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THE VIRGIN MARY WILL APPEAR IN BETHLEHEM
by Jakob Marschner
Medjugorje visionary Vicka Ivankovic-Mijatovic participates
in international Holy Land pilgrimage for healing of humanity on August
19-27, and will have three public apparitions in Bethlehem, inside or
outside Church of the Nativity. Other apparitions to Vicka will take
place at other holy sites.
Bethlehem will see the Virgin Mary returning when she will appear in
apparition to Medjugorje visionary Vicka Ivankovic-Mijatovic during the
first international Maranatha pilgrimage to The Holy Land on August 19-27.
“Exactly where in Bethlehem is still not decided because it will
depend on the number of participants. I guess it could be in Manger
Square in front of the Church of the Nativity” Maranatha world
coordinator Sabrina Covic-Radojicic tells Medjugorje Today.
The
purpose of the ecumenical pilgrimage is the healing of humanity and the
human heart through prayer and fasting, aside of sharing and showing
solidarity with Christians in The Holy Land.
The organizers expect people from all over the world to be there.
Representatives from more than 10 countries in Europe, North and South
America have confirmed their attendance. Many priests and a good number
of Bishops and Archbishops have expressed their interest, along with
some Cardinals.
Vicka looks forward to see The Holy Land
Vicka’s participation is further confirmed by the visionary herself,
in a video below this article. She will have three apparitions in
Bethlehem, on August 24-26, and apparitions at other, still not chosen
holy sites on other days of the nine day pilgrimage.
“It will be very nice to be united in the Holy Land with people from
all nations, all peoples, to share the messages of Our Lady and tell
everyone how Our Lady loves the whole world” Vicka says in the video.
“It is a very beautiful thing, carrying love to everyone. Once Our
Lady said that it is people who have made divisions in religions –
Muslims, Orthodox, Catholics, etc., and not God. God is one.”
Maranatha world coordinator Sabrina Covic-Radojicic tells Medjugorje
Today that Vicka enthusiastically agreed when she asked the visionary to
join the pilgrimage.
“It is very important because Our Lady wants us to know that we are
all equally loved. For Our Lady there is no difference. At that moment
what will be seen is the true love of a Mother who loves us all” Vicka
says in her video for Maranatha.
“I am really happy. For me, this is a small thing that I can give,
that I can accept, but at the same time it is very big and important.
With humility and through prayer we should be happy that God is calling
us, and in this way we can help others. It is not ours, but the Lord’s
work” Vicka says about the international pilgrimage.
“It all started in the Holy Land! Our Lady was born there, Jesus was
born there, Calvary happened there… everything. These are the most
important places” the visionary adds.
Archbishop heads the initiative
The 9 day Maranatha pilgrimage and the entire initiative is headed
and will be led by Archbishop André Léonard of Brussels, Belgium. The
organizers have been in touch with other Bishops and Archbishops as well
as Cardinals, and tell of many being interested in also joining
Maranatha.
“It is a prayer and a project. Maranatha is a prayer that is found in
the last verse of the Bible, in the book of Revelation. We read it in
Greek, but Maranatha is an Aramean word that means: Come, Lord! It is the final prayer in the Bible: Come, Lord Jesus!” Archbishop Léonard tells in his official announcement video for Maranatha.
“It is a sentence, a prayer that touches me deeply. And so I wanted
to give that name to this project because our project refers to a prayer
for the healing of the human heart. The prophet Jeremiah once said:
“The human heart is complicated and sick.” I wonder what Jeremiah
would say today if he could see the human heart and the condition of
humanity in our time” the Belgian Archbishop says.
“Why in the Holy Land? Because this is our cradle, the cradle of
Christianity. It will be an ecumenical pilgrimage of Christians of
different denominations. We were are all born there, and at the same
time it is a way to support and help our Christian brothers and sisters
in the Holy Land, whose life is indeed not easy.”
“And there where we were all born, we come together to pray, fast,
advocate, strive to prove solidarity and unity, to cooperate in the
healing of our own hearts and the healing of humanity” the Archbishop of
Brussels tells in the video.
Many preparations going on
With thousands of participants expected, and moving from place to
place, the pilgrimage will be a major arrangement, and planning has long
been going on. The arrangements pertaining to Vicka’s apparitions are
merely aspects within a much larger planning.
“There will be giant screens so that people can see her face. Vicka’s
apparitions will also be filmed. And Vicka will be translated into
Arabic and Hebrew from Italian” Maranatha world coordinator Sabrina
Covic-Radojicic tells Medjugorje Today.
She further confirms the participation of Medjugorje priest Fr. Petar
Ljubicic who was chosen by visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo to
announce the contents of her ten prophetic secrets to the world, when
time is up.
“And we will have people joining us from France, Croatia, Bosnia and
Hercegovina, Switzerland, Italy, United States, Canada, Brazil,
Argentina, Austria, Germany, maybe Colombia. We hope to have people
joining us from all over the world” Sabrina Covic-Radojicic tells.
“We will invite people who wish to strongly answer Our Lady’s call
and fast on bread and water and pray during these days. Also, we already
know that we will have people of good will of other faiths joining us,
too.”
Source of Article http://www.medjugorjetoday.tv/
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