Medjugorje: message to the world through visionary Marija on July 25th 2010
“Dear children! Anew I call you to follow me with
joy. I desire to lead all of you to my Son, your Saviour. You are not aware that
without Him you do not have joy and peace, nor a future or eternal life.
Therefore, little children, make good use of this time of joyful prayer and
surrender. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
message
through visionary Mirjana on July 2nd, 2010
"Dear children, my motherly call, which I direct to you today, is a call of
truth and life. My Son, who is Life, loves you and knows you in truth. To come
to know and to love yourself, you must come to know my Son; to come to know and
to love others, you must see my Son in them. Therefore, my children, pray, pray,
that you may comprehend and surrender with a spirit that is free, be completely
transformed and, in this way, may have the Kingdom of Heaven in your heart on
earth. Thank you!”
message
to the world through
visionary Marija on June 25th 2010 (Twenty Ninth Anniversary)
“Dear children! With joy, I call you all to live
my messages with joy; only in this way, little children, will you be able to be
closer to my Son. I desire to lead you all only to Him, and in Him you will find
true peace and the joy of your heart. I bless you all and love you with
immeasurable love. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
message
through visionary Mirjana on June 2nd, 2010
"Dear Children, Today I call you with prayer and fasting to clear the path
in which my Son will enter into your hearts. Accept me as a mother and a
messenger of God's love and His desire for your salvation. Free yourself of
everything from the past which burdens you, that gives you a sense of guilt,
that which previously led you astray in error and darkness. Accept the light. Be
born anew in the righteousness of my Son. Thank you.”
message
to the world through
visionary Marija on May 25th 2010
“Dear children! God gave you the grace to live
and to defend all the good that is in you and around you, and to inspire others
to be better and holier; but Satan, too, does not sleep and through modernism
diverts you and leads you to his way. Therefore, little children, in the love
for my Immaculate Heart, love God above everything and live His commandments. In
this way, your life will have meaning and peace will rule on earth. Thank you
for having responded to my call.”
message
through visionary Mirjana on May 2nd, 2010
"Dear
children; Today, through me, the good Father calls you to, with your soul filled
with love, set out on a spiritual visitation. Dear children, be filled with
grace, sincerely repent for your sins and yearn for the good. Yearn also in the
name of those who have not come to know the perfection of the good. You will be
more pleasing to God. Thank you.”
message
to the world through
visionary Marija on April 25th 2010
“Dear children! At this time, when in a special
way you are praying and seeking my intercession, I call you, little children, to
pray so that through your prayers I can help you to have all the more hearts be
opened to my messages. Pray for my intentions. I am with you and I intercede
before my Son for each of you. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
message
through visionary Mirjana on April 2nd, 2010
"Dear
children; Today I bless you in a special way and I pray for you to return to the
right way, to my Son - your Saviour, your Redeemer – to Him who gave you
eternal life. Reflect on everything human, on everything that does not permit
you to set out after my Son – on transience, imperfection and limitation - and
then think of my Son, of His Divine infiniteness. By your surrender and prayer
ennoble your body and perfect your soul. Be ready, my children. Thank you.”
(Our Lady
blessed all people and all the religious articles that we had for blessing. As
Our Lady was leaving Mirjana saw a large golden Cross behind Our Lady.)
message
to the world on March 25th 2010
“Dear children! Also today I desire to call you
all to be strong in prayer and in the moments when trials attack you. Live your
Christian vocation in joy and humility and witness to everyone. I am with you
and I carry you all before my Son Jesus, and He will be your strength and
support. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
Annual
apparition to visionary
Mirjana on March 18, 2010 (at the Blue Cross)
"Dear children! Today I call you to love with all your heart and with all
your soul. Pray for the gift of love, because when the soul loves it calls my
Son to itself. My Son does not refuse those who call Him and who desire to live
according to Him. Pray for those who do not comprehend love, who do not
understand what it means to love. Pray that God may be their Father and not
their Judge. My children, you be my apostles, be my river of love. I need you.
Thank you.”
message
through visionary Mirjana on March 2nd, 2010
"Dear
children, In this special time of your effort to be all the closer to my Son, to
His suffering, but also to the love with which He bore it, I desire to tell you
that I am with you. I will help you to triumph over errors and temptations with
my grace. I will teach you love, love which wipes away all sins and makes you
perfect, love which gives you the peace of my Son now and forever. Peace
with you and in you, because I am the Queen of Peace. Thank you.”
message
to the world on February 25th 2010
"Dear children! In this time of grace, when
nature also prepares to give the most beautiful colours of the year, I call you,
little children, to open your hearts to God the Creator for Him to transform and
mould you in His image, so that all the good which has fallen asleep in your
hearts may awaken to a new life and a longing towards eternity. Thank you for
having responded to my call.”
some more Lent previous messages (below)
message
through visionary Mirjana on February 2nd, 2010
"Dear
children! With motherly love, today I call you to be a lighthouse to all souls
who wander in the darkness of ignorance of God's love. That you may shine all
the brighter and draw all the more souls, do not permit the untruths which come
out of your mouth to silence your conscience. Be perfect. I am leading you with
my motherly hand – a hand of love. Thank you”
message
to the world on January 25th 2010
“Dear children! May this time be a time of
personal prayer for you, so that the seed of faith may grow in your hearts; and
may it grow into a joyful witness to others. I am with you and I desire to
inspire you all: grow and rejoice in the Lord who has created you. Thank you for
having responded to my call.”
message
through visionary Mirjana on January 2nd, 2010
"Dear
children, Today I am calling you to, with complete trust and love, set out with
me, because I desire to acquaint you with my Son. Do not be afraid, my children,
I am here with you, I am next to you. I am showing you the way to forgive
yourselves, to forgive others, and, with sincere repentance of heart, to kneel
before the Father. Make everything die in you that hinders you from loving and
saving – that you may be with Him and in Him. Decide for a new beginning, a
beginning of sincere love of God Himself. Thank you.”
message
to the world on December 25th 2009
“Dear children! On this joyful day, I bring all
of you before my Son, the King of Peace, that He may give you His peace and
blessing. Little children,
in love share that peace and blessing with others. Thank you for having
responded to my call.”
(Annual)
Message to Jacov Colo on 25th December 2009
"Dear
children! All of this time in which God in a special way permits me to be with
you, I desire to lead you on the way that leads to Jesus and to your salvation.
My little children, you can find salvation only in God and therefore, especially
on this day of grace with little Jesus in my arms, I call you to permit Jesus to
be born in your hearts. Only with Jesus in your heart can you set out on the way
of salvation and eternal life. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
message
through visionary Mirjana on December 2nd, 2009
"Dear
children. At this time of preparation and joyful expectation I, as a mother,
desire to point you to what is the most important, to your soul. Can my Son be
born in it? Is it cleansed by love from lies, arrogance, hatred and malice?
Above all else does your soul love God as your Father and does it love your
fellow brother in Christ? I am pointing you to the way which will raise your
soul to a complete union with my Son. I desire for my Son to be born in you.
What a joy that would be for me as mother. Thank you.”
some more Advent previous messages (below)
message
to the world on November 25th 2009
“Dear children!
In this time of grace I call you all to renew prayer in your families. Prepare
yourselves with joy for the coming of Jesus. Little children, may your hearts be
pure and pleasing, so that love and warmth may flow through you into every heart
that is far from His love. Little children, be my extended hands, hands of love
for all those who have become lost, who have no more faith and hope. Thank you
for having responded to my call.”
message
through visionary Mirjana on November 2nd, 2009
"Dear children, Also today I
am among you to point you to the way that will help you to come to know God's
love, the love of God Who permitted you to call Him Father and to perceive Him
as Father. I ask of you to sincerely look into your hearts and to see how much
you love Him. Is He the last to be loved? Surrounded by material goods, how many
times have you betrayed, denied and forgotten Him? My children, do not deceive
yourselves with worldly goods. Think of your soul because it is more important
than the body, cleanse it. Invoke the Father, He is waiting for you. Come back
to Him. I am with you because He, in His mercy, sends me. Thank you.”
message
to the world on October 25th 2009
“Dear children!
Also today I bring you my blessing, I bless you all and I call you to grow on
this way, which God has begun through me for your salvation. Pray, fast and
joyfully witness your faith, little children, and may your heart always be
filled with prayer. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
message
through visionary Mirjana on October 2nd, 2009
"Dear
Children, As I look at you, my heart seizes with pain. Where are you going my
children? Have you sunk so deeply into sin that you do not know how to stop
yourselves? You justify yourselves with sin and live according to it. Kneel down
beneath the Cross and look at my Son. He conquered sin and died so that you, my
children, may live. Permit me to help you not to die but to live with my Son
forever. Thank you!”
message
to the world on September 25th 2009
“Dear children,
with joy, persistently work on your conversion. Offer all your joys and sorrows
to my Immaculate Heart that I may lead you all to my most beloved Son, so that
you may find joy in His Heart. I am with you to instruct you and to lead you
towards eternity. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
message
through visionary Mirjana on September 2nd, 2009 (corrected)
"Dear
children; Today, with a motherly heart, I call you to learn to forgive,
completely and unconditionally. You suffer injustice, betrayals and persecutions,
but by that you are closer to and dearer to God. My children, pray for the gift
of love. Only love forgives all, as my Son forgives – follow Him. I am among
you and am praying that when you come before your Father you can say: 'Here I am
Father, I followed your Son, I had love and forgave with the heart, because I
believed in your judgment and trusted in you.' Thank you.”
message
to the world on August 25th 2009
“Dear children!
Today I call you anew to conversion. Little children, you are not holy enough
and you do not radiate holiness to others, therefore pray, pray, pray and work
on your personal conversion, so that you may be a sign of God's love to others.
I am with you and am leading you towards eternity, for which every heart must
yearn. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
message through visionary Mirjana on August 2nd,
2009
Thousands of people were present near the Blue Cross,
at the base of Apparition Hill. After the apparition, Mirjana relayed the
following message from Our Lady: :
"Dear children, I am coming, with my motherly love, to point out the way by
which you are to set out, in order that you may be all the more like my Son; and
by that, closer to and more pleasing to God. Do not refuse my love. Do not
renounce salvation and eternal life for the sake of the transience and frivolity
of this life. I am among you to lead you and, as a mother, to caution you. Come
with me.”
Mirjana reported that Our Lady appeared
with the sun shining behind her during the entire apparition. At the same time,
thousands of onlookers also reported seeing what is commonly called the miracle
of the sun, where a person can look directly at the sun without any discomfort.
message
to the world on July 25th 2009
“Dear children! May this time be a time of prayer for you. Thank
you for having responded to my call.”
message through visionary Mirjana on July
2, 2009
Our Lady
appeared to Mirjana in front of the Blue Cross and gave the following message: "Dear children! I am calling you
because I need you. I need hearts ready for immeasurable love— hearts that are
not burdened by vanity— hearts that are ready to love as my Son loved— that
are ready to sacrifice themselves as my Son sacrificed Himself. I need you. In
order to come with me, forgive yourselves, forgive others and adore my Son.
Adore Him also for those who have not come to know Him, those who do not love
him. Therefore, I need you; therefore, I call you. Thank you.”
message
to the world on June 25th 2009 (28th anniversary)
“Dear children!
Rejoice with me, convert in joy and give thanks to God for the gift of my
presence among you. Pray that, in your hearts, God may be in the centre of your
life and with your life witness, little children, so that every creature may
feel God’s love. Be my extended hands for every creature, so that it may draw
closer to the God of love. I bless you with my motherly blessing. Thank you for
having responded to my call.”
message through visionary Mirjana on June
2, 2009
"Dear
children! My love seeks your complete and unconditional love, which will not
leave you the same as you are, instead it will change you and teach you to trust
in my Son. My children, with my love I am saving you and making you true
witnesses of the goodness of my Son. Therefore, my children, do not be afraid to
witness love in the name of my Son. Thank you.”
While Our Lady
was leaving Mirjana saw a cross and in the middle of the cross a heart with
crown of thorns around it. Our Lady was not sad.
message
to the world on May 25, 2009
“Dear children! In this time, I call you all to pray for the coming of the
Holy Spirit upon every baptized creature, so that the Holy Spirit may renew you
all and lead you on the way of witnessing your faith – you and all those who
are far from God and His love. I am with you and intercede for you before the
Most High. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
message through visionary Mirjana on May 2, 2009
According to Mirjana,
"Our Lady was very sad. She only gave a message and blessed us." The
following is the message that was given by Our Lady: "Dear children!
Already for a long time I am giving you my motherly heart and offering my Son to
you. You are rejecting me. You are permitting sin to overcome you more and more.
You are permitting it to master you and to take away your power of discernment.
My poor children, look around you and look at the signs of the times. Do you
think that you can do without God's blessing? Do not permit darkness to envelop
you. From the depth of your heart cry out for my Son. His Name disperses even
the greatest darkness. I will be with you, you just call me: 'Here we are
Mother, lead us.' Thank you.”
message to the world on April 25, 2009
“Dear children! Today I call you all to pray for peace and to witness it in
your families so that peace may become the highest treasure on this peaceless
earth. I am your Queen of Peace and your mother. I desire to lead you on the way
of peace, which comes only from God. Therefore, pray, pray, pray. Thank you for
having responded to my call.”
message through visionary Mirjana on April 2,
2009
"Dear children, God’s love is in my
words. My children, that is the love which desires to turn you to justice and
truth. That is the love which desires to save you from delusion. And what about
you, my children? Your hearts remain closed; they are hard and do not respond to
my calls. They are insincere" Mirjana
relayed that at this point she begged Our Lady to stay longer and it was then
Our Lady said, "With a
motherly love I am praying for you, because I desire for all of you to resurrect
in my Son. Thank you.”
message to the world on March 25, 2009
“Dear children! In this time of spring, when everything is awakening from the
winter sleep, you also awaken your souls with prayer so that they may be ready
to receive the light of the risen Jesus. Little children, may He draw you closer
to His Heart so that you may become open to eternal life. I pray for you and
intercede before the Most High for your sincere conversion. Thank you for having
responded to my call.”
Annual
apparition to visionary
Mirjana on March 18, 2009 (at the Blue Cross)
"Dear children! Today I call you to
look into your hearts sincerely and for a long time. What will you see in them?
Where is my Son in them and where is the desire to follow me to Him? My
children, may this time of renunciation be a time when you will ask yourself:
'What does my God desire of me personally? What am I to do?' Pray, fast and have
a heart full of mercy. Do not forget your shepherds. Pray that they may not get
lost, that they may remain in my Son so as to be good shepherds to their
flock." Our Lady looked at all those present and added:"Again
I say to you, if you knew how much I love you, you would cry with happiness.
Thank you.”
message through visionary Mirjana on March 2, 2009
"Dear children! I am here
among you. I am looking into your wounded and restless hearts. You have become
lost, my children. Your wounds from sin are becoming greater and greater and are
distancing you all the more from the real truth. You are seeking hope and
consolation in the wrong places, while I am offering to you sincere devotion
which is nurtured by love, sacrifice and truth. I am giving you my Son.”
A few
previous Advent Messages
PAST message of December 6, 1984 "Dear children! These days I am calling you to
family prayer. In God's Name many times I have been giving you
messages, but you have not listened to me. This Christmas will be unforgettable
for you only if you accept the messages which I am giving you. Dear children,
don't allow that day of joy to become my most sorrowful day. Thank you for
having responded to my call."
PAST message of December 13, 1984 "Dear children! You know that the season of joy is getting closer, but without love you will achieve nothing. So first of all, begin to love your own family, everyone in the parish, and then you'll be able to love and accept all who are coming over here. Now let these seven days be a week when you need to learn to love. Thank you for having responded to my call."
PAST message of December 20, 1984 "Dear children! Today I am inviting you to do
something concrete for Jesus Christ. As a sign of dedication to Jesus I want
each family of the parish to bring a single flower before that happy day. I want
every member of the family to have a single flower by the crib so Jesus can come
and see your dedication to Him! Thank you for having responded to my call."
PAST message of December 21, 1984 "I want you to be a flower which will blossom
for Jesus on Christmas. And a flower that will not stop blooming when Christmas
is over. I want your hearts to be shepherds to Jesus." (Message given
through Jelena Vasilj.)"
PAST message of December 5, 1985 "Dear children! I am calling you to prepare
yourselves for Christmas by means of penance, prayer and works of
charity. Dear children, do not look toward material things, because then you
will not be able to experience Christmas. Thank you for having responded to my
call."
PAST message of December 12, 1985 "Dear children! For Christmas my invitation is
that together we glorify Jesus. I present Him to you in a special
way on that day and my invitation to you is that on that day we glorify Jesus
and His nativity. Dear children, on that day pray still more and think more
about Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call."
PAST message of December 19, 1985 "Dear children! Today I wish to call you to love
of neighbour. The more you will to love your neighbour, the more you shall
experience Jesus especially on Christmas Day. God will bestow great gifts on you
if you surrender yourselves to Him. I wish in a special way on Christmas Day to
give mothers my own special motherly blessing, and Jesus will bless the rest
with His own blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call."
PAST message of November 25, 1993 "Dear children! I invite you in this time like never before to prepare for the coming of Jesus. Let little Jesus reign in your hearts and only then when Jesus is your friend will you be happy. It will not be difficult for you either to pray or offer sacrifices or to witness Jesus' greatness in your life because He will give you strength and joy in this time. I am close to you by my intercession and prayer and I love and bless all of you. Thank you for having responded to my call."
PAST message of
November 25, 2001 "Dear children! In this time of grace, I call you anew to
prayer. Little children, pray and prepare your hearts for the coming of the King
of Peace, that with His blessing He may give peace to the whole world.
Peacelessness has begun to reign in hearts and hatred reigns in the world. That
is why, you who live my messages be the light and extended hands to this
faithless world that all may come to know the God of Love. Do not forget, little
children, I am with you and bless you all. Thank you for having responded to my
call."
A few previous Lenten messages
PAST message of January 25, 2008
"Dear children! With the time of Lent, you are approaching a time of grace.
Your heart is like ploughed soil and it is ready to receive the fruit which will
grow into what is good. You, little children, are free to choose good or evil.
Therefore, I call you to pray and fast. Plant joy and the fruit of joy will grow
in your hearts for your good, and others will see it and receive it through your
life. Renounce sin and choose eternal life. I am with you and intercede for you
before my Son. Thank you for having responded to my call."
PAST message of February 25, 2007 "Dear children! Open your heart to God's mercy in this Lenten time. The Heavenly Father desires to deliver each of you from the slavery of sin. Therefore, little children, make good use of this time and through meeting with God in confession, leave sin and decide for holiness. Do this out of love for Jesus, who redeemed you all with His blood, that you may be happy and in peace. Do not forget, little children: your freedom is your weakness, therefore follow my messages with seriousness. Thank you for having responded to my call."
PAST message of February 25, 2006 "Dear children! In this Lenten time of grace, I call you to open your hearts to the gifts that God desires to give you. Do not be closed, but with prayer and renunciation say 'yes' to God and He will give to you in abundance. As in springtime the earth opens to the seed and yields a hundredfold, so also your heavenly Father will give to you in abundance. I am with you and love you, little children, with a tender love. Thank you for having responded to my call.
PAST message of February 25, 1999 "Dear children! Also today I am with you in a special way contemplating and living the passion of Jesus in my heart. Little children, open your hearts and give me everything that is in them: joys, sorrows and each, even the smallest, pain, that I may offer them to Jesus; so that with His immeasurable love, He may burn and transform your sorrows into the joy of His resurrection. That is why, I now call you in a special way, little children, for your hearts to open to prayer, so that through prayer you may become friends of Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call."
PAST message of Oct 1992 "... I call you to begin to change your life from the beginning and that you decide for conversion not with words but with your life."
PAST message of March 25, 1991 "Dear children! Again today I invite you to live the passion of Jesus in prayer, and in union with Him. Decide to give more time to God who gave you these days of grace. Therefore, dear children, pray and in a special way renew the love for Jesus for in your hearts. I am with you and I accompany you with my blessing any my prayers. Thank you for having responded to my call."
PAST message of February 21, 1985 "Dear children! From day to day I have been inviting you to renewal and prayer in the parish, but you are not accepting it. Today I am calling you for the last time! Now it's Lent and you as a parish can turn to my messages during Lent out of love. If you do not do that, I do not wish to keep on giving messages. God is permitting me that. Thank you for having responded to my call."
PAST message of February 13, 1986 "Dear children! This Lent is a special incentive for you to change. Start from this moment. Turn off the television and renounce various things that are of no value. Dear children, I am calling you individually to conversion. This season is for you. Thank you for having responded to my call."
PAST message of February 20, 1986 "Dear children! The second message of these Lenten days is that you renew prayer before the cross. Dear children, I am giving you special graces and Jesus is giving you special gifts from the cross. Take them and live! Reflect on Jesus' Passion and in your life be united with Jesus! Thank you for having responded to my call."
PAST message of March 25, 1997 "Dear children! Today, in a special way, I invite you to take the cross in the hands and to meditate on the wounds of Jesus. Ask of Jesus to heal your wounds, which you, dear children, during your life sustained because of your sins or the sins of your parents. Only in this way, dear children, you will understand that the world is in need of healing of faith in God the Creator. By Jesus' passion and death on the cross, you will understand that only through prayer you, too, can become true apostles of faith; when, in simplicity and prayer, you live faith which is a gift. Thank you for having responded to my call.
PAST message of March 25, 2007 "Dear children! I desire to thank you from my heart for your Lenten renunciations. I desire to inspire you to continue to live fasting with an open heart. By fasting and renunciation, little children, you will be stronger in faith. In God you will find true peace through daily prayer. I am with you and I am not tired. I desire to take you all with me to Heaven, therefore, decide daily for holiness. Thank you for having responded to my call."
A few
previous Easter Messages
PAST message of April 25, 2006 "Dear children!
Also today I call you to have more trust in me and my Son. He has conquered by
His death and resurrection and, through me, calls you to be a part of His joy.
You do not see God, little children, but if you pray you will feel His nearness.
I am with you and intercede before God for each of you. Thank you for having
responded to my call."
A few
previous messages relating to the Cross
PAST message of September 12, 1985 "Dear children! I wish to
tell you that the cross should be central these days. Pray especially before the
cross from which great graces are coming. Now in your homes make a special
consecration to the cross. Promise that you will neither offend Jesus nor abuse
the cross. Thank you for having responded to my call."
PAST message of Message of September 25, 2007 "Dear children!
Also today I call all of you for your hearts to blaze with more ardent love for
the
Crucified, and do not forget that, out of love for you, He gave His life so that
you may be saved. Little children, meditate and pray that your heart may be open
to God’s love. Thank you for having responded to my call."
TIP: Our Lady has regularly said the messages are for each one of us
individually so try reading them as if your own name was there; "Dear
.........." - it can make them much more personal, challenging
and effective.
Each message is a "pearl of Heaven" ~ (Sister Claire Marie ~ Oasis of
Peace May 2003)
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Jesus, we know that You are merciful and that You have offered Your Heart for us. It is crowned with thorns and with our sins. We know that You implore us constantly so that we do not go astray. Jesus, remember us when we are in sin. By means of your Heart make all men love one another. Make hate disappear from amongst men. Show us Your love. We all love You and want You to protect us with Your Shepherd's Heart and free us from every sin. Jesus, enter into every heart! Be patient and never desist. We are still closed because we have not understood Your Love. Knock continuously, O Good Jesus, make us open our hearts to You at least in the moment we remember Your Passion suffered for us. Amen. (Imparted by Our Lady to Jelena Vasilij on November 18, 1983)
Past Message of February 28, 1985 "Dear children! Today I call you to live the word this week: "I love God!" Dear children through love you will achieve everything and even what you think is impossible. God wants this parish to belong completely to Him. And that's what I want too. Thank you for having responded to my call."
Past Message of April 10, 1986 "Dear children! I desire to call you to grow in love. A flower is not able to grow normally without water. So also you, dear children, are not able to grow without God's blessing. From day to day you need to seek His blessing so you will grow normally and perform all your actions in union with God. Thank you for having responded to my call."
Past Message
of September 25, 2004 "Dear children! Also today, I call you to be love
where there is hatred and food where there is hunger. Open your hearts, little
children, and let your hands be extended and generous so that, through you,
every creature may thank God the Creator. Pray, little children, and open your
heart to God’s love, but you cannot if you do not pray. Therefore, pray, pray,
pray. Thank you for having responded to my call."
A Pharisee in the Sanhedrin named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, respected by
all the people, stood up, ordered the Apostles to be put outside for a short
time, and said to the Sanhedrin, "Fellow children of Israel, be careful
what you are about to do to these men. Some time ago, Theudas appeared, claiming
to be someone important, and about four hundred men joined him, but he was
killed, and all those who were loyal to him were disbanded and came to nothing.
After him came Judas the Galilean at the time of the census. He also drew people
after him, but he too perished and all who were loyal to him were scattered. So
now I tell you, have nothing to do with these men, and let them go. For if
this endeavour or this activity is of human origin, it will destroy itself. But
if it comes from God, you will not be able to destroy them; you may even find
yourselves fighting against God." They were persuaded by him. After
recalling the Apostles, they had them flogged, ordered them to stop speaking in
the name of Jesus, and dismissed them. So they left the presence of the
Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been found worthy to suffer dishonour for the
sake of the name. And all day long, both at the temple and in their homes, they
did not stop teaching and proclaiming the Christ, Jesus." Acts 5:34-42
Mother Mary protect us under Your holy mantle.