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QueenofPeace23
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I have been very dedicated to Our Lady ever since returning to the Church in 1980 after years of alcoholism etc. I have studied and been blessed deeply by Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of Lourdes, and all others. I have been to Medjugorje prior to the great war over there and the overthrow of Communism. There is a lot of false information being spread about it. When I see someone try to put down Medjugorje saying it has bad fruits, I am pretty amazed. Especially considering the millions who have visited and experienced the power and peace present, the thousands and thousands of conversions and hundreds of priests and others who attest that they received their vocation through the fruits of Medjugorje. If you doubt me on that, just Google and look a few up.
Also the holiness- praying the holy hour where the Agnus Dei prayer is sung over and over and over and over . Thousands, even millions of confessions. Young people testifying they got off drugs and alcohol, and even prostitution in Medjugorje and they find hope again. The only devil/satan I see in this is the false information being spread about it. If you think satan /the devil would orchestrate prayer before the blessed Sacrament, Mass after Mass in all languages, stations of the cross up the Cross Mountain every day, repentance, confession, hundreds of documented healings at the Vatican now with the Commission for consideration, and many other phenomena…well I could never say satan would orchestrate that. When they accused Jesus of casting out demons by the power of Beelzebub, Matt 12:27, he thought that was a bit ridiculous really.
You know I know the Church will decide correctly on Medjugorje. NO official of the Roman Catholic Church who is involved in the current commission has been has come out and made statements such as “The fruits are bad”, “it’s from the devil” in fact it has been quite the contrary. Pope Francis has allowed Fr. Jozo from Medjugorje, the priest imprisoned and tortured by Communist authorities for his refusal to denounce it, to visit his diocese while a Bishop, and has allowed the visionaries as well.
So when people make extremely negative statements about an ongoing reported apparition which is under full serious review by the Vatican commission, which includes spiritual, scientific, and medical healing information, then in my opinion it is they who are really stepping outside the bounds of the judgment of the Church at this time. It is also a very uninformed view, perhaps unawares.
You know, the Cross on top of Mt Krizevac (Cross Mountain) was built by the Medjugorje Village people in 1933 to commemorate the 1900th year since the birth of Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior. Blessed and holy is His name!!! They did it in a very penitential way by carrying buckets of concrete, especially the women, in bare feet over the rough rocks that are all along the path of the Mountain 5300 feet high, one by one to build the 26 foot high cross. It didn’t stop there though. They walked that mountain every day, in cold and heat, until the rocks were being worn smooth to some degree…and they still do this today. Our Lady as reported has said she chose the place because of it’s beauty, it reminded her of the hills overlooking Jerusalem if I recall correctly. And most importantly she chose it because of the great, simple faith of the people. The cross has the words “.:“To Jesus Christ, Redeemer of the human race, as a sign of their faith, love and hope, in remembrance of the 1900 years since the death of Jesus”. Relics received from Rome for the occasion are embedded in the cross bar itself.
We stayed with a simple family there. They fed us each day, killed their own chickens, milked the cow and boiled milk for the strong Turkish Coffee each day. I asked our host about the reported phenomenon where the word “MIR” (peace) was emblazoned in the sky at the beginning of the reported apparitions. She said oh yes, the entire village saw it and it lasted for about 20 minutes for all to see. After the reported apparitions began – the whole village was pretty much converted from dancing rock and roll to none at all and daily mass, daily prayer and prayer groups sprouting up as well.
My whole point here is not to just promote Medjugorje. But any apparition that is under serious consideration and review by the Church should be reviewed in the same manner as the Church would do it. You know, a lot of people like to bring up the original Bishop Zanic as he was for it before he was against it. He wanted to have it deemed not supernatural, but was outvoted 18-1 in the commission to instead make it we cannot determine supernatural as yet…which is where it is now… which makes sense as a lot of it really need to play out to some extent. The Church is very cautious about pronouncing ongoing apparitions as worthy of belief while they are ongoing, as it could cause scandal if something happens after that which is bad.
So there are a lot of interesting aspects. When I realized in praying the Litany of Our Lady, the last two prayers are Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Pray for us, and the last Our Lady Queen of Peace pray for us. So I looked up how this was added, and found that In 1917 Pope Benedict XV added the invocation “Queen of Peace” to the Litany of Loreto. Our Lady has said in the reported apparitions these are her final apparitions, the way I understand it.
I visited the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, and in visiting the various altars, there is one in the crypt where Mass is said “Our Lady Queen of Peace”, and I was astounded to find that it was dedicated by the people of Croatia (right next to Medjugorje). It was dedicated in 1971, ten years before the reported apparitions began.
So we should really all pray for God’s will to be done regarding these reported apparitions.
