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"No one can serve two masters. He will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life-- what you shall eat or drink-- or about your body-- what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

"Look at the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap. They gather nothing into barns, yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they? Can any of you, by worrying, add a single moment to your life span?

"Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wildflowers grow. They do not work or spin. But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was clothed like one of them. If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will He not much more provide for you, oh you of little faith?

"So do not worry and say, what are we to eat? Or what shall we drink? Or what are we to wear? All these things the pagans seek. Your Heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

"But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil."

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This is Mejanomics with a Friend of Medjugorje.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

He died in 465 BC, a great philosopher. His name was Heraclitus. What he said 2,400 years ago is relayed to us in this term. Quote, Time is like a river. You cannot touch the water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again.

We can relate this to the time of Our Lady and Her apparitions. This is never coming back. Its unrepeatable. Its irreplaceable. What does that mean? It means what Our Lady said, These are the last apparitions on earth. Afterwards, I will not come back to the world again. Why? Because were receiving everything we need to enter into the time and to survive the anti-Christ system and Jesus coming back.

And so, Our Lady is here to do something. Ivan was asked the question, What can we do to be healed? And Ivan responds, Follow the Blessed Mothers messages. Thats what Shes giving us. Something we never have had before. Ivan was asked another question following that answer, quote, Are you part of a prayer group, Ivan? He responds, Yes. He receives another question. Does the Blessed Mother prefer everyone to be part of a prayer group? Ivan says, She wants prayer groups not only here but throughout the whole world. Hes asked, Why? He responds, It is through prayer groups that we come to know God. There is much power in group prayer.

So, Ivan is asked the question, How does a prayer group begin? It is a long procedure. It takes time to prepare the conditions for the establishment of a prayer group. The leader of the prayer group is very important. Without a good leader, the prayer group will fall apart. And we have had many, many prayer groups crash, fall apart, start following the wrong people, competition. Somebody starts hearing the Virgin Mary. They start following that one, and then another.

We had 1,500 prayer groups in the 90s. All of them were divided. Almost all of them fell apart. They didnt have the cognition to understand how to do that. Caritas really is just a prayer group. I started it with my family. Others came and joined. We have people following our prayer group. You might say well, were a glorified prayer group. You heard Ivan already say, This is what needs to happen to be healed. A lot of people tell us, testify, Im healed. Im converted. Im changing my life.

So, Ivans answer on how his prayer group began, he continues, after saying, Without a good leader, the prayer group will fall apart. In my prayer group, the leader is the Blessed Mother. Thats a big, big chief prayer group, right there. Can you imagine the Queen of Peace coming down and is the leader of a prayer group for mortal people on the earth?

Ivan continues, Im just a coordinator between the Blessed Mother. So, Shes a leader of the prayer group in Medjugorje, and hes the coordinator. So, continuing, repeating this last sentence, I am just a coordinator between the Blessed Mother and the other members. Also the prayer group should have a definite goal. The members should have a reason to meet and pray and fast for. Hes asked the question, Does your prayer group have a goal? Yes, Ivan says. The goal in my prayer group is to help the Blessed Mother to achieve Gods plans. We do this through living the Blessed Mothers messages and encouraging others to live the messages.

Then Ivan is asked this question, What is Gods plan for which the Blessed Mother asks your prayer group to meet and pray and fast? And Ivan responds, quote, The conversion of the world.

Many of you have been to Ivans prayer group. Many of you have been on top of the mountain during apparitions of the prayer group. Our Lady is always happy there. Shes leading the prayer group and witnessing what should be done. And whats the purpose of it? Its what She told Marija June 25, 2007, God desires the conversion of the entire world. How is it going to happen? Ivan just told us. By our getting healed. How do we get healed? We join a prayer group. What do we do in a prayer group? We have a good leader, a good coordinator, those who will be followed and be strong and keep people on track and not get diverted in the river thats flowing by into outlets weakening the river that was there that turns to a trickle.

And we see many prayer groups turn into that. They turn into a trickle going many different directions. They did not have an identity. Whats their purpose? Our purpose here was praying for the country, the United States of America. Pre-Medjugorje! That was in my heart. Marija comes here and we do four consecrations of the United States of America. She accepts the consecration in 2008.

Marija said after the apparition that Our Lady accepted the consecration of the United States of America into Her hands. We had three more after that. On the third consecration, Our Lady appears on July 3, 2012. We do another consecration to continue to petition Our Lady. We had a goal. We had a cause. And Our Lady gives a message and its very profound because it was our goal. We were consecrating our country to heal our nation. We needed Her words. It took all those years, all those prayers, all those novenas, people across the country, people praying millions of patriotic rosaries, even in foreign countries.

And after the apparition Maria says that Our Lady told us, Form and make prayer groups through which we will pray for your healing and the healing of this nation to draw closer to God and to Me. Yes, its simple, but its very profound. She said twice, healing. Healing for what? Healing for you. What was that second healing for? For this nation. And thats what Ivan was asked. What can we do to be healed? And Ivan responds, Follow the message and be part of a prayer group. Why? Because thats where it starts. And the goal was for the healing of the United States of America.

Our Lady wrote a story here for the whole world. Why does the United States of America get such privilege? Because, to whom much is given, much is expected. You go to the part of the world thats got the biggest sail for the wind to blow through it, which Our Lady says, I come in the wind, and change direction with it, and the rest of the world will follow it.

If we keep tumbling and following where were going, then the rest of the world will go down. You want to change the world? You start with the most powerful nation in the world and the most blessed nation even in history. Not just in the world at this time, ever! So, we should see this opportunity in the light of the quote, Time is like a river. You cannot touch the water twice because the flow that has passed will never pass again.

We have an opportunity that if we dont grasp this, we dont touch it, it will never come back. We have one shot, one touch, one chance. We will never have it again. And were the only nation in the Medjugorje world, by the Queen of Peace, in the last apparitions on earth, thats been given a message. Do we deserve it? No. Strategically, is it important? Yes, because you go to the witness. You go to the nation that can have an affect on all other nations.

Were in perilous times. Were in serious moments. But if we think a nation and global, thats not where its going to come from. Ivan was asked a question, Why has the Blessed Mother come? And Ivan responds, The Blessed Mother has been permitted by God to come here. Our Lady said in the Field, in the first apparition, November 24, 1988, I am here to help you! Ivan says She comes because God permitted Her to come here.

Its not by chance that Our Lady comes to our place and has apparitions in the Bedroom. Thats not by chance. Its ordained. And its not by chance that Our Lady decided to go out by the pine tree to have that apparition. Because She foresaw 2012 and telling us where we would be over two decades later. She laid it all out. We didnt see it. We didnt have the vision. She did. It was Her path.

So, he adds to coming here, quote, She knows what is coming in the future. See, there it is. She saw everything. She was laying seeds back in 1988 in preparation for the worlds direction that needed to be changed through consecrations. And how to do it, form and make prayer groups, etc. She knows what is coming in the future. He continues, She is calling all Gods children back on the path to Heaven. And She gave us a path here.

Ivan was asked about a question on August 15, 1988 when Our Lady appeared on Her assumption, What did the Blessed Mother say during the apparition last night? Ivan said, She wants everyone in the world to pray, especially for youth. She wants us to talk to you, to guide them, and to bring them back to God. This is pre-millennials. We see now the millennials where they are. They dont think what we think. Theyre ready to accept Socialism. There is so much talk about Socialism which doesnt work, its not Gods order, its disorder, and its of satan. And most of the people for it are the youth. So, here it is back in 1988, You have to be praying for the youth to bring them back to God.

Ivan is asked this question next, What should young people do? Ivan says in response, The question should be, what should parents do? And he continues, They should have more time for their children, to give them love and guidance. They should pray together with their children, communicate with their children, to solve problems together as a family. He continues, Parents should limit the freedom of children. Children should only be as free as they are responsible. Wow. This is wisdom. This is somebody speaking about the Virgin Mary.

I was with Ivan several times in the choir loft, and he would write several times after the apparitions. And I know its the teachings of Our Lady. And he knows a lot about the families. Hes got a lot of wisdom. In this question that he was asked, he continues, Parents are the best ones to judge how responsible their children are. Not the teachers, not the school systems, not the universities. Dont give the power of your children over to these people! Especially universities.

Dont send your children to universities! Im saying that. Im telling you its the worst thing you could do to your children. Its a curse to them. The universities are not the place for youth. The formation that you did give to them, poor or good, is worsening them after they go to college. You dont agree with that? Thats fine. Ive had multiple people come to me, The worst thing I did was send my children to university. Im not saying that to be right. I know Im right. None of my children went to university. I drilled it into them, You dont need that. You can do anything you want. And all of them are successful.

Ivan continues with this answer, Parents have the authority from God to set limits on their childrens freedom. Children are free to do everything practically now. You say not really. Yes. They have their mind open to a world that opens up to any question, anything they want to see, anything out of your ability to restrict their freedom when theyre on the cell phones and computers. Total access to the world, to evil, to sin, to formation, things that destroy them, things that destroy nations! You think were where we are just by this happening? It takes up prayer time. Ive said many times if we just pray 1% of the time that people are on cell phones and computers, the world would change. Just 1%.

So, Ivans real clear. Parents have the authority from God. Its not from the universities. Its not from your school teachers. Its not from the priests, even. Its the parents that have the authority from God to set limits on their childrens freedom!

I had a real difficult year one year in my business as far as business. It was financially doing great, but I was so busy throughout the summer that we couldnt go anywhere. This was pre-Medjugorje. And, in October, I decided to take them down to Florida. I went in and told the principle they wouldnt be at school next week. And she told me, You cant do that! I said, What? She says, You cant just take your children out of school. And I told her, I said, Im going to Florida next week, and Im taking my children. You cant do that! Shes telling me I dont have authority. I said, You dont have authority over my authority. And, I had this in me, in my heart, before I heard Ivan say this or before Medjugorje. I dont have to get permission from somebody.

Do you want your kids and you want to do something with them, you have the right to do that! But now the laws are so much, truant officers and all this. Its garbage! You have authority to know whats best for your family. She said, Ill report you. I said, Go ahead. And we walked out. And we did and nothing happened. Im just giving an example.

You have to stand up. You have to be courageous. Nobody has authority over your children. You do. Ivan is asked a question about this authority that you have as a parent, and he answers about that and much more. It is difficult with words to describe how much the Blessed Mother loves us. She is worried about the whole world. Our Ladys not supposed to worry, and yet Shes a Mother. And its not a simple worry, its not an anxiety worry, in other words, its concern. Maybe Ivan said the wrong word. But She is worried, he says, about the whole world. He says, People talk so much about nuclear war, but theres nothing much that anybody can do to stop that. In other words, that was in 1988, and everybody was worried about that.

And so, Ivans asked another question. Does the Blessed Mother speak about that? He responds this, People do not need philosophy. Wow. I remember John Paul adding a fourth year for seminarians of philosophy. When I heard that I said, Why? I read about the Greek philosophers. I like some of the things they say, but Im self-teaching myself and passing it on to my kids.

And this quote of time is like a river is from 2,400 years ago. But what they go through the universities and regurgitate what they teach, you dont want that philosophy. Its something different because these philosophers said basic things, common sense things, about simple living life.

So, Ivan says, We dont need that philosophy. And the question comes back, What do they need? They need to live a simple life! Thats the family. Our life is complex. Society is complex. Its so integrated. Its so busy. Its so non-producing holiness. The question arises again, Does the Blessed Mother say we dont need philosophy? He says, The Blessed Mother says that it is good to learn, but sometimes learning can cause harm. Wow. Thats very profound. Because we think we have to learn in the books. We have to get PhDs. We have to get these These things mean nothing in the end.

Another question comes to him. What is the Blessed Mother telling us to do? She is calling us to live a simple peaceful life. We must be careful not to be seduced by the attractions of the world. And hes questioned again, Does the Blessed Mother really say that? She says that much of the world suffers from an illness today and we all need to be cured. Responds back a question again. What illness? Think right now, you ask yourself, what is the world, what is your family, what illness do you need to be cured from? Think this out, before I even tell you what Ivan says. Contemplate it.

Is it cancer? I would say its cancer, but I wouldnt say it in the disease of cancer. We have cancer in the world. What is cancer about? Something that spreads, something thats not curable. How do we cure it? More so, what is the illness? He answers, The illness is called materialism. See, its real simple. Its like life. Dont be complex. Dont be a philosopher and come up with all these complex scenarios. And like the professors in the universities, weve got this, weve got that.

What is the illness? hes asked. The illness is called materialism. And then hes asked, Why is it an illness? And he responds, Because it causes blindness. Materialism, he says, makes money a god. When money is a god, you cant see anything else. You are blind. Very profound. Im giving you a whole teaching through Ivan, through the Blessed Mother, through the prayer groups, through what happened in the Field of what the illness is and how we be healed. Everythings right here in this broadcast.

And so, the last question comes to this, Has the Blessed Mother told you that? speaking about money as god. You cant see anything else and youre blind. And Ivan answers that, Yes. In other words, yes, Our Lady has told me that. He says, Yes, this makes Her very sorrowful. What? Materialism. Continuing his answer, We need money because we need to buy certain things. But we should use money only for basic needs. Which brings us to what we started out with our prayer group here.

And my first calling was get away from cash, get away from money. How do you do that? You have to stay in the world. You have to build another system. You have to go agrarian. You have to get seed from a tomato that grew last year and next season plant 20 plants, and you dont need cash to go buy it. And you know one of the other benefits? You dont have to pay taxes on those tomatoes. If you go to the grocery store and your county or your city is 10% tax for $100, you pay ten bucks taxes. We save that!

And from there, we get a pig! And from there we get a cow. And from there we get chickens. And we have all those taxes we dont have to pay. And we dont need cash for it because we grow grass. Cow eats grass. We eat cow. Its a simple life. Its beautiful. Full of consolations, hard work, difficulties with the weather where we cant manage that. We cant orchestrate it. Which only brings the blessings of what we need to grow these things or the animals or the plants is through prayer!

In other words, we depend on God! We dont depend on the dollar. We dont go take the money and get a pay check and go to the grocery store. Yes, we still have some dependence on those things, but we live a blessed life. And theres consolation at eating from your own table. And yes, you cant do it overnight! Weve been hitting this 30-plus years.

Our Lady has given us A Way of Life in a New Time which is healing. Our youth grow up in a beautiful way, a hard-working way, but at the same time, we have a double cross in the sense its for our labors, is we have a mission were given. All that I just covered that youve heard comes back to the series of questions that Ivan had, where I ended last question, We should use money only for basic needs, to the next question which I began the broadcast with. What can we do to be healed?

So, I end this where I began this which is at the end of the interview. What can we do to be healed? You just heard everything. Its that simple. Its what our Blessed Mother said, to be part of a prayer group. Because She wants prayer groups. Not only here, and Im speaking right here physically at Caritas, or Medjugorje on the mountain, but throughout the whole world.

Therefore, its important for you to form a prayer group. If you dont feel like you can lead one, look for someone that could. Order 100 copies of this broadcast, pass it out to your parishioners, friends, whoever. And solicit people who would join together to make a prayer group. Youve got to be a strong leader. You dont do it in a democracy way, you do it in a prayerful way, and fasting. And dont just initiate and expect things are going to work. satan hates prayer groups. hes heard Our Lady say, This is the healing of the world.

So, youre going to have attacks, youre going to have division. And you may be strong. You may have 50 people and then suddenly youre down to 20 people. Thats part of the betting. One third of the angels were thrown out of Heaven. Jesus disciples all left Him with only the 12 after the teaching of the Eucharist. This is part of the walk. But you be strong, and you pray.

Once you make an initiative to form a prayer group, you may get bad actors and good actors, but all of it has purpose. Our Lady just recently said February 2, 2019, My children, you are not united by chance So, you may have actors in there that cause problems. You may have to be strong enough to just kick them out.

And so, you dont misunderstand what She just says. She repeats in the sentence right after that, following, The Heavenly Father does not unite anyone by chance Every prayer group has to be sifted. Every prayer group has to be tested. And, it may be that the leader has to remove someone. Because you have to be one mind, one heart. Not people of two minds. She said this in the same message, unfortunately, many of my children do not want to hear me; many of my children are of two minds How do you become one mind? Get rid of those who are not in union. Its difficult. It takes courage to do that. Ive had to do this in the mission. Its not a pleasant thing. But were of one mind and one heart.

And if you start that prayer group and it heals the world, its right there. Because your world, as Ive said many times, is your goings and your comings throughout the day, who youre in contact with. And if prayer groups are all over the world, theyre all over the regions, that little cell combined with cells across the world will heal the world.

And so it is, its not so complex, its not treaties, its not even through the presidents, its through the prayer to get the grace to pick the presidents and our leaders. And the first leader is Mom and Dad. They have total authority over their world. Dont vacate it. Dont reassign it. Its your responsibility. Restrict the freedom of your children in an open way where they dont feel restricted. How do you do that? Get as close as you can to the soil, outside in Gods nature.

We wish you Our Lady. We love you. Goodbye.

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