Mary’s Message<br/><br/>

On July 25, the Blessed Virgin Mary said to one of the visionaries at Medjugorje, “Dear children! Also today, I call you to fill your day with short and ardent prayers. When you pray, your heart is open and God loves you with a special love and gives you special graces. Therefore, make good use of this time of grace and devote it to God more than ever up to now. Do novenas of fasting and renunciation so that Satan be far from you and grace be around you. I am near you and intercede before God for each of you. Thank you for having responded to my call.”<br/><br/>

Short and ardent prayers: we can recite short prayers while we’re commuting or during breaks at work.  For example, “Lord Jesus, I trust in you.”, “Lord, I thank you, I praise you.”
Fasting and renunciation of bad habits: In addition to the common fasting required by the Church, we can use another method suggested by Mary, “Bread and water”; also, “renunciation” of bad habits will add to the effects of fasting.
I am near you:  the God-given role of a mother is to be with her children.  Our heavenly mother will of course fulfill her role and walk with us.<br/><br/>

Thank you for having responded to my call: let us whole-heartedly respond.