Apparition to Ivan on Friday , September 9th

This evening Our Lady came special happy.
She came with three angels and gave us this message:

Dear children, also today I invite you to pray.
Dear children, I invite you to sanctity of family,
pray in the family,
open yourself to the grace of Holy Spirit.
I intercede before my Son for each one of you.
Dear children, pray, pray!
Thank you for having responded to my call.

A lot of rain these days in Medjugorje but lot of grace and lot of joy also.

Yesterday we spent mostly on the Apparition hill. We prayed rosary together with so many Croatian who came to celebrate the feast of the exaltation of the holy cross, which is celebrated here in Medjugorje with the mass on top of Krizevac, first Sunday after birthday of Our Lady.
Even we had rain and truly got wet, nobody thought about leaving the Hill before prayers were finished. I always admire the zeal and faith of Medjugorje pilgrims. They truly give all and I am sure Our Lady gives a great graces in return.

This morning all went up the mountain. Mass was celebrated at 11 but many wanted to pray the way of the cross and find a good place in the shade and close to the Cross /those are not many to find up there/. I do not know how many people actually was there, I guess you will have to wait until we get official information from our parish office. But I can say that there were several thousands of pilgrims.

Also a mess was celebrated here at the church of St. James at 12, for those who are elderly and disabled, thus not being able to climb the mountain.

Homily in on the mount was given by father Branimir, which most of the English speaking pilgrims still remember from his Medjugorje days..
Homily in the church was given by father Tomislav, who actually did it in 4 different languages /with the little help of Lydia).

All in all , another special weekend in Mejdugorje, this wonderful Oasis of Peace.
I can not express all in this few lines, real joy is in my heart and cannot be put in words. All I hope is that you will be coming here very soon and became a part of these wonderful events.

May God bless you all!
Emanuel