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Reflection on the Message of January 25, 2005 PRAY FOR UNITY OF CHRISTIANS "Dear children! In this time of grace again I call you to prayer. Pray, little children, for unity of Christians, that all may be one heart. Unity will really be among you inasmuch as you will pray and forgive. Do not forget: love will conquer only if you pray, and your heart will open. Thank you for having responded to my call." Message of January 25, 2005 Today also, the compassionate heart of our Heavenly Mother is speaking to us. We are her children, and she knows well that we are still on the way towards our celestial fatherland. This is why she is coming to help us, so that we choose the way, which she took, to arrive where she is now. Mary calls us to prayer. Prayer is the precondition of realisation of all that God can wish for us, of all that He wants to give us. There is not another way towards God and the gifts of God except prayer. This is why Saint Theresa of Avila said: “If somebody tells you that there is another way towards God except prayer, do not believe in it.” Mary repeats assiduously and unceasingly this first lesson of faith and walking towards God. Through her messages and her apparitions, she is showing that she is walking with us. She is our Mother and the Mother of the Church, and this is why she invites us to pray for the unity of Christians, so that all may be one heart. The Mother knows that this unity is possible and that we can and must implore it from God. This unity is a gift of God, a gift which He wants to grant to his children. Today, on the feast of the conversion of Saint Paul, is ending the week of prayer for the unity of Christians. Our obligation, our prayer and our desire of unity of those who confess the faith in Christ should not however stop. January 19, 2005, at the general audience of Wednesday, our Pope said: “Since the reconciliation of Christians exceeds human forces and possibilities, the prayer expresses the hope which does not disappoint, trust in God who makes all things new. Prayer must be accompanied by the purification of the intelligence, of feelings and of memories. The unity is a gift of God, and must be beseeched unceasingly in humility and in truth.” Only Jesus Christ, the only foundation of the Church, can unite us. Saint Paul says this to us in his epistle to the Corinthians: “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.” The Holy Spirit, which guides the Church, also inspires it to pray for the unity of Christians in Christ, because it is in Him that we are one. Our Mother tells us that unity is possible, and that it will take place among us, insofar as we are ready to pray and to forgive. Mary also invites us to open our hearts, because God can come and bring his gifts only to an open heart. Prayer opens the human heart and makes it merciful and filled with compassion for all men, for each creature. Even in the midst of sufferings, prayer floods from such a heart, including for those who do evil. The world of today needs such hearts, opened and sympathizing, such prayers, which rise even in the midst of moaning. Ljubo Kurtovic Medjugorje, January 26,2005
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Razmiljanje uz zadnju Poruka, 25. prosinca 2005 MOLITE ZA JEDINSTVO KRCANA "Draga djeco! U ovom milosnom vremenu iznova vas pozivam na molitvu. Molite, djecice, za jedinstvo krcana da svi budu jedno srce. Jedinstvo ce biti stvarno medu vama koliko vi budete molili i pratali. Ne zaboravite: ljubav ce pobijediti samo ako molite i vae ce se srce otvoriti. Hvala vam to ste se odazvali mome pozivu." Poruka, 25. sijecnja 2005. Naa nebeska majka i danas progovara iz svog majcinskog srca koje suosjeca s nama. Mi smo njezina djeca i ona zna dobro da smo jo na putu u nebesku domovinu. Zbog toga nam dolazi pomoci kako bi izabrali put kojim je i ona prola te mogli doci tamo gdje se i ona nalazi. Majka nam se obraca s pozivom na molitvu. Molitva je preduvjet svega onoga to nam Bog jedini moe i eli darovati. Drugog puta do Boga i Bojih darova nema osim puta molitve. Zato ce i sv. Terezija Avilska reci: «Ako vam netko kae da postoji neki drugi put do Boga, osim molitve nemojte mu vjerovati.» Majka je uporna s nama u neprestanom ponavljanju te prve lekcije nae vjere i hoda za Bogom. Kroz sve svoje poruke i ukazanja pokazuje nam da hoda s nama. Ona je majka naa i majka crkve zato nas brino upozorava da molimo za jedinstvo krcana kako bi svi bili jedno srce. Majka dobro zna da je to jedinstvo moguce i da ga moemo i trebamo od Boga izmoliti. To jedinstvo je Boji dar koji Bog eli darovati nama, svojoj djeci. Danas na blagdan obracenja svetog Pavla zavrava tjedan molitve za jedinstvo krcana. Ali danas ne bi trebala zavriti naa obveza, molitva i naa cenja za jedinstvom svih koji ispovijedaju vjeru u Isusa Krista. I na papa Ivan Pavao II na opcoj audijenciji srijedom dana 19. sijecnja 2005. nam se obraca rijecima: «Buduci da pomirenje medu krcanima nadilazi ljudske sile i mogucnosti, molitva izrice onu nadu koja ne razocarava, ono pouzdanje u Gospodina koji sve cini novo. Molitva mora biti pracena cicenjem uma, osjecaja i sjecanja. Jedinstvo je Boji dar za koji valja neumorno moliti, u poniznosti i istini.» Samo nas Isus Krist moe ujediniti koji je jedini temelj Crkve. Na to nas upozorava i sveti Pavao u poslanici Korincanima: «Jer nitko ne moe postaviti drugoga temelja osim onoga koji je postavljen, a taj je Isus Krist. Naziduje li tko na ovom temelju zlatom, srebrom, dragim kamenjem, drvom, sijenom, slamom svacije ce djelo izici na svjetlo. Onaj ce Dan pokazati jer ce se u ognju ocitovati. I kakvo je cije djelo, oganj ce iskuati. Ostane li djelo, primit ce placu onaj tko ga je nazidao» (1Kor 3, 11 14). Crkva vodena Duhom Svetim potaknuta je njegovom snagom da moli za jedinstvo krcana u Kristu, jer je On onaj u kome smo jedno. Majka nas upozorava da je jedinstvo moguce i da ce se dogoditi i dogadati medu nama koliko bude s nae strane spremnosti na molitvu i pratanje. Pozivala nas je Marija na otvaranje srca jer samo u otvoreno srce moe Bog doci i u ljudskom srcu donijeti svoje darove. Molitva otvara ljudsko srce i cini ga milosrdnim te postaje gorljivo suosjecanjem za sve ljude, svako stvoreno bice. Takvo srce prinosi molitvu usred svih patnji, prinosi molitvu cak i za one koji su drugome cinili naao. Dananji svijet treba takva otvorena i milosrdna srca, takve molitve koje se uzdiu usred jecaja ljudskoga roda. Fra Ljubo Kurtovic