The Christmas Novena Day Four – Open your hearts to Jesus!
Open your hearts to Jesus! (c) Mateo Ivankovic 2017 December 18, 2018 Christmas Novena Day 4 Dear Family of Mary! Open your heart to Jesus! This is Our Lady’s constant plea: December 25, 1987 “Dear children! Rejoice with me! My heart is rejoicing because of Jesus and today I want to give Him to you. […]
The Christmas Novena Day Three – Hope!
Priests and religious at Mirjana’s Apparition exercising the gift of hope! (c) Mateo Ivankovic 2017 December 17, 2018 Christmas Novena Day 3 – Hope! Dear Family of Mary! Today we are praying for an increase in our hope. Hope can be a tricky virtue to understand. We can think that hope has to do with […]
The Christmas Novena Day Two – Joy!
The joy of this little one is an image of the joy that Baby Jesus can give to us if we open ourselves to Him this Christmas! (c) Anthony Zubac December 16, 2018 Third Sunday of Advent Dear Family of Mary! Today the priest wears rose colored vestments to signify that we should rejoice […]
The Christmas Novena Day One
The parish arrives at the Apparition Site on Mt. Podbrdo! (c) Anthony Zubac December 15, 2018 Christmas Novena Day One Dear Family of Mary! Today we begin the Christmas Novena with the Parish of St. James! Our team will climb with the parishioners each day, praying the Rosary and preparing for Jesus’ Birth. The […]
A Novena in preparation for Christmas!
The parishioners of St. James Parish climbing Apparition Hill for the Christmas Novena (c) Mateo Ivankovic 2016 December 14, 2018 St. John of the Cross Dear Family of Mary! Christmas is approaching!! Let’s listen to Our Lady’s message from last Christmas! December 25, 2017 “Dear children! Today I am bringing to you my Son […]
May your hearts be illuminated with the love and the light of my Son.
The Youth Festival in Medjugorje Participants singing and dancing for the Lord! (c) Tony Zubac 2018 December 13, 2018 St. Lucy Dear Family of Mary! “…Apostles of my love, along with prayer and sacrifice, may your hearts be illuminated with the love and the light of my Son. May that light and love illuminate all […]
Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Tilma of St. Juan Diego December 12, 2018 Our Lady of Guadalupe (I am sharing a reflection I wrote in 2016 for this feast. I hope you don’t mind. It says everything I would want to say today!!) Dear Family of Mary! Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe!! St. Juan Diego […]
You are my hope…
(c)Anthony Zubac 2018 December 11, 2018 St. Damasus I Dear Family of Mary! “…Apostles of my love, my children, have trust in my Son. Help all of my children to come to know His love. You are my hope – you who strive to sincerely love my Son. In the name of love, for your […]
Faith is a most wonderful mystery which is kept in the heart.
(c)Anthony Zubac 2018 December 10, 2018 Dear Family of Mary! ” …I know that you desire to have a strong faith and to express it in the right way. What my Son asks of you is to have a sincere, strong and deep faith – then every way in which you express it is proper. […]
I wish that your hearts be similar to my heart!
(c)Anthony Zubac December 7, 2016 St. Ambrose First Friday Dear Family of Mary! “Dear children! When you come to me, as to a mother, with a pure and open heart, know that I am listening to you, encouraging you, consoling you and, above all, interceding for you with my Son…” (December 2, 2018) Tomorrow […]