Jelena: the hidden visionary of Medjugorje

Jelena Vasilj, born on May 14, 1972, lived with her family in a house on foot of Mount Krizevac. He was only 10 and a half years old when he first heard the voice of the Madonna in his heart. Shortly before, she had addressed a prayer to God "O Lord, how happy and grateful I would be if I could only believe in you, if I could meet you and recognize you!". On December 15, 1982 Jelena was at school, and when asked a companion, "what time is it?", She heard a voice coming from her heart: "it's twenty past ten." Then, intent on being questioned, she heard the same voice that advised her to desist ... The mysterious interlocutor then revealed to her that she was an angel and urged her to continue praying every day. After ten days in which the angel's voice continued to invite her to prayer, she clearly heard the voice of Our Lady saying to her: "I do not intend to reveal the secrets through you (editor's note as to the other visionaries), but to guide you on the path of consecration". Jelena began to pray with more fervor and some friends gathered around her who followed her example.

In June of the following year the "prayer group" was formed, spiritually assisted by Fr. Tomislav Vlasic and led by the "Gospa" through the indications given to Jelena and her friend Marjana (she too had received the gift of the locutions on Easter of that same year). Little by little the Blessed Virgin taught them to meditate on the Bible, to pray the Holy Rosary meditating on the mysteries and dictated to Jelena new prayers of consecration to her Immaculate Heart and to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Later on the girl began not only to hear the Madonna "with a sweet and very clear voice", but also to see her with closed eyes. "Why are you so beautiful?" one day he asked her. "Because I love. If you want to become beautiful, love! "Was the reply. Since November 1985 Jelena's gift has expanded. From then on, he began to hear the voice of Jesus, which appeared only to guide the prayer when the group was reunited. The gift of locutions stopped when Jelena moved to the United States to take some theology courses, which she continued in Austria and ended in Rome where she later graduated. Recently he also finished his license with a thesis on St. Augustine. On 24 August 2002 she married Massimiliano Valente in Medjugorje and on 9 May 2003 she had her first child, Giovanni Paolo.