The important thing is to pray to the Holy Spirit, so that He may descend on you. When one has Him, one has everything. People make a mistake when they turn only to the saints to request something. (Friday, October 21, 1983)
For the parish: “Have all the families consecrate themselves to the Sacred Heart each day. I am very happy when the entire family meets to pray each morning for half an hour.” (Thursday, October 20, 1983)
To Jakov: “My Son suffers very much because men do not want to be reconciled. They have not listened to me. Be converted, be reconciled.” (Saturday, October 15, 1983)
I have already said many times that the peace of the world is in a state of crisis. Become brothers among you, increase prayer and fasting in order to be saved. (Sometime in September 1983)
For three priests from Liverpool: “Preach my messages. Speak about the events at Medjugorje. Continue to increase your prayers.” (Thursday, September 29, 1983)
My Son suffers very much because the world is not converting. May the world be converted and make peace. (Monday, September 26, 1983)
“Pray, pray, pray! Do not be discouraged. Be in peace because God gives you the grace to defeat satan.” “In my messages, I recommend to everyone, and to the Holy Father in particular, to spread the message which I have received from my Son here at Medjugorje. I wish to entrust to the Pope, the word with which I came here: ‘MIR’, (peace in Croatian), which he must spread everywhere. And here is a message which is especially for him: That he bring together the Christian people, through his words and his preaching; that he spread particularly among the young people, the messages which he has received from the Father in his prayers, when God inspires him.” (Friday, September 16, 1983)
“Pray. When I give you this message, do not be content to just listen to it. Increase your prayer and see how it makes you happy. All graces are at your disposal. All you have to do is to gain them. In order to do that, I tell you again Pray!” (Monday, September 12, 1983)
The mother of Jakov (12 years old) dies. The Blessed Virgin consoles him and reveals to him: “Your mother is with me in Heaven.”(Monday, September 5, 1983)
For the intention of a group of young people before their departure on their pilgrimage to Brijeg: “I wish that you pray throughout your trip, and that you glorify God. There, you will be able to meet other young people. Convey the messages which I have given you. Do not hesitate to speak to them about it. Some begin to pray and to fast just as they have been told, but they get tired very quickly, and thus loose the graces which they have acquired.” (Monday, August 29, 1983)