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Message of November 25, 2005 "Dear children! Also today I call you to pray, pray, pray until prayer becomes life for you. Little children, at this time, in a special way, I pray before God to give you the gift of faith. Only in faith will you discover the joy of the gift of life that God has given you. Your heart will be joyful thinking of eternity. I am with you and love you with a tender love. Thank you for having responded to my call." 11/2005
Reflection on the Message
IN LOVE I CALL YOU
The Virgin Mary calls us with love. In Her words, we hear the echo of the
words of Jesus: "Convert and believe in the Gospel" (Mk 1,15). Mary wants
to tell us: believe in the power of God who can and who wants to change
you, to save you, to heal you and to set you free. Although by our life we
are far away from the heart of Mary, she is calling us and is not becoming
weary. We are her children. A true mother never abandons her child.
A child needs a mother; it cannot live nor survive without her. And when a
child remains without a mother, it knows what it means to be without a
mother. Our Heavenly Mother isn�t made of plastic or of wood; she isn�t a
dead souvenir, but a mother who feels pain for each child who is far,
cold, sick. We have a mother who has a heart that loves and that suffers.
Love and suffering always go together. True love is verified in the
moments of trial and of suffering. It is easy to love the other when it is
pleasant and comfortable to be with him. It is easy to love the other when
we find him sympathetic and when we like him. But it is difficult to love
the other when liking ceases. When the other becomes difficult, boring and
unbearable. It is difficult to love when the other does not want to
understand or to accept us. It is then, that authenticity, truth and
divine quality of our love are tested and verified.
Every human love is limited. In fact, there is only one love. God is love.
Every love should sprout out from the heart of God, in order to be able to
survive all deaths and all the sufferings.
The Gospel is telling us that Jesus loved the young man whom He called to
sell everything and to follow Him, if he wanted to be perfect. And we know
that the young man did not have courage to leave all the richness of this
world that he possessed. God is calling also today. He is not forcing
anybody. The freedom of God and the freedom of man are always in the game
together. God remains faithful. He will never deceive us.
God is calling us through our conscience. God is speaking through his
word, to which we listen and that we read. He is speaking to us through
all kinds of events. In these days, he is speaking to us in a simple and
intense way through Mary, the Mother of Jesus and our Mother.
The Virgin Mary believes that we can leave the way of sin. She believes in
you and she believes in me. The most difficult is when - after repeated
falls into sin and after having confessed so many times the same sin - we
think that nothing can change any more. We become attached to our falls
and we start to believe that they are stronger than the grace of Jesus. Or
worse still: we become attached to our slavery and our chains, and we
begin to think that they are comfortable, and we start to convince
ourselves about it. We should always lift up our eyes to the heart of
Jesus who, also today, can and wants to set us free. For our part, it is
important to want, to decide, to fight, to ask and to pray. Then, we will
be lifted up and we will be set free. We should never say: "I cannot", but
"I will try", and even after repeated falls, we should say it with even
more determination and courage.
Mary believes in us. Let us put our faith in Her and in ourselves. Let us
have the desire to become different, to be transformed, to become new men
who, day after day, follow God and walk and on the path of God.
Fr. Ljubo Kurtovic
Last Modified 10/02/2005
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