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[Mirjana] 
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
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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.

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

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that there is a great
responsibility upon us.

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When she asks prayers
for unbelievers,

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she would like us to try that
in her way.

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That would be,
the way I understood it:

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First, feel love for them.

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Feel they are our 
brothers and sisters

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who were not as lucky
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to feel the love of God.

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

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Never judge, never condemn,
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,
at our workplace,

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and that unbeliever looks at us,
and at our life.

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We must ask ourselves whether
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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
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
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
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from Italy are.

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

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"We got here, first!"

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So many words
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
one of the visionaries.

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They gave me the whole bench
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
for the first time?

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

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And they behaved toward me
in such a way?

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Would I ever enter the church again?

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And whose responsibility
would that be?

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That is something that
Our Lady tries to say.

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We can all learn
to speak nicely.

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But, Our Lady
wants our lives to speak, instead.

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That with our example, 
it can be shown

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that we are trying to live
the love of God.

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In these apparitions 
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the most important
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
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
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
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,
and ask my Son for you."

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Jesus is always in the first place.

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Many pilgrims,
when they come to Medjugorje,

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think that we visionaries
are important.

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That it is enough
to say something to us,

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that God listens to us
more than to others,

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but that thinking is wrong.

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Because, for Our Lady
as a mother,

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there are no privileged ones.

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For her, we are all
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
one of you.

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That is something she said
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 
our Holy Mother,

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we have the same importance.

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

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I learned, at the very beginning
of the apparitions,

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You heard when I said
"my uncle, my grandmother."

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Because I am the only one
of us six visionaries

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who was not born here, 
nor grew up here.

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My parents are from here.

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But, when they married,
they moved to Sarajevo.

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So, I was born and raised there.

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

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But when the apparitions began,

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because the communists
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I was returned by force
to Sarajevo.

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Here, where you are now,
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
were 'Croatian,'

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and, when they took us 
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 
completely different.

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In Sarajevo, 
there were true communists.

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And, mainly Muslims.

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Every single day,
they came to my house.

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They would destroy 
everything around.

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And, they would
take me with them.

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I was just 15, then.

255
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I never knew if I would ever
return home.

256
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I thought Our Lady
would help me.

257
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
But, when I would have
an apparition,

258
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
she told me the same things
as told to the other visionaries.

259
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Nothing regarding me, 
or my situation.

260
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I don't need to tell you
how alone and abandoned I felt.

261
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
The five of them were here, together,

262
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
in the village that loves
and supports them.

263
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
But in Sarajevo, I had only
my parents and my brother.

264
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Everyone else was forced to
distance themselves from us.

265
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
But, through prayer,

266
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I understood,

267
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
for God, for Our Lady,

268
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
there are no privileged ones.

269
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If you are having a hard time,

270
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
take Rosary, and pray.

271
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
God will not leave you alone.

272
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
When I felt that in my heart,

273
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I was able to deal with

274
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
everything that hurt me,

275
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with far more strength.

276
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Also, now, in Medjugorje,

277
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many times, people say,

278
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
"I had a healing,

279
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I got to know
the love of God."

280
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I have never met
many of those people, in my life.

281
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
So, I was not the one
who prayed for them.

282
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
They had open hearts.

283
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
They asked for Mother's help.

284
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
She asked her Son, for them.

285
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I am telling you this,
so you may understand

286
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
when you need
Our Lady, our Mother,

287
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
you do not need visionaries.

288
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
The only thing you need
is an open heart.

289
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Our Lady says,

290
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
"Open your heart,
and I will be with you."

291
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
So, it is up to us,

292
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
if we want our Mother with us,
to be at our side.

293
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Our Lady asked for
prayer in families.

294
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
She says nothing unites family
as well as praying together.

295
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
She says parents have a great 
responsibility to their children.

296
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Because, they are the ones who
should put the rules of faith

297
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
in their children.

298
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
They can, if they pray together,

299
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
and if they go to Holy Mass.

300
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
We cannot talk to children
about the importance of Holy Mass,

301
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
unless they see that we put Holy Mass
In first priority.

302
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
We cannot speak about
the importance of prayer,

303
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
if they do not see us praying.

304
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
That is why Our Lady says
the parents have great responsibility.

305
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Because children know what they see
in their homes and families.

306
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
And, they see a lot,

307
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
way more than we think.

308
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I always like to give this
nice example from my family:

309
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
When my older daughter, Marija,
was just two,

310
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I had not talked to her
about the apparitions.

311
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I thought, at age two,
she is unable to comprehend anything.

312
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
One day, when she was playing
with a friend, in her room,

313
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I heard her friend say,
"My mother drives a car."

314
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Since I don't drive, 
Marija was silent a moment.

315
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Then she said, "Big deal, to 
drive a car.

316
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
My mother talks to Our Lady
every single day."

317
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Laughter]

318
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Without me saying anything,
she understood.

319
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
That is why it is important
for children to see

320
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
that for their mother and father,
God is the first priority.

321
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Our Lady asks us to fast.

322
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Bread and water, 
Fridays and Wednesdays.

323
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
She does not ask people
who are ill, to fast.

324
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
She said that, through prayer,
they will understand

325
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
other things they can do.

326
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
If you never fasted 
two days a week,

327
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
if you never prayed the Rosary
every day,

328
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I would suggest you begin

329
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
the way Our Lady showed us
to begin.

330
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
First thing she asked:

331
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Seven Our Fathers, Hail Mary,
Glory Be, and Creed.

332
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Then, she asked for the
first part of the Rosary.

333
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
And, that we fast on Fridays.

334
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Also, it is not necessary
that you begin with bread and water.

335
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
You can begin by
not eating meat on Fridays.

336
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Catholics never ate meat on Fridays.

337
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
That can be a beginning.

338
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
After a while, Our Lady asked
for the second part of the Rosary.

339
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
And then third (part of Rosary),

340
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
and that we fast on Wednesdays,
as well.

341
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
She was going step by step.

342
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
That is an example for us.

343
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
What is important is
to go with her.

344
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
When you fall,

345
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
she will give you a hand
to get up.

346
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
It is important to start

347
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
walking with her.

348
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I would recommend you all,

349
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
present here with me,

350
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
don't begin fasting here.

351
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Once you return home,

352
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
then begin.

353
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I don't want any of you
to become dizzy,

354
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
especially now.

355
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Who will take you 
to the hospital?

356
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Laughter]

357
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
With this corona?

358
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Thank God, it is not here yet.

359
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
But, that is my sisterly advice.

360
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Start at your homes.

361
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
We will prepare simple food here.

362
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
It is important for you 
to eat something.

363
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Our Lady also asks for
Holy Bible in families.

364
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
When she gives me a message,
she does not explain it to me.

365
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
She gives me a message

366
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
in the very same way
I am giving it to you.

367
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I need every one of you:

368
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Pray, read the messages,

369
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
and try to discern
what God wants from you.

370
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Those who have been 
following the messages

371
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
on the 2nd of the month,

372
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
you might notice that
there are quite a lot.

373
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I remember it exactly
the way Our Lady said it,

374
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
just for two or three
minutes, afterwards.

375
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
That is why, always,
at the Blue Cross,

376
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
as soon as Our Lady
leaves us,

377
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I tell the message.

378
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
So, they write it down.

379
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Because, when I 
return to my room to pray,

380
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I can tell you what she talked about.

381
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
But I am unable to repeat it
word for word.

382
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I need the written message, 
myself, later,

383
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
as I read and pray.

384
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
That is also when Our Lady says,
return to the Bible.

385
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I think we all have a Bible.

386
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
But, I think Our Lady 
wants simple things.

387
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
To open the Bible 
every single day,

388
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
to read a line or two,
no matter what.

389
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
But, that the Bible
is present, in our families.

390
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
That the Bible is not there
merely to say we have it,

391
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
but we don't remember
when we last touched the Bible.

392
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
In the Bible,
there are the answers we seek.

393
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Many pilgrims think

394
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
that after this many years,

395
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
it's a normal thing
for me to have an apparition.

396
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
That I am used to it.

397
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I have to tell you,
that is not the case.

398
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Every time is like the first time.

399
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Every time, I prepare myself,
with fasting and prayer.

400
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Two or three days before, I fast.

401
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
The night before, I spend in prayer.

402
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
With prayer, I can wait for tomorrow
in a peaceful way.

403
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
When I am with Our Lady,

404
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I believe that is the feeling
people in Heaven, have.

405
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
She leads our conversations.

406
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Not me.

407
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I can feel, within,
what I may or may not ask.

408
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I never touched her.

409
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
She never touched me.

410
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
But, I never felt a need
to touch her.

411
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
When Our Lady looks at you,

412
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
you have everything.

413
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
You feel loved, protected.

414
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Cries.]

415
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
That is why I say
you have no other desires.

416
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I will share an example with you.

417
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
All mothers will understand.

418
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I am a mother.

419
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Like every mother,
I would give my life for my children.

420
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
But, when I am with Our Lady,

421
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I don't remember them.

422
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I am unaware that I have children.

423
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I just want her to look at me,

424
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
and that I look at her.

425
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
You can imagine the pain
when she leaves.

426
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I always tell the message,

427
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
then I go to my room, to pray.

428
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Through prayer,
God helps me to understand,

429
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
and to go forward.

430
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
But, it is not easy.

431
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
It is not easy to be with Her,
and, then live this life of ours.

432
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
If it were not for God's help,
I don't know how we could do it.

433
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
These are the things
which I personally thought

434
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
are the most important.

435
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
And now, you.

436
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
You can ask me about
anything I didn't say.

437
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
If I can, I will answer
with my entire heart.

438
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Don't hold back.
That is why we gather.

439
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
To talk about our Mother.

440
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Woman] I just wanted to say thank you.
You suffer so much, for all of us.

441
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I feel a bit uncomfortable,
when people say such things.

442
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Our Lady teaches us
we are lower than everyone else.

443
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Not that we are above, or special.

444
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Look at me and you.

445
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I am here.

446
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
You left your home and country behind,

447
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
despite corona,

448
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
despite everything,

449
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
you came to your Mother.

450
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
So, I'm not really sure
you are the one who should thank.

451
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Woman] It is easy to see you suffer,
lots.

452
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Mirjana] I think that 
we all suffer,

453
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
when we see those who
do not want to know

454
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
the love of God.

455
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Because, we know
what awaits them.

456
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
We can just trust in 
the love of God.

457
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I think he will judge us
by love.

458
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Not the way we earned.

459
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Laughter]

460
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
This is Medjugorje, for me.

461
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
When you see Americans,
Canadians, Polish,

462
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
we all speak about
the same Mother.

463
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
That is what Our Lady
here in Medjugorje

464
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
has been teaching us.

465
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Man speaking foreign language.]

466
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Mirjana] I didn't understand anything.

467
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[A 2nd man] Same, here.

468
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Laughter]

469
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Woman] He asked, um,
How do you pray in your heart.

470
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Mirjana] I understand.
I will try to explain.

471
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Our Lady says, 
pray with your heart.

472
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I will share the way
I understood it.

473
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
For me, prayer with the heart

474
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
is, that every word
that comes out of my mouth

475
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
goes through my heart.

476
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
For example, if I say "Our Father,"

477
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
that in my heart, I feel
that God is my Father.

478
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
So that, basically, I am living
the things I am saying.

479
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
As a sister, I would suggest

480
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
that you do not waste your time

481
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
judging your prayers.

482
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
For me, it's important
to try to pray better.

483
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Man: unintelligible]

484
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Not one of us can say,
"I pray the way God wants."

485
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
"I am doing everything
the way God wants."

486
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I am afraid of those people.

487
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
There is something wrong,
in that case.

488
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
We all try.

489
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
How successfully,
God will judge.

490
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
For me, it is important
that we all try to pray better.

491
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Woman] Do you think Our Lady

492
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
would allow you
to come to Canada?

493
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Laughter]

494
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[2nd woman] We often wonder.

495
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Laughter]

496
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Mirjana] Thank you.

497
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
For Our Lady,
there is no such thing

498
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
as Canada, America.

499
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
The only thing she says is,
"Dear children."

500
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
So, in all of these years
of apparitions,

501
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
She never said "Dear Croatians."

502
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
She never said my name.

503
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
She says, "Dear children."

504
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Anyone else?

505
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Come on, don't be shy.

506
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Laughter]

507
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
You were full of questions, yesterday.

508
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[Laughter]

509
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
All the things you asked me,

510
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now you have a wonderful opportunity.

511
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[Mirjana] If you remember something,
we can talk also today, no problem.

512
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I will be with you during lunch.

513
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Are you here for lunch today, or dinner?

514
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[Woman] Lunch.

515
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[Mirjana] Lunch. Okay.
I like that I am here.

516
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[Laughter]

517
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[Woman] Me, too.

518
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[Mirjana] My brother, they are
serving dinner.

519
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[Woman] Ohh.

520
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[Mirjana] Okay, if you don't have
any more questions...

521
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[Man] What would be the best way
to pray to know God's will?

522
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[Man] Your own walk with God,

523
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knowing that you are doing your best
to do the Lord's will.

524
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A personal discernment.

525
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[Mirjana] The best way 
to understand that

526
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is through prayer.

527
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When I need to decide something,
I always pray.

528
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Then, there are various options
ahead of me.

529
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When I feel peace,

530
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then I know I made a good call.

531
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I always ask God to guide me.

532
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Because, alone, I am not able to do it.

533
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But with Him, I can do everything.

534
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[Woman: unintelligible]

535
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[Laughter]

536
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[Woman] We feel the presence.
We just know God is with you,

537
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and with us, and thank you, for that.

538
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[Mirjana] Our Lady is always with us,
if we call Her.

539
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One mother on earth. She will
never turn her back on her children.

540
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Can you just imagine
Our Heavenly Mother?

541
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It is enough to say

542
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That we want Her,
and we need Her.

543
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The fact that She is with us,
as She said in Her numerous messages,

544
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"The fact that I am with you
shows you how much God loves you."

545
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To show us the true path.

546
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It is up to us to respond.

547
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There is a nice anecdote 
with Father Slavko.

548
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I don't know if any of you
met or remember Father Slavko?

549
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That is his picture, over there.

550
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He was my husband's uncle.

551
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We saw each other
every single day.

552
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One on occasion, he told me,

553
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a lady approached him.

554
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She told him, "When I pray,
my thoughts wander.

555
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What do you advise, Father?"

556
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He replied, "People who don't pray
don't have those problems.

557
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So, insist."

558
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We can finish with a Hail Mary.

559
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[Man] In the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

560
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[All] Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,

561
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Our Lord is with Thee.

562
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Blessed art Thou among women, and

563
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Blessed is the fruit of Thy womb,
Jesus.

564
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Holy Mary, Mother of God,

565
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Pray for us sinners,

566
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Now, and in the hour of our death.

567
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Amen