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[Mirjana] [Translator] [br]Here, the faith was not free.

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We were allowed to go[br]to Holy Mass on Sundays.

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And, that was it.[br]That was what we could do.

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The rest of religious life[br]was taking place at home.

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Our parents taught us to pray.

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We prayed Holy Rosary[br]every evening together.

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But, they did not talk about[br]the faith, much.

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Because, they were afraid.

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As kids, we cannot speak about it[br]in school.

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If so, they could have problems.

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

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

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in such a way.

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

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When Ivanka told me[br]that she thought

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Our Lady is up on the hill,

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I was kind of rude.[br]I had a rude response.

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I told her, "Right. She hasn't got[br]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[br]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.[br]When I got there,

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I saw Ivanka standing[br]at the very same spot.

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She told me, "Look now, please."

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I saw a woman [br]in a long, greyish gown,

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who was holding a baby[br]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 [br]in a long gown

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with a baby in their arms.

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At that very moment,[br]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[br]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, [br]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[br]up on the hill."

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She told me "Take the Holy Rosary.[br]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 [br]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, [br]I was helping my uncles,

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like every day before that.

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But, when the time came[br]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[br]to the hill

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because something has been [br]calling me.

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When we got there,

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nearly half the village[br]was there, already.

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Someone came with [br]every visionary.

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We saw Our Lady[br]at the very same place.

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This time, she was not[br]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.[br]Do not be afraid.

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I am the Queen of Peace."

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That is how our daily[br]apparitions started.

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

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

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Shortly afterward,[br]police came, with dogs.

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They surrounded the hill.

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Everyone there, eventually[br]ended up in prison.

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In those first days,[br]Our Lady showed some miracles.

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Nearly everyone from the village[br]saw something.

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For example, there were two[br]miraculous healings, right away.

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Then, the cross on Cross Mountain[br]was disappearing, with

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Our Lady appearing[br]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[br]what the situation was like.

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We, who had been [br]brought up in communism,

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had learned how to be silent.

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The fewer words you say,[br]the better for you.

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So, when the cross was disappearing[br]at Cross Mountain,

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everyone was silent.[br]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,[br]because of the emotions he felt.

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

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He was sentenced to prison[br]for six months.

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That was the situation[br]at that time.

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The word "Mir" was written[br]in the sky.

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"Mir" means "Peace."

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At that time, Father Jozo[br]was our parish priest.

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When the police came to him,[br]to tell him to close the church,

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because Holy Mass was[br]now forbidden,

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Father Jozo said,[br]"I saw with my own eyes,

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that the word Mir [br]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[br]had seen all of that.

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Knowing us as children,

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they trusted us,[br]and they helped us.

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We had an apparition[br]every evening at a different spot.

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I had daily apparitions like that,[br]until Christmas, 1982.

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

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She told me I would no longer[br]have daily apparitions.

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She told me it would be[br]once a year.

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Every 18th of March,[br]as long as I live.

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She also said I would have[br]extraordinary apparitions.

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Those apparitions started[br]on 2nd August, 1987.

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Those are ongoing[br]until this day.

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I don't know how long[br]I will have them.

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Those apparitions are also[br]a prayer for unbelievers.

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Our Lady never calls them that.

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Because if you say about someone,[br]"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 [br]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,[br]the six visionaries.

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She means the help of everyone[br]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[br]as a priority in our daily prayers.

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Most of the ugly things which happen[br]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,[br]you pray for yourself, and your future."

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In addition to prayers, she asks[br]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,[br]God, and the love of God.

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

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

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the tears she cries for unbelievers,

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I am sure you would pray[br]with all your heart.

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She says this is the time[br]of great decision.

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She says it is up to us,[br]who say we are children of God,

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that there is a great[br]responsibility upon us.

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When she asks prayers[br]for unbelievers,

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she would like us to try that[br]in her way.

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That would be,[br]the way I understood it:

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First, feel love for them.

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Feel they are our [br]brothers and sisters

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who were not as lucky[br]as we were,

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to feel the love of God.

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When we feel that way,[br]we will be able to pray for them.

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Never judge, never condemn,[br]never criticize.

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Simply love them.

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Pray for them.

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And, give your own example.

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Our example tells a lot.

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We all have unbelievers,

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in our house, somewhere nearby,[br]at our workplace,

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and that unbeliever looks at us,[br]and at our life.

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We must ask ourselves whether[br]the love of God,

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is what they see in us.

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I will give you a nice example.

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One evening, when I went[br]to Holy Mass in Medjugorje,

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our church was crowded.

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I am unable to stand up very long.

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I saw a small space on one of the pews.

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I sat down.

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Our brothers and sisters[br]from Italy were there.

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When I sat down,

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they began to yell and complain.

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You know how temperamental[br]our brothers and sisters

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from Italy are.

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They all said, "Get up![br]This is our bench!"

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"We got here, first!"

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So many words[br]in just one moment.

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I got up, and I was silent.

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One lady approached me.

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She recognized me.

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She told them that I am[br]one of the visionaries.

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They gave me the whole bench[br]just for myself.

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[Laughter]

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The reason I tell you this:

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What do you think would happen

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if I was an unbeliever?

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And I was entering the church[br]for the first time?

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And inside, are the ones who claim[br]they know the love of God?

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And they behaved toward me[br]in such a way?

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Would I ever enter the church again?

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And whose responsibility[br]would that be?

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That is something that[br]Our Lady tries to say.

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We can all learn[br]to speak nicely.

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But, Our Lady[br]wants our lives to speak, instead.

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That with our example, [br]it can be shown

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that we are trying to live[br]the love of God.

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In these apparitions [br]of Medjugorje,

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the most important[br]message of Our Lady

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is the Holy Mass.

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But, not solely on Sundays.

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When we were children,

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at the beginning of[br]the apparitions,

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she said on one occasion,

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"If you have to choose

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between an apparition[br]or Holy Mass,

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you should choose Holy Mass.

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Always.

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Because during Holy Mass,

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my Son is present, with you."

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Throughout all the years[br]of apparitions of Our Lady,

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Our Lady never said,

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"Pray and I will give."

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She always says,

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"Pray, so I can pray,[br]and ask my Son for you."

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That Jesus is always in the first place.

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Many pilgrims,[br]when they come to Medjugorje,

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think that we visionaries[br]are important.

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That it is enough[br]to say something to us,

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that God listens to us[br]more than to others,

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but that thinking is wrong.

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Because, for Our Lady[br]as a mother,

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there are no privileged ones.

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For her, we are all[br]her dear children.

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She chose us,

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to speak the messages to us.

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But, she chose every single[br]one of you.

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That is something she said[br]in one of the January 2nd messages.

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She said, "Dear children,

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I have invited you.

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Open your hearts.

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Let me in, so that I can

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make you my apostles."

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So, in the eyes of [br]our Holy Mother,

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we have the same importance.

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There are none whom she listens to[br]more, or less.

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I learned, at the very beginning[br]of the apparitions.

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You heard when I said[br]"my uncle, my grandmother."

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Because I am the only one[br]of us six visionaries

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who was not born here, [br]nor grew up here.

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My parents are from here.

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But, when they married,[br]they moved to Sarajevo.

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So, I was born and raised there.

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I always visited here,[br]because the rest of my family was here.

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But when the apparitions began,

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because the communists[br]wanted to stop everything,

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I was returned by force[br]to Sarajevo.

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Here, where you are now,[br]in this zone,

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is populated by Croatians.

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Croatians are Catholic.

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Here, the communist police[br]were 'Croatian,'

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and, when they took us [br]for interrogations,

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they yelled, they swore at us,

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but nothing else.

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But, in Sarajevo,

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the situation was [br]completely different.

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In Sarajevo, [br]there were true communists.

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And, mainly Muslims.

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Every single day,[br]they came to my house.

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They would destroy [br]everything around.

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And, they would[br]take me with them.

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I was just 15, then.

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I never knew if I would ever[br]return home.

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I thought Our Lady[br]would help me.

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But, when I would have[br]an apparition,

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she told me the same things[br]as told to the other visionaries.

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Nothing regarding me, [br]or my situation.

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I don't need to tell you[br]how alone and abandoned I felt.

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The five of them were here, together,

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in the village that loves[br]and supports them.

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But in Sarajevo, I had only[br]my parents and my brother.

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Everyone else was forced to[br]distance themselves from us.

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But, through prayer,

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I understood,

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for God, for Our Lady,

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there are no privileged ones.

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If you are having a hard time,

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take the Rosary, and pray.

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God will not leave you alone.

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When I felt that in my heart,

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I was able to deal with

0:24:41.755,0:24:45.223
everything that hurt me,

0:24:45.223,0:24:48.505
with far more strength.

0:24:48.505,0:24:52.121
Also, now, in Medjugorje,

0:24:52.121,0:24:55.822
many times, people say,

0:24:55.822,0:24:59.538
"I had a healing,

0:24:59.538,0:25:04.505
I got to know[br]the love of God."

0:25:04.505,0:25:10.323
I have never met[br]many of those people, in my life.

0:25:10.323,0:25:16.105
So, I was not the one[br]who prayed for them.

0:25:16.105,0:25:19.323
They had open hearts.

0:25:19.323,0:25:23.387
They asked for Mother's help.

0:25:23.387,0:25:29.519
She asked her Son, for them.

0:25:29.519,0:25:34.760
I am telling you this,[br]so you may understand

0:25:34.760,0:25:40.724
when you need[br]Our Lady, our Mother,

0:25:40.724,0:25:45.373
you do not need visionaries.

0:25:45.373,0:25:50.604
The only thing you need[br]is an open heart.

0:25:50.604,0:25:53.754
Our Lady says,

0:25:53.754,0:25:58.555
"Open your heart,[br]and I will be with you."

0:25:58.555,0:26:01.740
So, it is up to us,

0:26:01.740,0:26:08.623
if we want our Mother with us,[br]to be at our side.

0:26:08.623,0:26:13.623
Our Lady asked for[br]prayer in families.

0:26:13.623,0:26:23.590
She says nothing unites family[br]as well as praying together.

0:26:23.590,0:26:35.526
She says parents have a great [br]responsibility to their children.

0:26:35.526,0:26:44.406
Because, they are the ones who[br]should put the rules of faith

0:26:44.406,0:26:46.740
in their children.

0:26:46.740,0:26:50.658
They can, if they pray together,

0:26:50.658,0:26:54.622
and if they go to Holy Mass.

0:26:54.622,0:27:02.224
We cannot talk to children[br]about the importance of Holy Mass,

0:27:02.224,0:27:10.435
unless they see that we put Holy Mass[br]In first priority.

0:27:10.435,0:27:16.481
We cannot speak about[br]the importance of prayer,

0:27:16.481,0:27:19.791
if they do not see us praying.

0:27:19.791,0:27:26.493
That is why Our Lady says[br]the parents have great responsibility.

0:27:26.493,0:27:34.491
Because children know what they see[br]in their homes and families.

0:27:34.491,0:27:37.158
And, they see a lot,

0:27:37.158,0:27:41.250
way more than we think.

0:27:41.250,0:27:47.691
I always like to give this[br]nice example from my family:

0:27:47.691,0:27:54.517
When my older daughter, Marija,[br]was just two,

0:27:54.517,0:27:59.941
I had not talked to her[br]about the apparitions.

0:27:59.941,0:28:07.776
I thought, at age two,[br]she is unable to comprehend anything.

0:28:07.776,0:28:16.473
One day, when she was playing[br]with a friend, in her room,

0:28:16.473,0:28:26.190
I heard her friend say,[br]"My mother drives a car."

0:28:26.190,0:28:34.459
Since I don't drive, [br]Marija was silent a moment.

0:28:34.459,0:28:41.089
Then she said, "Big deal, to [br]drive a car.

0:28:41.089,0:28:46.724
My mother talks to Our Lady[br]every single day."

0:28:46.724,0:28:49.641
[Laughter]

0:28:49.641,0:28:53.328
Without me saying anything,[br]she understood.

0:28:53.328,0:28:58.309
That is why it is important[br]for children to see

0:28:58.309,0:29:04.259
that for their mother and father,[br]God is the first priority.

0:29:04.259,0:29:08.497
Our Lady asks us to fast.

0:29:08.497,0:29:14.008
Bread and water, [br]Fridays and Wednesdays.

0:29:14.008,0:29:21.877
She does not ask people[br]who are ill, to fast.

0:29:21.877,0:29:29.767
She said that, through prayer,[br]they will understand

0:29:29.767,0:29:33.526
other things they can do.

0:29:33.526,0:29:38.110
If you never fasted [br]two days a week,

0:29:38.110,0:29:43.092
if you never prayed the Rosary[br]every day,

0:29:43.092,0:29:48.761
I would suggest you begin

0:29:48.761,0:29:51.859
the way Our Lady showed us[br]to begin.

0:29:51.859,0:29:55.501
First thing she asked:

0:29:55.501,0:30:03.261
Seven Our Fathers, Hail Mary,[br]Glory Be, and Creed.

0:30:03.261,0:30:09.193
Then, she asked for the[br]first part of the Rosary.

0:30:09.193,0:30:13.257
And, that we fast on Fridays.

0:30:13.257,0:30:22.340
Also, it is not necessary[br]that you begin with bread and water.

0:30:22.340,0:30:29.231
You can begin by[br]not eating meat on Fridays.

0:30:29.231,0:30:35.762
Catholics never ate meat on Fridays.

0:30:35.762,0:30:39.276
That can be a beginning.

0:30:39.276,0:30:45.540
After a while, Our Lady asked[br]for the second part of the Rosary.

0:30:45.540,0:30:48.459
And then third (part of Rosary),

0:30:48.459,0:30:52.475
and that we fast on Wednesdays,[br]as well.

0:30:52.475,0:30:55.409
She was going step by step.

0:30:55.409,0:31:01.512
That is an example for us.

0:31:01.512,0:31:06.810
What is important is[br]to go with her.

0:31:06.810,0:31:09.225
When you fall,

0:31:09.225,0:31:14.445
she will give you a hand[br]to get up.

0:31:14.445,0:31:19.860
It is important to start

0:31:19.860,0:31:23.726
walking with her.

0:31:23.726,0:31:28.293
I would recommend you all,

0:31:28.293,0:31:31.260
present here with me,

0:31:31.260,0:31:35.694
don't begin fasting here.

0:31:35.694,0:31:38.361
Once you return home,

0:31:38.361,0:31:40.610
then begin.

0:31:40.610,0:31:47.361
I don't want any of you[br]to become dizzy,

0:31:47.361,0:31:51.130
especially now.

0:31:51.130,0:31:54.736
Who will take you [br]to the hospital?

0:31:54.736,0:31:56.776
[Laughter]

0:31:56.776,0:31:58.410
With this corona?

0:31:58.410,0:32:03.244
Thank God, it is not here yet.

0:32:03.244,0:32:09.159
But, that is my sisterly advice.

0:32:09.159,0:32:13.010
Start at your homes.

0:32:13.010,0:32:18.178
We will prepare simple food here.

0:32:18.178,0:32:22.543
It is important for you [br]to eat something.

0:32:22.543,0:32:28.843
Our Lady also asks for[br]Holy Bible in families.

0:32:28.843,0:32:37.209
When she gives me a message,[br]she does not explain it to me.

0:32:37.209,0:32:42.234
She gives me the message

0:32:42.234,0:32:45.727
in the very same way[br]I am giving it to you.

0:32:45.727,0:32:49.765
I need every one of you:

0:32:49.765,0:32:53.477
Pray, read the messages,

0:32:53.477,0:33:01.254
and try to discern[br]what God wants from you.

0:33:01.254,0:33:08.141
Those who have been [br]following the messages

0:33:08.141,0:33:11.943
on the 2nd of the month,

0:33:11.943,0:33:15.827
you might notice that[br]there are quite a lot.

0:33:15.827,0:33:22.276
I remember it exactly[br]the way Our Lady said it,

0:33:22.276,0:33:27.460
just for two or three[br]minutes, afterwards.

0:33:27.460,0:33:31.761
That is why, always,[br]at the Blue Cross,

0:33:31.761,0:33:35.781
as soon as Our Lady[br]leaves us,

0:33:35.781,0:33:38.394
I tell the message.

0:33:38.394,0:33:41.797
So, they write it down.

0:33:41.797,0:33:46.710
Because, when I [br]return to my room to pray,

0:33:46.710,0:33:52.247
I can tell you what she talked about.

0:33:52.247,0:33:57.728
But I am unable to repeat it[br]word for word.

0:33:57.728,0:34:02.996
I need the written message, [br]myself, later,

0:34:02.996,0:34:07.611
as I read and pray.

0:34:07.611,0:34:14.198
That is also when Our Lady says,[br]return to the Bible.

0:34:14.198,0:34:18.112
I think we all have a Bible.

0:34:18.112,0:34:23.644
But, I think Our Lady [br]wants simple things.

0:34:23.644,0:34:27.196
To open the Bible [br]every single day,

0:34:27.196,0:34:34.413
to read a line or two,[br]no matter what.

0:34:34.413,0:34:40.481
But, that the Bible[br]is present, in our families.

0:34:40.481,0:34:46.579
That the Bible is not there[br]merely to say we have it,

0:34:47.499,0:34:53.570
but we don't remember[br]when we last touched the Bible.

0:34:54.430,0:35:00.502
In the Bible,[br]there are the answers we seek.

0:35:00.502,0:35:07.161
Many pilgrims think

0:35:07.161,0:35:10.695
that after this many years,

0:35:10.695,0:35:14.028
it's a normal thing[br]for me to have an apparition.

0:35:14.028,0:35:15.996
That I am used to it.

0:35:15.996,0:35:20.273
I have to tell you,[br]that is not the case.

0:35:20.273,0:35:24.746
Every time is like the first time.

0:35:24.746,0:35:31.491
Every time, I prepare myself,[br]with fasting and prayer.

0:35:31.491,0:35:36.484
Two or three days before, I fast.

0:35:36.484,0:35:41.505
The night before, I spend in prayer.

0:35:41.505,0:35:49.163
With prayer, I can wait for tomorrow[br]in a peaceful way.

0:35:49.163,0:35:53.519
When I am with Our Lady,

0:35:53.519,0:36:00.771
I believe that is the feeling[br]people in Heaven, have.

0:36:00.771,0:36:05.212
She leads our conversations.

0:36:05.212,0:36:07.078
Not me.

0:36:07.078,0:36:13.603
I can feel, within,[br]what I may or may not ask.

0:36:14.493,0:36:17.499
I never touched her.

0:36:17.499,0:36:20.748
She never touched me.

0:36:20.748,0:36:28.497
But, I never felt a need[br]to touch her.

0:36:29.417,0:36:32.663
When Our Lady looks at you,

0:36:32.663,0:36:35.163
you have everything.

0:36:35.163,0:36:38.981
You feel loved, protected.

0:36:38.981,0:36:42.712
[Cries.]

0:36:42.712,0:36:48.499
That is why I say[br]you have no other desires.

0:36:48.499,0:36:52.119
I will share an example with you.

0:36:52.119,0:36:57.479
All mothers will understand.

0:36:57.479,0:37:00.774
I am a mother.

0:37:00.774,0:37:04.449
Like every mother,[br]I would give my life for my children.

0:37:04.449,0:37:07.998
But, when I am with Our Lady,

0:37:07.998,0:37:11.264
I don't remember them.

0:37:11.264,0:37:16.514
I am unaware that I have children.

0:37:16.514,0:37:23.147
I just want her to look at me,

0:37:23.147,0:37:26.314
and that I look at her.

0:37:26.314,0:37:33.364
You can imagine the pain[br]when she leaves.

0:37:33.364,0:37:37.549
I always tell the message,

0:37:37.549,0:37:41.630
then I go to my room, to pray.

0:37:41.630,0:37:48.419
Through prayer,[br]God helps me to understand,

0:37:48.419,0:37:51.915
and to go forward.

0:37:51.915,0:37:54.248
But, it is not easy.

0:37:54.248,0:38:01.264
It is not easy to be with Her,[br]and, then live this life of ours.

0:38:01.264,0:38:08.592
If it were not for God's help,[br]I don't know how we could do it.

0:38:09.452,0:38:16.507
These are the things[br]which I personally thought

0:38:16.507,0:38:19.548
are the most important.

0:38:19.548,0:38:21.524
And now, you.

0:38:21.524,0:38:26.131
You can ask me about[br]anything I didn't say.

0:38:26.131,0:38:31.181
If I can, I will answer[br]with my entire heart.

0:38:31.181,0:38:37.298
Don't hold back.[br]That is why we gather.

0:38:37.298,0:38:41.318
To talk about our Mother.

0:38:42.438,0:38:46.896
[Woman] I just wanted to say thank you.[br]You suffer so much, for all of us.

0:38:47.740,0:38:53.631
[Mirjana] I feel a bit uncomfortable,[br]when people say such things.

0:38:53.631,0:39:05.032
Our Lady teaches us[br]we are lower than everyone else.

0:39:05.032,0:39:10.898
Not that we are above, or special.

0:39:10.898,0:39:13.636
Look at me and you.

0:39:13.636,0:39:15.616
I am here.

0:39:15.616,0:39:22.766
You left your home and country behind,

0:39:22.766,0:39:26.633
despite corona,

0:39:26.633,0:39:29.866
despite everything,

0:39:29.866,0:39:32.866
you came to your Mother.

0:39:32.866,0:39:40.182
So, I'm not really sure[br]you are the one who should thank.

0:39:40.182,0:39:46.467
[Woman] It is easy to see you suffer,[br]lots.

0:39:46.467,0:39:50.451
[Mirjana] I think that [br]we all suffer,

0:39:50.451,0:39:56.622
when we see those who[br]do not want to know

0:39:56.622,0:39:58.916
the love of God.

0:39:58.916,0:40:03.651
Because, we know[br]what awaits them.

0:40:03.651,0:40:08.602
We can just trust in [br]the love of God.

0:40:08.602,0:40:14.850
I think he will judge us[br]by love.

0:40:14.850,0:40:18.900
Not the way we earned.

0:40:18.900,0:40:31.035
[Laughter]

0:40:31.035,0:40:36.817
This is Medjugorje, for me.

0:40:36.817,0:40:42.450
When you see Americans,[br]Canadians, Polish,

0:40:42.450,0:40:49.083
we all speak about[br]the same Mother.

0:40:49.083,0:40:55.235
That is what Our Lady[br]here in Medjugorje

0:40:55.235,0:40:59.635
has been teaching us.

0:40:59.635,0:41:17.116
[Man speaking foreign language.]

0:41:17.116,0:41:20.035
[Mirjana] I didn't understand anything.

0:41:20.035,0:41:21.516
[A 2nd man] Same, here.

0:41:21.516,0:41:23.487
[Laughter]

0:41:23.487,0:41:33.151
[Woman] He asked, um,[br]How do you pray in your heart.

0:41:33.151,0:41:38.367
[Mirjana] I understand.[br]I will try to explain.

0:41:38.367,0:41:44.701
Our Lady says, [br]pray with your heart.

0:41:44.701,0:41:51.169
I will share the way[br]I understood it.

0:41:51.169,0:41:54.867
For me, prayer with the heart

0:41:54.867,0:42:01.400
is, that every word[br]that comes out of my mouth

0:42:01.400,0:42:05.451
goes through my heart.

0:42:05.451,0:42:09.988
For example, if I say "Our Father,"

0:42:09.988,0:42:18.333
that in my heart, I feel[br]that God is my Father.

0:42:18.333,0:42:24.701
So that, basically, I am living[br]the things I am saying.

0:42:24.701,0:42:29.434
As a sister, I would suggest

0:42:29.434,0:42:34.101
that you do not waste your time

0:42:34.101,0:42:38.036
judging your prayers.

0:42:38.036,0:42:46.601
For me, it's important[br]to try to pray better.

0:42:46.601,0:42:51.585
[Man: unintelligible]

0:42:51.585,0:43:04.301
Not one of us can say,[br]"I pray the way God wants."

0:43:04.301,0:43:10.268
"I am doing everything[br]the way God wants."

0:43:10.268,0:43:12.985
I am afraid of those people.

0:43:12.985,0:43:16.501
There is something wrong,[br]in that case.

0:43:16.501,0:43:19.750
We all try.

0:43:19.750,0:43:26.350
How successfully,[br]God will judge.

0:43:26.350,0:43:37.386
For me, it is important[br]that we all try to pray better.

0:43:37.386,0:43:39.268
[Woman] Do you think Our Lady

0:43:39.268,0:43:41.253
would allow you[br]to come to Canada?

0:43:41.253,0:43:44.569
[Laughter]

0:43:44.569,0:43:46.290
[2nd woman] We often wonder.

0:43:46.290,0:43:47.434
[Laughter]

0:43:47.434,0:43:49.171
[Mirjana] Thank you.

0:43:49.171,0:43:51.952
For Our Lady,[br]there is no such thing

0:43:51.952,0:43:55.835
as Canada, America.

0:43:55.835,0:44:00.152
The only thing she says is,[br]"Dear children."

0:44:00.152,0:44:05.570
So, in all of these years[br]of apparitions,

0:44:05.570,0:44:10.522
She never said "Dear Croatians."

0:44:10.522,0:44:14.319
She never said my name.

0:44:14.319,0:44:17.836
She says, "Dear children."

0:44:17.836,0:44:26.421
Anyone else?

0:44:26.421,0:44:29.685
Come on, don't be shy.

0:44:29.685,0:44:31.202
[Laughter]

0:44:31.202,0:44:32.902
You were full of questions, yesterday.

0:44:32.902,0:44:34.702
[Laughter]

0:44:34.702,0:44:40.404
All the things you asked me,

0:44:40.404,0:44:46.669
now you have a wonderful opportunity.

0:44:46.669,0:44:52.103
[Mirjana] If you remember something,[br]we can talk also today, no problem.

0:44:52.103,0:44:56.186
I will be with you during lunch.

0:44:56.186,0:44:58.958
Are you here for lunch today, or dinner?

0:44:58.958,0:45:00.353
[Woman] Lunch.

0:45:00.353,0:45:03.253
[Mirjana] Lunch. Okay.[br]I like that I am here.

0:45:03.253,0:45:04.470
[Laughter]

0:45:04.470,0:45:05.706
[Woman] Me, too.

0:45:05.706,0:45:10.786
[Mirjana] My brother, they are[br]serving dinner.

0:45:10.786,0:45:12.234
[Woman] Ohh.

0:45:12.234,0:45:17.936
[Mirjana] Okay, if you don't have[br]any more questions...

0:45:17.936,0:45:27.021
[Man] What would be the best way[br]to pray to know God's will?

0:45:27.021,0:45:31.003
[Man] Your own walk with God,

0:45:31.003,0:45:35.571
knowing that you are doing your best[br]to do the Lord's will.

0:45:35.571,0:45:39.203
A personal discernment.

0:45:39.203,0:45:46.161
[Mirjana] The best way [br]to understand that

0:45:46.161,0:45:48.589
is through prayer.

0:45:48.589,0:45:54.937
When I need to decide something,[br]I always pray.

0:45:54.937,0:46:01.453
Then, there are various options[br]ahead of me.

0:46:01.453,0:46:06.467
When I feel peace,

0:46:06.467,0:46:11.269
then I know I made a good call.

0:46:11.269,0:46:16.069
I always ask God to guide me.

0:46:16.069,0:46:25.704
Because, alone, I am not able to do it.

0:46:25.704,0:46:29.837
But with Him, I can do everything.

0:46:29.837,0:46:37.704
[Woman: unintelligible]

0:46:37.704,0:46:40.019
[Laughter]

0:46:40.019,0:46:43.639
[Woman] We feel the presence.[br]We just know God is with you,

0:46:43.639,0:46:46.193
and with us, and thank you, for that.

0:46:46.193,0:46:51.520
[Mirjana] Our Lady is always with us,[br]if we call Her.

0:46:51.520,0:47:03.305
One mother on earth. She will[br]never turn her back on her children.

0:47:03.305,0:47:09.072
Can you just imagine[br]Our Heavenly Mother?

0:47:09.072,0:47:13.438
It is enough to say

0:47:13.438,0:47:16.488
That we want Her,[br]and we need Her.

0:47:16.488,0:47:25.238
The fact that She is with us,[br]as She said in Her numerous messages,

0:47:25.238,0:47:36.705
"The fact that I am with you[br]shows you how much God loves you."

0:47:36.705,0:47:42.011
To show us the true path.

0:47:42.011,0:47:47.339
It is up to us to respond.

0:47:47.339,0:47:58.387
There is a nice anecdote [br]with Father Slavko.

0:47:58.387,0:48:05.306
I don't know if any of you[br]met or remember Father Slavko?

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That is his picture, over there.

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He was my husband's uncle.

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We saw each other[br]every single day.

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One on occasion, he told me,

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a lady approached him.

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She told him, "When I pray,[br]my thoughts wander.

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What do you advise, Father?"

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He replied, "People who don't pray[br]don't have those problems.

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So, insist."

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We can finish with a Hail Mary.

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[Man] In the name of the Father,[br]the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

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[All] Hail Mary,[br]Full of Grace,

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Our Lord is with Thee.

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Blessed art Thou among women, and

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Blessed is the fruit of Thy womb,[br]Jesus.

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Holy Mary, Mother of God,

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Pray for us sinners,

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Now, and in the hour of our death.

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Amen.

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Pray for us.