UJelena: umbono ofihliweyo weMedjugorje
UJelena Vasilj, owazalwa ngoMeyi 14, 1972, wayehlala nosapho lwakhe kwindlu esezantsi kweNtaba iKrizevac. Wayeneminyaka eli-10 nesiqingatha kuphela xa weva ilizwi leNkosikazi yethu entliziyweni yakhe okokuqala. Kungekudala phambi kokuba enze umthandazo kuThixo "Owu Nkosi, ndiyavuya kwaye ndinombulelo ukuba ndingakholelwa kuwe, ukuba ndingadibana nawe ndikubone!". Nge-15 kaDisemba ngo-1982, uJelena wayesesikolweni, kwaye kumbuzo owawubhekiswe komnye ofunda naye, "Ngubani ixesha?", Weva ilizwi liphendula ngentliziyo yakhe: “Yiminyaka engamashumi amabini edlulileyo ishumi”. Emva koko, efuna ukubuzwa, weva kwa elo lizwi limcebisa ukuba ayeke… Umntu ongaqondakaliyo wayemxelela ukuba wayeyingelosi kwaye wamcela ukuba aqhubeke nokuthandaza yonke imihla. Emva kweentsuku ezilishumi apho ilizwi lesithunywa laqhubekeka limbizela emthandazweni, weva ngokucacileyo ilizwi leNkosazana Yethu lisithi kuye: "Andizimiselanga kutyhila iimfihlelo ngawe (njengakwezinye iimboni), kodwa kukukhokela wena kwindlela yokuzahlulela ". UJelena waqala ukuthandaza ngenzondelelo ngakumbi kwaye abanye abahlobo bahlanganisana ngeenxa zonke kuye belandela umzekelo wakhe.
NgoJuni wonyaka olandelayo "iqela lomthandazo" lasekwa, lincediswa ngokwasemoyeni nguFr. UTomislav Vlasic kwaye wakhokelwa ngu "Gospa" ngemiqondiso eyanikwa uJelena kunye nomhlobo wakhe uMarjana (naye wayefumene isipho sendawo ngePasika kwakuloo nyaka). Ngokuthe chu iNtombi Enyulu yabafundisa ukucamngca ngeBhayibhile, ukuthandaza iRosari eNgcwele becamngca ngeemfihlakalo zayo kwaye yayalela uJelena imithandazo emitsha yokuzahlulela kwiNtliziyo yakhe engafezekanga nakwiNtliziyo Engcwele kaYesu. Kamva le ntombazana yaqala kungekuphela nje ukuva Madonna "ngelizwi elimnandi nelicacileyo", kodwa naye ukumbona ngamehlo avaliweyo. "Kutheni umhle kangaka?" ngenye imini wambuza. “Kuba ndiyamthanda. Ukuba ufuna ukuba mhle, thanda! ”Yayiyimpendulo. Ukususela ngo-Novemba 1985, isipho sikaJelena sakhula. Ukusukela ngelo xesha waqalisa nokuva ilizwi lika Yesu, elazibonakalisa kuphela ukuba akhokele umthandazo xa iqela belihlanganisene. Isipho sokubonelela saphazamiseka xa uJelena wafudukela e-United States ukuba alandele izifundo ezithile zobufundisi, awaziqhubayo e-Austria waphetha e-Roma apho waphumelela khona. Kutshanje ugqibezele iphepha-mvume lakhe ngethisisi ka-Augustine. Nge-24 ka-Agasti 2002 watshata noMassimiliano Valente eMedjugorje kwaye nge-9 kuCanzibe ka-2003 wazala unyana wakhe wokuqala, uGiovanni Paolo.