Message, 25. August 2013 “Dear children! Also today, the Most High is giving me the grace to be with you and to lead you towards conversion. Every day I am sowing and am calling you to conversion, that you may be prayer, peace, love - the grain that by dying will give birth a hundredfold. I do not desire for you, dear children, to have to repent for everything that you could have done but did not want to. Therefore, little children, again, with enthusiasm say: ‘I want to be a sign to others.’ Thank you for having responded to my call.” View attachment 1306
There is so much guidence and wisdom in those few lines I often wonder myself about repenting for everything else I could have done. The grain that is dying, does this refer to the parable of the grain or the parable of the sower or even dying to this world? Our Lady even got a prayer in there with ease, say: "I want to be a sign to others".
"I do not desire for you, dear children, to have to repent for everything that you could have done but did not want to". What does this mean?
Pondering that one, too. I'm wondering if the word repent in the translation could be a bit off? Perhaps it means to stop living in the past and move on? September 10, 1985 "With respect to sin, it suffices to give it serious consideration, and soon, move ahead and correct the sin."
It also got me thinking. I believe it simply means we should answer Her calls for conversion so we don't have to ask for forgiveness when the time comes -- and also serve as an example for others to convert. In Portuguese there is no "want to" in the end, only "could have done but did not".
...that you may be prayer, peace, love - the grain that by dying will give birth a hundredfold... O Lord, under your Mother's guidance teach me how to die that I may bear fruit, even a hundredfold, because right now I don't know how... Lord have mercy! Safe in the Refuge of the Immaculate Heart!
Just praying the rosary and read it again and the lightbulb went off in my head, I do not desire for you, dear children, to have to repent for everything that you could have done but did not want to. Yes, convert now so we don't have to repent for what we should have done now. Spring, 1983 "Hasten your conversion. Do not await the sign which has been announced for those who do not believe; it will be too late. You who believe, be converted and deepen your faith." April 25, 1983 "Be converted! It will be too late when the sign comes. Beforehand, several warnings will be given to the world. Hurry to be converted. I need your prayers and your penance. "My heart is burning with love for you. For you it is enough to be converted. To ask questions is unimportant. Be converted. Hurry to proclaim it. Tell everyone that it is my wish, and that I do not cease repeating it. Be converted, be converted. It is not difficult for me to suffer for you. I beg you, be converted. "I will pray to my Son to spare you the punishment. Be converted without delay. You do not know the plans of God; you will not be able to know them. You will not know what God will send, nor what He will do. I ask you only to be converted. That is what I wish. Be converted! Be ready for everything, but be converted. That is part of conversion. Goodbye, and may peace be with you." January 28, 1987 To Mirjana, at Sarajevo: "My dear children! I come to you in order to lead you to purity of soul and then to God. How have you listened to me? At the beginning without believing and with fear and defiance toward these young people whom I have chosen, then afterwards, most of you listened to me in your heart and began to carry out my maternal requests. But that did not last for long. Whenever I come to you my Son comes with me, but so does satan. You permitted, without noticing, his influences on you and he drives you on. Sometimes you understand that something you have done is not agreeable to God, but quickly you no longer pay attention to it. "Do not let that happen, my children. Wipe from my face the tears that I cry in seeing what you do. Wake up to yourselves. Take time to meet with God in the church. Come to visit in your Father’s house. Take the time to meet among yourselves for family prayer and implore the grace of God. Remember your deceased. Give them joy with the celebration of the Holy Mass. Do not look with scorn on those who beg you for a piece of bread. Do not turn them away from your full tables. Help them and God will also help you. Perhaps it is in this way that God will hear you, and the blessing that He wants to give you in thanks will be realized. "You have forgotten all this my children. satan has influenced you also in this. Do not let that happen! Pray with me! Do not deceive yourselves into thinking, ‘I am good, but my brother next door is no good.’ You would be wrong. I, your Mother, love you and it is for that reason that I am warning you about this. Concerning the secrets, my children, these are not known by the people. But when they will learn of them, it will be too late. Return to prayer! There is nothing more important! I would dearly wish that the Lord would permit me to enlighten you a little more on these secrets, but the grace which is offered to you is already great enough. "Think how much you have offended Him. What are you offering to Him of yourself? When was the last time you renounced something for the Lord? I no longer wish to reprimand you in this way, but I want to invite you once more to prayer, fasting, and penance. If you wish to obtain a grace from God by fasting, then let no one know that you are fasting. If you wish to receive a grace from God by a gift to the poor, let no one know except you and the Lord that you have given this gift. Listen to me, my children! Meditate on my message in prayer."
'Dying to self' ,is a very,very old Catholic phrase I have not heard since I was a child. How wonderful to hear it again and from the lips of the Mother of God herself. It's just like meeting an old friend , not met in years. It sounds hard but would be a source of such joy. Dying to self so that Christ be be reborn in Our Hearts. Wonderful. For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go by for the birth of a human child; to write a book or compose music often years must be dedicated to patient research ...To find the mystery there must be patience, interior purification, silence, waiting.... -Pope John Paul II
May I ask your opinion on when we will repent? After we die, isn't it too late to repent? So the message implies that we will be repenting while we are alive...possibly after suffering of some sort or after an illumination of conscience when we realize what we didn't do that could have really helped out.
Ana Shawl has said this about the word repent in the message, There are several different translations for the Croatian word, "Kajete". It can mean, repent yes, like remorse or regret. Repent is more "pokajati se" Draga djeco! I danas mi Svevišnji daje milost da sam s vama i da vas vodim prema obraćenju. Svakim danom ja sijem i pozivam vas na obraćenje, da budete molitva, mir, ljubav, žito koje umirući rađa stostruko. Ne želim da se vi, draga djeco, kajete za sve ono što ste mogli a niste htjeli. Zato, dječice, iznova s poletom recite: „ Želim biti znak drugima". Hvala vam što ste se odazvali mome pozivu." . __,_._,___ For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go by for the birth of a human child; to write a book or compose music often years must be dedicated to patient research ...To find the mystery there must be patience, interior purification, silence, waiting.... -Pope John Paul II Beautiful! To die to self, to put complete trust in God's will, to be still and know that He is God Almighty and will take care of everything. Putting every day in His hands, so easy to say. I must give up me, ego, ego, ego. ..To find the mystery there must be patience, interior purification, silence, waiting...
To die to self- I didn't know that was such an old phrase- I pray that phrase everyday when contemplating the 5th mystery of the Sorrowful mysteries- " please Lord help me to die to myself, so that I can live for You alone"
A similar message was given in Itapiranga a day before! Corrected Google translation: Message of Our Lady on 08/24/2013 Peace to my dear children, peace! My dear children, what are you doing in your conversion path? Have you already decided to be obedient and good? Have you already decided to follow the call of my Son Jesus? Stop to think and meditate that living in the lack of love and lack of peace you are increasingly shunning the Kingdom of Heaven and my Immaculate Heart. Strive to be good every day. Strive to be children who rejoice the Heart of his Mother from Heaven. Do not to be a stumbling block in the way of his brothers, because maybe later you will find large thorns that will bleed and cry, because of your lack of conversion, for not living my messages. Pray, pray a lot to God and ask for my maternal aid, because I want to help you, while God still allows me, through my maternal messages. Get back, get back on the right path and the world shall have peace. I bless you all: in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen! By transmitting this message Our Lady had her countenance sad and painful. Original: Mensagem de Nossa Senhora em 24.08.2013A paz meus filhos amados, a paz!Meus filhos amados, o que vocês estão fazendo no seu caminho de conversão? Vocês já se decidiram em ser obedientes e bons? Já se decidiram em seguir o chamado de meu Filho Jesus?Parem para pensar e meditar que vivendo na falta de amor e na falta de paz vocês estão se distanciando cada vez mais do Reino dos Céus e do meu Coração Imaculado.Lutem para serem bons a cada dia. Lutem para serem filhos que alegram o Coração de sua Mãe do Céu. Não sejam uma pedra de tropeço no caminho dos seus irmãos, pois talvez, mais à frente, vocês encontrem grandes espinhos que os farão sangrar e chorar, por causa da sua falta de conversão, por não viverem minhas mensagens. Rezem, rezem muito para serem de Deus e peçam o meu auxílio maternal, porque eu desejo ajudá-los, enquanto Deus ainda me permite, por meio das minhas mensagens maternais. Voltem, voltem ao bom caminho e o mundo terá a paz. A todos abençoo: em nome do Pai, do Filho e do Espírito Santo. Amém! Ao transmitir esta mensagem Nossa Senhora estava com sua fisionomia triste e dolorosa.
In all of her messages to the world given through the Medjugorje visionary Marija, Our Lady has never used the word ‘repent’ until now!!
