It was a more powerful repeat of lightning that also hit the dome of the Vatican on Feb. 11, 2013, Feast of our Lady of Lourdes, a few hours after Pope Benedict XVI resigned from the papacy.
Both incidents remind us of Luke 10:18, when Jesus said: “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.” Their timing with the feasts of the Blessed Mother is also so uncanny as to drive us to associate them with the explosion of Marian apparitions in all continents of modern time.
I am perfectly convinced we are in the times of the Apocalypse, of the Woman Clothed with the Sun, as in the Blessed Mother in her continuing apparitions in Medjugorje and other parts of our increasingly troubled world.
There’s a surmount of misfortune, natural it would seem as well as man-made, all over the world as the months wear on. All fit into the square of modern-day prophecies not only in Medjugorje, but also in Garabandal, Spain where the Blessed Mother also appeared to children from 1961 to 1965, and in Akita, Japan where she appeared to Sister Agnes Sasagawa in 1972.
Despite the still pending official pronouncement of the Vatican on Medjugorje, millions who have been there, even those who have never visited the apparition site, have embraced the authenticity of the supernatural there. So have I.
Over the years, I have kept track of Medjugorje and the other credible Marian apparitions and, in accordance with the wishes of the Blessed Mother, have been sharing her messages from there.
So again, as I see the increasing tempo of these troubled times, I feel the urgency to spread the messages intended for all by the Woman Clothed with the Sun.
Here are some of the messages which I picked for what I perceive as important, as they convey the importance of our role in saving the world amid warnings of unprecedented chastisement for its turning away from God.
– “There are many plans that I cannot fulfill without YOU… I cannot do anything without YOU… I want to draw you closer to the Heart of Jesus. Therefore, dear little children, pray that YOU may comprehend the greatness of this message that I give YOU. “
– “Dear children, without you I am not able to help the world. I desire that you cooperate with me in everything, even in the smallest things. “
– “Today I invite YOU to become missionaries of my messages… to transmit them to the whole world… to be my joyful carriers of peace… Through YOU, I wish to renew the world.”
– “Dear children! Wake up from the sleep of unbelief and sin, because this is a time of grace which God gives you. Use this time and seek the grace of healing of your heart from God, so that you may see God and man with the heart. Pray in a special way for those who have not come to know God’s love, and witness with your life so that they also can come to know God and His immeasurable love. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
– “Dear children! I am with you even if you are not conscious of it. I want to protect you from everything that Satan offers you and through which he wants to destroy you. As I bore Jesus in my womb, so also, dear children, do I wish to bear you into holiness. God wants to save you and sends you messages through men, nature, and so many things which can only help you to understand that you must change the direction of your life. Therefore, little children, understand also the greatness of the gift which God is giving you through me, so that I may protect you with my mantle and lead you to the joy of life. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
“Dear children! I invite you to prayer now when Satan is strong and wishes to make as many souls as possible his own. Pray, dear children, and have more trust in me because I am here in order to help you and to guide you on a new path toward a new life. Therefore, dear little children, listen and live what I tell you because it is important for you when I shall not be with you any longer that you remember my words and all that I told you. I call you to begin to change your life from the beginning and that you decide for conversion not with words but with your life. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
