Message given to Medjugorje on April 2, 2016

“Dear children, do not have hard hearts, closed and full of fear. Allow my maternal heart to illuminate them and to fill them with love and hope, so that I, as a mother, lighten your pains because I know them, I have experienced them. Pain raises, it is the greatest prayer. My Son especially loves those who suffer. He sent me to ease your pain and to bring you hope. Have faith in Him. I know it is difficult for you, because around you you see only dark, always darker. My children, we must defeat him with prayer and love. Those who love and pray are not afraid, they have hope and merciful love, they see the light, they see my Son. As my apostles I invite you to try to be an example of merciful love and hope. Always pray, again, to have more and more love, because merciful love brings the light that defeats every dark, every darkness, brings my Son. Do not be afraid, you are not alone, I am with you. Please pray for your shepherds to have love at all times, to do works for my Son with love, through him and in memory of him. I thank you. "