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Commentary on the
monthly message of July 25th 2005
& a monthly reflection
Peace to all! Below
is the official English translation of this month's Commentary on Our Lady's
message to the world through the visionary Marija & the monthly reflection as provided by the
Medjugorje Information
Centre via The
Medjugorje Web™
COME,
Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart
of Mary, your well beloved spouse. X3.
Most
Holy Spirit, open my heart, soften it, and fill it with light and love so that I
may understand clearly what I will read, and act on it for my own spiritual
benefit and for the delight of my Heavenly Mother, Your Beloved Spouse. May I
read each word under Your guidance so that, free of all worldly desires and
distractions, I may grow in wisdom and prudence enough to follow perfectly the
wishes of the Most Blessed Trinity. Amen
"Dear children! Also today, I call you to fill your day with short and ardent prayers. When you pray, your heart is open and God loves you with a special love and gives you special graces. Therefore, make good use of this time of grace and devote it to God more than ever up to now. Do novenas of fasting and renunciation so that Satan be far from you and grace be around you. I am near you and intercede before God for each of you. Thank you for having responded to my call."
Monthly message
to the world, July 25, 2005
Our
Lady has regularly said the messages are for each one of us individually so try reading them as if your own name was there; "Dear .........." - it can
make them so much more personal, challenging and effective.
O
Blessed Mother, help us hear your words to us. Teach us to listen ever
more carefully to the words of your Son. Pray that our hearts will be
transformed into the hearts he would have us have, and that we will
always be open to His call. Amen.
The monthly
apparition to Mirjana Soldo at the Cenacolo community on July 2nd, 2005
lasted five minutes. The message from Our Lady was,
"Dear Children! As a mother I rejoice with you, for as a mother I invite
you. I am bringing my Son to you; my Son, your God. Cleanse your hearts and bow
your head before your only God. Let my motherly heart leap with joy. Thank
you."
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FILL YOUR DAY WITH SHORT AND ARDENT PRAYERS The Virgin Mary tells us: "Fill your day with short and ardent prayers". She wants to tell us to wrap the whole day with prayers, so that God can come, and that the evil and the wicked one cannot have access to our life. There is too much evil and wickedness, too much sinister and dark news, which fill our hearts with worries and fear. There are too many news about tragedies, terrorism, assassinations, which surround us, and about which we hear each day. There are so many malicious words, which hurt trust and love in us and in our neighbour. There is too much superficiality in our conversations, and we go away empty and burdened. Mary shows us the way, she is putting into our hands the means, so that God may find a place where to come.
Whatever we look at, listen to or read, is shaping our interior life, our heart, and then our words. Our words and our conversations reveal the contents of our heart. If our heart is anguished, in darkness and filled with negativism, then our words will be similar. Such a heart will see only what is bad and negative in others. "Blessed are the pure of heart, they shall see God", tells us Jesus. A pure heart is unable to make dirty, to wound or to burden others. A pure heart will try to wipe and wash the dirtiness of others. Who is nervous and unhappy will make all around him nervous and unhappy.
You have undoubtedly already experienced that some people radiate a certain restlessness, nervousness and darkness. There are others who radiate peace, security and trust. They are connected to God, because He is the source of peace, of security, of love and of trust. Mary wishes that all of us, her children, belong to God, that we are people who radiate peace and love. Only a heart that is praying becomes an open heart. Only to an open heart, God can grant his grace, his force and his almightiness.
It is not enough to read and to hear the Gospel and the words of Our Lady's message. They have to be carried out, put into practice. Many have heard the Gospel and Our Lady's message, but it is possible to distinguish those among them who have put into practice what they have heard. Only those who have tried to put into practice at least something of what they have heard, deserve heaven. There are people who pray unceasingly without ever doing anything. There are some who pray, but criticize everything and everyone. They measure all according to their theoretical prayers, which are sterile, if they are not put into practice in our life. The prayers have a meaning only if they change our life, our heart, and if we try to put them into practice. God is doing nothing without us - He is doing everything with us. He is waiting for our works in order to collaborate with us, to help us. This is why: to pray and to do nothing, means to prevent the realization of what we are praying for.
The worst of all things, it is to wait a long time before putting one's decisions into practice. It is necessary to do immediately, and not to delay, to leave for later. More we delay our prayer, our work, an obligation, more we create a feeling of emptiness and helplessness. Then we begin to pity ourselves and we fall into depression. It is necessary to start with one small millimetre, and then you will be greater than all those who criticize. Faith without works is useless; such a faith is dead.
The words of Our Lady's message will be a dead letter if you do not try at least a little bit to put them into practice in your life. When we begin, we will discover the infinitude and the almightiness of God in our life. May God, through our decisions and our prayers, protect us from Satan and wrap us with his grace.
Fr.
Ljubo Kurtovic
~ Medjugorje, 26th July, 2005 ~ Official English
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Reflection :- PRIESTS AT THE SCHOOL OF OUR LADY
Often, the priests quote and address to the faithful the following words of Jesus: "Come to me, you all who are tired and oppressed, and I will give you rest." (Mt 11,28) These words are addressed to all, including to the servants of God. With the echo of these words, each year at the beginning of July, in Medjugorje gather together priests from the whole world. Our Lady is inviting them to restore their spirit. The Mother knows that her sons are at service, that they are tired and, more, heavily burdened, and she is inviting them to her school - the school of total abandonment and of listening to the will of God.
Thus Medjugorje became, so to speak, a center of rehabilitation for priests. It became a place of transfiguration. The priests feel here at home. They are at their Mother's house. It is like remembering one's own childhood, hearing again the call, which they had heard from their own mother: "My son, are you hungry? My son, do you have worries? Are you well?" These are questions that a mother is asking. These are questions asked by a love without end and without limits.
Priests who, for years now, are coming towards their Mother in Medjugorje, feel this love. Here, in a deep trust, continue conversations started a long time ago, new topics are opening, weights imposed by the world are rejected; the Mother is dressing the wounds of her children, the Mother is comforting and giving direction. So, it is not surprising that many priests are saying that - precisely in Medjugorje - they rediscovered the force of their vocation and their election. Here, they feel like at the permanent source of their vocation and they feel the importance of the priestly service.
In our times, when everything is done that the servants of God are pushed at the margin of the contemporary world, Our Lady is gathering them and preparing them for new missions. The Mother takes care of her sons and she is stretching her hands, which lead to Jesus. At the school of Our Lady, the priest returns to his roots and turns to the source. Thus is renewed the identity of this vocation for the service, service appointed by Jesus Christ.
Fr. Mario Knezovic
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(Medjugorje Information Centre Press Bulletin
#212, 26th July, ‘05)
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