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Pray and you won’t regret it (Fr. Marinko Shakota)

Pray and you won’t regret it (Fr. Marinko Shakota)

“Dear children! Pray, pray, pray that peace may begin to reign in every heart and prevail over every evil and peacelessness. Thank you for having responded to my call”.   “Pray, pray, pray that peace…

Fr. Slavko Barbaric, OFM
Just say the word! (Father Slavko Barbarych, OFM)

Just say the word! (Father Slavko Barbarych, OFM)

Just say the word! (Father Slavko Barbarіс, OFM)   Christ comes not only to praise Him, but also to enter our lives completely. This is the moment of communion. Together with the whole Church, we…

Tereza Gazhiyova
Thay peace may reign

Thay peace may reign

When we pray, we become instruments of peace. Our Lady calls us three times in a row: “Pray, pray, pray”. Repetition helps us to remember an important thing. Today we are to learn the precious…

Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM
Pray for peace

Pray for peace

            In November message, Our Lady called us to family prayer as well as to prayer for peace in the world. In this message, she emphasizes three times the invitation to pray for peace. When…

Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM
Family prayer (Father Lubo Kurtovych, OFM)

Family prayer (Father Lubo Kurtovych, OFM)

We are at the beginning of Advent, in which we want to prepare for the coming of Jesus. Jesus came in the flesh, but He constantly wants to enter our lives. “Behold, I stand at…

Meditations
Advent – family prayer (Tereza Gazhiyova)

Advent – family prayer (Tereza Gazhiyova)

Advent is Mary Who watches over our every step and embraces us with tenderness. We are called to be vigilant with Her. Nowadays let’s be like She is in the midst of peacelessness, tension, violence,…

Fr. Slavko Barbaric, OFM
Profound prostration (Father Slavko Barbaric, OFM)

Profound prostration (Father Slavko Barbaric, OFM)

Profound prostration (Father Slavko Barbaric, OFM) After the solemn singing of the preface, the faithful joyfully call out: “To HimWho comes”. He is blessed, sent by the Father. He is a saint. Hosanna is proclaimed…

Fr. Slavko Barbaric, OFM
I give You my heart and open it to You (Father Slavko Barbaric, OFM)

I give You my heart and open it to You (Father Slavko Barbaric, OFM)

I give You my heart and open it to You (Father Slavko Barbaric, OFM)   After reading and listening to the word of God there usually  follows an interpretation of God’s word. It is performed…

In the School of Our Lady
Imitate the saints and live the holiday (Teresa Gazhiyova)

Imitate the saints and live the holiday (Teresa Gazhiyova)

Imitate the saints and live the holiday (Teresa Gazhiyova)   The holy martyrs, dying, testified: “I am a Christian and I love God above all else!” (11/25/1997). “My children and you can be saints, it…

Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM
Let the saints be an example for you (Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM)

Let the saints be an example for you (Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM)

Message, 25. October 2024 “Dear children, At this time, when you are celebrating the day of All Saints, seek their intercession and prayers so that in union with them, you may find peace. May the…

Fr. Slavko Barbaric, OFM
I praise You, oh my God! (Father Slavko Barbaric, OFM)

I praise You, oh my God! (Father Slavko Barbaric, OFM)

I praise You, oh my God! (Father Slavko Barbaric, OFM) After repentance and regret for sins, the Church reveals to us the joy of meeting, which always follows reconciliation, and this meeting is the beginning…

Tereza Gazhiyova
God has sent me among you to love you (Tereza Gazhiyova)

God has sent me among you to love you (Tereza Gazhiyova)

What makes today’s message different from the others is that for the first time there is a note at the end – With Ecclesiastical approval. The Church agrees that the messages of the Queen of…

Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM
I encourage you to prayer and conversion

I encourage you to prayer and conversion

            Peace is a recurring theme in the messages and invitations of Our Lady. Peace does not come by itself. It is the fruit of work, effort and struggle against one’s own faults and passions.…

Fr. Slavko Barbaric, OFM
Take part in the Mass with your heart! (Father Slavko Barbarych, OFM)

Take part in the Mass with your heart! (Father Slavko Barbarych, OFM)

Everything that has been said so far, especially praying the Rosary and meditating on its mysteries, as well as praying with Mary and praying to the Holy Spirit, had only one meaning: to prepare our…

Meditations
Peace in the heart and around us (Terezia Gaziova)

Peace in the heart and around us (Terezia Gaziova)

Mary’s prayer with us for peace has been going on for 43 years since the beginning of her apparitions in Medjugorje.  “Peace, peace, peace and only peace! Let peace prevail between God and man and…