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| A SIGN FOR THE RISING OF MANY IN THE WORLD, BUT REJECTED BY SOME. |
Some of the scribes and Pharisees spoke up. “Master,” they said “we should like to see a sign from you.” Jesus replied, “It is an evil and unfaithful generation that asks for a sign!” Matthew 12 : 38
Dear children! Today, I call you to become my witnesses by living the faith of your fathers. Little children, you seek signs and messages and do not see that, with every morning sunrise, God calls you to convert and to return to the way of truth and salvation. You speak much, little children, but you work little on your conversion. That is why, convert and start to live my messages, not with your words but with your life. In this way, little children, you will have the strength to decide for the true conversion of the heart. Thank you for having responded to my call. Medjugorje message, September 25, 1998
• I once spent a short time in the company of Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti, the Medjugorje visionary. I had compiled a list of questions to ask her, all which she duly answered. But it was her answer to my final question which made the most impact on me.
The question was: For those who are unable to travel to Medjugorje, for whatever reason, how does Medjugorje come to them?
I was expecting her to respond with an answer along the lines of having to pray and fast and make use of the Sacraments, but instead she replied: “Through you. Be an example – a good example.”
Our Lady speaks about “signs” in several of her messages. She says that Medjugorje is a sign in itself to all of us, and her long stay is also a sign of her immeasurable love. But mostly Our Lady invites us to become a sign of God’s grace in our lives, a sign of love. She says that when we surrender and unite with God, and work on our personal conversion, we become a sign of God’s love to others.
Little children, work on your conversion so that your example may be a sign and an incentive for conversion to others… Pray in such a way that your prayer, your surrender to God, may become like a road sign… If, with your life, you give an example and become a sign of God’s love, joy will prevail in the hearts of men… Become a sign to this peaceless world… Little children, be a sign to those who are far from God and his love…
There are many signs in this world that testify to God, but seeking and recognising Jesus in others is a sure sign of his revealing love and promise: “Seek and you shall find”. To love Jesus in others is to love Jesus within our own heart.
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| A NEW “SIGN” SEEN AT MEDJUGORJE |
