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Here, the faith was not free.

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We were allowed to go
to Holy Mass on Sundays.

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And, that was it.
That was what we could do.

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The rest of religious life
was taking place at home.

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Our parents taught us to pray.

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We prayed Holy Rosary
every evening together.

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But, they did not talk about
the faith, much.

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Because, they were afraid.

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As kids, we cannot speak about it
in school.

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If so, they could have problems.

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That is why I had never heard about
Lourdes, or Fatima.

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I didn't know that Our Lady
could come here to earth

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in such a way.

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I thought she is up in Heaven,
and we pray.

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When Ivanka told me
that she thought

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Our Lady is up on the hill,

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I was kind of rude.
I had a rude response.

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I told her, "Right. She hasn't got
better things to do?"

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"And she came to the two of us?"

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And I left her there, and I wanted
to return to the village.

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But, when I got to the first houses,

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I felt this call within me.

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I had to return back.
When I got there,

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I saw Ivanka standing
at the very same spot.

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She told me, "Look now, please."

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I saw a woman 
in a long, greyish gown,

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who was holding a baby
in her arms.

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Everything was really strange.

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Because, no one went to the hill.

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Especially not a person 
in a long gown

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with a baby in their arms.

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At that very moment,
I felt all possible emotions

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that we are able to feel.

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Pride. Beauty. Incomprehension.

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Fear.

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And, what was the most
intense emotion

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was the need to flee this place.

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I ran back home.

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When I got home, 
I found my grandmother

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and I told her, right away:

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"Granny, I think I saw Our Lady
up on the hill."

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She told me "Take the Holy Rosary.
Go to your room, and pray."

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"Leave Our Lady where she is."

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I didn't have the strength 
to explain everything to Granny.

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I just wanted to be alone, in prayer.

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That was the only way I had peace.

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The following day, 
I was helping my uncles,

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like every day before that.

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But, when the time came
that I saw Our Lady the day before,

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I felt this calling, again.

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I told my uncle that I had to go
to the hill

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because something has been 
calling me.

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When we got there,

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nearly half the village
was there, already.

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Someone came with 
every visionary.

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We saw Our Lady
at the very same place.

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This time, she was not
carrying a baby in her arms.

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On that day, 25 June 1981,

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was the first day we got to hear her.

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She introduced herself.

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She told us, "My dear children.
Do not be afraid.

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I am the Queen of Peace."

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That is how our daily
apparitions started.

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For a short while, we had the apparitions
at the hill.

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As I said earlier,
it was a time of communism.

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Shortly afterward,
police came, with dogs.

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They surrounded the hill.

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Everyone there, eventually
ended up in prison.

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In those first days,
Our Lady showed some miracles.

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Nearly everyone from the village
saw something.

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For example, there were two
miraculous healings, right away.

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Then, the cross on Cross Mountain
was disappearing, with

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Our Lady appearing
on that spot, instead,

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dressed in white.

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The local people saw this.

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I will give you an example
what the situation was like.

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We, who had been 
brought up in communism,

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had learned how to be silent.

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The fewer words you say,
the better for you.

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So, when the cross was disappearing
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everyone was silent.
They just looked at it.

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One young man was 25 at that time.

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He was unable to remain silent,
because of the emotions he felt.

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He said, "Look! There is no cross!
Our Lady is there, instead!"

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He was sentenced to prison
for six months.

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That was the situation
at that time.

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The word "Mir" was written
in the sky.

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"Mir" means "Peace."

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At that time, Father Jozo
was our parish priest.

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When the police came to him,
to tell him to close the church,

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because Holy Mass was
now forbidden,

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Father Jozo said,
"I saw with my own eyes,

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that the word Mir 
is written on the sky.

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I cannot close the church.

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Do with me as you will."

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He ended up in prison.

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But the local people
had seen all of that.

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Knowing us as children,

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they trusted us,
and they helped us.

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We had an apparition
every evening at a different spot.

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I had daily apparitions like that,
until Christmas, 1982.

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That is when Our Lady
entrusted me with the 10th Secret.

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She told me I would no longer
have daily apparitions.

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She told me it would be
once a year.

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Every 18th of March,
as long as I live.

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She also said I would have
extraordinary apparitions.

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Those apparitions started
on 2nd August, 1987.

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Those are ongoing
until this day.

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I don't know how long
I will have them.

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Those apparitions are also
a prayer for unbelievers.

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Our Lady never calls them that.

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Because if you say about someone,
"You're an unbeliever,"

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you judged and condemned him.

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Our Lady never does that.

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She says "the ones that have 
not yet discovered the love of God."

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She is asking our help.

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When she says, "our help,"

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she does not mean the six of us,
the six visionaries.

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She means the help of everyone
who feels she is their mother.

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She says we can change unbelievers,

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with our prayers, and by our example.

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She asks that we put prayers for them
as a priority in our daily prayers.

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Most of the ugly things which happen
in this world,

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comes from them.

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That is why Our Lady says,

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"When you pray for them,
you pray for yourself, and your future."

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In addition to prayers, she asks
for our example.

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She doesn't want us to preach.

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She asks us to speak with our own lives,

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so unbelievers can witness in us,
God, and the love of God.

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I kindly request you consider this
In the most serious way.

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If you could see the tears of Our Lady
just once,

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the tears she cries for unbelievers,

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I am sure you would pray
with all your heart.

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She says this is the time
of great decision.