Medjugorje Website Updates
Meerdere duizenden pelgrims verzamelden zich voor het rozenkransgebed in het drugsverslaafdencentrum 'Cenacolo' te Medjugorje. De verschijning begon om 9.27 uur en duurde tot 9.34 uur.
“Lieve kinderen, als Moeder vraag ik je: open je hart, reik het mij aan en wees nergens bang voor. Ik zal met jullie zijn en jullie leren, hoe je Jezus op de eerste plaats kan zetten in je leven. Ik zal je leren Hem te beminnen en Hem helemaal toe te behoren. Begrijp, mijn lieve kinderen, dat er zonder mijn Zoon geen heil is. Begrijp toch dat Hij jullie begin en einde is. Met deze erkenning zul je gelukkig worden en het eeuwige leven verdienen. Als Moeder wens ik dit ieder van jullie toe. Dank dat je aan mijn oproep gehoor hebt gegeven. ”
“Lieve kinderen, in deze genadevolle tijd nodig ik je uit vrienden van Jezus te worden. Bid voor de vrede in je hart en werk aan je persoonlijke bekering. Mijn lieve kinderen, alleen zo kan je getuigen van de vrede en van de liefde van Jezus in deze wereld. Open je voor het gebed, opdat het gebed voor ieder van jullie een behoefte wordt. Bekeer je, mijn lieve kinderen, en zorg dat zoveel mogelijk zielen Jezus en zijn liefde leren kennen. Ik ben jullie nabij en zegen jullie allen. Dank dat je aan mijn oproep gehoor hebt gegeven. ”
“Lieve kinderen, in deze tijd waarin je nog terugkijkt naar het afgelopen jaar roep ik je op diep in je hart te kijken en te besluiten dat je dichter bij God en bij het gebed wilt zijn. Kinderen, je zit nog vast aan aardse dingen en slechts weinig aan het geestelijk leven. Moge mijn oproep een bemoediging voor je zijn voor God te kiezen en voor uw dagelijkse bekering. Je kan je niet bekeren als je de zonden niet verlaat en niet kiest voor de liefde tot God en tot uw naaste. Dank dat je aan mijn oproep gehoor hebt gegeven. ”
“Lieve kinderen, vandaag roep ik je op en moedig ik je aan voor de vrede te bidden. Speciaal vandaag roep ik je op, terwijl ik jullie in mijn armen de pasgeboren Jezus breng, je door het gebed met Hem te verenigen en zo een teken voor deze onrustige wereld te worden. Mijn lieve kinderen, spoor elkaar aan tot gebed en liefde. Moge je geloof een aansporing voor de anderen zijn, opdat zij meer geloven en beminnen. Ik zegen jullie allen en roep je op, dichter bij mijn Hart en het Hart van de kleine Jezus te zijn. Dank dat je aan mijn oproep gehoor hebt gegeven. ”
“Lieve kinderen, in deze tijd van genade roep ik jullie opnieuw tot gebed op. Kinderen, bid en bereid je hart voor op de komst van de Koning van de Vrede, opdat Hij met zijn zegen vrede moge geven aan de hele wereld. De onvrede heeft zich meester gemaakt van de harten en de haat beheerst de wereld. Daarom zijn jullie die mijn boodschappen beleven het licht en de uitgestrekte handen naar deze ongelovige wereld, opdat allen de God van de Liefde zouden leren kennen. Vergeet niet, kinderen, dat ik met jullie ben en u allen zegen. Dank dat je aan mijn oproep gehoor hebt gegeven. ”
“Lieve kinderen, ook vandaag roep ik je op, van ganser harte te bidden en elkaar te beminnen. Mijn lieve kinderen, je bent uitgekozen om te getuigen van de vrede en de vreugde. Als er geen vrede is, bid en je zal haar ontvangen. Door jullie, en door je gebed, mijn lieve kinderen, zal de vrede in de wereld beginnen te stromen. Daarom, mijn lieve kinderen, bid, bid, bid, want het gebed bewerkt wonderen in de harten van de mensen, en in de wereld. Ik ben met jullie en dank God voor ieder van jullie, die het bidden serieus genomen heeft en het beleeft. Dank dat je aan mijn oproep gehoor hebt gegeven. ”
“Lieve kinderen, ook vandaag roep ik je op tot gebed, vooral vandaag, nu satan oorlog en haat wil. Ik roep je op, lieve kinderen: Bid en vast, opdat God je vrede geeft. Wees getuigen van de vrede voor ieder hart en wees dragers van de vrede in deze onrustige wereld. Ik ben met jullie en spreek voor ieder van jullie ten beste bij God. Wees niet bang, want wie bidt is niet bang voor het kwaad en heeft geen haat in het hart. Dank dat je aan mijn oproep gehoor hebt gegeven. ”
“Lieve kinderen, vandaag roep ik je allen op te besluiten de weg van de heiligheid te bewandelen. Mijn lieve kinderen, plaats zowel in je gedachten als in iedere situatie de heiligheid op de eerste plaats; in ieder werk, in elk gesprek. Zo zul je de heiligheid in praktijk kunnen brengen. Langzamerhand, stap voor stap zal in je gezin het gebed en het besluit tot heiligheid zijn intrede doen. Wees reëel bij jezelf en bind je niet aan materiele dingen, maar aan God. En vergeet niet, lieve kinderen, dat je leven vergankelijk is als een bloem. Dank dat je aan mijn oproep gehoor hebt gegeven. ”
“Lieve kinderen, in deze tijd van genade roep Ik je op nog dichter bij God te komen door uw persoonlijk gebed. Benut de tijd van ontspanning en geef uw ziel en uw ogen rust in God. Vind vrede in de natuur, en je zult God de Schepper ontdekken. Dank Hem voor alle schepselen; dan zul je in je hart vreugde vinden. Dank dat je aan mijn oproep gehoor hebt gegeven. ”
“Lieve kinderen, ik ben met jullie en ik zegen je allen met mijn moederlijke zegen. Vooral vandaag, nu God je in overvloed genade geeft. Bid en zoek God door mij. God geeft je grote genaden, lieve kinderen. Benut daarom deze genadevolle tijd en nader tot mijn Hart, zodat ik je naar mijn Zoon Jezus kan leiden. Dank dat je aan mijn oproep gehoor hebt gegeven. ”
At that time Jesus said: “Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world. Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me. I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them.” (Jn 17,24-26)
“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. ”
Mary's prayer is revealed to us at the dawning of the fullness of time. Before the incarnation of the Son of God, and before the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, her prayer cooperates in a unique way with the Father's plan of loving kindness: at the Annunciation, for Christ's conception; at Pentecost, for the formation of the Church, his Body. In the faith of his humble handmaid, the Gift of God found the acceptance he had awaited from the beginning of time. She whom the Almighty made "full of grace" responds by offering her whole being: "Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be [done] to me according to your word." "Fiat": this is Christian prayer: to be wholly God's, because he is wholly ours. (2617)
We thank You, O Father, for the gift of prayer which allows us to touch Your heart; prayer in which You give Yourself entirely to us and in which You teach us to give ourselves entirely to You. We pray today for all intentions of the Queen of Peace and for all that is necessary so that the whole world, through Mary, may enter into Your glory, the glory of the Most Holy Trinity. Amen.
Jesus said to his disciples: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come towards the light, so that his works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.” (Jn 3,16-21)
“Dear children! Today on this great day which you have given to 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 help you to walk the way of holiness. There are many people who do not desire to understand my messages and to accept with seriousness what I am saying. But you I therefore call and ask that by your lives and by your daily living you witness my presence. If you pray, God will help you to discover the true reason for my coming. Therefore, little children, pray and read the Sacred Scriptures so that through my coming you discover the message in Sacred Scripture for you. Thank you for having responded to my call. ”
Mary is the perfect Orans (pray-er), a figure of the Church. When we pray to her, we are adhering with her to the plan of the Father, who sends his Son to save all men. Like the beloved disciple we welcome Jesus' mother into our homes, for she has become the mother of all the living. We can pray with and to her. The prayer of the Church is sustained by the prayer of Mary and united with it in hope. (2679)
We thank You, O Father, for having given us Your Son and His Mother, so that none of those who believe in them and listen to them may be lost. Thank You for caring for each person and, in Your mercy, for condemning no one. We pray today for all that Our Lady has prayed for here in Medjugorje, and for every grace that has been poured out here into the world. May it bring the fruit of holiness and serve You in Your plan of salvation. Amen.
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets. Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow is the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few.” (Mt 7,12-14)
“Dear children! I am calling you to that 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 that God come to your aid, not however according to your desire, but according to His love. Surrender yourself to God so that He may hear you, console you and forgive everything inside you which is a hindrance on the way of love. In this way God can move your life, and you will grow in love. Dear children, glorify God with a hymn 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. ”
In prayer the Holy Spirit unites us to the person of the only Son, in his glorified humanity, through which and in which our filial prayer unites us in the Church with the Mother of Jesus. Mary gave her consent in faith at the Annunciation and maintained it without hesitation at the foot of the Cross. Ever since, her motherhood has extended to the brothers and sisters of her Son "who still journey on earth surrounded by dangers and difficulties." Jesus, the only mediator, is the way of our prayer; Mary, his mother and ours, is wholly transparent to him: she "shows the way" (hodigitria), and is herself "the Sign" of the way, according to the traditional iconography of East and West. (2673 2674)
Love is the sign of recognition to Your disciples, O Lord. We thank You for every response of love given through service and gifts to others. We pray for all members of the Medjugorje Prayer Groups and Centres in the whole world. Together with Your Mother, may they more courageously and resolutely, within their families and wherever they live, always show this narrow way, the only one that leads to You. Help them to grow day by day in the fullness of Your Love. Amen.
At that time Jesus said: “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him. Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.” (Mt 11,25-30)
“Dear children! Today I am happy, even if in my heart there is still a little sadness for all those who have started on this path and then have left it. My presence here is to take you on a new path, the path to salvation. This is why I call you, day after day to conversion. But if you do not pray, you cannot say that you are on the way to being converted. I pray for you and I intercede to God for peace; first peace in your hearts and also peace around you, so that God may be your peace. Thank you for having responded to my call. ”
In the New Covenant, prayer is the living relationship of the children of God with their Father who is good beyond measure, with his Son Jesus Christ and with the Holy Spirit. The grace of the Kingdom is "the union of the entire holy and royal Trinity . . . with the whole human spirit." Thus, the life of prayer is the habit of being in the presence of the thrice-holy God and in communion with him. This communion of life is always possible because, through Baptism, we have already been united with Christ. Prayer is Christian insofar as it is communion with Christ and extends throughout the Church, which is his Body. Its dimensions are those of Christ's love. (2565)
We have not chosen You, O Lord, but You have chosen us. You alone know all the little ones who will receive the grace of the revelation of Your love through Your Mother, here in Medjugorje. We pray for all pilgrims who will come to Medjugorje: protect their hearts from all satanic attacks and open their hearts to all inspirations coming from Your Heart and from the Heart of Mary. Amen.
Jesus said to his disciples: “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it. What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? (Mk 8,34-38)
“Dear children! Today I also rejoice at your presence here. I bless you with my motherly blessing and 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 are special times 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. ”
Christian prayer is a covenant relationship between God and man in Christ. It is the action of God and of man, springing forth from both the Holy Spirit and ourselves, wholly directed to the Father, in union with the human will of the Son of God made man. (2564)
Our lives, O Lord, are in Your hands. You alone know what we need to be saved. Thank You for teaching us this here in Medjugorje for 20 years through Your Mother, who came to lead us on the way of salvation. Bless and strengthen all those who have started to walk on the way of conversion and prayer here in Medjugorje. Strengthen their faith, their hope and their charity and never let them betray their covenant with You. Amen.