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In Medugorje Walking From Belgium Came A Group Of 8 Pilgrims

Medjugorje “A bunch of 8 travellers arrived in Medjugorje on Monday 16th May 2011. Walking from Belgium. The leader of the route was Marko Pini, who in an interview for the radio station Mir Medjugorje, together with his better half Yvonne Lespagnard talked about this weird venture. Marko was born in Zadar, married with Yvonne from Belgium for a number of years and he is living with his folks in Belgium,writes wordpress.com.

Medjugorje – Since 1981, in a small hamlet in Bosnia-Herzegovina named Medjugorje, the Sanctified Virgin Mary has been appearing and giving messages to the world . In Her very own words She tells us, “I have come to tell the world that God exists. He is the fullness of life, and to delight in this fullness and peace, you need to return to God”. The following is an account of the start of the Apparitions ;

On the 24th June 1981, on the hill known as Podbrdo (Apparition Hill) 6 kids, Ivanka Ivankovic, Mirjana Dragicevic, Vicka Ivankovic, Ivan Dragicevic, Ivan Ivankovic and Milka Pavlovic saw a lovely young Lady carrying a little child in her arms. They were frightened at what they saw and did not come closer, even though the Girl beckoned them closer. They knew this Girl was Our Lady.

The next day, the 25th of June 1981, the kids went to the same place where Our Lady had appeared the day before in hope of seeing Her again. However , the group of kids had changed moderately ; Ivan Ivankovic and Milka Pavlovic were replaced by 2 others, Marija Pavlovic and Jakov Colo. With the flash of a light, the 6 children looked up and saw Our Lady, this time without the child.

When they reached Her, they slid to their knees and started to pray with Our Lady. Before Our Lady left the kids, She claimed, “God be with you my angels!” There has been only 5 days where no apparitions occurred. Medjugorje has been a place of peace, hope and inspiration for such a lot. The Word of the Almighty is alive in Medjugorje as well as conversion.

In Medjugorje, you can follow the group programme or choose to be on your own. Every day (in the language of your choosing) you are welcome to join in the celebration of the Eucharist and attend talks, concerning our Sanctified Mother’s messages with Clergymen, Idealists, nuns and others, trip to Cenacolo at the Hamlet of Bijakovici, where local artisans and artisans give testimony to Our Lady’s work in their lives.

You’ll visit Bijakovici to see the idealists and their homes, and to meditate at the Blue Cross Mountain. Morning climbs will be scheduled for our groups for Podbrdo Mountain (Apparition hill) and Krizevac Mountain (Cross mountain). Your guide will accompany you as you follow the same path up Apparition Hill where the young idealists first faced Our Lady.

As you climb, you can see the inspired creativity of the bronze plaques picturing each mystery of the rosary and touch and pray before the cross that remembers the spot where Mary seemed to the idealists. In 1933, the townsfolk built a thirty-foot cross at Cross Mountain, to honor the 1900 year anniversary of Christ’s crucifixion.

Every night you are welcome to join the other travellers and the parish community of St. James Church for the recitation of the Rosary, the party of the Eucharist, and prayers for the sick. On alternative evenings you’ll have the opportunity to attend the Holy Hour of Devotion of the Sanctified Sacrament or Reverence of the Cross.

Early afternoon talks are typically held in the green tents or at the rotunda-circular podium stage at the back of St. James Church. Sometimes they are prepared in the evening and at the very last minute, so always listen for the statements after the morning and evening Mass. Changes to schedules may be recounted also.

Group on his schedule, you can visit Pa Jozo’s parish to attend his holy evangelizing. When the apparitions began in 1981, Pa Jozo was the preacher of St James parish. He is considered by many to be the high spot of a pilgrimage to Medjugorje.

The place of Our Lady’s first apparitions on the hill of Crnica is usually called Apparition Hill. It is situated a couple of hundred meters above the Bijakovo hamlet of Podbrdo. A steep footpath leads from the homes to the very place of the apparitions. Now a little dilated by the uncountable millions of pilgrims who have so far paid a visit to the place of the first apparitions, the path has become observable from as far distant as St. James.

Many travellers, plenty of whom were born and raised on flat asphalt, often in unsuitable clothing or even shoeless, and on their knees, climbed over the pointed stones to the place of Our Lady’s first apparitions.

Half way up the path is found a big plain wooden cross. Here is where on the 3rd day of the apparitions, June 26, 1981, Our Lady appeared to the idealist Marija Pavlovic who, after having had a vision with the others at the usual place that evening, ran down the hill a little ahead of the other idealists.

At this place Marija once more saw Our Lady, now with a sorrowful face. Behind her was a giant cross and motioning with her hands she announced, “Peace, peace, peace and only peace! Peace must reign between God and man and also between men!” Today this is a place where travellers stop, remaining in prayer and reflection on the message given by Our Lady, directed to occupy, and the sector of today, which is so much in such great need of peace.
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