Mirjana's apparition at the Blue Cross(c)Mary TV 2013
J.M.J.
October 29, 2013
Dear Family of Mary!
"Dear children! Today I
call you to open yourselves to prayer. Prayer works miracles in you and through
you. Therefore, little children, in the simplicity of heart seek of the Most
High to give you the strength to be God's children and for Satan not to shake
you like the wind shakes the branches. Little children, decide for God anew and
seek only His will - and then you will find joy and peace in Him. Thank you for
having responded to my call." (October 25, 2013)
Prayer works miracles in
you and through you...
Fr. Dominic Towey, from Scotland
has been to Medjugorje over 40 times. He shared some of the miracles he has seen
during those trips on "Fruit of Medjugorje, Episode 87:
Over the years we have brought
umpteen people here. This year alone, and over the past few years our numbers
average about 380 people coming from Scotland, organized by my own
parish...which is incidentally is the parish of St. John the Baptist. Of course
there is always a great connection between Our Lady, St. John the Baptist and
his mother, St. Elizabeth. And in that time I have seen many, many miracles take
place.
As a priest, hearing confessions
is as wonderful experience. I would think that any priest that would have any
doubts about what is happening in Medjugorje if he just came and sat in the
confessional for an hour I think he would see the tremendous grace that is given
to people to turn away from sin, to repent, and to start again.
I have also seen great
conversions take place. For example, a few years ago we had a young girl come
with us. She was the care giver for a very handicapped lady. And she came here,
screaming and shouting. The last place she wanted to come was Medjugorje. She
was involved in the Orange Lodge, and she would go to Ireland every year and
take part in the 12th of July celebrations there. And we went to Cenacolo to
hear a witness of one of the boys there. And the next day was Mirjana's
apparition. And I remember, we went there again (to the Cenacolo meeting tent
where the apparition took place) and she thought we were going to hear another
witness. And she saw this girl come in, and she thought to herself, "What a
shame, that poor girl. She must be so embarrassed." But it was Mirjana, and then
Mirjana started praying, and the apparition happened. The change that took place
in Linda (the girl I am sharing about) was amazing. She just knew that something
very special, very unique was happening. And she changed her life completely.
She came back to Scotland, and she lives within the boundaries of my parish. She
joined the RCIA. She was received into the Catholic Church the following Easter.
And just a few months later I had the joy of celebrating her marriage. And she
took the name of Mary for her confirmation name because she found the Mother
here in Medjugorje!
Another example would be a
gentleman who had no faith, absolutely no faith. He was kidded along to come to
Medjugorje by his wife who said he could just relax at the pool and read the
daily newspaper. Of course when he came here there wasn't any pool in
Medjugorje, and there weren't any daily newspapers. And it was amazing, because
you could see a change was happening in him. And again, at Mirjana's
apparition...this was a different year than Linda...he was outside the canvas
(of the Cenacolo tent where the apparitions took place) and there was a hole in
the canvas, and during the apparition he found himself staring at Mirjana. And
during the apparitions he knew Our Lady was there. He just knew it. And when he
returned to Scotland, he became a Catholic and he is a very, very active member
in the parish now. Ready to do anything. A very humble guy. He is someone who is
well known in Mary's Meals, because he gave up a very good job to take smaller
pay, and do something worthwhile. He had found God; he had found Mary, through
being here.
That is just two examples. At our
parish we have every month a Medjugorje evening. We try to follow the program as
it is here in Medjugorje, Rosary, Holy Mass, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament,
and prayers for healing. We get about 500 or 550 people every month. It is a
tremendous blessing for the parish, because people come and want to pray and
they want to experience a deeper relationship with God. One of the things that
has happened is that there is a greater number of people going to the Sacrament
of Confession, an increase in the number of people going to daily Mass. And a
beautiful fruit of Medjugorje is that there are people wanting to spend time
before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. We are very blessed to have an oratory in
the church, dedicated to soon-to-be Saint John Paul II, where we have 12 hours
of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. And people find so much comfort and so
much joy to just be able to come and sit in the presence of Jesus and unburden
themselves. As a result of this people are more involved in the prolife
movement. People are more involved in life issues. They want to express their
faith. In Medjugorje you really are renewed, and when you go back that renewal
is something you want to keep but you also want to share. That is why every year
so many people come to Medjugorje. Really about half of the people we bring each
year are returning, some of them for the umpteenth time. But the other half is
new people who have been touched by what they have heard.
Medjugorje is described as a
school of prayer and that is very much what it is. It is a place where Mary
gathers us as a mother gathers her children around the dinner table or around
the desk to study. She gathers us to instruct us and to point us to Jesus. That
is the beautiful thing about any Marian shrine. Mary doesn't seek glory for
herself, she is always pointing to Jesus, as she did in Cana of Galilee, when
she said, and "Do whatever he tells you." Mary is still pointing us to
Jesus.
There is one phrase I love in the
Magnificat, "My soul magnifies the Lord." Mary makes God more visible, easier to
recognize. And that is what each of us is called to do, to make God more easily
recognizable. That is something that happens here in Medjugorje. And it is
happening all over the world, as a result of the number of people who have come
here. Over 30 million people since the apparitions started over 32 years ago. We
have been blessed to have Maria once and Ivan three times in our own church, to
have the apparitions. Wonderful to have Our Lady visit, to have Our Lady come
and bless us, and know that she is interceding for us.
In Medjugorje, miracles happen
daily. They happen through Our Lady, because she is one who prays constantly.
And they happen through Our Lady's children who are beginning to pray constantly
as well. Prayer really does work miracles.
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
© Mary TV 2013
"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world!"
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