Clearing the Air When Does the 40th Year Begin of Our Lady’s Apparitions?

June 10, 2020 A.D.

Six years ago, a Friend of Medjugorje, wrote about his long-held belief that Our Lady would be appearing daily for 40 years. He began pondering the possibility decades ago, and began stating his certain belief in this as early as 1990, not through anyone speaking this to him, but what Our Lady was showing him in his heart. What follows is a segment taken from the June 24, 2014 Radio WAVE Broadcast entitled, “Wisdom’s Widsom of Living”, which was published in writing as, “7+33=40”. It is an accompaniment to the earlier broadcast, “Sensus Fidelium.” It is a wake-up call not to grow complacent in following Our Lady of Medjugorje. It is a fact that we live with knowing one day the apparitions will end. How we live the messages today will impact how great our consolation…or desolation will be when Our Lady is no longer with us.

From “7 + 33 = 40”
by a Friend of Medjugorje
July 10, 2014

We have followed the genealogy of a Friend of Medjugorje’s understanding that the apparitions of Medjugorje will last 40 years, and have traced this back to 1991, when a clear understanding was reached. Since then, whenever a significant anniversary of the Medjugorje apparitions was being celebrated, 20 years, 25 years, 30 years, everything a Friend of Medjugorje wrote was with the viewpoint of an understanding of 40 years of apparitions. He says again, during the pivotal 33-year anniversary:

This is a clear prediction of what we are experiencing today, in June 2020. All you have to do is look around the state, nation, world. A Friend of Medjugorje says and writes what is not understood until it happens. His words clearly foretell the future, what is happening in the present. Again, he says:

Think about this. No warning of clouds. But rain is predicted. We trust the weatherman to tell us of what we cannot see coming, because of what he can see with a satellite and a few scientific instruments. How much more so, the prediction of the upcoming spiritual climate, which is informed by a “view from the heavens,” as the words of Our Lady form and inform a Friend of Medjugorje’s worldview. This leaves us with the final statement, which he tells, again, in 2011:

June 2020 a Friend of Medjugorje asks:
When Do We Enter the 40th Year of the Apparitions?

So when, exactly, does the 40th year of the apparitions begin? Several are stating and thinking that in a few days, June 25, 2020 is the beginning of the 40th year of Our Lady’s apparitions in Medjugorje. It is not. It is easy to be confused. So, to understand that we enter into the 40th year on June 24-25, 2021, the following explanation will clear up this confusion.

Our Lady said April 1982, in anticipation of the coming of June 25, 1982:

“I wish a feast for the Queen of Peace on the 25th of June, the anniversary of the first apparition.”

Our Lady said the first apparition of which also means the first anniversary, even though it was April 1982. We know there are 365 days in a year. From June 25, 1981 to June 25, 1982 is a year (365 days). It is the first year. The first anniversary celebration. The year comes behind the anniversary. The first day does not become a year until 1982 at the first anniversary.

The 40th Anniversary will be June 24-25, 2021.

A child’s first birthday is 365 days after his birth. On the child’s 364th day after being born, he is one day from turning one year old. Once the child turns one, this begins the countdown of the next 365 days, until he turns two years old. You do not count the first day of birth as if he is one year old. June 24, 1981 was the first apparition of Our Lady. Medjugorje was only one day old on that day. It was not one year old at that point. Our Lady makes clear the first anniversary of the apparitions is June 24, 1982. What this means is that we are entering into the 39th year of the apparitions on June 25, 2020. Therefore, the end of the 40th year, is June 25, 2021. At that point, we will have “entered” the 40th anniversary year.

To clarify further: the 40th anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions is so significant an occurance, however, that to begin to speak about it as the 40th year before we have actually reached the mark seriously diminshes the significance of the event. Knowing that we have 12 months until the 40th anniversary is a serious impulse for action and conversion.

A married couple celebrates 40 years of marriage on their anniversary date, and continues celebrating this “40 years”, after the anniversary date. They continue their recognition of 40 years for the entire year following that anniversary date until they finally reach the 41st anniversary. It is important to have the same outlook on Our Lady’s 40th anniversary.

As we head towards the secrets, remember what was told to you in 2014. Life is not going to stay the way it is. We won’t know life as we have always known it… We are going to see a lot of tribulation. We should all long for the secrets. The power of the devil’s chokehold on the world will be broken.

Be Ready, Be Prepared,

Who is a Friend of Medjugorje?

(Medjugorje photo taken Saturday, June 25, 1988) - The above picture was taken by a Friend of Medjugorje on the 7th anniversary of the apparitions. During this apparition, Our Lady, through Ivanka, asked for everyone present to kneel down. But, when the apparition began, a Friend of Medjugorje and his wife were the only ones kneeling. Others joined, including Fr. Rene Laurentin, who is, at the time this picture was taken, still sitting. Ivanka said after the apparition, that when everyone had knelt down, Our Lady gave them Her Special Blessing. Ivanka then relayed Our Lady’s message, which was not only profound, but prophetic. Our Lady said:

“The people here will be witnesses of the love of God.”

This message through Ivanka, was not fully understood until Our Lady came to a Friend of Medjugorje and his wife’s home in November 1988. Our Lady, from November 1988, through January 1989, would give many messages through visionary Marija in their home, often speaking about love. We have seen many times through the years, that a Friend of Medjugorje and his wife would be martyred for the sake of love, as was told in the writing, A Lesson in Love.

More For Your Spiritual Nourishment…

7=33=40 - July 14, 2014 - The full text of the writing referenced above…

Sensus Fidelium - July 9, 2014 - Also, one of the writings from a Friend of Medjugorje referenced above…