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Reflection on the Message of May 25, 2008 I CALL YOU TO CONVERSION "Dear children! In this time of grace, when God has permitted me to be with you, little children, I call you anew to conversion. Work on the salvation of the world in a special way while I am with you. God is merciful and gives special graces, therefore, seek them through prayer. I am with you and do not leave you alone. Thank you for having responded to my call." Message of May 25, 2008 In many of her messages Our Lady has reminded us that the time we live in is the time of grace. For the past 27 years, millions of people from all over the world have been coming to Medjugorje, to this spiritual healing place, so that God may heal their hearts and souls. There are several examples of conversion in the Bible, such as is the conversion of the prodigal son (cf. Luke 15,11-32), or even a more memorable conversion of St. Paul (Acts 9,1-18), together with many others. Each conversion is a result of an event or an encounter, but not any kind of encounter. I am talking about the encounter with God. Saul was a persecutor of Christians in Jerusalem and the whole of Judea (cf. Acts 8-9). Once he went all the way to Damascus to arrest Christians. At the city gates Saul had the encounter with God, which he would remember all his life. That encounter changed him completely and made him convert. Saul, who had been a prosecutor of Christians, then became a disciple of Jesus and changed his name to Paul. Something similar happened to the apostles, too. A decisive moment for them was their first encounter with Jesus, after which they left everything and went to follow Jesus. Something similar happened to the saints, and something similar will happen to us if we search for God's will in our life through prayer. Our Lady calls us anew to conversion, which, in other words, means betterment. The majority of today's Christians have not seen the Lord in flesh, whereas this encounter is a prerequisite for a new beginning. After such encounter, everything changes, life becomes different and better. One should bear in mind, though, that after the encounter with God our crosses do not disappear. It just becomes easier to carry them. Those who have had the experience of meeting with God, become the salt, cabbage and the light of the world. They become instruments through which God's love and joy in this world are spread. We are all called to convert and continuously change in our path following Jesus. Conversion is a life-long process. Nobody can say that they have completely converted because there is always something we must improve, primarily on ourselves, not on others. Conversion is following evenly in Jesus’ footsteps every day, without negotiating. Conversion is a permanent task of the whole Church. It is not man-made, it is God's work. On our path God helps us and gives us special graces, as Our Lady says. These graces, however, need to be sought through prayer. One should show one's good will and love towards God who is merciful and kind, as written in Chapter 34 of the Book of Exodus: «The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands …» What we should discard first when we start saying our prayer is any kind of hypocrisy. Before God we must not pretend, lie or appear better. We have to be who we really are. We may be lying to friends or neighbours or keep up appearances, but before God we must take off our masks, as he knows us better than we know ourselves. The path of prayer is just like the path of conversion – long and hard, but no fruit is born without pain and effort. The bond between God and man that was previously broken is re-established through prayer. Our Lady encourages us and does not leave us all alone on this path. She stands before us as an example of prayer by means of which she takes part in the Father's intention to embody the Son of God. Together with Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may also say: «I am the Lord's servant. May it be to me as you have said.» In our prayer, let us think of the people in need, especially those who have lost their lives in the earthquake in China . Danko Perutina
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Razmiljanje uz zadnju Poruka, 25. kolovoza 2008 POZVANI NA OSOBNO OBRACENJE "Draga djeco! I danas vas pozivam na osobno obracenje. Vi budite oni koji ce se obracati i vašim životom svjedociti, ljubiti, praštati i unositi radost Uskrslog u ovom svijetu gdje je moj Sin umro i gdje ljudi ne osjecaju potrebu da ga traže i u svojem životu otkrivaju. Vi se klanjajte i neka vaša nada bude nada onim srcima koji nemaju Isusa. Hvala vam što ste se odazvali mome pozivu." Poruka, 25. kolovoza 2008 Na pocetku poruke od 25. kolovoza 2008. godine Gospa nas poziva na obracenje i kaže: vi budite oni koji ce se obracati i vašim životom svjedociti, ljubiti, praštati i unositi radost Uskrslog u ovaj svijet. Obracenje je potrebno svakom covjeku. To je proces koji traje cijeloga života. Pravo obracenje se sastoji u susretu s Bogom. Samo onaj koji je susreo živoga Boga može svjedociti drugima o tome susretu. Ljudski susreti puno puta ostaju na površini, dok se susret s Bogom dogada u dubini ljudskog srca i duše i ostavlja traga na cijelom covjeku. Svaki put kad covjek ne ljubi potrebno mu je obracenje. Svaki put kad covjek nije vjeran Isusovim rijecima potrebno mu je obracenje. Svako obracenje se sastoji se od dva koraka. Prvi korak se sastoji u tome da jedanput u životu moramo kleknuti pred Isusa i reci mu iz dubine srca i duše: Isuse ja se odlucujem za tebe, želim ostaviti stari nacin života, želim ostaviti sve grijehe i tako ocišcen poci zajedno s tobom. To je temeljna odluka za Boga. Drugi korak je, svaku vecer ponovno se preispitati: jesam li vršio Božje zapovijedi do kraja, što još mogu popraviti u susretu s ljudima, kako mogu više voljeti Crkvu. Samo ako napravimo ova dva koraka možemo ispravno koracati u duhovnom životu. Gospa nas je toliko puta pozivala i poziva na obracenje. Poziva nas da budemo svjedoci. Mi kao da nekako ostajemo gluhi i slijepi i mislimo da Gospa poziva samo one koji ne idu u Crkvu, one za koje mi mislimo da nisu dobri. Misli Gospa i na njih ali ona prvo misli na one koji se ponašaju kao farizeji, osuduju druge, prave se dobri, teško praštaju. Njima je potrebno korjenito obracenje. Gospa nam daje i sredstava. Toliko puta nas je pozvala na molitvu a u zadnjoj poruci nas ponovno poziva nas na Klanjanje Isusu. Bog želi one koji ce mu se klanjati u duhu i istini, a to znaci djelima i životom a na samo rijecima, jer Bogu ne trebaju naše rijeci, njemu treba naše srce. Potpuno posveceni mi možemo biti nada onim srcima koja nemaju Isusa. Ima bezbroj definicija što je covjek, a jedna od njih je: «Covjek je bice koje se nada»! Nada nama ljudima koji smo putnici na ovoj zemlji daje snagu da ne zastajemo vec da hrabro krocimo prema buducnosti. Naša nada se nalazi jedino u Isusovom imenu. Nada je uvijek usmjerena na buducnost, ljubav je ona stvarnost koja se treba dogadati sada a vjera nam pomaže da to ostvarimo. Mnogima se cini da se svijet uopce ne mijenja, pa se pitamo, kakva je korist od obracenja? Drugima se svijet uistinu mijenja, i to nagore. Sposobniji smo za potpuno uništenje svijeta nego li su to bili ljudi puno godina prije nas. Moramo se zapitati koja je uloga obracenja u našim životima? Ima li ikakva dobra od našeg obracenja? Drugima možemo reci: To ne znaci susret kakav možemo doživjeti s drugim ljudima; na primjer, susrecuci našu majku, bracu ili sestre ili pak dobre prijatelje na ulici. Naravno da bismo svi željeli imati baš takve bliske, osobne i dubinske susrete s Bogom, ali, opcenito, naši susreti s Bogom su drugacije prirode.Takoder se danas moramo zapitati vjerujemo li da je kraljevstvo Božje blizu? To je bio jedan od nacina opisivanja susreta sa živim Bogom. Danas vrlo malo ljudi osjeca da je Bog prisutan. Sve više i više ljudi postaje ateistima ili pak agnosticima. Ovaj život im je sve što imaju.Ali mi kršcani, mi koji slijedimo ucenje našega Gospodina, mi vjerujemo njegovim rijecima. On nam kaže da postoji život i nakon smrti. On nam kaže da postoji živi Bog s kojim možemo razgovarati kroz molitvu. On nam kaže da je put do tog novoga života nakon smrti ljubav koju pokazujemo prema bližnjima u ovom životu.Naša duhovnost cesto dolazi do temeljnog pitanja: vjerujem li ja u Isusa Krista? Ako vjerujem, onda na ovaj svijet gledam drugacije i trudim se praviti odluke u skladu s mojim vjerovanjima. Isus nam kaže da Boga susrecemo svaki put kada služimo drugima. Obracenje je, stoga, potrebno i važno svaki put kada ne budem vjeran Isusovim rijecima i njegovom pozivu na suživot s njim. Obracenje je potrebno kada izgubimo ljubav. Fra Danko Perutina