The 6:00am Church bells work me up this morning, so I decided to get up and go to 7:30am
mass at the Church here. Beautiful Church and a beautiful service.
After mass, I
began my adventure around Medugorje. I found out that Medugorje became a place
of pilgrimage for millions of the faithful since six young Catholics saw
apparitions of the Virgin Mary near the area now called Apparition Hill in 1981,
June 24th at 6pm to be exact.
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| Photos from Apparition Hill |
The messages given to the visionaries by the Queen of Peace have stressed the
importance of faith, prayer, fasting and conversion as a way of attaining both
individual and world peace. These messages play a big part
in strengthening our Catholic faith, and ensuring we take time to
listen to the stories about Mary and what those stories are teaching us. With
the queenship Mary has been given by her Son, she offers abiding mercy and
compassion, interceding for all of God’s children. In the booked of Revelation
12:1, Mary’s status as queen is reflected, “and a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun,
with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.”
Our understanding of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth, deepens our connections to God. Medugorje
has great significance in that the pilgrimage site holds sacred apparitions of
Mary where she has given us messages and teachings from God in order to gain
peace in our world, a world that God has created. It is in our best respect
that we pay our devotions to Mary, for everything she has done in her power to
ensure that the community comes together and units for peace and justice on
earth.
From just one day of exploring this pilgrimage site, I am
learning so much about Mary and the significance of the site which is really
helping me understand why my faith has brought me here. As Catholics, we should
pay attributes to this pilgrimage site as it significantly strengthens Catholic
faith, thus deepening our connection to God.
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