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Reflection on the Message of December 25, 2003 I LOVE YOU ALL "Dear children! Also today, I bless you all with my Son Jesus in my arms and I carry Him, who is the King of Peace, to you, that He grant you His peace. I am with you and I love you all, little children. Thank you for having responded to my call." Message of December 25, 2003 The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Queen of Peace, tells us: “Dear children! Also today…” Also today, as during all these years for Christmas, the Mother of Peace comes to us carrying in her arms her Son Jesus, King of Peace. Also today, like the first day of the apparitions when the visionaries saw her for the first time on the hill called Crnica, Our Lady comes with the Child Jesus in her arms, as if she wanted to say: I bring Jesus to you and I lead you to Jesus. What do we need more? Let us desire the utmost; let us languish for that, because God does not want to give us a little but everything, not any kind of life but a life with Him, which begins already here. Nobody could imagine how many hearts - during all these years - would make their experience of God, of a new birth and of a rebirth here; as at the beginning so today. We also cannot measure or imagine the power and the depth of the love of God and of his patience with us. God is patient with us; he waits until we finally trust him, so that He may give us nothing else but Himself. This is why, for Christmas, it is important to look forward to somebody and not to something. Here, the Virgin Mary does not bring something to us. Peace is not something but somebody. It is a person who has a name; it is the King of Peace - Jesus Christ, the Newborn Baby. Let us not be content with mediocrity, tepidity, traditions and customs that go along with Christmas, but let us desire the essence of Christmas. When we arrive to that, then everything has a meaning: feast day garments, food and drink and all decorations that accompany Christmas, according to the proverb: “What is the use of speed if you do not have a goal?” The same applies to our faith. What is the use of all external religious customs if we do not know their foundation, the core and the meaning of all that? Christmas is a day that belongs to Jesus, and to us too. He is the one who has given us this solemnity, this feast. He, the King of Peace, did not come only to live with us but also to die for us to remain forever with us, to remain Emmanuel - God with us. God did it for us and for our salvation. Only the small and the humble ones discover God. So many of them discovered Jesus through Mary and through her presence here, among us. Only the humble ones see that the heart of child can see further than the heart of the adult. But the adults also can have a heart of child. The humble ones - those who have a heart of child - see that something incredible has happened among us, something that exceeds our intelligence, something majestic. Also for this Christmas, Jesus comes to tell us, that our sins are forgiven, that God has nothing against us, that He has come to lead us out of darkness, out of restlessness and out of confusion. He penetrated our tombs to lead us to life. He penetrated our hatred to introduce us to love. Jesus Christ - He is Christmas, indeed. God descended on our earth; He was conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Also today, He comes to us through Mary. When we look at a child, including the Child Jesus in the manger, it seems to us so fragile, so weak and so incredible. Just like His Church: weak, too human, sinful and frail. However, under external appearances is hidden the invincible force of heaven, which wants to live in each one of us, if only we allow it to approach us. Mary, the Queen of Peace, tells us again and again: “I am with you and I love you all.” She loves us all, whether we want it or not; she loves us, whether we receive her or not. If we receive her, it will be for our salvation and for a new life for us and for our neighbor. Let us pray the Lord that it may happen. Ljubo Kurtovic Medjugorje, December 26, 2003
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Razmiljanje uz zadnju poruku, 25. prosinca 2003 SVE VAS LJUBIM "Draga djeco! I danas vas sve blagoslivljam sa svojim Sinom Isusom u narucju i nosim vam Njega koji je Kralj Mira da vam on udijeli svoj mir. S vama sam i sve vas ljubim djecice. Hvala vam to ste se odazvali mome pozivu." Poruka, 25. prosinca 2003. Blaena Djevica Marija, Kraljica Mira obraca nam se: «Draga djeco, i danas » I danas kao kroz sve ove godine i Boice Majka Mira dolazi nam sa svojim sinom Isusom, Kraljem Mira u narucju. I danas kao prvog dana ukazanja kada su je vidioci, tada djeca, ugledali prvi put na Brdu Crnici, Gospa naa nebeska Majka dola je s djetetom Isusom u narucju. Kao da je htjela reci: Nosim vam Isusa i vodim vas Isusu. to nam vie od toga treba? Zato trebamo traiti i ceznuti za onim najviim, jer Bog nam ne eli dati malo nego sve, ne bilo kakav ivot nego ivot s Njim. A taj ivot zapocinje vec ovdje. Nitko ni slutiti nije mogao kolika srca ce kroz sve ove godine ovdje doivjeti svoj susret s Bogom, svoje novo rodenje i preporodenje. Kako onda tako i danas. Ali isto tako ne moemo izmjeriti ni zamisliti snagu i dubinu Boje ljubavi i strpljivosti s covjekom. Bog je strpljiv s covjekom i ceka ga kad ce mu konacno povjerovati da ga obdari nicim drugim nego samim sobom. Zato nam je u Boicu vano cekati ne neto nego nekoga. I Djevica Marija nam ovdje ne donosi neto. Mir nije neto nego netko. On je osoba koja ima svoje ime a to je Kralj Mira Isus Krist, novorodeni. Nemojmo se zadovoljiti prosjecnocu, mlakocu, tradicijom i obicajima koji idu uz Boic nego ceznimo za onim to je u svojoj biti Boic. Kad to znamo onda sve ima smisla. Onda ima smisla i svecano odijelo, i jelo i pice i svi ukrasi koji prate Boic. Kao to kae jedna izreka: «to ce ti u ivotu brzina ako nema cilja.» Tako je i s naom vjerom. to ce nam svi izvanjski vjerski obicaji ako ne znamo na cemu sve to pociva i koja je bit i smisao svega toga. Boic je Isusov i na dan. Ovu svetkovinu, svecanost On je ucinio za nas. On Kralj Mira nije doao samo ivjeti s nama ljudima nego i umrijeti za nas ljude kako bi ostao zauvijek s nama, kako bi ostao Emanuel s nama Bog. Bog je to ucinio radi nas ljudi i radi naega spasenja. Samo maleni i ponizni otkrivaju Boga. Toliki ponizni i maleni otkrili su Isusa po Mariji i njezinoj blizini ovdje medu nama. Jedino ponizni vide da djecje srce vidi dalje od srca odraslog covjeka. Ali i odrasli mogu imati djetinje srce. Ponizni, to znaci ljudi s djecjim srcem vide da se medu nama dogodilo neto nevjerojatno za nau ljudsku pamet, neto velicanstveno. Isus i ovog Boica dolazi reci nama da su nam krivice okajane, da Bog nema nita protiv nas, doao je da nas izvede iz tmina, nemira i izgubljenosti. Uao je i u nae grobove da nas uvede u ivot. Uao je u nae mrnje da nas uvede u ljubav. Isus Krist to je zapravo Boic. Bog je siao na nau zemlju, po Duhu Svetom zacet u utrobi Blaene Djevice Marije. On nam i danas dolazi po Mariji. Gledajuci svako dijete pa tako i dijete Isusa u jaslicama izgleda nam slabaan, nejak i nevjerojatan. Kao njegova Crkva, slabana, odvie ljudska, grena i nemocna. Ali, ispod te vanjske vidljivosti krije se nepobjediva snaga neba koja eli zaivjeti i u svakome od nas ako dopustimo da k nama pride. Marija Kraljica Mira nam po tko zna koji put govori: S vama sam i sve vas ljubim. Sve nas ljubi bilo nam pravo ili krivo, ljubi nas prihvatili je mi ili ne. Ako je prihvatimo biti ce to na na spas i novi ivot, nas samih i naih blinjih. Molimo Gospodina da se to dogodi. Fra Ljubo Kurtovic Medugorje 26. 12. 2003