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Fr. Slavko Barbaric, 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,…

Tereza Gazhiyova
Prayer with the heart = Divine love

Prayer with the heart = Divine love

Prayer with the heart means to watch over the world in love. One of the most important intentions for which Our Lady invites us to pray is precisely to pray for the gift of God’s…

Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM
Prayer with the heart

Prayer with the heart

This month’s message of Our Lady seems to be familiar to us and it is as if we have heard it many times before. Our Lady’s apparitions are a grace and a gift from the…

Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM
Pray for those who have not come to know God’s love (Fr Ljubo Kurtović, OFM)

Pray for those who have not come to know God’s love (Fr Ljubo Kurtović, OFM)

“Dear children! In this time of grace, in which the Most High sends me to you to love you and guide you on the way of conversion, offer your prayers and sacrifices for all those…

Tereza Gazhiyova
The most high sends me to you to love you and guide you (Terézia Gažiová)

The most high sends me to you to love you and guide you (Terézia Gažiová)

“Dear children! In this time of grace, in which the Most High sends me to you to love you and guide you on the way of conversion, offer your prayers and sacrifices for all those…

Fr. Slavko Barbaric, OFM
Our Lady’s messages and teachings (Fr Slavko Barbarić, OFM)

Our Lady’s messages and teachings (Fr Slavko Barbarić, OFM)

Our Lady is the Mother of the Divine Word. She first believed. She conceived Jesus by her faith. He became flesh in her and became man in her most pure heart, which was – by…

Fr. Slavko Barbaric, OFM
I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you

I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you

When Jesus speaks of “this Passover”, he means the Last Supper – the first Holy Mass or the Eucharist. Like all the Jews, Jesus was celebrating the Passover, the feast that each year commemorates the…

Tereza Gazhiyova
The mother and the refuge

The mother and the refuge

What happens when Our Lady prays for us? “Dear children, with much love and patience I strive to make your hearts like unto mine. I strive, by my example, to teach you humility, wisdom and…

Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM
Return to God and prayer

Return to God and prayer

In the message of May, Our Lady invited us to go into nature and pray so that God may speak to our hearts. Nature is an environment in which we can more easily hear and…

Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM
Go into nature and pray (Fr Ljubo Kurtović, OFM)

Go into nature and pray (Fr Ljubo Kurtović, OFM)

Our Lady, as the true Mother of the Church, walks with us not only in liturgical season but also in the season of nature in which we are enthroned and in which we live. Everything…

Tereza Gazhiyova
God has love for every creature (Terézia Gažiová)

God has love for every creature (Terézia Gažiová)

The invitation of Our Lady to go into nature, to pray and to listen to God is an invitation to follow Jesus. She teaches us to learn from nature through all that is created. Jesus…

Fr. Slavko Barbaric, OFM
I Am the Living Bread (Fr Slavko Barbarić, OFM)

I Am the Living Bread (Fr Slavko Barbarić, OFM)

Jesus often repeated that He was the Living Bread and the Bread of Life. He also several times multiplied bread in order to feed those who came to listen to Him. He did not want…

Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM
Carriers of peace and joy (Fr Ljubo Kurtović, OFM)

Carriers of peace and joy (Fr Ljubo Kurtović, OFM)

Our Lady, as a true mother, does not stop calling Her children. She speaks to those who strive to hear Her voice and feel Her heart. Mother never gets tired. She never rests. She feels…

Tereza Gazhiyova
The Love of Jesus transforms (Terézia Gažiová)

The Love of Jesus transforms (Terézia Gažiová)

Our Lady’s message touches us in the very state of heart in which we find ourselves. It always brings hope and direction to what we need to focus on most. Today the Mother reminds us…

Fr. Slavko Barbaric, OFM
The Lamb of God (Fr Slavko Barbarić, OFM)

The Lamb of God (Fr Slavko Barbarić, OFM)

At the beginning of the New Testament stands the last prophet of the Old Testament – John the Baptist. His life and his words are the immediate preparation for the coming of Jesus. He lived…