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[REYES]

Today is Monday, February 25, 2019, 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]

Of course, its the 25^th of the month, and thats when Our Lady gives a message for the whole world. It began January 25, 1987. The Thursday messages weekly, given to the villagers, evolved into the monthly messages. And after some time, those 25^th messages of the month evolved into the 2^nd of the month. So, we get two monthly messages, both for different purposes.

And sometimes we get a 25^th message that is really a delight to have. And todays message is that. Its a beautiful message, a positive message, a message that something could be said of it in a strong way as far as the world doesnt have this. But Our Lady wants you to have this. And thats what its about.

[JOAN]

Our Lady of Medjugorjes February 25, 2019 monthly message to the world.

Dear children! Today, I am calling you to a new life. It is not important how old you are, open your heart to Jesus who will transform you in this time of grace and, like nature, you will be born into a new life in Gods love, and you will open your heart to Heaven and the things of Heaven. I am still with you, because God permitted me out of love for you. Thank you for having responded to my call.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

I said a beautiful message because Our Lady tells us in this message to start a new way of life. I am calling you to a new life What does that mean? First of all, we have to march to the darkness, to the morning light, to make your place this way. Were to be made stronger. We become more alive if we follow Our Ladys messages. We have to conquer, even when we falter. We have to survive. We have to be a warrior.

Many times you may want to say the clich, back in the saddle, because youre going to get burnt off. It takes a lot of strength. It takes a lot of courage. Our Lady has repeatedly told us not to be afraid. We have a future. Not just in Heaven, but in this life.

So, Our Lady is trying to make us come more alive, be stronger, and understand that we wont stop. Were not going to drop, until the victory is yours. This is Our Ladys call.

[SONG: WARRIOR]

I'll pick my battles 'cause I know I'm gonna win the war. I'm not rattled 'cause I'd shattered all of this before. Steadier than steel 'cause I'm ready with my shield and sword. Back on the saddle 'cause I gathered all my strength for more.

And I won't bow, I won't break. No, I'm not afraid to do whatever it takes. I'll never bow, I'll never break.

'Cause I'm a warrior. I fight for my life like a soldier all through the night. And I won't give up, I will survive. I'm a warrior. And I'm stronger, that's why I'm alive. I will conquer, time after time. I'll never falter, I will survive. I'm a warrior. Im a warrior.

Like a Viking I'll be fighting through the day and night. I'll be marching through the darkness 'til the morning light. Even when it's harder like the armor you will see me shine. No, I won't stop and I won't drop 'till the victory's mine.

And I won't bow, I won't break. No, I'm not afraid to do whatever it takes. I'll never bow, I'll never break.

'Cause I'm a warrior. I fight for my life like a soldier all through the night. And I won't give up, I will survive. I'm a warrior. And I'm stronger, that's why I'm alive. I will conquer, time after time. I'll never falter, I will survive. I'm a warrior.

Oh, you can't shoot me down, you can't stop me now. I got a whole army. Oh, they try to break me down. They try to take me out. You can't cut a scar on me.

'Cause I'm a warrior. Ill fight for my life like a soldier all through the night. And I won't give up, I will survive. I'm a warrior. And I'm stronger, that's why I'm alive. I will conquer, time after time. I'll never falter, I will survive. I'm a warrior. I am a warrior. I am a warrior.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

It doesnt matter where you are. It doesnt matter if youre faltering, your failures. Youre called to survive, but also in this life to change it, and the simple message Our Lady gave today gives the whole ingredients of everything. This is a deep message, a short message, but it says many, many things.

We are to fight. We are to be apostles whether youre afflicted with something. Youre not well. Its difficult. You lost your job, your family situation, sickness, health, good or bad. Everything has a reason. Nothing is by chance We have to repeat this to ourselves. And so, when Our Lady says, Today, I am calling you to a new life It doesnt mean that you have to be young to do that. Because She says, It is not important how old you are This is an astounding revelation, very profound.

I remember years ago in the 80s, mid-80s, standing in Vickas crowd, listening to her when we brought groups there. And everything was so new, and everything we heard we hadnt heard it before. And shed say things that were just astounding because we havent read it really in many books at that point.

And Vicka says one day, to the whole group of about 500 people standing there, from several nations, being translated in four or five languages, and she said, Ive seen people in Heaven. The question was, What do they look like? She says no one was above 33 years of age. Now, youve heard that, but to stand there listening to that for the first time was astounding! We didnt know that.

And so, as we go through our life, we go through age, you go through old age, its but a blink. Ponce de Leon went searching for the fountain of youth. He went to Florida. I think it was in the 1500s. And this was always a world-wide search, Was there a fountain of youth? Our Lady tells us today there is a fountain of youth. Because people dont want to grow old. They dont like to be restricted. But Our Lady is showing us to be a warrior through all the ages because you will find the fountain of youth. When you go to Heaven, youll go back to 33.

And according to Vicka, youre going to be a whole lot better looking 33 up in Heaven then you were ever on earth. But thats for the vainless. Those who are full of vanity will lose that opportunity. Marija talked about a 17-year-old girl who was beautiful, blonde headed, falling into the fires of hell, and turn into a beast. And we know in Italy that much possession is caused by vanity.

Our world is filled with vanity, especially for women. So, this message says many things to us. It is not important how old you are, open your heart to Jesus who will transform you in this time of grace So, as we grow older, we are to grow wiser. Our Ladys messages are wisdom. Its coming to teach us how to reflect, how to age with grace.

Actually, those words, age with grace, are Biblical. I think its in Proverbs or somewhere in the Bible. Ive read it. We dont have to worry about old age. Theres a purpose to it. And to think were going to retract back in age is the fountain of youth of Heaven. Our Lady gives us something beautiful through this message.

So, the older you get, you start reflecting, you start thinking, you suffer! And thats a grace because you can atone for your sins. Old age is a grace. But Our Lady is speaking more than that. Shes showing us that we will find the fountain of youth, and its real. Ponce de Leon didnt find it. But you will if you follow Our Ladys messages.

[SONG: THE OLDER I GET]

The older I get the more I think you only get a minute, better live while you're in it 'cause it's gone in a blink. And the older I get the truer it is. It's the people you love, not the money and stuff that makes you rich.

And if they found a fountain of youth I wouldn't drink a drop and that's the truth. Funny how it feels I'm just getting to my best years yet.

The older I get the fewer friends I have. But you don't need a lot when the ones that you got have always got your back.

And if they found a fountain of youth I wouldn't drink a drop and that's the truth. Funny how it feels I'm just getting to my best years yet. The older I get.

And I don't mind all the lines from all the times I've laughed and cried, souvenirs and little signs of the life I've lived.

The older I get the longer I pray. I don't know why, I guess that I got more to say. And the older I get the more thankful I feel for the life I've had, and all the life I'm living still.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

The longer I pray, I dont know why I guess that I got more to say Do you want to live your life according to the messages and be what the song says? The more thankful I feel for the life Ive had and all the life Im still living

Our Lady wants us to be happy in this life. Weve spoken about Bernadette. Weve spoken before where Ive talked about Marija that Our Lady promised to make you happy because Bernadette was told by Our Lady that she would never be happy in this life. open your heart to Jesus who will transform you in this time of grace and, like nature, you will be born into a new life Incredible.

Because we formed a place through prayer. This song talked about what I just said. The longer I pray. The longer you pray the more you can be transformed in this time of grace like nature into a new life. And, of course, Our Lady gives this to us strategically. Here we are on the throes of spring and we see life everywhere, already starting here in the South. Were the first to get to see it in the United States. And its a beautiful thing.

Since 1988, when Our Lady visited here, and all the subsequent visits, we continued to pray. We put in the consecration of the Prayer for the Abode of God to be said everyday consecrating this valley to Our Lady. She has formed it, transformed it, in the time of grace, through grace. And were connected more than ever to nature!

Yesterday was Sunday. If you could pull back the veil and take a peak at what we were doing yesterday from the morning to last night, you would say, This is a dream. And it is a dream. This is the first day we had spring. It was windy, yes. But it was in the 60s, sunshine. Weve had lots of rain. We could hear the waterfalls a mile from the Field. Rosary was beautiful! The kids decided to bring out the horses and the ponies. There were probably 10 of them out there. The kids were interacting with each other. Were praying the Rosary. Were all on our blankets.

Weve got several visitors with us here right now because were doing a project where theyre coming in to help us from Colorado to Michigan and Tennessee. And of course, we here in Community, have people from different parts of the United States who live in Community. But these visitors had a window of our life, a new life that was given to us through Her through Our Lady through the messages.

So, the one from Michigan comes up to me after Rosary and he says, This was something seeing this with these children here. How, during Rosary, the interaction between the animals, the horses and the ponies, what they were doing while were praying the Rosary. We pray, they play. And both the play and the pray was in harmony. It wasnt contradicting each other. Because Our Lady formed this. And what we have evolved in the Rosary is not a contemplative prayer, not a deep prayer, but one where theres laughter in it. Even sometimes talking to each other. Its a different form of prayer.

Yes, we have 5am prayer at dawn, contemplative prayer, deep prayer, but the Rosary is loud. Many thousands of people have been here during Rosary. And its not what some people expect. But its very moving. Were kneeling down in front of the statue of Our Lady. The side drop is the great Pine Tree. And back on the mountain, in the back drop, is the Cross on the Mountain. We have memories stripping the mountain top, dealing with nature, the storms, everything and all those things that are part of our life that makes our life rich.

And this panoramic scene is written and painted by Our Lady. And it was like a painting yesterday. It wasnt just yesterday. This is our life. But our friend from Michigan was touched by it, of the interaction and how everything flowed together. How did it happen? Our Lady said, Pray until prayer becomes a joy. And yesterday was joyful. The scenes were beautiful. Just seeing that brings rest to the soul. Thats one of Our Ladys messages. We feel that. Its not just prayer. Our life itself is prayer because were next to nature.

Its interesting Our Lady said, like nature Why? Because we are being called back to the agrarian based life. We are closer to God. And behind us, the backdrop of the waterfalls could be heard. Theyre off in the distance, especially at 5am thats when you can hear them. And we had rain everyday for the last two weeks. So its beautiful! For a group of people from different parts of the United States just to sit together, be together, not any heavy conversation, but then the joy of togetherness which is a message of Our Lady.

Our Lady said September 25, 2000, May prayer become joy for you. Renew prayer in your families and form prayer groups Thats what we are! Thats what happened in the Field yesterday and thats what happens every day. And then She continues with this message of 2000, In this way, you will experience joy in prayer and togetherness We felt that yesterday. Thats what happens. Prayer group or joining together with your friends and family brings togetherness and thats whats not there today.

You cant go out to eat, to dinner with your family and experience togetherness because the kids have their cell phones, everybodys distracted. Theres no real togetherness anymore. And thats one of the charms that was seen yesterday. We have togetherness. The kids relate to the adults. The kids dont do anything on the horses or ponies or bicycles or unicycles when theyre out there. Whatever theyre doing, playing with rocks! They dont go to each other and say, Look at me. They go always to the adult.

Children need adult attention and they want to perform for you. Anthropology is studied here. We see what happens to the children when theyre around adults instead of pushed off to the side, or, You got over there and do this. Or you stay in this same grade. Our kids are with us, old to youth. And thats one of the joys of growing old here because were not like some old convent or retired home. It brings up the spirit when you experience a two-year-old do something funny. When youre older. And our micro-population here is mixed from birth from going into older age. And it keeps you youthful.

Our Lady said in this message, you will be born into a new life in Gods love, and you will open your heart to Heaven and the things of Heaven This place is seamless. The children experience prayer as a natural thing. You know what they do when theyre walking around? Theyre singing! I came around the route the other night, in the dark, and there were three of the girls walking down from the barn and theyre singing! Walking home. What are they singing for? Why are they singing? Because theyre happy. Because they live Heaven.

Those are the things of Heaven that we experience. And nature is the things of Heaven that well see in Heaven that we can see now on earth if you go back to nature. And thats the call. This place has many things of Heaven. And thats why we say it is seamless. It is natural for our children to pray, even young.

And we can say that we live on the outskirts of Heaven, because we dont want to be in the busy side of Heaven. We love to experience the dogwood trees, the bees, the grass, everything we saw yesterday.

[SONG: OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN]

My grandpa taught me about buck knifes and shot guns, how to cast an old Zebco, and how to work a stick shift. He taught me the Bible about all twelve disciples. And he made sure that I know there's life after this with pearly gates and streets of gold. He said if I just believe that's where I'll go.

Lord when I die I wanna live on the outskirts of Heaven. Where there's dirt roads for miles, hay in the fields and fish in the river. Where there's dogwood trees and honey bees and blue skies and green grass forever. Lord when I die, I wanna live on the outskirts of Heaven.

Now it says in the King James in the Almighty's kingdom, He mentions a mansion that He's built just for me. Now I'd gladly trade it for a farm house with acreage and a back yard that's shaded and a squeaky front porch swing. That's where I wanna hang my wings.

Lord when I die I wanna live on the outskirts of Heaven. Where there's dirt roads for miles, hay in the fields and fish in the river. Where there's dogwood trees and honey bees and blue skies and green grass forever. So Lord when I die, I wanna live on the outskirts of Heaven.

Yeah yeah, the good Lord knows me. He knows I need blue skies and green grass forever. Lord when I die I wanna live on the outskirts of Heaven. Yeah, when I die I wanna live on the outskirts of Heaven.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

Sometimes for us we take it for granted of what we have here. But, it took a war, it took a sword, it took a shield for us to get where we are despite our illnesses, despite our troubles, despite our past. Whatever it may be. We have broken Heaven open to our place.

Because we live this message, and its interesting that Our Lady gave this message today for what we just did yesterday.

From the Rosary we all went home to eat pasta. We do that as a tradition. Everybody loves pasta Sunday. The moms dont have to worry about what theyre going to cook because they already know its going to be pasta. And everybody looks forward to it.

And after pasta, at 2:30, we decided to go to the mountains to a waterfall. It was fun. It was beautiful. It was hard. We were climbing in places where we had to help each other up. And then we went to another waterfall. And on the way we ran like banshees through the woods. The kids were jumping in some trees, and we would linger and rest because it was straight up in a lot of places, and then we would take off running again. And then we would find another waterfall. I knew where these were.

We covered enough ground where we saw six waterfalls separate from each other. And they can be heard from the Field for a mile away. And it was beautiful. Everybody was in joy! It was fun. It was beautiful. We drank out of the streams. We drank the water straight from nature. That in itself was beautiful. And even our visitors said, Wow, that water tastes so good. They couldnt believe how good it was. Of course its good. Its coming right out of the mountains, right out of the streams, unpolluted.

And when you can live that close to nature and experience, it births something in your heart because you feel Gods love. Youre thankful for it. And these are things of Heaven. So, Our Lady has formed our life for us. Were not saying this for you to be jealous. Weve had people say, Well, youve got horses. We cant afford horses. Well, most of them were donated to us. Secondly, weve got pastures to feed them. And its a grace from God.

I tell you, many of you spend as much for your kids on cell phones that we dont even come close to the horses we have. So, its just with the toys that you kids have. Go and give them what you give them. But its not Heaven. And they wont experience Heaven through it. In fact, it puts Heaven at risk for their eternal salvation.

We are headed toward a world closer to the soil whether you want to or not. And thats what Our Ladys calling today saying, Start a new life, get away from all that stuff. Even if youre old, all you have to do is open your heart and Jesus will transform you in this time of grace. You dont want to do what were doing, not just the 32 years since Ive started Caritas. I was doing it before Medjugorje. I was aligning myself. Thats why Our Lady could do what She did with me because I was already in a mentality to be exposed to Her messages and understand them.

I had begun changing my life and its directions before Medjugorje. Too many people who are exposed to Our Lady of Medjugorje, the Queen of Peace, are narrow in their mentalities. They want to stick the messages just to prayer, fasting, these kinds of things and sacrifice. No! Medjugorje is to change the world and every aspect, everything thats of the earth so they become things of Heaven.

There are millions of things and topics, subjects, materialisms, items in the world that is to be sanctified so they can become things on earth of Heaven. And thats why Vicka said, If you live the messages, you will already begin living Heaven and you will not feel the passage of this life to the next. Youve heard stories of people dying, smiling, passed on to Heaven.

This is what Our Lady wants of you. Its purgatory to be in the womb of the mother and then you come to the birth canal and youre squashed and all this, and then suddenly the baby comes out, and theyre in a full three-dimension. My oldest son, I remember him coming out, and the first thing he did was not cry, he started looking around. It was mystical! He would look at the ceiling, he was turning his head, he was looking. He wasnt 60 seconds old. Id never experienced anything like that. It was a spiritual manifestation of what its going to be like coming from the purgatory earth into Heaven. The freedom, the ability to breathe.

But Our Ladys saying today, You can have that! Thats why She says, I am still with you, because God permitted me out of love for you Weve experienced what that means. Our Lady has a new efficacy as a mother on earth to do more for us than our earthly mothers can do. You cant understand that until you start living it. Our Lady is active with us. She was with us all day yesterday.

So we got wet, we got in the water, we did all these things. We spent several hours in the mountains and we come back down. And last night everybody had a prayer group. It was beautiful. You want to give a brief description of what happened last night?

[JOAN]

Well, we just put together a prayer group for our youth, and we couldnt do it a couple days ago. So we did it last night for our Sunday night gathering for a Friend of Medjugorje and his wifes messages that we pick every week for them. But we decided to do it down at the St. Josephs Shop II which is our carpentry shop. We have been given, over the years, many different relics of saints. And we want to make little reliquaries for each of these saints.

Every prayer group member had picked out of a hat what saint that they would make their own. And so, to kind of inaugurate our new season in St. Josephs Shop, we brought all of these saints down there. And with candles lit and music playing, we just sat in silence, knelt in silence, before these saints, asking their intercession. And this being a special year that were giving to St. Joseph, hes one of the saints that we have as far as a relic that was given to a Friend of Medjugorje many years ago. Its just very peaceful, very beautiful. But its within the setting of a carpentry shop there is real holiness, a real touch of Heaven in which we really live this message in contemplating Heavenly things.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

We didnt just live this message. We lived what She has taught us, and She gave an outline of yesterday in this message. Everything in this message happened to us yesterday. One day in the life of a Community where we experienced nature, a revitalized of life, because it rejuvenates you to getting out like that. And all these things, in the end of the day, with something mystical. With 15 certified relics from the Vatican. Part of one is Josephs cloak. Weve got papers on that.

So, we live close to Heaven. And these things are yours to be had. But there is a price. We pray the Prayer for the Abode of God asking for the investment of Our Ladys apparitions here of what happened before Our Lady came here these short ardent prayers put together that She had untold powers to accomplish Her plans here. Because we know She came here and since that moment Shes been here, weve consecrated this valley for Her to receive one hundred-fold of Her intentions for this valley. And for you who have been here, youve felt Heaven.

Our visitors, I think I can say on their part, that theyve experienced Heaven while theyre here. Its a terrible thing to be purified but a beautiful result of what comes out of it. Its not pleasant to get there. But nows the time to do it. Yes, God will give you consolations even through the difficult stages of purification. And youll never escape that. But the consolation is beautiful. And they bloom out like flowers, and they turn into a strong tree, and thats why we had the great Pine. It reminds us of that.

And thats what Our Lady wants us to do. She wants us to put our faith in Her and thereby put our faith in Her Son. Everything is to be changed to a thing of Heaven instead of a thing of earth. It may still be on earth, it may be a material object or the nature that youre surrounded by. Whatever it may be, we are to put our faith in Our Lady. And by doing so, we turn our back against the world and toward Heaven.

[SONG: MY FAITH IN YOU]

Yeah, this world will turn its back when you find yours against that wall. Just watch it as it keeps on spinning just like there's nothing wrong. That's why I'm thumbing through these pages. They say the answers are in red. And I believe they're in there somewhere, I just haven't found 'em yet. It's the only hope that I got left.

'Cause I could stand to lose my faith in friends that come and go. Yeah, they'll be there when you need them, they say that when you don't. I could give up on my heroes, could let myself down, too. But what would I do if I lost my faith in You? My faith in You.

You know I've learned through all these stories all about the pain You felt. And I know You did all that for me and I'm still asking You for help. 'Cause Lord I just can't help myself!

'Cause I could stand to lose my faith in friends that come and go. Yeah, they'll be there when you need them, they say that when you don't. I could give up on my heroes, could let myself down, too. But what would I do if I lost my faith in You?

'Cause I've been beaten, I've been broken, I've been dangerously bruised. And Lord, I never would have made it if I'd of lost my faith in You, if I'd lost my faith in You.

Know You always got my back and I don't know why. It feels like I deserve it for a hell raiser like me to have a safe place to land. Can't thank You enough, You saved my life.

I will never lose my faith in You, oh, oh. My faith in You.
If Id lost my faith in You. If Id lost my faith in You.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

Whatever we do here, we tie it to the messages of Our Lady. Weve formed our life on that. We want to encourage you to do the same thing. Its not unreachable. It is a difficult climb. It is hard, it does take years. Thats why Our Ladys with us for 37 years.

But this is the time to act. You say, I cant do that. Our Lady gave you reassurance. It is not important how old you are, just open your heart to Jesus who will transform you in this time of grace and, like nature, you will be born into a new life Its there for those who reach out for it. If youre indifferent, youll never receive it. And theyll be great regrets. We dont say these things to make people envious. We say these things to show you, and we live our life to prompt you to do the same. Because the whole world is supposed to do it. I dont know why Our Lady picked this one spot across the earth to be the first community that is based 100% on Medjugorje, 100% in living the messages, A Way of Life in a New Time before there was even the ability to see what were living.

But see, it was formed by prayer. Day by day, month by month, year by year, decades. Over three decades! You say, Thats a long time to wait. You start now, because It is not important how old you are

Our forefathers of the nation never enjoyed the blessings that we have had for what they had to pay for. But were willing to pay for things well never experience. Ive got 12 rocking chairs in my front porch, a wrap-around porch around the house. I wont ever sit in those! And Im ok with that, because it brings me joy that Im passing something that was born through my life, and what I do, and my wife and our family, that others can come and cross the bridge.

[JOAN]

Id like to stop right there just because I recall you writing something many years ago. We might have actually used it in another broadcast, but what you had just said about making this bridge from the old to the new for new generations coming. I think its called A Way is Bridged. And maybe we can find that real fast and insert that here.

[THE WAY IS BRIDGED]

The Way is Bridged, by a Friend of Medjugorje.

He had grown old, for the last time he was passing a stream, which, many times had almost swallowed him. He would never come this way again. He began to build a bridge that he would never use. Old man, cried a watching angel, you are wasting your time. For your eyes will close eternally this very night. You will never pass this way again.

The old man looked up, tired and wearied, the evidence of a life of toil etched on his face. And replied, There comes behind me a fair-headed youth who will cross this perilous water. Old man, replied the angel, he cannot repay you. You are wasting your time. The old man said, It is not for repayment that I do this work. Rather, that they can go further than me down the path. That they too will build bridges over other perilous streams when they come to them. With that, the angel vanished, and the old man finished his work.

More tired than ever, he struggled home. He wondered if he would make it. Finally, reaching his door, he felt life leaving him. With all he had left, he opened the door. There, in front of him, with a light so brilliant he could hardly believe, a bridge, golden, beautifully constructed, leading to a dazzling light, with the angel standing in the middle with tools in hand. Old man, said the angel, I too have been busy for you. Come across, old bridge builder, for this bridge you have made you will now cross, and many will follow. When he was found there in the doorway, there was upon his face such a sweetness that all knew he had gained Heaven in his last sleep.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

This writing surprises myself, really, how many times I mention old in which Our Lady said today, how old you are Its not really important. Its what you do and what you leave behind you. And so, this is the mentality we should have. Its not about what were going to enjoy in this life but what kind of life we leave for others. Thats love. And Ive quoted it many times from a tombstone, Those who live in the hearts they leave behind never die.

There are traces of what Jesus did on earth that went from one man to the next that we still live. What can be put on your tombstone? Doesnt matter how old you are, your house, your home, the way you live, is something that is to be made of memories, something very beautiful, something rich. I love my home, I love these grounds, but its not just the house, its the whole place.

We say my home and you think of a material house. Can you say your home is in your neighborhood? In a subdivision, do you really have home all the way around the block? Do you feel that? Were to go back to tradition. Beautiful things, roots, where children are raised in the same creeks that their father played in as a child. And I used to tell my kids that. Before Medjugorje, I told them, I want to create a place for you, that you kids can play in the same creeks that you played in. And we did that yesterday in the waterfalls.

So, you little house, is it peaceful when you turn the key in the door? Are there warmth and security there? Its dependent on your love. Thats what makes it. It makes you rich. And it makes it a thing of Heaven for you.

[SONG: THIS LITTLE HOUSE]

This little house has been good to me. It's a peaceful feeling just to turn the key. It's given warmth and security, and what more do we really need?

I've seen every scratch and her every creek. Me and dad planted the maple tree. I put some miles on that old porch swing, rocking to the rainy nights.

And I don't know where I'll go from here, or how the days turned to years. And I can't get sentimental cause I know only people make the home.

But this little house has been good to me. I've smelled birthday cakes and Christmas trees. I've stacked dishes in that kitchen sink with grandma Thanksgiving Day.

I thought I'd live here for my kids to see, but life changes got the best of me. One day I'll drive 'em down this little street and show 'em my old stomping grounds.

And I don't know where I'll go from here, or how the days turned to years. And I can't get sentimental cause I know only people make the home.

But this little house has been good to me. People come and go but it never leaves. It was raining as I packed so you couldn't see the tear drop when I drove away.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

Oh, is it not Heaven that you can go back to where you were raised? The things there, and the beauty, the memories, all those things that make up life. I was going to Medjugorje when it was Yugoslavia, Communist. I was smuggling things in my suitcase that you could be arrested for, religious materials. They checked out my suitcase. The Communist guard looked at it. Hes about to open it. Im praying to Our Lady.

And theres something that everybody in the world recognizes, of all the places Ive been, they all know this. And when he looked at my tag, he saw Alabama on it. I love Alabama. Theres no other place in the world Id rather live. But when this Communist soldier saw that, he turns his head, and he says, Sweet home Alabama. And he got the suitcase, and he pushed it on. I said, Thank you Mary.

And so, it is. No matter where you go, anywhere in the world, you can ask them about this song, and I can dare say its the most recognized song in the whole world.

[SONG: SWEET HOME ALABAMA]

Big wheels keep on turning, carry me home to see my kin. Singing songs about the south-land. I miss 'ole' 'bamy once again and I think it's a sin.

Well I heard Mister Young sing about her. Well I heard ole Neil put her down. Well, I hope Neil Young will remember a southern man don't need him around anyhow.

Sweet home Alabama where the skies are so blue. Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.

In Birmingham they love the Gov'nor, boo-hoo-hoo. Now we all did what we could do. Now Watergate does not bother me. Does your conscience bother you, tell the truth.

Sweet home Alabama where the skies are so blue. Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.

Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers and they've been known to pick a song or two (yes they do). Lord they get me off so much, they pick me up when I'm feeling blue, now how bout you?

Sweet home Alabama where the skies are so blue. Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.

Sweet home Alabama, oh sweet home, where the skies are so blue and the governor's true. Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.

[A FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

And so it is we say to you, love the place that youre home, but we are biased about Sweet Home Alabama. And so we want to say a big thank you, for our friends who came in from Colorado, which is Bob and his three sons, Joshua, Daniel, and Gabriel. And from Michigan, Jeff. And from Tennessee, Brice. On helping us launch a major project that will result in countless conversions in the future.

And we have more people coming, and we want to thank them in advance. And just as Our Lady threads everything, even words, Old Bridge, that ended up on this broadcast, is a major part of the project with the name Old Bridge. And I guess I can say what Trump said, the calm before the storm, we were talking about calm before the storm, with a lot of conversion in the storm coming, that what it is, youre asking, What about the old bridge? Youll find out.

Many people turning down Highway 43, Bear Creek Road, have told us they feel like theyre coming home. So always know that Alabama is a place of the Virgin Mary, the last apparitions on earth that will bring to us a new life in Heaven. Ponder these things. Its surreal. But it is real.

We wish you Our Lady. We love you. Goodnight.

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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.