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Mar 12, 2010 - Medjugorje Sharing (by The Church of the Annunciation)

 

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Mar 8, 2010 - Ivan Dragicevic’s talk at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago

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Click HERE to  follow the audio and text for Croatian prayers.  This may be interested to pilgrims, or for those who would like to follow along the prayers in Medjugorje.

March 02, 2010

“Dear children, In this special time of your effort to be all the closer to my Son, to His suffering, but also to the love with which He bore it, I desire to tell you that I am with you. I will help you to triumph over errors and temptations with my grace. I will teach you love, love which wipes away all sins and makes you perfect, love which gives you the peace of my Son now and forever. Peace with you and in you, because I am the Queen of Peace. Thank you.”

親愛的孩子們：
當你們努力接近我的聖子、接近祂的苦難、接近祂所帶來的愛的時候，我願意告訴你們：我和你們在一起。
我會以我的恩寵幫助你們去克服錯誤、戰勝誘惑。
我教導你們去愛；因為愛能除去一切罪過，使你們達致完美的境界，同時永遠得到我聖子的平安。願平安與你們同在，並活存於你們心中，因為我是和平之后。多謝你們。
(2010年3月2日聖母給Mirjana的訊息)
梁達材神父躬譯

Our Lady’s Message, 25. February 2010

“Dear children! In this time of grace, when nature also prepares to give the most beautiful colors of the year, I call you, little children, to open your hearts to God the Creator for Him to transform and mould you in His image, so that all the good which has fallen asleep in your hearts may awaken to a new life and a longing towards eternity. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

親愛的孩子們：
在這恩寵的時刻，當大地在開始綻放年中最美麗的顏色時，請你們打開心靈給造物主，讓祂改變你們，再次按祂的肖像塑造你們，好使一切在你們心內已停頓的事物能欣欣向榮，並指向永恆的天國。多謝你們回應我的召叫。
聖母給Marija每月訊息
2010年2月25日
梁達材神父躬譯

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默主哥耶──訊息
(Medjugorje the Message)
作者: Wayne Weible
譯: 葉少玲
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一九八一年六月二十四日，在南斯拉夫中部一條名叫默主哥耶的山村中，有六名兒童稱看童貞聖母瑪利亞在山頭顯現。據說，自此之後，瑪利亞每天都回到此村跟這六名兒童見面。此書不是要對默主哥耶事件的最後判斷作出任可臆測。這是信仰的見證，是那讓聖神親臨帶領的人那悔改經驗的見證。

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February 12, 2010
Dear Children of Medjugorje, praised be Jesus and Mary!
1 - On February 2, 2010, Mirjana received her monthly apparition in Naples (Italy), and over 15,000 people gathered for the event. They came from all four corners of the area, believers as well as unbelievers. Although they gathered as early as 6am to 10am, a deep calm reigned, which is unusual for the people of Naples!! During the apparition, a perfect silence was kept and many experienced an overwhelming grace, almost tangible. The Cardinal of Naples, Mgr. Slawomir Oder, was informed of the event to take place. After the apparition, Mirjana transmitted the following message:

“Dear children! With motherly love, today I call you to be a lighthouse to all souls who wander in the darkness of ignorance of God’s love. That you may shine all the brighter and draw all the more souls, do not permit the untruths which come out of your mouth to silence your conscience. Be perfect. I am leading you with my motherly hand - a hand of love. Thank you!”

2 - How wonderful that Angels exist! The tragedy in Haiti left us all broken. A feeling of powerlessness took hold of us as we faced the magnitude of the needs and the depth of the suffering – actually the torture – lived by those people. But, no, we are not powerless to help! In addition to the act of supporting the good work being done there (see PS2), we have a marvelous means which we don’t think about enough. To illustrate this resource, here is an occurrence that my brother Pascal (a deacon) related to me:

Here is the story of a Russian writer, Alexander Ogorodnikov, taken from his own words. Before his conversion, he had delved into all the nihilist, destructive philosophies of the 20th century. He was a professor of philosophy and had one great passion: breaking into apartments at night with his buddies! He experienced a conversion in the 70’s at the same time as another intellectual, Tatiana Goritcheva.

He then founded a “seminary” in Moscow. By seminary we mean a sort of community of intellectual believers who prayed together, reflected on the faith, searched . . . in an obviously clandestine (hidden) way. Not that clandestine, however, since he was arrested several times, ultimately given the alternative: exile or prison. Alexander refused exile and was therefore incarcerated. For a period of ten years, he experienced many types of incarceration: political, of common law criminals, or others, but the worst for him was when, in the end, he was thrown into a freezing cell (the walls were covered with ice), completely nude, and in total, agonizing solitude. The worst of tortures!

He knew he was dying. I don’t know how he was able to smuggle a letter to his mother, in which he described the conditions of his detention, his agony, the psychological torture, etc. He begged his mother to get this letter to the West. The letter was published in Germany and in France in the spring of 1986. Thousands of petitions were gathered, and Alexander was freed. When my brother discovered this letter in France, he cried over it and decided along with his fiancé to offer all their sufferings and their prayers for him. But, in addition, they decided to send their Guardian Angels into his cell to comfort him and to help him survive.

After his liberation in 1986, Alexander was able to make a pilgrimage to Lisieux (France) in 1987 with Sr. Tamara, who had organized a busload of 50 Russians citizens for the purpose of learning about the Little Flower and praying to her. During a meal, my brother Pascal who was there that week-end, found himself in front of a man with a tiny beard; they introduced themselves. It was Alexander Ogorodnikov!! There is no way to describe the emotion they both felt when Pascal told him how he had sent him his Angel each day, exhorting others to do the same. It was then that Alexander confided to him that, in that horrible freezer where they had put him to let him die, he had been visited by the Angels of the Christians of the West who were praying for him. He felt the warmth of the angels who surrounded him like a cloak, and he sensed that it was connected to the prayer of these Westerners. He owed his survival both to the Angels and to the warmth of the prayers which came to comfort him in his solitude.

This fervent orthodox man, who still lives in Moscow, had numerous mystical experiences when he was in prison, cut off from everything. He almost came to regret his re-found liberty, which made him lose this proximity to the Divine.

In Haiti, those many victims who cry out in their pain, need your Angels today, all our Angels. We will never regret sending them to the Haitians every day, especially when we see in Heaven all the good they were able to do on these special missions ! (See PS3)

3 – The Procurator of the cause of Beatification of Pope John Paul II, Mgr. Slawomir Oder, has confirmed that “JPII wanted to go to Medjugorje in order to go to confession.” To other witnesses, the Pope said also that he wanted to go there in order to hear confessions and be at the service of the pilgrims. In preparation of his beatification, all of these statements will be officially published (See PS5). John Paul II is already declared Venerable.  Click on the picture below for the official website of the Cause for the Beatification and Canonization of John Paul II.

4 - Year of Priesthood: Here is a new prayer for priests that we may recite for a month:

“Dear Lord,

We pray that the Blessed Mother wrap Her mantle around Her priests and through Her intercession strengthen them for their ministry. We pray that Mary will guide your priests to follow Her own words, “Do whatever he tells you”. May your priests have the heart of St. Joseph, Mary’s most chaste spouse.  May the Blessed Mother’s own pierced heart inspire them to embrace all who suffer at the foot of the cross. May your priests be holy, filled with the fire of your love, seeking nothing but your greater glory and the salvation of souls. Amen!”

St. John Marie Vianney, pray for us!

(From Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated life and Vocations. Year for Priests. USA)

5 - St. Joseph’s Feast Day is March 19th. Let’s pray a novena to him, we all need him so much! (See his Litany PS7).

Dearest Gospa, Lent approaches, please help us to pray and fast better!

We want to accompany and console Jesus in His work of Redemption!

Sister Emmanuel +
(Translated from French)

2010年2月12日 - 默主哥耶分享 by Mary Chow (多倫多中華殉道聖人堂)

Feb 12, 2010 - Medjugorje Sharing from Chinese Martyrs Catholic Church in Toronto

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Feb 12, 2010 - Medjugorje Sharing (by The Church of the Annunciation)

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Our Lady’s message to Mirjana on February 2, 2010

“Dear children; With motherly love, today I call you to be a lighthouse to all souls who wander in the darkness of ignorance of God’s love. That you may shine all the brighter and draw all the more souls, do not permit the untruths which come out of your mouth to silence your consience. Be perfect. I am leading you with my motherly hand – a hand of love. Thank you”

親愛的孩子們：

今天，我以母親的愛，邀請你們成為一座燈塔，光照那些在黑暗中行走、不認識天主慈愛的人。希望你們照耀出更明亮的光輝、吸引眾多的靈魂；不要讓謬論出自你們的口、掩蓋著你們的良心。你們要成為一個完美的人。我以母親的手、一雙愛的手帶領你們。多謝你們。

(聖母在2010年2月2日給予Mirjana的訊息)

梁達材神父躬譯

Mirjana , the visionary had her apparition in Naples, Italy, with over ten thousand people were present.

2010年1月29日 - 默主哥耶分享 by Bonny and Paul Yeung (多倫多中華殉道聖人堂)

Jan 29, 2010 - Medjugorje Sharing from Chinese Martyrs Catholic Church in Toronto

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親愛的孩子們，今天，我呼喚你們在家要天天閱讀聖經，並把聖經放在當眼處，這樣可鼓勵你們常常讀經，常常祈禱。(10/18/1984)

小孩子們，你們不懂得如何生活在天主的恩寵中；所以我重新呼喚你們眾人，心緒思維，銘記天主的話語。(08/25/1996)

Sign Language Mass - homily by a deaf priest

More videos:

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Message, 25. January 2010

“Dear children! May this time be a time of personal prayer for you, so that the seed of faith may grow in your hearts; and may it grow into a joyful witness to others. I am with you and I desire to inspire you all: grow and rejoice in the Lord Who has created you. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

親愛的孩子們：

讓這段時間成為你們祈禱時刻，把藏在你們心中信仰種子茁壯成長，好能為別人成為愉快的見證。
我和你們在一起，我希望光照你們，使你們在創造你們的主內成長及喜樂。
多謝你們回應我的召叫。

2010年1月25日

梁達材神父躬譯

2010年1月22日 - 默主哥耶分享 by Rosa Tse (多倫多中華殉道聖人堂)

Jan 22, 2010 - Medjugorje Sharing from Chinese Martyrs Catholic Church in Toronto

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“Reasons why one must go to Medjugorje“

Sign Language Mass - homily by a deaf priest

More videos:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D5FD07502831BBB9

作者: Wayne Weible
譯: 葉少玲

版權所有 葉少玲

一九八一年六月二十四日，在南斯拉夫中部一條名叫默主哥耶的山村中，有六名兒童稱看童貞聖母瑪利亞在山頭顯現。據說，自始之後，瑪利亞每天都回到此村跟這 六名兒童見面。此書不是要對默主哥耶事件的最後判斷作出任可臆測。這是信仰的見證，是那讓聖神親臨帶領的人那悔改經驗的見證。

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January 15, 2010

Dear Children of Medjugorje,

Praised be Jesus and Mary!

1 – On January 2nd Mirjana received her monthly apparition at her home. After the apparition, she shared the following message:

“Dear children! Today I am calling you to, with complete trust and love, set out with me, because I desire to acquaint you with my Son. Do not be afraid, my children, I am here with you, I am next to you. I am showing you the way to forgive yourselves, to forgive others, and, with sincere repentance of heart, to kneel before the Father. Make everything die in you that hinder you from loving and saving - that you may be with Him and in Him. Decide for a new beginning, a beginning of sincere love of God Himself. Thank you.”

On the evening of December 31, 2009, Marija asked the Blessed Mother for a special favor explaining that the next day, the feast of the Mother of God and the first day of the year, many pilgrims requested that they attend the apparition at her home the following day; but because her chapel is very small, she was sad not to be able to offer this opportunity to all who asked. So she asked the Blessed Mother for a change in location to make it easier for more people to attend. She suggested that instead of coming at 5:40, to Marija’s chapel, Our Lady would appear in the evening on Apparition Hill so that everyone could attend. The Gospa replied that she would do both on the first of the year, come to the chapel at 5:40 and come to Apparition Hill in the evening. So, on the Evening of January 1st, we were all on Podbrdo, praying our rosaries under the pouring rain, with our feet in the mud and our hearts in joy. The apparition lasted quite a while, and Marija told us, “The Gospa came today very happy, with legions of Angels! She looked at all of us and smiled at us saying, ‘You are my joy, you are my hope!’ Then she urged us to live the messages that she has given us.” This is how we started the year 2010 with Her and with Her Heavenly army of Angels. We’ll definitely need them this year! And we entrusted all of you to Her motherly care.
2 – The Cardinal wishes to come back to Medjugorje. Cardinal Schönborn (Vienna) came on a private pilgrimage to Medjugorje at New Year’s. It was a major event in the history of Medjugorje. What joy his coming brought to us! One of the numerous blessings of the pilgrimage was the positive light his coming shed on Medjugorje, it definitively eradicated from people’s minds the idea that Medjugorje is “forbidden”. Often times, when an occasion presents itself to go to Medjugorje, some refrain saying, “No, it’s not recognized by the Church.” That is true, but “not recognized” does not mean “forbidden.” In fact, Medjugorje has never been “forbidden,” but the Church, in her great wisdom, is not able to make a statement until the apparitions cease. While we wait for the official stance of the Church, we ALL have this wonderful opportunity to go to Medjugorje on private pilgrimage, because it is only the pilgrimages officially organized by a diocese or parish, that are not authorized. That is in itself a great gift, because at any time during 28 years the Church could have forbidden even private pilgrimages. From the reflections of the Cardinal, as published recently in his interviews, here are a few of our favorite highlights:

The Cardinal has stated that he came above all as a pilgrim, for prayer and conversion. (That is the best interior disposition one could have while coming to Medjugorje.) For more than twenty years, he had within him the desire to come, having seen its good fruits in his own diocese and elsewhere. He stated that he saw:

Many priestly vocations at his seminary in Vienna, the majority of which were received at Medjugorje or through Medjugorje;

The Cardinal has been able to witness beautiful conversions, even among those close to him from every strata and social group;

The physical and moral healing of so many people who arrived broken in Medjugorje, including those afflicted by drugs, despair, the grief of losing a dear one, etc;

The quality of prayer in groups from his diocese linked to Medjugorje, how joyously these groups live their faith and persevere in adoration and the sacraments. He mentioned the church of the Dominicans, which is filled to the rafters for hours every Thursday;

Mary: “I came to Medjugorje to be near the Mother of the Lord,” declared the Cardinal during the Holy Hour that he led in St. James church;

Confessions: As the majority of priests who hear confessions in Medjugorje, the Cardinal was touched by the sincerity and the depth of those he heard;

The Franciscans: The Cardinal has had positive, direct and fraternal interactions with our priests throughout his stay;

The Visionaries: The Cardinal had already been touched by their modesty and their simplicity in his meeting with Ivan, then with Marija in the cathedral of Vienna, on the occasion of a prayer meeting last year. In Medjugorje, he was able to meet some of the other visionaries and left very impressed;

Action: The Cardinal was hosted by the community of the Cenacle (founded by Sister Elvira for the rehabilitation of young people suffering from addictions such as drugs.) There, the Cardinal was able to witness also the fruits of mercy and charity emanating from Medjugorje, where thousands of young people have been saved from certain destruction, even death. He was able to visit the Mother’s Village, founded by Father Slavko, and Mary’s Meal, a Charity born through Medjugorje, led by Magnus MacFarlane from Scotland, which provides daily meals to starving children around the world (see PS2);

All of this caused him to say that if one judges a tree by its fruits, good fruits cannot be found on a bad tree. A profound joy could be read on the face of the Cardinal, and all were struck by it.

Finally, questioned about the position of the Church, the Cardinal made it clear: “I am not able to, nor do I have the intention to, make a diocesan pilgrimage to Medjugorje, as we have done to Rome or to the Holy Land. But it has never been forbidden by the Episcopal Conference or by Rome, for pilgrims to go to Medjugorje. An affirmation seems to me particularly important for us, the Bishops: pilgrims must be accompanied spiritually. I see my duty precisely that way, as Archbishop of Vienna: When I see that hundreds, thousands of people in my diocese are making pilgrimages to Medjugorje, that prayer groups are being born, that priestly vocations are happening, that conversions are taking place, then as bishop I must take care that these pilgrims also have good support.”

See the interviews at www.Kat.net (Vienna) or at http://crownofstars.blogspot.com/ (Vecernji list).

Cardinal Schönborn had a private audience with the Holy Father on January 15th. After that, he wrote from Rome a letter to the Bishop of Mostar, saying, “I have received your recent letter dated 2 January. I regret if you have the impression that my pilgrimage to Medjugorje did a disservice to peace. Rest assured that this was not my intention…The Mother of God and her divine Son will certainly lead all things towards that which is good. In this trust, I greet you fraternally united in the Lord and remain yours, + Christoph Card. Schönborn O.P.

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, will visit Mostar on January 23 to ordain Msgr Petar Rajic as an Archbishop. Msgr Rajic is appointed by the Pope as Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, and as Apostolic Delegate to the Arabian Peninsula. His parents are from Doljai, in the diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan. Let’s pray hard that this special visit may bring deep understanding and true peace between Mostar, Medjugorje and Rome!
3 - The Saint that chose the Children of Medjugorje for the year 2010 is The Holy Family of Nazareth! Jesus Himself, with Mary and Joseph, nothing less! This is providential for the families who need so much help today! Our job is to pray for blessed, holy and happy families! A strong protection from the Holy Family will be most welcome as we enter this New Year.

On the other hand, without knowing that we were to receive the Holy Family as our pal for 2010, last November we built a life size manger in our garden, with beautiful statues, which are also life-size.

Mary is sitting, hands open, and the Infant lays at her feet in a real manger. The neighborhood children like to come and look at the Little Baby Jesus, like the shepherds of old. This site has become a place of prayer accessible to everyone! The idea is to permit mothers who have had an abortion or a miscarriage, or even lost a child in another manner, to lay that child into the hands of the Blessed Mother so that in Heaven she may closely watch over him or her. Doing so, these mothers are deeply comforted, they gain peace and also receive healing from many pains such as: persistent sadness, anguish of death, obsessive guilt, etc. That manger is thus a beautiful opportunity for many hearts to be healed by the mercy of God and the good care of Baby Jesus.

The little Infant Jesus is very beautiful. For inner healing of those who come to recollect themselves in front of the Infant, it is important to look at Him and be looked at by Him. It is the powerful therapy from the innocence of God that thus takes place. Come and see our manger during your next pilgrimage! (See PS3)
4 - The year for priests: This month, here is our prayer for priests:

“We thank you, God our Father, for those who have responded to your call to priestly ministry. Accept this prayer we offer on their behalf: Fill your priests with the sure knowledge of your love. Open their hearts to the power and consolation of the Holy Spirit. Lead them to new depths of union with your Son. Increase in them profound faith in the Sacraments they celebrate as they nourish, strengthen and heal us. Lord Jesus Christ, grant that these, your priests, may inspire us to strive for holiness by the power of their example, as men of prayer who ponder your word and follow your will. O Mary, Mother of Christ and our mother, guard with your maternal care these chosen ones, so dear to the Heart of your Son. Intercede for our priests that, offering the Sacrifice of Mass, they may be conformed more each day to the image of your Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. St. John Vianney, universal patron of priests, pray for us and our priests.”

O Mother of God, dearest Gospa, you too are our joy and our hope!

Please don’t abandon us, sinners! Please draw us closer to you in this year 2010!

Sister Emmanuel +

(Translated from French)

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*Use coupon code “lent” and receive free shipping when you purchase the entire set of six CDs!

*Buy the DVD set for your Lenten preparation and go on a virtual retreat with Sister Emmanuel, as experienced this fall at the Children of Medjugorje Summit Retreat in St Malo, Colorado! Use coupon code “retreat” for free shipping until Ash Wednesday (February 17).

PS 2 - Mary’s Meals is doing a great job right now in Haiti, where they had started feeding poor Children two years ago. They are in Haiti right now, and they need your help! See www.marysmeals.org

PS 3 - You can see some photos of our manger on www.childrenofmedjugorje.com The manger stands near our big white Crucifix, along our little forest.

PS 4 – Read it. Spread it! The Hidden Child of Medjugorje by Sr. Emmanuel. You won’t regret giving this book to a friend as a shower gift or a wedding gift! In the US go to our store: http://www.childrenofmedjugorje.com then click “Shop COM.”

2010年1月15日 - 默主哥耶分享 by Jennifer Nip (多倫多中華殉道聖人堂)

Jan 15, 2010 - Medjugorje Sharing from Chinese Martyrs Catholic Church in Toronto

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(Source: gloria.tv by Piero)

Many priests cocelebated New Year’s Eve Mass with Cardinal Christoph Schönborn in St. James Church at Medjugorje on December 31, 2009.