(56 Minutes) - A Friend of Medjugorje shares another view of coronavirus, and Medjugorje visionary Marija joins him to discuss the situation of the world.

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[REYES]

Today is Saturday, April 25, 2020, and this is Radio WAVE.

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[REYES]

This is Radio WAVE with your host, a Friend of Medjugorje.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

The countries of the world all have intelligence. In other words, theyre spying or their listening or theyre finding outBecause they want to get intel. The intelligence agencies are very active with this. Why? Because informations important to protect the nations, or to overthrow your own nation, or to find something happening in your own nation that may be dangerous, and this information is vital and even top secret, and often intel is leaked out.

There are secrets in Heaven. Our Lady brought them down to the earth and gave ten of them to Mirjana. We dont know about that, but Heaven does, and Our Lady is preparing us for that. Our Lady is bringing us intel. Shes giving us information to prepare us. To prepare us for what? For secrets. Were in the midst of a pandemic. Everybodys attention is on it. Its altered the world. You may be sick of hearing it. I know Marija is. I talked to her today. She says its like prison. They cant do anything. They cant go anywhere. Shes in an apartment with her whole family. She cant even find a corner to pray in. Shes having to go into the bathroom and light a candle so shell have a place to pray. Its strange in that situation because, back in 1988, where Marija and I and my wife, the only privacy we had was in the bathroom. Wed go in there and talk and discuss things, talk about Our Lady or about the situation because thousands and thousands of people were in the Field and crawling all over the house. And shes having a hard time finding that solitude that she needs, because everybody needs that.

So, before we go any further about Marija, lets hear the intel. Im amazed how few people, even Medjugorje people, Well, Ill read it later. You should be waiting all day, the day before, the anticipation of this, because thats why what was the tradition in Medjugorje. Cant wait till the 25^th. We look forward to that. Do you? Is it just curiosity, or is it a letdown? Oh, She didnt say anything. Youre always looking for something grandiose. Everything, one word, if She says and A-N-D, that is a grandiose thing because the Mother has come down from Heaven and said the word and, and a human individual has heard that word with her ears and her soul and her whole being. And not only is the word and important, the letter A-N-D written down, is profound. Theres mysteries in it. You mean, I can find mysteries in the word and? You better believe it, because She made with one statement, and then She wants to emphasize it. She says, and And thats how you should look at the words, every single thing. In Judaism, they believed not only the word, but every single letter in the Torah has purpose. Why? Because Scriptures relay that not one word will pass away, nor a letter, nor a part of the letter. Its eternal.

So, Scriptures is being brought back to life through Our Lady's messages.

[JOAN]

Our Ladys April 25, 2020 message to the world:

Dear children! May this time be an incentive for personal conversion for you. Pray, little children, in solitude, to the Holy Spirit to strengthen you in faith and trust in God, that you may be worthy witnesses of the love which God bestows upon you through my presence. Little children, do not permit trials to harden your heart and for prayer to be like a desert. Be a reflection of Gods love and witness the Risen Jesus by your lives. I am with you and I love all of you with my motherly love. Thank you for having responded to my call.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

What a comfort it is that we have Our Lady with us, our Mother, through these situations. If were grasping for Her now, how much more will we want Our Lady to be with us to walk through the Secrets? More people are praying across the world now to Our Lady, the Queen of Peace, because of the pandemic. How much greater, through the Secrets, will we be praying, calling out for Our Lady? And just think, when She leaves us, this world will be frozen. It will be cold for us. I dont look forward to that, having Our Lady every day, and then suddenly, Shes gone. She wont appear anymore. And were in this world on our own. Yes, there is going to be an efficacy of Our Ladys with us. But these daily apparitions must go away. They will. They cant continue to last, and Our Lady's told us that.

On one of Marijas visits here, I asked her, when Our Lady quits appearing, and Marija just interrupted me and held up her hand and crossed her fingers, meaning, I dont want Her to go. Please dont go. Weve seen miracles, and we see the last line of a falling time.

[SONG: SONS & DAUGHTERS]

Tonight I dreamed that I could not catch my breath. Tonight I dreamed that you were gone, and I could feel the ocean pound against my chest. In this world (in this world) on my own, (on my own) this frozen world (this frozen world)alone. But if you must go away, would you find no words to say? And would you steal my heart away? Please don't go. But I know along this way,

We've seen the miracles (weve seen the miracles), and the long road, and the breath that blows across the water. We've seen the last line of a failing time. But these friends of mine are sons and daughters, sons and daughters.

And underneath a clouded sky, we found a home. The mountains rising from the sea, and the falling rain washed us clean and healed our souls. The waters rise (the waters rise), but then they fall (but then they fall). I close my eyes, (I close my eyes) and our summer's gone. And now you must go away, and should you find no words to say, and should you steal my heart away, I would let it go, because I know along this way

We've seen the miracles (weve seen the miracles), and the long road, and the breath that blows across the water. We've seen the last line of a failing time. But these friends of mine are sons and daughters, sons and daughters.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

And weve seen the miracles repeatedly, converting of souls, supernatural, unexplainable miracles. We are in an extraordinary moment.

I spoke to Marija today, several hours before her apparition today in which she received the message. And I asked her many questions. We talked about many things. Toward the end of it, I said, Marija, let me tape you for Radio WAVE. And whats surprising some of the things she said to me would be related to what Our Lady told her this afternoon. Often, we see this with the messages. Its part of the miracles. What were thinking, what were doing, or something happened yesterday or the week before, is in the message! And it happened to Marija today of what she spoke of, and Our Lady literally says it, of what I told you about, her being locked in the house, that she had no place to go to, to be by herself. She needed to be solitude. And you heard the message where Our Lady says,

May this time be an incentive for personal conversion for you. Pray, little children, in solitude

Amazing.

So, my conversation and all these things, and what I learned about that, was this morning before the message, how shes seeking out solitude, and she was seeking to do that before she even heard Our Lady say that today. If youre living the messages, youll be aligned with the messages when they come in, and youll be able to grasp them in a depth for those who dont pray or fast.

So, well play this conversation of Marija. Its difficult to understand. Well clarify a few things after we listen to it.

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[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

Marija, were taping you for a greeting America and whats going on with corona, and wed like for you to have a few words. This is the 25^th message day, and were talking to you this morning. Youre going to have the apparition in a few hours, and so, wed like to hear from you about what you think of these things.

[MARIJA]

You know, this time is good opportunity for us to pray more. And we are in long time of during this long time doing this before Easter. We have [INAUDIBLE] this coronavirus. And many people are so [INAUDIBLE] pray, pray, and [INAUDIBLE] is really bad. But for us, Our Lady said, I am with you and I pray with you, so, we are in peace, we are praying, and this is good opportunity for us to do what Our Lady said from beginning, to conversion, our own conversion, you know. We have no possibility to go here and there, to make testimony or to makeWe have no have no freedom to go make testimony in parish or we do not have possibility to go to holy Mass, but were beginning to pray in our family, what Our Lady said from beginning. She said, in beginning, Put Holy Scripture in visible place in your family, read every day and pray. So, with Our Lady's message, with Holy Scripture, were beginning to renew what Our Lady, from beginning, ask us. We have big problem because we have no priest. We have no holy Mass. We have no Sacrifice of Holy Mass which we receive Jesus, and this is problem for many people, for all us who are Our Lady lead us [INAUDIBLE] spiritual life is holy Mass, meeting with God in holy Mass.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

Marija, I know you love the Mass. What is it, being a visionary and seeing the Virgin Mary every day, that you have not been able to go to Mass, what, for a month or more? What do you feel about that?

[MARIJA]

We dont know. We dont have freedom likeThis is diabolic. This is not God. This is diabolic. And Our Lady ask us to make more pray, and we really make more pray. Many people who are [INAUDIBLE] for many people who are distanced from God now come back to God. But, [INAUDIBLE], and many people are dying, no Sacraments, no Confession, no blessing for sick people. Many priests have died. But same time, the [INAUDIBLE] Our Lady prepare us many years for this situation.

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[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

To clarify some of this, because its difficult to understand on the telephone, Marija says,

We have no freedom. I think this is diabolical. This is not God. This is diabolical.

So, she lays it out. She goes into, we need to be praying. Our Lady said in Her 25^th message,

May this time be an incentive for personal conversion

Marija said, before the 25^th message was given to her,

This is a good opportunity.

In other words, this time is an incentive, like Our Lady said in the message. You see how shes in tune with the messages even before she hears it. And thats how the message is supposed to affect you. And what you just heard Marija relayed, she said,

The situation is not good. Many people are dying. No Sacraments, no Confession, no blessing for the sick people. Many priests have died.

Thats terrible. Its a bad situation. They are people in the Medjugorje world that do not want anyone to talk about the Secrets, do not want to sit there and say its going to be something negative or something difficult or whatever. They want to mundane it.

But what does Marija say? What she tells me, what you just heard, I dont know if its clear to you, but I want to make it clear to you, she says,

Many priests have died, but at the same time

See, she said the word.

but at the same time, we always say, Our Lady, prepare us for many years for this situation.

Wow. Do you understand what that statement means? Shes been preparing us for the Secrets, which is going to have some kind of resulting effect to bring conversion. And heres a pandemic thats not the Secret, and those who say, Oh, dont be thinking about the Secrets, or Dont pay attention to them. Its just a complication. Theologically, we shouldnt be looking at these things. You would believe whats being said against that and how much resistance is out there. Were going to be putting something out big, big, big about the Secrets. Be praying for it. Weve been working on it for a long time. And maybe were a couple months away from it. Theres nothing out there like it. And here it is, Marija says that Our Lady has been preparing us for many years for this situation. Now, she doesnt speak good English. Shes not saying the corona, specifically, singularly, but for the times were going into!

Well continue what she says.

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[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

What are you doing for Sundays for Mass? Are you doing like a spiritual communion?

[MARIJA]

We make spiritual communion. And, you know, thank God we have Ave Maria would help us, really, [INAUDIBLE] with Medjugorje and become so international and help us every day with pray, novena, and to be, we pray what Our Lady said, Pray that soul come back to God.

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[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

So, Marija is saying that we pray until souls come back to God. When she meant souls, she means, people coming back to God.

What Marijas about to tell you about is what were doing, that I had talked to her earlier in the conversation about, todays our third time going up to the Cross to consecrate the United States of America, before the election, for the soul of America. Marija is very aware of this. She knows that tonight, as youre listening to this broadcast, were going to be at the Cross, praying the Patriotic Rosary, and those of you who will be joining us across the United States. And I talked, also, earlier in the conversation, for this 25^th apparition, that she recommend all the people praying for our nation. And so, shes making a statement about that because weve already discussed it. So, shes going to go into us about praying in union with us in her apparition and with the people of America.

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[Marija]

We are in union also with you with all people who live in America, to really pray this. You pray Patriotic Rosary, but we pray also Rosary to ask Our Lady to give for us strong, to be every grace, more example for others. So, in this situation, I like to say only, more beautiful things and more important things to be in union of pray. We dont know what comes out because now, this moment, the situation with this coronavirus is bad, but

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

Has Our Lady alluded to, or has She mentioned anything about the coronavirus in regards to even your private apparitions? Has She said anything about it?

[MARIJA]

Our Lady always asks us to pray corona [LAUGHS], to pray Rosary, because Our Lady always said, believe me, this is not God, and this is not God. [INAUDIBLE] And we need to pray to be free in everything, to be free from this virus, to be free, because now, we do not have holy Mass, and you know, some priests beginning to make holy Mass with little person, [INAUDIBLE] because he is not with law. [INAUDIBLE] Same time, its possible to see how many people, like in China, who no have ability to have holy Mass or make like catacomb there, when is during Roman part when Christians have holy Mass in catacomb. And I think this moment/situation is a little bit so. And we need pray Our Lady to give for us freedom because freedom and peace is more precious things that we have. So, pray together.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

We look forward to the message today and your apparition in a little bit, and

[MARIJA]

I go pray for you. I go during, like always, I pray always Our Lady, and I go pray for you. And we need be in union of pray because when we are in union, we are strong, and we are together Our Lady to help us.

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Its very interesting that Marija said,

Its during the Roman times when Christians have holy Mass in catacombs, and I think this moment, the situation, is a little bit so.

Amazing. Do you realize the times were in? Our Lady said, I think it was 92 or 93, but in the mid-nineties, You are in a particular time. That means this time is different from any others. Its particular, singularly. This is why I say its revelation. Its part of the Bible coming to life, in our midst. Were seeing things thats never happened before, where the whole world has shut down Mass! Thats never happened in Christianity. They were in the catacombs. We cant even go anywhere. Marija, also, elaborated on how difficult it is. Its not like here in America. They are strictly house bound. They cannot go anywhere except for to get their food. She said many people are getting punished. Theyre getting fines. And she says its like Communism. And she told me before we taped this, that,

The government is wanting to give more freedom, but the Communists

Theres many Communists in Italy, in their parliaments, that,

they do not want people to go to Mass.

So, they dont want to lift this ban. They want to keep it in place because theyre able to stop the Christians from going to holy Mass. So, the devils making great use of this. And we see the same thing with the democrats in America. They want to break the economy, to change the election thats coming up. And thats why were praying the Patriotic Rosary. We have to hold Our Ladys arms up like Moses was held up by Aaron and Joshua. And as long as Moses arms were up, they were beating down the Philistines. But when his arms went down, we started losing. So, our prayer, our rosaries, all these things, the Patriotic Rosary, holds Our Lady's arms up with Her protection, where Gods grace can come, that we will conquer. We will experience victory through, not the means of the earth, but through the spiritual realm manifesting physically.

By now, many of you know of the writing The Corona Vision, and its caused quite a stir because its about what were going to live in the future. Marija told me of her regrets that theyre five stories up in an apartment, and they cant go out. She said, We should have bought some land and a little house so we could be walking around there and be outside. The manifestation now is bringing a lot of thinking to people. Reflection. Our Lady said that word today, and its tied to the Risen Christ. We need resurrection the way we live. The Corona Vision is all about that, and were living that, and we havent changed anything here. Well, you remember the cartoon, The Jetsons. Were living in the future. Nothing has changed our life here. Were not separated from each other. We spoke about this on Mejanomics, how our life is not disrupted. The kids are all together. Were still going to school. We havent stopped our work. Our presses are running. Everythings moving. Why? Because Our Lady guided us, through Her messages, of how we should be living now of how people will have to be living in the future. Do you want to be in an apartment, or do you want to have a little plot of land and a house? Oh, now, yeah, you can see it. Now you can reflect on it. This is what Our Lady said,

an incentive for personal conversion

And when that happens, you go in solitude. And when that happens, you have to trust in God that what he asks you to stop doing and turn away from, and some of the examples with ours, is pulling our kids out of sports, pulling them out of the schools, building a one-room schoolhouse, changing the things, getting away from the dollar, and a hundred, hundred things, how weve changed our life, that now, were not changed by corona.

If you havent read The Corona Vision, you want to get this now, and you want to read it over and over, and you want to study it, because it is what the future is. Its not suggestion. It could be a choice for you, and if you dont choose it now, you wont have a choice later. Youre going to have to do it, and its not going to be easy then.

And Marija was expressing that to me, basically, alluding, it was a stupid decision. Were staying in this apartment. Theres nowhere to go, no yard, no nothing, and complaining about where to even pray, when Our Lady says, I want you to go into solitude. Marija says shes putting up little statues and holy cards all over the place, she says, not fanatically, to remind them to constantly be in prayer. Now, seeing the Mother of God, shes already in that framework, but shes got a whole family there. And what shes done is making her house a chapel now.

And talking about Medjugorje, of course, theres nobody there, except the villagers. And you know who the pilgrims are? The villagers. Theyre back in their original days. They cant even get out. Theyve had a real outbreak in Mostar. Several people have contracted the coronavirus in Medjugorje. And they cant go out. But she said shes talking to Vicka, the visionary, almost every morning. And Vickas husband is sneaking out early in the morning, and hes going to the mountain to bring Our Lady flowers. And thats how it was with her in the beginning. They were hiding from the Communists. Marija also said she would dress up every day because the Communists were so strong and so threatening, that if she was killed and she died, she wanted to be dressed nicely. And Ive seen that before in a story that when Marija told me in her house, in the early days Marija was sick. And Our Lady said, Get out of the bed and dress up because Jesus is coming. And she realized she was going to die. So, she dressed up. So, this is her mentality. Then she hears the knock on the door. She goes there, and Fr. Slavko is there, and he brought her communion. Our Lady wasnt lying. Our Lady wasnt stretching anything. Jesus Christ came to her. And Marija had no hint that that was going to take place. So, in those days, she dressed up because she wanted to be ready to meet Jesus dressed up. So many beautiful stories, incredible things.

One thing Marija said is to remain confident in these days. Thats how they were with the Communists. And they werent scared because they put their trust in God, and thats what Our Lady says over and over, and said today.

Pray, little children, in solitude, to the Holy Spirit to strengthen you in faith and trust in God

When Marija, in these kinds of days and these times, we have to do that. Marija said today, Keep your eyes on Heaven. Our Lady has not referred to this in any way to her. Its really not Our Ladys concern, Marija said, but she said, God decides what happens here on earth. She said, We have to have confidence in God. He sees all that he has created. And she said, The Lord is content, and that we are not to be concerned of things of the earth. And thats why she said Shes giving us the impetus to change how we live, where we live.

Marija said, God will not abandon us. He loves us. She said, In these days, we cannot go to the church and bring roses, but what we can do is give Our Lady your Rosaries, and thats a beautiful perfume, she said, that we can present to Her. And she said, In these days, do not abandon the Rosary. In fact, everything now is to increase. Another thing she also said, that these days, theres so much confidence being put into medicines and into doctors and cures, and little faith in God. The measure of our faith submitting to medicine is the wrong way to cure this thing. We pray to God that he may what we need as far as medicine. It comes through His hand, not to doctors.

For many of us, including myself, when you first get involved with Our Lady or go through conversion in Medjugorje or however it happens, we dont have the confidence that here is the Mother of God, that we can be speaking for Her. And what Marija did, she was told the same thing. She didnt have confidence when she spoke. But the more confidence that she put in God, the more confidence that she had, and thats how your witness becomes stronger. Our Lady had to convince me what I was supposed to be doing. I thought somebody else should be doing it, a priest or somebody else. Im just a father and a husband. And then when Our Lady presented things to me, I really didnt have the confidence, Who am I to speak for the Mother of God? Who am I to be working for Her? She gave a message once that said, I knowyou feel smallin these things But Im telling you, basically, She says, to go forward.

But what is the most powerful witness? Its not just actions. Its to be witness in silence, because sometimes words are not enough. You cant talk words into being an apostle of Our Lady. Its your actions. And the most powerful, the strongest way to witness is in silence. And Marija testified to love. We have to testify to love of how to live, and thats when love begins. Thats when every story, every incident you have, all the people you bring to Our Lady from every corner of the earth. None of us could have imagined in the Community, I could not in 1988, and not in 1986 when I went to Medjugorje, of where Our Lady would bring us to, so far away from the beginning to across the whole world. Youre called for that. You may not have the confidence for that, but you put it in God, and you will receive that.

[SONG: TESTIFY TO LOVE]

All the colors of the rainbow, all the voices of the wind, every dream that reaches out, that reaches out to find where love begins.

Every word of every story, every star in every sky, every corner of creation, lives to testify.

For as long as I shall live, I will testify to love. I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough. With every breath I take, I will give thanks to God above. For as long as I shall live, I will testify to love.

From the mountains to the valleys, from the rivers to the sea, every hand that reaches out, every hand that reaches out to offer peace

Every simple act of mercy, every step to kingdom come, all the hope in every heart, will speak what love has done.

For as long as I shall live, I will testify to love. I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough. With every breath I take, I will give thanks to God above. For as long as I shall live, I will testify to love.

For as long as I shall live, I will testify to love. I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough. With every breath I take, I will give thanks to God above. For as long as I shall live, I will testify to love.

For as long as I shall live, I will testify to love. I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough. With every breath I take, I will give thanks to God above. For as long as I shall live, I will testify to love.

For as long as I shall live, I will testify to love

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

You are being called to testify. We witness miracles. What would you do if you knelt down and what happened next to you, that somebody saw one million people being slaughtered, floating down the rivers, the water red? Rwanda! Im kneeling next to Ivanka. Shes given a vision, nine months before an event that happened. When Ivanka came out of the apparition, she lost it, screaming. I dont have to have any faith in the apparitions. Ive experienced cognition that makes my witness unrepeatable, irreplaceable. I wasnt there by chance. I was supposed to be there, because that birthed another book called, They Fired the First Shot. And nobody put that out. Nobody would state it because they were told not to do these things.

Immacule lived in Rwanda. Her whole family was killed. Only her brother survived. She wrote a book, Left to Tell. An incredible book. If you havent read it, you look it up. You buy it. Get it. Get a used copy. You read this. If youve got the book They Fired the First Shot, read the beginning of it because I give more detail that people dont understand of the circumstances that Ivanka had, whereas, Immacule tells her story, being locked with six women or so, in a tiny, tiny bathroom, for months. And Immacule had to testify to love. She had every reason to hate, every reason to be angry, and she struggled to pray the Rosaries over and over and over. Its the only thing that saved her. She would start the Rosary. She had to continue praying through the Rosary because the devil was trying to stop her to say the Rosary. But through her determination, peace would come to her. And it saved her.

Immacule has been here. She was shocked what she found. She loved this place. She fell in love with it. Why? Because she felt a spirit here. The people with her was ready to leave, and they said she wouldnt stay long because so many people wanted to talk to her. Shes well-known around the world, and she didnt want to leave. And when she did leave, she said to me, that she felt here, family. And now she has a family because her whole family was lost. Just being here just a few hours, she felt that. Our silent witness, the way we lived. And shes longed to want to come back. She wrote to us today, and I think its appropriate, with the pandemic going on, and everybody locked up like she was, that we share the letter to you.

[JOAN]

Dear a Friend of Medjugorje and family,

My heart feels so happy reading your letter and hearing about all you shared. I keep good memories of my visit there, too. In a special way, I remember everything there like it was yesterday. It left a great impression on my mind. I love you all with the love of Jesus and Our Lady. I want to come back and bring some friends who love your mission.

I read about the message, too, of Mirjana, of March 18^th

And shes referring about the apparitions ending for Mirjana. And she said,

My goodness! I felt a bit scared that things are approaching. You know, the apparition of Kibeho publicly ended to one main visionary, Alfin Singh on November 28, 1989, and soon after, everything Our Lady was talking about, the prophecy of the genocide, the war, started less than a year later on October 1, 1990. And the most final battle was four years later in 1994, that killed a million and more in three months in a country of eight million. It was as if Our Lady was saying

And she has this in quotes,

I have spoken. I have trained you. I have given you all the tools to fight. Now, go into the battle and use them. [Unquote] Im trying to read the signs of our time.

Coronavirus seems like a step into the Secrets, I fear so too. But Our Lady is with us. God be with us.

As soon as I can, I will visit you and have conversations with a Friend of Medjugorje about all this. I wish it can be now. Do you have a website? I want to get a Friend of Medjugorjes books. You have my address, right?

I look forward to sharing a meal with you all again and sing together and pray. I praise God that there are people like you taking the messages of Our Lady seriously and applying faithfully. We could have saved a lot in Rwanda if we did listen. But it is not too late for all of us now to listen today.

Please keep me and my family in your prayers. I will keep you in mine as well. And give my love to everyone in the Community.

God bless you, Immacule

I remember when she came, the two things that struck me the most, was we had just finished a slide presentation. Its called, Why is Medjugorje Real? It had not been released yet, but it was finished enough for Immacule to watch it, and a Friend of Medjugorje wanted to get her reaction. And you can see that yourself on the homepage of mej.com, at the very bottom module on the right-hand side. But it begins with a lot of tragic scenes. And we were all watching her watch this, and we would see her entering into all of these horrible scenes, knowing what her own experience had been, and her eyes filled up with tears. It was like a magnetic stare of these scenes, watching her. And so, that was the beginning of her visit. From that moment, her heart was just connected with a Friend of Medjugorje and the Community. It so impacted her that it communicated something of her own experience and how Our Lady led her towards being free from that tragedy.

The second thing that really impacted me was how much the children touched her here. And after seeing them, just being with them for just a few moments, she said, These children are like the children of Rwanda. They remind me so much of the children of my own country, the simplicity, how they play. And she went on and on just describing the simplicity of her own people and how that came to life for her within the Community. So, I think that was really why she was saying to a Friend of Medjugorje, I found my family here.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

We bring this up because we have so many contacts with so many people that are connected through Our Lady and Her plans. One affects the other and strengthens the body of apostles across the world.

So, were not to turn back. Were to grow in our conversion, not to lose hope. We have found hope in a hopeless time. Our Lady is planting seeds in our heart, and we are to watch that grow, keep us moving down the road. Our Ladys showing these things in Her words and Her actions and Her miracles. satan is here on the earth to stop the dawn that is on the horizon. We have to realize were not walking alone. Were walking with Our Lady. Shes guiding us to our home thats in Heaven.

[SONG: GENTLE HEART]

Oh gentle heart, oh simple soul, you have come so far on your own. Do not turn back. Do not lose hope. Who can say how far is left to go?

And all the nights you've walked alone, you've followed lights to guide you home.

Well, should the dawn refuse to rise, should the darkness close on all sides, well, may you find your heart next to mine. For we found hope in a hopeless time.

Oh gentle heart, oh simple soul, there is still so much I have to know. So, plant your seeds and watch them grow. Keep on moving on down the road. Through the night, the wind shall blow. All the lights are burning low.

Well, should the dawn refuse to rise, should the darkness close on all sides, well, may you find your heart next to mine. For we found hope in a hopeless time.

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And all the nights you've walked alone, you've followed lights to guide you home.

Well, should the dawn refuse to rise, should the darkness close on all sides, may you still find your heart next to mine. For we found hope in a hopeless time.

Oh, we found hope in a hopeless time.

Oh, we found hope in a hopeless time.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

Our Lady said today,

do not permit trials to harden your heart and for prayer to be like a desert

In the words of this song, Our Lady speaks to us, saying,

Well, should the dawn refuse to rise, should the darkness close on all sides, well, may you find your heart next to mine. For we found hope in a hopeless time.

After todays message, Marija said,

People pray and pray mechanically, but without fruit, without confidence in God. They become like a desert, which has no flowers.

And she says, Marija,

Be a desert flower that is a beautiful thing bringing color in a desert.

And thats the world, and thats your call. Testify on behalf of Our Lady, and you testify love.

We wish you Our Lady. We love you. Good night.

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[ANNOUNCER]

This ends the Radio WAVE broadcast with a Friend of Medjugorje. These broadcasts are available as CDs which are sent directly to your doorstep on a monthly subscription. For information, contact Caritas in the U.S. at (205) 672-2000.