"Dear children! In this time of grace, pray with me for the good to win in you and around you. In a special way, little children, pray united with Jesus on His Way of the Cross. Into your prayers put this humanity which wanders without God and without His love. Be prayer, be light, and be witnesses to all those whom you meet, little children, so that the merciful God may have mercy toward you. Thank you for having responded to my call."
Questions and Answers with Mirjana
The following was taken from a question and answer session
with Mirjana on November 11, 2018. These questions were chosen
for this month because Holy Thursday is the day we celebrate the
institution of the priesthood.
Q: [from a priest] Thank you for saying, "Yes" to Our Lord
Jesus to be His messenger through Our Lady, who is His Mother
and Our Mother. I know it’s difficult to be a messenger, especially
with the history behind it. My question is, "Did Our Lady mention
to you about a specific prayer for priests?"
M: First of all, thank you for beautiful
words. But as you know, Our Lady
teaches me one thing - that I am below
everybody else, and when you thank me,
I feel uncomfortable because it is going
opposite direction to what She taught
me… And you did everything. Who would
I be speaking to if you guys [priests] had
not said, "Yes"? That is why I think we
all should thank the Heavenly Father for
the love that He gives us. And I’m kindly
asking from all of you to pray for me to be
able to do everything the way Our Lady
desires it, so that I may be Her messenger,
but the way the messenger is supposed to
be. And I’ve been praying for you since the
moment when you came, so that you may
comprehend why you are here and what it
is that God wants from you.
And talking about priests - the prayer that Our Lady
wants to use for them is prayer that we say with our heart.
I must not say many things yet, but from the depths of
my heart, I’m telling you - pray for priests! Do not judge
them. Without our shepherds, we are nothing. We are lost
scattered sheep. For me, it should be the way it is here in
Medjugorje - that is how it’s supposed to be in the entire
world. For example, here in Medjugorje (this entire region,
in fact), when [a] priest enters into a family, we all stand
up. No one starts to talk or sits down before the priest does
that, because we know that through him, Jesus is entering
our home. And it isn’t our task to judge whether he truly
represents Jesus or not. Dear God will do that. We have to
have respect, love, and prayer. It is easy to judge, but it is
hard to love…
Painting of Mirjana in her dining room
Let me give you an example. You, in the United States, in
your parishes you see a priest who doesn’t do the way you
think he should do, but then you judge and you judge and
you go around and you talk about it. What did you change?
You just wounded yourself and those who were listening to
you. But if you took the rosary instead and prayed for him,
praying for Jesus to do something and to act - because Jesus
changes the world… That is what I always desire to say to
pilgrims: love your priests. Without them, you’re lost sheep.
Even Our Lady puts priests above Herself. And do not ever
forget that Our Lady says, "Only their
hands give blessing of My Son." For
everything they do, they will respond to
God for, same as we will respond to God
for everything we have been doing. I will
not respond for him [gesturing to priest
next to her], but I will respond for myself.
Q: You know in the United States there’s
a lot of situations going on with priests…
When you say, "Pray for priests and put
them above," but when you brought them
into your home and loved them and then they
have done wrong, how do you get over that?
M: I understand what you are talking
about. It is a great pain, but do not forget
one thing - the symbol of our faith, the
sign of our faith, is [the] cross, so we
should know how to carry the cross. And
if Jesus puts a cross on you, if He leans
on you, you have to say, "Thank you, Jesus, because you
saw that I’m capable to [carry it], but do not leave me alone.
Remain with me so that we can carry it together." That is
the way I look at things. I do suffer when I hear things like
that. I have a stomach ache when I hear it, but I do not open
my mouth, just for prayer. No, I do not make comments. I
think that’s the way Our Lady desires. I think because if we
start to make a comment, it will never end, and I will just do
the opposite - as if, in a certain way I take in my hands what
only dear God is supposed to do. That is why I pray, so that
God may do. But I would also like to say one thing - media
does such things as well. Through media, you only hear
some bad things that are done by priests. You don’t hear
anything good. And priests do wonderful, beautiful things
daily throughout the world, in missions throughout the
world, and media doesn’t write about it. But we should be
those who will be speaking exactly about this - their voice.