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Fr Ljubo Kurtović, OFM
Return to prayer in the family (Fr Ljubo Kurtović, OFM)

Return to prayer in the family (Fr Ljubo Kurtović, OFM)

In his Letter to Families, St. John Paul II writes, “The family is a community of persons and the smallest social unit. As such it is an institution fundamental to the life of every society.…

Terézia Gažiová
I lead you and i love you (Terézia Gažiová)

I lead you and i love you (Terézia Gažiová)

Our Lady rejoices and thanks God for allowing her to love and lead us. She confesses her motherly love to us anew and draws each one of us into it. “My children, be the love…

Fr Slavko Barbarić, OFM
Prayer to Mary before Mass (Fr Slavko Barbarić, OFM)

Prayer to Mary before Mass (Fr Slavko Barbarić, OFM)

Mary, you are the Mother of the High Priest Jesus Christ. By the words that you pronounced at the Annunciation, “Behold the handmaid of the Lord”, Jesus, the Word of God, became flesh and began…

Fr Marinko Šakota, OFM
I am here to tell you…

I am here to tell you…

The Message of April 25, 2024:  “Dear children! I am with you to tell you that I love you and to encourage you to pray, because Satan is strong and every day his power is…

Fr Ljubo Kurtović, OFM
Be prayer, be light, and be witnesses (Fr Ljubo Kurtović, OFM)

Be prayer, be light, and be witnesses (Fr Ljubo Kurtović, OFM)

Our Lady, as a true mother, never ceases to invite, encourage and guide her children in the ways of life found in God. Our Lady knows no other way or way of life except prayer.…

Fr Slavko Barbarić, OFM
The Sorrowful Mysteries (Fr Slavko Barbarić, OFM)

The Sorrowful Mysteries (Fr Slavko Barbarić, OFM)

We continue with our preparation for Holy Mass. The Sorrowful Mysteries introduce us into the mystery of suffering. Holy Mass is the unbloody sacrifice of the New Covenant. Christ gives Himself up for us totally.…

Terézia Gažiová
Be light, love and my outstretched hands

Be light, love and my outstretched hands

With every message, Our Heavenly Mother leads us to Jesus. With the latest one, she brings us to Jesus’ parables of the sower, the field and the darnel. Holy Scripture, nature and life teach us…

Fr Ljubo Kurtović, OFM
Renew your heart

Renew your heart

In her messages in Medjugorje, Our Lady often speaks to us about the heart. The heart is the center of our spiritual life, which is nurtured by Our Lady’s presence. The heart is important. Holy…

Fr Slavko Barbarić, OFM
God is here, be holy!

God is here, be holy!

It is important to underline once again that Mary is educating and teaching us in a simple way. As a Mother, she says only what deeply touches the life of the faithful. She also told…

Terézia Gažiová
I am carrying Jesus to you

I am carrying Jesus to you

“The world needs Jesus, therefore seek Him through prayer.” Such a simple and such a profound invitation. Jesus is meek and humble of heart. He who seeks him in the silence of his heart becomes…

Fr Ljubo Kurtović, OFM
Jesus is Peace

Jesus is Peace

When the Medjugorje visionaries asked Our Lady, “Who are you?”, she introduced herself to them with the words, “I am Queen of Peace.” On the first day of the apparition, the visionaries, who were children…

Fr Slavko Barbarić, OFM
From the very beginning

From the very beginning

We know that in every area – including prayer and friendship with God – education is most successful when it begins in time, when it happens in the family, with father and mother, brothers and…

Terézia Gažiová
Prayer by day and night

Prayer by day and night

Our Lady invites us to strong prayer and to a renewal of our family prayer as a stand against modernism. What is modernism? We see it around us in conversations, in the media, in schools,…

Fr Ljubo Kurtović, OFM
I call you to strong prayer

I call you to strong prayer

In the August message, Our Lady speaks to us about praying with the heart, about lifting up the heart to Heaven in order to experience the God of love. Our Lady constantly emphasizes the need…

Fr Slavko Barbarić, OFM
Endure the days of trial

Endure the days of trial

In the message of 17 January 1985, Our Lady speaks of the days of trial when only some parishioners attend Holy Mass. “Dear children! These days Satan is fighting treacherously against this parish, and you,…