THE MEDJUGORJE WITNESS

• Jesus said to his disciples: “Look at the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns; yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you worth much more than they are?

 

Matthew 6 : 26

 

• The image above shows detail from the Mysteries of Light station at Medjugorje depicting the Transfiguration.

 

Take a closer look at the shape of the hand. You may even see the outline of a bird nestling in the palm of Jesus, its head and beak pointing to his wrist. The forefinger is the bird’s tail and the three other fingers represent one of its wings.

 

But when the image is rotated 90 degrees the hand forms the shape of another bird, the thumb its neck and head, the four fingers a feathered wing, symbolising the Holy Spirit as a dove.

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• Having made the crossing, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up. No sooner had they stepped out of the boat than people recognised him, and started hurrying all through the countryside and brought the sick on stretchers to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he went, to village, or town, or farm, they laid down the sick in the open spaces, begging him to let them touch even the fringe of his cloak. And all those who touched him were cured. Mark 6 : 53-56

 

• Where does Jesus send us? There are no borders, no limits: he sends us to everyone. The Gospel is for everyone, not just for some. It is not only for those who seem closer to us, more receptive, more welcoming. It is for everyone. Do not be afraid to go and to bring Christ into every area of life, to the fringes of society, even to those who seem farthest away, most indifferent. The Lord seeks all, he wants everyone to feel the warmth of his mercy and his love.

 

Pope Francis, July 28, 2013 

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• Dear children! Also today, I call you to prayer. Little children, prayer works miracles. When you are tired and sick and you do not know the meaning of your life, take the Rosary and pray; pray until prayer becomes for you a joyful meeting with your Saviour. I am with you, little children, and I intercede and pray for you. Thank you for having responded to my call.

 

Medjugorje Message, April 25, 2001

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• You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp to put it under a tub; they put it on the lamp-stand where it shines for everyone in the house. In the same way your light must shine in the sight of men, so that, seeing your good works, they may give the praise to your Father in heaven.

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Matthew 5 : 14-16

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• How does it happen that each of us hears these men speaking in his own language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people from Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya around Cyrene, as well as visitors from Rome – Jews and proselytes alike – Cretans and Arabs; we hear them preaching in our own language about the marvels of God.

Acts 2 : 8-11

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• I shall give you a new heart, and put a new spirit in you; I shall remove the heart of stone from your bodies and give you a heart of flesh instead.

 

Ezekiel 36 : 26

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Dear children! Today I thank you for all the sacrifices you have offered me these days. Little children, I invite you to open yourselves to me and to decide for conversion. Your hearts, little children, are still not completely open to me and therefore, I invite you again to open to prayer so that in prayer the Holy Spirit will help you, that your hearts become of flesh and not of stone. Little children, thank you for having responded to my call and for having decided to walk with me toward holiness.

 

Medjugorje Message, June 25, 1996

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• Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs giving them authority over unclean spirits. And he instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff – no bread, no haversack, no coppers for their purses. They were to wear sandals but, he added, “Do not take a spare tunic.”

 

Mark 6 : 7-9

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• Dear children! In your life you have all experienced light and darkness. God grants to every person to recognise good and evil. I am calling you to the light which you should carry to all the people who are in darkness. People who are in darkness daily come into your homes. Dear children, give them the light! Thank you for having responded to my call. 

 

Medjugorje Message, March 14, 1985

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• In Sacred Scripture, the faithful find a “privileged space for encounter where God continues to speak to the men and women of every time, so that, by listening, they can know Him and love Him.” 

 

Pope Leo XIV, February 4, 2026

 

source: Vatican News

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• Dear children! Today again I call you to become carriers of my peace. In a special way, now when it is being said that God is far away, He has truly never been nearer to you. I call you to renew prayer in your families by reading the Sacred Scripture and to experience joy in meeting with God who infinitely loves His creatures. Thank you for having responded to my call.

 

Medjugorje Message, September 25, 1999

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