Our Lady in Medjugorje wants to tell you how to manage material goods

March 25, 1996
Dear children! I invite you to decide again to love God above all else. In this time when, due to the consumerist spirit, you forget what it means to love and appreciate true values, I invite you again, children, to put God first in your life. May Satan not attract you with material things but, little children, decide for God who is freedom and love. Choose the life and not the death of the soul. Children, in this time when you meditate on the passion and death of Jesus, I invite you to decide for the life that flourished with the resurrection and that your life today is renewed through the conversion that will lead you to eternal life. Thanks for answering my call!
Some passages from the Bible that can help us understand this message.
Genesis 3,1-24
The snake was the most cunning of all the wild beasts made by the Lord God. He said to the woman: "Is it true that God said: You must not eat of any tree in the garden?". The woman replied to the snake: "Of the fruits of the trees in the garden we can eat, but of the fruit of the tree that stands in the middle of the garden God said: You must not eat and touch it, otherwise you will die." But the snake said to the woman: “You will not die at all! Indeed, God knows that when you eat them, your eyes would open and you would become like God, knowing the good and the bad ". Then the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, pleasing to the eye and desirable to acquire wisdom; she took some fruit and ate it, then also gave it to her husband, who was with her, and he also ate it. Then both of them opened their eyes and realized they were naked; they braided fig leaves and made themselves belts. Then they heard the Lord God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day and the man and his wife hid from the Lord God in the middle of the trees in the garden. But the Lord God called the man and said to him, "Where are you?". He replied: "I heard your step in the garden: I was afraid, because I am naked, and I hid myself." He went on: “Who let you know you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat? ". The man replied: "The woman you placed beside me gave me a tree and I ate it." The Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?". The woman replied: "The snake has deceived me and I have eaten."

Then the Lord God said to the serpent: “Since you have done this, be you cursed more than all the cattle and more than all the wild beasts; on your belly you will walk and dust you will eat for all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your lineage and her lineage: this will crush your head and you will undermine her heel ". To the woman she said: “I will multiply your pains and your pregnancies, with pain you will give birth to children. Your instinct will be towards your husband, but he will dominate you. " To the man he said: “For you have listened to your wife's voice and have eaten from the tree, of which I had commanded you: You must not eat from it, damn the ground because of you! With pain you will draw food for all the days of your life. Thorns and thistles will produce for you and you will eat the field grass. With the sweat of your face you will eat bread; until you return to the earth, because you were taken from it: dust you are and to dust you will return! ". The man called his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living things. The Lord God made man's robes of skins and dressed them. The Lord God then said: “Behold man has become like one of us, for the knowledge of good and evil. Now, let him no longer stretch out his hand and do not even take the tree of life, eat it and always live! ". The Lord God chased him from the garden of Eden, to work the soil from where it was taken. He drove the man away and placed the cherubim and the flame of the dazzling sword to the east of the garden of Eden, to guard the way to the tree of life.
Tobias 6,10-19
They had entered the Media and were already close to Ecbatana, 11 when Raffaele said to the boy: "Brother Tobia!". He replied, "Here I am." He went on: “We have to stay with Raguele tonight, who is your relative. He has a daughter called Sara and no other son or daughter other than Sara. You, like your closest relative, have the right to marry her more than any other man and to inherit her father's possessions. She is a serious, courageous, very pretty girl and her father is a good person. " And he added: “You have the right to marry her. Listen to me, brother; I will talk to the father about the girl tonight, because she will keep her as your fiancée. When we get back to Rage, we'll have the wedding. I know that Raguel will not be able to refuse it to you or promise it to others; he would incur death according to the prescription of the law of Moses, since he knows that before any other it is up to you to have his daughter. So listen to me, brother. Tonight we will talk about the girl and ask for her hand. On our return from Rage we will take it and take it with us to your home. " Then Tobias replied to Raffaele: “Brother Azaria, I have heard that she has already been given as a wife to seven men and they died in the wedding room the same night they were to join her. I also heard that a demon kills husbands. This is why I'm afraid: the devil is jealous of her, she doesn't hurt her, but if someone wants to approach her, he kills him. I am the only son of my father. I am afraid of dying and of leading the life of my father and mother to the grave out of the anguish of my loss. They don't have another child who can bury them. " But the one said to him: “Have you perhaps forgotten the warnings of your father, who recommended you to marry a woman of your family? Listen to me therefore, brother: do not worry about this devil and marry her. I am sure that you will be married this evening. However, when you enter the bridal chamber, take the heart and liver of the fish and put a little on the incense embers. The smell will spread, the devil will have to smell it and run away and will no longer appear around her. Then, before joining with it, both of you get up to pray. Beseech the Lord of heaven for his grace and his salvation to come upon you. Fear not: it has been destined for you from eternity. You will be the one to save it. She will follow you and I think that from her you will have children who will be for you like brothers. Don't be worried. " When Tobia heard the words of Raffaele and learned that Sara was his blood relative of the lineage of his father's family, he loved him to the point that he could no longer divert his heart from her.
Luke 18,18: 30-XNUMX
A notable asked him: "Good master, what must I do to obtain eternal life?". Jesus replied: "Why do you say good to me? No one is good, if not one, God. You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not testify to the false, honor your father and mother ". He said: "All this I have observed from my youth." Hearing this, Jesus said to him: “One thing is still missing: sell everything you have, distribute it to the poor and you will have a treasure in the heavens; then come and follow me. " But these, hearing these words, became very sad, because he was very rich. When Jesus saw him, he said: "How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God!". Those who listened said, "Then who can be saved?". He replied: "What is impossible for men is possible for God." Peter then said, "We have left all our things and followed you." And he replied: "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the kingdom of God, who does not receive much more in the present time and eternal life in the time to come. ".
Mark 3,20-30
He entered a house and a large crowd gathered around him again, to the point that they could not even take food. Then his parents heard this and went to fetch him; for they said, "He is outside himself." But the scribes, who had come down from Jerusalem, said: "He is possessed by Beelzebub and casts out demons by means of the prince of demons." But he called them and said to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided in itself, that kingdom cannot stand; if a house is divided in itself, that house cannot stand. In the same way, if Satan rebels against himself and is divided, he cannot resist, but he is about to end. Nobody can enter the house of a strong man and kidnap his belongings if he has not first tied the strong man; then he will pillage the house. Truly I say to you: all sins will be forgiven the children of men and also all the blasphemies they will say; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness: he will be guilty of eternal guilt. " For they said, "He is possessed by an unclean spirit."
Matthew 18,1-5
At that moment the disciples approached Jesus saying: "Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?". Then Jesus called a child to himself, placed him among them and said: “Truly I say to you, if you do not convert and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever becomes small like this child will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And anyone who welcomes even one of these children in my name welcomes me.
Luke 18,31: 34-XNUMX
Then he took the Twelve with him and said to them: “Behold, we are going to Jerusalem, and all that was written by the prophets about the Son of man will be accomplished. It will be handed over to the pagans, mocked, outraged, covered with spit and, after having scourged him, they will kill him and on the third day he will rise again ". But they understood none of this; that talk remained obscure to them and they did not understand what he had said.
Luke 6,17: 49-XNUMX
Descended with them, he stopped in a flat place. There was a large crowd of his disciples and a multitude of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem and from the coast of Tire and Sidon, 18 who had come to listen to him and be cured of their diseases; even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were healed. The whole crowd tried to touch him, because a force came out of him that healed everyone. Raise your eyes to his disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you poor, because yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who are now hungry, because you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who cry now, because you will laugh. Blessed are you when men will hate you and when they will ban you they will insult and reject your name as a villain, because of the Son of man. Rejoice on that day and rejoice, because, behold, your reward is great in heaven. In the same way their fathers did with the prophets. But woe to you, rich, because you already have your consolation. Woe to you who are now satisfied, because you will be hungry. Woe to you who now laugh, because you will be afflicted and you will cry. Woe to you when all men say good things about you. In the same way their fathers did with false prophets. But to you who listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. whoever strikes you on the cheek, turn the other also; to those who take off your cloak, do not refuse the tunic. Give to anyone who asks you; and to those who take yours, don't ask for it. What you want men to do to you, do it to them too. If you love those who love you, what merit will you have? Even sinners do the same. And if you do good to those who do you good, what merit will you have? Even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what merit will you have? Sinners also lend to sinners to receive equally. Instead love your enemies, do good and lend without hoping for anything, and your prize will be great and you will be children of the Most High; because he is benevolent towards the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Do not judge and you will not be judged; do not condemn and you will not be condemned; forgive and you will be forgiven; give and it will be given to you; a good measure, pressed, shaken and overflowing will be poured into your womb, because with the measure with which you measure, it will be measured to you in return ”. He also told them a parable: “Can a blind person lead another blind person? Will they not both fall into a hole? The disciple is no more than the master; but everyone well prepared will be like his master. Why are you looking at the straw that is in your brother's eye, and you don't notice the beam that is in yours? How can you say to your brother: Allow me to remove the straw that is in your eye, while you do not see the beam that is in yours? Hypocrite, first remove the beam from your eye and then you can see us well in removing the speck from your brother's eye. There is no good tree that bears bad fruit, nor bad tree that bears good fruit. In fact, each tree is recognized by its fruit: figs are not harvested from thorns, nor grapes are harvested from a bramble. The good man takes the good out of the good treasure of his heart; the bad man draws evil from his bad treasure, because the mouth speaks from the fullness of the heart. Why do you call me: Lord, Lord, and then do not do what I say? Whoever comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice, I will show you to whom he is similar: he is similar to a man who, building a house, dug very deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river broke against that house, but it could not move it because it was well built. On the other hand, those who listen and do not practice are similar to a man who built a house on earth, without foundations.