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Fr. Slavko Barbaric, OFM
You have given them bread from Heaven

You have given them bread from Heaven

One of the events that prefigured the Eucharist is the manna in the desert, which announced the Bread from Heaven. Human life is often like a journey through the desert. We are exposed to pain…

Tereza Gazhiyova
It is a time of prayer

It is a time of prayer

Our Lady calls us very clearly, briefly and solemnly to make this time a time of prayer. This time is a time of grace for the Lenten season. The Church calls us to intense prayer,…

Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM
A time of prayer

A time of prayer

This simple and short message of Our Lady is extraordinary because it is all too short. We have become accustomed to messages with a few sentences and now she speaks to us in a very…

Fr. Slavko Barbaric, OFM
Prefigurement

Prefigurement

In Holy Mass, we mention different biblical names, especially two of them: Abel and Isaac. Through their sacrifice, although in different ways, both of them are a prefigurement that announces the sacrifice of Christ.  …

Tereza Gazhiyova
In humility seek peace

In humility seek peace

Our Lady is the Queen of the Prophets. All the prophets call for conversion, fasting and prayer, which are the conditions of peace. “Mary has neither better nor other means than those by which the…

Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM
Keep converting

Keep converting

The invitation of Our Lady is in line with the Lenten season which we entered a few days ago. Figuratively, we can say that the Lenten season is a temple in which God wants to…

Fr. Slavko Barbaric, OFM
The covenant between God and men

The covenant between God and men

When we celebrate Holy Mass, we often mention the Covenant. When Jesus lifts up the chalice, He speaks of the blood of the New and Eternal Covenant. God has a plan for His people and…

Tereza Gazhiyova
You are my hope

You are my hope

Our Lady invites us – “pray with me for peace”. Praying with her is the light of the Bethlehem Star. She leads us to the King of Peace, to the kingdom that is not of…

Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM
Pray for peace

Pray for peace

Our Lady appeared in Medjugorje with the same message and call that we hear today, “Dear children, pray with me for peace.” And after more than 41 years, Her message is still relevant today. Peace…

Fr. Slavko Barbaric, OFM
The Holy Bible prepares us for the Eucharist

The Holy Bible prepares us for the Eucharist

Holy Bible or Holy Scripture is God’s Word spoken to men at different times and through different people, but always with the same message: God loves men and offers salvation. God speaks directly to some…

Tereza Gazhiyova
The call of the Light that transforms

The call of the Light that transforms

The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that God created us out of love to know him, to serve him, to love him, and so to come to paradise. Our Lady appears to help…

Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM
Be a reflection of Jesus

Be a reflection of Jesus

Christmas is over, but it stays with us throughout the year. Christmas is an invitation. An invitation to conversion and to opening our hearts to the King of Peace, as the Queen of Peace calls…

Before mass, pray to the Holy Spirit

In 1983, as we began to pray the Novena for the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Jelena Vasilj – a girl who had the grace of inner locutions – came to the presbytery and said…

A decision for life

At the beginning of Advent, Our Lady comes to us with a mission, “The Most High has sent me to you to teach you prayer”. When Jesus prayed, his disciples were fascinated. One of them…

Fr. Lubo Kurtovych, OFM
Prayer, hope and faith

Prayer, hope and faith

In the last month’s message, Our Lady told us that God sent her to be our joy and our way of hope. Her presence and messages are full of joy, hope of optimism. She does…