Vicka of Medjugorje on ten secrets: Our Lady speaks of joy not of fear

 

So, through the parish does Maria shift attention to the whole Church?
Sure. He wants to teach us what the Church is and how it should be. We have many discussions on the Church: why it is, what it is, what it is not. Mary reminds us that we are the Church: not the buildings, not the walls, not the works of art. It reminds us that each of us is part of and responsible for the Church: each of us, not just the priests, bishops and cardinals. We begin to be Church, as far as we are concerned, and then we pray for them.

We Catholics are asked to pray for the intentions of the Pope, who is the head of the Church. Did Maria ever tell you about him?
We must pray for him. And the Madonna has dedicated messages to him on more than one occasion. He once told us that the Pope feels he is the father of
all men on earth, not just us Catholics. He is the father of all and needs many prayers; and Maria asks that we remember it.

Mary introduced herself here as Queen of peace. In your own words, who knows are true peace, true joy, true inner happiness?
This question cannot be answered in words alone. Take peace: it is something that lives in the heart, that fills it, but that cannot be explained with reasoning; it is a marvelous gift that comes from God and from Mary which is full of it and which in this sense is queen of it. The same is true of the other gifts of Heaven.
And to say that I would give everything to transmit to you and to others the peace and other gifts that Our Lady gives me ... I assure you - Our Lady is my witness - that I wish with all of myself that through me also others will receive the same thank you and then make tools and witnesses in turn.
But peace cannot be talked about so much because peace must and can be lived above all in our hearts.

At the end of the second millennium, many expected the end of time, but we are still here to tell it ... Do you like the title of our book Or do we have to be afraid of some impending catastrophe?
The title is beautiful. Maria always comes like a sunrise when we decide to make room for her in our life. Fear: Our Lady never spoke of fear; indeed, when he speaks he gives you such hope, he gives you such joy. He never said that we are at the end of the world; on the contrary, even when he warned us he found a way to cheer us up, to give us courage. And so I think there is no reason to be afraid or worried.

Marija and Mirjana say that the Madonna has crying on some occasions. What makes you suffer?
We are going through a very difficult time for many young people and many families, who live in the most blind suffering. And I think Maria's main concerns are for them. All she does is ask us to help her with our love and praying with the heart.

In Italy a little girl came to stab her mother to death: could it be that Our Lady also appears to help us recover the figure of the Mother in our society?
When he comes to us he always calls us "dear children". And her first teaching as a Mother is that of prayer. Mary guarded Jesus and his family in prayer, it is written in the Gospel. To be a family, prayer is needed. Without it, unity is broken. Many times she recommended: "You must be united in prayer, you must pray at home". And not as we do now in Medjugorje, who are "trained" and pray for maybe one, two, three hours in a row: ten minutes would be enough, but being together, in communion.

Is ten minutes enough?
Yes, in principle yes, provided free of charge. If so, then they will slowly grow according to an inner need.