Medjugorje: what kind of fast does Our Lady ask for? Jacov replies

FATHER LIVIO: After prayer what is the most important message?
JAKOV: Our Lady also asks us for fasting.

FATHER LIVIO: What kind of fast do you ask?
JAKOV: Our Lady asks us to fast on bread and water on Wednesdays and Fridays. However, when Our Lady asks us to fast, she wants it to be done truly with love for God. We do not say, as often happens, "If I fast I feel bad", or to fast just to do it, rather it is better not to do it. We must truly fast with our heart and offer our sacrifice.

There are many sick people who cannot fast, but they can offer something, what they are most attached to. But it must be done truly with love. There is certainly some sacrifice when fasting, but if we look at what Jesus did for us, what did he endure for all of us, if we look at his humiliations, what is our fast? It is only a small thing.

I think we must try to understand one thing, which, unfortunately, many have not yet understood: when we fast or when we pray, for the usefulness of whom do we do it? Thinking about it, we do it for ourselves, for our future, even for our health. There is no doubt that all these things are to our advantage and for our salvation.

I often say this to pilgrims: Our Lady is perfectly well in Heaven and has no need to go down here on earth. But she wants to save us all, because her love for us is immense.

We must help Our Lady so that we can save ourselves.

That is why we must accept what he invites us to in his messages.