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The Blessed Virgin Mary calls her children again; she calls all those who want to hear her motherly voice and respond to the voice of peace. The call is given in love and leaves us freedom to accept it. In Our Lady’s motherly voice there is no intimidation, no threatening, no pessimism, no fear and no panic. Her voice and her words come from a heart that is pacified in God. She sees well the situation of the world, but she is not in despair because of it. She also sees well the crisis of the world, of men, of the family, of youth and of old people, but she also sees well the possibility of these same men to reach peace and to witness the peace that she gives us, and to which she invites us. Mary, our Mother, wishes to lead us to the experience of a heart full of peace that we can obtain through abandonment to God, without effort and without tension. This is what the psalmist speaks about: “Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and for ever.” We have to develop trust and exercise ourselves in trust in the Almighty who wants to give us this experience. Such an experience of trust and peacefulness is a treasure from which one can live and which can be given to others. I believe that each one of us has had the experience of an encounter with an aggressive person, but also with a person whose heart is pacified. We run away from those who are aggressive, we avoid them because they bring trouble and threaten our peace. On the contrary, we are ennobled by an encounter with a person whose heart is pacified, a person who makes no offence, utters no calumny, does not attack, has no hatred in the heart. We can feel that such an encounter make us take part in the peace of that person. The most frequent cause of peacelessness and tension is mistrust, which engenders a feeling of being threatened. Ladislaus Boros says in connection to this: “True Christianity knows the power of meekness, knows holiness of character, and the power of abandonment. A new strength enters into the world where those, who bear witness in their blood tremble in pain and still persevere without being revolted and without perverting their suffering by hatred, desire of vengeance or vanity. It is a great delight to encounter a truly meek person. She can set her seal on the entire life of another.” These are fruits of faith and of trust that the Holy Spirit produces in us. Faith bestows on our life relaxation and peace. To believe in someone means to have the possibility to come to know this person. If I do not trust someone, I cannot come to know this person, because I am closed. It is the same with our relationship to God. If I do not believe what Jesus tells me in the Gospel, I will never be able to make the experience of what He promises me by his word. Words of Our Lady’s message, just as the Gospel, may seem distant, idealistic and impossible to be put into practice in our lives. Our Lady’s message reminds me of Jesus’ words: “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” (Mt 5,48) At first sight, it is an almost impossible demand. The Gospel really demands from humans what is impossible for human strength. This impossible demand of the Gospel would like to lead us not to rely on ourselves but on God. Only then shall we have peace. If we try to put these demands into practice by our own strength, we shall be defeated and frustrated. Women in Africa usually carry loads on their head, and if they keep them in a good balance, they can walk many kilometres with them. If loads are not in a good balance, they will hurt their back after only a few meters. In the same way, we have to understand well the Gospel, which does not support loads, according to the words of St. John: “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” Let us rely on God. May He become more important for us then we are important for ourselves. Let us allow Him to take initiative in our lives, because it is more important what He does in us then what we do ourselves. Let us allow His love to touch us, so that His peace may come into our lives, our words, our encounters and our deeds. Medjugorje, January 26, 2003 Powered by www.medjugorje.ws0
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Razmiljanje uz zadnju listopada, 25. sijecnja 2003 MOLITE ZA MIR "Draga djeco! Ovom porukom iznova vas pozivam da molite za mir. Posebno sada kad je mir u krizi, vi budite oni koji mole i svjedoce mir. Budite, djecice, mir u ovom nemirnom svijetu. Hvala vam to ste se odazvali mome pozivu." Poruka, 25. sijecnja 2003. Blaena Djevica Marija iznova poziva svoju djecu, sve one koji je ele cuti i odazvati se majcinskom glasu, glasu mira. Poziv je upucen u ljubavi i slobodi prihvacanja. U majcinskom Gospinom glasu nema zastraivanja, prijetnje, pesimizma, straha ni panike. Glas njezinih rijeci dolazi iz srca smirenog u Bogu. Ona dobro vidi stanje svijeta ali zbog tog stanja ne ocajava. Vidi dobro i krizu svijeta, covjeka, obitelji, mladih i starih. Ali ona isto tako dobro vidi i mogucnosti tog istog covjeka da dode do mira i da svjedoci mir koji nam daruje i na koji nas poziva. Majka Marija bi nas htjela voditi iskustvu smirenog srca do kojeg se dolazi u predanju Bogu bez naprezanja i napetosti. O tome nam govori psalmist: «Gospodine, ne gordi se moje srce niti se oci uznose. Ne idem za stvarima velikim ni za cudima to su iznad mene. Ne, ja sam se smirio, i upokojio duu svoju; kao dojence na grudima majke, kao dojence dua je moja u meni. U Gospodina se, Izraele, uzdaj od sada dovijeka» (Ps 131). Potrebno nam je razvijati i vjebati se u povjerenju u Svemogucega koji nam to iskustvo eli darovati. Takvo iskustvo povjerenja i smirenosti jest blago od kojega se ivi i koje se onda daruje drugima. Vjerujem da smo svi imali iskustvo susreta s agresivnom osobom ali i s osobom koja je smirena srca. Od agresivnih bjeimo, sklanjamo se jer ugroavaju na mir i unose nemir. Medutim, susret s osobom smirenog srca, osobom koja ne vrijeda, ne klevece, ne napada, ne mrzi oplemenjuje nas same. Osjetimo da smo iz tog susreta i mi primili od tog mira druge osobe. Najceci uzrok nemira i napetosti jest nepovjerenje koje rada osjecajem ugroenosti. Kako rece Ladislaus Boros: «Pravo krcanstvo znalo je za snagu blagosti, za sveti karakter i snagu predanja. Gdje se svjedoci krvlju tresu u boli a ipak ustraju, a da se ne bune ni protiv koga, niti da svoje trpljenje iskvare u mrnji i elji za osvetom ili tatini, tu u svijet stupa neka nova snaga. Velika je sreca susresti uistinu blagu osobu. Ona moe opecatiti cijeli ivot.» To su plodovi vjere, povjerenja i Duha Bojega koje on u nama izvodi. Vjera daruje naem ivotu oputenost i mir. Vjerovati nekome znaci biti u mogucnosti poznavati tu osobu. Ako nekome ne vjerujem ne mogu ga upoznati jer sam prema njemu zatvoren. Tako je i u odnosu prema Bogu. Ako ne vjerujem Isusu to mi govori u Evandelju nikada necu moci iskusiti ono to mi on obecaje po svojoj rijeci. Gospine rijeci poruke, kao i evandelje, mogu izgledati daleke, idealne i nemoguce za ostvariti u ivotu. Ova Gospina poruka me podsjeca na Isusove rijeci: «Budite savreni kao to je savren Otac va nebeski». Na prvi pogled gotovo nemoguc zahtjev. Evandelje uistinu od covjeka zahtjeva nemoguce ljudskim snagama. Ova nemogucnost evandelja bi nas htjela dovesti do toga da se ne oslanjamo na sebe nego na Boga. I tek tada cemo imati mir. Ako pokuamo te zahtjeve ostvariti svojim snagama bit cemo poraeni i frustrirani. ene u Africi po obicaju nose teret na glavi i ako ga ispravno dre u ravnotei moe s njim kilometrima koracati. Ako to ne cini, jedva ce ici nekoliko metara a da ne ozlijedi leda. Potrebno nam je na ispravan nacin shvatiti i evandelje koje ne podnosi teret. Kao to kae sv. Ivan: «Jer ljubav je Boja ovo: zapovijedi njegove cuvati. A zapovijedi njegove nisu teke» (1 Iv 5, 3). Oslonimo se na Boga. Neka nam On postane vaniji od nas samih. Dopustimo mu da On ima inicijativu u naem ivotu, jer je vanije to on cini u nama nego to mi cinimo. Dopustimo mu da nas Njegova ljubav dotakne kako bi njegov mir mogao doci u nae ivote, rijeci, susrete i djela. Fra Ljubo Kurtovic Madugorje 26. 01. 2003