Mirjana of Medjugorje: Our Lady leaves us free to choose

FATHER LIVIO: I was very struck by the emphasis on our personal responsibility in the messages of the Queen of Peace. Once Our Lady even said: "You have free will: therefore make use of it".

MIRJANA: It's true. I too say to the pilgrims: “I have told you all that God wants from us through Our Lady and you can say: I believe or do not believe in the apparitions of Medjugorje. But when you go before the Lord you won't be able to say: I didn't know, because you know everything. Now it depends on your will, because you are free to choose. Either accept and do what the Lord wants of you, or close yourself and refuse to do it. "

FATHER LIVIO: Free will is an immense and tremendous gift at the same time.

MIRJANA: It would be easier if someone always pushed us.

FATHER LIVIO: However, God never gives up and does everything to save us.

MIRJANA: His mother sent us for over twenty years, because we do what he wants. But in the end it always depends on us whether or not to accept the invitation.

FATHER LIVIO: Yes, it is true and I thank you that you have entered into a topic that is so dear to me. These apparitions of the Madonna are unique in the history of the Church. It had never happened that an entire generation had as its mother and teacher the Madonna herself with this extraordinary presence of hers. You too will certainly have reflected on the significance of this event which is one of the most grandiose and significant in two thousand years of the history of Christianity.

MIRJANA: Yes, it is the first time that there have been apparitions like these. Except that my situation is different from yours. I know why and then I don't have to think so much.

FATHER LIVIO: Your job is to convey the message, without mixing it with your thoughts about it.

MIRJANA: Yes, I know the reason for so many years.

FATHER LIVIO: So you know why?

MIRJANA: Why you will see it too when the time comes.

FATHER LIVIO: I understand. But now, before going into that topic, which is evidently close to everyone's heart and which concerns the future, could you summarize the fundamental message that comes from Medjugorje?

MIRJANA: I can say it in my opinion.

FATHER LIVIO: Of course, according to your thoughts.

MIRJANA: As I think, peace, true peace, is that within us. It is that peace that I call Jesus. If we have true peace, then Jesus is within us and we have everything. If we don't have true peace, which is Jesus for me, we have nothing. This is a very important thing for me.

FATHER LIVIO: Divine peace is the highest good.

MIRJANA: Jesus is peace for me. The only real peace is what you have when you have Jesus inside you. For me Jesus is peace. He gives me everything.