And because Internet offers all that appeal to the senses in living, moving colors, there can be no doubt the gadgets are now the most convenient, handy and secretive access to pornography. This reminds us of what the Blessed Mother once said when asked what sin cause most to lose Heaven. Sins of the flesh, she replied.
Thus, in our times, we must pause more frequently than Facebooking, if not as much, to ponder on spirituality. Beyond iPhone and Samsung, we are lucky to live in times when supernatural apparitions now reveal to us more details on what’s beyond death: Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell. These, according to modern visionaries, are actual places (as real as laptops and cellphones) but of a realm that somehow differs.
With such perspective, I am sharing with readers the literal heavenly experiences of the visionaries of the Medjugorje apparitions (1981 to present). Two of the visionaries were physically taken by the Blessed Mother to Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell, while the others were given visions of these places, although some sought excuse from seeing Hell.
Here are their own words in various interviews:
Visionary Vicka: “…it can’t be described. That is something beyond description. It is filled with some sort of beautiful light…people… flowers…angels…All is filled with some indescribable joy. Your heart stands still when you look at it…
“Heaven is a vast space, and it has a brilliant light which does not leave it. It is a life which we do not know here on earth. We saw people dressed in gray, pink, and yellow robes. They were walking, praying, and singing. Small angels were flying above them. The Blessed Mother showed us how happy these people are.
“You can see it (happiness) on their faces. But it is impossible to describe with words the great happiness I saw in Heaven…In Paradise, when the Blessed Mother passed, everybody responded to Her, and She to them. There was a recognition between them…They were standing there communicating with Her, like in a tunnel, only it wasn’t exactly like a tunnel, but a tunnel is the closest comparison. People were praying, they were singing, they were looking… People in Heaven know the absolute fullness of a created being…
“It was very unusual. They were speaking, but I could not understand them…The people were in small groups. I was with Jakov and the Blessed Mother. We spoke to each other, but there was no communication with anyone else. About the people there, the Blessed Mother only said to us, ‘You see how people who are in Heaven are happy?’”
Mirjana, in her vision of Heaven, described it thus: “I saw Heaven as if it were a movie. The first thing I noticed was the faces of the people there; they were radiating a type of inner light which showed how immensely happy they were…. “
Yes (Heaven is an actual place). The trees, the meadows, the sky are totally different from anything we know on the earth. And the light is much more brilliant. Heaven is beautiful beyond any possible comparison with anything I know of on the earth.
“Yes (people in Heaven have bodies, but) “they were different from what we are like now. Perhaps they were all around 30 years of age…They were walking in a beautiful park. They have everything. They need or want nothing. They are totally full…They were dressed in the types of clothing that Jesus wore…
“She (the Blessed Mother) told me many people on earth today do not believe Heaven exists. She said God has chosen us six visionaries to be instruments of His love and mercy. I have personally seen Heaven. It exists! I’ve seen it! Those who stay faithful to God to the end will see Heaven as a reward for their faithfulness.”
Ivanka: “I saw Purgatory and Heaven as a picture. I told the Blessed Mother I did not want to see hell. (Heaven) is a place that is very, very beautiful. Most beautiful…Everyone I saw was filled with a happiness I can’t explain – and I can’t forget.”
Marija: “I had a vision of Heaven, but Jakov and Vicka were actually taken there. It was in the house of Jakov…It was like you watch a movie on screen or looking out a window. I saw a vision. I wasn’t actually there like the other visionaries…I have never seen such a picture before; no one can even begin to imagine how it looks…the people were around the flowers. They were all the same age. No one in Heaven is older than the age of Christ. People in Heaven were full of joy and all of them are giving thanks for the gifts given to them of God. Every day they realize how much love God has for them… There was a multitude of people.”
Ivan: “Heaven is worth any cost! Jesus showed us that, with His death on the Cross. His death was not the end. He rose from the dead, glorified to put an end to death forever for God’s children. People in Heaven are happy. They live in the fullness of God.”
Jakov, who was physically taken to Heaven for about 20 minutes, missed Heaven so much he declined to talk about it. Instead, he shared what the Blessed Mother had told him, in a manner of advice the helps direct one’s path to Heaven.
“She asks us to trust God’s love to make all things well. She asks us to surrender the past to Her maternal care and to remember only in the light of God’s love,” he said.
