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Reflection on the Message of July 25, 2006 FIND TIME FOR YOUR SOUL “Dear children! At this time, do not only think of rest for your body but, little children, seek time also for the soul. In silence may the Holy Spirit speak to you and permit Him to convert and change you. I am with you and before God I intercede for each of you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Message of July 25, 2006 Our Lady is a Mother, and a mother walks with us who are her children, she thinks about us and takes care of us. At this time when many are thinking about or going on holidays Our Mother Mary invites us to true rest which is necessary for man. After returning from their missionary travels, Jesus said to his disciples: Go for a while in solitude, rest. Man requires rest. Life consists of work and rest. No work, even the hardest, tires a man. The thing that tires a man the most is life without order, various immoderateness and excesses. Mary knows that man is not only a body but also soul. We deceive ourselves if we think that only the body is tired and that only the body needs rest. We require complete rest. This means it is not enough to just rest the body. Many come back from holidays tired so that they need to rest from their holiday. This happens because man’s soul did not rest and was not filled with God’s strength. Total rest of the soul, body and spirit is achieved by being in silence and peace. Real and true silence is not the lack of outside noise and sounds. True silence is peace from sin and blame, freedom from dirty and rude words; it is deserting dark thoughts and bad plans. Overall rest is achieved only when we decide to be generous and forgive everyone. When we repent for our sins and decide to live differently. Jesus invites us: “Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I shall rest you”. Rest is the prayer of the Holy Spirit to help the soul, that He comes down and consoles our heart, to covert us and change us. Rest occurs in those moments when we are united with God who plans and holds our life in his hands. Rest is actually an encounter with our own soul. That is why we need moments in which we can stop so that our soul can catch up with us and come together with us. Rest is not just not working. Rest is the work of the heart and soul. When resting we allow the spirit to strengthen and fill us. That’s why resting on holidays away from God and prayers and the Spirit of the God means returning from holidays even more tired and burdened. Mother Mary invites us, her children, to find time for our souls and places of silence so that the Holy Spirit may rest in us all that is tired, heal that which is wounded, strengthen what is weak. If we truly love ourselves we will listen to the words and invitation of our Mother Mary who even today does not cease to speak and lovingly calls to us and suffers because of us and for us. Let the Holy Spirit with its light and strength enter our lives so that we may experience true rest and peace which is given to us by God. Ljubo Kurtovic
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Razmiljanje uz zadnju Poruka, 25. srpnja 2006 TRAITE VRIJEME ZA DUU "Draga djeco! U ovom vremenu ne mislite samo na odmor vaega tijela nego, djecice, traite vrijeme i za duu. Nek vam u tiini Duh Sveti govori i dopustite Mu da vas obraca i mijenja. Ja sam s vama i pred Bogom zagovaram za svakoga od vas. Hvala vam to ste se odazvali mome pozivu." Poruka, 25. srpnja 2006 Gospa je Majka, a majka hoda s nama koji smo njezina djeca, misli na nas i brine se za nas. U ovom vremenu kad mnogi misle na odmor i odlaze na odmore Majka Marija poziva na istinski odmor koji je potreban covjeku. Isus ce svojim ucenicima, nakon to su se vratili s misionarskog puta, reci: Podite malo u osamu, odmorite se. Covjeku je potreban odmor. ivot se sastoji od rada i odmora. Ne umori covjeka nijedan rad pa ni onaj najtei. Najvie covjeka umori ivot bez reda, razlicite neumjerenosti i pretjerivanja. Marija zna da covjek nema samo tijelo nego i duu. Varamo se ako mislimo da je samo tijelo umorno i da samo tijelo treba odmarati. Potreban nam je cjelovit odmor. To znaci da nije dovoljno odmarati samo tijelo. Mnogi s odmora dodu umorni tako da se moraju odmarati od odmora. To se dogada jer se covjekov duh nije odmorio i napunio Bojom snagom. Potpuni odmor za duu, tijelo i duh jest biti u tiini i miru. Prava i istinska tiina nije odsutnost izvanjske buke i zvukova. Prava tiina je mir od grijeha i krivica, sloboda od prljavih i nepristojnih rijeci, to je naputanje crnih misli i loih planova. Cjelovit odmor nastaje tada kada odlucimo biti plemeniti i svima opratati. Kada se pokajemo za grijehe i odlucimo drugacije ivjeti. Isus nas poziva: Dodite k meni svi koji ste umorni i optereceni i ja cu vas odmoriti. Odmor je molitva Duhu Svetom da pomogne dui, da On sam dode i utjei nae srce, da nas obrati i mijenja. Odmor su oni trenuci kad se zdruujemo s Bogom koji planira i u svojoj ruci dri na ivot. Odmor je zapravo susret s vlastitom duom. Zato su nam potrebni trenuci u kojima cemo zastati kako bi nas naa dua stigla i susrela. Odmor nije nerad. Odmor je rad srca i due. Kod odmora doputamo duhu da nas ojaca i ispuni. Zato odmarati se na odmorima od Boga i od molitve i Duha Bojega znaci vracati se s odmora jo umorniji i optereceniji. Majka Marija poziva nas, djecu svoju, da traimo vrijeme za duu i prostore tiine kako bi Duh Sveti mogao u nama odmoriti sve to je umorno, iscijeliti ono to je ranjeno, ojacati to je slabo. Ako istinski ljubimo sebe posluat cemo rijeci i poziv Majke Marije koja i danas ne prestaje govoriti i u ljubavi pozivati i trpjeti zbog nas i za nas. Neka nas Duh Sveti svojim svjetlom i snagom pohodi u naim ivotima kako bi doivjeli istinski odmor i mir koji daruje Bog. Fra Ljubo Kurtovic