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Message of August 25, 2005 "Dear children! Also today I call you to live my messages. God gave you a gift of this time as a time of grace. Therefore, little children, make good use of every moment and pray, pray, pray. I bless you all and intercede before the Most High for each of you. Thank you for h
Reflection on the Message
FILL YOUR DAY WITH SHORT AND ARDENT PRAYERS
The Virgin Mary tells us: �Fill your day with short and ardent prayers�.
She wants to tell us to wrap the whole day with prayers, so that God can
come, and that the evil and the wicked one cannot have access to our life.
There is too much evil and wickedness, too much sinister and dark news,
which fill our hearts with worries and fear. There are too many news about
tragedies, terrorism, assassinations, which surround us, and about which
we hear each day. There are so many malicious words, which hurt trust and
love in us and in our neighbour. There is too much superficiality in our
conversations, and we go away empty and burdened. Mary shows us the way,
she is putting into our hands the means, so that God may find a place
where to come.
Whatever we look at, listen to or read, is shaping our interior life, our
heart, and then our words. Our words and our conversations reveal the
contents of our heart. If our heart is anguished, in darkness and filled
with negativism, then our words will be similar. Such a heart will see
only what is bad and negative in others. �Blessed are the pure of heart,
they shall see God�, tells us Jesus. A pure heart is unable to make dirty,
to wound or to burden others. A pure heart will try to wipe and wash the
dirtiness of others. Who is nervous and unhappy will make all around him
nervous and unhappy.
You have undoubtedly already experienced that some people radiate a
certain restlessness, nervousness and darkness. There are others who
radiate peace, security and trust. They are connected to God, because He
is the source of peace, of security, of love and of trust. Mary wishes
that all of us, her children, belong to God, that we are people who
radiate peace and love. Only a heart that is praying becomes an open
heart. Only to an open heart, God can grant his grace, his force and his
almightiness.
It is not enough to read and to hear the Gospel and the words of Our
Lady�s message. They have to be carried out, put into practice. Many have
heard the Gospel and Our Lady�s message, but it is possible to distinguish
those among them who have put into practice what they have heard. Only
those who have tried to put into practice at least something of what they
have heard, deserve heaven. There are people who pray unceasingly without
ever doing anything. There are some who pray, but criticize everything and
everyone. They measure all according to their theoretical prayers, which
are sterile, if they are not put into practice in our life. The prayers
have a meaning only if they change our life, our heart, and if we try to
put them into practice. God is doing nothing without us - He is doing
everything with us. He is waiting for our works in order to collaborate
with us, to help us. This is why: to pray and to do nothing, means to
prevent the realization of what we are praying for.
The worst of all things, it is to wait a long time before putting one�s
decisions into practice. It is necessary to do immediately, and not to
delay, to leave for later. More we delay our prayer, our work, an
obligation, more we create a feeling of emptiness and helplessness. Then
we begin to pity ourselves and we fall into depression. It is necessary to
start with one small millimetre, and then you will be greater than all
those who criticize. Faith without works is useless; such a faith is dead.
The words of Our Lady�s message will be a dead letter if you do not try at
least a little bit to put them into practice in your life. When we begin,
we will discover the infinitude and the almightiness of God in our life.
May God, through our decisions and our prayers, protect us from Satan and
wrap us with his grace.
Fr. Ljubo Kurtovic
Last Modified 07/29/2005
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