The Spirit of Medjugorje
Medjugorje Message March 25, 2024
"Dear children! In this time of grace, pray with me for the good to win in you and around you. In a special way, little children, pray united with Jesus on His Way of the Cross. Into your prayers put this humanity which wanders without God and without His love. Be prayer, be light, and be witnesses to all those whom you meet, little children, so that the merciful God may have mercy toward you. Thank you for having responded to my call."
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A Word of Encouragement
By Cathy Nolan
"Dear children! God permits me to be with you and to lead you
on the way of peace, so that through personal peace, you build
peace in the world. I am with you and intercede for you before my
Son Jesus, that He may give you a strong faith and hope in a better
future, which I desire to build up with you. You be courageous and
do not be afraid, because God is with you. Thank you for having
responded to my call." (August 25, 2022)
Our Lady concluded Her August 25, 2022 message with
these words of encouragement: "You be courageous and do not
be afraid, because God is with you."
Not only is Our Lady with us, but God is with us!!!
What could we possibly fear? But the enemy is a master at
spreading fear and discouragement, so we have to stay close
to our Mother!!!
I want to share a story that Fr. Joe Freedy began his homily
with yesterday at English Mass in Medjugorje
(September 5, 2022). I will transcribe it here,
but also give you the link [Pg. 5] so you can
hear it for yourselves.
Fr. Freedy told us this incredible story:
I want to share this story with you because
it provides so much encouragement for me in
my prayers. Sometimes we get discouraged.
And I want to say that the voice of God
is always the voice of encouragement…
never of discouragement. The devil’s voice
is always the voice of discouragement and
never encouragement. The devil’s modus
operandi, the way he works, is always the
same. He wants to get us discouraged and
get us to despair. That is what he is always
leading to: discouragement and despair.
What God wants to do is to encourage us
and fill us with hope! Amen! Yeah!
So...my buddy, John, told this true story,
that happened in Pittsburgh, in a little town called "Green
Tree", which is right outside of Pittsburgh. His name is
John Petrovich. He is a very normal guy. Just a good guy.
And he told me this story. And I said, "John, that is an
amazing story; can I tell it?" And He said, "Absolutely!"
And so, I tell it everywhere I go.
Fr. Freedy
He was jogging one morning in a neighborhood that he
is not used to jogging in. And he saw an ambulance in
somebody’s driveway. And because he is a really good guy
he thought, "Should I stop and see if everything is OK?"
But then he said to me, "You know, Fr. Joe, I am not a doctor
and I didn’t know this person. So, I kept jogging."
And he said that as he passed by, he said one "Hail Mary".
He didn’t stop and fold his hands, and he didn’t get down on
his knees. He didn’t pray from the heart like we are taught
to do. He just prayed the "Hail Mary." Maybe some of you
do that. When I see an ambulance, because I am a priest, I
give the ambulance and the people inside it a blessing. And
he said he just prayed one "Hail Mary".
He said, about a week later, he had thought nothing of
it. And he was jogging around the same neighborhood...
this is a true story... And he heard a woman call out, "Hey,
you!! Sir!" And he said to me, "Fr. Joe, I just kept jogging
because I didn’t know anybody in that neighborhood. And
she said, ‘No, you, the jogger!!’ And she was on her porch,
pointing at me." And he turned around and said, "Me?"
And she said, "Yah, you!" And she said, "You saved my
life!" And he said, "Sorry, ma’am, I don’t think we know
each other. I’m not from this neighborhood. I’m from a few
neighborhoods over."
And she said (listen to this, guys): "No, I recognize your
face." She said, "Last week I had a stroke. And I was rushed
to a hospital in the city of Pittsburgh. And I was in the
hospital bed and I was dying. I knew I was dying. And
Jesus appeared to me. And He held out His hand. And your
face was on the palm of His hand. And He said, ‘You were
going to die, but because of the prayer of this man, you are
going to live.’" She recognized my friend’s
face in the palm of Jesus’ hand!
"Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive" (Mt 21:22).
Folks! How many hundreds of thousands
of Hail Marys have you prayed? How many
hundreds of thousands of Rosaries have you
prayed? How many thousands of Hail Marys
have you prayed just in your time here? I just
want to let you know, and for anybody who
might be discouraged, that every time you
turn your heart and your mind to Our Lord
and to Our Lady, that they have heard your
prayers!! Amen!!
There is no unanswered prayer. Every
prayer you have prayed, whether it is fully
from your heart, though that is how we desire
to pray, or whether it is just offered, a sigh of
your heart, it has been heard, because She is an
attentive mother! Amen!
So don’t be discouraged! Be encouraged!
Maybe some of you have had the thought
that "the situation I have been praying for is
beyond the reach of God...it’s an impossible situation." But
we know that there is nothing that is impossible
for our God! You have seen miracles in your
life. We have all seen miracles. God can do it!
Remember the Chronicles of Narnia!
C.S. Lewis. The great scene where Aslan is
down on the beach. (Aslan is the Lion.) He
is representative of Christ. And there are two
people talking, and one is a little bit discouraged.
And the older person says to the younger person, "Yes,
things do look dark. Things do look bad."
Maybe we look out on the world, and we think things are
dark, things are bad – the countries, the states and cities we
are from, even our families are broken – but he says, "But
listen, Aslan is on the move." Aslan is the Christ-figure.
I want to let you know that in all the situations that
you have come here to pray for – your children, your
grandchildren, your marriages, your work situations, maybe
your own depression, or your own physical infirmities –
Aslan is on the move! And if it seems like things are only
getting darker, Aslan is on the move! God has a perfect plan!
Amen! Be encouraged today!!!!
Well, thank you, Fr. Joe! You are a man of encouragement!!
We are encouraged!! We will pray for you as you spread the
Good News through your priesthood!!
Follow this link, and listen to Fr. Joe directly!! His homily
is anointed and wonderful!! https://marytv.tv/englishhomily-
in-medjugorje-2/?smid=iwyQxjs4hl9&slid=IRBKmb
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"You be courageous and do not be afraid, because God is with you."
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