Medjugorje "what Our Lady wants and the power of fasting"

On the image, in the fourth point, we find the Fasting. From the beginning, Our Lady asked the Church for fasting. I do not wish to analyze now the fasting of the Prophets nor the fasting of the Lord and His recommendation in the Gospel. I will tell you only one event that explains well the fruits of fasting.

You must fast and pray ...
I want to tell you what happened to a man who owns a hotel in Germany.
He had consulted the best clinics, hoping to find a cure for his son who had been paralyzed for three years. It was all in vain. Nobody gave him hope.
It was the beginning of the apparitions, when that man, taking advantage of the holidays, came to Medjugorje with his wife and son. He looked for the seer Vicka and said to her:
"Ask Our Lady what I must do for my son to heal"
The visionary presented the request and then reported, as a means, this answer:
"Our Lady said that you must believe with conviction and you must also pray and fast."
The answer left him a little disconcerted. After the holidays, he left with his wife and son. Who could fast ... and why? ...
After some time, he returned to Medjugorje, looked for another visionary and made the same request. Also this time, Marija replied from the Madonna: "Our Lady says that you must fast, believe in faith and pray".
He said to his wife: I thought he would tell me something else. I am willing to make substantial donations to the poor, to do works of charity, anything to get our son's recovery ... but not to fast. How can I fast? ... So he spoke while, full of sadness, he looked at his son and the tears began to fall from his eyes ... He heard an inner voice: "If you love me, how can you not fast?". In that instant, he decided in the depths of his heart: Yes, I can! He called his wife, who had already started fasting, and said: "I too want to fast!". After a few days, they returned to Medjugorje and said to me: "Father, we fast!". I replied: "Well done! Very well. You have found the way ”. We are used to pray, every evening, for the sick. Also that evening, we prayed and many recovered. They were there too. But their son, not when they started their conversion, the father and mother were healing ... At the end, they left the church with me. I remember how, in the kitchen, the mother still wanted to pray for her son ..., we did it! Suddenly, she took the baby, put it on the floor and said, "Walk!" The son started walking and then completely recovered. At that moment, I too understood! I clearly saw what Our Lady wants to achieve with our fast! Fasting, does not mean chastising yourself .., Fasting, means freeing yourself ... freeing love, faith, hope .., freeing peace in your heart ... Fasting, means preparing, with a renunciation, so that the Lord can open our eyes to the good to discover the life of God in the heart, the Face of Christ.

Power of fasting.
Remember how on one occasion, the Apostles made an exorcism to a boy without obtaining a result (see Mk 9,2829). Then the disciples asked the Lord:
"Why couldn't we drive out Satan?"
Jesus replied: "This species of demons can only be driven away by prayer and fasting."
Today, there is so much destruction in this society subjugated by the dominion of evil!
There are not only drugs, sex, alcohol ... war. No! We also witness the destruction of the body, soul, family ... everything!
But we must believe that we can free our city, Europe, the world, from these enemies! We can do it with faith, with prayer and fasting ... with the power of God's blessing.
One does not fast only by refraining from food. Our Lady invites us to fast from sin and from all those things that have created an addiction in us.
How many things are keeping us in bondage!
The Lord is calling us and offering grace, but you know that you cannot free yourself when you want. We must be available and prepare ourselves through sacrifice, renunciation, to open ourselves to grace.

THE CONFESSION
Fifth point, on the image, is the monthly Confession.
The Blessed Virgin asks for confession once a month.
It is not a burden, it is not a hindrance.
It is a liberation that cleanses me from sin and heals me.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Dear friends, I have spoken to you, I have put the word of Our Lady in your hearts. This was my purpose and my debt. I did not place these words to you as a burden but as a joy. You are now rich!
What does Our Lady want of you?
Bring with you, together with the face of the Mother of Jesus, who is also your Mother, a program for which you will be responsible.
There are five points:

Prayer with the heart: the Rosary.
The Eucharist.
The bible.
Fasting.
The monthly confession.

I have compared these five points to the five stones of the Prophet David. He collected them by order of God to win against the giant. He was told: “Take five stones and the slingshot in your saddlebag and go in my Name. Do not fear! You will win the Philistine giant. " Today, the Lord wishes to give you these weapons to win against your Goliath.

You, as I have already said, can promote the initiative to prepare a family altar as the center of the house. A worthy place for prayer where the Cross and the Bible, the Madonna and the Rosary become familiar.

Above the family altar put your Rosary. Holding the Rosary in my hand gives security, gives certainty ... I hold my Mother's hand as the child does, and I no longer fear anyone because I have my Mother.

With your Rosary, you can stretch your arms and embrace the world ..., bless the whole world. If you pray to it, it is a gift for the whole world. Put holy water on the altar. Bless your home and family often with blessed water. Blessing is like the dress that protects you, that gives you security and dignity protects you from the influence of evil. And, through blessing, we learn to put our life in the hands of God.
I thank you for this meeting, for your faith and your love. Let us remain united in the same ideal of holiness and pray for my Church that lives destruction and death .., which lives on its Good Friday. Thank you.