Medjugorje, the visionary Ivan: "Mother, why me?"

The visionary Ivan: "Mother, why me?"

“I was 16 when the apparitions began and of course they were a great surprise to me, as to the others. I had no particular devotion to Our Lady, I knew nothing about Fatima or Lourdes. Yet it happened: the Virgin began to appear to me too! Even today my heart wonders: Mother, but wasn't there someone better than me? Will I be able to do everything you expect from me? Once I really asked him and she, smiling, replied: "Dear son, you know I am not looking for the best!" For 21 years I have therefore been his instrument, an instrument in his hands and in those of God. I am happy to be at this school: at the school of peace, at the school of love, at the school of prayer. it is a great responsibility before God and men. It is not easy, precisely because I know that God has given me so much and seeks from me equally. Our Lady comes like a real mother who cares for her children in danger: "My children, the world today is spiritually sick ..." She brings us medicine, she wants to cure our ills, bandage our bleeding wounds. And as a mother does it with love, with tenderness, with maternal warmth. He wants to lift sinful humanity and bring everyone to salvation, for this reason he tells us: “I am with you, do not be afraid, I want to show you the way to obtain peace but, dear children, I need you. Only with your help can I bring about peace. Therefore, dear children, decide for the good and fight the bad ”. Maria simply speaks. He repeats things many times but does not get tired, like a real mother, so that the children will not forget. She teaches, educates, shows the way of good. It does not criticize us, it does not inspire us fear, it does not punish us. He does not come to talk to us about the end of the world and the second coming of Jesus, he comes to us only as Mother of Hope, a hope that he wants to give to the world today, to families, to tired young people, to the Church in crisis. Our Lady essentially wants to tell us: if you are strong, the Church will also be strong, on the contrary, if you are weak, the Church will also be strong. You are the Church alive, you are the lungs of the Church. You must set up a new relationship with God, a new dialogue, a new friendship; in this world you are only traveling pilgrims. In particular, Our Lady asks us for family prayer, invites us to transform the family into a small prayer group, so that peace, love and harmony among family members return. Maria also calls us to enhance the s. Mass putting it at the center of our life. I remember that once, during the apparition, she said: “Children, if tomorrow you had to choose between meeting me and going to the s. Mass, do not come to me, go to Mass! ". Whenever he turns to us, he calls us "dear children". He says it to everyone, regardless of race or nationality ... I will never tire of saying that Our Lady is truly our mother, for whom we are all important; close to you no one should feel excluded, let us all be beloved children, we are all "dear children". Our Mother just wants us to open the door of our heart and do what we can. You will take care of the rest.

Source: Echo of Medjugorje nr. 166