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In
1982, the Church established a commission
to begin to evaluate the occurrences
at Medjugorje. As part of the initial
report, Father Tomislav Vlasic,
the local pastor, sent the Pope
and the Bishop of Mostar a letter
detailing what little information
is available about the secrets.
In the letter he states:
"According to Mirjana, during the
apparition on December 25, 1982,
the Madonna confided the tenth and
last secret to her, and she revealed
the dates on which the various secrets
will come to pass. The Blessed Virgin
revealed many aspects of the future
to Mirjana, many more up to now
than to the other seers. For that
reason, I relate now what Mirjana
told me in a conversation on November
5, 1983 I shall summarize the essential
things she said, without any literal
quotations:
- Before
the visible sign is given to humanity,
there will be three warnings to
the world. The warnings will be
warnings on the earth. Mirjana
will witness them. Three days
before one of these warnings,
she will advise a priest of her
choice.
- Mirjana's
testimony will be a confirmation
of the apparitions and an incentive
for the conversion of the world.
After these warnings, the visible
sign will be given for all humanity
at the place of the apparitions
in Medjugorje. The sign will be
given as the testimony of the
apparitions and a call back to
faith.
- The
ninth and tenth secret are grave
matters. They are a chastisement
for the sins of the world. The
punishment is inevitable because
we cannot expect the conversion
of the entire world. The chastisement
can be mitigated by prayers and
penance. It cannot be suppressed...
- After
the first warning, the others
will follow within a rather brief
period of time. So it is that
people will have time for conversion.
- This
time is a period of grace and
conversion. After the visible
sign, those who are still alive
will have little time for conversion.
For that reason, the Blessed Virgin
calls for urgent conversion and
reconciliation.
- The
invitation to prayer and penance
is destined to ward off evil and
war and above all to save souls.
- We
are close to the events predicted
by the Blessed Virgin.
- Convert
yourselves as quickly as possible.
Open your hearts to God. This
is a message to all mankind.
In addition to these remarks, Father
Tomislav added the following observations
in August, 1983: "They say that
with the realization of the secrets
entrusted to them by Our Lady, life
in the world will change. Afterwards,
men will believe like in ancient
times. What will change and how
it will change, we don't know, given
that the seers don't want to say
anything about the secrets." ugal,
1917
The
Apparitions of Our Blessed Mother
at Cuapa Nicaragua
I
asked her: "What is it you
want?" She answered me: "I
want the Rosary to be prayed every
day." I then interrupted and
said to her: "Yes, we are praying
it ... The priest brought us the
intentions of the San Francisco
parish so that we would unite ourselves
with them." She told me: "I
want it to be prayed permanently,
within the family ... including
the children old enough to understand
... to be prayed at a set hour when
there are no problems with the work
in the home."
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