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Reflection on the Message of January 25, 2008 JPRAY AND FAST "Dear children! With the time of Lent, you are approaching a time of grace. Your heart is like ploughed soil and it is ready to receive the fruit which will grow into what is good. You, little dhildren, are free to choose good or evil. Therefore, I call you to pray and fast. Plant joy and the fruit of joy will grow in your hearts for your good, and others will see it and receive it through your life. Renounce sin and choose eternal life. I am with you and intercede for you before my Son. Thank you for having responded to my call." Message of January 25, 2008 In her last message, Our Lady entices us to prepare our hearts in the incoming time of lent, which is a time of mercy. She invites us to fast, pray, and make acts of penance, which were always the main features of the lent. In the Old Testament, the penance was reduced mostly to external signs. Today it is mostly so, because during the Lent the faithful renounce food, drinks, sweets and cigarettes, and much less swearing, gossiping and other sins. Christian fast and prayer are the foundation of the collectiveness, because the whole Church is invited to fast, penance and prayer, especially in the time of Christmastide and Lent. Renouncing the material things is only one way of penance for the personal sins. It is the proof that we are ready to renounce something and share with the people living in poverty and squalor. In our preparation, we must not stop at the external signs. The prophets of the Old Testament saw it clearly and warned the people that the only true change is the change which happens in the heart of men. If we change the heart, we change the whole man. Only such change can lead us to the friendship with God and people. Only in such way, our heart will receive the fruit which will grow into goodness. God created us as free beings and everyday we make decisions. We can choose between the good and the evil. The Queen of Peace invites us to renounce the sin and to choose eternal life. This is the only right choice. Every time we choose the good side, we chose the side of God’s sons and daughters and our life is filled with joy. We live a full life. Life is sin is only survival and suffering, while the life in God brings joy and peace. Here on Earth we can already taste the true joy if we live according to God’s commands, and we will experience the full joy in eternity, when God will wipe the tears from every face. Then, “there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away” (Rev 21, 4). Jesus is our first role model, example, and teacher of spiritual life. Before his first public appearance, Jesus retired into the desert for 40 days, where he fasted, prayed and prepared for his first public appearance. Moses has spent the same number of days on Sinai, and also Eliah on Horeb. In the quiet and solitude, a man can better hear God, because he is not burdened by any disturbances. To go into the desert, to retire, even for longer period of time if needed, should not be justification for escaping people, obligations or job. It should be a privileged time in which we will be renewed in the vicinity of God, so we can live among the people and witness the Joyful news to them. Jesus is the lord of our life and our hearts. He can do what we cannot, for what we do not have the strength. Mary, “Mother of Church” and our mother, advocates us before her Son. Her advocating and mediating role she started during her life on Earth – at the wedding in Galilee Cana – and she continues with this role today, celebrated in the heaven. By coming here to Medjugorje, Our Lady wants to help us to unite more forcefully with our Savior and Redeemer. If we answer the call of the Queen of Peace and if we prepare with the fast and prayer for the meeting with Jesus, we will be able to participate in the celebration of Easter with clear heart and joyful soul. Fra Danko Perutina Medugorje January 26th 2008
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MOLITE I POSTITE "Draga djeco! S korizmenim vremenom vi se približavate vremenu milosti. Vaše srce je kao uzorana zemlja i spremno je primiti plod koji ce izrasti u dobro. Vi ste djecice slobodni izabrati dobro ili zlo. Zato vas pozivam: molite i postite. Posadite radost i plod radosti u vašim srcima ce rasti za vaše dobro i drugi ce ga vidjeti i primiti preko vašeg života. Odrecite se grijeha i odaberite život vjecni. Ja sam s vama i zagovaram za vas pred mojim Sinom. Hvala vam što ste se odazvali mome pozivu." Poruka, 25. sijecnja 2008 U zadnjoj poruci Gospa nas potice da pripremimo svoje srce u korizmenom vremenu koje se približava i koje je vrijeme milosti. Poziva nas prije svega na post, molitvu, djela pokore koja su uvijek bili glavna obilježja korizme. U Starom zavjetu pokora se više svodila na izvanjske znakove, a nekako je tako i danas kad se vjernici u Korizmi odricu hrane, pica, slatkiša, cigareta a manje se odricu psovanja, ogovaranja ili drugih grijeha. Kršcanski post i molitva su temelji zajedništva, jer citava Crkva je pozvana na post, pokoru i molitvu, osobito u vremenu Došašca i Korizme. Odricanje od materijalnih stvari samo je jedan od nacina pokore za osobne grijehe. To je dokaz je da smo spremni odreci se necega i podijeliti s onima koji žive u neimaštini i bijedi. U našoj pripremi ne smijemo ostati na izvanjskim znakovima. U Starom zavjetu proroci su to jasno uvidjeli i opominjali su narod da je jedina istinska promjena ona koja se dogodi u srcu covjeka. Promijenimo srce i promijenjen je cijeli covjek. Samo takva promjena može nas dovesti do prijateljstva s Bogom i prijateljstva s ljudima. Samo tako naše srce ce primiti plod koji ce izrasti u dobro. Bog nas je stvorio slobodne i pozvani smo svaki dan donositi odluke. Možemo birati dobro ili zlo. Kraljica mira nas poziva da se odreknemo grijeha i odaberemo život vjecni. To je jedini i pravi izbor. Svaki put kad se odlucimo za dobro mi stajemo na stranu Božjih sinova i kceri i naš se život ispunja radošcu. Mi živimo punim životom. Život u grijehu je preživljavanje i patnja a život u Bogu donosi radost i mir. Ovdje na zemlji vec možemo kušati pravu radost ako živimo po Božjim zapovijedima a potpunu radost cemo dostici u vjecnosti, kada ce Bog obrisati suzu sa svakog lica. Tada «smrti više nece biti; nece više biti ni tuge, ni jauka, ni boli, jer stari svijet prode» (Otkr 21, 4). Isus naš prvi uzor, primjer i ucitelj duhovnog života se prije svoga javnog nastupa povukao u pustinju cetrdeset dana, gdje je postio i molio i spremao se za svoj javni nastup. Mojsije je na Sinaju proveo isto toliko dana, kao i Ilija na Horebu. U tišini i samoci covjek bolje cuje Boga jer nije opterecen nikakvim uznemiravanjem. Otici u pustinju, povuci se, pa ako treba i na duže vrijeme, ne smije za nas biti opravdanje za bijeg od ljudi, obaveza ili posla, nego povlašteno vrijeme u kojem cemo se obnoviti u Božjoj blizini kako bi mogli lakše živjeti medu ljudima i svjedociti im Radosnu vijest. Isus je gospodar našeg života i našeg srca. On može uciniti ono što mi ne možemo i zašto nemamo snage. Marija «Majka Crkve» i majka naša zagovara nas pred svojim Sinom. Svoju zagovornicku i posrednicku ulogu zapocela je vec za vrijeme ovozemnog života - na svadbi u Kani Galilelskoj - i nastavlja je i dan danas proslavljena u nebu. Gospa nam svojim dolaskom ovdje u Medugorju želi pomoci da se jace sjedinimo s našim Spasiteljem i Otkupiteljem. Ako odgovorimo pozivu Kraljice mira i pripremimo se postom i molitvom za susret s Isusom, moci cemo cista srca i radosne duše sudjelovati na uskrsnom slavlju. Fra Danko Perutina