February 15, 2013
Dear Children of Medjugorje, praised be Jesus and
Mary!
1. On February 2nd Mirjana
Soldo received
her monthly apparition in her home, in semi-privacy, after which she conveyed to
us the following message:
"Dear children, with motherly love I desire to teach you sincerity,
because I desire that, in your actions as my apostles, you be exact, resolute,
and above all sincere. I desire that, by the grace of God, you be open for a
blessing. I desire that by fasting and prayer you obtain from the Heavenly
Father the cognition of what is natural and holy -- Divine. Filled with
cognition, under the shelter of my Son and myself, you will be my apostles who
will know how to spread the Word of God to all those who do not know of it; and
you will know how to overcome obstacles that will stand in your way. My
children, by means of a blessing, God's grace will descend upon you and you will
be able to retain it through fasting, prayer, purification and reconciliation.
You will have the efficiency which I seek of you. Pray for your shepherds that
the ray of God's grace may illuminate their ways. Thank you."
2 - Saint Joseph, my loving
father...
Years ago, I made a deal with St. Joseph: he would
give me strong signs of his kindness, and I would make him known. Last Saturday,
seeing that his feast day of March 19th was getting close, I said to
him out loud, in our morning prayer: "Dear Saint Joe, you know that many people
have no idea of the power you have in heaven, and know even less of your desire
to help them. They are missing out on so many favors from you! If you would like
to have new friends who will start praying to you, give me a beautiful
testimony, and I will publish it. Besides, I will invite the readers to offer
you a 30-day Novena before your feast day (See PS 2). So there, you have a job.
Now please go for it!"
The next day, a dear Croatian friend from Dubrovnik came
to see us unexpectedly. Her name was Stosija. After climbing down from Podbrdo,
she walked along the little path in front of our house and decided to knock at
our door to make a short visit. She had barely arrived when we noticed such a
great joy that her entire face was lit up. Then she told us:
"I was born near Zadar, Croatia. From my childhood I
used to hear my family pray daily and I
loved looking at the statue of the Holy Family, as little children do. I got married to a man
from Dubrovnik where I moved to live. At that time, everyday life was very hard.
So we decided to go and work in Germany where my husband kept his own restaurant
and his Art Gallery. Each summer we came to Dubrovnik. I was much younger then
and my prayer life was rather poor. We had two children and everything went
fine, until my son got ill. Only then did God finally come in the first place in
my life.
So, in 1985 I came to Medjugorje for the first time,
with my son. Invited by Fr Slavko, we were present during the apparition. Later
he told us to go to Confession. Since 1985 I have been returning to Medjugorje
many times and it really changed my life completely. Not only my life, my
family's life too. I am so grateful to God! When I heard about the Croatian Sanctuary of Saint Joseph in Karlovac, I went
there and enrolled myself in the Brotherhood of Saint Joseph, and started
praying to him. That's how he entered into my life as a strong
protector.
My husband died in 1999. I left Germany and now live in
Dubrovnik, a city that I love. But our old stone house, although beautiful (with
nicely kept garden) was too big for me. My greatest problem was to choose where
to live. For the past four years we have been trying to sell it, to no avail. I
have a very nice neighbor. I spoke about God to him and he started attending
Mass regularly. He kept asking me where I was going to live when the house is
sold. I told him: 'I will let God decide. It could be the nursing home or I
could go to my daughter's.'
"In Medjugorje I came across Sister Emmanuel's book
The Hidden Child of Medjugorje with many beautiful stories. Every night,
before going to sleep, I asked my dear Gospa to choose a 'good night story' from
that book. Last September I placed the book on my heart and, while keeping my
eyes closed, I opened the book and picked up the story of 'The Craftsman from
Warsaw'. Through this story you learn that you can recommend your needs to Saint
Joseph by writing a letter to him and attaching it to his picture, praying
regularly and in faith waiting for the result. Then I decided to ask Saint
Joseph to help me solve my problem. I looked at his picture and said: 'My dear
Saint Joseph, pray for me so that I may find out if God wants me to stay here!
It's late, so I will write down my prayer request to you tomorrow!' It was on
Saturday night.
Sunday morning I went to church and my neighbor greeted
me saying: 'Praised be Jesus and Mary!' (His name is Joseph!) I invited him to
drink coffee after Mass with me, and chat a little bit. While we were sitting,
again he asked what my plans were when the house get sold. I simply said: 'I
don't know, I'll see. I inherited a piece of land from my father near Zadar.
Maybe I can sell that property in order to get some money and build a little
apartment in my garden and stay here.' Immediately he said: 'I will buy this
land!' (My neighbor is a successful man). I laughed and asked him: 'Why would
you buy it?' 'I just want to help you!' he said. I turned around and looked at
St Joseph's picture: 'My dear Saint Joseph,' I said. 'I haven't even written the
letter to you, yet you are already answering me!'
Now we are in the process of getting all paperwork done.
As a civil technician my neighbor has drawn all the plans and he helped me work
on them. Next to the house, we are also going to build a little chapel called
Nazareth dedicated to the Holy Family. I asked St. Joseph to be my
finance minister, to be what he was in his own house: a good father of family, a
good protector and a good foster parent. I am happy to see this coming
true."
And so thanks to Stosija, I received my story the very
next day after I had prayed to St. Joseph! And he provided me with it just in
time to publish it here! Well, if St. Joseph offered me so quickly this
testimony, I am sure that it is for you also to adopt this great Saint! It looks
like he is waiting for you too!
3 -
The
children! Friends of ours
from
Rome, a family of 4, come to Medjugorje each year to recharge their "spiritual
batteries". They take the messages to heart and pray together every day. Here
are some pearls gleaned from the mouth of their little son:
"Mommy, when you go to Heaven, will you tell me then
whether the Madonna has blue or black eyes?"
"But darling, if I am dead, how can I tell
you?"
"You will tell me in my heart!"
The mother wrote to me: "It is beautiful to see that the
Blessed Mother is a real person in their lives and that for them, there is a
language of the heart. These days, we were expecting Father Antonello in our
home. The children love him very much.
- Mommy, is Father Antonello arriving today?
- Yes!
- Will he be picking me up at school?
- I think so, Francesco.
- How wonderful it would be if he could bless all the
children in the school!"
Hearing this, the priest immediately went to see the
school. Francesco's family spoke with the Sister in charge, who was surprised
and very touched by the child's request. And so, on the next day, all the
children in this school received a blessing!
Praying as a family is the most beautiful gift parents
can offer their children, in this world and for eternity!
Dearest
Gospa, please call
the blessing of God upon us. We want to be among your apostles, loved just the
way you love them: "exact, resolute and above all, sincere"! Of the billions of
people on earth, how is it that you have chosen us to be your apostles? We do
not want to disappoint you.
Sister Emmanuel +
(Translated from
French)
Nota Bene:
A big
"Thank You" to all those who are, or will be, sending me their testimonies for
the new book I am writing, in the style of The Hidden Child of
Medjugorje. They are very touching! May I suggest another request to make
the book even more attractive? If you have any beautiful photos that have to do
with Medjugorje, please send them to me at gospa.fr@gmail.com and put "My
Testimony" as a subject. THANK YOU with all my heart!
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