Medjugorje Diary: 8 November 2019

Our Lady in Medjugorje left a strong testimony of her presence in the world. In the numerous apparitions that took place in various parts of the world, Mary shows herself the mother of all, caring for her children but in Medjugorje she leaves a strong imprint of her presence among men. Today in the hate diary on Medjugorje and the Marian experiences I want to describe what the visionary Jelena said about prayer according to the indications of the Madonna herself.

Jelena, the visionary of Medjugorje who receives the inner locutions, said that according to Our Lady, prayer is the key to our life as Christians. Daily occupations must be done but prayer must be an important thing in our life, it must not be neglected. Our Lady invites us to recite the Rosary every day, invites us to pray with the heart and not only with the lips. Then the Madonna herself addressed to young people says not to be discouraged but to understand that such negative feelings come from the evil one who wants to distance us from faith.

Our Lady often speaks of prayer in her messages. The visionary Jelena tells us that as a child she has always prayed but then when she began to hear the voice of the Madonna her prayer became deeper, as the Madonna herself asked to do according to her advice.

In fact, Our Lady recommends choosing an hour and a place during our day to dedicate ourselves to prayer. We must consider prayer an integral and important part of our existential life. The Madonna herself in her messages describes prayer as the source of the graces of God, the channel that connects us to heaven. Then Our Lady invites us to pray in the family to remain united, to remove evil, to receive the necessary graces.

So the visionary Jelena through the close relationship she has with the Madonna wanted to give us some advice on the prayer given to her by the Madonna herself. Then Jelena wanted to end her speech with the words of Saint Teresa "by praying you learn to pray".