A short story... On my first trip in 1987 I stayed with a family out near Mother's Village. I could see cross mountain from the house and at night time one could see lights like lanterns half way up the mountain crossing from right to left in a very level horizontal way and moving faster than a person could run. There were not then or since any paths going horizontally across the mountain. I never knew what they were or meant.
When in Medjugorje the first time.. I was in a bit of a state like the other person here with a spinal injury. Thank God, I am ok for now... But I had an epidural that damaged my nervous system and I was in a wheelchair at the time. My mother, my aunt and I saw the light that Our Blessed Mother travels in. We saw her (the light) arrive, and we saw it leave. Sorry, am rushing... been busy today.. The Second time, I went at Easter.. Our Blessed Mother was covered in purple cloth, but... The face of Christ appeared on the side of her face as the condemned Man, and the purple cloth that covered her, became his gown. I was very moved and shocked. (my daughter was missing at this time) I ran to our Mother in Medjugorje, i felt her peace everywhere.. I would open my window and expect to see her, I felt her peace and her closeness so strongly... When I lay down to sleep at night, I felt that I was being cradled. To this day, I know it was Our Blessed Mother that got me there both times. The first time I was very ill and in and out of hospital for three weeks at a time. The second, my daughter was missing and I was a physical, mental and emotional wreck. I was constantly trembling on the inside. I couldn't even wash a dish, or go out, unless it was to go to Mass. I would leave my house in the morning and stay before the Blessed Sacrament until 1 or 2 in the afternoon.. The only place that I felt remotely safe was before the Blessed Sacrament. So it is indeed a miracle that I got to Medjugorje. The day that I was leaving, my mum was so worried as I hadn't a thing done. But suddenly, come the evening I was able to iron and pack for the family. When in Medjugorje, I felt Our Blessed Mother's strength within me, guiding me to shower the minute I got out of bed and to go straight downstairs for breakfast. I even needed help in this. I was such a wreck.. When I was at the Oasis of Peace, I saw where they had made a model of Jesus on the Cross. Our eyes locked, I saw real eyes... I had nothing left to give and I told him this. Today five years on, I can still remember those blue eyes that looked at me with so much compassion as if it were five minutes ago. She is indeed very very special and a beautiful mother to each of us. I am blown away on a daily basis by the love of God I feel the strong urge to go back there lately, hopefully it will be soon ..
Sometimes people post on the forum and I realise I have no troubles at all. How heavy the Cross!! Only in heaven.... I saw one funny thing there which made me laugh like a horse. There is a guy from Ireland who is never of the radio and TV and who organises many pilgrimages out there. Well I am a bit leery of him for various reasons but the main one being he is, well, a little bit pompous and well other things... So I was amazed at the priest he arranged to accompany his group. This priest is very,very holy . But more than this very,very blunt and plain spoken. A priest's priest so to speak. He would remind you of the old Parish Priests in Ireland 50 years ago, King of the Parish, so to speak. Well anyway this priest complains to the pompous one about certain things he was up to on the pilgrimage. The pompous one replied, 'But Father you do not understand. I asked you here as chaplain to the group. You are just here to say mass. I am the Spiritual Director to this pilgrimage, spiritual matters are none of you buisness!' Well the priests mouth dropped open and I could see his face turning a funny mottled colour. It was the first time only I saw him speechless. But not for long! I had to leave the cafe rapidly I felt so sorry for the pompous one I thought the roof was going to come off, the priest was shouting at him so loudly. 'Spiritual matters were not his concern...''''I am still laughing now. How I love hot air balloons being exploded and that one went off with a huge bang.
I would definitely believe that this means something - you should carefully consider this and pray about it. Things don't happen there without a reason.
Or indeed a wake up call? lol, but is possible. I think we get signs if we need them for some reason, a heavy cross, a tough life, or a call to conversion ...
I have been to Medjugorje on two occasions and both times experienced an unexpected phenonema associated with fasting from sleep eg deliberately getting up very early (for me) to pray or praying outside late at night. On the first occasion I was sitting on the hotel balcony saying the rosary very early in the morning when I noticed a perfect cross of light in an otherwise clear sky. Ihe cross gradually vanished after a few minutes. I witnessed the same thing again one evening very late when praying outside the church of St James. On my second visit to Medjugorje, my friend and I were very cold in our room so decided to get up at 4.30 or 5am and go the the cross of the Risen Christ to pray. It was a freezing day with thick ice in puddles and thick frost over the whole landscape. When we got to the cross - it like everything else, had a coating of frost, but there was liquid flowing from the knee. We felt that this defied the laws of nature as the cross and everything around it was frozen. As I said, on each occasion I gave up sleep to pray, and this is a real hardship for me, far harder than fasting from food I have never witnessed solar phenonema myself, even when standing right next to a person who is seeing the sun gyrating. I can only conclude that the graces given are very personally tailored to fit each indivual
To be honest I've never given this experience much thought. At the time it reminded me of my grandmother telling me as a child of seeing "jack the lantern" in the fields behind her house at night time. This was a common experience to her and people of her generation. They used to see lights moving at a fast pace across the fields, this was before the electricity was generated in Ireland.
A kinda scary Medj story.... on my second trip I was given the opportunity of remaining in medj for an extra week free of charge, somebody needed a seat on the plane at short notice and I volunteered. Anyhow, it was around august i think and there were very few priests there that week and the ones that were there, I knew. One night I was heading home from being on cross mountain, I had twisted my knee and was walking, limping along the road between the school and apparition hill. It was a bright night but not moonlit. There was a bright surface on the road and I had a torch in my pocket but didn't need it because it was easy to see my path. After some time I noticed a black clothed figure walking about 10 steps in front of me. I presumed it to be a priest and as I felt I knew most of them thought I would know this one too. I fished the torch out of my pocket and shone it on him. The light went straight through the figure! At first I thought the moon was out and it was my shadow, but no moon, I then looked for a street light, but no light! I stopped in my tracks and the hairs on my neck stood straight up. The figure was still there but not gaining any ground on me. I thought to myself if I turned back towards the church I'd never go forward so I forced myself to keep walking. I shone the light on the figure again to make sure and it went through it again. After a while the figure whom I was watching closely disappeared and then I really became scared because I though it was behind me... I couldn't run with my sore knee. I finally reached the house and went to bed with the light on and it was 3 years later before I went outside alone at night after that, or slept with the light off! The only way I broke the fear was at another time in Medj, I forced myself to climb apparition hill and came back alone from it. I've had some other scary experiences in Medj since but that was the worst because I didn't know how to pray for protection or to take authority over evil. God Bless BC
2 friends saw Satan manifest as they sat talking close to disco bar at the top of the main street. They were talking About Our Lady to some others when a really tall woman dressed in black came towards them gesturing them to shut up and making signs that she would choke them. Some noticed she was floating.no feet. One noticed a flash of scaly tail where feet should have been . One of my friends is a strong spiritual warrior so she dealt with it. They still talk about it. Scary Mary
I've been blessed to go to Medjugorje 2 times. The second trip is the trip I call the trip of the ordinary. There were no signs for me on that trip. I saw Jacov working with his neighbor on the neighbor's car. It was very ordinary. My first trip had many blessings. One is that I met Gail and Eileen. Gail's rosary turned gold. Mine didn't. I saw a rosary that had turned completely gold including bead caps and crucifix. That was amazing. So many people were blessed to see the miracle of the sun. Every time I'd look at the sun, I'd go "Ouch" because it was so bright. People would be talking about the sun dancing, looking like a host throbbing, or they would see the sun changing colors during the apparition times. Never did I see this miracle. One day, during the apparition when everyone was seeing the miracle of the sun, I decided to take pictures of the sun. I have some great photos, however, this one is the one I was blessed to see. I hope it shows here, because I call it my miracle picture. Look at the tree. There are also hearts of light. I didn't see the miracle, but I have a photo. View attachment 761
I have had lots of rosaries turn gold. Recently I began to pray with a rosary I received as a gift many years ago. It has been on my Rosa Mystica for 10 years surely. It is mother of pearl, crucifix also. The figure of Jesus has now turned gold. I am a bit of a sceptic and usually think it be just tarnish but this is very definitely turned gold. Just the figure of Jesus. I have had the beads for so long and right after praying on it it changes. Mary
I'm certainly no expert but what I do know is that what you saw means something and I believe that it means something important.
SteveD, was this comment meant for me? I am confused. If you look in the tree, you will see a hand, a host, and the Sacred Heart. To the side of that there are hearts of light. I never did see the actual miracle of the sun. I think this photo made up for it, though.
I tried really hard to see it, but I can't. Is this just me? Is there something preventing me from seeing things?
