“Some might regard such a circumstance as a suffering of a punishment. But the one who dares to live with suffering through to its completion will discover that it is actually a great gift. Some people are difficult to live with, difficult to love. Sometimes the old or the new or the genetically defective can be a trial. But instead of routinely putting them in nursing homes or institutions - or killing them before they can be born - what if we were to live with them? What if, when our love is exhausted, we were to ask God to give us His love for them? Eventually we will discover the blessing they can be. And who knows, perhaps in the process we will become more what He intended us to be - which may have been part of His purpose.” InspirationalSufferingLove Of GodMedjugorje Book:Pilgrimage Source: Pilgrimage
“At this time in Medjugorje, as a spark igniting a great fire, again the Word comes through a humble and obedient servant, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Here messages to the visionaries - and to the rest of us - are not new. They are as old as the Church itself, and they are simple, easy to understand. She is calling us to pray. To fast. To reconcile. To do penance. To convert.” InspirationalMedjugorje Book:Pilgrimage Source: Pilgrimage