The
33rd anniversary of the first apparitions in Medjugorje is celebrated by next to
100,000 people. Medjugorje’s parish priest says that individual recognition of
the Medjugorje message precedes the Church recognition. Visionary Vicka
Ivankovic-Mijatovic asks for prayers for the seers.
Thirty-three years after the six Medjugorje visionaries had their first
apparition, great numbers of pilgrims gathered today to mark the anniversary.
Mass was celebrated in 18 languages.
“Today, the thirty-third anniversary of the apparitions in Medjugorje, next
to 100,000 faithful gathered from around the world” the regional newpaper Dnevni List, based in nearby Mostar, reports.
On
the occasion, Medjugorje parish priest Fr Marinko Sakota tells Radio Mir
Medjugorje that he views the internal change experienced by
pilgrims as the most important part of the Medjugorje phenomenon.
pilgrims as the most important part of the Medjugorje phenomenon.
“The
most important thing is that I personally recognize Medjugorje, by praying,
fasting, and going to Mass. And at the same time
that prayer changes us on the inside. It
is a recognition of Medjugorje’s corrrectness, and then the official Church will
officially recognize all the gifts and fruits. The
most important thing is that we recognize the (style of) life of Medjugorje” Fr.
Marinko Sakota says.
His comments come five months after the Vatican’s international Commission on
Medjugorje delivered its report to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the
Faith, the contents of which have remained unknown.
On June 23, visionary Vicka Ivankovic-Mijatovic issued a rare appeal for
prayers for the six Medjugorje visionaries:
“Tonight, when Our Lady comes to me, I will pray for all of you. But you
remember the visionaries sometimes and say a prayer for us as well” she said,
according to the Medjugorje blog site Crown of Stars.
http://www.medjugorjetoday.tv/10337/estimated-100000-attend-anniversary/
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