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Liam Driver from England told us that Medjugorje completely changed his life. He found out about Medjugorje from his granny who used to regularly send him messages of Our Lady, and he came here in 2005 for the first time. Ever since that time he comes here and brings groups of pilgrims. He gave interview at radio Medjugorje and spoke about his life and fruits of Medjugorje: “My older brother who used to take drugs, came here, converted here and he is now a missionary in the USA. Those are all fruits of Medjugorje. It is not easy to live messages, but Our Lady says that if we completely surrender ourselves to Her, nothing is going to be difficult. I know that, as I used to work for media and that is what the young people believe in. They are all impressed by the media and not by the faith. Two-days seminar for girls attending the 1st and 2nd grade of high school was held in Medjugorje, organised by the Franciscan School Sisters from Mostar, and it was completed with the Holy Mass held on Sunday, January 18. The seminar was held in Domus Pacis house and 32 girls from Posusje, Ljubuski, Siroki Brijeg and Gorica-Sovici participated. The Franciscan School Sisters are conducting these seminars for nearly 25 years now. “The greatest encouragement to continue our work comes from feedbacks of these girls who gladly remember these seminars and come again always. On Saturday, January 17, at Srebrenica cemetery in Miletina, prof. Marko Vasilj was buried. He was the associated member of Radio station Mir Medjugorje for many years, born in Miletina, Medjugorje where he completed elementary school, while he attended Grammar school in Zagreb and Ljubuski, where he graduated. As a young student, he began to work as a journalist and in theatre. He completed the first year in Sarajevo, studying German language and literature, and he graduated in Zadar at the department of German and French language and literature. While working at radio Zadar and radio Zagreb, he started with culture and children’s shows, and for more than ten years he was the editor of Zagreb Radio II from Zadar. On Wednesday, January 21, we will commemorate the thirteenth anniversary of death of former Medjugorje parish priest and the founder of religious – humanitarian organization “Medjugorje – Mir”, Fr. Leonard Orec (born in Posuski Gradac, 1928 – died in Zagreb, 2002). Leonard served in Medjugorje from 1988 to 1991, in that period he served as a parish priest for more than one year. During those three years, he indeed left a permanent mark as a wise and experienced priest, and fervour promoter of Our Lady’s messages of peace and reconciliation. In 1992, he established humanitarian association “Medjugorje – Mir”, that is still active. Since 1997, Fr. Leonard was active in the General Curia of the Franciscan Order in Split, until 2001, when he got seriously ill. It was in those last days that he had celebrated his 50th Jubilee of Priesthood and then he died in Zagreb on January 21, 2002. He was buried on January 23, in Posusje. Hrvoje Miletić was the main celebrant in the church of St. James on Sunday, January 11 on the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord that concludes the Christmas Liturgy Season, and is at the same time the beginning of the liturgical year in the ordinary time. Hrvoje said in his homily: “St. John the Baptist and Jesus are very often in the centre of Gospels during the Christmas season. The baptism on river Jordan is the event of God’s revelation. What the stars had indicated to the Wise Men, and what the Wise Men had recognised, that is what the Heavenly Father had witnessed. He revealed Jesus was His Son before all those who were listening. Members of Totus Tuus community from Croatia were in Medjugorje from December 29, 2014 – January 3, 2015. Around twenty young people from Čakovec, Varaždin, Križevci and Osijek were in Medjugorje for the celebration of the New Year. It was five days retreat when they participated in the programme of Totus Tuus community as well as in the evening prayer programme in St. James’ church. The spiritual programme consisted of: prayer of the Rosary – prayer with the heart, Holy Scripture, fasting, Eucharist and confession, climbing of Apparition Hill and Cross Mountain, spiritual lectures of leaders, spiritual conversations and praise and worship. At the same time, the 2nd Totus Tuus Camp for Girls from the area of Mostar and Medjugorje was held with the theme “Guardian Angels”, when 30 girls led with 5 leaders participated. Every year apart from the regular seminars of fasting and prayer, there are various international seminars held in Medjugorje. Some of these seminars have at this point long tradition, while some were initiated only recently. They are intended for priests, lay people, leaders of centres, married couples, doctors and medical staff. The first seminar to be held this year will take place from March 2-6, 2015 and it will be the 22nd International Seminar for Organisers of Pilgrimages, Leaders of Peace Centres, Prayer and Charity Groups related to Medjugorje. The theme of this seminar is: “Peace be with you! (John 20,21) in Our Lady’s School”. The lecturer is Fr. Marinko Sakota, parish priest of Medjugorje parish. On Tuesday, January 6, 2015, the Feast of Epiphany was solemnly celebrated in Medjugorje. Along with the parishioners and local pilgrims, we registered groups from the United States and Italy. Four Holy Masses were celebrated in Croatian language and one in Italian and in English language. Hrvoje Miletic celebrated Holy Mass at 11 a.m. for Croatian pilgrims and parishioners in the packed church of St. James. He reminded us in the beginning that only Mathew’s gospel brings description of the visit of three Magi. „The Gospel today begins with remark that three Wise Men came to look for Jesus in Jerusalem. They did not go to Bethlehem, as they have not probably heard about Bethlehem, but they looked for Jesus in the centre of the religious and cultural life of that time. There were many pilgrims who arrived for the New Year’s Eve celebration to Medjugorje and we had opportunity to talk to two friends - Ivan Juretić from Rijeka and Dražen Kraljić from Omišalj, little place on Croatian island Krk. This is Ivan’s third time to arrive here for the prayer vigil to Medjgorje and for the last 23 years he has been involved in organising pilgrimages from Croatia to Marian shrines of Italy, Slovenia and Austria. This is what he said about Medjugorje celebration in this special period: „I think that New Year’s celebration is the most beautiful at two places in the world, in Rome and in Medjugorje. I love coming to Medjugorje privately, without obligations towards the group or other people, to receive spiritual strength. I feel many graces here.” This is Drazen’s fourth time to Medjugorje, but the first for New Year’s celebration. “I think that the world today is packed with various world offers that all fail to fulfil us and that is why so many young people come here to find and to discover here that spiritual treasure that will completely fill them up”, said Drazen. Yozefu – Balikuddembe Ssemakula comes from Uganda, but he is serving as a priest in the United States. He has been a priest for 21 years and lately he arrived to Medjugorje for his third visit. The first two times when he came here was together with other pilgrims in a group, but he felt that he needed to come alone, to pray here more on his own. He said that Medjugorje always gives him additional strength: In the last year there were 1 802 800 Holy Communions distributed, and there were 37 498 priests concelebrating at the Holy Masses. There were 65 baptisms of children (39 girls and 26 boys). There were 55 persons who died (23 female and 32 male); Married were 30 couples. There were 55 children who received the sacrament of the Holy Communion (34 girls and 21 boys); There were 79 young people who received the sacrament of the Holy Confirmation (32 girls and 47 boys). Apart from the parishioners, there were thousands of pilgrims that came to Medjugorje for celebration of New Year from all over the world and we registered organised groups from Poland, Ukraine, France, Korea, the United States, Ireland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Romania, Austria, Spain, Lebanon, Italy and Germany. Many young pilgrims arrived also from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ivan Landeka celebrated Holy Mass of Thanksgiving on Wednesday, December 31 at 6 p.m. with 60 priests concelebrating. It was gratitude for all goodness that dear Lord gave to this parish through the Queen of Peace. Josip Marija Katalinic led the prayer of Rosary. After Holy Mass, the members of Cenacolo community held performance of nativity scene outside the church of St. James. The prayer vigil began at 10 p.m. and Fr. Stanko Cosic led that prayer. The parish priest, Fr. Marinko Sakota, celebrated the midnight Holy Mass that was broadcasted live on radio and internet, while thousands of people gathered all around the church, outside altar and hall at the back of the church to praise and joyfully celebrate God. (photos) Parish priest of Medjugorje, Fr. Marinko Sakota, celebrated the Midnight Holy Mass in the packed church of St. James on New Year’s Eve. Here, we bring a part of his homily: “Dear brothers and sisters, we believe that new is possible, that new Heaven and new Earth are possible, as John wrote in the Book of Revelation. We wonder how does that happen, can this, new 2015 year be different for us, better or more beautiful? We usually tend to think that that will occur once the outer appearance is changed, when the others around us change, those in our family or those who are far from us, or once the politics is changed or the economical situation. That is all what we wish, but that is not enough. Perhaps we think that when we have a new car, or a new home, when we become someone in the terms of today’s society, which is what is most valuable nowadays... But, Our Lady is teaching us to something different here. She says: ‘Pray, dear children, and have more trust in me because I am here to help you and to lead you on the new way of your lives. I invite you to start changing your life and to decide for conversion, not just with words, but with your lives.’ The message is clear. I do not need anything new, I need to become new. Number of Holy Communions: 63 700 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 1395 (45 per day) In the previous 2014 there have been 1 802 800 Holy Communions given in the church, and total of 37 498 priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses. Many pilgrims, mostly young, arrived to Medjugorje for the prayer vigil and celebration of the New 2015th year. The prayer programme on the New Year’s Eve on Wednesday, December 31, begins with Rosary at 5 p.m. The evening Holy Mass of thanksgiving for the previous year will be at 6 p.m. and after the evening Holy Mass, community Cenacolo will have the live nativity scene performance outside the church. The prayer vigil before the Blessed Sacrament begins at 10 p.m., and the solemn Holy Mass will be at 11.30 p.m. The whole programme will be also broadcasted in the Hall of St. John Paul II, while radio Medjugorje will broadcast the whole event on the radio as well.
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Fra Hrvoje Miletić predvodio je večernje misno slavlje u crkvi sv. Jakova u Međugorju, u nedjelju 11. siječnja, na blagdan Krštenja Gospodnjega kojim se zaključuje božićno vrijeme liturgijske godine, a započinje „vrijeme kroz godinu". U propovijedi fra Hrvoje je kazao:: „U središtu Evanđelja kao i često puta u božićnom vremenu su sv. Ivan Krstitelj i Isus. Krštenje na Jordanu je događaj Božje objave. Ono što su zvijezde pokazale Mudracima, i što su Mudraci prepoznali, to je sam Otac Nebeski posvjedočio. Članovi zajednice Totus Tuus iz Hrvatske boravili su u Međugorju od 29. prosinca 2014. do 3. siječnja 2015. Dvadesetak mladih iz Čakovca, Varaždina, Križevaca i Osijeka u Međugorju su zajedno dočekali novu godinu. Pet dana duhovne obnove proveli su sudjelujući na Totus Tuus programu i večernjem programu u međugorskoj župnoj crkvi. Duhovni program obuhvaćao je: molitvu krunice-molitvu srcem, Sv. pismo, post, euharistiju i ispovijed, odlazak na Brdo ukazanja i Križevac, duhovne poticaje voditelja, međusobne duhovne razgovore i slavljenje. Istovremeno je održan 2. kamp za djevojčice iz okolice Mostara i Međugorja o temi „Anđeli čuvari”. Na kampu je sudjelovalo 30-tak djevojčica i 5 voditeljica. U Međugorju se tijekom godine, uz redovite seminare posta i molitve, održavaju i različiti međunarodni seminari. Neki od njih imaju dugogodišnju tradiciju, a neki su pokrenuti tek nedavno. Namijenjeni su svećenicima, laicima, voditeljima centara mira, bračnim parovima, liječnicima, medicinskom osoblju. U 2015. prvi takav seminar, Dvadeset drugi međunarodni susret organizatora hodočašća, voditelja centara mira, molitvenih i karitativnih skupina vezanih za Međugorje, održat će se od 2. do 6. ožujka. Tema susreta je: "Mir vama!" (Iv 20, 21); U Gospinoj školi. Predavač na seminaru je fra Marinko Šakota, župnik župe Međugorje. U Međugorju je u utorak, 6. siječnja 2015., svečano proslavljena svetkovina Bogojavljenja. Uz župljane, bili su nazočni i hodočasnici iz SAD-a i Italije. Tijekom dana slavljene su četiri svete mise na hrvatskom, te po jedna na talijanskom i engleskom jeziku. U 11 sati svetu misu u prepunoj međugorskoj crkvi predslavio je fra Hrvoje Miletić. Na početku propovijedi fra Hrvoje je podsjetio kako jedino Matejevo Evanđelje spominje pohod triju Mudraca: Među brojnim hodočasnicima na dočeku 2015. susreli smo u Međugorju prijatelje Ivana Juretića iz Rijeke i Dražena Kraljića, iz Omišlja na otoku Krku. Ivan je 3. put bio na molitvenom bdijenju u Međugorju. Bavi se 23 godine hodočašćima iz Hrvatske u marijanska svetišta Italije, Slovenije, Austrije. O dočeku u Međugorju je kazao: „Mislim da je najljepši doček Nove godine u svijetu na dva mjesta, u Rimu i Međugorju. U Međugorje volim doći privatno, bez obveza prema grupoi i ljudima, da se duhovno osnažim. Osjećam ovdje velike milosti”. Draženu je ovo 4. dolazak u Međugorje, ali na dočeku je bio 1. put: „ Mislim da je današnji svijet prepun raznih svjetovnih ponuda koje ne mogu ispuniti čovjeka do kraja. I baš zato mladi ljudi dolaze ovdje da pronađu duhovno bogatstvo koje će ih ispuniti u potpunosti”- kazao je Dražen. Svećenik Yozefu – Balikuddembe Ssemakula je porijeklom iz Ugande, no svoju svećeničku službu vrši u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama. Svećenik je 21 godinu. Ovih je dana boravio u Međugorju 3. put. Prva 2 puta došao je sa skupinom hodočasnika, ali je osjetio da treba što više biti sam, više moliti. Ističe da ga ovo mjesto na poseban način osnaži: „Kada sam došao 1. put nisam znao previše. Imao sam već tada jedno poslanje, misiju, a to je da molim za obitelji, za ozdravljenje obitelji. I dok sam bio tu, ljudi s kojima sam razgovarao su mi rekli: „Zar ti ne znaš da je Gospa nešto rekla o tvom poslanju, tvojoj misiji? Ja sam se iznenadio, nisam znao. U protekloj 2014. godini podijeljeno je u Međugorju ukupno 1 802 800 sv. pričesti, a na sv. misama je koncelebriralo 37 498 svećenika. U župi Međugorje u 2014. godini kršteno je 65 djece (od toga 39 djevojčica i 26 dječaka). Umrlo je 55 osoba (od toga 23 ženskih i 32 muških); Vjenčano: 30 parova; Prvu pričest primilo: 55 djece (34 djevojčice i 21 dječak); Krizmano: 79 mladih (32 ženskih i 47 muških). U Međugorju su u molitvi i pjesmi novu, 2015. godinu, osim župljana, dočekale i tisuće hodočasnika iz cijeloga svijeta, i to skupine iz: Poljske, Ukrajine, Francuske, Koreje, SAD-a, Irske, Češke, Slovenije, Rumunjske, Austrije, Španjolske, Libanona, Italije i Njemačke. Uz njih, na molitvu se slilo i mnoštvo mladih iz Hrvatske i BiH. Svetu misu zahvalnicu za 2014. godinu, u srijedu 31. prosinca u 18 sati, predslavio je fra Ivan Landeka, u koncelebraciji s 60 svećenika. Bila je to zahvala za sve dobro koje je Gospodin u ovoj godini po Kraljici mira udijelio ovoj župi. (slike) Međugorski župnik fra Marinko Šakota predvodio je svetu misu u novogodišnjoj noći u prepunoj crkvi sv. Jakova u Međugorju. Donosimo dio njegove propovijedi: „Draga braćo i sestre, mi vjerujemo da je novo moguće, da je moguće novo nebo i nova zemlja, kao što to piše Ivan u Knjizi Otkrivenja. Pitamo se, kako nastaje novo nebo i nova zemlja, i može li i kako može 2015. za nas biti nova, drukčija, bolja, ljepša? Mi obično mislimo da će se to dogoditi kada se vanjština promijeni, kada se drugi promijene, oni u našoj u obitelji i oni koji su dalje od nas. Kada se promijeni politika, ekonomsko stanje itd. Što naravno mi želimo, ali to nije dovoljno. Ili kad budem imao novi auto, kuću, više svega, ili kad budem postao netko u smislu današnjeg društva, ono što današnje društvo cijeni. No Gospa nas uči nečemu drugome. Ona kaže: 'Molite, draga djeco, i imajte više povjerenja u mene, jer sam ovdje da vam pomognem. I da vas povedem novim putem k novom životu. Pozivam vas da počnete mijenjati svoj život i da se odlučite za obraćenje, ne riječima, nego životom'. Broj podijeljenih sv. pricesti: 63 700 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 1395 (45 dnevno) U protekloj 2014. godini podijeljeno je ukupno 1 802 800 sv. pričesti, a na sv. misama je koncelebriralo 37 498 svećenika. Međugorje za molitveni doček Nove 2015. godine očekuje mnoštvo hodočasnika, uglavnom mladih, iz čitavoga svijeta. Molitveni program, na Silvestrovo, u srijedu 31. 12. 2014., započinje molitvom krunice u 17 sati. Večernja sveta misa zahvalnica, za proteklu 2014. je u 18 sati, a nakon svete Mise zajednica "Cenacolo" uprizoruje Žive jaslice na platou ispred crkve. U 22 sata počinje molitveno bdijenje pred Presvetim, a potom je svečana sv. misa u 23:30. I ove godine cjelokupan program moguće je slikom i tonom pratiti u velikoj dvorani Ivana Pavla II. Doček Nove godine iz župne crkve sv. Jakova u Međugorju uživo će prenositi i Radiopostaja Mir Međugorje. U Međugorju je u subotu, 27. prosinca, u dvorani Ivana Pavla II. održan Božićni koncert na kojemu su nastupili Tedi Spalato, Ivan Mikulić, TS „Vranac“, Jelena Kordić, klapa Luka, Veliki župni zbor Kraljice mira, Golubići mira, Frama Međugorje i Frama band, Stephen Yeseta, TS „Misercordia“, Monija Jarak, diplar Jure Miloš i glumac Robert Pehar. Okupljenima se obratio župnik fra Marinko Šakota koji je svima čestitao Božić i božićne blagdane. Za vrijeme koncerta na video zidu prikazivani su video prilozi s tradicionalnim božićnim običajima iz našega kraja, a koncert je završio zajedničkom izvedbom pjesme „Narodi nam se Kralj nebeski“, koja je, kao i sve ostale izvedbe, nagrađena zasluženim pljeskom mnogobrojne publike. (slike) Na posljednjem svakodnevnom ukazanju, 12. rujna 1998., Gospa je Jakovu Čoli rekla da će ukazanje imati jedanput godišnje i to 25. prosinca, na Božić. Tako je bilo i ove godine. Ukazanje je počelo u 14 sati i 40 minuta i trajalo je 8 minuta. Jakov je, nakon toga, prenio poruku: Draga djeco! Danas na ovaj milosni dan želim da svako vaše srce postane betlehemskom štalicom u kojoj se rodio Spasitelj svijeta. Ja sam vaša majka koja vas neizmjerno voli i brine se za svakoga od vas. Zato, djeco moja, predajte se majci da bi mogla svako vaše srce i vaš život položiti pred malog Isusa, jer samo tako, djeco moja, vaša će srca biti svjedocima svakodnevnog Božjeg rođenja u vama. Dopustite Bogu da obasja vaše živote svjetlošću i vaša srca radošću da bi mogli svakodnevno obasjavati put i biti primjer istinske radosti drugima koji žive u tami i nisu otvoreni prema Bogu i njegovim milostima. Hvala vam što ste se odazvali mome pozivu. U srijedu, 24. prosinca je Badnji dan. Posljednja ovogodišnja misa zornica je u 6 sati. Poslijepodne neće biti krunice na Podbrdu. Večernji molitveni program u župnoj crkvi započinje krunicom u 17 sati, a sv. misa Badnje večeri je u 18 sati. Na njoj sudjeluju svi svećenici. Zato je ispovijedanje toga popodneva samo od 16 do 17.30 sati. Poslije večernje svete mise, bit će uprizorene žive jaslice zajednice Cenacolo. U 22 sata počinje molitveno bdijenje koje traje sve do 23:20, a zatim od 23:30 slijedi sveta misa Ponoćka Zajednica Cenacolo već godinama uprizoruje žive jaslice za sve župljane i hodočasnike koji posjećuju Međugorje. Scenografiju čine štalica, svratište, građani Betlehema, domaće životinje, uvjerljivi kostimi i glumci amateri koji utjelovljuju Svetu obitelj, mudrace s Istoka i pastire. Uprizorenje betlehemskih događaja i Isusova rođenja možete pogledati na Badnjak i 31. prosinca nakon večernje svete mise. Žive jaslice će se uprizoriti i 28. prosinca, kada su Mladenci. Uz uobičajeni molitveni program, toga dana slavi se i sv. misa za djecu i njihove roditelje u 15 sati, a nakon mise bit će uprizorene žive jaslice.