church as the very alphabet of prayer, the Rosary. While writers of late give details of how it was received and taught, there exists no evidence which confirms these stories, for nothing was preserved by any writers who lived during the time of St. Dominic. No one knows the words She spoke or how long it took to gather together the Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries. What we do know is that Dominic was taught about each mystery, instructed in its use and was the first to use it. How long he was instructed by Our Lady is not known. However, once released, miracle after miracle flooded out. According to history, the first recorded time the Rosary was used was the year 1213. On September 10, the King of Aragon suddenly appeared before the walls of Muret, in France. There were demands he had made, to which the Catholic chieftain would not comply. St. Dominic had arrived. The Catholic chieftain s soldiers within the walls, amounted to only 800 horses and men. The enemy, under the King of Aragon, numbered at least 40,000 men; some historical accounts report even more. One thing was for certain, those soldiers and townsmen within the walls of Muret knew they faced certain death. They sent out bishops to propose peace, but they were received by the King s army with contempt and sarcasm. Upon the bishops return, the small band of 800 soldiers prepared for sure death 15

against the onslaught of 40,000 men. They spent the night fortified by prayer. They all prayed a new prayer that St. Dominic had taught them and then received the Sacrament of Confession. Their battling so mighty an army seemed little less than madness. In the book The Life of St. Dominic, it states in regard to the townsmen: Then going into the church they prayed raising their hands to Heaven beseeching God for His servants who were exposed to death for His sake. Their groans and cries seemed more like howls than prayers. (so distraught were they.) While the townsmen cried out in prayer one might have seen (behind the walls of Muret) knights who were going to lay down their lives as a sacrifice of the faith. They laid their swords on the altar to commend their cause to God and took back their swords as no longer theirs, but God s. Nevertheless they knew they rode to death. It is not certain Dominic was present, either before the battle or during it, but his fervent preaching of the Rosary assured that the men prayed it devoutly. Suddenly the King of Aragon attacked. Surprisingly, within the walls the 800 men opened the gates to meet them rather than defend the walls. The townsmen, sending their knights to certain death, lay prostrate on the pavement, which they bathed with their tears. They poured out their souls to God. A priest, Fr. Benard, writes to the townsmen after the knights rode out: 16

The knights rode upon the great number of opponents, then retreated away from the enemy, but then suddenly reigned their horses back around to charge at them again! The 800 men broke through as swift as lightning with a supernatural energy. The townsmen heard the clashes and hastened to the walls where they viewed companies of the enemy plunging into the water and drowned by their armor. Others were trampled to death by their own comrades in a panic of confusion which escalated into further confusion and more deaths while the knights penetrated to the center where the King of Aragon was with his nobles. He was slain and the 40,000 plus army scattered in fear. Twenty thousand of the enemy perished, while only eight of the Knights of Muret lost their lives. The Life of St. Dominic traditionally quotes the Knights as ascribing their victory to the particular assistance of Mary to whom they had united to invoke in the prayers of the Rosary. This great battle is as prophesy for our time. We now have Our Lady and Her sign of the Church in Medjugorje. St. James Church in Medjugorje is the birthplace of reviving the Rosary in our present time for the whole world to do spiritual battle against evil. Remarkably, St. James is prophetic because in the year 1213, the same year of the Battle of Muret, a chapel 17

was built to Our Lady as a memorial for the victory won over all odds because of the new prayer, the Rosary. Within this church is painted a picture of St. Dominic holding a Crucifix in one hand and a Rosary in the other. Some tradition has it, that St. Dominic stood in one of the towers of the wall during the battle. What was the name of the chapel built to commemorate the battle of Muret s victory? The Church of St. James at Muret. Is it by coincidence that God s miracles tie so prophetically together through history? The first time that the Rosary was propagated, defeating evil, a church to Our Lady named St. James was built to commemorate the victory of that first use of the Rosary. In turn, in Medjugorje, a church was built that was larger than reason and logic would tell the villagers to build. This church was to promote and renew the Rosary to defeat evil throughout the world and is also named St. James. God clothes His wonders and the threads which tie events of history just enough to block the world from seeing, but unveiled enough to be discovered through prayer by the believer or the elect.* What Mirjana revealed in June of 1996 is veiled from the world. Could it be that a grace will be given to those of * By the elect meaning you the reader who prays, understands, and believes. This is said not in pride of the elect but to show that the world s pride blinds. The world is not able to see that which through prayer and humility God-fearing people see. The world daily announces secular information about news past, present, and future, all of which have no hint of showing it is God who controls past, present, and future. They, therefore, are blind and cannot discover the mysteries of God. Secular society would see no significance of the two churches, their names and their use to propagate and promote the Rosary or to renew it. This is the case with thousands of other signs God uses to speak to us and show true history and His guidance of it. 18

the world, non-believers, which will enable them to see what Our Lady s children see when they pray to understand? Still, a few more points must be made in order for one to see clearly that the world is on the point of receiving great favors from Heaven. Our Lady said in Medjugorje: January 25, 1991 If you wish to, grasp for the Rosary. Already the Rosary alone can do miracles in the world and in your lives From the Rosary s first application, history has proven the above message given to us in the present. Pope Pius IX stated: Among all the devotions approved by the Church, none has been favored by so many miracles as the devotions of the most Holy Rosary. The book, Secrets of the Rosary, tells of a convent in which the nuns were very lax, proud, and thought of nothing but worldly pleasures. A priest who was given charge of their direction was grieved at their state and knew they would rebel at any hint of being reformed. He prayed and gave them all a beautiful Rosary and implored them to say it faithfully every day. If they did, he promised that he would not try to make them alter their lives. The nuns agreed to this pact and promised to pray the Rosary. Little by little they began to give up 19

their empty and worldly pursuits, letting silence and reflection come into their lives. In less than one year they all asked the priest that the convent be reformed. This is the grace of the Rosary. St. Dominic met with this success in destroying the Albigensian heresy of his day by simply getting people to pray the Rosary. Our Lady of Medjugorje said: February 9, 1984 Pray, pray! How many persons have followed other beliefs or sects and have abandoned Jesus Christ! They create their own gods; they adore idols. How that hurts Me! If they could be converted! How unbelievers are in large numbers! That will change only if you help me with your prayers. St. Dominic s time was just as Our Lady describes above. The Rosary killed the inordinate desire of pursuing errors and attacks on Christian life during his day, just as the convent went from rebelliousness to desiring reform by simply being encouraged to pray the Rosary. The mystery of the Rosary works this way: As the mysteries of faith are gradually brought back to the minds and hearts of people, the mysteries of falsehood disappear. 20

The key to change is not arguing with people or religious and showing them why they are wrong. It is simply to get them to pray as Our Lady says in the February 9, 1984 message: That will change (creating own gods, false idols) only if you help me with your prayers Blessed Alan says Our Lady told St. Dominic that: many priests preach thunderously against the worst kind of sin. They fail, because a sick person cannot be given bitter medicine until he s prepared by being in the right frame of mind to benefit from it. Priests first must enkindle a love of prayer, especially the love of my Rosary. Do not be surprised that your sermons (of priests) fail to bear the results you had hoped for. You are trying to cultivate a piece of ground which has not had any rain. When the Almighty planned to renew the face of the earth, He started by sending down rain from Heaven and that was Gabriel s salutation to me (Hail Mary). In this way God renewed the world over. When priests give a sermon, urge people to pray my Rosary and your words will bear much fruit for souls. It s indeed strange and profound to understand that the Hail Mary is so powerful as a prayer. We realize this by 21

the fact that the first Hail Mary said was by an angel, and it did bring down rain from Heaven the reign of the Savior! Was this not a prelude to how powerful the Rosary would be, a prayer which is filled with Hail Mary s! Our Lady says in Medjugorje: June 25, 1985 I urge you to ask everyone to pray the Rosary. With the Rosary you will overcome all the troubles which satan is trying to inflict on the Catholic Church. Let all priests pray the Rosary. Give time to the Rosary. Just as St. Dominic stands through this time of history and his life is noted for exposing and spreading the Rosary, so too, St. Simon Stock (1165-1265) was given the Scapular and its devotion. Millions have since worn it, as did Pope John Paul II who stated: I ve worn a Scapular since I was a child. What favors the world has received through the Scapular! St. Simon was instructed by Our Lady to spread the wearing of it. He is known in Church history and in the hearts of generations of people as the one whose instructions from Our Lady have had a profound impact in altering the world and its devotion. Pope John Paul II is recognized even by non-believers as 22

a great changer of history. Could anyone who had known St. Simon Stock centuries ago grasp that his mission of spreading the Scapular and the graces attached to it would contribute to a massive world-wide impact seven centuries later through a Pope (John Paul II) who is considered a living prophet? A quiet nun in France in 1830 was told by Our Lady: My child, the good God wishes to charge you with a mission. You will suffer many trials on account of it, but you will overcome them with the thought that it is for the glory of God. You will be contradicted, but you will have grace do not fear. You will see certain things. You will be inspired in your prayers. My child, times are very bad. Calamities are going to fall upon France.* The whole world will be in an upheaval due to all sorts of troubles Our Lady went on to say how pleasing it was to pray to Her and how generous She would be to those who would. The quiet nun is known as St. Catherine Laboure. Our Lady * Few realized that in Paris about this time, in a small house, men were meeting whose purpose was to form a philosophy in which they professed that MAN, not religion, determined what was good or bad, that religion had no right to impose its moral values upon others. Each individual should decide himself upon what values he should hold. They termed this new thinking, Liberalism. Liberalism s birth is traced to these men. Also, Freemasonry was established in 1738 as we know it today, but in France men with a similar philosophy joined with the Masons to overturn every altar where Christ was adored. This was just prior to the French Revolution. Our Lady s words to St. Catherine are much more clearly understood when one understands these facts. 23

also gave St. Catherine a prophesy that She would one day be known as Queen of the World. She then showed to St. Catherine the Miraculous Medal and told her to have a medal made according to this model. Everybody who wears it will receive great graces by wearing it around the neck. St. Catherine s confessor was the only one who knew of these events. The other nuns in the convent did not view her as extraordinary and certainly not a saint. Yet her mission was to alter the world. Her confessor finally told the Bishop, and after two years, the confessor had some medals struck. They were distributed with no knowledge to the receiver as to the origins of the medal in order to see what would happen. Soon more requests came for the medals because the people themselves experienced miracles from it. It was the people who termed it the Miracle Medal or Miraculous Medal. So numerous and sensational were the cures and miracles that six million medals were made in the first four years in Paris alone and twelve other cities were also manufacturing them by the millions. Yet it was only after Catherine s death that her fellow sisters learned of the great grace she, along with them, had received in their convent. Dominic, Simon, and Catherine were the announcers to the world of the Rosary, Scapular, and the Miraculous Medal. How few during their lifetime understood the significance these three and their missions would have upon the whole of mankind and its future? Is something of a similar nature 24

happening to Mirjana? Perhaps Mirjana s gift will be the instrument responsible for fulfilling St. Catherine Laboure s prophesy that all mankind would some day honor Our Lady as Queen of the World. Pope Pius XII gave Our Lady this title in 1954, but the world has not recognized or accepted this. Perhaps through this gift that Mirjana has received, this acceptance will finally happen. The Rosary, Scapular, and Miraculous Medal swept throughout the world like lightning. Their impact was made upon one individual at a time, but with such impact as to change the heart profoundly. These changed individuals shared their hearts with others who, in turn, were moved to pray the Rosary or wear the Scapular or Miraculous Medal. When the spring at Lourdes opened up and the first miraculous healing occurred, there was no need to advertise it. It spread by the momentum of the contagious joy it brought to each heart, and from that heart, the next heart was touched. It spread from individual to family, from neighbor to village, from nation to the world. Nothing can stop gifts such as the Rosary, Scapular, and Miraculous Medal once God desires to release and spread them. The people confirm it and peace spreads. Our presidents and kings continually speak of peace, ordering it by speeches and signing documents. However, peace does not come from the top but from the bottom. The people must decide for it in their hearts. Their hearts must be changed by grace. Then and only then can peace truly reign. 25

Peace cannot reign if man is not at peace with God. Peace with God cannot come until people accept Him and His precepts. Our Lady said on July 30, 1987: some don t even want to hear about Jesus, but they still want peace and satisfaction! So in our history, God has granted gifts such as the Rosary, Scapular, and the Miraculous Medal as sources of great grace to call His children back in harmony with Him. Currently in the world, situations exist in society that make it virtually impossible to move man into harmony with God without divine intervention. Mirjana has said for years we must pray for non-believers. Yet, if you speak to most people, they believe in God or some sort of Supreme Being. Mirjana has said it is not that they are non-believers. It is that, in reality, they do not know the love of God. An alternative rock band gives this point clear meaning by the lyrics they wrote in a song which is addressed to God. A friend who knew the brothers said that they were good boys, but their parents lived divorce in their home. The brother who wrote the lyrics used to stare out at Timber Creek asking God to keep their Mom and Dad together. Their parents ultimately divorced and the brothers felt so let down that they wrote the following: 26

Timber Creek Always look up to the sky and I often wonder why Why You re evil in disguise. Why we re dropping here like flies Try to look into Your eyes, but You just don t have the time. Do You love to see us cry. Cause You re indifferent to our lives. What s the point in being here at all.falling down All my hopes are like the leaves They fall.falling down. What s the point in being here at all.falling down. Staring out at Timber Creek enthralled. Looking out at all of us, won t You tell me What You re thinking God? It s killing me Laughing out at all of us, used to think You were My friend, but You re the enemy. It is frightening to read such words directed toward God. But can we say this is a result of hatred toward God, or rather is it a result of not being able to experience God s love? Much of this comes through the parents. Is not the father the first representative of God the Father to the children? Does not God s love flow through the mother to her children? It is 27

a shocking thought today that we are hearing a term for the present generation who are being referred to as Generation X. Generation X are people who have no hope that anything will change. Everything is dark, and there is a real frustration with God, because if He is there, why isn t He doing something? Their homes are broken; through this, there is a barrier preventing them from experiencing God s love. How many children, through no fault of their own, are devastated by sins of their parents or society? Innocence is destroyed. Young lives are scarred beyond grief, leaving hearts to harden into stone. Children are wounded so deeply that they grow into adults never having experienced anything connected to the love of God. Souls cry out to God while looking out at their Timber Creeks hoping, praying for a miracle that will never come because sins of others prevent it. Can they be blamed? Find a child whose world is crashing down through the break-up of his parents. You won t have to look far. You can find them even in your church membership. Stare into the eyes of a 3 year-old child. Look at the purity of his eyes. Peer into them as one looks into the depth of a fresh clear blue stream. View the innocence of the angels in Heaven, while peering into eyes of the angels of the earth. Hold it in your heart and watch what happens over the next months and years as the family divides and goes separate ways. You will see the clear fresh stream become polluted, soiled to a point where you yourself will not want to love so vile a creature. These are 28

the souls who are making up part of Generation X. But it s not just Generation X. The world is now full of people whose hearts are broken through sorrow, and calcified by sin. No longer knowing or experiencing God s love, they become nonbelievers, people who are to be pitied and prayed for. It is certainly repulsive to read the words of the song Timber Creek, and it is easy to disdain the members of the band. However, knowing their tragedy, and how the song was birthed bring forth pity. We must realize all non-believers have had their tragedy, and if we knew in depth why, we would pity, rather than disdain them. Our Lady knows the stories behind all non-believers, and She does not disdain them. She knows each of them and has peered into their eyes when innocence still dwelt there. She knows what soiled them and that in many cases it was through no fault of their own. Our Lady s messages are constantly calling us, Her children, to holiness and not to persist in sin. We know better. We know Her love. We know the Father. We are more responsible. Much mercy is offered to the sinner who does not know God s love. Jesus showed this in His answers to the Pharisees and His firmness in holding them highly accountable. He showed His infinite mercy with sinners such as the adulteress who the Pharisees wanted to stone. So it is today in the world. The world is on the point of receiving great favors from God, dispensed through Our Lady, spread by Mirjana. Be- 29

cause of His great mercy, would God not want to give His love and allow those who do not yet know it a chance to experience it? Society has blocked it. The modern family structure, or rather lack of family, parents, etc., has blocked it, along with a host of other factors built into society by satan to prevent souls from coming to experience the love of God. God s justice in this life is experienced only through His mercy. His mercy, on the other side of death, will be experienced only through His justice.* So how is it that justice would not be dealt out in this life through mercy to all non-believers? Should not justice be served to children who do not want their parents divorced and who, because of that divorce, turn away from God Himself? Would not merciful justice give them the grace of experiencing God s love in order for them to have the opportunity of conversion, that perhaps parents blocked? Yes, every individual is accountable for their own sins and so will children of broken homes be held accountable for persisting in sin, once they ve been shown the truth. However, * The author explains the above as Our Lady revealed it to him. God s justice for us here upon the earth is never given in a vengeful way. It is given in a merciful way in order to turn us always toward Him. Justice served in this life, whether because of our sins, persecution, severe trial, etc., is through mercy to help us in our walk toward God or to even bring us back to Him. So it can then be said that we never truly experience God s justice in this life in that His justice is through mercy. After death, we will experience God s justice, and we, for the first time, will fully understand His mercy. In our first judgement will be seen how many times and how much mercy was given to us in our life. If one was to err through no fault of his own then mercy will be granted through justice. Thereby, justice is served. So it can then be said we will not experience God s mercy in the next life except through justice. God is both merciful and just. God s mercy dominates justice in this life while God s justice dominates mercy in the next at first judgement. 30

justice, given through God s mercy, will give them a chance to experience God s love in order for them to change the life of sin they were led into. How is this to happen to people who are unreachable? Will it be through a gift Mirjana already has and is waiting to give the world, to the whole world of non-believers a gift such as St. Dominic receiving the Rosary or St. Simon Stock, the Scapular? Will it be through this that Our Lady will be titled Queen of the World as is prophesied? This gift is what these writings hopefully have prepared your heart for. It is of an extraordinary nature and a gift which, like the Rosary, Scapular, and Miraculous Medal, will have global consequences. Dominic, Simon, and Catherine did not fully grasp the significance their mission would have through the centuries, nor did those who knew or were associated with them. Human nature prevents us from grasping the depth of God s plans even when we know them and even have a vision of them. But Mirjana s apparition is much more than a vision, in that Our Lady is with her during the apparition in the reality that Jesus was during the Transfiguration. Our Lady is not as a vapor or ghostly figure but physically present in a glorified body. Yet can Mirjana, or any one associated with her, fully see the greatness of the impact Our Lady s mission will have on the future of the whole world and its conversion? Exactly what is it that Mirjana has? Many already know that Mirjana has told us for some time she prays for 31

those who do not know the love of God, or non-believers. She does this on the second of each month with Our Lady. What we have not known or fully understood is that there is a great significance to this event. Mirjana begins preparing at 5 a.m. for her innerlocution with Our Lady. She doesn t know exactly when Our Lady will come. When She does come to her interiorly, it can last two or three hours.* Mirjana said that Vicka also prays with Our Lady for non-believers. Mirjana speaks only in her name and not Vicka s. The following was Mirjana s discussion in March 1996: Mirjana said that Our Lady and she pray for those who do not know the love of God. When asked what is it like to pray with Our Lady, she said, No words can relate what it is like. It is beautiful. Mirjana was asked: Q. What do you say to Our Lady on the second of each month? A. I only pray. Only a couple of times have I been allowed to ask a question. Q. What do you pray with Our Lady? A Rosary? * When Our Lady first began to pray with Mirjana on the second of the month, Mirjana had innerlocutions as described above. Now, Mirjana has apparitions each month. 32

A. No. Our Lady never prays to Herself. Q. Then what kind of prayers do you pray? A: Special prayers. Q: Special prayers? What are they? A: They are connected to the secrets! Q: So Mirjana, these prayers are connected to the secrets? A: Yes. Q: And when you pray the special prayers, are they for other purposes also? A: They are prayed for non-believers or people who do not know the love of God. Q: Can you tell us these prayers, so that we can pray them? A: No, because they are connected to the secrets. Q: What can you tell us about these prayers? A: I can tell you they are something like the Rosary, but it is not the Rosary. I say that because the prayers are continuous like the Rosary. (She circles her hand in describing this special prayer.) But it is not the Rosary. 33

Q: When can we have these prayers? A: When Our Lady allows me to reveal them. Q: How long have you been praying these special prayers for non-believers? A: Since 1987. How wonderful it is that God is on the verge of granting to us a great gift, even if it is still years away! Reviewing the introduction of the Rosary, can we reason that Our Lady just gave some short instruction and said, Here, Dominic use this and watch for miracles? In Isaiah, it says; Come reason with me says the Lord. It is reason which speaks to us that Dominic was instructed over some period of time how to use the Rosary. Gathering the Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries into a prayer of approximately one hour most likely involved several instructions of a repetitive nature. We now see in 28* years of Medjugorje, messages from Our Lady to us, which have the same theme of repetition, in order for them to be ingrained in our hearts. Research shows that we must hear something sixteen times for it to become part of us. St. Louis De Montfort wrote that St. Dominic was inspired by the Holy Ghost, instructed by the Blessed Virgin Mary, as well as by his own experience. So what of the fact that Our * Refer to footnote on page 10. 34

Lady doesn t pray to Herself in regard to Her teaching Dominic? Mirjana once asked Our Lady if she could pray the Hail Holy Queen (Salve Regina) to Her and Our Lady said yes. It would be very reasonable that St. Dominic would pray the Rosary to Our Lady while She appeared to him even if She remained silent. Perhaps afterwards, or even during it, She instructed him. After this period of preparation to Dominic, it then swept across all of the land bringing with it countless miracles. It can now be said that Mirjana has been inspired by Our Lady, instructed by Her, and since 1987 had her own experience with these special prayers. In the beginning days, Marija Lunetti said that at first the visionaries thought the apparitions were for them, then they realized they were for the parish, then they realized they were for the world. Since 1987, Vicka and Mirjana are the only two human beings praying these prayers taught by Our Lady. It is their mission for now. But soon a time will come for Her children to join in, as it was for the parish. Then we, later perhaps with the visionaries, will realize, in reality, it is for the non-believers of the whole world. What purpose can it be, except to lead to conversion many of Her children throughout the world? Our Lady has been praying these prayers the second of each month in order to carry them before God s throne to ask Him for a massive grace of unparalleled proportion. Asking that a powerful grace be attached to these new prayers, Our Lady wishes to release these prayers 35

for Her children, so a world-wide opportunity of sweeping conversion will take place in the hearts of all those who do not know the love of God!! By reviewing the lives and missions of St. Dominic, St. Simon Stock, and St. Catherine, can we not see and understand that the world is on the point of receiving great favors of which Our Lady spoke? Vicka, for the last two years has repeatedly said Our Lady has a special plan, a special intention She asks us all to pray for. Is this new prayer for the world the special intention? That Our Lady, Mirjana, and Vicka have been praying these prayers since 1987 is a good indication it is. These prayers, that are mounting before God s Throne, will bring graces which will burst forth upon the world (as the Rosary, Scapular, and Miraculous Medal did.) The result will be hundreds of thousands, or even millions, coming to know the love of God! Our Lady told Mirjana: August 18, 1982 The more you believe firmly, the more you pray and fast for the same intention, the greater is the grace and the mercy of God. Is it possible that such massive conversions would bring about a collapse of evil? The Holy Father has stated that 36

he hopes or believes we are on the eve of a springtime* for Christianity, and that, as communism suddenly collapsed, he sees the collapse of evil coming somehow in the same way.** Will the event that brings it about be the devotion Mirjana is to spread, even as the Rosary was in St. Dominic s time that brought about the collapse of the dreadful Albigensian heresy? The world does not deserve such a grace of conversion. Our Lady revealed on October 1, 1981 that those who are not aware of the gift of Her appearance, as well as we who are, are not deserving of such a grace. Yet in God s mercy we are granted gifts which are so great Our Lady says that if we comprehended them we would pray without ceasing. November 8, 1984 If you only knew how great are the graces God is granting you, you would be praying without ceasing Will not mercy be meted out in justice to all those little children in whom Our Lady can see what we cannot? What we could see in children at the age of three, we can no longer see, when these children are grown and have become pervert- * Since this writing was first published, Our Lady said on October 25, 2000: a time of spring The Holy Father also has stated a springtime for Christians is on the way. ** From a publication called Inside the Vatican, December 1994. 37

ed, criminal, and godless. Only Our Lady can trace the loss of the pure, beautiful innocence of each child that once could be seen any time one peered through the depth of their eyes, the window of their souls that reveals their purity. All this is enough for us to break out in prayer Come Mary, come tomorrow again and again. We will pray with you. Bring back our loved ones who have left the Church, those who have left God. We will join you on the second of each month. We will pray for greater graces to be attached to your intention. We will pray that the dam of love, of God s mercy, will break forth, that your new prayer be released soon. We will pray that it will flow out as a river to all the nations, that as the rivers fill the oceans, your love of God will fill the earth. We wait. We anticipate that great day, and we call you as you have called us, to add our prayers, fasting, and sacrifices to Mirjana s in order that you may obtain all your wishes for the world. O loving Mother, thank you for the gift that the world is on the brink of receiving! We live in extraordinary times. Mirjana has begun to ask for all of us to join her in prayer the second of each month. Prayer groups should meet and begin praying for non-believers on the second of each month. Priests should 38

have special masses on that day. At the very least, cenacles of prayers should be started by individuals or families on every second of the month. Our Lady told the village of Medjugorje through Ivanka: April 5, 1985 You, the members of this parish, have a large and heavy cross to bear; but do not be afraid to carry it. My Son is here to help you. Our Lady in Her life experienced the great joy and consolation of the birth of the Savior, but also the great sorrow and desolation of experiencing His death. One saint said if Our Lady was knocking on the door of his room he would hesitate about opening it, because he knew with the great joy of seeing Her would come an equal amount of sorrow. Mirjana also carries a heavy cross. She has been given a great consolation and joy by seeing Our Lady, but it must be equally true that she experiences sorrow and difficulties. Our Lady told Mirjana: December 25, 1982 Mirjana, I have chosen you; I have confided in you everything that is essential. I have shown you many terrible things. You must now bear 39

it all with courage. Think of Me and think of the tears I must shed for that. You must remain courageous Mirjana indeed had such a difficult cross and burden, that even three years later, Our Lady again gave her words to strengthen her: March 18, 1985.I have entrusted to you a heavy burden and I suffer for your difficulties When one s life is dedicated to a purpose, it often brings many burdens. It is consoling to know that bearing the difficulties is bringing forth fruit. Therefore, start adoration, prayer groups, whatever you are inspired on the second of each month for non-believers, and when you go to Medjugorje with your group and see Mirjana, let her know you are praying with her on the second of each month. Encourage others to do so, or even write us and we ll tell her for you or forward your letter. She cannot respond to any requests, nor will we send any letters in which you discuss your problems or prayer intentions. Her time does not permit such, because Mirjana is first a wife and mother. Your letters will help her see that you are joining her and Our Lady in prayer. You then can become a source of strength for her to carry her burdens. Knowing your effort will be an encouragement, contemplate and reread all 40

the preceding. Don t let a glorious moment of history pass you by because of a lack of reflection. You will receive a gift of great peace knowing what is to come before it happens. This was the same experience given to the prophets. As Our Lady s children, you are placed in the position of the prophets. It is a great privilege, and it is opened to any who desire it. Pray on the second of each month and reflect. May God bless you. * * * * * * * * * * * * Our Lady s words of April 25, 1991 I do not desire your life to pass by in words, but that you glorify God with deeds Our Lady calls you. Be an organizer for the second of the month. Pray to be inspired what to do and be faithful. It will produce results. We have seen thousands of letters from people who began faithfully praying on the second of each month, the many who went to Adoration Chapels to match the time of Mirjana s apparition time in Medjugorje. While Our Lady was upon the earth, they could offer their sacrifice for waking during the night to go pray. Priests have opened up their churches during the night in order for their people to be in prayer at the same moment Our Lady appeared to Mirjana. Some have continued for years as the following letter shows deeds not words. 41

To All At Caritas, May 1999 Keep up all that you are doing, you continue to bless all of us who are trying to live the messages of Our Lady. On May 2, 1999 at 5:00 a.m. EST, there were seven of us before the Tabernacle in our church praying for all unbelievers as Our Lady asked. This time I was led to read the prayer for the Year of the Father by John Paul II to close the hour. I experienced a beautiful anointing that I shared with the others. It started as I read - make it a time of favor for us, the year of a great return to the Father s house, where, full of love, you await your straying children to embrace them in your forgiveness and welcome them to your table in their festive garments. I had a sense of the Lord saying, You have been faithful to this time of prayer since the beginning of the year of the Son (1997), through the Year of the Holy Spirit, now into the Year of the Father, you have no comprehension how many souls you will be responsible for coming into or returning to the Catholic Church in the Jubilee year. Continue on. All we could do was weep and rest in His grace poured out through Our Lady. We are nothing special (the little group). It is all grace. Praise be Jesus and Mary - now and forever. In the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Great Falls, Virginia 42

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Other titles by A Friend of Medjugorje continued bk1019 A Blessing to Help Save the World bk1020 Fallen Field Angel bk1021 Don t Tell Me What to Do! bk1022 Spanning 2000 Years of History bk1023 When You Decide for Change bk1024 Have You Become Complacent or Fallen Asleep? bk1025 I Don t Like My Cross bk1026 What Do We Do Now? bk1027 Thy Will Be Done? And Hand to the Plow bk1028 Our Lady s 7 Steps to Set the Captives Free bk1029 Who s Driving? bk1030 I Don t Have to Go to Medjugorje. Reasons Why One Must Go to Medjugorje bk1031 The Seven Novenas in Preparation for the Five Days of Prayer for the Reconciling of Ourselves, Our Families, and Our Nation Back to God bk1033 Calling on Heaven (Caritas prayers) bk1036 Our Lady s Formula for Victory: Pray, Pray, Pray bk1037 A Miracle from the Field for Our Nation bk1038 Crisis-Discipline bk1039 Quietism bk1040 Wedding Booklet bk1041 Why So Many Disasters? bk1042 How the Early Church Learned bk1043 Be Strong! Do Not Relax! bk1044 Some Remarkable things About Our Lady s Messages bk1045 You Have Been Called bk1046 Surrender Your Problems to Me bk1047 Two Americas bk1048 Ready ing for the Storm bk1049 Judge with Right Judgement bk1050 Confession of a Big Sin bk1051 Razumijevanje Gospinih poruka (prevedeno na hrvatski) bk1052 Međugorje: Ispunjenje svih Marijinih ukazanja (prevedeno na hrvatski) bk1053 Nova arka (prevedeno na hrvatski) bk1054 Kriza disciplina (prevedeno na hrvatski) bk1055 Međugorje, Mirjana, otkrivena tajna (prevedeno na hrvatski) bk1056 Čednost (prevedeno na hrvatski) Suggested Donation 1 Copy Free (pay only S&H) 10 Copies $4.00 (40 ea.) 25 Copies $8.75 (35 ea.) 50 Copies $15.00 (30 ea.) 100 Copies $25.00 (25 ea.) 1000 Copies $150.00 (15 ea.) bk1057 Gospin recept za pobjedu: Molite, molite, molite! (prevedeno na hrvatski) bk1058 sotona želi uništiti Međugorje (prevedeno na hrvatski) bk1059 Pogled na 2000 godina kršćanske povijesti (prevedeno na hrvatski) bk1060 Vrijeme odluke (prevedeno na hrvatski) bk1061 5. kolovoza: Što činiš za Njezin rođendan? (prevedeno na hrvatski) bk1062 Ulazak u novo vrijeme (prevedeno na hrvatski) bk1063 S Gospom pred raspelom (prevedeno na hrvatski) bk1064 Pripremanje za oluju (prevedeno na hrvatski) bk1065 Ne volim svoj križ (prevedeno na hrvatski) Volume orders can be made up of different booklets. More booklets are being produced monthly at Caritas of Birmingham, call 205-672-2000 for new titles. 47

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Don t Miss a Visit to the Caritas Mission House Apparition Hill, Cross Mountain, the Visionaries, St. James Church, and Caritas Mission House, these are the five must do s to have a complete Medjugorje pilgrimage. Throughout the years, pilgrims from every nation have made the Caritas of Birmingham Mission House in Medjugorje a part of their pilgrimage. Countless numbers have relayed to us it is there, in the Mission House, where they came to understand more fully Our Lady s messages and plans for the world. It is why people, who have returned home from their pilgrimages, have told others going to Medjugorje to go to the Caritas Mission House, stating that the Caritas Mission House was a high point of their pilgrimage and a must do to make a pilgrimage to Medjugorje a complete and more profound experience. After coming in the Caritas Mission House, I decided not to leave my husband and seek to bring prayer and healing into my family. Pilgrim Ireland Medjugorje Cross Mountain (Križevac) Apparition Hill (Podbrdo) Apparition Trail Caritas Mission House School Park St. James Church I found peace and love in the Mission House. Pilgrim South Africa The Mission House was the only meeting place in Medjugorje to learn more about and discuss the Messages. Pilgrim England Following Caritas mission for several years and observing their work in spreading Our Lady of Medjugorje s messages, it s no wonder to me as to how they became the largest Medjugorje Center in the world. Pilgrim Scotland Look for the St. Michael statue. Caritas of Birmingham Mission House is operated by the Community of Caritas. The Mother house is located at: 100 Our Lady Queen of Peace Drive Sterrett, Alabama 35147 USA www.mej.com Extensive up-to-date information on Medjugorje as it happens.

Our Lady has said if we want to understand the reason for Her coming as well as to know how God deals with His people, we should read Sacred Scripture everyday. She also has said to read the lives of the saints. What we learn by being obedient to Our Lady s advice is that God never abandons His people but always gives grace to help us return to the way of salvation. Within these pages you will discover the continuation of God s mercy for His people but now it is we who are being written into that history. It is our lives that God s tender heart is directed towards. And it is Our Lady whom He has sent to be the Herald of His mercy to our world, not just for the present children, but for children in all future generations as well. Within the event of Medjugorje there are still many mysteries left to be revealed. One of these mysteries deals directly with new prayers which Our Lady has taught to Mirjana and Vicka for the conversion of many souls. How privileged we are to be the witnesses of these extraordinary events in these extraordinary times. 100 Our Lady Queen of Peace Drive Sterrett, AL 35147 USA 205-672-2000 USA mej.com all your Medjugorje information Printed by Caritas of Birmingham. Made available to you by our Field Angels.