tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76867058408834885152024-03-05T00:00:14.874-08:00Medjugorje Book ReviewsReviews of Medjugorje books and DVDs, as well as Our Lady of Medjugorje's monthly messages.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686705840883488515.post-7221988273240376962012-12-19T19:44:00.000-08:002012-12-19T19:47:27.176-08:005 Reasons to read Medjugorje: What's Happening? by James Mulligan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, it's been a long hiatus in writing a review of a Medjugorje-themed book. It's great to be back and spreading the Gospel, through recommendations of resources about the reported apparitions of Our Lady of Medjugorje.<br />
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I hope, in the meantime, you've been taking to heart Our Lady of Medjugorje's monthly messages. If you would like to receive the messages in a vivid email format, you can join my mailing list, in the right column of this blog.<br />
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Today's post is about a book I just finished reading this week: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1557259585/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=erhasmypa-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1557259585" target="_blank"><i>Medjugorje: What's Happening?</i>, by Fr. James Mulligan</a>. Below are 5 reasons I think you'll enjoy this book.<br />
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<b>1. Offers the most complete history of Medjugorje I've found. </b>If you're someone who knows generally about Medjugorje, but has questions about it, such as "Where does the Vatican stand? What did Pope John Paul II and what does Pope Benedict XVI think about these supposed apparitions? Why did God choose this little village to appear? What does Mary look like, when she appears to the visionaries?", all of these questions and many more are answered in this book. The book actually starts with a thorough and early history of the region around Medjugorje - putting into perspective how the region came to have a strong Christian faith - and going right up into 2011, with the latest occurrences. I have not seen such a complete encapsulation of everything Medjugorje in any other resource.<br />
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<b>2. Addresses the good, the bad, and the ugly. </b>Medjugorje is not without its share of controversy, including the fact that its local bishop does not approve of the apparitions and there have been many outspoken against them. This book thoroughly addresses the main opponents of Medjugorje and lends their perspective. I think this is important, because it's healthy to be skeptical about reported apparitions and most accounts of Medjugorje avoid the questions of why should we believe and perhaps push too hard to get the reader to believe without asking questions. Fr. Mulligan doesn't shy away from those questions, or at least why others are asking them.<br />
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<b>3. Put in perspective of other Marian apparitions. </b>You might believe in Fatima, Lourdes, Guadalupe, and other Marian apparitions. Fr. Mulligan takes us through the main components of those previously-approved apparitions and how Medjugorje compares.<br />
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<b>4. Good interviews with the visionaries.</b> I think, like anyone interested in the reported Medjugorje apparitions, you have questions you would love to ask the visionaries. Fr. Mulligan interviewed each of them individually but presents different sets of questions for each visionary (instead of presenting the same questions asked to each). I found this a really nice way to learn a lot about Our Lady of Medjugorje and why she is reportedly giving messages from Heaven.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686705840883488515.post-13525774068865577752012-12-08T05:31:00.002-08:002012-12-08T05:31:58.893-08:00Our Lady of Medjugorje's Latest Message - December 2nd, 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;"><span style="background-color: white;">"Dear children! In this time of grace, I call all of you to renew prayer. Open yourselves to Holy Confession so that each of you may accept my call with the whole heart. I am with you and I protect you from the ruin of sin, but you must open yourselves to the way of conversion and holiness, that your heart may burn out of love for God. Give Him time and He will give Himself to you and thus, in the will of God you will discover the love and the joy of living. Thank you for having responded to my call."</span></em></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686705840883488515.post-50356774790294590652012-11-02T20:00:00.000-07:002012-11-02T20:00:02.967-07:00Our Lady of Medjugorje's November 2nd, 2012 Message<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><i>"Dear children, as a mother I implore you to persevere as my apostles. I am praying to my Son to give you Divine wisdom and strength. I am praying that you may discern everything around you according to God’s truth and to strongly resist everything that wants to distance you from my Son. I am praying that you may witness the love of the Heavenly Father according to my Son. My children, great grace has been given to you to be witnesses of God’s love. Do not take the given responsibility lightly. Do not sadden my motherly heart. As a mother I desire to rely on my children, on my apostles. Through fasting and prayer you are opening the way for me to pray to my Son for Him to be beside you and for His name to be holy through you. Pray for the shepherds because none of this would be possible without them. Thank you."</i></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686705840883488515.post-10011867407856425822012-09-25T11:44:00.002-07:002012-09-25T11:45:06.250-07:00Our Lady of Medjugorje's Message - September 25th, 2012<div style="text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686705840883488515.post-59639580666925790372012-08-27T08:41:00.003-07:002012-08-27T08:41:46.218-07:00Our Lady of Medjugorje's August 25th, 2012 Message<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686705840883488515.post-36591144879980618892012-08-01T15:31:00.000-07:002012-08-01T15:31:14.219-07:00Book Review - She Called My Name by Don and Judy Bailey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was attracted to it because the story (about Protestants coming to learn about and heed the messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje) sounded a lot like a story I love (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/155725009X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=155725009X&linkCode=as2&tag=erhasmypa-20" target="_blank"><i>Medjugorje: The Message</i>, by Wayne Weible</a>). </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />In Weible's account, he lays out both subtle and extraordinary life occurrences which lead to his conversion of heart. Though amazing, Weible's storytelling and humility are, well ... believable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1619048728/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1619048728&linkCode=as2&tag=erhasmypa-20" target="_blank">She Called My Name</a></i>, the stories are so far out of this world that, after reading it, I'm left with this feeling that I don't know whether or not I should trust what I just read. The book even begins with a foreword from their family therapist (Don and Judy had some marital issues) which is basically telling us we should believe what we are about to read because he's known them for many years. But, ironically, it left a weird taste in my mouth to have the book preempted by such a statement. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe in trusting my gut instinct and my gut instinct on this one is that some of this material might have been sensationalized or fabricated. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The stories Don and Judy laid out in this book are unlike anything I've heard about in any Medjugorje conversion story. The stuff Don sees in the sky, the voices he hears in his truck, the conversation with Jesus he apparently has while in Medjugorje ... They're all things I <i>want </i>to be real, but so mind-blowing that I don't know what to think.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sat on writing this review for a couple of months, too. I wanted time to digest the story and to see if I felt any better about it. I decided I would tell you about the book and my impressions of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just remember that the truth is that I don't know. Only Don and Judy know. If their story is real, may God bless them as they continue to spread the word about it (and I truly mean that). We do know that <i>all</i> things are possible through God. And I do believe the stories of Medjugorje sun miracles, disappearing crosses, and apparitions of the Virgin Mary. So why couldn't this be real, as well?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Dear children, I am continuously among you because, with my endless love, I desire to show you the door of Heaven. I desire to tell you how it is opened: through goodness, mercy, love and peace - through my Son. Therefore, my children, do not waste time on vanities. Only knowledge of the love of my Son can save you. Through that salvific love and the Holy Spirit He chose me and I, together with Him, am choosing you to be apostles of His love and will. My children, great is the responsibility upon you. I desire that by your example you help sinners regain their sight, enrich their poor souls and bring them back into my embrace. Therefore, pray, pray, fast and confess regularly. If receiving my Son in the Eucharist is the center of your life then do not be afraid, you can do everything. I am with you. Every day I pray for the shepherds and I expect the same of you. Because, my children, without their guidance and strengthening through their blessing, you cannot do it. Thank you."</span></i></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686705840883488515.post-52771784889161273022012-05-05T07:29:00.001-07:002012-05-05T07:29:42.553-07:00Our Lady of Medjugorje's May 2nd, 2012 Message<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">The visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo had daily apparitions from June 24th 1981 to December 25th 1982. During the last daily apparition, Our Lady gave her the 10th secret, and told her that she would appear to her once a year, on the 18th of March. It has been this way through the years. Several thousand pilgrims gathered in prayer of the Rosary at the 'Blue Cross'. The apparition lasted from 14:00 to 14:05.</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;" /><i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">"Dear children! I am coming among you because I desire to be your mother - your intercessor. I desire to be the bond between you and the Heavenly Father - your mediatrix. I desire to take you by the hand and to walk with you in the battle against the impure spirit. My children, consecrate yourselves to me completely. I will take your lives into my motherly hands and I will teach them peace and love, and then I will give them over to my Son. I am asking of you to pray and fast because only in this way will you know how to witness my Son in the right way through my motherly heart. Pray for your shepherds that, united in my Son, they can always joyfully proclaim the Word of God. Thank you."</span> </i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686705840883488515.post-81822533047925266582012-02-25T11:05:00.000-08:002012-02-25T11:05:34.777-08:00Book Review - Medjugorje and The Family<div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The author, <a href="http://www.markmiravalle.com/biography_mark_miravalle/" target="_blank">Dr. Miraville</a>, is a Mariologist who teaches at the Franciscan University of Steubenville and is a father of eight children. He wrote this book as a guide for families seeking help in living Our Lady of Medjugorje's messages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has paid instant dividends in my own life, on two fronts. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of those is prayer with my wife.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our greatest takeaway from our recent pilgrimage to Medjugorje was that it is <i>imperative </i>to pray together. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This has been no easy task for us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bottom line is that we have different styles of praying, with one of us feeling more meditative when praying swiftly and the other feeling more in the Spirit when praying slowly. It actually led to us reasoning it's better if we pray separately, and we've known this is in direct contradiction to what Our Lady of Medjugorje asks. This book has addressed that issue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second front where this book has paid instant dividends is in alleviating my concerns about how Our Lady of Medjugorje's messages might fit into an increasingly time-starved environment in our home.</span></div>
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you for having responded to my call."</span></em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686705840883488515.post-81291775630445961062011-10-02T08:55:00.000-07:002011-10-02T08:55:23.902-07:00Our Lady of Medjugorje's October 2nd Message for Us<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We've been blessed to have the alleged apparitions of Our Lady of Medjugorje for over 30 years now, and during that time she has given thousands of messages for us, instructing us on how to live as faithful followers of Christ.<br />
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Most of us are familiar with the main themes: prayer, fasting, and conversion. But Mary has also given us guidance on many other topics. There are, in fact, many themes she's brought up on several occasions. But unless you've cataloged all of the messages yourself, it would be very difficult to sift through all of the messages and determine what Our Lady advises on certain topics.</div>
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<i><a href="https://www.wepay.com/shop/item/medjugorje/801555">Dear Children</a></i>, a work Murray first published in 2007 and which he updates annually, takes all of Mary's messages through the Medjugorje visionaries and organizes them by subject, from "Christmas" to "Confession" to her messages about "Television" and everything in between (there are over 100 chapters). The idea is to make it easy on us to digest all of what Mary is telling us, and also as a quick reference. </div>
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This book is, essentially a search engine about the messages, but without the typing. And when I browsed Google for "Mary's messages about Satan" nothing came up, so this is really the only way right now to get search results - by topic - on Our Lady of Medjugorje's messages.</div>
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Upon browsing through this book I immediately thought about my recent trip to Medjugorje (my first one), when the tour group my wife and I were in would discuss Mary's thoughts on different subjects. Even though most of us had been learning about Medjugorje for years, there were times when each of us didn't realize Mary had said this about a certain topic or that about another. This book will now make for a handy reference. I just hope Vince someday takes these topics and publishes them to a Web site, so they're easier for everyone to research. I think this would help him more-easily keep up to date on the latest messages, too, instead of having to republish the whole book each year.</div>
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I can't imagine how much work went into this, but in chatting with Vince I know it was a labor of love. He truly cares. And what I love about his foreword is he reminds us of the reality of these messages: if we believe what the Medjugorje "visionaries" have told us, these messages will come to an end at some point in their lives, and at that point the time remaining will be so short that many will not be able to convert. The time to adjust our lives and live what Our Lady is telling us is now, not later.</div>
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