"Dear children! Pray and renew your heart so that the good which you have sown may bear the fruit of joy and oneness with God. Darnel has seized many hearts and they have become unfruitful; that is why, you little children, be light, love and my outstretched hands in this world which yearns for God Who is love. Thank you for having responded to my call."
Cross in the Sun
By Cathy Nolan
Many pilgrims experience unusual events during their
time in Medjugorje. Most commonly these events happen
in the sky, in the cloud formations, in the stars and moon,
and in the sun. Many pilgrims have been able to gaze at the
sun which normally would not be possible. And they have
seen different images in the sun, like the Host, or a Cross,
and even the outline of Our Lady or Jesus, or the Sacred
Heart. These signs in the sun harken back to Fatima, when
on October 13, 1917 the sun danced in the sky, and plunged
toward earth, frightening the thousands of people who
were present.
I want to share something that was shared by
Father John Amsberry who gave the homily for English
Mass on September 23, 2014. It is one example of a sign in
the sun that is given to pilgrims and the effect it has.
"This is my third time to come here to Medjugorje. The
first time I came was in 1986. The one thing that impressed
me...I had just graduated from The Franciscan University of
Steubenville, and I came over with my brother and another
fellow who is now a Dominican priest... was the faith of the
people, their fidelity. I don't need fireworks to believe in the
reality of God's love. We just need to pray. We need to pray
and become more connected to God and He will be more
real to us. So I remember the fidelity of the
people.
"The second time I came was in the
summer of 2011. I came with my brother, his
wife and their three children. We had just
prayed, and then we went to a restaurant.
There was an Italian family right by us, and
they started freaking out, 'Oh, oh, look!'
The sun was dancing. So we looked, and
we saw the sun that was dancing. And I
watched my two nephews and my niece as
they watched the sun dance. Then we asked
them, 'What did you experience?' And
youngest nephew, Ciaran, who was about
eight years old at that point, said, 'I saw the
sun, and then I saw a man carrying a cross
across the sun, and then three people following that cross.'
And I thought, 'What a great image and picture for us.'
Of course, my brother started crying because he had been
praying that would be his three kids following the Cross of
Jesus Christ - following Him to the fullness of life. I think
this is a great image for us today - to follow the Cross of
Jesus Christ.
Medjugorje pilgrims apparently looking at a sun miracle
"Then going back to 1986, the first time I was here, I saw
the miracle of the sun dance, and I was able to look at the
sun, and then the Eucharistic Host came out from the sun
and it turned red and it started bleeding. And I took that
as the Blood of Christ, in the Eucharist, for us. Out of love
for us, it was coming down to us to heal us and to make us
whole and to give us the gift of the taste of Heaven, what we
were created for.
"I wanted to give you those images, because that is what
is constantly happening in the Eucharist and in our lives.
The Body and Blood of Christ is offered for us so that you
can know that you are loved and you can have everything
now in His life for you, that He is offering everything now.
"Let's go back to St. Pio, and what he said, 'I just want to
be known as a poor Franciscan who prays.' I just want to be
known as someone who in his poverty prays to God and He
offers us everything now! This is the God
we celebrate. This is why we are here. So
let's open our hearts to God, and let Mary
and Jesus woo us into that eternal delight
that is available to us now as God offers it to
us in this Liturgy. My brothers and sisters,
you are loved and let's pray that we will
enter into it."
Thank you, Lord, for giving us signs in
the sun in Medjugorje. May these signs bear
wonderful fruit in the lives of pilgrims!
May we open our hearts to God and receive
the graces of conversion and healing He is
pouring out through them!!
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