End of August 1981. The visionaries asked: Which is the best form of fasting. "A fast on bread and water." "I am the Queen of Peace."

September 6, 1981. "Pray especially on Sunday, so that the great sign, the gift of God may come.

July 12, 1982. Concerning a third world war: "The third world war will not take place."

January 10, 1983. - and questioned Her, why God could, so "Mercilessly" sends sinners to Hell forever. "Men, who go to Hell no longer, want to receive any benefit from God. They do not repent nor do they cease to revolt and to blaspheme. They make up their mind to live in Hell and do not contemplate leaving it."

October 8, 1985. "Those, who say: "I do not believe in God", how difficult it will be for them, when they approach the Throne of God and hear the voice: "Enter into Hell"."
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September 26, 1985: Our Lady: "Dear children; Thank you for all the prayers. Thank you for all the sacrifices. I wish to tell you, dear children, to renew the messages, which I am giving you. You should especially live the fasting because, with fasting, you will bring happiness, for the, whole plan, which is God plans here in Medjugorje, will be realized. Thank you for your response to my call.

June 2, 1983. "Read, what has been written about Jesus. Meditate on it and convey it to others."

December 20, 1984. "Today I am asking you to do something practical for Jesus Christ. On the Day of Joy I wish that every family of the parish brought a flower as a sign of abandonment to Jesus. I wish that every member of the family had one flower next to the crib, so that Jesus can come and see your devotion to Him. Thank you for your response to my call."

July 25, 1987: - Dear children, pray and accept everything that God is offering you on a way, which is bitter. But at the same time, God will reveal all the sweetness to, whoever begins to go on that way, and He will gladly answer every call of God.

May 25, 1991: - Dear children, I am here to help you and to lead you to heaven.

- Our Lady of Medjugorje. Daily Messages from 1981.

June 24, 1981. The first apparition takes place in the afternoon. It is a silent and distant silhouette on the summit of Podbrdo, which later would be called Hill of Apparition or Apparition Mountain. The second apparition of the day takes place around 6:00p.m.

June 25, 1981. This is the first day the six visionaries saw Our Lady or the Gospa on the hill: "Praise be Jesus!"

Ivanka asked about her mother, who had died two months earlier. " She is happy. She is with me" (other version: "She is your angel in Heaven").

The visionaries asked if Our Lady would return the next day. Our Lady responded with a nod of the head. Mirjana asked if Our Lady would give them a sign, so that others would believe them. Mirjana believed she had received a sign, when the Gospa smiled. Also, Mirjana noticed that her watch had changed time during the apparition.

"Good-bye my angels. Go in the peace of God."

June 26, 1981. A crowd of nearly three thousand people were drawn to Apparition Mountain by the luminary signs coming from the hill. Vicka sprinkles holy water on Our Lady. She asks Our Lady to stay, if She is indeed the Virgin Mary. Our Lady smiles in response. Ivanka then asked why Our Lady is here and, what does she want from the people. Our Lady responded: "I have come because there are many true believers here. I wish to be with you to convert and to reconcile the, whole world."

Ivanka asked if her mother has any message for her. "Obey your grandmother and help her because she is old."

Mirjana wanted to know about her grandfather, who had recently died. "He is well."

The visionaries requested a sign to prove, that the apparition was really the Gospa. "Blessed are those, who have not seen and, who believe."

Mirjana asked: "Who are you?" "I am the Blessed Virgin Mary."

Why are you appearing to us? We are no better than others. "I do not necessarily choose the best."

Will you come back? "Yes, to the same place as yesterday."

While Marija goes down the mountain; she is mysteriously pushed to the side of the trail by an unseen force. She sees the Virgin again. Our Lady is carrying a wooden cross and is crying. "Peace, Peace, Peace! Be reconciled! Only Peace. Make your peace with God among yourselves. For that, it is necessary to believe, to pray, to fast, and to go to confession."

June 27, 1981. "Praise be Jesus"

Jakov wanted to know, what the Virgin expected of the Franciscans in Medjugorje. "Have them persevere in the faith and protect the faith of the people."

Mirjana and Jakov were concerned because the people were treating them like liars. They asked Our Lady to leave a sign for the people. "My angels do not be afraid of injustices. They have always existed."

The visionaries asked: "How must we pray?" "Continue to recite the Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary, and the Glory Be seven times, but also add the Creed. Good-bye, my angels. Go in the peace of God."

Our Lady said to Ivan: "Be in peace and take courage."

June 28, 1981. The visionaries want to know, what the Gospa wish. "That people believe and persevere in the faith."

Vicka asked: "What do you expect from the priests?" "That they remain strong in the faith and that help you."

They asked Our Lady, why She does not appear to everyone in the church. "Blessed are they, who believe without having seen."

They wanted to know if She would return. "Yes, to the same place. "The visionaries ask if She prefers prayer or singing. "Both: Prayer and singing."

Vicka asked what Our Lady wished from the crowd gathered on the hill. According to the visionaries, Our Lady responded with a smile and a loving glance. At this point, the Gospa disappeared. The visionaries prayed, hoping she would return because She had not said good-bye. It was during the song: "You Are All beautiful", that She returned.

Three times Vicka asked: "Dear Gospa (Croatian word for Our Lady), what do you expect of these people?" "That those, who do not see believe as those, who see."

Once again the visionaries asked for a sign, so that the people would not think of them as liars. They only received a smile from Our Lady as She told them good-bye and disappeared. "Go in the peace of God."

June 29, 1981. The visionaries wanted to know if the Gospa was happy to see, so many people present. "More than happy."

They ask: "How long will you stay?" "As long as you will want me to, my angels."

They questioned Our Lady about Her expectations about those, who came despite the heat and the brambles. "There is only one God, one faith. Let the people believe firmly and do not fear anything."

"What do you expect of us?" The visionaries inquired. "That you have a solid faith and you maintain confidence."

The visionaries wanted to know if they would be strong enough to endure persecutions because of their beliefs. "You will be able to, my angels. Do not fear. You will be able to endure everything. You must believe and have confidence in me."

At this point, Doctor Darinka Glamuzina, working for the Government, requests Vicka to ask a question for her: "May I touch Our Lady?" "There have always been Judases, who don't believe, but she can approach."

Vicka shows Doctor Glamuzina, where to extend her hand and Doctor Glamuzina touches the Gospa.

The parents of a handicapped child ask the visionaries to intercede on behalf of the child. They ask the Virgin to cure the child, so that people will believe them. "Have them believe strongly in his cure. Go in the peace of God."

The child was cured later that same evening.

Between June 30, 1981 and December 31, 1981, the police was tracking down the visionaries. They had to find a discreet place to wait for the Virgin to appear.

June 30, 1981. Two social workers took the visionaries on a ride, so they would miss the apparition on the hill. The apparition took place at Cerno, on the road between Ljbuski and Medjugorje. Mirjana asked Our Lady if She was angry because they were not on the hill. Our Lady responded: "That doesn't matter."

Mirjana then asked if Our Lady would be angry if they did not return to the hill, but waited for apparition at the church. Somehow Our Lady seemed undecided (according to Mirjana), but then She agreed to appear in the church and added: "Always at the same time. Go in the peace of God."

Mirjana, who had been reading an account of the apparitions at Lourdes, thought she understood that the Virgin would return for another three days, until Friday, as She had in Lourdes. However, this was only Mirjana's interpretation.

July 1, 1981. Again the visionaries ask the Gospa for a sign. Our Lady appeared to nod Her head. "Good-bye, my dear angels."

July 21, 1981. Our Lady arrived: "Praise be Jesus."

The visionaries asked again for a sign and the Gospa said yes. They asked how long She would continue to visit them. "My sweet angels, even if I were to leave the sign, many people will not believe. Many people will only come here and bow down, but people must be converted and do penance."

The visionaries asked the Virgin about the sick and She said they would find the cure in strong faith. The Gospa then departed: "Go in the peace of God."

July 22, 1981. "Praised be Jesus Christ. A good many people have been converted and among them some had not gone to Confession in 45 years, and now they are going to confession. Go in the peace of God."

July 23, 1981. "Praised be Jesus Christ"

July 24, 1981. Again the visionaries asked questions concerning the sick. "Without faith, nothing is possible. All those, who will believe firmly will be cured."

July 25, 1981. After more questions about the sick, Our Lady answered: "God, help us all!"

July 27, 1981. The visionaries ask the Virgin to bless some objects. "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."

Once again the visionaries asked about the sign. "Wait, it will be soon. I will appear to you again at 11:15 p.m. Go in the peace of God."

They saw the face of Jesus, brown eyes, beard, and long hair to prepare them for the suffering and persecution they had to endure. "My angels, I send you my Son, Jesus, who was tortured for His faith, and yet He endured everything. You also, my angels, will endure everything."

The visionaries are praised for their beautiful singing and praying. "It is beautiful to listen to you. Continue in this manner. Don't be afraid for Jozo. " [The police threatened him]

July 29, 1981. The Virgin reveals her self in Vicka's room. They asked about a sick person. "Praised be Jesus! She will be cured. She must believe firmly."

The visionaries asked to embrace Our Lady to leave a sign. "Yes. Go in the peace of God"

July 1981. "Carry out well your responsibilities and, what the Church asks you to do."

Early August. 1981. The visionaries asked, what Our Lady wanted of them later on in life. "I would like you to become priests and religious, but only if you, yourselves, would want it. It is up to you to decide."

August 2, 1981. From Marija's room, Our Lady asks her and 40 others: "All of you together go to the meadow at Gumno. A great struggle is about to unfold. The struggle is between my Son and Satan. Human souls are at stake."

[At Gumno] "Everyone here may touch me. " [When Our Lady's dress became stained, Marinko invited all to go to confession.]

August 6, 1981. The Transfiguration "I am the Queen of Peace."

August 7, 1981. Our Lady asked the young people to come to Cross Mountain at 2:00 A.M. and to pray that many people would do penance for sinners. "That one do penance for sins."

August 8, 1981. "Do penance! Strengthen your faith through prayer and the sacraments."

August 17, 1981. "Do not be afraid. My wish is: That you would be filled with joy and that the joy could be seen on your face. I will protect Father Jozo. " [The pastor was put in jail.]

August 22, 1981. "Father Jozo has nothing to fear. All troubles will pass."

August 23, 1981. "Praised be Jesus! I have been with Ivan until now. Pray, my angels, for these people. My children, I give you strength. I will always give it to you, when you need me, call me."

August 25, 1981. Some of the people present asked to touch the Virgin. "It is not necessary to touch me. Many are those, who do not feel anything, when they touch me. On the matter of the sign, you do not have to become impatient for the day will come."

Our Lady also said there was a spy among those gathered.

August 26, 1981. Because the visionaries see Our Lady, many have been seeking their advice. Our Lady responds: "Praise be Jesus. Do not give advice to anyone. I know, what you feel and that will pass, also."

August 27, 1981. On this day the visionaries again asked something regarding the sign. "Very soon, I promise you. Be strong and courageous."

August 28, 1981. The visionaries have been waiting for the Virgin in Father Jozo's room. She does not come. This is the second time this has happened. The visionaries go to church to pray and Our Lady appears to them there. "I was with Father Jozo. That is, why I did not come. Do not trouble yourselves if I do not come. It suffices then to pray."

This is the day Ivan entered the seminary at Visoko. Our Lady told him: "You are very tired. Rest, so that you can find strength. Go in the peace of God. Good-bye."

August 29, 1981. Jakov asks Our Lady several questions: "Are you also appearing to Ivan in the seminary?" "Yes, just like for you."

"Is Ivan Ivankovic, who is in prison, well?" "He is well. He is enduring everything. All will pass. Father Jozo sends you greetings."

Ivan at the seminary wants to know about the village. "My angels perform their penance well."

Ivan asked Our Lady, whether She was going to help him and his friends in school. "God's help manifests itself everywhere. Go in the peace of God with the blessing of Jesus and mine. Good-bye."

Ivanka asks if a sign will be left soon. "Again, a little patience."

August 30, 1981. Our Lady arrived and Vicka asks for confirmation about rumors that Father Jozo's cell doors unlock themselves. "Praised be Jesus! It is true, but no one believes it."

Ivanka asked about Mirjana. "Mirjana is sad because she is all alone. I will show her to you. "And the visionaries saw Mirjana crying.

Regarding young people, who betray the faith? "Yes, there are many."

Regarding a woman, who wants to leave her husband because he is cruel to her: "Let her remain close to him and accept her suffering. Jesus, Himself, also suffered."

Regarding a sick young boy: "He is suffering from a very grave illness. Let his parents firmly believe, do penance, then the little boy will be cured."

Jakov asks about the sign. "Again, a little patience."

Ivan wants to know how he will do in seminary. "Be without fear. I am close to you everywhere and at all times."

Ivan asks if the people in his village are pious. "Your village has become the most fervent parish in Herzegovina. A large number of people distinguish themselves through their piety and their faith."

End of August 1981. The visionaries asked, which is the best form of fasting. "A fast on bread and water." "I am the Queen of Peace."

September 1, 1981. The visionaries ask if there will be a Mass on Mt. Krizevac. "Yes, my angels."

Jakov asks if a trap is being set around the church. "There's nothing at all. Have the people pray and remain in church as long as possible."

Ivan prayed with Our Lady, so that Jesus would help him in his vocation. Our Lady said: "Go in the peace of God. Do not be afraid. I am close to you and I will watch over you."

September 2, 1981. Vicka asks about a young person, who hanged himself. "Satan took hold of him. This young man should not have done that. The Devil tries to reign over the people. He takes everything into his hands, but the force of God is more powerful, and God will conquer."

Ivan wants to know how his friends and he will do in seminary. "You are, and you will always be my children. You have followed the path of Jesus. No one will stop you from propagating the faith in Jesus. One must believe strongly."

September 3, 1981. Jakov asked, when the sign would be announced. "Again, a little patience."

September 4, 1981. Ivanka and Marija are concerned, that they will not have enough time to pray because they are only home on Saturdays and Sundays and far away at school during the week. (Marija stays in Mostar with relatives.) "It is enough for you to pray. Come here on Saturdays and Sundays. I will appear to all of you."

Ivan asks, when Our Lady will leave the sign. "The sign will be given at the end of the apparitions."

Ivan inquires, when that will be. "You are impatient, my angels. Go in the peace of God."

September 5, 1981. "Praised be Jesus and Mary. Go in the peace of God, my angel. May the blessing of God accompany you! Amen. Good-bye."

September 6, 1981. "Pray especially on Sunday, so that the great sign, the gift of God may come. Pray with fervour and constancy, so that God may have mercy on His great children. Go in peace, my angel. May the blessing of God accompany you! Amen. Good-bye."

September 7, 1981. "Be converted all of you, who are still there. The sign will come, when you will be converted."

September 8, 1981. Feast of the Nativity Of The Virgin

"I ask only to pray with fervour. Prayer must become a part of your daily life to permit the true faith to take root."

Jakov wishes our lady a happy birthday. "For me it is a beautiful day. With respect to you, persevere in the faith and in prayer. Do not be afraid. Remain in joy. It is my desire. Let joy appear on your faces. I will continue to protect Father Jozo."

September 10, 1981. Ivan reports that after praying beautiful prayers with a feeling from the heart filled with love and joy Our Lady says: "Go in the peace of God, my angel. Amen. Good-bye."

September 13, 1981. The Virgin came near the image of Jesus after some seminary students came from confession. "This is your Father*, my angel. Go in the peace of God, my angels."

* Many known mystics referred, of course, to Jesus as our Brother but in some rare occasions also as our Father. This is theologically right, if unusual.

September 14, 1981. Our Lady told Vicka: "Stay here, so that Jakov will not be alone. Persevere, both of you, with patience. You will be rewarded."

September 15, 1981. "If the people are not converted very soon, bad things will happen to them."

September 16, 1981. "The militia will not stay here a long time. I will leave the sign. Be patient still. Don't pray for yourselves. You have been rewarded. Pray for others."

September 17, 1981. Concerning someone ill. "He will die very soon. "To the visionaries: "Persevere and you will be rewarded."

September 20, 1981. To Vicka and Jakov: "Do not be lax in your prayers. I ask both of you to fast for a week on bread and water."

September 30, 1981. To Vicka and Jakov: "Don't ask useless questions dictated by curiosity. The most important thing is to pray, my angels."

October 1, 1981. Are all religions the same? "Members of all faiths are equal before God. God rules over each faith just like a sovereign over his kingdom. In the world, all religions are not the same because all people have not complied with the commandments of God. They reject and disparage them."

Are all churches the same? "In some, the strength of prayer to God is greater, in others, smaller. That depends on the priests, who motivate others to pray. It depends also on the power, which they have."

Why do you appear to us, so often and to others, who do not follow God's path? *) "I appear to you often and in every place. To others, I appear from time to time briefly. They do not yet follow the way of God completely. They are not aware of the gift, which He has made them. That no one deserves.
With time, they also will come to follow the right way."

* This must be about other apparitions in Herzegovina.

October 6, 1981. "The evening Mass must be kept permanently. The Mass of the sick must be celebrated on a specific day, at a time, which is most convenient. Father Tomislav must begin with the prayer group. It is very necessary. Have Father Tomislav pray with fervour."

October 7, 1981. In answer to the question, whether there are other intermediaries, besides Jesus, between God and Man? "There is only one mediator between God and man, and it is Jesus Christ."

In answer to Father Tomislav regarding founding a community like that of Saint Francis of Assisi: "God has chosen Saint Francis as His elected one. It would be good to imitate his life. In the meantime, we must realize, what God orders us to do."

October 8, 1981. Our Lady has scolded Marija about missing Mass and staying with her friends. "You would have done better to attend Mass rather than to satisfy human curiosity."

October 10, 1981. "It is up to you to pray and to persevere. I have made promises to you; also be without anxiety. Faith will not know how to be alive without prayer. Pray more."

October 11, 1981. The visionaries ask about an old man, who disappeared. "Tomo Lovic is dead."

October 12, 1981, where are Paradise and the Kingdom of God? "In Heaven."

Our Lady is asked if she is the Mother of God and if She went to heaven before or after Her death. "I am the Mother of God and the Queen of Peace. I went to Heaven before death."

When will the sign be left? "I will not yet leave the sign. I shall continue to appear. Father Jozo sends you greetings. He is experiencing difficulties, but he will resist, because he knows, why he is suffering."

October 17, 1981. On the sign: "It is mine to realize the promise. With respect to the faithful, have them pray and believe firmly."

October 19, 1981. "Pray for Father Jozo and fast tomorrow on bread and water. Then you will fast for a, whole week on bread and water. Pray, my angels. Now I will show you Father Jozo.

She shows them a vision of Father Jozo in prison and tells them not to fear for him because everything will work out fine.

On Marinko, the man, who protected the visionaries: "There are a few similar faithful. He's made a sufficient number of sacrifices for Jozo. He underwent many torments and sufferings."

To Marinko personally: "Continue, and do not let anyone take the faith away from you."

October 20, 1981. Vicka asked Our Lady to intercede for Father Jozo during his trial and even to strike someone to stop the trial. Our Lady sings with the visionaries: "Jesus Christ in Your Name."

After the song was completed, Our Lady said: "Go in the peace of God."

October 21, 1981. Because Vicka is concerned about Fr. Jozo's sentencing and knows that Our Lady is not motivated by vengeance, she begs Her to intercede that the people involved be reasonable and impartial. "Jozo looks well and he greets you warmly. Do not fear for Jozo. He is a saint. I have already told you. Sentence will not be pronounced this evening. Do not be afraid, he will not be condemned to a severe punishment. Pray only, because Jozo asks from you prayer and perseverance. Do not be afraid because I am with you."

October 22, 1981. "Jozo has been sentenced. Let us go to church to pray."

The visionaries tell Our Lady they are saddened because of Father Jozo. "You should rejoice!"

The visionaries ask if the, whiteness of the cross is a supernatural phenomenon. "Yes, I confirm it."

Many saw the cross transform itself into a light and then into a silhouette of Our Lady. "All of these signs are designed to strengthen your faith until I leave you the visible and permanent sign."

October 25, 1981. The visionaries asked Our Lady about the great light three girls saw on their way home from Mass. Within the light, they saw fifteen figures. "It was a supernatural phenomenon. I was among the saints."

October 26, 1981. "Praised be Jesus. You are not to ask me any more questions on the subject of the sign. Do not be afraid, it will surely appear. I carry out my promises. As far as you are concerned, pray, persevere in prayer."

October 28, 1981. The visionaries ask if the Gospa appeared at Krizevac the day before for thirty minutes. "Yes, didn't you see me?"

Regarding the fire that hundreds of people saw that burned but did not consume anything. "The fire, seen by the faithful, was of a supernatural character. It is one of the signs, a forerunner of the great sign."

October 29, 1981. "You, my angels, be on your guard. There is enough mendacious news, which people are spreading. Of course, I will show you my mercy. Be a little patient. Pray!"

October 30, 1981. Jakov and Vicka questioned Our Lady about a sealed envelope, which an official showed them wishing to trick them. "Do not respond to anything. It is a bad trick, which they are playing on you. They have already given, so much false news. Do not believe them. Continue to pray and to suffer! I will make the power of love appear."

The visionaries asked Our Lady, when should Christmas Mass be celebrated. "Have them celebrate it at midnight. Pray! Go in the peace of God."

To Ivanka: "Pray more. The others are praying and suffering more than you."

To the visionaries: "Tell the young people not to allow themselves to be distracted from the true way. Let them remain faithful to their religion."

October 31, 1981. From Vicka's diary we learn that Mirjana has had daily apparitions in Sarajevo, where she is a student at a professional school. Our Lady counsels Mirjana as a wise mother would, telling her two times, who to trust, who to distrust, and how to respond to those, who rebuke her and attack God.

Our Lady knows and advised Mirjana to avoid a friend, who wants her to get involved with drugs. Our lady suggested that she answer questions, when that would be helpful and to remain quiet, when that would be more beneficial. Our Lady shared Her joy over the five visionaries being together and tells them that Father Jozo would not be in prison more than four years.

Regarding Danny Ljolje, Our Lady said: "There is a lot of deception and erroneous information."

After showing the visionaries a part of paradise and telling them not to be afraid, Our Lady said: "All those, who are faithful to God will have that."

October 1981. Concerning the conflict between the Franciscans and the Bishop of Mostar: "It is going to find a solution. We must have patience and pray."

Regarding Poland: "There will be great conflicts, but in the end, the just will take over."

Regarding Russia: "The Russian people will be the people, who will glorify God the most. The West has made civilization progress, but without God, as if they were their own creators."

November 1, 1981. "Be persevering! Pray! Many people are beginning to convert."

November 2, 1981. The visionaries questioned the Gospa about Her reasons for showing them paradise some days earlier. "I did that, so you could see the happiness, which awaits those, who love God."

Jesus then appears to them with injuries covering His body and wearing a crown of thorns. "Do not be afraid. It is my Son. See how He has been martyred. In spite of all, He was joyful and He endured all with patience."

Then Jesus says: "Look at me. How I have been injured and martyred! In spite of all, I have gained the victory. You also, my angels, be persevering in your faith and pray, so that you may overcome."

November 3, 1981. The song, "Come, Come to us Lord" was begun by Our Lady and the visionaries joined in with her. "I am often at Krizevac, at the foot of the cross, to pray there. Now I pray to my Son to forgive the world its sins. The world has begun to convert."

November 6, 1981. During this apparition, Our Lady disappears and the visionaries see a terrifying vision of Hell. Then Our Lady reappears and says: "Do not be afraid! I have shown you Hell, so that you may know the state of those, who are there."

November 8, 1981. Our Lady appears kissing and lovingly embracing a picture of John Paul II. "He is your father, the spiritual father of all. It is necessary to pray for him." One account tells of Our Lady picking up the picture in the room.

The visionaries have a vision of Father Jozo in prison. "Have you seen how Father Jozo struggles for God?"

November 9, 1981. The militia passes by the room, where Our Lady was about to appear. "Do not be afraid of the militia. Do not provoke anybody. Be polite with everybody."

November 10, 1981. "Do not give in. Keep your faith. I will accompany you at every step."

November 13, 1981. "Praised be Jesus!"

Our Lady showed the visionaries a beautiful landscape with the Baby Jesus walking there. The visionaries were not able to recognize Him.

"It is Jesus. On my arrival and, when I depart, always sing the song, "Come. Come to us O Lord"."

November 15, 1981. This apparition was to take place in Fr. Jozo's room but Our Lady appeared later in the Church and said someone had placed (hidden) listening devices in the room. She relates: "The world is on the point of receiving great favours from me and my Son. Let the world keeps a strong confidence."

November 16, 1981. "The devil is trying to conquer us. Do not permit him. Keep the faith, fast, and pray. I will be with you at every step."

Her words to Vicka and Jakov: "Persevere with confidence in prayer and in faith."

November 22, 1981. The Gospa explains the cross, the heart, and the sun to the visionaries. "These are the signs of salvation: The cross is a sign of mercy, just like the heart. The sun is the source of light, which enlightens us."

Again a shining silhouette takes the place of the cross on Krizevac. The visionaries asked the Blessed Virgin if it was She. "Why do you ask me, my angels? Have you not seen me? The world must find salvation, while there is time. Let it pray with fervour. Let it have the spirit of faith."

November 23, 1981. Our Lady was indescribable and beautiful light radiated, flowed, shined, and sparkled around Her. "The people have begun to convert. Keep a solid faith. I need your prayers."

November 26, 1981. The visionaries asked the Gospa questions about the sick: "Have strong faith, pray, and fast and they will be cured. Be confident and rest in joy. Go in the peace of God. Be patient and pray for the cure. Good-bye, my dear angels."

November 28, 1981. All but Ivan was present. Vicka relates: "We all felt a profound peace about and within us. Our Lady looked at us with a beautiful sweetness."

"Oh, it is, so beautiful to see you all together! Go in the peace of God, my angels. Good-bye."

November 29, 1981. "It is necessary for the world to be saved, while there is still time, for it to pray strongly, and for it to have the spirit of faith."

November 1981. Vicka warns that this message is not just for the visionaries but also for all. "The Devil tries to impose his power on you, but you must remain strong and persevere in your faith. You must pray and fast. I will always be close to you."

December 2, 1981. The visionaries asked about a young man, who suddenly had a memory loss and could no longer learn anything: "It is necessary to hospitalize him."

The visionaries asked more questions. "It is not necessary to ask questions on every subject."

December 3, 1981. "Pray and persevere through prayer."

December 6, 1981. "Be strong and persevering. My dear angels go in the peace of God."

December 7, 1981. Our Lady looked at the crowds of people. "The people are converting. It is true, but not yet all. Pray and persist in prayers."

After an apparition at Jakov's home, the letters: "MIR LJUDIMA"(Peace to the people) were on the wall in gold.

December 8, 1981. Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Our Lady answers questions the visionaries have about their futures. "I would like all of you to become priests and religious, but only if you desire it. You are free. It is up to you to choose. If you are experiencing difficulties or if you need something, come to me. If you do not have the strength to fast on bread and water, you can give up a number of things. It would be a good thing to give up television, because after seeing some programs, you are distracted and unable to pray. You can give up alcohol, cigarettes, and other pleasures. You yourselves know, what you have to do."

Our Lady then profoundly kneels down, serious with Her hands extended. She prays to Jesus: "My beloved Son, I beseech you to be willing to forgive the world its great sin through, which it offends you."

December 9, 1981, while we were praying, Our Lady intervened: "Oh my Son Jesus, forgive these sins; there are, so many of them!"

We stopped and became silent. "Continue to pray, because prayer is the salvation of the people."

December 11, 1981. Vicka asked the Gospa to look after her parents in Germany "I promise to protect them. Everything will go well."

December 12, 1981. Our Lady told the visionaries She was happy because they would all be together during vacation. "Very soon you will all be united. You will be able to have a beautiful time together."

December 16, 1981. "Kneel down, my children, and pray. "December 18, 1981. Our Lady sings: "Jesus Christ in Your Name" and says: "Come on, sing more joyfully, why are you, so pensive?" She then began the sing: "The Queen of the Holy Rosary" before leaving.

December 21, 1981. "Be on your guard, my children. Prepare yourselves for difficult days. All kinds of people will come here."

December 24, 1981. "Celebrate the days, which are coming. Rejoice with my Son! Love your neighbour. Let harmony reign among you."

December 25, 1981. Christmas

The visionaries see Baby Jesus. "Love one another, my children. You are brothers and sisters. Don't argue among yourselves. Give glory to God, glorify Him and sing, my angels."

December 30, 1981. Our Lady sings: "The Queen of the Holy Rosary".

December 31, 1981. Ivan asked the Gospa how to help doubting priests understand the apparitions. "It is necessary to tell them that from the very beginning I have been conveying the message of God to the world. It is a great pity not to believe in it. Faith is a vital element, but one cannot compel a person to believe. Faith is the foundation from, which everything flows."

Ivan asks Our Lady if it is really She appearing at the foot of the cross. "Yes, it is true. Almost everyday I am at the foot of the cross. My Son carried the cross. He has suffered on the cross, and by it, he saved the world. Everyday I pray to my Son to forgive the sins of the world."

1981. Vicka says that at the very beginning Our Lady told us: "You may leave, but let little Jakov stay with me. " Vicka then adds that Our Lady realizes that Jakov is an extraordinary boy.

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 1982 - April 11, 1982. THE APPARITION CHAPEL

In January, the visionaries were moved to a side room to the right of the Alter of St. James Church. This room was to become famous and considered by many as sacred ground. Presently, many pilgrims take great joy in participating at Mass, which is sometimes held in the "Chapel". Thousands of apparitions took place in the "Chapel" and one could say that Our Lady dwelled there.

January 11, 1982. "I invite you very specially to participate at Mass. Wait for me at church, which is the agreeable place."

January 14, 1982. Today, toward the end of the apparition, Our Lady reprimanded two of the visionaries. The other visionaries could not hear this correction for their behaviour but Our Lady's expression gave them an indication, what it was about. Those reprimanded later said that Our Lady was kind and respectful to them.

January 18, 1982. Concerning a sick person with heart problems: "There is little hope for her. I will pray for her."

January 20, 1982. The visionaries want to know if they should meet with children from Izbicno, who are also visionaries. They tell the Blessed Virgin that the Izbicno children said She told them about this meeting. "It is not necessary for you to meet them."

The officials want to transfer Father Tomislav. "If it is God's design that he (Father Tomislav depart as has been the case with Father Jozo, have him abandon himself to the will of God. He must think very much and you must pray for him."

January 21, 1982. Again the visionaries ask about the sign. "The sign will appear at the desired time."

Our Lady is asked, why apparitions occur at different places in Herzegovina. "My children, don't you see that the faith begins to extinguish itself and that it is necessary to awaken the faith among men?"

The visionaries want to know how they can get peace to witness among the priests. "Fast and pray!"

January 22, 1982. Concerning apparitions at Izbicno. "They are coming from God."

Izbicno is 60 kilometers from Medjugorje. Eighteen people, mostly females, said they are having apparitions in 1982-83.

February 2, 1982. Our Lady was asked, when She would like the Feast of The Queen of Peace to be celebrated. She smiled and said: "I would prefer that it take place June 25th. The faithful have come for the first time on that day, on the hill."

February 8, 1982. The visionaries asked about an emotionally sick person. "He must pray. I will help him within the limitation of my power."

To some Slovenes, who were praying during the apparition: "Persevere in prayer."

February 9, 1982. "Pray for the sick. Believe firmly. I will come to help, according to that, which is within my power. I will ask my Son, Jesus, to help them. The most important thing, in the meantime, is a strong faith. Numerous sick persons think that is sufficient to come here in order to be quickly healed. Some of them do not even believe in God and even less in the apparitions, and then they ask help from the Gospa!"

February 10, 1982. Jakov and Vicka ask Our Lady many questions and She answers them. They relate that Our Lady loves the Creed and prefers it to other prayers. They say they have never seen Her happier than during this prayer. Our Lady's message: "Pray, pray! It is necessary to believe firmly, to go to confession regularly, and likewise to receive Holy Communion. It is the only salvation."

February 11, 1982. "Pray my angels, persevere! Do not let the enemy take possession of you in anything. Be courageous. Go in the peace of God, my angels. Good-bye."

February 12, 1982. "Be more calm, more poised. Do not take sides with other children. Be agreeable, well mannered, and pious!"

The visionaries relate that Our Lady prays with Her hands folded and, when She speaks, She spreads them and raises them toward Heaven.

February 13, 1982. For seminarians attending the apparition: "Through prayer, one obtains everything."

February 14, 1982. The visionaries are happy because four of them are together. "Be together like brothers and sisters, do not argue. Satan exists! He seeks only to destroy. With regard to you, pray and persevere in prayer. No one will be able to do anything against you."

February 16, 1982. "Satan only says, what he wants. He interferes in everything. You, my angels, be ready to endure everything. Here, many things will take place. Do not allow yourselves to be surprised by him."

February 19, 1982. Vicka's diary states that the visionaries ask Our Lady if they could pray the Hail Mary and She says yes. Our Lady smiled as they prayed but did not pray with them. Vicka writes that seeing Our Lady, Her beauty, is indescribable and she would do, whatever She asks. "Listen attentively at Holy Mass. Be well mannered. Do not chat during Holy Mass."

February 21, 1982. "Be together, do not argue, and do not be disorderly. My angels, I will make you attentive. I will guide you on a sure way."

February 23, 1982. The visionaries ask if someone is alive. "Do not ask me any more questions! I know, what there is in every sick person or, what there is within my power to help him. I will pray to my Son to put out His mercy on each one."

February 25, 1982. "Be persevering and courageous. Do not fear anything. Pray and do not pay attention to others."

Concerning Father Jozo: "Do not fear for him."

February 28, 1982. "Thank Tomislav very much for he is guiding you very well. Go in the peace of God, my angels!"

March 1, 1982. "May you all be happy and may my blessing accompany you at each step."

In response to the Yugoslavian authorities demand that the prayer meetings for the young people end: "It is better to temporarily suspend prayer meetings and those of meditation because of the authorities. Take them up later, when it will be possible."

March 2, 1982. Smiling at two large pictures of the Pope brought by a woman from Osijek, Our Lady said: "He is your father, my angels."

Our Lady began the Lord's Prayer, and on leaving said: "Open the door well, follow the mass well! Go in the peace of God, my angels! If you suffer for a just cause, blessings will be still more abundant for you."

March 4, 1982. Regarding a woman, who had no children: "Let her believe firmly. God, who comes to help everyone, will likewise help her. Be patient, my angels, do not be afraid of anything. I am at your side and guard you. If you have any problems, whatever it is, call me. I will come immediately and help you in advising you on best resolving the difficulty. Go in peace, my angles. Good-bye."

March 7, 1982. Regarding Ivan at the Seminary at Visoko: "He prays well; he is obedient. He follows my instructions."

March 8, 1982. Regarding a sixteen-year-old boy, who had disappeared for a week: "He left because of many troubles. He himself created some of the problems."

March 9, 1982. Regarding a young man from Hadromilje, who disappeared from his home: "He has serious problems. It is necessary to pray for him very much, my angels. The people are beginning to be converted. Prayer has been taken up again in the homes, where people had no longer prayed."

Beginning of April

Mirjana asked the Blessed Virgin, when she would like to be honoured. "I wish a feast for the Queen of Peace on the 25th of June, the anniversary of the first apparition."

April 11, 1982. (Easter Sunday)

Concerning the formation of prayer groups: "It is necessary, but not only here. Communities of prayer are necessary in all parishes."

April 21, 1982. A summary of Our Lady's messages, which the visionaries gave to Father Vlasic: "Be patient! Everything is developing according to God's plan. His promises will be realized. May one continue to pray, to do penance, and to be converted."

April 22, 1982. Concerning the luminous signs at the cross on Krizevac: "They are signs of God and not natural phenomena. S and T are signs of salvation.

April 24, 1982. Concerning, what needs to be done in order to have more cures: "Pray! Pray and believe firmly. Say the prayers, which have already been requested. (The Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary, and the Glory Be seven times each, and the Creed.) Do more penance."

May 2, 1982. "I have come to call the world to conversion for the last time. Afterwards, I will not appear any more on this earth."

May 6, 1982. Concerning putting the date and description of the sign in a sealed envelop and putting it in the archives: "No! I have entrusted that only to you. You will unveil it, when I will tell you. Many persons will not believe you, I know, and you will suffer very much for it. But you will endure everything and you will finally be the happiest."

May 13, 1982. Concerning the assassination attempt on the life of John Paul II: "His enemies have wanted to kill him, but I protected him."

Spring 1982. The Pastor at Izbicno has the visionaries ask concerning all of the signs in Herzegovina and Our Lady's appearing in, so many places: "It is God, who gives them. My children, have you not observed that faith began to extinguish it self? There are many, who do not come to church except through habit. It is necessary to awaken the faith. It is a gift from God. If it is necessary, I will appear in each home."

To Jakov, crying because he saw Vicka ill: "The cross is necessary because of the sins of the world."

June 23, 1982. Our Lady responses to questions asked by Father Tomislav Vlasic. Vicka asked the Gospa the questions for Father Tomislav. He reported the answers in the parish chronicle.

1. The most important thing is that you, the visionaries, remain united. Let peace be among you. Pay very close attention to that. Obey and do, what the priests and your parents tell you. Go often to Holy Mass and receive Communion. Be very attentive these days. Some dishonest people will come to you, in numbers, in order to tempt you. Be careful of your statements. These days I am expecting of you a very special discipline. Do not move around anywhere, or often, and do not separate from one another.

2. A number of those, who have been very enthusiastic, will cool off. But you my dear will persist and you will be proud of each of my words. Have the people pray very much. Have them pray more for salvation and only for salvation, because it is in prayer. And let the people be converted, so long as it is possible. There are many sins, vexations, curse words, lies, and other bad things. Let them be converted, go to confession, and receive Holy Communion.

3. Let them not print books on the apparitions before the anniversary has passed, because that could have some undesirable consequences.

4. You have asked me to keep good and faithful priests in this parish, who will continue the work. Do not be afraid of anything. This grace will be given to you. From priests, I do not demand anything other than prayer with perseverance and preaching. Let them be patient and wait for the promise of God.

Concerning the number of natures of the Holy Spirit:

5. He only has one nature, the Divine nature.

Concerning these apparitions being the last ones on earth:

6. These apparitions are the last in the world.

June 24, 1982. "Thank the people in my name for the prayers, the sacrifices, and the (acts of) penance. Have them persevere in prayer, fasting, and conversion and have them wait with patience for the realization of my promise. Everything is unfolding according to God's plan."

July 12, 1982. Concerning a third world war: "The third world war will not take place."

July 21, 1982. Concerning Purgatory: "There are many souls in Purgatory. There are also persons, who have been consecrated to God - some priests, some religious. Pray for their intentions, at least the Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary, and the Glory Be seven times each, and the Creed. I recommend it to you. There are a large number of souls, who have been in purgatory for a long time because no one prays for them."

Concerning Fasting: "The best fast is on bread and water. Through fasting and prayer, one can stop wars; one can suspend the laws of nature. Charity cannot replace fasting. Those, who are not able to fast can sometime replace it with prayer, charity, and a confession; but everyone, except the sick, must fast."

July 24, 1982. "You go to Heaven in full conscience: that, which you have now. At the moment of death, you are conscious of the separation of the body and soul. It is false to teach people that you are reborn many times and that you pass to different bodies. One is born only once. The body, drawn from the earth, decomposes after death. It never comes back to life again. Man receives a transfigured body."

Regarding a question asked about being bad all ones life and asking forgiveness: "Whoever has done very much evil during his life can go straight to Heaven if he confesses, is sorry for, what he has done, and receives Communion at the end of his life."

July 25, 1982. Concerning Hell: "Today many persons go to Hell. God allows His children to suffer in Hell due to the fact that they have committed grave, unpardonable sins. Those, who are in Hell no longer have a chance to know a lot better. " Other answers from Our Lady state that people, who commit grave sins live in Hell, while here on earth and continue this Hell in eternity. They actually go to Hell because they chose it in life and at the moment of death."

Concerning cures: "For the cure of the sick, it is important to say the following prayers: the Creed, and seven times each, The Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary, and the Glory Be, and to fast on bread and water. It is good to impose one's hands on the sick and to pray. It is good to anoint the sick with Holy oil. All priests do not have the gift of healing. In order to receive this gift, the priest must pray with perseverance and believe firmly."

August 6, 1982. The Transfiguration

Concerning Confession: "One must invite people to go to Confession each month, especially the first Saturday. Here, I have not spoken of it yet. I have invited people to frequent Confession. I will give you yet some concrete messages for our time. Be patient because the time has not yet come. Do, what I have told you. They are numerous, who do not observe it. Monthly Confession will be a remedy for the Church in the West. One must convey this message to the West."

That night, after the apparition, two luminary signs in the form of rays of light were displayed on the Cross-at Krizevac and on the Church. Ivan and the group of young people had been praying on the hill of Bijakovici. Before the sign appeared, Our Lady said: "Now I am going to give you a sign in order to strengthen your faith."

Many members of the prayer group saw this sign.

August 10, 1982. Our Lady told the visionaries that they could give out written information about certain things.

August 11, 1982. Our Lady scolded the visionaries for their conduct during the evening Mass. No special message was given.

August 15, 1982. Vicka and Ivanka were given a new secret during the seven-minute apparition. The others could not understand - only that a secret had been given.

August 16, 1982. Our Lady corrected the speed and quality of the prayers of those in Church as well as the visionaries.

During the apparition, Mirjana reports that she sees heavenly persons, such as Jesus, Mary, and the angels, in three dimensions (as another human person would have seen), and earthly people in two dimensions (as in a picture or photograph). She saw father Jozo or Ivan, who have been imprisoned because of their faith, as if in a motion picture and two-dimensional.

August 18, 1982. Concerning the sick, Mirjana reports: "Have them believe and pray; I cannot help him, who does not pray and does not sacrifice. The sick, just like those, who are in good health, must pray and fast for the sick. 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."

Concerning a planned marriage between a Catholic and an Orthodox: "In my eyes and in the sight of God, everything is equal. But for you, it is not the same thing because you are divided. If it is possible, it is better if she were not to marry this man because she will suffer and her children also. She will be able to live and follow only with difficulty, the way of her faith."

August 29, 1982. Concerning reports that the apparitions have divided the priests in Herzegovina: "I have not desired your division. On the contrary, I desire that you be united. Do not ignore the fact that I am the Queen of Peace. If you desire practical advice: I am the Mother, who has come from the people; I cannot do anything without the help of God. I, too, must pray like you. For this reason, I can only say to you: Pray, fast, do penance, and help the weak. I am sorry if my preceding answer was not agreeable to you. Perhaps you do not want to understand it."

August 31, 1982. "I do not dispose all graces. I receive from God, what I obtain through prayer. God has placed His complete trust in me. I particularly protect those, who have been consecrated to me. The great sign has been granted. It will appear independently of the conversion of the people."

September 4, 1982. "Jesus prefers that you address yourselves directly to Him rather than through an intermediary. In the meantime, if you wish to give yourselves completely to God and if you wish that I am your protector, you should confide to me all your intentions, your fasts, and your sacrifices, so that I can dispose of them according to the will of God."

September 26, 1982. Concerning a religious from Rome: "Have her strengthen the faith of those, who have been entrusted to her."

Concerning Father Robert Faricy and Fr. Forrest: "They are on the good path. Have them persist."

Concerning the Pope: "Have him consider himself the father of all mankind and not only of Christians. Have him spread untiringly and with courage the message of peace and love among all mankind."

October 1, 1982. "I am happy because you have begun to prepare the monthly observance of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. That will be good for the, whole world. Persevere in prayer. It is the true way, which leads you toward my Son."

November 4, 1982. Concerning the vision of Andja, from Mostar, of 13 people coming from the East and on another occasion, six persons: "It is a true vision. They were some souls of her close family of Purgatory. It is necessary to pray for them."

November 6, 1982. Concerning the eighth secret, Mirjana is frightened and prays to Our Lady for mercy on mankind: "I have prayed; the punishment has been softened. Repeated prayers and fasting reduce punishments from God, but it is not possible to avoid entirely the chastisement. Go on the streets of the city; count those, who glorify God and those, who offend Him. God can no longer endure that."

November 8, 1982. Concerning the necessity of writing to the Bishop and priests about asking the faithful to intensify their prayers or waiting for other events: "It is better to wait than to precipitate that."

November 15, 1982. Jakov asked Our Lady concerning Vicka's illness and the advisability of her being admitted to a hospital in Zagreb. He asked because Vicka would not ask, desiring it to be left to the will of God. "It is necessary to send Vicka to Zagreb."

December 18, 1982. Concerning responding to the Bishop of Mostar about his article concerning events in Medjugorje: "Yes, respond!"

December 20, 1982. Concerning the same article, the visionaries wanted to know the necessity of giving objective information to the faithful in Herzegovina. "No!"

Should the visionaries only pray with our Lady and the pilgrims ask their questions only to the priests? "Yes, it is better that the children pray with me and that the pilgrims ask the priests and look for solutions with them. Meanwhile, I will continue to answer the questions, which they ask me."

December 25, 1982. This is the information, which Mirjana gave to Father Tomislav on November 5, 1983. He conveyed this information to the Pope on December 16, 1983. Father Vlasic's letter was published in: "Is the Virgin Mary appearing at Medjugorje?"(Paris, 1984), with this introduction:

During the apparition of December 25, 1982, according to Mirjana, the Madonna confided to her the tenth and last secret, and revealed to her, the dates in, which the different secrets will be realized. The Blessed Virgin revealed to Mirjana some aspects of the future, up to this point, in greater detail than to the other seers. For this reason, I am reporting here, what Mirjana told me in a conversation of November 5, 1983. I summarized the essentials of her account, without literal quotation. Mirjana told me:

Before the visible sign is given to mankind, there will be three warnings to the world. The warnings will be in the form of events on earth. Mirjana will be a witness to them. Ten days before one of the admonitions, Mirjana will notify a priest of her choice. The witness of Mirjana will be a confirmation of the apparitions and a stimulus for the conversion of the world.

After the admonitions, the visible sign will appear on the site of the apparitions in Medjugorje for the entire world to see. The sign will be given as a testimony to the apparitions and in order to call people back to faith.

The ninth and tenth secrets are serious. They concern chastisement for the sins of the world. Punishment is inevitable, for we cannot expect the, whole world to be converted. Prayer and penance can diminish the punishment, but it cannot be eliminated. Mirjana says that one of the evils that threatened the world, the one contained in the seventh secret, has been averted thanks to prayer and fasting. That is, why the Blessed Virgin continues to encourage prayer and fasting: "You have forgotten that through prayer and fasting you can avert wars and suspend the laws of nature."

After the first admonition, the others will follow in a rather short time. Thus, people will have some time for conversion.

That interval will be a period of grace and conversion. After the visible sign appears, those, who are still alive will have little time for conversion. For that reason, the Blessed Virgin invites us to urgent conversion and reconciliation.

The invitation to prayer and penance is meant to avert evil and war, but most of all to save souls.

According to Mirjana, the events predicted by the Blessed Virgin are near. By virtue of this experience, Mirjana proclaims to the world: "Convert as quickly as possible. Open your hearts to God."

In addition to this basic message, Mirjana related an apparition she has in 1982, which we believe sheds some light on aspects of Church history. She spoke of an apparition in, which Satan appeared to her. Satan asked Mirjana to renounce the Madonna and follow him. That way she could be happy in love and in life. He said that following the Virgin, on the contrary, would only lead to suffering. Mirjana rejected him, and immediately the Virgin gave her the following message, in substance:

"Excuse me for this, but you must realize that Satan exists. One day he appeared before the throne of God and asked permission to submit the Church to a period of trial. God gave him permission to try the Church for one century. This century is under the power of the Devil, but, when the secrets confided to you come to pass, his power will be destroyed. Even now he is beginning to lose his power and has become aggressive. He is destroying marriages, creating division among priests and is responsible for obsessions and murder. You must protect yourselves against these things through fasting and prayer, especially community prayer. Carry blessed objects with you. Put them in your house, and restore the use of holy water."

December 24, 1982. For Mirjana: "On Christmas I will appear to you for the last time."

After this apparition, it was apparent that Mirjana was very sad. Mirjana stated that on Christmas day Our Lady would come to her again as a gift but would not be giving her daily apparitions. Mirjana was given the tenth secret, a particularly grave one. Our Lady promised to appear to Mirjana on her birthday, March 18, for the rest of her life.

December 25, 1982. Our Lady's apparition to Mirjana lasted 45 minutes. Mirjana states that she will always remember these words of Our Lady. "Now you will have to turn to God in the faith like any other person. I will appear to you on the day of your birthday and, when you will experience difficulties in life. 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 it all with courage. Think of me and think of the tears I must shed for that. You must remain courageous. You have quickly grasped the messages. You must also understand now that I have to go away. Be courageous."

Mirjana has said that Our Lady prepared her for this meeting for a month. In a motherly manner, Our Lady had explained that her task was accomplished and Mirjana had received sufficient information, while Mirjana felt that her conversations with Our Lady were, so necessary for her soul, Our Lady promised that as long as she remained close to God, She would help her and be beside her always, assisting her in her most difficult times. But now she must return to the normal everyday life of young girls her age.

This was Mirjana's saddest Christmas ever. This last meeting left her feeling as if she had lost the most beautiful thing in her life. Our Lady knew her pain and was there to cheer her up and to pray with her. Mirjana was asked to sing and praise God. Mirjana prayed the Hail Holy Queen; the prayer she always said, when she was alone with Our Lady.

As Our Lady has warned, the first month after this last apparition was most difficult. Mirjana experienced depression, avoided people, and shut herself in her room, where she had waited for Our Lady.

She cried and called out to Our Lady and did feel her presence. She waited for her birthday.

Many, who know Mirjana claim that since the apparitions stopped, she has become much more mature in her inner life as well as in her character. Our Lady has been the best of educators.

December 27, 1982. Concerning placing the new statue of Our Lady, Queen of Peace, in the church: "Yes, you may!"

This statue was sculpted by Vipotnik and painted by Luka Stojaknac and Florijan Mickovic. Luka is Orthodox and working on this statue has been a blessing for him.

December 31, 1982. Concerning the New Year: "Pray as much as possible and fast! You must persevere in prayer and fasting. I wish that the New Year would be spent in prayer and penance. Persevere in prayer and in sacrifice and I will protect you and will hear your prayers."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 1, 1983. (Holy Mary, Mother of God) 24.0pt;

Concerning Our Lady's appearances to Mirjana: "After Christmas, I am no longer appearing to her for the present."

January 5, 1983. Ivan, Jakov, Marija, and Vicka relate the following information to Father Tomislav: Marija has received seven secrets; Vicka has received eight; Jakov, Ivanka, and Ivan have received nine; and Mirjana has received all ten. As to how long the apparitions will last or, why Our Lady no longer appears to Mirjana after Christmas, we do not know. Our Lady constantly invites us to prayer, fasting, and conversion and she confirms her promises.

Regarding the time of the sign, it's month and year, Ivan says: "It is forecasted."

January 7, 1983. The visionaries are invited to record Our Lady's testimony as She begins to tell them her life; but, until they receive Her authorization, they will not be able to make this information public. Jakov will receive information until April; Ivanka until May 22; Marija until July 17; and for Vicka, this transmission lasted until April 10, 1985. and filled three notebooks.

January 10, 1983. Mirjana shared with Father Tomislav Vlasic that during the year and a half, that she had been receiving many apparitions, she had experienced the maternal love and intimacy of Our Lady and questioned Her, why God could, so "Mercilessly" send sinners to Hell forever. "Men, who go to Hell no longer want to receive any benefit from God. They do not repent nor do they cease to revolt and to blaspheme. They make up their mind to live in Hell and do not contemplate leaving it."

Regarding Purgatory: "In Purgatory there are different levels; the lowest is close to Hell and the highest gradually draws near to Heaven. It is not on All Souls Day, but at Christmas, that the greatest number of souls leaves Purgatory. There are in Purgatory, souls, who pray ardently to God, but for, whom no relative or friend prays on earth. God makes them benefit from the prayers of other people. It happens that God permits them to manifest themselves in different ways, close to their relatives on earth, in order to remind men of the existence of Purgatory and to solicit their prayers to come close to God, who is just, but good. The majority of people go to Purgatory. Many go to Hell. A small number go directly to Heaven."

January 12, 1983. There were present a U.S. television crew that was filming the events in Medjugorje. Fr. John Bertolucci was the narrator. The name of the television program was: "The Glory of God". Concerned about the police and the oppression still going on at that time, they were worried about getting the film out of the country. They were delighted and at the same time assured because Our Lady cleverly used their title in Her answer. "There will be some difficulties, but it will be for the glory of God."

April 21, 1983. To the visionaries especially Jakov concerning behaviour during Mass and around others: "You must behave well; be pious and set a good example for the faithful."

April 24, 1983. Message for an Italian doctor: "I bless him just as [I bless] those, who work with him at the hospital in Milan, for everything they are doing. Have them continue, and pray. I bless the sick of this hospital, just as the sick for, whom you have prayed this evening, and those for, whom you will pray."

June 1, 1983. "Dear children! I hoped that the world would begin to be converted on its own. Do now everything that you can, so that the world can be converted."

June 2, 1983. "Read, what has been written about Jesus. Meditate on it and convey it to others."

June 3, 1983. Concerning Father Tomislav Vlasic's attempt to form a prayer group, has it begun well? "Yes, it is good. Have him continue."

What should be done, so that the authorities will not send away the priests of the parish, who work with faith and love? "Pray and fast for this intention. I will tell you, when the moment comes, what you must do."

Should Father Tomislav ask the parish to fast and pray in hopes that the Church will recognize the supernatural events taking place in Medjugorje? "Yes it is a good way. Have the parish pray for this gift. Have them pray also for the gift of the Holy Spirit, so that all those, who come here will feel the presence of God."

June 12, 1983. Concerning, whether the priests should start new work around the church or ask permission from the authorities: "Do not begin the work until receiving permission from the authorities. Otherwise, someone will inform the latter and the works would be forbidden. Go, and kindly request the authorization. It will be given to you."

June 14, 1983. Concerning, what the priests should preach during the ten anniversary days of the first apparition: "Have them do, what they think is best. It would be good to remind the faithful of the events, which have been happening here in relation to my coming. Have them remind the faithful of the reasons for my coming here."

Spring 1983. "Hasten your conversion. Do not await the sign, which has been announced for those, who do not believe; it will be too late. You, who believe, be converted and deepen your faith."

June 24, 1983. "The sign will come, you must not worry about it. The only thing that I would want to tell you is to be converted. Make that known to all my children as quickly as possible. No pain, no suffering is too great for me in order to save you. I will pray to my Son not to punish the world; but I plead with you, be converted.

You cannot imagine, what is going to happen nor, what the Eternal Father will send to earth. That is, why you must be converted! Renounce everything. Do penance. Express my thanks to all my children, who have prayed and fasted. I carry all this to my Divine Son in order to obtain an alleviation of His justice against the sins of mankind.

I thank the people, who have prayed and fasted. Persevere and help me to convert the world."

June 26, 1983. "Love your enemies. Pray for them and bless them."

July 1, 1983. "I thank all those, who have responded to my call. I bless all of you. I bless each of you. In these days, I ask you to pray for my intentions."

July 1983. Regarding the problem with Bishop Zanic and the parish apparitions: "Fast two days a week for the intentions of the Bishop, who bears a heavy responsibility. If there is a need to, I will ask for a third day. Pray each day for the Bishop."

July 26, 1983. "Dear Children, today I would like to invite you to constant prayer and penance. Particularly, have the young people of the parish become more active in their prayer."

August 6, 1983. Jakov questions Our Lady concerning orders from the Bishop to have Father Pervan, the parish priest, stop the visionaries from saying the Rosary and The Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary, and the Glory Be the customary seven times at the beginning of prayer: "If it is so, then do not go against it, so as not to provoke any quarrels. If it is possible, expose it to tomorrow and talk about among yourselves. All of you come to an agreement beforehand."

August 12, 1983. "Pray more for your spiritual life. Do your utmost in this sense. Pray for your Bishop."

August 23, 1983. Concerning Canadian priest, Father Emilien Tardif: "Have him announce my messages to the, whole world. Let Jesus, only Jesus, be at the center of his efforts."

August 25, 1983. Concerning the arrest and expulsion of Father Tardif, Father Raucourt, and Dr. Phillippe Madre by the Yugoslavian authorities: "Do not worry for them. Everything is in God's plan."

August 29, 1983. Concerning a group of young people before they leave for their pilgrimage to Siroki Brijeg at a youth festival: "I wish that you pray throughout your trip, and that you glorify God. There, you will be able to meet other young people. Convey the messages, which I have given you. Do not hesitate to speak to them about it. Some begin to pray and to fast just as they have been told, but they get tired very quickly, and thus loose the graces, which they have acquired."

September 5, 1983. Concerning Jakov's mother, who died: "Your mother is with me in Heaven."

September 12, 1983. "Pray, when I give you this message, do not be content to just listen to it. Increase your prayer and see how it makes you happy. All graces are at your disposal. All you have to do is to gain them. In order to do that, I tell you - Pray!"

September 26, 1983. "My Son suffers very much because the world is not converting. May the world be converted and make peace."

October 15, 1983. "My Son suffers very much because men do not want to be reconciled. They have not listened to me. Be converted, be reconciled."

October 21, 1983. "The important thing is to pray to the Holy Spirit, so that He may descend on you, when one has Him, one has everything. People make a mistake, when they turn only to the saints to request something."

Advent

"Begin by calling on the Holy Spirit each day. The most important thing is to pray to the Holy Spirit, when the Holy Spirit descends on earth, then everything becomes clear and everything is transformed."

November 26, 1983. In answer to a question, Our Lady said: "Prayer and fasting."

November 30, 1983. To Marija, given for a priest: "You must warn the Bishop very soon, and the Pope, with respect to the urgent and the great importance of the message for all mankind. I have already said many times that the peace of the world is in a state of crisis. Become brothers among yourselves; increase prayer and fasting in order to be saved."

December 26, 1983. To Ivan regarding a question asked by Father Laurentin: "Our Lady prays for that. May he, who undertakes it, do it in prayer. It is there that he will find his inspiration."

1983. "I know that many will not believe you, and that many, who have an impassioned faith will cool off. You remain firm, and motivate people to instant prayer, penance, and conversion. At the end, you will be happier."

To the visionaries: "When you suffer difficulties, and need something, come to me."

Regarding cures: "I cannot cure. God alone makes all the cures. Pray! I will pray with you. Believe firmly. Fast, do penance. I will help you as long as it is in my power to do it. God comes to help everyone. I am not God. I need your sacrifices and your prayers to help me."

Regarding faith: "Faith cannot be alive without prayer."

Regarding the Mass: "The Mass is the greatest prayer of God. You will never be able to understand its greatness. That is, why you must be perfect and humble at Mass, and you should prepare yourselves there."

To a priest, who asks if it is preferable to pray to Our Lady or to Jesus: "I beseech you, Pray to Jesus! I am His Mother, and I intercede for you with Him. But all prayers go to Jesus. I will help, but everything does not depend solely on me, but also your strength, and the strength of those, who pray."

Regarding souls in Purgatory: "These persons wait for your prayers and your sacrifices."

Other topics: "The most beautiful prayer is the Creed. " "The most beautiful thing is to believe. " "All prayers are good, if they are said with faith."

"My Son wants to win all souls to Him, the Devil strives to obtain something. The Devil makes a great effort to infiltrate among you, at all costs."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. Weekly 1984. A new development took place in Medjugorje at the beginning of 1984. Our Lady told Jelena Vasilj that she wanted the parishioners of St. James Church to come together at the church for one evening a week, so that She could direct them in their spiritual life. The priests chose Thursday. From March 1, 1984. through January 8, 1987, Our Lady gave messages to the parish every Thursday. The messages come to the parish through the six seers and almost entirely through Marija Pavlovic. On January 8, 1987, Our Lady said that She would give messages monthly, on the 25th of each month.

January 1984. Advice to the pilgrims from Our Lady: " when you are in the room of apparitions or at the church, you should not preoccupy yourselves with taking pictures. Rather, you should use the time to pray to Jesus, especially in those moments of particular grace during the apparitions."

January 8, 1984. "My children; pray! I say it again, pray! I will say it to you again. Do not think that Jesus is going to manifest Himself again in the manger; friends, He is born again in your hearts."

Lent

"Do not be afraid for yourselves, you are already saved. Pray rather for those, who are in sin and, who do not believe."

March 1, 1984. "Dear children; I have chosen this parish in a special way and I wish to lead it. I am guarding it in love and I wish (";want) everyone to be mine. Thank you for your response this evening. I wish that you would always be in greater numbers with my Son and me. " "; (I shall speak a message to you every Thursday.) Thank you for your response to my call."

March 1, 1984. "Thursday (day of the Eucharist), may each one find his way to fast; he, who smokes, may abstain from smoking; he, who drinks alcohol, have him not drink. Have each one give up something, which is dear to him. Let these recommendations be conveyed to the parish."

March 8, 1984. "Thank you for your response to my call. Dear children, in this parish, start converting yourselves. In that way, all those, who come here, will be able to convert. Thank you for your response to my call."

March 14, 1984. "Pray and fast, so that the kingdom of God may come among you. Let my Son set you aglow with His fire."

March 15, 1984. "This evening, (tonight also) dear children, in a special way, I am grateful to you for being here. Adore continually the Most-Holy Sacrament. I am always present, when the faithful are in adoration. Special graces are then being received. Thank you for your response to my call. "(This day like every Thursday evening it was noticed that many men remained in the church for adoration, although they had worked hard in the fields.)

March 19, 1984. "Dear children, sympathize with me! Pray, pray, pray."

March 22, 1984. "Dear children: This evening I am asking you in a special way during this Lent to honour the wounds of my Son, which He received from the sins of this parish. Unite with my prayers for this parish, so that His suffering may become bearable. Thank you for your response to my call. Make an effort to come in greater numbers."

March 25, 1984. The Annunciation

"Rejoice with me and my angels because a part of my plan has already been realized. Many have been converted, but many do not want to be converted. Pray."

This was the 1000th apparition at Medjugorje, and after the above words, the Blessed Virgin sadly looked at the visionaries and cried.

March 28, 1984. "Many persons come here out of curiosity and not as pilgrims."

March 29, 1984. "Dear children; this evening, in a special way, I am asking (calling) for your perseverance in trials. Ponder (consider) how the Almighty is still suffering because of your sins. So, when sufferings come, offer them as your sacrifices to God. Thank you for your response to my call."

March 30, 1984. "I wish that your hearts would be united to mine, like my heart is united with that of my Son."

April 5, 1984. "Dear children; this evening I am especially asking you to venerate the Heart of my Son, Jesus. Make atonement (reparation) for the wounds inflicted to the Heart of my Son. That heart has been (is) offended with all sorts (kinds) of sin. Thank you for coming this evening."

April 5, 1984. "If you would be strong in the faith, Satan would not be able to do anything against you. Begin to walk the path of my messages. Be converted. Be converted. Be converted."

April 8, 1984. "I ask you to pray for the conversion of everyone. For that, I need your prayers."

April 12, 1984. "Dear children; this evening I ask you to stop slandering and pray for the unity of the parish because my Son and I have a special plan with this parish. Thank you for your response to my call."

April 19, 1984. "Dear children; Sympathize with me. Pray! Pray! Pray! April 22, 1984. Easter Sunday "We all rejoice in Heaven. Rejoice with us!"

April 24, 1984. Our Lady appeared very sad. With tears She said: "So many people, after they have begun to pray, to be converted, to fast, and to do penance here, quickly forget, when they return to their homes and to their bad habits."

To the priests of Medjugorje: "The information suffices. People already know enough. Tell them this place is a place of prayer. Pray as much as you can, pray however you can, but pray more always. Each of you could pray even four hours a day. But I know that many do not understand because they think only of living for their work."

Father Vlasic questions Our Lady concerning telling people to pray four hours a day and having them turn away. Our Lady then said: "Even you do not understand. It is hardly a sixth of your day."

April 26, 1984. Although this was Thursday Our Lady gave no message. Therefore, Marija surmised that Our Lady meant only to give the Thursday messages during Lent. However, on April 30, she asked Our Lady: "Dear Lady, why have you not given me a message for the parish on Thursday?" Our Lady replied: "Even though I had a special message for the parish to awaken the faith of every believer, I do not wish to force anyone to anything he doesn't feel or doesn't want. Only a very small number have accepted the messages on Thursdays. At the beginning there were more, but now it seems as if it has become something ordinary to them. And some have been asking recently for the message only out of curiosity and not out of faith and devotion to my Son and me."

May 10, 1984. Many believers were struck by the last message of Our Lady and thought She was not going to give the messages for the parish anymore, but this evening She said: "I am still speaking to you and I intend to continue. Just listen to my instructions."

May 17, 1984. "Dear children; Today I am very happy because there are many, who desire to devote themselves to me. I thank you! You have not made a mistake. My Son, Jesus Christ, wishes to bestow on you special graces through me. My Son is happy because of your dedication. Thank you, who have responded to my call."

May 24, 1984. "Dear children; I have told you already that I have chosen you in a special way, the way you are. I, Mother, love you all. And in any moment, when it is difficult for you, don't be afraid. I love you even, when you are far away from my Son and me. I ask you not to allow my heart to cry with tears of blood because of the souls, who are being lost in sin. Therefore, dear children, pray, pray, pray! Thank you for your response to my call."

May 31, 1984. "This was the Feast of the Ascension. There were many people from abroad. Our Lady gave no message. She told Marija she would give the message on Saturday, to be announced to the people on Sunday.

June 2, 1984. - Saturday, Novena of Pentecost: "Dear children; This evening I wish to say that in the days of this Novena, pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon all of your families and your parish. Pray and you shall not regret it. God shall give you the gifts and you shall glorify Him and them until the end or your life. Thank you for your response to my call."

June 9, 1984. "Last Thursday, again, Our Lady gave no message. She promised to give it this evening:" Dear children; I want you to pray for the Spirit of Truth tomorrow night. This is especially you from the parish. The Spirit of Truth is necessary for you in order to convey the messages just as I give them to you, not adding anything or taking anything away. Pray that the Holy Spirit inspires you with the Spirit of Prayer that you may pray more. I, as your Mother, say that you pray too little. Thank you for your response to my call."

June 13, 1984. "Dear children, I invite you to pray more, you and the entire parish, until the day of the anniversary. Let your prayer become a sign of offering to God. Dear children, I know that you are all tired. You do not know how to offer yourselves to me. Offer yourselves completely to me these days."

June 14, 1984: - No special message was given. June 21, 1984. "Pray! Pray! Pray! Thank you for your response to my call. "June 24, 1984. Third Anniversary

"My children, I thank you for each sacrifice that you have made during these days. Be converted, forgive each other: Fast - pray - pray and pray!"

June 25, 1984. "Thank you for all your sacrifices."

June 26, 1984. "When I say pray, pray, pray, I do not only want to say to increase the number of hours of prayer, but also to reinforce the desire for prayer, and to be in contact with God. Place yourself permanently in a state of spirit bathed in prayer."

July 5, 1984. "Dear children; Today I wish to tell you: Always pray before your work and end your work with prayer. If you do that, God will bless you and your work. These days you have been praying too little and working too much. Pray, therefore. In prayer you will find rest. Thank you for responding to my call."

July 12, 1984. "Dear children; these days Satan is trying to thwart all my plans. Pray that his plan may not be fulfilled. I will pray to my Son, Jesus, that He will give you the grace to experience His victory in Satan's temptations. Thank you for your response to my call."

July 16, 1984. "I pray for the priests and the parishioners, that no one may be troubled. I know the changes, which will take, place soon (in the parish clergy). At the time of the changes, I will be there. Also, do not be afraid; there will be in the future signs concerning sinners, unbelievers, alcoholics, and young people. They will accept me again."

July 19, 1984. "Dear children; these days you have been experiencing how Satan is working. I am always with you and do not be afraid of temptations. God is always watching over you. I have given myself up to you and I sympathize with you even in the smallest temptations. Thank you for your response to my call."

July 20, 1984. "Open your hearts to me, come close. Say in a loud voice your intentions and your prayers."

Our Lady was very attentive to the prayers of the visionaries. while praying for Bishop Zanic of Mostar, Her eyes welled up with tears and She says: "You are my little flowers. Continue to pray; my task is lighter because of it."

She then blessed the visionaries and the people with a crucifix and ascended back to Heaven crying.

July 26, 1984. "Dear children; Today, also, I would like to call you to persistent prayer and penance. Especially let the young people of this parish be more active in their prayer. Thank you for your response to my call."

August 2, 1984. "Dear children; Today I am happy and I thank you for your prayers. Pray more these days for the conversion of sinners. Thank you for your response to my call."

August 5, 1984. 2000th Birthday of Our Lady

For three days before the celebration of the second millennium of Mary's birthday, there was fasting and continuous prayer. Seventy priests without respite heard confessions; great numbers of people were converted.

"Never in my life have I cried with sorrow, as I have cried this evening with joy. Thank you!"

In anticipation of this day, Our Lady said: "The priests, who will hear confessions will have great joy on that day."

The visionaries say Our Lady was: "Very joyful" during these three days of fasting and continuous prayer and Our Lady repeated: "I am very happy! Continue. Continue. Continue to pray and to fast. Continue and make me happy each day."

Later, the priests involved related that never in their lives had they felt such joy in their hearts.

August 6, 1984. "Continue and make me happy each day."

August 11, 1984: Our Lady did not give a message last Thursday. This is, what she said to Marija this evening: "Dear children; Pray, because Satan is continually trying to thwart my plans. Pray with your heart and in prayer give yourselves up to Jesus."

August 11, 1984. "Dear children, pray, because Satan wishes to complicate my plans still further. Pray with the heart and surrender yourselves to Jesus in prayer."

August 14, 1984: This apparition was unexpected. Ivan was praying in his house and then started getting ready to go to church for the evening service, when Our Lady appeared to him and asked him to relate this message to the people: "I ask the people to pray with me these days. Pray all the more. Fast strictly on Wednesday and Friday. Say every day at least one Rosary: Joyful, sorrowful and glorious mysteries." "Our Lady asked the people to accept this message with a firm will. She asked this in a special way from the parishioners and believers of the surrounding places.

August 16, 1984. "Dear children; I beg all of you, especially those from this parish, to live my messages and relate them to, whomever you meet. Thank you for your response to my call."

August 23, 1984. "Pray! Pray! Pray!" Marija informed us that Our Lady had asked the people, especially, the young, to keep order in the church during Mass.

August 25, 1984. To Marija: "Wait for me September 13th; I will speak to you about the future."

August 30, 1984. "Dear children; the cross was in God's plan, when you built it. Especially these days go on the hill and pray at the foot of the cross. I need your prayers. Thank you for your response to my call."

August 31, 1984. "I love the cross, which you have providentially erected on Mount Krizevac very specially. Go there more often and pray."

September 6, 1984. "Dear children; without prayer there is no peace. Therefore, I say to you, dear children, pray at the foot of the cross for peace. Thank you for your response to my call."

September 13, 1984. "Dear children; I continually need your prayer. You wonder, what all these prayers are for. Turn around, dear children, and you will see how much ground sin has gained in this world. Therefore, pray that Jesus conquers. Thank you for your response to my call."

September 20, 1984. "Dear children; Today I ask you to start fasting from your heart. There are many people, who fast, but only because everyone else is fasting. It has become a custom, which no one wants to stop. I ask this parish to fast out of gratitude to God for allowing me to remain this long in this parish. Dear children, fast and pray with your heart. Thank you for your response to my call."

September 27, 1984. "Dear children; your prayer has helped my plans to be fulfilled. Pray continually for their complete fulfillment. I beg the families of the parish to pray the Family Rosary. Thank you for your response to my call."

October 4, 1984. "Dear children; Today I would like to tell you that your prayers delight me, but there are those in the parish, who do not pray and my heart is sad. Pray, therefore, that I may bring all your sacrifices and prayers to the Lord. Thank you for your response to my call."

October 8, 1984. "Dear children; Let all the prayers you say in your homes in the evening be for the conversion of sinners because the world is in great sin. Pray the Rosary every evening. "(This message was given to Jacov in his home. He did not go to church that day because he was ill.)

October 8, 1984. Because Jakov was sick, Our Lady appeared to him at his home.

"Dear children, all the prayers, which you recite in the evening in your homes, dedicate them to the conversion of sinners because the world is immersed in a great moral decay. Recite the rosary each evening."

October 11, 1984. "Dear children; Thank you for offering all your pains to God. Even now, He is testing you through the fruits, which you are reaping. Realize, dear children: That He loves you and for that reason He tests you. Always present your burdens to God and do not worry. "(The testing was a long rain in the middle of the reaping season, which caused great damage to the harvest.)

October 13, 1984. concerning the Marian Movement of Priests: "A message to you and to all those, who love me: Dear children, pray unceasingly and ask the Holy Spirit to inspire you always. Look only for the will of God: In everything that you ask and everything that you do, live according to your convictions and respect others."

October 18, 1984. "Dear children; Today I ask you to read the Bible in your homes every day and let it be in a visible place there, so that it always encourages you to read and pray. Thank you for your response to my call."

October 20, 1984. "When you pray you must feel more. Prayer is a conversation with God. To pray means to listen to God. Prayer is useful for you because after prayer everything is clear. Prayer makes one know happiness. Prayer can teach you how to cry. Prayer can teach you how to blossom. Prayer is not a joke. Prayer is a dialogue with God!"

October 24, 1984. "My dear children, I am, so happy to see you pray. Pray with me, so that God's plan may be realized thanks to your prayers and to mine. Pray more, and more intensely."

October 25, 1984. "Dear children; Pray during this month. God gave this month to me. I give it to you. Pray and ask for the graces of God. I will pray that He gives them to you. Thank you for your response to my call."

October 1984. "I would like to guide you spiritually, but I would not know how to help you if you are not open. It suffices for you to think, for example, where you were with your thoughts yesterday during Mass, when you go to Mass, your trip from home to church should be a time of preparation for Mass. You should also receive Holy Communion with an open and pure heart, with purity of heart, and with openness. Do not leave the church without an appropriate act of thanksgiving. I can only help you if you are accessible to my suggestions; I cannot help you if you are not open. The most important thing in the spiritual life is to ask for the gift of the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit comes, then peace will be established, when that occurs, everything changes around you. Things will change."

November 1, 1984. "Dear children; Today I call you to renewal of family prayer in your homes. The fieldwork is over. Now, let all of you be devoted to prayer. Let prayer take the first place in your families. Thank you for your response to my call."

November 8, 1984. "Dear children; you are not aware of the messages, which God is sending to you through me. He is giving you great graces and you are not grasping them. Pray to the Holy Spirit for enlightenment. If you only knew the greatness of the graces God was giving you, you would pray without ceasing. Thank you for your response to my call."

November 15, 1984. "You are a chosen people and God gave you great graces. You are not aware of every message I am giving you. Now I only wish to say: Pray, pray, pray! I do not know, what else to tell you because I love you and wish that, in prayer, you come to know my love and the love of God. Thank you for your response to my call."

November 22, 1984. "Dear children; these days, live all the main messages and continue to root them into your hearts this week. Thank you for your response to my call. "(This week is the end of one liturgical season and the beginning of Advent.)

November 29, 1984. "Dear children; you do not know how to love and you do not know how to listen with love to the words I am giving you. Be aware, my beloved, that I am your Mother and that I have come to the Earth to teach you how to listen out of love, how to pray out of love, and not out of compulsion of the cross you are carrying. Through the cross, God is being glorified in every man. Thank you for your response to my call."

December 6, 1984. "Dear children; these days I am calling you to family prayer. In God's name, many times, I have been giving you messages; but you do not listen. This Christmas will be unforgettable for you only if you accept the messages I am giving you. Dear children, do not allow the day of Joy to be a day of greatest sorrow for me. Thank you for your response to my call."

December 8, 1984. "I am very happy with your prayer. Continue on this way. "(This was the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Vicka had been taken to the hospital the night before to have an appendix operation. Ivan, Jakov and Ivanka were present.)

December 13, 1984. "Dear children; you know that the Day of Joy is coming near, but without love you will attain nothing. Therefore, first of all, start loving your family and everyone in the parish; then you will be able to love and accept all those, who are coming here. Let this week be the week of learning to love. Thank you for your response to my call."

December 17, 1984. Concerning Monsignor Franic, Archbishop of Split: "You will have to suffer more."

December 20, 1984. "Today I am asking you to do something practical for Jesus Christ. On the Day of Joy I wish that every family of the parish brought a flower as a sign of abandonment to Jesus. I wish that every member of the family should bring one flower next to the crib, so that Jesus can come and see your devotion to Him. Thank you for your response to my call."

December 21, 1984: Message for Christmas through Jelena Vasilj: "I wish that you be a flower, which will bloom on Christmas for Jesus. And you would be a flower, which will continue to bloom after Christmas is over. I wish that your hearts be shepherds to Jesus."

December 21, 1984. "Dear children! I would like each one of you to be like a flower, which is going to open at Christmas for Jesus, a flower, which does not cease to blossom after Christmas. Be the good shepherds of Jesus."

December 25, 1984. Although Our Lady did not give a message, She appeared carrying the Christ Child in Her arms.

December 27, 1984. "Dear children; This Christmas Satan wanted, in a special way, to thwart God's plans. You, dear children, have discerned Satan even on Christmas Day. But your hearts God has conquered. Let your hearts be continually joyful."

1984. In response to a question about Oriental meditations such as Zen and Transcendental: "Why do you call them meditations, when it deals with human works? The true meditation is a meeting with Jesus. when you discover joy, interior peace, you must know there is only one God, and only one Mediator, Jesus Christ."

Regarding prayer: "Your days will not be the same according to, whether you pray, or you do not pray."

Mirjana reports: "Tell the faithful that I need their prayers, and prayers from all the people. It is necessary to pray as much as possible and do penance because very few people have been converted up until now. There are many Christians, who live like pagans. There are always, so few true believers."

Jakov received a reproach from Our Lady because of his behaviour towards his friends at school. "You must love them all."

He responded that he did but that they are, so annoying to him. Our Lady said: "Then accept it as a sacrifice, and offer it."

Marija shares Our Lady's message with a group of seminarians from Zagreb and Djakovo, who attended an apparition: "Tell them, that with prayer, one obtains everything."

Mirjana asks Our Lady, why She received a young nun with open arms but kept Her hands joined before the others. "I will take with me very soon, all those to, whom I extended my arms."

To a nun regarding her brother, who had died in an accident: "I understand the question. He died in a state of grace. He needs Masses and prayers."

Mirjana reported this message to a close friend, a religious: "The hour has come, when the demon is authorized to act with all his force and power. The present hour is the hour of Satan."

"Many pretend to see Jesus and the Mother of God, and to understand their words, but they are, in fact, lying. It is a very grave sin, and it is necessary to pray very much for them."

"I am anxious for people to know, what is happening in Medjugorje. Speak about it, so that all will be converted."

By Mirjana Our Lady is questioned regarding Her insistence in saying: It presses me to. . . "When you will be in Heaven, you will understand, why I am, so pressed." Our Lady respond.

To the visionaries regarding the apparitions and their purpose: "Is it, after all, that I bore you? Everything passes exactly according to God's plan. Have patience; persevere in prayer and in penance. Everything happens in its own time."

Responding to the confusion of a Catholic Priest over the cure of an Orthodox child: "Tell this priest, tell everyone, that it is you, who are divided on earth. The Muslims and the Orthodox, for the same reason as Catholics, are equal before my Son and me. You are all my children. Certainly, all religions are not equal, but all men are equal before God, as St. Paul says. It does not suffice to belong to the Catholic Church to be saved, but it is necessary to respect the commandments of God in following one's conscience.

Those, who are not Catholics, are no less worthy creatures made in the image of God, and destined to rejoin someday, the House of the Father. Salvation is available to everyone, without exception. Only those, who refuse God deliberately, are condemned. To him, who has been given very little, little will be asked for. To, whoever has been given much (to Catholics), very much will be required. It is God alone, in His infinite justice, who determines the degree of responsibility and pronounces judgment."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 2, 1985. This apparition of Our Lady, surrounded by angels, took place at 11:30 p.m. on Cross Mountain: "I am very happy to have been able to come here for three years, thanks to the prayers of believers. Continue to pray this way. A part of my plan has been realized. God blesses in a special way all those, who are here. You do not immediately understand the reasons. Offer your prayers of thanksgiving for next week."

January 3, 1985. "Dear children; these days the Lord has granted you many graces. Let this week be a week of thanksgiving for all the graces God has granted you. Thank you for your response to my call."

January 9, 1985. "I thank the faithful for having come to church in very bad and cold weather."

January 10, 1985. "Dear children; Today I want to thank you for all your sacrifices. Especially, I thank those, who have become dear to my heart and have come here gladly. There are many parishioners, who are not listening to the messages. But, because of those, who are, in a special way, close to my heart, because of them, I give messages to the parish. And I will continue giving them for I love you and wish you to spread them by your hearts. Thank you for your response to my call."

January 14, 1985. "My dear children; Satan is, so strong that, with all his power, he wishes to disturb my plans, which I started with you. You pray, and only pray, and don't stop for one moment. And I will pray to my Son that all my plans are realized, which I started. Be patient and endure in prayers! And do not allow that Satan dishearten you. He has strong influence in the world. Be cautious!"(This message came through Vicka.)

January 14, 1985. "My dear children, Satan are strong. He wishes with all his strength to destroy my plans. Pray only, and do not stop doing it. I will also pray to my Son, so that all the plans that I have begun will be realized. Be patient and persevere in prayer. Do not permit Satan to take away your courage. He works very hard in the world. Be on your guard."

January 17, 1985. "In these days Satan is fighting deviously against this parish and you, dear children, are asleep in prayer and only some are going to Mass. Persevere in these days of temptation. Thank you for your response to my call."

January 24, 1985. "Dear children; these days you have savoured the sweetness of God through renewal in your parish. Satan is working even more violently to take away the joy from each of you. Through prayer you can totally disarm him and ensure your happiness. Thank you for your response to my call."

January 31, 1985. "Dear children; Today I wish to tell you to open your hearts to God like flowers in spring yearning for the sun. I am your Mother and I always want you to be closer to the Father, that He will always give abundant gifts to your hearts. Thank you for your response to my call."

February 3, 1985. "I wish for Father Slavko to stay here, to guide the life, and to assemble the good news, so that, when I leave, there will be a complete image of everything that has happened here. I am also praying now for Slavko and for all those, who work in this parish."

February 7, 1985. "Dear children; Satan is manifesting himself in this parish in a particular way these days. Pray, dear children, that God's plan is carried out and that every work of Satan is turned to the glory of God. I have remained this long to help you in your great trials. Thank you for your response to my call."

February 14, 1985. "Dear children; Today is the day, when I give you the message for this parish, but the, whole parish is not accepting the messages and does not live them. I am sad; and I wish you, dear children, to listen to me and to live my messages. Every family must pray family prayer and read the Bible. Thank you for your response to my call."

February 17, 1985. "Pray, dear children, so that God's plan may be accomplished, and all the works of Satan be changed in favour of the glory of God."

February 21, 1985. "Dear children; From day to day I have been appealing to you for renewal and prayer in the parish. But you are not accepting. Today I am appealing to you for the last time. This is the season of Lent; and you, as a parish in Lent, can be moved, for the sake of love, to my call. If you do not do that, I do not wish to give you the messages that God has permitted me to give. Thank you for your response to my call."

February 25, 1985. To Marija: "For next week I invite you to say these words: "I love God in everything". With love, one obtains everything. You can receive many things, even the most impossible. The Lord wishes all the parishes to surrender to Him, and I too, in Him, desire it. Each evening, make your examination of conscience, but only to give thanks in acknowledgment for everything that His love offers us at Medjugorje."

February 28, 1985. "Dear children; Today I call you to live the words this week: "I love God". Dear children, with love you will achieve everything, even, what you think is impossible. God wants this parish to belong to Him completely. And I want that too. Thank you for your response to my call."

February-March 1985. Our Lady was asked, what should be done about all the discussions and publications regarding Medjugorje and She responded: "See! Now I am there, in each family, in each home. I am everywhere because I love. Do the same. The world lives from love."

After singing a song three times, Our Lady said: "Excuse me for making you repeat, but I wish you to sing with the heart. You must really do everything with the heart."

Regarding the beginning of prayer: "One has to be already prepared. If there are some sins, one must pull them out, otherwise, one will not be able to enter into prayer. If one has concerns, he should submit them to God."

"You must not preoccupy yourselves during prayer. During prayer, you must not be preoccupied with your sins. Sins must remain behind."

"Dear children! You have always prayed that I not abandon you. Now I ask of you, in turn, not to abandon me. Especially during these days, Satan wants to disperse you. For that, pray very much these days. Dear children, I came again to thank you. You have not yet understood, what that means, to give joy to my heart. It is a very great thing. I ask you only to persevere in prayer. As long as you pray, I will have words for you. Good-bye, I thank you dear children. My love for you is unlimited; be happy with me, because I am happy with you."

March 7, 1985. "Dear children; Today I invite you to renew prayer in your families. Dear children, encourage the very young to pray and to go to the Holy Mass. Thank you for your response to my call."

March 9, 1985. "You can receive a grace immediately, or in a month, or in ten years. I do not need The Lord's Prayer said a hundred or two hundred times. It is better to pray only one, but with a desire to encounter God. You should do everything out of love. Accept all annoyances, all difficulties, everything, with love. Dedicate yourselves to love."

March 13, 1985. This message was given to Vicka as a warning that she not makes the same mistake as Ivan. Ivan had been persuaded to write down information concerning the sign and seal it in an envelope, which was not to have been opened; however, it was and caused a stir. "Pray, pray, pray! It is only with prayer that you will be able to avoid Ivan's error. He should not have written; and after that, he had to clearly acknowledge it, so as not to plant any doubts."

March 14, 1985. "Dear children; in your life you have all experienced light and darkness. God gives to each person: "Knowledge of good and evil."I am calling you to the light, which you have to carry to all people, who are in darkness. From day to day, people, who are in darkness come to your homes. Give them, dear children, the light. Thank you for your response to my call."

March 18, 1985. To Marija: "The Rosary is not an ornament for the home, as one often times limits himself to using it. Tell everyone to pray it."

"Right now many are greatly seeking money, not only in the parish, but in the, whole world. Woe to those, who seek to take everything from those, who come, and blessed are those from, whom they take everything."

"May the priests help you because I have entrusted to you a heavy burden, and I suffer from your difficulties.
Ivan did not make a big mistake. I have sufficiently reprimanded him for the error. It is not necessary to scold him anymore."

March 21, 1985. "Dear children; I want to give you the messages and, therefore, today also I call you to live and accept my messages. Dear children, I love you; and in a special way, I have chosen this parish, which is more dear do me than others, where I have gladly been, when the Almighty sent me. Therefore, I call to you to accept me, dear children, for your well being. Follow the messages. Thank you for your response to my call."

March 24, 1985. "Today I wish to call you all to confession, even if you confessed a few days ago. I wish that you all should experience my feast day within yourselves. But you cannot experience it unless you abandon yourselves completely to God. Therefore, I am inviting you all to reconciliation with God!"

March 25, 1985. The Annunciation. "Through my joy and the joy of this people, I say to all of you this evening, I love you and I wish you well."

March 28, 1985. "Dear children; Today I want to call you to pray, pray, pray! In prayer you will come to know the greatest joy and the way out of every situation that has no way out. Thank you for moving ahead in prayer. Every individual is dear to my heart. And I thank all of you, who have rekindled prayer in your families. Thank you for your response to my call."

April 4, 1985/HOLY THURSDAY: Dear children, I thank you because you begin to think of the glory of God in your hearts. Today is the day, when I wanted to stop giving messages because some individuals did not accept me. The parish has responded; and I wish to continue giving you the messages, like never before in history since the beginning of time. Thank you for your response to my call."

April 5. 1985. GOOD FRIDAY: "You, the parishioners, have a great and heavy cross. But do not be afraid to carry it. My Son is with you and He will help you. Thank you for your response to my call."

April 5, 1985. Good Friday. To Ivanka: "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."

April 11, 1985. "Dear children; Today I wish to say to everyone in the parish to pray in a special way for the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit. From today, God wants to try the parish in a special way in order that He might strengthen it in faith. Thank you for your response to my call."

April 11, 1985. - September 1987. The Closing of the Chapel

In a letter dated March 25, Bishop Zanic ordered that the Church and all contiguous rooms would be forbidden to use for the apparitions. They now begin taking place in a bedroom in the rectory.

April 15, 1985. "You must begin to work in your hearts as you work in the field. Work will change your hearts, so that the new spirit of God can dwell there."

April 18, 1985. "Dear children; Today I thank you for every opening of your hearts. Joy overwhelms me for every heart that opens to God, especially in the parish. Rejoice with me. Pray all the prayers for opening the sinful hearts. I want this. God wants this through me. Thank you for your response to my call."

April 25, 1985. "Dear children; Today I want to tell you to begin to work in your hearts as you work in the fields. Work and change your hearts, so that the Spirit of God will move into your hearts. Thank you for your response to my call."

May 2, 1985. "Dear children; Today I invite you to prayer in the heart and not only by habit. Some are coming but do not move in prayer. Therefore, I beg you, as a Mother, pray, that prayer prevails in your heart in every moment. Thank you for your response to my call."

May 7, 1985. For at least an hour, Our Lady and two angels appeared to Ivanka at her home. More beautiful than ever, She asked Ivanka, what she wished and approved of her request to see her mother. The mother of Ivanka soon appeared. Smiling, she embraced Ivanka, told her how proud she was of her, and embraced her again before she disappeared. During this apparition Our Lady said:

"My dear child, today is our last meeting, do not be sad. I will return to see you at each anniversary of the first apparition (June 25), beginning next year. Dear child, do not think that you have done anything bad, and this would be the reason, why I'm not returning near to you. No, it is not that. With all your heart you have accepted the plans, which my Son and I formulated, and you have accomplished everything. No one in the world has had the grace, which you, your brothers, and sisters have received. Be happy because I am your Mother and I love you from the bottom of my heart. Ivanka! I thank you for the response to the call of my Son. Thank you for persevering and remaining always with Him as long as He will ask you. Dear child, tell all your friends that my Son and I are always with them, when they call on us. what I have told you during these years on the secrets, do not speak to anyone about them? Go in the peace of God."

May 9, 1985. "Dear children: You do not know how many graces God is giving you these days, when the Holy Spirit is working in a special way. You do not want to advance. Your hearts are turned towards earthly things and they occupy you. Turn your hearts to prayer and ask that the Holy Spirit be poured upon you. Thank you for your response to my call."

May 16, 1985. "Dear children; I am calling you to more attentive prayer and more participation in the Mass. I wish you to experience God within yourselves at Mass. I wish to say to the youth especially, be open to the Holy Spirit because God wants to draw you to Himself these days, when Satan is active. Thank you for your response to my call."

May 23, 1985. "Dear children; open your hearts to the Holy Spirit in a special way these days. The Holy Spirit is working in a special way through you. Open your hearts and give your lives to Jesus, so that He will work through your hearts and strengthen you. Thank you for your response to my call."

May 30 1985. "I am calling you again to prayer of the heart. Let prayer, dear children, be your every-day food. In a special way now, when work in the fields is exhausting you, you cannot pray with your heart. Pray and you will overcome all tiredness. Prayer will be your happiness and rest. Thank you for your response to my call."

June 6, 1985. "Dear children; in these days many people of all nationalities will come to the parish. And now I am telling you to love. Love, first of all, the members of your own family and then you might be able to accept, in love, all those, who are coming."

June 13, 1985. "Dear children; until the Anniversary day I am calling you, you in the parish, to pray more. Let your prayer be a sign of your surrender to God. Dear children, I know about your tiredness. But you don't know how to surrender yourselves to me. These days surrender your selves to me completely. Thank you for your response to my call.

June 20, 1985. "Dear children; I wish on this Feast Day for you to open your hearts to the Lord of all hearts. Give me all your feelings and all your problems. I wish to console you in all your temptations. I wish to fill you with peace, joy and love of God. Thank you for your response to my call."

June 25, 1985. "Dear children; I ask 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. Marija asked: "Our Lady, what do you wish to say to the priests?" Our Lady replied: "Let all priests pray the Rosary. Give time to the Rosary."

June 25, 1985. Fourth Anniversary

Marija asks, what Our Lady wants from the priests: "I urge you to ask everyone to pray the Rosary. With the Rosary you will overcome all your troubles, which Satan is trying to inflict on the Catholic Church. Let all priests pray the Rosary. Give time to the Rosary."

June 27, 1985. "Dear children; Today I give you the message through, which I am calling you to humility. These days you have felt great joy because of all the people, who are coming and you have spoken about your experiences with love. Now I call you to continue in humility and with an open heart to speak to all those, who are coming. Thank you for your response to my call."

July 1, 1985. "I thank all those, who have responded to my call. I bless all of you! I bless each of you! These days, I ask you to pray for my intentions. Go in the peace of God."

July 4, 1985. "Dear children; Thank you for every sacrifice you have offered. Now I urge you to offer every sacrifice with love. I desire that you, who are helpless, begin with trust. The Lord will give to you always if you trust."

July 11, 1985. "Dear children; I love this parish and I protect it with my mantle from every work of Satan. Pray that Satan flees from the parish and from every individual, who comes to this parish. In that way, you will be able to hear every call and answer it with your life. Thank you for your response to my call."

July 18, 1985. "Dear children; Today I am begging you to put more blessed objects in your homes, and that every person should carry blessed objects on himself. Let everything be blessed, so that Satan will tempt you less because you are armed against him. Thank you for your response to my call."

July 25, 1985. "Dear children; I want to shepherd you, but you do not want to obey my messages. Today I call you to obey my messages and then you will be able to live everything that God tells me to relate to you. Open yourselves to God and God will work through you and give you everything you need. Thank you for your response to my call."

August 1, 1985. "Dear children; I wish to tell you that I have chosen this parish. I guard it in my hands as a little flower that doesn't want to die. I am begging you to give yourselves to me, so that I can offer you as a gift to God, fresh and without sin. Satan has taken one part of the plan and wants to possess it. Pray that he does not succeed because I desire to have you for myself, so I can offer you to God. Thank you for your response to my call."

August 5, 1985. Our Lady appeared dressed in golden splendour and was indescribable. She said to Ivan: "Praised be Jesus Christ. My children, I'm happy to be with you this evening and to see you, so numerous. I bless you with a special blessing. Make progress in holiness through the messages, I will help you. Give your utmost and we will go together, sensitive to the sweetness of life, light, and joy. Go in the peace of God, my children, my little children."

August 8, 1985. "Dear children; Today I am calling you to pray against Satan in a special way. Satan wants to work more now that you know he is active. Dear children, dress up in clothes of armour against Satan. With Rosaries in your hands, you will conquer. Thank you for your response to my call."

August 14, 1985. To Ivan: "Observe the complete fasts, Wednesdays and Fridays. Pray at least an entire Rosary: Joyous, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries."

August 15, 1985. "Dear children; Today I bless you and I wish to tell you I love you. I appeal to you in this moment to live my messages. Today I bless you with a solemn blessing, which the Almighty grants me. Thank you for your response to my call."

August 15, 1985. To Mirjana: "My angel, pray for unbelievers. People will tear their hair, brothers will plead with brothers, they will curse their past lives lived without God. They will repent, but it will be too late. Now is the time for conversion. I have been exhorting you for the past four years. Pray for them. Invite everyone to pray the Rosary."

August 22, 1985. "Dear children; Today I wish to tell you that God wants to send you tests, which you can overcome with prayer. God is testing you through your every day work. Now pray that you will overcome every temptation peacefully. Come through every test from God more open to Him, and come to Him with love. Thank you for your response to my call."

August 29, 1985. "Dear children I invite you to prayer, especially now, when Satan wants to use the harvest of your vineyards. Pray that Satan does not succeed in his plan. Thank you for your response to my call."

September 5, 1985. "Dear children; Today I thank you for all your prayers. Pray continuously and more, so that Satan will be far from this place. Dear children, the plan of Satan have been destroyed. Pray that every plan of God will be realized in this parish. I thank, especially, the youth for the sacrifices that they have offered. Thank you for your response to my call."

September 10, 1985. Regarding temptations from the devil: "With respect to sin, it suffices to give it serious consideration, and soon, move ahead and correct the sin.

Your humility must be proud (high minded). Your pride should be humble.

If you have received a gift from God, you must be proud but do not say that it is yours. Say, rather, that it is God's."

September 12, 1985. "Dear children; I wish to tell you these days to put the Cross at the center of your life. Pray especially before the Cross-from, which great graces are coming. Now, in your homes, make a special consecration to the Cross-of the Lord. Promise that you will not offend Jesus and that you will not insult Him or the Cross. Thank you for your response to my call."

September 19, 1985. "Dear children; Today I am calling you to live in humility all the messages I give you. Dear children, do not glorify yourselves, when living the messages by saying: "I live the messages". If you carry the messages in your heart and live them everyone will realize this; so, there is no need for words, which serve only those, who do not hear. For you, it is not necessary to speak. For you, my dear children, it is necessary to live and witness by your lives. Thank you for your response to my call."

September 26, 1985: Our Lady: "Dear children; Thank you for all the prayers. Thank you for all the sacrifices. I wish to tell you, dear children, to renew the messages, which I am giving you. You should especially live the fasting because, with fasting, you will bring happiness, for the, whole plan, which is God plans here in Medjugorje, to be realized. Thank you for your response to my call."

September 1985. To Marija: "I have given you my love, so that you may give it to others."

October 3, 1985. "Dear children; I want to say to you, be thankful to God for every grace that God gave you and for all the fruit. Be thankful to the Lord and praise Him. Dear children, learn to be thankful in little things and then you will be able to be thankful in great things. Thank you for your response to my call."

October 8, 1985. "Those, who say: "I do not believe in God", how difficult it will be for them, when they approach the Throne of God and hear the voice: "Enter into Hell"."

October 10, 1985. "Dear children; Today I want to call you to live the messages in this parish. I especially want to call the young people of this parish because this parish is beloved to me. Dear children, if you are living the messages, you will live the seed of holiness. As a Mother, I want to call all of you to holiness, so that you may give it to others because you are like a mirror for the people. Thank you for your response to my call."

October 17, 1985. "Dear children; everything has its time. Today, I invite you to start working on your hearts. All the work in the fields is finished. You find time to clean the least important places but you left your hearts aside. Work more, and with love, clean every part of your hearts. Thank you for your response to my call."

October 24, 1985. "Dear children; I want to dress you from day to day in holiness, goodness, obedience, and love of God, so that from day to day you can be better prepared for your Lord. Dear children, listen to my messages and live them. I desire to lead you. Thank you for your response to my call."

October 25, 1985. To Mirjana concerning unbelievers: "They are my children. I suffer because of them. They do not know, what awaits them. You must pray more for them."

Our Lady showed Mirjana the first secret - the earth was desolate: "It is the upheaval of a region of the world. In the world there are, so many sins. what can I do, if you do not help me! Remember that I love you. God does not have a hard heart. Look around you and see, what men do, then you will no longer say that God has a hard heart. How many people come to church, to the house of God, with respect, a strong faith, and love God? Very few! Here you have a time of grace and conversion. It is necessary to use it well."

Three days before the event takes place, Mirjana chose Father Pero Ljubicic to reveal the first three warnings to the world. Mirjana received a parchment from Our Lady, which contains the ten secrets. Father Pero will be asked to read it from it at the proper time. However, he will only see the first secret. Then, at the proper time he will see and be able to read the second, then the third, etc. according to the schedule of Heaven.

"Pray very much for Father Pero, to, whom I send a special blessing. I am a mother that is, why I come. You must not fear for I am here."

October 31, 1985. "Dear children; Today I wish to call you to work in the Church. I do love you equally. I want you to work as much as you can in the Church. I know, dear children that you can work but you do not want to work because you feel that you are unworthy of the duties. You have to be courageous. With the little flowers, you enrich the Church and Jesus, so that we all can be happy. Thank you for your response to my call."

November 7, 1985. "Dear children; I am calling you to love your neighbours and love those people from, whom the evil is coming to you; and so, in the power of love, you will be able to judge the intentions of heart. Pray and love, dear children. In the power of love you can do even those things that seem impossible to you. Thank you for your response to my call."

November 14, 1985. "Dear children; I, your Mother, love you; and I wish to urge you to prayer. Dear children, I am tireless; and I call you even, when you are far away from my heart. I feel pain for everyone, who has gone astray. But, I am a Mother and I forgive easily; and I rejoice for every child, who comes back to me! Thank you for your response to my call."

November 16, 1985. After an hour of prayers of petition, Our Lady says: "Have you forgotten that you are in my hands?"

November 21, 1985. "Dear children; I wish to tell you that this time is special for you, who are from the parish. In the summer you say that you have a lot of work to do. Now, when there is no work in the fields, work on yourselves personally. Come to the Mass because this time has been given to you. Dear children, there are many of those, who come regularly in spite of bad weather because they love me and they wish to show their love in a special way. I ask you to show me your love by coming to the Mass and the Lord will reward you abundantly. Thank you for your response to my call."

November 28, 1985. "Dear children; I want to give thanks to all for that, which they have done for me, especially the young ones. I beg you, dear children, to come to prayer consciously and, in prayer, you will know the majesty of God. Thank you for your response to my call."

December 4, 1985. Marija questions Our Lady regarding discernment sought by Gianni Sgreva, an Italian with Passions, who was inspired to found a "Community of Consecrated", on the message of Medjugorje: "I prefer to answer him personally" This community opened on May 18, 1987.

December 5, 1985. "Dear children; I call you to prepare yourselves for Christmas by penance, prayer and works of charity. Don't look at the material, because then you will not be able to experience Christmas. Thank you for your response to my call."

December 12, 1985. "Dear children; For Christmas I invite you to give glory to Jesus together with me. I will give Him to you in a special way on that day, and I invite you on that day to give glory and praise with me to Jesus at His birth. Dear children, pray more on that day and think more about Jesus. Thank you for your response to my call."

December 19, 1985. "Dear children; I want to invite you to love your neighbour. If you love your neighbour, you will experience Jesus love more, especially on Christmas Day. God will give you a great gift if you abandon yourself to Him. I want to give to mothers, in particular on Christmas Day, my maternal blessing; and Jesus will bless all others with His blessing. Thank you for your response to my call."

December 26, 1985. "Dear children; I want to thank all of you, who have listened to my messages and, who have lived, on Christmas Day, what I have told you. I want to guide you. Put aside now from your sins. From now on, go forward in love. Abandon your heart to me. Thank you for your response to my call."

(On Christmas Day, Mary appeared with the Baby Jesus.)

1985. "Let the faithful meditate each day on the life of Jesus, while praying the rosary."

"Every prayer, which comes from the heart, is agreeable to God."

"You do not celebrate the Eucharist, as you should. If you would know, what grace, and, what gifts you receive, you would prepare yourselves for it each day, for an hour at least. You should go to confession once a month. You should consecrate three days to reconciliation, each month: the first Friday of the month, followed by Saturday, and Sunday."

In Medjugorje, the following has been established: an hour of adoration before the Most Blessed Sacrament on each Thursday; an hour of devotion before the crucifix with prayers for sinners on each Friday; and two late evening (10:30p.m.) Adoration Services on Wednesday and Saturday nights.

A sculptor was asked to do a statue of the Blessed Mother and he said: "Only if Our Lady wants it", when the visionaries asked Our Lady about this, She said: "Do one of Jesus instead, but be inspired by the words:
"COME TO ME ALL, WHO ARE WEARY"."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 2, 1986. "Dear children; I invite you to decide completely for God. I beg you, dear children, to surrender yourselves completely and you will be able to live everything I say to you. It will not be difficult for you to surrender yourselves completely to God. Thank you for your response to my call."

January 6, 1986. To Vicka: "If you agree to it, I will not appear to you anymore for 50 days." Vicka agreed to this.

January 9, 1986. "Dear children; I invite you to prayer, so that, with your prayers, you will help Jesus to realize all of His plans. By offerings and sacrifices to Jesus everything that is planned will be fulfilled. Satan cannot do anything. Thank you for your response to my call."

January 16, 1986. "Dear children; I invite you to pray. I need your prayers, so much in order that God may be glorified through all of you. Dear children, I beg of you to listen and to live your Mother's call. I am calling you, by reason of my love, so that I can help you. Thank you for your response to my call."

January 23, 1986. "Dear children; Again, I invite you to prayer of the heart. If you pray from your heart, dear children, the ice-cold hearts of your brothers will be melted and every barrier will disappear. Those, who want it, will easily achieve conversion. You must intercede for this gift for your neighbours. Thank you for your response to my call."

January 30, 1986. "Dear children; Today I invite all of you to pray in order that God's plan with you and all that God wills through you may be realized. Help others to be converted, especially those, who are coming to Medjugorje. Dear children, do not allow Satan to reign in your hearts. Do not be an image of Satan, but be my image. I am calling you to pray, so that you may be witnesses of my presence. God cannot fulfill His will without you. God gave everyone free will and it is up to you to be disposed. Thank you for your response to my call."

February 6, 1986. "Dear children; this parish is selected by me and is special. It is different from others, and I am giving great graces to all, who are praying from their hearts. Dear children, I am giving you my messages, first of all for the parish and, then, for all others, who will accept them. You will be responsible to me and to my Son, Jesus. Thank you for your response to my call."

February 13, 1986. "Dear children; This Lent is a special incentive for you to change. Start from this moment. Turn off the television and renounce other things, which are useless. Dear children, I am calling you, individually, to convert. This time is for you. Thank you for your response to my call."

February 27, 1986. "Dear children; be humble. Live in humility. Thank you for your response to my call."

March 6, 1986. "Dear children; Today I am calling you to open yourselves more to God, so that He can work through you. For, as much as you open yourselves, you will receive the fruits from it. I wish to call you again to prayer. Thank you for your response to my call."

March 13, 1986. "Dear children; Today I am calling you to live this Lent with your little sacrifices. Thank you for every sacrifice you have brought me. Dear children, live in such a way continuously, and with love. Help me to bring offerings of your sacrifices to God, for, which He will reward you. Thank you for your response to my call."

March 20, 1986. "Dear children; I am calling you to an active approach to prayer. You wish to live everything I am telling you, but you do not have results from your efforts because you do not pray. Dear children, I beg you to open yourselves and begin to pray. Prayer will be joy. If you begin, it will not be boring because you will pray out of pure joy. Thank you for your response to my call."

March 24, 1986. To the Prayer Group: "Dear children, receive all that the Lord offers you. Do not have your hands paralyzed and do not repeat, "Jesus, give me". But open your hands, and take everything that the Lord offers you."

March 25, 1986. The Annunciation

"Today, before God, I say my "Fiat" for all of you. I repeat it: I say my "Fiat" for all of you."

"Dear children, pray, so that in the, whole world may come the Kingdom of Love. How mankind would be happy if love reigned!"

March 27, 1986. "Dear children; I wish to thank you for your sacrifices and invite you to the greatest sacrifice, the sacrifice of love. Without love, you are not able to accept my Son or me. Without love, you cannot witness your experience to others. That is, why I invite you, dear children, to begin to live the love in your hearts. Thank you for your response to my call."

April 3, 1986. "Dear children; I wish to call you to live the Holy Mass. There are many of you, who have experienced the beauty of the Mass, but there are some, who come unwillingly. I have chosen you, dear children; and Jesus is giving you His graces in the Holy Mass. Therefore, consciously live the Holy Mass. Let every coming to Holy Mass be joyful. Come with love and accept the Holy Mass. Thank you for your response to my call."

April 10, 1986. "Dear children; I wish to call you to grow in love. A flower cannot grow without water. Neither can you grow without God's blessings. You should pray for blessings from day to day, so that you can grow up normally and carry out your activities with God. Thank you for your response to my call."

April 17, 1986. "Dear children; Now you are preoccupied about material things and, in the material, you lose everything that God wants to give you. I am inviting you, dear children, to pray for the gifts of the Holy Spirit that you need now in order that you may witness my presence here and in everything I am giving you. Dear children, abandon yourselves to me, so that I can lead you totally. Do not be, so preoccupied about the material things of the world. Thank you for your response to my call."

April 17, 1986. To the prayer group, which questioned Our Lady's advice regarding watching television programs and reading newspapers as too difficult: "If you look at the programs, if you look at the newspapers, your heads are filled with news, then there is no longer any place for me in your hearts.

Pray. Fast. Let God act!

Pray for the gift of love, for the gift of faith, for the gift of prayer, for the gift of fasting."

April 24, 1986. "Dear children; Today I am calling you to prayer. You are forgetting that everyone is important, especially the elderly in the family. Incite them to pray. Let all the youth be an example by their lives and testify for Jesus. Dear children, I beg you to start transforming yourselves through prayer and then you will know, what you have to do. Thank you for your response to my call."

April 28, 1986. (approximate)

To the prayer group: "I give you the best that I can give anyone. I give myself and my Son."

May 1, 1986. "Dear children; I ask you to begin to change your life in your families. Let your family be a harmonious flower, which I wish to give to Jesus. Dear children, every family should be active in prayer. It is my wish that the fruits of prayer will be seen one day in the family. Only in that way will I give you as petals to Jesus in fulfillment of God's plan. Thank you for your response to my call."

May 3, 1986. For Maria's prayer group: "Dear children, seek to make your hearts happy through means of prayer. Dear children, be the joy for all mankind, be the hope of mankind. You will only be able to obtain it through the means of prayer. Pray, pray!"

May 8, 1986. "Dear children; you are responsible for the messages. The source of grace is here, but you, dear children, are the vehicles transmitting the gifts. Therefore, dear children, I am calling you to work responsibly. Everyone will be responsible according to his own measure. Dear children, I am calling you to give the gift to others with love and not to keep it for yourselves. Thank you for your response to my call."

May 12, 1986. To the prayer group: "You will be happy if you do not judge yourselves according to your faults, but if you understand that in your faults even graces are offered to you."

May 15, 1986. "Dear children; Today I am calling you to give me your heart, so I can change it to be like mine. You are asking yourselves, dear children, why you cannot respond to, what I am asking from you. You cannot, because you have not given me your heart, so I can change it. You are seeking, but you are not acting. I call you to do everything I tell you. In that way, I will be with you. Thank you for your response to my call."

May 22, 1986. "Dear children; Today I will give you my love. You don't know, dear children, how great is my love and you don't know how to accept it. In many ways, I wish to express it; but you, dear children, do not recognize it. You don't comprehend my words by your heart and, so, you are not able to accept all I am saying to you and all I am calling you for. Thank you for your response to my call."

May 29, 1986. "Dear children; Today I am calling you to a life of love toward God and your neighbour. Without love, dear children, you cannot do anything. Therefore, dear children, I am calling you to live in mutual love. Only in that way can you love me and accept everyone around you. Through coming to your parish, everyone will feel my love through you. Therefore, today I beg you to start with the burning love with, which I love you. Thank you for your response to my call."

June 5, 1986. "Dear children; Today I am calling you to decide if you wish to live the messages I am giving you. I wish you to be active in living and transmitting the messages. Especially, dear children, I desire you to be the reflections of Jesus, who enlightens an unfaithful world, which is walking in darkness. I wish that all of you may be a light to all and witness to the light. Dear children, you are not called to darkness. You are called to light and to live the light in your lives. Thank you for your response to my call."

June 6, 1986. "Love. If you do not love, you are not ale to transmit the testimony. You are not able to witness, either to me, or for Jesus."

June 7, 1986. Through Marija concerning Father Pere Gianni Sgreva, who wanted to organize a new community based on the messages of Medjugorje: "Yes, one must pray, what you are doing pleases me. For the time being, keep a very active prayer life, and God will then light up the other plans."

June 12, 1986. "Dear children; Today I am begging you to pray the Rosary with lively faith. Only in this way can I help you. Pray! I cannot help you because you don't want to be moved! Dear children, I am calling you to pray the Rosary. The Rosary should be your commitment, prayed by you with joy and, so you will understand, why I am visiting you for such a long time. I want to teach you to pray! Thank you for your response to my call."

June 19, 1986. "Dear children; in these days the Lord has allowed me to intercede for more graces for you. Therefore, dear children, I want to urge you once again to prayer. Pray constantly and, in this way, I will give you the joy, which the Lord gives me. With these graces, dear children, I want your sufferings to be, for you, a joy. I am your Mother, and I want to help you. Thank you for your response to my call."

June 20, 1986. "Pray before the Cross!
Special graces come from the Cross!
Consecrate yourselves to the Cross!
Do not blaspheme either Jesus or the Cross."

June 24, 1986. - eve of 5th anniversary: Mary appeared on the mountaintop to Marija and Ivan, where a group of people had gathered. Marija recommended everyone to the Madonna. The Virgin blessed everyone and said: "Continue to pray here. Pray the Rosary again. "Mary said that this "Tabor" is for everyone and that we should bring this "Tabor" experience to all our homes. With this "Tabor" we must bring peace and reconciliation. Marija said that Mary appeared with 5 angels and that she was very happy.

June 24, 1986. Special Blessing

There were 30,000 to 50,000 people present. This is the first time Our Lady gives the SPECIAL BLESSING in, which those receiving it may bless others in Our Lady's name. Our Lady starts giving this blessing for the first time now, and again, several times later, generally on Feast Days. However, this blessing was not completely understood until August 15, 1988, when Marija spoke of it to a Caritas group in Medjugorje. (For an explanation of "The Special Blessing", see November 29, 1988. a few pages ahead)

To Marija and Ivan: "You are on a Tabor (Mount Tabor). You receive blessings, strength, and love. Carry them into your families and into your homes. To each one of you, I grant a special blessing. Continue in joy, prayer, and reconciliation."

To the Prayer Group: "I beseech you, withdraw in silence. Your obligation is not, so much to do, but to adore God, to stay with Him."

June 25, 1986. - THE 5th ANNIVERSARY: Mary said that she was giving special blessings to all, who had come and to all, who were associated with Medjugorje.

June 26, 1986. "Dear children; God allowed me to bring about this oasis of Peace. I want to invite you to guard it and let the oasis remain pure always. There are those, who are destroying peace and prayer by their carelessness. I am calling you to witness and, by your life, preserve peace. Thank you for your response to my call."

June 26, 1986. "You will have as many graces as you want. That depends on you. You will have love, when you want it, as long as you want it. That depends on you."

July 3, 1986. "Dear children; Today I am calling you to prayer. Without prayer, you cannot feel me, or God, or the graces I am giving you. Therefore, I call you always to begin and end each day with prayer. Dear children, I wish to lead you evermore in prayer, but you cannot grow because you don't want it. I invite you to let prayer have the first place. Thank you for your response to my call."

July 10, 1986. "Dear children; Today I invite you to holiness. You cannot live without holiness. Consequently, overcome all sin with love. Overcome every difficulty you meet with love. Dear children, I beg you to live love within yourselves. Thank you for your response to my call."

July 10, 1986. To the Prayer Group after an evaluation: "I thank you for that. You have done well, but do not forget . . . basically, God's will is decisive."

July 17, 1986. "Dear children; Today, I invite you to meditate on, why I have been with you for such a long time. I am the mediator between you and God. For that reason, I would like to invite you to live always, out of love, what God is expecting from you. Dear children, live all the messages that I give you in complete humility. Thank you for your response to my call."

July 24, 1986. "Dear children; I am happy about all of you, who are on the way of holiness and I am begging you to help all those, with your witness, who don't know how to live in the way of holiness. For that reason, dear children, your families should be the place, where holiness is born. Help everybody to live in a sanctified way, especially your own family. Thank you for your response to my call."

July 31, 1986. "Dear children; Hatred creates division and does not see anybody or anything. I invite you always to carry unity and peace. Especially, dear children, act with love in the place, where you live. Let love be your only tool. With love, turn everything in to good that the devil wants to destroy and take for him self. Only this way will you be completely mine and I will be able to help you. Thank you for your response to my call."

August 4, 1986. "I wish only that the Rosary become your life."

August 5, 1986. "Read each Thursday the Gospel of Matthew, where it is said: "No one can serve two masters. . . You cannot serve God and money."

August 7, 1986. "Dear children; You know I promised you an Oasis of Peace here, but you are not aware that around every oasis is a desert, where Satan is lurking. He wants to tempt each one of you. Dear children, only by prayer are you able to overcome every influence of Satan in your place. I am with you, but I can't take away your free will. Thank you for your response to my call."

August 14, 1986. "Dear children; I am inviting you, so that your prayer may be a joyful encounter with the Lord. I cannot guide you unless you yourself experience joy in prayer. I want to guide you in prayer more and more, from day to day; but I do not want to force you. Thank you for your response to my call."

August 21, 1986. "Dear children; I am grateful for the love you are showing me. Dear children, you know that I love you without limit and that I am praying daily to the Lord, so that He may help you to understand the love I am showing you. Therefore, dear children, pray and pray and pray. Thank you for your response to my call."

August 28, 1986. "Dear children; I call you to be a model to everyone in everything, especially in prayer and in witnessing. Dear children, I cannot help the world without you. I want you to cooperate with me in everything, even in the smallest things. Therefore, dear children, help me by your prayer from your heart and by surrendering to me completely. In that way I will be able to teach you and lead you on this road I began with you. Thank you for your response to my call."

September 4, 1986. "Dear children; Today, again, I am calling you to prayer and fasting. You know, dear children, that with your help I can do everything and force Satan not to seduce people to evil and to remove him from this place. Satan, dear children, watches for every individual. He particularly wants to bring confusion to every one of you. Therefore, dear children, I ask that your every day becomes prayer and complete surrender to God. Thank you for your response to my call."

September 11, 1986. "Dear children; for these days, when you celebrate the Cross with joy, I wish your cross to be joyful. Dear children, pray that you can accept sickness and suffering with love like Jesus. Only in that way can I give you the graces of healing with the joy Jesus allows. Thank you for your response to my call."

September 12, 1986. "Many have begun to pray for healing here at Medjugorje, but, when they have returned to their homes, they abandon prayer, forget, and also lose many graces."

September 18, 1986. "Dear children; Today, again, I am grateful for everything you have done for me in these days. I am thanking you in the name of Jesus, especially for the sacrifices you have offered in the last week. Dear children, you are forgetting that I want sacrifices from you to help you and to banish Satan from you. Therefore, I am calling you again to offer sacrifices with a special reverence towards God. Thank you for your response to my call."

September 25, 1986. "Dear children; through your own peace, I am calling you to help others to see and to start searching for peace. Dear children, you are at peace; and, therefore, you cannot comprehend the absence of peace. Again, I am calling you, so that, through prayer and your life, you will help destroy everything evil in people and uncover the deception, which Satan is using. Pray for truth to prevail in every heart. Thank you for your response to my call."

October 2, 1986. "Dear children; Today, again, I invite you to prayer. You, dear children, do not realize the preciousness of prayer until you say nothing else. Now is the time of prayer. Now, nothing else is important. Now, nobody is important except God. Dear children, dedicate yourselves to prayer with special love and, only in that way, can God give you graces. Thank you for your response to my call."

October 6, 1986. Father Pervan gave Permission for an individual from Birmingham, Alabama, to ask Marija to present a question to Our Lady. He explained, why he would like this asked of Our Lady as well as other information concerning the Birmingham area, so that Marija would have a clear understanding of, why this was desired. After discussing several things about the region, Marija requested to keep the question and stated that if Our Lady gave an answer, (many times She gives no answer); she would write it down and return it following the apparition that night.

The question: "Dear Blessed Mother, if it is God's will, we humbly ask that the conversion taking place in Medjugorje be allowed to take place in the Parish of Blessed Sacrament in Alabama and that it "divinely" be spread throughout the, whole region. We surrender this Parish to you and ask if there is anything you request. "Marija and Jakov went to the kitchen and Marija wrote down Our Lady's answer, which starts off with: "Gospa says:"(Gospa means Blessed Mother)

"Pray and by your life witness. Not with words but rather through prayer will you attain all, what you desire.
Therefore, pray more and live in humility."

Our Lady's answer was prophetic and not completely understood until November 18, 1988, when Marija came to Birmingham, Alabama, and Our Lady prayed, blessed, and converted tens of thousands of people, who travelled there from as far away as South America, the Caribbean, and even Russia.

October 9, 1986. "Dear children; you know that I wish to guide you on the way to holiness; but I do not want to force you, that you be holy by force. I wish every one of you to help yourselves and me by your little sacrifices, so that I can guide you to be more holy day by day. Therefore, dear children, I do not want to force you to live the messages but, rather, this long time I am with you shows: That I love you immeasurably and that I wish every single one of you to be holy. Thank you for your response to my call."

October 16, 1986. "Dear children; Today, also, I want to show you how much I love you. I am sorry that I am not able to help each and every one of you to fathom my love! Therefore, dear children, I am calling you to prayer and complete surrender to God, because Satan wants to conquer you in every day affairs. He wants to take the first place in your life. Therefore, pray, dear children, without ceasing. Thank you for your response to my call."

October 23, 1986. "Dear children; Today I invite you to prayer. Dear children, a special intention, to pray for peace. Without your prayers, dear children, I cannot help you to understand, what my Lord has given me to give you. Therefore, dear children, pray that God will give peace to you. Thank you for your response to my call."

December 29, 1986. An answer for Father Tomislav Vlasic about his writing to address lies and injustices: "Do not waste your time. Pray and love. You cannot even imagine how powerful God is."

Undated. To Vicka: "Do you want to offer yourself, also, for the salvation of the world? I need your sacrifices."

October 30, 1986. "Dear children; Today, also, I want to call you to take seriously and live the messages, which I am giving you. Dear children, because of you I have remained this long to help you put into practice all the messages, which I am giving you. Thank you for your response to my call."

November 6, 1986. "Dear children; Today I would like to invite you to pray, day by day, for the souls in purgatory. Every soul needs prayer and grace to reach God and His love. This way, you too, dear children, can find new intercessors that will help you in life to know that all things of the earth are not important for you. It is only Heaven, which you need tend to. For this reason, dear children, pray without interruption, so that you may help yourself and those to, whom your prayers will bring joy. Thank you for your response to my call."

November 13, 1986. "Dear children; Today I am also inviting you to pray with your, whole heart and to change your life day by day. I am especially calling you, dear children, to begin to live a life of holiness by your prayers and sacrifices. I wish that each of you, who have come to this holy place, the spring of grace, might come into paradise with a special gift, which He will give to me; and this gift is holiness. Therefore, dear children, pray every day of your life in order that you may become holy. I will be forever close to you. Thank you for your response to my call."

November 20, 1986. "Dear children; Today also, I am calling you to live and to attend, with a special love, all the messages I am giving you. God does not want you lukewarm and indecisive, but totally committed to Him. You know that I love you and that I am burning out of love for you. Therefore, dear children, commit your selves to love, so that you will comprehend and burn with God's love from day to day. Decide for love, dear children, so that love may prevail in all of you. Not human love, but God's love. Thank you for your response to my call."

November 27, 1986. "Dear children; today also, I invite you to dedicate your life to me with love in order that I may guide you with love. I love you with a special love, dear children, and I want to bring you to Heaven with God. I want you to comprehend that this life is very short in comparison with that in Heaven. Therefore, dear children, today decide anew for God. Only in that way can I show you how much you are beloved by me and how much I want all of you to be saved and be with me in Heaven. Thank you for your response to my call."

December 4, 1986. "Dear children; today also, I invite you to prepare your hearts for these days, when the Lord is about to purify you in a special way from all the sins of you're past life. Dear children, you cannot do it by yourselves; and, for that reason, I am here to help you. Pray, dear children! That's the only way you will be able to recognize all the evil that dwells in you and abandon it to the Lord, so that He may purify your hearts completely. So, dear children, pray without ceasing and prepare your hearts in penance and fasting. Thank you for your response to my call."

December 11, 1986. "Dear children; I invite you especially to pray during this season, so you may experience the joy of meeting the new-born Jesus. Dear children, I desire that you experience these days with joy, just as I experience them. I wish to guide you and show you His joy I want to bring to all of you. Therefore, dear children, pray and surrender your selves completely to me. Thank you for your response to my call."

December 18, 1986. "Dear children; Today, once again, I want to invite you to pray, when you pray, dear children, you become more beautiful. You become like flowers, which, after the snow, show forth their beauty and, whose colours become indivisible. So, dear children, after prayer before God, display everything that is beautiful, so that you may become beloved by Him. Pray, dear children. Pray and open your inner self to the Lord, so He may make of you a beautiful and harmonious flower for Heaven. Thank you for your response to my call."

December 25, 1986. "Dear children; Again today, I am grateful to my Lord for all He is giving me, especially for the gift of being with you again. Dear children, these days the Father is giving special graces to all, who open their hearts. I am blessing you. I desire, dear children, that you may recognize God's graces and place everything at His disposal, so that He may be glorified by you. My heart follows all your steps attentively. Thank you for your response to my call."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 1, 1987. "Dear children, today I want to call you to live the messages I am giving you in the New Year. Dear children, you know that, for your sakes, I have remained, so long, so I could teach you how to walk on the road of holiness. Therefore, dear children, pray without ceasing and live the messages I am giving you, for I do it with great love towards God and you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

January 8, 1987. "Dear children, I want to thank you for your response to my messages, especially, dear children, thank you for all the suffering and prayers you have offered to me. Dear children, I want to give you messages from now on no longer every Thursday, but on the 25th of each month. The time has come, when, what my Lord wanted has been fulfilled. From now on, I will give you fewer messages; but I will be with you. Dear children, I beg you listen to my messages and to live them, so that I can guide you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

January 25, 1987. "Dear children, behold, also today I want to call you to start living a new life as of today. Dear children, I want you to comprehend that God has chosen each one of you, in order to use you in a great plan for the salvation of mankind. You are not able to comprehend how great your role is in God's design. Therefore, dear children, pray, so that in prayer you may be able to comprehend, what God's plan is in your regard. I am with you in order that you may be able to bring it about in all its fullness. Thank you for having responded to my call."

January 28, 1987. To Mirjana, at Sarajevo: "My dear children! I come to you in order to lead you to purity of soul and then to God. How have you listened to me? At the beginning without believing and with fear and defiance toward these young people, whom I have chosen, then afterwards, most of you listened to me in your heart and began to carry out my maternal requests. But that did not last for long, whenever I come to you my Son comes with me, but so does Satan. You permitted, without noticing, his influences on you and he drives you on. Sometimes you understand that something you have done is not agreeable to God, but quickly you no longer pay attention to it.

Do not let this happen, my children. Wipe from my face the tears that I cry in seeing, what you do. Wake up to yourselves. Take time to meet with God in the church. Come to visit in your Father's house. Take the time to meet among yourselves for family prayer and implore the grace of God. Remember your deceased. Give them joy with the celebration of the Holy Mass. Do not look with scorn on those, who beg you for a piece of bread. Do not turn them away from your full tables. Help them and God will also help you. Perhaps it is in this way that God will hear you, and the blessing that He wants to give you in thanks will be realized.

You have forgotten all this; - my children. Satan has influenced you also in this. Do not let that happen! Pray with me! Do not deceive yourselves into thinking: "I am good, but my brother next door is no good". You would be wrong. I, your Mother, love you and it is for that reason that I am warning you about this. My children, concerning the secrets, people do not know these. But, when they will learn of them, it will be too late. Return to prayer! There is nothing more important! I would dearly wish that the Lord would permit me to enlighten you a little more on these secrets, but the grace, which is offered to you, is already great enough.

Think how much you have offended Him, what are you offering to Him of yourself? when was the last time you renounced something for the Lord? I no longer wish to reprimand you in this way, but I want to invite you once more to prayer, fasting, and penance. If you wish to obtain a grace from God by fasting, then let no one know that you are fasting. If you wish to receive a grace from God by a gift to the poor, let no one know except you and the Lord that you have given this gift. Listen to me, my children! Meditate on my message in prayer."

February 25, 1987. "Dear children, today I want to wrap you all in my mantle and lead you all along the way of conversion. Dear children, I beseech you, surrender to the Lord your entire past, all the evil that has accumulated in your hearts. I want each one of you to be happy. Therefore, dear children, pray, and in prayer you shall realize a new way of joy. Joy will manifest in your hearts and thus you shall be joyful witness of that, which My Son and I want from each one of you. I am blessing you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

March 21, 1987. To Vicka in Zagreb: "I bless you with the benediction of a Mother. Pray every day and confide yourselves to my son, Jesus. In this way you will understand, what God asks of each of you."

March 22, 1987. Vicka related the apparition of March 22: "Right away She held Her hands over us and said an interior prayer that I did not understand. She came surrounded by five little angels. Then She confided a few things to me and left."

March 25, 1987. "Dear children, today I am grateful to you for your presence in this place, where I am giving you special graces. I call each one of you to begin to live as of today that life, which God wishes of you and to begin to perform good works of love and mercy. I do not want you, dear children, to live the message and be committing sin, which is displeasing to me. Therefore, dear children, I want each of you to live a new life without the murder of all that God produces in you and is giving you. I give you my special blessing and I am remaining with you on your way to conversion. Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 25, 1987. "Dear children, today also I am calling you to prayer. You know, dear children, that God grants special graces in prayer. Therefore, seek and pray in order that you may be able to comprehend all that I am giving here. I call you, dear children, to prayer with the heart. You know that without prayer you cannot comprehend all that God is planning through each one of you. Therefore, pray! I desire that through each one of you God's plan may be fulfilled, that all, which God has planted in your heart may keep on growing, so pray that God's blessing may protect each one of you from all the evil that is threatening you. I bless you, dear children. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 1987. "Dear children, I am calling every one of you to start living in God's love. Dear children, you are ready to commit sin, and to put yourselves in the hands of Satan without reflecting. I call on each one of you to consciously decide for God and against Satan. I am your mother and, therefore, I want to lead you all to complete holiness. I want each one of you to be happy here on earth and to be with me in Heaven. That is, dear children, the purpose of my coming here and it's my desire. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 24, 1987. Special Blessing

On June 24, 1987, at 11:30p.m., Our Lady asked everyone to come to the mountain (of the Cross) for a special apparition. Close to 50,000 people, where there, while a military helicopter hovered overhead. It flew away three or four minutes prior to the apparition at 11:25p.m. It came back, presumably to refuel near Mostar, five to ten minutes after the apparition ended. Several times the lights from the helicopter flooded the crowd. The apparition lasted about ten minutes. A recount from Marija of the apparition follows. . .

Anniversary Apparition: Tonight, when Our Lady came She was happy and She immediately prayed over all of us for a certain amount of time. We asked Her for a blessing. Then She spoke to us and gave a message, which sounded like this:

"Dear children, I want to lead you to the path of conversion and I wish that you convert the world, that your life be conversion for others."

Then Our Lady said She does not want us to be unfaithful and She desires each of us to surrender ourselves fully to Her will and the will of God. Our Lady said from today She is granting us special graces, and She's giving us, especially, a gift of conversion, so that all of us can take the blessing with us to our homes and truly encourage others to conversion. God gave us the gift tonight through Our Lady. Then Our Lady prayed over us for some time. We prayed with her for the needs of each one of us, who were here tonight. Our Lady said, "Go in God's Peace", and then She left.

1987. In response to being questioned, whether She wanted to create a new order or a new structure or a particular: "Medjugorje Community", Our Lady said: "Children of mine, you don't know, what you ask. You don't know, what is waiting for you. You cannot comprehend the plans of God! I ask of you that you accomplish, what I show you."

"Love your Serbian, Orthodox and Muslim brothers, and the atheists, who persecute you."

"All your prayers touch me very much, especially your daily rosary."

June 25, 1987. "Dear children, today I thank you and I want to invite you all to God's peace. I want each one of you to experience in your heart that peace, which God gives. I want to bless you all today. I am blessing you with God's blessing and I beseech you, dear children, to follow and to live my way. I love you dear children, and, so not even counting the number of times, I go on calling you and I thank you for all that you are doing for my intentions. I beg you, help me to present you to God and to save you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

July 25, 1987. "Dear children, I beseech you to take up the way of holiness beginning today. I love you and, therefore, I want you to be holy. I do not want Satan to block you on that way. Dear children, pray and accept everything that God is offering you on a way, which is bitter. But at the same time, God will reveal all the sweetness to, whoever begins to go on that way, and He will gladly answer every call of God. Do not attribute importance to petty things. Have a desire for heaven. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 1987. "Dear children, today also I am calling you all in order that each one of you decides to live my messages. God has permitted me also in this year, which the Church has dedicated to me, to be able to speak to you and to be able to spur you on to holiness. Dear children, seek from God the graces, which He is giving you through me. I am ready to intercede with God for all that you seek, so that your holiness may be complete. Therefore, dear children, do not forget to seek, because God has permitted me to obtain graces for you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

September 25, 1987. "Dear children, today also I want to call you all to prayer. Let prayer be your life. Dear children, dedicate your time only to Jesus and He will give you everything that you are seeking. He will reveal Himself to you in fullness. Dear children, Satan is strong and is waiting to test each one of you. Pray, and that way he will neither be able to injure you nor block you on the way to holiness. Dear children, through prayer grow all the more toward God from day to day. Thank you for having responded to my call."

October 25, 1987. "Dear children, today I want to call all of you to decide for Paradise. The way is difficult for those, who have not decided for God. Dear children, decide and believe that God is offering Himself to you in His fullness. You are invited and you need to answer the call of the Father, who is calling you through me. Pray, because in prayer each one of you will be able to achieve complete love. I am blessing you and I desire to help you, so that each one of you might be under my motherly mantle. Thank you for having responded to my call."

November 25, 1987. "Dear children, today also I call each one of you to decide to surrender again everything completely to me. Only that way will I be able to present each of you to God. Dear children, you know that I love you immeasurably and that I desire each of you for myself, but God has given to all a freedom, which I lovingly respect and humbly submit to. Dear children, I desire, that you help, so that everything God has planned in this parish shall be realized. If you do not pray, you shall not be able to recognize my love and the plans, which God has for this parish and for each individual. Pray that Satan does not entice you with his pride and deceptive strength. I am with you and I want you to believe me, that I love you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December 25, 1987. "Dear children, rejoice with me! My heart is rejoicing because of Jesus and today I want to give Him to you. Dear children, I want each one of you to open your heart to Jesus and I will give Him to you with love. Dear children, I want Him to change you, to teach you, and to protect you. Today I am praying in a special way for each one of you and I am presenting you to God, so He will manifest Himself in you. I am calling you to sincere prayer with the heart, so that every prayer of yours may be an encounter with God. In your work, and in your everyday life, put God in the first place. I call you today with great seriousness to obey me and to do as I am calling you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 25, 1988. "Dear children, today again I am calling you to complete conversion, which is difficult for those, who have not chosen God. I am calling you, dear children, to convert fully to God. God can give you everything that you seek from Him. But you seek God only, when sickness, problems, and difficulties come to you and you think that God is far from you and is not listening and does not hear your prayers. No, dear children, that is not the truth! When you are far from God, you cannot receive graces because you do not seek them with a firm faith. Day by day, I am praying for you and I want to draw you ever closer to God; but I cannot if you don't want it. Therefore, dear children, put your life in God's hands. I bless you all. Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 1988. "Dear children, today again I am calling you to prayer and complete surrender to God. You know that I love you and am coming here out of love, so I could show you the path of peace and salvation for your souls. I want you to obey me and not permit Satan to seduce you. Dear children, Satan is very strong and, therefore, I ask you to dedicate your prayers to me, so that those, who are under his influence, may be saved. Give witness by your life; sacrifice your lives for the salvation of the world. I am with you and I am grateful to you, but in heaven you shall receive the Father's reward, which He has promised you. Therefore, little children, do not be afraid. If you pray, Satan cannot injure you even a little, because you are God's children and He is watching over you. Pray, and let the Rosary always be in your hands as a sign to Satan that you belong to me. Thank you for having responded to my call."

March 18, 1988. Mirjana's birthday apparition: "Pray for unbelievers."

March 25, 1988. "Dear children, today also I am calling you to a complete surrender to God. You, dear children, are not conscious of how God loves you with such a great love. Because of it He permits me to be with you, so I can instruct you and help you to find the way of peace. That way, however, you cannot discover if you do not pray. Therefore, dear children, forsake everything and consecrate your time to God and then God will bestow gifts upon you and bless you. Little children, do not forget that your life is fleeting like the spring flower, which today is wondrously beautiful, but tomorrow has vanished. Therefore, pray in such a way that your prayer, your surrender to God may become like a road sign. That way, your witness will not only have value for yourselves, but for all of eternity. Thank you for responding to my call."

April 25, 1988. "Dear children, God wants to make you holy. Therefore, through me He is calling you to complete surrender. Let the Holy Mass be your life. Understand that the church is God's palace, the place in, which I gather you and want to show you the way of God. Come and pray! Neither looks to others nor slander them, but rather let your life be a testimony on the way of holiness. Churches deserve respect and are set apart as holy because God, who became Man, dwells in them day and night. Therefore, little children, believe and pray that the Father increases your faith, and then ask for, whatever you need. I am with you and I rejoice because of your conversion and I am protecting you with my motherly mantle. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 1988. "Dear children, I am calling you to a complete surrender to God. Pray, little children, that Satan does not sway you like branches in the wind. Be strong in God. I desire that through you the, whole world may get to know the God of joy. You should neither be anxious nor worried. God will help you and show you the way. I want you to love all men with my love, both the good and the bad. Only that way will love conquer the world! Little children, you are mine. I love you and I want you to surrender to me, so I can lead you to God. Pray without ceasing, so that Satan cannot take advantage of you. Pray, so that you realize that you are mine. I bless you with the blessing of joy. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 1988. "Dear children, today I am calling you to the love, which is loyal and pleasing to God. Little children, love bears everything bitter and difficult for the sake of Jesus, who is love. Therefore, dear children, pray God to come to your aid, not, however, according to your desires but according to His love. Surrender yourselves to God, so that He may heal you, console you, and forgive everything inside you, which is a hindrance on the way of love. In this way, God can mould your life and you will grow in love. Dear children, glorify God with the canticle of love, so that God's love may be able to grow in you day by day to its fullness. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 1988. During Ivanka's anniversary apparition, she said to the crowd, who had gathered at her home, "Our Lady wishes for all present to kneel down". After Our Lady ascended back to Heaven, Ivanka went outside and announced to the crowd that, when Our Lady asked everyone to kneel down, She gave them a SPECIAL BLESSING and said:

"The people here will be witnesses of the love of God."

She then told the group that Our Lady spoke of the third and fourth secrets.

July 25, 1988. "Dear children, today I am calling you to a complete surrender to God. Everything you do and everything that you possess give over to God, so that He can take control in your life as King of all that you possess. That way, through me God can lead you into the depths of the spiritual life. Little children, do not be afraid because I am with you even, when you think there is no way out and that Satan is in control. I am bringing peace to you. I am your Mother and the Queen of Peace. I am blessing you with the blessing of joy, so that for you God may be everything in life. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 1988. "Dear children, today I invite you all to rejoice in the life, which God gives you. Little children, rejoice in God the Creator because He has created you, so wonderfully. Pray that your life be a joyful thanksgiving, which flows out of your heart like a river of joy. Little children, give thanks unceasingly for all that you possess, for each little gift, which God has given you, so that a joyful blessing always comes down from God upon your life. Thank you for having responded to my call."

September 25, 1988. "Dear children, today I am calling all of you without exception to the way of holiness in your life. God gave you the gift of holiness. Pray that you may more and more comprehend it and in that way, you will be able by your life to bear witness for God. Dear children, I am blessing you and I intercede for you to God, so that your way and your witness may be a complete one and a joy for God. Thank you having responded to my call."

October 25, 1988. "Dear children, my call that you live the messages, which I am giving you is a daily one, especially, little children, because I want to draw you closer to the Heart of Jesus. Therefore, little children, I am calling you today to the prayer of Consecration to Jesus, my dear Son, so that each of your hearts may be His. And then I am calling you to Consecration to my Immaculate Heart. I want you to consecrate yourselves as persons, families, and parishes, so that all belongs to God through my hands. Therefore, little children, pray that you may comprehend the greatness of this message, which I am giving you. I do not want anything for myself, rather, all for the salvation of your souls. Satan is strong and, therefore, you, little children, by constant prayer press tightly to my motherly heart. Thank you for having responded to my call."

November 25, 1988. "Dear children, I am calling you to prayer, so that in prayer you have an encounter with God. God is offering and giving Himself to you. But He seeks from you that you answer His call in your freedom. Therefore, little children, set a time during the day, when you can pray in peace and humility and meet with God the Creator. I am with you and I intercede with God for you, so be on watch that every encounter in prayer be a joyful meeting with God. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December 25, 1988. "Dear children, I am calling you to peace. Live peace in your heart and in your surroundings, so that all may recognize the peace, which does not come from you, but from God. Little children, today is a great day. Rejoice with me! Celebrate the birth of Jesus with my peace, the peace with, which I came as your Mother, Queen of Peace. Today I am giving you my special blessing. Carry it to every creature, so that each one may have peace. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. Messages given to Marija, while she was in the USA 1988-1989

November 18, 1988. Marija, her brother, and two friends travelled to America, where Marija underwent surgery to donate one of her kidneys to her brother Andreja. They arrived on November 18. Or Lady did many beautiful things.

November 19, 1988. Our Lady came and was very happy. She blessed everyone. Marija recommended everyone present to Our Lady and Our Lady prayed The Lord's Prayer and one Glory Be. Our Lady said She would appear at 10:30p.m., Sunday night.

November 20, 1988. Our Lady came and was very happy. She blessed individually everyone in the room. Marija recommended all present to Our Lady and She prayed The Lord's Prayer and the Glory Be. Our Lady's message: "May your life be prayer. May your work be offered as a prayer and may everything that you do bring you toward me. Let everything that you do and everybody that you meet be an encounter with God."

She made the Sign of the Cross over everyone and left saying: "Go in peace."

November 21, 1988. Special Blessing

Our Lady appeared with three angels and was very happy. She looked around at everybody, even the people outside. A Catholic school closed today, so that children could come to the apparition and many were present. Our Lady prayed in Hebrew over the, whole crowd. She gave all a SPECIAL BLESSING. Our Lady said: "Live the messages that I give."

November 22, 1988. Our Lady came and was very happy. She looked around the crowd of about 400 people, inside and outside the home, where Marija was staying. Our Lady blessed everyone. Marija recommended everyone present to Our Lady and She prayed The Lord's Prayer and the Glory Be. Our Lady's message: "Live in humility all the messages that I give. I want you to be carriers of peace."

Our Lady gave a blessing of peace and left.

November 23, 1988. Our Lady came and was very happy. She blessed everyone. Marija recommended everyone present to Our Lady and She prayed The Lord's Prayer and the Glory Be. Our Lady's message: "I invite you to pray and give your life completely to God. I will give you strength and I will help you in all of your needs. You can ask for everything that you need to help you. I will intercede for you in front of God."

The Blessed Mother said She would appear the next morning in the field near a large pine tree and Our Lady extended an invitation for all to come.

November 24, 1988. Thanksgiving Day

The apparition took place near a large tree in a field near the home, where Marija was staying. Our Lady came and was very happy. She looked at all, who had gathered there. She blessed everyone. Marija recommended every person present to Our Lady and She prayed The Lord's Prayer and the Glory Be. Our Lady's message: "I invite you to live my messages. I am here to help you! I will intercede for you to God for all your intentions."

Several hundred people were present, when She left, Our Lady said: "Go in peace."

November 25, 1988. The next three monthly messages for the world were given to Marija, while she was in Birmingham.

"Dear children, I call you to prayer for you to have an encounter with God in prayer. God gives Himself to you, but He wants you to answer in your own freedom to His invitation. Little children, that is, why, during the day find your selves a special time, when you can pray in peace and humility and have this meeting with God, the Creator. I am with you and I intercede for you in front of God. Watch in vigil, so that every encounter in prayer is the joy of your contact with God. Thank you for having responded to my call."

November 26, 1988. Our Lady came and was very happy. With Her hands extended, She prayed over them and blessed everyone. Marija recommended all those present, especially the sick. To Our Lady and She prayed The Lord's Prayer and the Glory Be. Our Lady's message: "I ask you once again to pray. Especially pray for my intentions. If you pray for my intentions, I will be glorified through you. All your prayers are going to help you through my hands."

November 27, 1988. Our Lady came and was very happy. She blessed the people and all their religious objects with the Sign of the Cross. Marija recommended everyone present, especially the sick. To Our Lady and She prayed The Lord's Prayer and the Glory Be. Our Lady's message: "I want you to be in prayer. I want to protect you under my mantle. Pray, Pray. Pray."

November 28, 1988. Our Lady came and was very happy. She prayed over everybody. Marija recommended every person present to Our Lady and She prayed The Lord's Prayer and the Glory Be. Our Lady blessed everyone and went to Heaven. No special message.

November 29, 1988. Our Lady came and was very happy. She blessed and prayed over everyone. Marija recommended all those present, especially the sick, to Our Lady. Our Lady prayed The Lord's Prayer and the Glory Be. Our Lady extended Her arms above all those, who gathered there and for a certain time prayed in that manner. Our Lady gave the SPECIAL BLESSING. Our Lady's message: "Bless [with the Special Blessing] even those, who not believe. You can give them this Blessing from the heart to help them in their conversion. Bless everyone you meet. I give you a special grace. I desire you to give this grace to others."

Our Lady left saying: "Go in peace."

The November 29 SPECIAL BLESSING was given on a day, which was not a feast day or special occasion. Our Lady spoke specifically about, what She desired with this SPECIAL BLESSING. This was rare and it was interpreted as Our Lady's desire to spread this important gift. Those, who gathered in the field, were surprised and elated because no one expected this gift.

Marija has said:

1. This is a blessing, which has the power to convert and help people.

2. It may be used on believers and non-believers to help them convert or to progress in their conversion process.

3. Once Our Lady gives it to you, it lasts your, whole life.

4. You do not have to be in the presence of the one you are blessing.

5. The blessing is as powerful as the degree of faith you have in it and the prayer you offer. The more you pray from the heart, the stronger it is.

6. If you receive this blessing from Our Lady and in turn bless another with it, that person has it to the same degree you first received it from Our Lady. This second person may then give it to a third, and the third to a fourth, etc. All will receive this gift to bless others just as if Our Lady gave it directly. This blessing will last your entire lifetime.

7. You must be at the site of the apparition to receive it directly from Our Lady.

8. To bless someone, a spontaneous prayer is fine. You can say: "I extend to you the blessing of Our Lady". If you choose to say more it is acceptable, when giving this Special Blessing to a non-believer, you may do, so silently, in his presence or from a distance. You may extend this blessing everyday to help this person to convert.

The blessing from a priest is Christ's blessing. This Special Blessing is Our Lady's blessing. You should not think of yourself as a priest, blessing as a priest does. Use this blessing in a humble way and extend it to even those you pass on the street. The Blessed Mother has given us a great gift and She desires us to use it.

November 30, 1988. Our Lady came and was very happy. She blessed and prayed over everyone. Marija recommended all those present to Our Lady and She prayed The Lord's Prayer and the Glory Be. Our Lady extended Her arms and prayed in Hebrew over everyone. Her message: "I wish that all your life be love, only love. Everything that you do, do it with love. In every little thing, see Jesus and His example. You also do as Jesus did. He died out of love for you. You also offer all you do with love to God, even the smallest little things of everyday life."

Then Our Lady made the Sign of the Cross and left saying: "Go in peace."

December 1, 1988. Our Lady came and was very happy. With her hands extended, She prayed over them and blessed everyone. All present, especially the sick were recommended to Our Lady by Marija and Our Lady prayed The Lord's Prayer and the Glory Be. Our Lady also blessed the religious objects, which were brought to the site. She made the Sign of the Cross and She returned to heaven. Our Lady said: "Go in peace. "No special Message.

December 2, 1988. Our Lady came and was very happy. She prayed over everyone. She smiled and prayed "one by one" over each of the persons present in the room. Marija recommended all those present to Our Lady. She prayed The Lord's Prayer and the Glory Be. The message: "I invite you to pray and abandon yourself totally to God."

Our Lady then made the Sign of the Cross and went away saying, "Go in peace."

December 3, 1988. Our Lady came and was very happy. Marija recommended all those present to Our Lady. Marija asked Our Lady if She would pray over each individual as She had done yesterday. Very pleased, Our Lady smiled. She looked at everyone and began to pray over each one individually with Her hands over them. Our Lady prayed The Lord's Prayer and the Glory Be. The message: "Dear children, I give you my love, so you give it to others."

Marija asked if Our Lady would appear tomorrow in the morning. Our Lady smiled and said: "Yes, at 10:40 as in Medjugorje."

(The time, 10:40am Central Time, corresponds to the same moment of the apparition in Medjugorje.)

Then Our Lady made the Sign of the Cross saying, "Go in peace", and She left. Marija's voice was beautiful, gentle, full of love and intensity, when she talked about the apparition just after Our Lady left. All felt Our Lady's presence and sensed that She was happy in a special way.

December 4, 1988. Our Lady came and was happy. Marija recommended all those present to Our Lady, especially the sick. Our Lady prayed over them and She blessed everyone. She prayed The Lord's Prayer and the Glory Be. The message: "I invite you to live the profoundness of the messages that I give."

Our Lady also blessed the objects. She made the Sign of the Cross, while leaving saying: "Go in Peace."

December 5, 1988. Our Lady came and She was happy. Marija recommended all the people present to Her. Our Lady extended Her hands and prayed over everyone and said The Lord's Prayer and the Glory Be. She left saying, "Go in peace". No special message.

Marija left to go back to Medjugorje for one week to inform her family and priest about the operation. She returned to the host's home near Birmingham on December 12, 1988.

December 13, 1988. Today there was an apparition but no public message.

Father Robert Faricy was present during the apparitions on December 13 and 14, 1988. He was amazed and said: "I visited Marija in Birmingham and prayed with her and the others, when Our Lady came to her in the bedroom. Not even in Medjugorje did I feel, so strongly Mary's presence as I did during her apparition to Marija in Birmingham."

December 14, 1988. "I would like you to pray for my intentions."

She left saying: "Go in peace."

December 15, 1988. "Dear children, I love you and I wish you to pray for my intentions with the love you have for me, so that every plan of God about each one of you may be fulfilled."

Referring to Marija's operation, Our Lady said: "I will be with you tomorrow."

December 16, 1988. Today Marija underwent surgery after tests showed that she could donate a kidney to her brother, Andrija. During the operation, with rosary in her hand and, while under anaesthesia, Our Lady appeared over Marija, while she lay on the operating table. Marija later said Our Lady stayed with her and smiled for, what seemed to her about two hours. For the next month, except for Christmas Eve, Our Lady did not speak to Marija. She appeared to her each day at Mass during Communion.

December 24, 1988. Near Midnight. "Dear children, I call you to peace. Live it in your heart and all around you, so that all will know peace - peace that does not come from you but from God. Little children, today is a great day! Rejoice with me! Glorify the Nativity of Jesus through the peace that I give. It is for this peace that I have come as your Mother, Queen of Peace. Today I give you my special blessing. Bring it to all creation, so that all creation will know peace. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December 25, 1988. Our Lady appeared again on Christmas Day during Mass in the loft of the home, where Marija was staying. Our Lady was robed in gold, holding Baby Jesus in Her arms.

1989. First Quarter of 1989. "Dear children, I again ask you to pray for all the young people of the world because they find themselves in a difficult situation. You can help them with your love and prayers of the heart."

January 16, 1989. Today Our Lady began to speak to Marija again. During this apparition Our Lady, with a wonderful smile on Her face, blessed a newborn baby making a Sign of the Cross in his direction. The message: "I call everybody to live the messages I give and to witness by your lives."

January 17, 1989. "Pray for my intentions. With this prayer, I would like to help each one of you."

January 18, 1989. "Pray for my intentions"

January 19, 1989. "I ask you to pray and demand (ask boldly for) the graces from me. I will intercede in front of God for you."

January 20, 1989. No public message; however, Our Lady did give a private message for someone in the room.

January 21, 1989. "I am calling you to prayer; only through prayer can you come close to God. I am calling you to pray every day and to dedicate a special time in your day only for prayer."

January 22, 1989. "I wish you to pray for my intentions. Only in this way can you come closer to God. I will guide you to Him. Pray, dear children, I am with you."

January 23, 1989. "I would like you to pray for my intentions."

Again, Our Lady gave a private message.

January 24, 1989. Today Marija was late for the apparition and couldn't get to the home at the appointed time. Our Lady came to her but gave no special message; however, Our Lady did say that she extended Her blessing and received all the intentions of the several thousand people, who were present near the tree.

January 25, 1989. "Dear children, today I am calling you to the way of holiness. Pray that you may comprehend the beauty and the greatness of this way, where God reveals Himself to you in a special way. Pray that you may be open to everything that God does through you, so that in your life you may be enabled to give thanks to God and to rejoice over everything that He does through each individual. I give you my blessing. Thank you for your response to my call."

January 26, 1989. "Dear children, I desire that your lives become prayer."

Marija said that Our Lady was always very happy. Marija flew to Italy and convalesced another two months before returning to Medjugorje.

January 26, 1989. Jakov says, "Our Lady is very sad because of the sinners in this world. She is also very sad because we don't live Her messages. Our Lady asks for prayer especially in the families for these two intentions."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 25, 1989. "Dear children, today I am calling you to the way of holiness. Pray that you may comprehend the beauty and the greatness of this way, where God reveals Himself to you in a special way. Pray that you may be open to everything that God is doing through you and that in your life you may be enabled to give thanks to God and to rejoice over everything that He is doing through each individual. I am giving you my blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 1989. "Dear children, today I am calling you to prayer of the heart. Throughout this season of grace, I desire each of you to be united with Jesus; but without unceasing prayer, you cannot experience the beauty and greatness of the grace, which God is offering you. Therefore, little children, at all times fill your heart with even the smallest prayers. I am with you and unceasingly I keep watch over every heart, which is given to me. Thank you for having responded to my call."

March 18, 1989. Our Lady appears on the birthday of Marija. Our Lady appeared sad, very sad. This is rare. Our Lady then said: "One more time I beseech all of you to pray, to help by your prayers the unbelievers, those, who do not have the grace to experience God in their hearts with a living faith. I do not want to threaten again! My wish is just to warn you all as a Mother. I beg you for people, who do not know about the secrets. . . I want to tell you how I suffer for all because I am the Mother of all."

March 25, 1989. "Dear children, I am calling you to a complete surrender to God. I am calling you to great joy and peace, which only God can give. I am with you and I intercede for you everyday before God. I call you, little children, to listen to me and to live the messages, which I am giving you. For years you have been invited to holiness, but you are still far away. I am blessing you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 25, 1989. "Dear children, I am calling you to a complete surrender to God. Let everything that you possess be in the hands of God. Only in that way shall you have joy in your heart. Little children, rejoice in everything that you have and give thanks to God because everything is God's gift to you. That way in your life you should be able to give thanks for everything and discover God in everything, even in the smallest flower. Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 1989. Mirjana made this statement: "I'd like to relay to the young people a petition from Our Lady". The petition is: "If they can't believe in God, they should spend at least five minutes per day in silent meditation. During that time, they should think about the God they say doesn't exist."

May 25, 1989. "Dear children, I am calling you to openness to God. You see, little children, how nature is opening herself and is giving life and fruits. In the same way I am calling you to a life with God and a complete surrender to Him. Little children, I am with you and unceasingly I desire to lead you into the joy of life. I desire that each one of you discover the joy and the love, which is found only in God and, which only God can give. God wants nothing else from you but your surrender. Therefore, little children, decide seriously for God because everything passes away. God alone does not pass away. Pray that you may discover the greatness and the joy of life, which God is giving you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 1989. "Dear children, today I call you to live the messages, which I have been giving you during the past eight years. This is a time of graces and I desire that the grace of God be great for every single one of you. I am blessing you and I love you with a special love. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 1989. Ivanka's Annual Apparition lasted approximately eight minutes in all. In 1988, Our Lady spoke to her about the third and fourth secrets and in 1989, as if continuing that discussion, She spoke about the fifth secret. After the apparition Ivanka immediately wrote down an important message, which Our Lady had given her. The message is: "Pray because you are in great temptation and danger because the world and material goods lead you into slavery. Satan is active in this plan. I want to help each of you in prayer. I am interceding to my Son for you.

July 25, 1989. "Dear children, today I am calling you to renew your heart. Open yourself to God and surrender to Him all your difficulties and crosses, so God may turn everything into joy. Little children, you cannot open yourselves to God if you do not pray; therefore, from today decide to consecrate a time and a day only for an encounter with God in silence. In that way you will be able, with God, to witness my presence here. Little children, I do not wish to force you; rather, freely give God your time, like children of God. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 1989. "Dear children, today I call you to prayer. By means of prayer, little children, you will obtain joy and peace. Through prayer you are richer in the mercy of God. Therefore, little children, let the prayers be the light for each one of you. Especially, I call you to pray, so that all those, who are far from God, may be converted. Then our hearts shall be richer because God will rule in the hearts of all men. Therefore, little children, pray, pray, pray. Let prayer begin to rule in the, whole world. Thank you for having responded to my call."

September 25, 1989. "Dear children, today I invite you to give thanks to God for all the gifts you have discovered in the course of your life and even for the least gift you have received. I give thanks with you and want all of you to experience the joy of these gifts, and I want God to be everything for each one of you. And then, little children, you can grow continuously on the way of holiness. Thank you for having responded to my call."

October 25, 1989. "Dear children, today also I am inviting you to prayer. I am always inviting you, but you are still far away. Therefore, from today, decide seriously to dedicate time to God. I am with you and I wish to teach you to pray with the heart. In prayer with the heart, you shall encounter God. Therefore, dear children, pray, pray, pray. Thank you for having responded to my call."

November 25, 1989. "Dear children, I have been inviting you for years by these messages, which I am giving you. Little children, by means of the messages I wish to make a very beautiful mosaic in your heart, so I may be able to present each one of you to God like the original image. Therefore, little children, I desire that your decisions be free before God, because He has given you freedom. Therefore, pray, so that, free from any influence of Satan, you may decide only for God. I am praying for you before God and I am seeking your surrender to God. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December 25, 1989. "Dear children, today I bless you in a special way with my Motherly blessing and I intercede for you to God for Him to give you the gift of the conversion of the heart. For years I have been calling you to encourage you to a profound spiritual life in simplicity, but you are, so cold! Therefore, little children, accept with seriousness and live the messages for your soul not to be sad, when I will not be with you anymore and, when I will not guide you anymore like an insecure child in his first steps. "Therefore, little children, read everyday the messages I gave you and transform them into life. I love you and this is, why I call you to the way of salvation with God. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 25, 1990. "Dear children, today I invite you to decide for God once again and to choose Him before everything, so that He may work miracles in your life and that day by day your life may become joy with Him. Therefore, little children, pray and do not permit Satan to work in your life through misunderstandings, not understanding and not accepting one another. Pray that you may be able to comprehend the greatness and the beauty of the gift of life. Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 1990. "Dear children, I invite you to surrender to God. In this season (Lent), I want you to renounce all the things to, which you are attached but that hurt your spiritual life. Therefore, little children, decide completely for God, and do not allow Satan to come into your life through those things that hurt both you and your spiritual life. Little children, God is offering Himself to you in fullness and you can discover and recognize Him only in prayer. Make a decision for prayer. Thank you for having responded to my call."

March 25, 1990. "Dear children, I am with you, even if you are not conscious of it. I want to protect you from everything that Satan offers you, and through, which, he wants to destroy you. As I bore Jesus in my womb, so also, dear children, do I want to bear you on to holiness. God wants to save you and send you messages through men, nature and, so many things, which can only help you to understand; but you must change the direction in your life. Therefore, little children, understand also the greatness of the gift, which God is giving you through me, so that I may protect you with my Mantle and lead you to the joy of life. Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 25, 1990. "Dear children, today I invite you to accept with seriousness and to live the messages, which I am giving you. Dear children, I am with you and I desire, that each of you be ever closer to my heart. Therefore, little children, pray and seek the will of God in your everyday life. I desire that each one of you discover the way of holiness and grow in it until eternity. I will pray for you and intercede for you before God that you receive the greatness of this gift, which God is giving me that I can be with you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 1990. "Dear children, I invite you to decide with seriousness to live this Novena (for Pentecost). Consecrate the time to prayer and to sacrifice. I am with you and I desire to help you grow in renunciation and mortification that you may be able to understand the beauty of the lives of people, who go on giving themselves to me in a special way. Dear children, God bless you day after day and desire a change of your life. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 1990. "Dear children, today, I desire to thank you for all your sacrifices and for all your prayers. I am blessing you with my special Motherly blessing. I invite you all to decide for God, so that, from day to day, you will discover His will in prayer. I desire, dear children, to call all of you to a full conversion, so that joy will be in your hearts. I am happy that you are here today in such great numbers. Thank you for having responded to my call."

July 25, 1990. "Dear children, today I invite you to peace. I have come here, as the Queen of Peace and I desire to enrich you with my Motherly Peace. Dear children, I love you and I desire to bring all of you to the peace, which only God gives and, which enriches every heart. I invite you to become carriers and witnesses of my peace to this unmerciful world. Let peace rule in the, whole world, which is without peace and longs for peace. I bless you with my Motherly Blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 1990. "Dear children, today I invite you to take with seriousness and put into practice the messages, which I am giving you. You know, little children that I am with you and I desire to lead you along the same path to Heaven, which is beautiful for those, who discover it in prayer. Therefore, little children, do not forget that these messages I am giving you have to be put into your everyday life in order that you might be able to say, "There, I have taken the messages and tried to live them". Dear children, I am protecting you before the Heavenly Father by my own prayers. Thank you for having responded to my call."

September 25, 1990. "Dear children, I invite you to pray with the heart in order that your prayer may be a conversation with God. I desire that each of you dedicate more time to God. Satan is strong and wants to destroy and deceive you in many ways. Therefore, dear children, pray every day that your life will be good for yourself and all those in need. I am with you and I am protecting you even though Satan wishes to destroy my plan and to hinder the desires, which the Heavenly Father wants to realize here. Thank you for having responded to my call."

October 25, 1990. "Dear children, today I call you to pray in a special way, that you offer up sacrifices and good deeds for peace in the world. Satan is strong and, with all his strength, tries to destroy the peace, which comes from God. Therefore, dear children, pray in a special way with me for peace. I am with you and I desire to help you with my prayers and I desire to guide you on the path of peace. I bless you with my Motherly Blessing. Do not forget to live the messages of peace. Thank you for having responded to my call."

November 25, 1990. "Dear children, today I invite you to do works of mercy with love and out of love for me and your brothers and sisters. Dear children, all that you do for others do with great joy and humility toward God. I am with you and, day after day, I offer your sacrifices and prayers to God for the salvation of the world. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December 25, 1990. "Dear children, today I invite you, in a special way, to pray for peace. Dear children, without peace, you cannot experience the birth of the Child Jesus today or in your daily lives. Therefore, pray that the Lord of Peace may protect you with His Mantle and that He help you to comprehend the greatness and the importance of peace in your hearts. In this way, you shall be able to spread peace from your hearts throughout the, whole world. I am with you and I intercede for you before God. Pray, because Satan wants to destroy my plan of peace. Be reconciled with one another and, by means of your lives, work out that peace may reign in the, whole world. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 25, 1991. "Dear children, today, like never before, I invite you to prayer. Your prayer should be a prayer for peace. Satan is strong and wishes not only to destroy human life, but also nature and the planet on, which we live. Therefore, dear children, pray that you can protect yourselves, through prayer, with the blessing of God's peace. God sends me to you, so that I can help you if you wish to accept the rosary. Even the rosary alone can work miracles in the world and in your lives. I bless you and I stay among you as long as it is God's will. Thank you for not betraying my presence here, and I thank you because your response is serving God and peace. Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 1991. "Dear children, today I invite you to decide for God because distance from God is the fruit of the lack of peace in your hearts. God alone is peace. Therefore, approach Him through your personal prayer and then live peace in your hearts. In this way, peace will flow like a river into the, whole world. Do not speak about peace, but make peace. I am blessing each of you and each good decision of yours. Thank you for having responded to my call."

March 18, 1991. MIRJANA'S BIRTHDAY MESSAGE: "Dear children, I am glad that you have gathered in such a large number. I would desire that you dedicate prayers for my children, who do not know my love and the love of my Son. Help them to come to know it. Help me as Mother of all of you. My children, how many times I have already invited you here in Medjugorje to prayer and I will invite you again because I desire you to open your hearts to my Son, to allow Him to come in and fill you with peace and love. Allow Him and let Him enter! Help Him by your prayers in order that you might be able to spread peace and love to others, because that is now most necessary for you in this time of battle with Satan. I have often spoken to you: pray, pray, because only by means of prayer will you drive off Satan and all the evil that goes along with Him. I promise you, my children that I will pray for you but I seek from you more vigorous prayers and I seek you to spread peace and love, which I am asking you in Medjugorje already nearly ten years. Help me, and I will pray to my Son for you."

March 25, 1991. "Dear children, again today I invite you to live the passion of Jesus in prayer and in union with Him. Decide to give more time to God, who gave you these days of grace. Therefore, dear children, pray and renew in a special way the love for Jesus in your hearts. I am with you and I accompany you with my blessings and my prayers. Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 25, 1991. "Dear children, today I invite you, so that your prayer be prayer with the heart. Let each of you find time for prayer, so that in your prayer you discover God. I do not desire you to talk about prayer, but to pray. Let every day be filled with prayer of gratitude to God for life and for all that you have. I do not desire your life to pass by in words, but that you glorify God with deeds. I am with you, I am grateful to God for every moment spent with you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 1991. "Dear children, today I invite all of you, who have heard my message of peace to realize it with seriousness and with love in your life. There are many, who think they are doing a lot by talking about the messages but do not live them. Dear children, I invite you to life and to change the entire negative in you, so that it all turns into the positive, and into life. Dear children, I am with you and I desire to help each of you to live and, by living, to witness to the good news. Dear children, I am here to help you and to lead you to heaven. In heaven is the joy through, which you can already live heaven now. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 1991. "Dear children, today, on this great day, which you have given me, I desire to bless all of you and to say, "these days, while I am with you are days of grace". I desire to teach you and to help you walk on the path of holiness. There are many people, who do not desire to understand my message and to accept with seriousness, what I am saying. But you, I therefore call and ask that, by your life and your daily living, you witness my presence. If you pray, God will help you discover the true reason for my coming. Therefore, little children, pray and read the Sacred Scriptures, so that, through my coming, you may discover the message in Sacred Scripture for you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 1991. - IVANKA'S YEARLY ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE: Our Lady appeared joyful and remained about twenty minutes with Ivanka praying for peace and asking for our prayers for peace. She spoke privately with Ivanka about the 6th secret. Our Lady asked that we become more rooted in our faith. Ivanka's facial expression ranged from intensely serious to supremely joyful. There was no formal message.

July 25, 1991. "Dear children, today I invite you to pray for peace. At this time, peace is threatened in a special way and I am seeking from you to renew fasting and prayer in your families. Dear children, I desire you to grasp the seriousness of the situation and that much of, what will happen depends on your prayers; and you are praying a little bit. Dear children, I am with you and I am inviting you to begin to pray and fast seriously, as in the first days of my coming. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 1991. "Dear children, today, also I invite you to prayer, now as never before, when my plan has begun to be realized. Satan is strong and wants to sweep away plans of peace and joy and make you think that my Son is not strong in His decisions. Therefore, I call all of you, dear children, to pray and fast still more firmly. I invite you to renunciation for nine days, so that, with your help, everything that I wanted to realize through the secrets, which began at Fatima, may be fulfilled. I call you, dear children, to grasp the importance of my coming and the seriousness of the situation. I want to save all souls and present them to God. Therefore, let us pray that everything I have begun will be fully realized. Thank you for having responded to my call."

September 25, 1991. "Dear children, today, in a special way, I invite you all to prayer and renunciation. For now, as never before, Satan wants to show the world his shameful face, by, which he wants to seduce as many people as possible onto the way of death and sin. Therefore, dear children, help my Immaculate Heart to triumph in the sinful world. I beseech all of you to offer prayers and sacrifices for my intentions, so I can present them to God for, what is most necessary. Forget your desires, dear children, and pray for, what God desires and not for, what you desire. Thank you for having responded to my call."

October 25, 1991. "PRAY! PRAY! PRAY! (Marija, the visionary, who receives the monthly messages for the world, says Our Lady did not give her usual: "Thank you for having responded to my call".)

November 25, 1991. "Dear children, this time, also, I am inviting you to prayer. Pray that you might be able to comprehend, what God desires to tell you through my presence and through the messages I am giving you. I desire to draw you ever closer to Jesus and His wounded heart, that you might be able to comprehend the immeasurable love, which gave itself for each one of you. Therefore, dear children, pray that from your heart would flow a fountain of love to every person, both to the one that hates you and to the one that despises you. That way, you will be able, through Jesus' love, to overcome all the misery in this world of sorrow, which is without hope for those, who do not know Jesus. I am with you and I love you with the immeasurable love of Jesus. Thank you for all your sacrifices and prayers. Pray, so that I might be able to help you still more. Your prayers are necessary to me. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December 25, 1991. "Dear children, today, in a special way, I bring the little Jesus to you that He may bless you with His blessings of peace and love. Dear children, do not forget that this is a grace, which many people neither understand nor accept. Therefore, you, who have said that you are mine and seek my help, give all of yourself. First of all, give your love and example in your families. You say that Christmas is a family feast; therefore, dear children, put God in the first place in your families, so that He may give you peace and may protect you not only from war, but also protect you from every Satanic attack during peace, when God is with you, you have everything; but, when you do not want Him, then you are miserable and lost and you do not know on, whose side you are. Therefore, dear children, decide for God and then you will get everything. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Our Lady of Medjugorje Messages from 1992.

January 25, 1992. "Dear children, today I am inviting you to a renewal of prayer in your families, so that, in that way, every family will become a joy to my son Jesus. Therefore, dear children, pray and seek more time for Jesus and then you will be able to understand and accept everything, even the most difficult sicknesses and crosses. I am with you and I desire to take you into my heart and protect you, but you have not yet decided. Therefore, dear children, I am seeking for you to pray, so that, through prayer, you will allow me to help you. Pray, my dear little children, so that prayer becomes your daily bread. Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 1992. "Dear children, today I invite you to draw still closer to God through prayer. Only in that way will I be able to help you and to protect you from every attack of Satan. I am with you and I intercede for you with God, that He protects you; but I need your prayers and your: "Yes". You get lost easily in material and human things and forget that God is your greatest friend. Therefore, my dear little children draw close to God, so He may protect you and guard you from every evil. Thank you for having responded to my call."

March 25, 1992. "Dear children, today, as never before, I invite you to live my messages and to put them into practice in your life. I have come to you to help you and, therefore, I invite you to change your life because you have taken a path of misery, a path of ruin, when I told you: "Convert, pray, fast and be reconciled", you took these messages superficially. You started to live them and then you stopped because it was difficult for you. Know, dear children, when something is good, you have to persevere in the good and not think: "God does not see me, He is not listening, and He is not helping. "And so, you have gone away from me because of your miserable interests. I wanted to create of you an Oasis of Peace, Love and Goodness. God wanted you, with your love and His help, to work miracles and, thus, gives example. Therefore, here is, what I say to you: "Satan is playing with you and with your souls and I cannot help you because you are far from my heart. "Therefore, pray, live my messages and then you will see the miracles of God's Love in your everyday life. Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 25, 1992. "Dear children, today also I invite you to prayer. It is only by prayer and fasting, that war can be stopped. Therefore, my dear little children, pray; and by your life give witness that you belong to me, because Satan wishes, in these turbulent days, to seduce as many souls as possible. Therefore, I invite you to decide for God and He will protect you and show you, what you should do and, which path to take. I invite all of those, who have said: "Yes" to me to renew their consecration to my Son, Jesus, and to His Heart and to me, so we can take you more intensely as instruments of Peace in this unmerciful world. Medjugorje is a sign to all of you and a call to pray and live the Days of Grace that God is giving you. Therefore, dear children, accept the call to prayer with seriousness. I am with you and your suffering is also mine. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 1992. "Dear children, today also, I invite you to prayer, so that, through prayer, you come yet closer to God. I am with you and wish to lead you on the path of salvation, which Jesus gives. From day to day, I am closer and closer to you although you are not conscious of it and do not want to admit that you are connected to me in prayer only a little bit, when temptations and problems arise, you say, "O God, O Mother, where are you?" And I only wait for you to give me your: "Yes", so that I pass it on to Jesus and He may bestow you with graces. Therefore, Once again, accept my call and begin anew to pray until prayer becomes joy for you, and then you will discover that God is almighty in your everyday life. I am with you and I wait for you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 24, 1992: Message through Ivan's prayer group on the mountain: "Praise is to Jesus! I am bringing you peace. Bring peace to others. You are the ones, who will bring peace to the world."

June 25, 1992. "Dear children, today I am happy despite there being some sadness still in my heart for all those, who began to take this path and then abandoned it. My presence here is, therefore, to lead you on a new path, the path of salvation. Thus, I call you day after day to conversion; but if you do not pray, you cannot say that you are converting. I pray for you and intercede before God for Peace: First for Peace in your hearts, then around you, so that God may be your Peace. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 1992: Ivanka's yearly apparition on Our Lady's Anniversary Feast Day: Our lady pleaded with us to pray and fast. This is the only weapon against Satan. Satan wants to destroy everything good within us. Through prayer and fasting, we can conquer evil and resist all temptations. (Our Lady was dressed in gold). Ivanka raised her hands during the apparition and later explained that she was touching Our Lady's hands.

July 25, 1992. "Dear children, today, again I invite all of you to prayer, a joyful prayer, so that in these sad days none of you feels sadness in prayer, but a joyful meeting with God, his Creator. Pray, little children, so that you can be closer to me and feel, through prayer, what I desire from you. I am with you and every day I bless you with my Motherly Blessing, so that the Lord may bestow you with the abundance of His Grace for your daily life. Thank God for the gift of my being with you, because I am telling you: This is a great Grace. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 1992. "Dear children, today I wish to tell you that I love you. I love you with my Motherly love; and I call upon you to open yourselves completely to me, so that through each of you I may be enabled to convert and save the world, where there is much sin and many things that are evil. Therefore, my dear little children open yourselves completely to me, so that I may be able to lead you more and more to the marvellous love of God, the Creator, who reveals Himself to you day by day. I am at your side and I wish to reveal to you and show you the God that loves you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

September 25, 1992. "Dear children, today also I wish to tell you I am with you in these restless days in, which Satan wishes to destroy everything, which I and my Son, Jesus, are building up. In a special way, he wishes to destroy your souls. He wishes to guide you as far away as possible from Christian life as well as from the Commandments to, which the Church is calling you, so you may live them. Satan wishes to destroy everything that is Holy in you and around you. Therefore, little children, Pray! Pray! Pray! In order to be able to comprehend all that God is giving you through my coming. Thank you for having responded to my call."

October 25, 1992. "Dear children, I invite you to prayer now, when Satan is strong and wishes to make as many souls as possible his own. Pray, dear children, and have more trust in me, because I am here in order to help you and to guide you on a new path towards a new life. Therefore, dear little children, listen and live, what I tell you, because it is important for you, when I shall not be with you any longer, that you remember my words and all, which I told you. I call you to begin to change your life from the beginning and that you decide for conversion, not with words, but with your life. Thank you for having responded to my call."

November 25, 1992. "Dear children, today, like never before, I invite you to pray. Let your life become prayer in fullness. Without love you cannot pray. Therefore, I invite you to first love God; the Creator of your life, and then you shall also discover and love God in all as He loves you. Dear children, it is a grace that I am with you. Therefore, accept and live my messages for your good. I love you and, therefore, I am with you to teach you and to guide you to a new life of renunciation and conversion. Only in this way shall you discover God and everything that is far from you now. Therefore, little children, pray. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December 25, 1992. "Dear children, today I wish to place you all under my mantle to protect you from every satanic attack. Today is the day of peace, but throughout the, whole world there is much lack of peace. Therefore, I call you to build up a new world of Peace together with me, by means of prayer. Without you, I cannot do that and, therefore, I call all of you with my Motherly love; and God will do the rest. Therefore open yourselves to God's plans and purposes for you to be able to cooperate with Him for peace and for good. And, do not forget that your life does not belong to you, but is a gift with, which you must bring joy to others and lead them to Eternal Life. Let the tenderness of my little Jesus always accompany you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 25, 1993. "Dear children, today I call you to accept and live my messages with seriousness. These days are the days, when you need to decide for God, for peace and for the good. May every hatred and jealousy disappear from your life and your thoughts, and may there only dwell love for God and for your neighbour. Thus only thus, shall you be able to discern the signs of this time. I am with you and I guide you into a new time, a time, which God gives you as grace, so that you may get to know Him more. Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 1993. "Dear children, today I bless you with my Motherly Blessing and invite you all to conversion. I wish that each of you decides himself for a change of life and that each of you works more in the church, not through words and thoughts but through example, so that your life may be a joyful testimony for Jesus. You cannot say that you are converted, because your life must become a daily conversion. In order to understand, what you have to do, little children, pray and God will give you, what you concretely have to do, and, where you have to change. I am with you and place you all under my mantle. Thank you for having responded to my call."

March 25, 1993. "Dear children, today, like never before, I call you to pray for peace: for peace in your hearts, peace in your families and peace in the, whole world, because Satan wants war. . . wants lack of peace. . . wants to destroy all, which is good. Therefore, dear children, PRAY! PRAY! PRAY! Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 25, 1993. "Dear children, today I invite you all to awaken your hearts to love. Go into nature and look how nature is awakening and it will help you to open your hearts to the love of God the Creator. I desire you to awaken love in your families, so that, where there is unrest and hatred, love will reign and, when there is love in your hearts there is also prayer. And, dear children, do not forget that I am with you and I am helping you with my prayer that God may give you the strength to love. I bless and love you with my Motherly love. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 1993. "Dear children, today I invite you to open yourselves to God by means of prayer, so the Holy Spirit may begin to work miracles in you and through you. I am with you and I intercede before God for each one of you because, dear children, each one of you is important in my plan of salvation. I invite you to be carriers of good and peace. God can give you peace only if you convert and pray. Therefore, my dear little children, Pray! Pray! Pray! And do that, which the Holy Spirit inspires you to do. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 1993. "Dear children, today also I rejoice at your presence here. I bless you with my Motherly Blessing and I intercede for each one of you before God. I call you anew to live my messages and to put them into life and practice. I am with you and bless all of you day by day. Dear children, these times are special and, therefore, I am with you to love and protect you, to protect your hearts from Satan and to bring you all-closer to the Heart of my Son, Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call."

IVANKA'S ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE: Our Lady was crying. She showed Ivanka horrible pictures of the happenings. She asked us all to open out hearts completely to her Son Jesus, so He can lead us in the right direction. With prayers it can all be averted. She asked us to constantly pray and then she blessed everyone. Ivanka's apparition lasted about 10 minutes and she cried during the apparition.

MESSAGE TO IVAN & PRAYER GROUP ON THE MOUNTAIN: It was very difficult to hear the message as it was translated on the mountain that evening as, so many people were there. The gist of the message is that Satan is strong, that he is trying to destroy peace and that we must intensify our prayers.

July 25, 1993. "Dear children! I thank you for your prayers and for the love you show toward me. I invite you to decide to pray for my intentions. Dear children, offer novenas, making sacrifices, wherein you feel the most bound. I want your life to be bound to me. I am your Mother, little children, and I do not want Satan to deceive you for He wants to lead you the wrong way, but he cannot if you do not permit him. Therefore, little children, renew prayer in your hearts, and then you will understand my call and my live desire to help you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 1993. "Dear children, I want you to understand that I am your Mother and, that I want to help you and call you to prayer. Only by prayer can you understand and accept my messages and practice them in your life. Read Sacred Scripture, live it, and pray to understand the signs of the time. This is a special time. Therefore, I am with you to draw you close to my heart and the Heart of my Son Jesus. Dear little children, I want you to be children of the light and not of darkness. Therefore, live, what I am telling you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

September 25, 1993. "Dear children, I am your Mother and I invite you to come closer to God through prayer, because only He is your peace, your Saviour. Therefore, little children, do not seek comfort in material things; rather, seek God. I am praying for you and I intercede before God for each individual. I am looking for your prayers, that you accept me and accept my messages as in the first days of the apparitions. And only then, when you open your hearts and pray, will miracles happen. Thank you for having responded to my call."

October 25, 1993. "Dear children, these years I have been calling you to pray, to live, what I am telling you, but you are living my messages a little. You talk but do not live. That is, why, my dear little children, this war is lasting, so long. I invite you to open yourselves to God and to live with God in your hearts, living the good and giving witness to my messages. I love you and wish to protect you from every evil, but you do not desire it. Dear children, I cannot help you if you do not live God's Commandments, if you do not live the Mass, if you do not abandon sin. I invite you to become Apostles of Love and Goodness. In this world without peace, give witness to God and God's love and God will bless you and give you, what you seek of Him. Thank you for responding to my call."

November 25, 1993. "Dear children, I invite you now, in this time, like never before, to prepare for the coming of Jesus. Let little Jesus reign in your hearts; and only then, when Jesus is your friend, will you be happy. It will not be difficult for you either to pray or offer sacrifices or to witness Jesus' greatness in your life, because He will give you strength and joy in this time. I am close to you by my intercession and prayer and I love and bless all of you. Thank you for responding to my call."

December 25, 1993. "Dear children, today I rejoice with the little Jesus and I desire that Jesus' joy may enter into every heart. Little children, with the message I give you a blessing with my son Jesus, so that in every heart peace may reign. I love you, little children, and I invite all of you to come closer to me by means of prayer. You talk and talk but do not pray. Therefore, little children, decide for prayer. Only in this way will you be happy and God will give you, what you seek from him. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 25, 1994. "Dear children, you are all my little children. I love you. But, little children, you must not forget that without prayer you cannot be close to me. In this time, Satan wants to create disorder in your hearts and in your families. Little children, do not give in. You must not permit him to lead you and your life. I love you and intercede for you before God. Little children, Pray! Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 1994. "Dear children, today I thank you for your prayers. You all have helped me, so that this war may finish as soon as possible. I am close to you and I pray for each one of you and I beg you, Pray, Pray, and Pray. Only through prayer we can defeat evil and protect all that, which Satan wants to destroy in your life. I am your Mother and I love you all the same, and I intercede for you before God. Thank you for having responded to my call."

March 25, 1994. "Dear children, today I rejoice with you and I invite you to open yourselves to me and become an instrument in my hands, for the salvation of the world. I desire, little children, that all of you, who have felt the fragrance of holiness, through these messages, which I am giving you, to carry it in this world, hungry for God and God's love. I thank you all for having responded in such a number and I bless you all with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 25, 1994. "Dear children, today, I invite all of you to decide to pray for my intention. Little children, I invite all of you to help me realize my plan through this parish. Now, in a special way, little children, I invite you to decide to go the way of holiness. Only then will you be close to me.

I love you and want to lead you all with me to paradise. But, if you do not pray and if you are not humble and obedient to the messages I am giving you, I cannot help you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 1994. "Dear children, I invite all of you to have more trust in me and to live my messages more deeply. I am with you and intercede before God for you, but also I wait for your hearts to open up to my messages. Rejoice because God loves you and gives you the possibility to convert everyday and to believe more in God, the Creator. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 1994. "Dear children, Today I rejoice in my heart at seeing you all present here. I bless you and I call you all to decide to live my messages, which I give you here. I desire, little children, to guide you all to Jesus because He is your salvation. Therefore, little children, the more you pray, the more you will belong to me and to my Son Jesus. I bless you all with my Motherly Blessing and I thank you for having responded to my call."

Ivankas yearly anniversary message: Ivanka said that Our Lady stayed 8 minutes and was filled with joy throughout the, whole apparition (unlike last year, when she wept, so much). Our Lady said: "Dear children, my heart is filled with love because, so many hard hearts have opened to my Son Jesus, so that He may guide them on the right path. "Our Lady then invited everyone to continue to pray and fast and finally, she spoke to Ivanka about the secrets.

July 25, 1994. "Dear Children, I invite you to decide to give time to prayer patiently. Little children, you cannot say you are mine and that you have experienced conversion through my messages if you are not ready to give time to God every day. I am close to you and I bless you all. Little children, do not forget that if you do not pray, you are not close to me nor are you close to the Holy Spirit, who leads you along the path to holiness. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 1994. "Dear Children, today I am united with you in prayer in a special way, praying for the gift of the presence of my Beloved Son in your home country. Pray, little children, for the health of my most beloved son: Who suffers and, whom I have chosen for these times. I pray and intercede before my Son Jesus, so that the dream that your fathers had may be fulfilled. Pray, little children, in a special way because Satan is strong and wants to destroy hope in your heart. I bless you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

September 25, 1994. "Dear children, I rejoice with you and I invite you to prayer. Little children, pray for my intention. Your prayers are necessary to me, through, which I desire to bring you closer to God. He is your salvation. God sends me to help you and to guide you towards Paradise, which is your goal. Therefore, little children, Pray! Pray! Pray!"

October 25, 1994. "Dear children, I am with you and I rejoice today because the Most High has granted me to be with you and to teach you and to guide you on the path of perfection. Little children, I wish you to be a beautiful bouquet of flowers, which I wish to present to God for the day of All Saints. I invite you to open yourselves and to live, taking the saints as an example. Mother church has chosen them, that they may be an impulse for your daily life. Thank you for your response to my call."

November 25, 1994. "Dear children, today I call you to prayer. I am with you all. I am your mother and I wish that your hearts be similar to my heart. Little children, without prayer you cannot live and say that you are mine. Prayer is a joy. Prayer is, what the human heart desires. Therefore, get closer, little children, to my Immaculate Heart and you will discover God. Thank you for your response to my call.

December 25, 1994. "Dear children, today I am joyful with you and I pray with you for peace: Peace in your hearts, peace in your families, peace in your desires, and peace in the, whole world. May the King of Peace bless you today and give you peace. I bless you and I carry each one of you in my heart. Thank you for your response to my call."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 25, 1995. "Dear children; I invite you to open the door of your heart to Jesus as the flower opens itself to the sun. Jesus desires to fill your hearts with peace and joy. You cannot, little children, realize peace if you are not at peace with Jesus. Therefore, I invite you to confession, so Jesus may be your truth and peace. So, little children, pray to have strength to realize, what I am telling you. I am with you and I love you. Thank you for your response to my call."

February 25, 1995. "Dear children; Today I invite you to become missionaries of my messages, which I am giving here through this place that is dear to me. God has allowed me to stay this long with you; and therefore, little children, I invite you to live with love the messages I give and to transmit them to the, whole world, so that a river of love flows to people, who are full of hatred and without peace. I invite you, little children, to become peace, where there is no peace and light, where there is darkness, so that each heart accepts the light and the way of salvation. Thank you for your response to my call."

March 18, 1995: Mirjanas birthday message: Dear children; As a Mother, for many years already, I am teaching you faith and love for God. Neither have you shown gratitude to the Dear Father nor have you given Him glory. You have become empty and your heart has become hard and without love for the sufferings of your neighbours. I am teaching you and I am showing you that the Dear Father has loved you, but you have not loved Him. He sacrificed His Son for your salvation, my children. For as long as you do not love, you will not come to know the love of your Father. You will not come to know Him, because God is love. Love. And have no fear, my children, because in love there is no fear. If your hearts are open to the Father and if they are full of love towards Him, why then fear, what is to come? Those, who do not love are afraid because they expect punishment and because they know how empty and hard they are. I am leading you, children, towards love, toward the Dear Father. I am leading you into Eternal Life. Eternal Life is my Son. Accept Him and you will have accepted love."

March 25, 1995. "Dear children; Today I invite you to live peace in your hearts and families. There is no peace, little children, where there is no prayer; and there is no love, where there is no faith. Therefore, little children, I invite you all to decide again today for conversion. I am close to you and I invite you all, little children, into my embrace to help you. But you do not want it; So Satan is tempting you, and in the smallest things your faith disappears. Dear children, this is, why, you must pray; and through prayer, you will have blessing and peace. Thank you for your response to my call."

April 25, 1995. "Dear children; Today I call you to love. Little children, without love you cannot live! Neither with God nor with your brother. Therefore, I call all of you to open your hearts to the love of God that is, so great and open to each one of you. God, out of love for man, has sent me among you to show you the path of salvation, the path of love. If you do not first love God, then you will neither be able to love neighbour or the one you hate. Therefore, little children, pray and through prayer you will discover love. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 1995. "Dear children, I invite you little children to help me through your prayers, so that as many hearts as possible come close to my Immaculate Heart. Satan is strong and with all his forces wants to bring the most people possible closer to himself and to sin, that is, why he is on the prowl to snatch more every moment. I beg you little children pray and help me to help you. I am your Mother and I love you and that is, why I wish to help you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 1995. "Dear children, today I am happy to see you in such great numbers that you have responded and have come to live my messages. I invite you, little children, to be my joyful carrier of peace in this troubled world. Pray for peace, so that as soon as possible a time of peace, which my heart waits impatiently for may reign. I am near you little children and I intercede for every one of you before the Most High. I bless you with my Motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call."

July 25, 1995. "Dear children, I invite you to prayer, because only in prayer can you understand my coming here. The Holy Spirit will enlighten you to understand that you must convert. Little children, I wish to make of you a most beautiful bouquet prepared for eternity, but you do not accept the way of conversion, the way of salvation that I am offering you through these apparitions. Little children, pray, convert your heart and come closer to me. Let good overcome evil. I love you and bless you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 1995. "Dear children, today I invite you to prayer. Let prayer be life for you. A family cannot say that it is in peace if it does not pray. Therefore, let your morning begin with Morning Prayer and the evening end with thanksgiving. Little children I am with you and I love you and I bless you, and I wish for every one of you to be in my embrace. You cannot be in my embrace if you are not ready to pray every day. Thank you for having responded to my call."

September 25, 1995. "Dear children, today I invite you to fall in love with the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Adore Him, little children, in your parishes, and in this way you will be united with the entire world. Jesus will become your Friend, and you will not talk of Him like someone, whom you barely know. Unity with Him will be a joy for you, and you will become witnesses to Jesus' love, which He has for every creature. Little children, when you adore Jesus, you are also close to me. Thank you for having responded to my call."

October 25, 1995. "Dear children, today I invite you to go into nature because there, you will meet God the creator. Today I invite you, little children; to thank God for all that He gives you. In thanking Him, you will discover the most high and all the goods that surround you. Little children, God is great and His love for every creature is great. Therefore, pray to be able to understand, the love and goodness of God. In the goodness and the love of God the creator, I also am with you as a gift. Thank you for having responded to my call."

November 25, 1995. "Dear children, today I invite you that each of you begin anew to love first God, who saved and redeemed each of you, and then brothers and sisters in your vicinity. Without love, little children, you cannot grow in holiness and you cannot do good deeds. Therefore, little children, pray without ceasing that God reveals His love to you. I have invited all of you to unite yourselves with me, and to love. Today also, I am with you and I invite you to discover love in your hearts and in your families. For God to live in your hearts, you must love. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December 25, 1995. "Dear children, today also I rejoice with you and I bring you little Jesus that He bless you. I invite you, dear children, that your life be united with Him. Jesus is the King of Peace, and only He can give you the Peace that you seek. I am with you and I present you to Jesus in a special way now, in this new time, when it is necessary to decide for Him. This time is the time of grace. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 25, 1996. "Dear Children, today I invite you to decide for peace. Pray to God that He will give you true peace. Live peace in your hearts and you will understand, dear children, that peace is God's gift. Dear children, without love you cannot live peace. The fruit of peace is love and the fruit of love is forgiveness. I am with you and I am inviting all of you, little children, to first forgive in the family and then you will be able to forgive others. Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 1996. "Dear Children, today, I invite you to conversion. This is the most important message that I have given you here. Little children, I wish that each of you should become a carrier of my messages. I invite you, little children, to live the messages that I have given you over these years. This is a time of grace, especially now, when the church also is inviting you to prayer and conversion. I also, little children, invite you to live my messages that I have given you during the time since I appeared here. Thank you for having responded to my call."

March 18, 1996 - Mirjana's Annual Apparition. "Dear children! On this message, which I give you today through my servant, I desire for you to reflect a long time. My children, the love of God is great. Do not close your eyes, do not close your ears, while I repeat to you: Great is His love! Hear my call and my supplication, which I direct to you. Consecrate your heart and make in it the home of the Lord. May He dwell in it forever? My eyes and my heart will be here, even, when I will no longer appear. Act in everything as I ask you and lead you to the Lord. Do not reject from yourself the name of God, that you may not be rejected. Accept my messages that you may be accepted. Decide, my children, it is the time of decision. Be just and innocent of heart, that I may lead you to your Father, for this, that I am here, is His great love. Thank you for being here!"

March 25, 1996. "Dear Children, I invite you to decide again to love God above all else. (Due to the spirit of consumerism) in a time, when one forgets: What it means to love and to cherish true values. I invite you again, little children, to put God in the first place in your life. Do not let Satan attract you through material things, but, little children, decide for God, who is freedom and love. Choose life and not death of the soul. Little children, in this time, when you meditate upon the suffering and death of Jesus, I invite you to decide for life, which blossomed through the resurrection, and that your life may be renewed today through conversion, that shall lead you to eternal life. Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 25, 1996. "Dear Children! Today I invite you again to put prayer in the first place in your families. Little children, when God is in the first place, then you will, in all that you do, seek the will of God! In this way your daily conversion will become easier. Little children, seek with humility that, which is not in order in your hearts, and you shall understand, what you have to do. Conversion will become a daily duty that you will do with joy. Little children, I am with you, I bless you all and I invite you to become my witnesses by prayer and personal conversion. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 1996. "Dear Children! Today I wish to thank you for all your prayers and sacrifices that you, during this month, which is dedicated to me, have offered to me. Little children, I also wish that you all would be active during this time that is through me connected to heaven in a special way. Pray in order to understand that you all, through your life and your example, ought to collaborate in the work of salvation. Little children, I wish that all people convert and see my son, Jesus and me, in you. I will intercede for you and help you to become the light. In helping the other, your soul will also find salvation. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 1996. "Dear children! Today I thank you for all the sacrifices you have offered me these days. Little children, I invite you to open yourselves to me and to decide for conversion. Your hearts, little children, are still not completely open to me and therefore, I invite you again to open to prayer, so that in prayer the Holy Spirit will help you, that your hearts become of flesh and not of stone. Little children, thank you for having responded to my call and for having decided to walk with me toward holiness."

July 25, 1996. "Dear children! Today I invite you to decide every day for God. Little children, you speak much about God, but you witness little with your life. Therefore, little children, decide for conversion, that your life may be true before God, so that in the truth of your life you witness the beauty God gave you. Little children, I invite you again to decide for prayer because through prayer, you will be able to live the conversion. Each one of you shall become in the simplicity, similar to a child, which is open to the love of the Father. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 1996. "Dear children! Listen, because I wish to speak to you and to invite you to have more faith and trust in God, who loves you immeasurably. Little children, you do not know how to live in the grace of God, that is, why I call you all anew, to carry the word of God in your heart and in thoughts. Little children, place the Sacred Scripture in a visible place in your family, and read and live it. Teach your children, because if you are not an example to them, children depart into godlessness. Reflect and pray and then God will be born in your heart and your heart will be joyous. Thank you for having for responded to my call."

September 25, 1996. "Dear children! Today I invite you to offer your crosses and suffering for my intentions. Little children, I am your mother and I wish to help you by seeking for you the grace from God. Little children, offer your sufferings as a gift to God, so they become a most beautiful flower of joy. That is, why, little children, pray that you may understand that suffering can become joy and the cross the way of joy. Thank you for having responded to my call."

October 25, 1996. "Dear children! Today I invite you to open yourselves to God the Creator, so that He changes you. Little children, you are dear to me. I love you all and I call you to be closer to me and that your love towards my Immaculate Heart be more fervent. I wish to renew you and lead you with my Heart to the Heart of Jesus, which still today suffers for you and calls you to conversion and renewal. Through you, I wish to renew the world. Comprehend, little children, that you are today the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Little children, I invite you and I love you and in a special way implore: Convert! Thank you for having responded to my call."

November 25, 1996. "Dear children! Today, again, I invite you to pray, so that through prayer, fasting and small sacrifices you may prepare yourselves for the coming of Jesus. May this time, little children, be a time of grace for you. Use every moment and do good, for only in this way will you feel the birth of Jesus in your hearts. If with your life you give an example and become a sign of God's love, joy will prevail in the hearts of men. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December 25, 1996. "Dear children! Today I am with you in a special way, holding little Jesus in my lap and I invite you, little children, to open yourselves to His call. He calls you to joy. Little children, joyfully live the messages of the Gospel, which I am repeating in the time since I am with you. Little children, I am your Mother and I desire to reveal to you the God of love and the God of peace. I do not desire for your life to be in sadness but that it be realized in joy for eternity, according to the Gospel. Only in this way will your life have meaning. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 25, 1997. "Dear children! I invite you to reflect about your future. You are creating a new world without God, only with your own strength and that is, why you are unsatisfied and without joy in the heart. This time is my time and that is, why, little children, I invite you again to pray, when you find unity with God, you will feel hunger for the word of God and your heart, little children, will overflow with joy. You will witness God's love, wherever you are. I bless you and I repeat to you that I am with you to help you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 1997. "Dear children! Today I invite you in a special way to open yourselves to God the Creator and to become active. Little children, I invite you to see at this time, whom needs your spiritual or material help. By your example, little children, you will be the extended hands of God, which humanity is seeking. Only in this way will you understand, that you are called to witness and to become joyful carriers of God's word and of His love. Thank you for having responded to my call."

March 18, 1997 - Mirjana's Birthday Apparition. "Dear children! As a mother I ask that you do not go on the path that you have been on, that is the path without love towards neighbour and towards my Son. On this path, you will find only hardness and emptiness of heart, and not peace, which you all long for. Truthful peace will have only that one, who in his neighbour sees and loves my son. In the heart of the one, where only my Son reigns, that one knows, what peace and security is. Thank you for having responded to my call. "

Mirjana said that Our Lady was saddened only, when She was giving the message, otherwise, it was like normal. She blessed everyone present and all religious articles. Our Lady prayed with Mirjana an Our Father and Glory Be for unbelievers. The apparition lasted 6 minutes, beginning at 1:50 p.m. She said nothing about the secrets.

March 25, 1997. "Dear children! Today, in a special way, I invite you to take the cross in the hands and to meditate on the wounds of Jesus. Ask of Jesus to heal your wounds, which you, dear children, during your life sustained because of your sins or the sins of your parents. Only in this way, dear children, you will understand that the world is in need of healing of faith in God the Creator. By Jesus' passion and death on the cross, you will understand that only through prayer you, too, can become true apostles of faith; when, in simplicity and prayer, you live faith, which is a gift. Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 25, 1997. "Dear children! Today I call you to have your life be connected with God the Creator, because only in this way will your life have meaning and you will comprehend that God is love. God sends me to you out of love, that I may help you to comprehend that without Him there is no future or joy and, above all, there is no eternal salvation. Little children, I call you to leave sin and to accept prayer at all times, that you may in prayer come to know the meaning of your life. God gives Himself to him, who seeks Him. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 1997. "Dear children! Today I invite you to glorify God and for the Name of God to be holy in your hearts and in your life. Little children, when you are in the holiness of God, He is with you and gives you peace and joy, which come only from God through prayer. Little children, this is, why, you must renew prayer in your families and then your heart will glorify the holy Name of God and heaven will reign in your heart. I am close to you and I intercede for you before God. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 1997. "Dear children! Today I am with you in a special way and I bring you my motherly blessing of peace. I pray for you and I intercede for you before God, so that you may comprehend that each of you is a carrier of peace. You cannot have peace if your heart is not at peace with God. Little children, this is, why, you must pray, pray and pray, because prayer is the foundation of your peace. Open your heart and give time to God, so that He will be your friend, when true friendship with God is realized, no storm can destroy it. Thank you for having responded to my call."

July 25, 1997. "Dear children! Today I invite you to respond to my call to prayer. I desire, dear children, that during this time you find a corner for personal prayer. I desire to lead you towards prayer with the heart. Only in this way will you comprehend that your life is empty without prayer. You will discover the meaning of your life, when you discover God in prayer. Little children, this is, why, you must open the door of your heart and you will comprehend that prayer is joy without, which you cannot live. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 1997. "Dear children! God gives me this time as a gift to you, so that I may instruct and lead you on the path of salvation. Dear children, now you do not comprehend this grace, but soon a time will come, when you will lament for these messages. Little children, this is, why, you must live all of the words, which I have given you through this time of grace and renew prayer, until prayer becomes a joy for you. Especially, I call all those, who have consecrated themselves to my Immaculate Heart to become an example to others. I call all priests and religious brothers and sisters to pray the rosary and to teach others to pray. The rosary, little children, is especially dear to me. Through the rosary open your heart to me and I am able to help you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

September 25, 1997. "Dear children! Today I call you to comprehend that without love you cannot comprehend that God needs to be in the first place in your life. That is, why, little children, I call you all to love, not with a human but with God's love. In this way, your life will be more beautiful and without an interest. You will comprehend that God gives Himself to you in the simplest way out of love. Little children, so that you may comprehend my words, which I give you out of love, pray, pray, pray and you will be able to accept others with love and to forgive all, who have done evil to you. Respond with prayer; prayer is a fruit of love towards God the Creator. Thank you for having responded to my call."

October 25, 1997. "Dear children! Also today I am with you and I call all of you to renew yourselves by living my messages. Little children, may prayer be life for you and may you be an example to others. Little children, I desire for you to become carriers of peace and of God's joy to today's world without peace. Little children, this is, why, you must pray, pray and pray! I am with you and I bless you with my motherly peace. Thank you for having responded to my call."

November 25, 1997. "Dear children! Today I invite you to comprehend your Christian vocation. Little children, I led and am leading you through this time of grace, that you may become conscious of your Christian vocation. Holy martyrs died witnessing: I am a Christian and love God over everything. Little children, today also I invite you to rejoice and be joyful Christians, responsible and conscious that God called you in a special way to be joyfully extended hands toward those, who do not believe, and that through the example of your life, they may receive faith and love for God. Therefore, pray, pray, pray that your heart may open and be sensitive for the Word of God. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December 25, 1997. "Dear children! Also today I rejoice with you and I call you to the good. I desire that each of you reflect and carry peace in your heart and say: I want to put God in the first place in my life. In this way, little children, each of you will become holy. Little children, tell everyone, I want the good for you and he will respond with the good and, little children, good will come to dwell in the heart of each man. Little children, tonight I bring to you the good of my Son, who gave His life to save you. Little children, this is, why, you shall rejoice and extend your hands to Jesus, who is only good. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 25, 1998. "Dear children! Today again I call all of you to prayer. Only with prayer, dear children, will your heart change, become better, and be more sensitive to the Word of God. Little children, do not permit Satan to pull you apart and to do with you, what he wants. I call you to be responsible and determined and to consecrate each day to God in prayer. May Holy Mass, little children, not be a habit for you, but life! By living Holy Mass each day, you will feel the need for holiness and you will grow in holiness. I am close to you and intercede before God for each of you, so that He may give you strength to change your heart. Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 1998. "Dear children! Also today I am with you and I, again, call all of you to come closer to me through your prayers. In a special way, I call you to renunciation in this time of grace. Little children, meditate on and live, through your little sacrifices, the passion and death of Jesus for each of you. Only if you come closer to Jesus will you comprehend the immeasurable love He has for each of you. Through prayer and your renunciation you will become more open to the gift of faith and love towards the Church and the people, who are around you. I love you and bless you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

MIRJANA'S ANNUAL APPARITION The visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo had her regular annual apparition on March18, 1998. Our Lady stopped the daily apparitions to Mirjana December 25, 1982. At that time Our Lady, after confiding the last of ten secrets to her, promised that she will have an apparition on her birthday, March 18, for the course of her entire life. And it was that way also this year.

The apparition lasted between four and five minutes. Our Lady spoke to her about the secrets, blessed all those present, and gave the following message:

"Dear children! I call you to be my light, in order to enlighten all those, who still live in darkness, to fill their hearts with the Peace of my Son. Thank you for having responded to my call!"

March 25, 1998. "Dear children! Also today I call you to fasting and renunciation. Little children, renounce that, which hinders you from being closer to Jesus. In a special way I call you: Pray, because only through prayer you will be able to overcome your will and discover the will of God even in the smallest things. By your daily life, little children, you will become an example and witness that you live for Jesus or against Him and His will. Little children, I desire that you become apostles of love. By loving, little children, it will be recognized that you are mine. Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 25, 1998. "Dear children! Today I call you, through prayer, to open yourselves to God as a flower opens itself to the rays of the morning sun. Little children, do not be afraid. I am with you and I intercede before God for each of you, so that your heart receives the gift of conversion. Only in this way, little children, will you comprehend the importance of grace in these times and God will become nearer to you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 1998. "Dear children! Today I call you, through prayer and sacrifice, to prepare yourselves for the coming of the Holy Spirit. Little children, this is a time of grace and so, again, I call you to decide for God the Creator. Allow Him to transform and change you. May your heart be prepared to listen to, and live, everything, which the Holy Spirit has in His plan for each of you! Little children, allow the Holy Spirit to lead you on the way of truth and salvation towards eternal life. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 1998. "Dear children! Today I desire to thank you for living my messages. I bless you all with my motherly blessing and I bring you all before my Son Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call."

July 25, 1998. "Dear children! Today, little children, I invite you, through prayer, to be with Jesus, so that through a personal experience of prayer you may be able to discover the beauty of God's creatures. You cannot speak or witness about prayer, if you do not pray. Little children, this is, why, in the silence of the heart, remain with Jesus, so that He may change and transform you with His love. This, little children, is a time of grace for you. Make good use of it for your personal conversion, because, when you have God, you have everything. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 1998. "Dear children! Today I invite you to come still closer to me through prayer. Little children, I am your mother, I love you and I desire that each of you be saved and thus be with me in Heaven. Little children, this is, why, pray, pray and pray until your life becomes prayer. Thank you for having responded to my call."

September 25, 1998. "Dear children! Today, I call you to become my witnesses by living the faith of your fathers. Little children, you seek signs and messages and do not see that, with every morning sunrise, God calls you to convert and to return to the way of truth and salvation. You speak much, little children, but you work little on your conversion. That is, why, convert and start to live my messages, not with your words but with your life. In this way, little children, you will have the strength to decide for the true conversion of the heart. Thank you for having responded to my call."

October 25, 1998. "Dear children! Today I call you to come closer to my Immaculate Heart. I call you to renew in your families the fervour of the first days, when I called you to fasting, prayer and conversion. Little children, you accepted my messages with open hearts, although you did not know, what prayer was. Today, I call you to open yourselves completely to me, so that I may transform you and lead you to the heart of my son Jesus, so that He can fill you with His love. Only in this way, little children, will you find true peace - the peace that only God gives you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

November 25, 1998. "Dear children! Today I call you to prepare yourselves for the coming of Jesus. In a special way, prepare your hearts. May holy Confession be the first act of conversion for you and then, dear children, decide for holiness. May your conversion and decision for holiness begin today and not tomorrow! Little children, I call you all to the way of salvation and I desire to show you the way to Heaven. Little children, this is, why, you must / should be mine and decide with me for holiness. Little children, accept prayer with seriousness and pray, pray and pray. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December 25, 1998. "Dear children! In this Christmas joy I desire to bless you with my blessing. In a special way, little children, I give you the blessing of little Jesus. May He fill you with His peace! Today, little children, you do not have peace and yet you yearn for it. That is, why, with my Son Jesus, on this day I call you to pray, pray, pray, because without prayer you do not have joy or peace or a future. Yearn for peace and seek it, for God is true peace. Thank you for having responded to my call."

ANNUAL APPARITION TO JAKOV ON December 25, 1998.
After the apparition, it began at 11.50 a.m. and lasted 12 minutes, Jakov wrote:

"Our Lady came joyful. She greeted me, as always, with "Praised be Jesus!" She spoke to me about the secrets and afterwards gave me this message:"

"Dear children! Today, on the birthday of my Son, my heart is filled with immeasurable joy, love and peace. As your mother, I desire for each of you to feel the very same joy, peace and love in the heart. That is, why do not be afraid to open your heart and to completely surrender yourself to Jesus, because only in this way can He enter into your heart and fill it with love, peace and joy. I bless you with my motherly blessing."

Jakov prayed with his family. He prepared himself for the apparition with Confession and Holy Mass. After the apparition, he cried for a, while.

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 25, 1999. "Dear children! I again invite you to prayer. You have no excuse to work more because nature still lies in deep sleep. Open yourselves in prayer. Renew prayer in your families. Put Holy Scripture in a visible place in your families, read it, reflect on it and learn how God loves His people. His love shows itself also in present times because He sends me to call you upon the path of salvation. Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 1999. "Dear children! Also today I am with you in a special way contemplating and living the passion of Jesus in my heart. Little children, open your hearts and give me everything that is in them: joys, sorrows and each, even the smallest, pain, that I may offer them to Jesus; So that with His immeasurable love, He may burn and transform your sorrows into the joy of His resurrection. This is the reason for that I now call you in a special way, little children, for your hearts to open to prayer, so that through prayer you may become friends of Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call."

ANNUAL APPARITION TO MIRJANA SOLDO ON March 18, 1999. "Dear children! I want you to surrender your hearts to me, so that I may take you on the way, which leads to the light and to eternal life. I do not want your hearts to wander in today's darkness. I will help you. I will be with you on this way of discovery of the love and the mercy of God. As a mother, I ask you to permit me to do this. Thank you for having responded to my call. "

The apparition lasted for 6 minutes from 10:14 to 10:20 am. Our Lady spoke about the secrets. She blessed everyone.

March 25, 1999. "Dear children! I call you to prayer with the heart. In a special way, little children, I call you to pray for conversion of sinners, for those, who pierce my heart and the heart of my Son Jesus with the sword of hatred and daily blasphemies. Let us pray, little children, for all those, who do not desire to come to know the love of God, even though they are in the Church. Let us pray that they convert, so that the Church may resurrect in love. Only with love and prayer, little children, can you live this time, which is given to you for conversion. Place God in the first place, then the risen Jesus will become your friend. Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 25, 1999. "Dear children! Also today I call you to prayer. Little children, be joyful carriers of peace and love in this peace less world. By fasting and prayer, witness that you are mine, and that you live my messages. Pray and seek! I am praying and interceding for you before God that you convert, and that your life and behaviour always be Christian. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 1999. "Dear children! Also today I call you to convert and to more firmly believe in God. Children, you seek peace and pray in different ways, but you have not yet given your hearts to God for Him to fill them with His love. So, I am with you to teach you and to bring you closer to the love of God. If you love God above all else, it will be easy for you to pray and to open your hearts to Him. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 1999. "Dear children! Today I thank you for living and witnessing my messages with your life. Little children, be strong and pray, so that prayer may give you strength and joy. Only in this way will each of you be mine and I will lead you on the way of salvation. Little children, pray and with your life witness my presence here. May each day be a joyful witness for you of the love of God! Thank you for having responded to my call."

July 25, 1999. "Dear children! Also today I rejoice with you and I call you all to prayer with the heart. I call all of you, little children, to give thanks to God here with me for the graces, which He gives to you through me. I desire for you to comprehend that I want to realize here, not only a place of prayer but also a meeting of hearts. I desire for my, Jesus' and your heart to become one heart of love and peace. Little children, this is, why, you shall pray and rejoice over everything that God does here, despite that Satan provokes quarrels and unrest. I am with you and I lead you all on the way of love. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 1999. "Dear children! Also today I call you to give glory to God the Creator in the colours of nature. He speaks to you also through the smallest flower about His beauty and the depth of love with, which He has created you. Little children, may prayer flow from your hearts like fresh water from a spring. May the, wheat fields speak to you about the mercy of God towards every creature? That is, why; you should renew prayer of thanksgiving for everything He gives you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

September 25, 1999. "Dear children! Today again I call you to become carriers of my peace. In a special way, now, when it is being said that God is far away, He has truly never been nearer to you. I call you to renew prayer in your families by reading the Sacred Scripture and to experience joy in meeting with God, who infinitely loves His creatures. Thank you for having responded to my call."

October 25, 1999. "Dear children! Do not forget: this is a time of grace; this is why you should pray, pray and pray! Thank you for having responded to my call."

November 25, 1999. "Dear children! Also today I call you to prayer. In this time of grace, may the cross be a signpost of love and unity for you through, which true peace comes. Little children, this is, why, pray especially at this time that little Jesus, the Creator of peace, may be born in your hearts. Only through prayer will you become my apostles of peace in this world without peace. That is, why, pray until prayer becomes a joy for you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December 25, 1999. "Dear children! This is the time of grace. Little children, today in a special way with little Jesus, whom I hold in my embrace, I am giving you the possibility to decide for peace. Through your "yes" for peace and your decision for God, a new possibility for peace is opened. Only in this way, little children, this century will be for you a time of peace and well being. Therefore, put little newborn Jesus in the first place in your life and He will lead you on the way of salvation. Thank you for having responded to my call."

The yearly apparition to Jakov Colo on Christmas 1999. The apparition began at 3.00 p.m. and lasted 10 minutes. Our Lady came joyful and in a golden dress with the baby Jesus in her arms. She spoke about the secrets and blessed everyone. She gave a message:

"Dear children! Today on the birthday of my Son, when my heart is filled with immeasurable joy and love, I invite you to a complete openness and to a complete abandonment to God. Throw all darkness out of your heart and allow God's light and God's love to enter into your heart and to dwell there forever. Be carriers of God's light and love to all mankind, so that all in you and through you may feel and experience the true light and love, which only God can give you.
I bless you with my motherly blessing."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 25, 2000. "Dear children! I call you, little children, to pray without ceasing. If you pray, you are closer to God and He will lead you on the way of peace and salvation. That is, why I call you today to give peace to others. Only in God is there true peace. Open your hearts and become those, who give a gift of peace and others will discover peace in you and through you and in this way you will witness God's peace and love, which He gives you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 2000. "Dear children! Wake up from the sleep of unbelief and sin, because this is a time of grace, which God gives you. Use this time and seek the grace of healing of your heart from God, so that you may see God and man with the heart. Pray in a special way for those, who have not come to know God's love, and witness with your life, so that they also can come to know God and His immeasurable love. Thank you for having responded to my call."

ANNUAL APPARITION TO MIRJANA SOLDO ON March 18, 2000. "Dear children! Do not seek peace and happiness in vain, in the wrong places and in wrong things. Do not permit your hearts to become hard by loving vanity. Invoke the name of my Son. Receive Him in your heart. Only in the name of my Son will you experience true happiness and true peace in your heart. Only in this way will you come to know the love of God and spread it further. I am calling you to be my apostles."

The apparition started at 9:55 a.m. and lasted about 5 minutes. Our Lady prayed over everyone and blessed everyone. Mirjana especially recommended the sick. This time Our Lady did not say anything about the secrets.

March 25, 2000. "Dear children! Pray and make good use of this time, because this is a time of grace. I am with you and I intercede for each one of you before God, for your heart to open to God and to God's love. Little children, pray without ceasing, until prayer becomes a joy for you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 25, 2000. "Dear children! Also today I call you to conversion. You are concerned too much about material things and little about spiritual ones. Open your hearts and start again to work more on your personal conversion. Decide everyday to dedicate time to God and to prayer until prayer becomes a joyful meeting with God for you. Only in this way will your life have meaning and with joy you will contemplate eternal life. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 2000. "Dear children! I rejoice with you and in this time of grace I call you to spiritual renewal. Pray, little children, that the Holy Spirit may come to dwell in you in fullness, so that you may be able to witness in joy to all those, who are far from faith. Especially, little children, pray for the gifts of the Holy Spirit, so that in the spirit of love, every day and in each situation, you may be closer to your fellow man; and that in wisdom and love you may overcome every difficulty. I am with you and I intercede for each of you before Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 2000. - 19th Anniversary. "Dear children! Today I call you to prayer. The one, who prays is not afraid of the future. Little children do not forget, I am with you and I love you all. Thank you for having responded to my call."

THE ANNUAL APPARITION OF OUR LADY TO THE VISIONARY, IVANKA

The visionary Ivanka Ivankovic Elez had her regular annual apparition June 25, 2000. Vicka, Marija, and Ivan according to their testimony still have the daily apparition, while Mirjana, Ivanka and Jakov have an apparition once a year.

On the occasion of her last daily apparition May 7, 1985. Our Lady confided to Ivanka her 10th secret, and told her that for the duration of her entire life she would have an apparition once a year and that on the anniversary of the apparitions. Thus it was also this year. The apparition lasted 7 minutes and Ivanka had it in her family home. Present for the apparition were only Ivanka's family, husband and three children.

Our Lady gave the following message:

"I introduced myself as: "Queen of Peace." Again I call you to peace, fasting, prayer. Renew family prayer and receive my blessing."

Ivanka told us that Our Lady was happy and that she spoke to her about the sixth secret.

July 25, 2000. "Dear children! Do not forget that you are here on earth on the way to eternity and that your home is in Heaven. Little children, this is, why, you should be open to God's love and leave egoism and sin. May your joy be only in discovering God in daily prayer! That is, why, make good use of this time and pray, pray, pray; and God is near to you in prayer and through prayer. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 2000. "Dear children! I desire to share my joy with you. In my Immaculate Heart I feel that there are many of those, who have drawn closer to me and are, in a special way, carrying the victory of my Immaculate Heart in their hearts by praying and converting. I desire to thank you and to inspire you to work even more for God and His kingdom with love and the power of the Holy Spirit. I am with you and I bless you with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call."

September 25, 2000. "Dear children! Today I call you to open yourselves to prayer. May prayer become joy for you! Renew prayer in your families and form prayer groups. In this way, you will experience joy in prayer and togetherness. All those, who pray and are members of prayer groups are open to God's will in their hearts and joyfully witness God's love. I am with you, I carry all of you in my heart and I bless you with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call."

October 25, 2000. "Dear children! Today I desire to open my motherly heart to you and to call you all to pray for my intentions. I desire to renew prayer with you and to call you to fast, which I desire to offer to my Son Jesus for the coming of a new time - a time of spring. In this Jubilee year many hearts have opened to me and the Church is being renewed in the Spirit. I rejoice with you and I thank God for this gift; and you, little children, I call to pray, pray, pray until prayer becomes a joy for you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

November 25, 2000. "Dear children! Today, when Heaven is near to you in a special way, I call you to prayer, so that through prayer you place God in the first place. Little children, today I am near you and I bless each of you with my motherly blessing, so that you have the strength and love for all the people you meet in your earthly life and that you can give God's love. I rejoice with you and I desire to tell you that your brother Slavko has been born into Heaven and intercede for you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December 25, 2000. "Dear children! Today, when God granted to me that I could be with you, with little Jesus in my arms, I rejoice with you and I give thanks to God for everything He has done in this Jubilee year. I thank God especially for all the vocations of those, who said "yes" to God completely. I bless you all with my blessing and the blessing of the newborn Jesus. I pray for all of you for joy to be born in your hearts, so that in joy you too carry the joy I have today. In this Child I bring to you the Savoir of your hearts and the One, who calls you to the holiness of life. Thank you for having responded to my call."

The annual apparition of Mary to Jakov Colo on December 25, 2000. At the last daily apparition to Jakov Colo on September 12, 1998, Our Lady said to him that he would have an apparition once a year on December 25, for Christmas. It was like that this year. The apparition began at 3:20 p.m. and lasted 10 minutes. Our Lady came joyful with baby Jesus in her arms. She blessed everyone and gave a message:

"Dear children! Today, when Jesus is born and by His birth brings immeasurable joy, love and peace, I call you, in a special way to say your: "Yes" to Jesus. Open your hearts, so that Jesus enters into them, comes to dwell in them and starts to work through you. Only in this way will you be able to comprehend the true beauty of God's love, joy and peace. Dear children, rejoice in the birth of Jesus and pray for all those hearts, that have not opened to Jesus, so that Jesus may enter into each of their hearts and may start working through them, so that every person would be an example of a true person through, whom God works."

Our Lady of Medjugorje. January 25, 2001. "Dear children! Today I call you to renew prayer and fasting with even greater enthusiasm until prayer becomes a joy for you. Little children, the one, who prays is not afraid of the future and the one, who fasts is not afraid of evil. Once again, I repeat to you: Only through prayer and fasting also wars can be stopped - wars of your unbelief and fear for the future. I am with you and am teaching you little children: Your peace and hope are in God. That is, why draw closer to God and put Him in the first place in your life. Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 2001. "Dear children! This is a time of grace. That is, why pray, pray, pray until you comprehend God's love for each of you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

March 25, 2001. "Dear children! Also today I call you to open yourselves to prayer. Little children, you live in a time in, which God gives great graces but you do not know how to make good use of them. You are concerned about everything else, but the least for the soul and spiritual life. Awaken from the tired sleep of your soul and say yes to God with all your strength. Decide for conversion and holiness. I am with you, little children, and I call you to perfection of your soul and of everything you do. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Annual Apparition of Our Lady to Mirjana Soldo on March 18, 2001.

The apparition lasted 5 minutes from 9.45 to 9.50 a.m. Our Lady blessed everyone and gave a message. She was resolute and clear in Her words.

"Dear children! Today I call you to love and mercy. Give love to each other as your Father gives it to you. Be merciful (pause) - with the heart. Do good works, not permitting them to wait for you too long. Every mercy that comes from the heart brings you closer to my Son."

April 25, 2001. "Dear children! Also today, I call you to prayer. Little children, prayer works miracles, when you are tired and sick and you do not know the meaning of your life, take the Rosary and pray! Pray until prayer becomes for you a joyful meeting with your Savoir. Little children, I am with you, and I intercede and pray for you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 2001. "Dear children! At this time of grace, I call you to prayer. Little children, you work much but without God's blessing. Bless and seek the wisdom of the Holy Spirit to lead you at this time, so that you may comprehend and live in the grace of this time. Convert, little children, and kneel in the silence of your hearts. Put God in the center of your being, so that, in that way, you can witness in joy the beauty that God continually gives in your life. Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 2001. "Dear children! I am with you and I bless you all with my motherly blessing. Especially today, when God gives you abundant graces, pray and seek God through me. God gives you great graces, this is, why, little children, you shall make good use of this time of grace and come closer to my heart, so that I can lead you to my Son Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call."

July 25, 2001. "Dear children! In this time of grace, I call you to come even closer to God through your personal prayer. Make good use of the time of rest and give your soul and your eyes rest in God. Find peace in nature and you will discover God the Creator, whom you will be able to give thanks to for all creatures; then you will find joy in your heart. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 2001. "Dear children! Today I call all of you to decide for holiness. Let always holiness be in the first place, little children, in your thoughts and in each situation, in work and in speech. In this way, you will also put it into practice; little by little, step-by-step, prayer and a decision for holiness will enter into your family. Be real with yourselves and do not bind yourselves to material things but to God. And do not forget, little children, that your life is as passing as a flower. Thank you for having responded to my call."

September 25, 2001. "Dear children! Also today I call you to prayer, especially today, when Satan wants war and hatred. I call you anew, little children: pray and fast that God may give you peace. Witness peace to every heart and be carriers of peace in this world without peace. I am with you and intercede before God for each of you. And you do not be afraid because the one, who prays is not afraid of evil and has no hatred in the heart. Thank you for having responded to my call."

October 25, 2001. "Dear children! Also today I call you to pray from your, whole heart and to love each other. Little children, you are chosen to witness peace and joy. If there is no peace, pray and you will receive it. Through you and your prayer, little children, peace will begin to flow through the world. Little children, this is, why, pray, pray and pray, because prayer works miracles in human hearts and in the world. I am with you and I thank God for each of you, who have accepted and live prayer with seriousness. Thank you for having responded to my call."

November 25, 2001. "Dear children! In this time of grace, I call you anew to prayer. Little children, pray and prepare your hearts for the coming of the King of Peace, that with His blessing He may give peace to the, whole world. Peaceless has begun to reign in hearts and hatred reigns in the world. That is, why, you, who live my messages be the light and extended hands to this faithless world that all may come to know the God of Love. Do not forget, little children, I am with you and bless you all. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December 25, 2001. "Dear children! I call you today and encourage you to prayer for peace. Especially today I call you, carrying the newborn Jesus in my arms for you, to unite with Him through prayer and to become a sign to this peace less world. Encourage each other, little children, to prayer and love. May your faith be an encouragement to others to believe and to love more? I bless you all and call you to be closer to my heart and to the heart of little Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Annual Apparition to Jakov on December 25th 2001.

At the last daily apparition to Jakov Colo on September 12th, 1998, Our Lady told him that henceforth he would have one apparition a year, every December 25th, on Christmas Day. This is also how it was this year. The apparition began at 3:30 p.m. and lasted 5 minutes. Our Lady gave the following message. "Dear Children, today, when Jesus is born anew for you, in a special way, I want to call you to conversion. Pray, pray, pray for the conversion of your heart, so that Jesus may be born in you all and may dwell in you and come to reign over your entire being. Thank you for having responded to the call."

January 25, 2002. "Dear children! At this time, while you are still looking back to the past year I call you, little children, to look deeply into your heart and to decide to be closer to God and to prayer. Little children, you are still attached to earthly things and little to spiritual life. May my call today also be an encouragement to you to decide for God and for daily conversion? You cannot be converted, little children, if you do not abandon sins and do not decide for love towards God and neighbour. Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 2002. "Dear children! In this time of grace, I call you to become friends of Jesus. Pray for peace in your hearts and work for your personal conversion. Little children, only in this way will you be able to become witnesses of peace and of the love of Jesus in the world. Open yourselves to prayer, so that prayer becomes a need for you. Be converted, little children, and work, so that as many souls as possible may come to know Jesus and His love. I am close to you and I bless you all. Thank you for having responded to my call."

The Annual Apparition of Our Lady to Mirjana Soldo on March 18, 2002. - The visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo had daily apparitions from June 24th 1981 to December 25th 1982. During the last daily apparition, Our Lady gave her the 10th secret, and told her that she would appear to her once a year, on the 18th of March. It has been this way through the years.

This year several thousand pilgrims gathered to pray the Rosary, which began at 8:45 a.m. at the Cenacolo Community in Medjugorje. The apparition lasted from 9:27 a.m. to 9:34 a.m. and Our Lady gave the following message. "Dear Children! As a mother I implore you, open your heart and offer it to me, and fear nothing. I will be with you and will teach you how to put Jesus in the first place. I will teach you to love Him and to belong to Him completely. Comprehend, dear children that without my Son there is no salvation. You should become aware that He is your beginning and your end. Only with this awareness can you be happy and merit eternal life. As your mother I desire this for you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

March 25, 2002. "Dear children! Today I call you to unite with Jesus in prayer. Open your heart to Him and give Him everything that is in it: joys, sorrows and illnesses. May this be a time of grace for you!
Pray, little children, and may every moment belong to Jesus. I am with you and I intercede for you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 25, 2002. "Dear children! Rejoice with me in this time of spring, when all nature is awakening and your hearts long for change. Open yourselves, little children, and pray. Do not forget that I am with you and I desire to take you all to my Son that He may give you the gift of sincere love towards God and everything that is from Him. Open yourselves to prayer and seek a conversion of your hearts from God; everything else He sees and provides. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 2002. "Dear children! Today I call you to put prayer in the first place in your life. Pray and may prayer, little children, be a joy for you. I am with you and intercede for all of you, and you, little children, be joyful carriers of my messages. May your life with me be joy? Thank you for having responded to my call."

June 25, 2002. "Dear children! Today I pray for you and with you that the Holy Spirit may help you and increase your faith, so that you may accept even more the messages that I am giving you here in this holy place. Little children, comprehend that this is a time of grace for each of you; and with me, little children, you are secure. I desire to lead you all on the way of holiness. Live my messages and put into life every word that I am giving you. May they be precious to you because they come from heaven? Thank you for having responded to my call."

The visionary Ivanka Ivankovic-Elez had her regular annual apparition on June 25th, 2002. According to the visionaries, Vicka, Marija and Ivan continue to have daily apparitions, and Mirjana, Ivanka and Jakov have an annual apparition.

At Her last daily apparition on May 7, 1985. Our Lady confided to Ivanka the 10th secret and told her that she would have an apparition once a year on the anniversary of the apparitions. It was that way also this year. The apparition lasted 6 minutes.

Ivanka had the apparition at home in the presence of her family, her husband and her three children. Our Lady gave the following message. "Dear Children, do not tire of prayer. Pray for peace, peace, peace."

Our Lady related to Ivanka some new details about her life. She gave us her motherly blessing. Our Lady was joyful.

July 25, 2002. "Dear children! Today I rejoice with your patron saint and call you to be open to God's will, so that in you and through you, faith may grow in the people you meet in your everyday life. Little children, pray until prayer becomes joy for you. Ask your holy protectors to help you grow in love towards God. Thank you for having responded to my call."

August 25, 2002. "Dear children! Also today I am with you in prayer, so that God gives you an even stronger faith.

Little children, your faith is small and you are not even aware how much, despite this, you are not ready to seek the gift of faith from God. Little children, this is, why I am with you, to help you comprehend my messages and put them into life. Pray, pray, pray and only in faith and through prayer your soul will find peace and the world will find joy to be with God. Thank you for having responded to my call."

September 25, 2002. "Dear children! Also in this peace less time, I call you to prayer. Little children, pray for peace, so that in the world every person would feel love towards peace. Only, when the soul finds peace in God, it feels content and love will begin to flow in the world. And in a special way, little children, you are called to live and witness peace - peace in your hearts and families - and, through you, peace will also begin to flow in the world. Thank you for having responded to my call."

October 25, 2002. "Dear children! Also today I call you to prayer. Little children, believe that simple prayer can work miracles. Through your prayer you open your heart to God and He works miracles in your life. By looking at the fruits, your heart fills with joy and gratitude to God for everything He does in your life and, through you, also to others.

Pray and believe little children, God gives you graces and you do not see them. Pray and you will see them. May your day be filled with prayer and thanksgiving for everything that God gives you!
Thank you for having responded to my call."

November 25, 2002. "Dear children! I call you also today to conversion. Open your heart to God, little children, through Holy Confession and prepare your soul, so that little Jesus can be born anew in your heart. Permit Him to transform you and lead you on the way of peace and joy. Little children, decide for prayer.

Especially now, in this time of grace, may your heart yearn for prayer. I am close to you and intercede before God for all of you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December 25, 2002. "Dear children! This is a time of great graces, but also a time of great trials for all those, who desire to follow the way of peace. Because of that, little children, again I call you to pray, pray, pray, not with words but with the heart. Live my messages and be converted. Be conscious of this gift that God has permitted me to be with you, especially today, when in my arms I have little Jesus - the King of Peace. I desire to give you peace, and that you carry it in your hearts and give it to others until God's peace begins to rule the world.
Thank you for having responded to my call."

January 25, 2003. "Dear children! With this message I call you anew to pray for peace. Particularly now, when peace is in crisis, you be those, who pray and bear witness to peace. Little children, be peace in this peace less world. Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 2003. "Dear children! Also today I call you to pray and fast for peace. As I have already said and now repeat to you, little children, only with prayer and fasting can wars also be stopped. Peace is a precious gift from God. Seek, pray and you will receive it. Speak about peace and carry peace in your hearts. Nurture it like a flower, which is in need of water, tenderness and light. Be those, who carry peace to others. I am with you and intercede for all of you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

March 18. 2003. - The visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo had daily apparitions from June 24th 1981. to December 25th 1982. During the last daily apparition, Our Lady gave her the 10th secret, and told her that she would appear to her once a year, on the 18th of March. It has been this way through the years.

This year several thousand pilgrims gathered to pray the Rosary at the Cenacolo Community in Medjugorje. The apparition lasted from 8:55 a.m. to 9:02 a.m. and Our Lady gave the following message: "Dear children! Particularly at this holy time of penance and prayer, I call you to make a choice. God gave you free will to choose life or death. Listen to my messages with the heart that you may become cognizant of, what you are to do and how you will find the way to life. My children, without God you can do nothing; do not forget this even for a single moment. For, what are you and, what will you be on earth, when you will return to it again. Do not anger God, but follow me to life. Thank you for being here."

March 25, 2003. "Dear children! Also today I call you to pray for peace. Pray with the heart, little children, and do not lose hope because God loves His creatures. He desires to save you, one by one, through my coming here. I call you to the way of holiness. Pray, and in prayer you are open to God's will; in this way, in everything you do, you realize God's plan in you and through you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 25, 2003. "Dear children! I call you also today to open yourselves to prayer. In the foregone time of Lent you have realized how small you are and how small your faith is.

Little children, decide also today for God, that in you and through you He may change the hearts of people, and also your hearts. Be joyful carriers of the risen Jesus in this peace less world, which yearns for God and for everything that is from God.

Little children, I am with you, and I love you with a special love. Thank you for having responded to my call."

May 25, 2003. "Dear children! Also today I call you to prayer. Renew your personal prayer, and in a special way pray to the Holy Spirit to help you pray with the heart. I intercede for all of you, little children, and call all of you to conversion.

If you convert, all those around you will also be renewed and prayer will be a joy for them. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Message of June 25, 2003. "Dear children! Also today, I call you with great joy to live my messages. I am with you and I thank you for putting into life what I am saying to you. I call you to renew my messages even more, with new enthusiasm and joy. May prayer be your daily practice. Thank you for having responded to my call."

25.06.2003. - The visionary Ivanka Ivankovic-Elez had her regular annual apparition on June 25th 2003. According to the visionaries, Vicka, Marija and Ivan continue to have daily apparitions, and Mirjana, Ivanka and Jakov have an annual apparition.

At Her last daily apparition on May 7, 1985. Our Lady confided to Ivanka the 10th secret and told her that she would have an apparition once a year on the anniversary of the apparitions. It was that way also this year. The apparition lasted 10 minutes. Ivanka had the apparition at home in the presence of her family, her husband and her three children.

Our Lady gave the following message:

"Dear children! Do not be afraid, I am always with you. Open your heart for love and peace to enter into it. Pray for peace, peace, peace."

Our Lady came joyful and spoke to Ivanka more extensively about Her life.

Message of July 25, 2003. "Dear children! Also today I call you to prayer. Little children, pray until prayer becomes a joy for you. Only in this way each of you will discover peace in the heart and your soul will be content. You will feel the need to witness to others: "The love that you feel in your heart and life." I am with you and intercede before God for all of you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Message of August 25, 2003. "Dear children! Also today I call you to give thanks to God in your heart for all the graces which He gives you, also through the signs and colors that are in nature. God wants to draw you closer to Himself and moves you to give Him glory and thanks. Therefore, little children, I call you anew to pray, pray, pray and do not forget that I am with you. I intercede before God for each of you until your joy in Him is complete. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Message of September 25, 2003. "Dear children! Also today I call you to come closer to my heart. Only in this way, will you comprehend the gift of my presence here among you.
I desire, little children, to lead you to the heart of my Son Jesus; but you resist and do not desire to open your hearts to prayer. Again, little children, I call you not to be deaf but to comprehend my call, which is salvation for you. Thank you for having responded to my call."