The weary and overburdened...

Very visible outside most of the souvenir shops in Medjugorje are the stimulants many of the young sales girls fall back on to work the long hours demanded of them: caffeine, nicotine and sacharine... Most of the shops are open before 9.00am and remain so until late at night, some up until midnight.

Dear children! I call you again to prayer with the heart. Let prayer, dear children, be your every day food in a special way when your work in the fields is so wearing you out that you cannot pray with the heart. Pray, and then you shall overcome even every weariness. Prayer will be your joy and your rest. Thank you for having responded to my call. Medjugorje message, May 30, 1985

Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will; give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light. Matthew 11 : 25-27