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Reflection on the Message of December 25, 2006 JESUS IS YOUR PEACE "Dear children! Also today I bring you the newborn Jesus in my arms. He who is the King of Heaven and earth, He is your peace. Little children, no one can give you peace as He who is the King of Peace. Therefore, adore Him in your hearts, choose Him and you will have joy in Him. He will bless you with His blessing of peace. Thank you for having responded to my call." Message of December 25, 2006 In the Christmas messages that the Virgin Mary has been giving us, she has spoken about peace and called us to it: "Dear children! Also today I bring you little Jesus, who is the King of Peace, in my arms to bless you with His peace. I call you to be my carriers of peace in this peaceless world. I am bringing Jesus, the King of Peace, to grant you His peace. Put the little Newborn Jesus in the first place in your life. In a special way I bless you, little children, with a blessing of little Jesus. Let Him fill you with His peace. Christmas is the utmost manifestation of the love of God. "But when the goodness of God our Saviour and His love to man appeared" (Tit 3, 4). It is dew fallen from the sky at Christmas, tenderness raining from above. Evangelist Luke describes that a great heavenly army joined the angel and praised God: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favour rests" (Lk 2, 14). With their song the angels express the meaning of what happened, saying that the glory of God is materialized through the birth of the Child bringing peace to people. In the biblical sense peace refers to a whole of all things, particularly to forgiveness of sins and the gift of God's Spirit. The biblical expression for peace is close to the expression "grace". The peace granted by God stands for much more than a mere absence or elimination of wars and conflicts among men. It stands for a re-established, peaceful relationship of a son towards God, that is, in one word, salvation. Justified by faith – an Apostle says – we are in peace with God. In this sense, peace is identified with the very person of Christ. "For He Himself is our only peace" (Eph 2, 14). The Virgin Mary continues coming and bringing us Jesus just as she did when she came and appeared on Apparition Hill for the first time, with the Baby Jesus in her arms. Our Lady's words and presence are neither loud nor unusual or noneveryday. Her presence with us here and among us is hidden in the commonness of the human word and simplicity. God is revealing Himself in the commonness and simplicity of a child. Jesus remains with us dressed and hidden in the simplicity of the Eucharist bread. And it is precisely this simplicity where the omnipotence of God's love and closeness resides. This greatness and omnipotence is capable of creating new life and transforming the hearts of men. The words of Our Lady are nothing new or unfamiliar. They are a reminder of the wisdom and truth of God's word. The Virgin Mary is full of grace and full of God. She has emptied herself completely in order for God to reside in her fully. She is all turned to God. Therefore, she speaks to us: "Adore Him in your hearts, choose Him, no on can grant you peace as He can, and you will have joy in Him." Let this happen in our lives every day, not only at this Christmas. Ljubo Kurtovic
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Razmiljanje uz zadnju Poruka, 25. prosinca 2006 ISUS JE VA MIR "Draga djeco! I danas vam nosim Novorodenog Isusa u narucju. On koji je Kralj neba i zemlje, On je va mir. Nitko vam, djecice, ne moe dati mir kao On koji je Kralj mira. Zato Mu se poklonite u svojim srcima, izaberite Ga i imat cete radost u Njemu. On ce vas blagosloviti svojim blagoslovom mira. Hvala vam to ste se odazvali mome pozivu." Poruka, 25. prosinca 2006. Djevica Marija u svojim porukama koje nam je upucivala za Boic govorila je i pozivala nas na mir: Draga djeco, i danas vam nosim u narucju malog Isusa Kralja mira da vas blagoslovi svojim mirom. Pozivam vas da budete moji nositelji mira u ovom nemirnom svijetu. Nosim vam Isusa Kralja Mira da vam on udijeli svoji mir. Stavite malog Novorodenog Isusa na prvo mjesto u svom ivotu. Na poseban nacin, djecice, dajem vam blagoslov maloga Isusa. Neka vas On ispuni svojim mirom. Boic je najvece ocitovanje Boje ljubavi. Ocitova se dobrota Boga, naega Spasitelja, i njegova ljubav prema ljudima (Tit 3, 4). Ovo je rosa koja je na Boic pala s neba, njenost koja je kiila odozgo. Evandelist Luka izvjecuje kako se andelu pridruilo mnotvo vojske nebeske koja je hvalila Boga: Slava Bogu na visini i na zemlji mir ljudima koje ljubi (Lk 2, 14). Svojom pjesmom andeli izraavaju smisao onoga to se je dogodilo, izjavljuju da rodenje Djeteta ostvaruje Boju slavu i donosi mir ljudima. Mir, prema biblijskom znacenju oznacava cjelinu svih dobara, posebno oprotenje grijeha i dar Duha Bojega. Biblijski izraz za mir vrlo je bliska izrazu milost. Mir koji Bog daruje oznacuje mnogo vie nego li odsutnost ili odstranjenje ratova i ljudskih sukoba. Oznacuje ponovno uspostavljen, miran i sinovski odnos prema Bogu, to jest, jednom rijeci, spasenje. Opravdani vjerom kae Apostol u miru smo s Bogom. U ovom smislu mir se poistovjecuje sa samom Kristovom osobom. On je, naime, na jedini mir (Ef 2, 14). Kao prvog dana ukazanja, kad je Djevica Marija prvi put dola i ukazala se na Podbrdu s Djetetom Isusom u narucju tako i danas dolazi donoseci i darujuci nam Isusa. Gospine rijeci i prisutnost nisu bucne niti su neobicne i nesvakidanje. Njezina prisutnost ovdje s nama i medu nama skrivena je u obicnost ljudske rijeci i jednostavnosti. Bog nam dolazi u obicnosti i jednostavnosti djeteta. Isus ostaje s nama obucen i skriven u jednostavnosti euharistijskog kruha. Upravo iza te jednostavnosti krije se svemoc Boje ljubavi i blizine. Ta velicina i svemoc sposobna je stvarati novi ivot i preobraavati ljudska srca. Gospine rijeci nisu nita novo i nepoznato nego podsjecanje na mudrost i istinu Boje rijeci. Djevica Marija, puna je milosti i puna je Boga. Ona se potpuno ispraznila da bi u Njoj Bog mogao potpuno boraviti. Ona je sva okrenuta Bogu. Zato nam govori: Poklonite se Mom Sinu u svojim srcima, izaberite Ga, nitko vam ne moe dati mir kao On, imat cete radost u Njemu. Neka se to dogodi i u naim ivotima ne samo za ovaj Boic, nego svaki dan. Fra Ljubo Kurtovic