I was living in Alabama in 1988 when Marija came to Birmingham to donate one of her kidneys to her brother. My friend Aline drove down on November 29, 1988 and was there for the message of Blessed Mother extending her special blessing. Aline passed this on to me and I have given it to countless people over the years. November 29, 1988, 10:30 p.m. (SPECIAL BLESSING) Our Lady came and was very happy. She blessed and prayed over everyone. Marija recommended all those present, especially the sick, to Our Lady. Our Lady prayed The Lord’s Prayer and the Glory Be. Our Lady extended Her arms above all who gathered there and for a certain time prayed in that manner. Tonight Our Lady gave the SPECIAL BLESSING. Our Lady’s message: “Bless [with the Special Blessing] even those who don’t believe. You can give them this Blessing from the heart to help them in their conversion. Bless everyone you meet. I give you a special grace. I desire you to give this grace to others.” Our Lady left saying,“Go in peace. The November 29th SPECIAL BLESSING was given on a day which was not a feast day or a special occasion. Our Lady spoke specifically about what She desired with this SPECIAL BLESSING. This was rare, and it was interpreted as Our Lady’s desire to spread this important gift. Those gathered in the Field were surprised and elated because no one expected this gift. Marija has said: 1. This is a blessing which has the power to convert and to help people. 2. It may be used on believers and non-believers to help them convert or to help them progress in their conversion process. 3. Once Our Lady gives it to you, it lasts your whole life. 4. You do not have to be in the presence of the one you are blessing. 5. You can only give it individually from you to the individual, whereas a priest can bless a crowd. Our Lady’s blessing is from one person to the next. 6. If you receive this blessing from Our Lady and in turn bless another with it, that person has it to the same degree you first received it from Our Lady. This second person may then give it to a third, and the third to a fourth, etc. All will receive this gift to bless others just as if Our Lady gave it directly. This blessing will last your entire lifetime. 7. You must be at the site of the apparition to receive it directly from Our Lady. 8. To bless someone, a spontaneous prayer is fine. You can say, “I extend to you the blessing of Our Lady.” If you choose to say more, it is acceptable. When giving this Special Blessing to a non-believer, a family member, friend, or non-acquaintance, you may do so silently, in his presence or from a distance. You may extend this blessing every day, even several times a day, to help this person to convert. N.B. The blessing from a priest is Christ’s blessing. This Special Blessing is Our Lady’s blessing. You should not think of yourself as a priest, blessing as a priest does. Use this blessing in a humble way and extend it to even those you pass individually on the street. The Blessed Mother has given us a great gift, and She desires us to use it.**
My friend was actually there for this apparition and said Demons were screaming out of people....you can hear it on the audio if you listen....she said it is somewhat perceptible on the video but in person was terrifying.
Yes, this seems to happen more and more in Medjugorje. Also because more and more people bring possessed people to Medjugorje so they can be delivred. I once was on the hill very late in the evening and after long hours of prayer and profound peace, somebody screemed like a lion. It was awful as it always is, also because it was dark there at the hill... Brrrr. A religious sister looked for protection near a priest. I also remember that a father took his child of the hill, fleeiing. But then the Apparition of Holy Mary started and the possessed person finished in weeping (he/she was delivred). Medjugorje is a big delivrance place (it also frequently happens in the Church). I do not think the demon likes those multiple delivrances. I say this for those who think that Medjugorje is not coming from God....
Just an added note about Marija in Birmingham. Aline called me at work the next day (November 30, 1988 )and said I must get down there and she would get me a ride and give me some warm clothes. I had a dress and heels on for work and I would have to catch the ride right after work in Huntsville two hours away to be there in time for the message. The temperatures were very cold that night. It was worth the cold because the message was so beautiful! November 30, 1988, 10:30 p.m. Our Lady came and was very happy. She blessed and prayed over everyone. Marija recommended all those present to Our Lady, and She prayed The Lord’s Prayer and the Glory Be. Our Lady extended Her arms and prayed in Hebrew over everyone. Her message: “I wish that all your life be love, only love. Everything that you do, do it with love. In every little thing, see Jesus and His example. You also do as Jesus did. He died out of love for you. You also offer all you do with love to God, even the smallest little things of everyday life.” Then Our Lady made the Sign of the Cross and left saying, “Go in peace.”All gathered in the Bedroom were awed over hearing this message, and it has become for some their favorite message of all the messages over the course of Our Lady of Medjugorje’s apparitions.
I think Garabandal and Medjugorje are connected. It is interesting because, Conchita from Garabandal is in my age group. She did say if the Chastisements come it would be in her childrens' lifetime. Bear in mind Medjugorje visionaries are the next generation after my generation; so they could live past the Warning and Miracle and still live to see the Chastisements spoken of at Garabandal as well as Medjugorje. God help and preserve the visionaries with such serious secrets. It is our nature to share heavy burdens, the visionaries have to carry it on their own.
I believe, but if the Church rules against I will do my very best to listen with an open heart and mind. Listen very,very carefully.
I think we all need to remember if the church approves or disapproves it is not a sin to reject or believe. If I choose not to believe in Fatima I will not be judged on my decision !! FACT !
I received this in my e-box from Deacon John today. I thought I'd pass it along for your discernment: 11th - Personal Contemplation (Deacon John Martinez) About Our Holy Father: Pope Francis …… My Dear Friends, I thank all of you for your prayers and emails. I have been delighted to continue meeting and communicating with many of you from different parts of our country. We are truly a widespread but cherished community of believers, sharing, listening, lifting each other up through the storms that are now slowly but clearly assailing all of us. Please know that it is not that I do not wish to write regularly. From the very beginning of my calling, I have been called to be the Watchman (Ezekiel 33: 1 – 33) and lookout for our God. I can only write as directed by Him---to make you aware of major spiritual events as they unfold. It was the Holy Spirit who baptized me with His Love and has blessed me with several of His gifts. It was Jesus, in the form of a little white lamb, who introduced me to Our Blessed Mother. She then took me aside, patiently teaching me and showing me many futuristic events that would occur. For over 34 years, I have been obedient to God and to Our Lady. Please know that I am a simple, lowly and imperfect messenger whom God the Father has called. I am allowed to write only when I am directed to do so as the times begin to unfold (Matthew 24: 1- 51). One of the first teachings that I was given from Our Blessed Mother was that part of my future mission was to share her immense, incomprehensible love for all of her children. She also instructed me to tell my fellow brethren throughout the world that she has had been placed in charge by God the Father to prepare us spiritually for the coming chastisement. I’m clearly not the exclusive recipient of this information; she has appeared in many church-approved apparitions to warn us precisely about these times, and to assure us that Her Immaculate Heart was our “Refuge”. She emphasized to me that I would need to carefully DISCERN everything in my spiritual journey. She allowed me to see the evil that satan has placed in the hearts and minds of God’s children, and has expressed her pain and tears at the suffering that Her Son Jesus has endured. The pestilence of evil that satan has unleashed upon mankind, who has willingly cooperated with his trickery, is leading us to that “Final Battle”. She shared that thousands of good men and women had been chosen by the Holy Spirit to help Her build an army of warriors to fight the tough spiritual battles upon us and those severe tests to come. She also warned me that there were many deceitful sons of satan that have and will continue trying to sow deception and confusion among God’s children. In Her teachings, she emphasized the need to discern and pray. She indicated that the “signs” that I needed to look for would come from three different sources: 1.) The Holy Father 2.) Jerusalem/Israel and 3.) Her apparitions in Medjugore. By watching these three indicators, I would see God the Father’s plans begin to unfold. As I discern the occurrences of the last month and pray, I feel called to ask each of you: Please Pray for Pope Francis and his mission. Lately, the Holy Father has been intensely attacked; some have accused him of misleading our Catholic Church and distorting our faith. Yet, Pope Francis has been given to us by God Himself. Please….we must not join forces with those individuals that are being deceived by satan, the evil one who wants to bring division, deception and false words to all of us. Our Lady has directed us to PRAY for Pope Francis and for the completion and fruition of the work that he was given to him by God. We must not disparage the tough work he has before him, but assist him spiritually with our prayers. Yes, there are those around him in high places of authority that are responsible for discord, deception, confusion and strife within the church leadership. We must continue to stand for what is right and not obsess or become consumed by this battle----a battle that is Our Lord’s to fight and win. Only He can conquer this; we cannot. Many prophecies deal with the very clash currently occurring within our church. For example, this shaking of our church was prophesied in an approved apparition by the Roman Catholic Church in Akita, Japan: THE MESSAGE OF OUR LADY OF AKITA (1973 - 1981) The first message received by Sister Agnes Katsuko Sasagawa on June 6, 1973, was a call for prayer and sacrifice for the glory of the Father and salvation of souls. The second message, August 3, 1973, was for prayer, penance and courageous sacrifices to soften the Father's anger. The third message on October 13, 1973, the actual anniversary of the final visions and miracle of Fatima is as follows: "As I told you, if men do not repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the deluge, such as one will never have seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will envy the dead. The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by my Son. Each day, recite the prayers of the Rosary. With the Rosary, pray for the Pope, the bishops and the priests. The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, and bishops against other bishops. The priests who venerate me will be scorned and opposed by their Confreres. The Church and altars will be vandalized. The Church will be full of those who accept compromises and the demon will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord. "The demon will rage especially against souls consecrated to God. The thought of the loss of so many souls is the cause of my sadness. If sins increase in number and gravity, there will no longer be pardon for them." Sister Lucia of Fatima also had a vision of the Holy Father: “The seers then saw in the unapproachable light of God a reflection of someone who, Lucia says, "we had the impression . . . was the Holy Father." With the pope were others climbing a mountain to a rough-hewn cross. Mountains are traditional places where man meets with God, the difficult process of ascending the mountain suggesting the perseverance required to follow God. The ruggedness of the cross depicted in the vision evokes the harshness of the sufferings of Christ and those who share in his sufferings. The journey of the pope and those with him through the half-ruined city suggests that the Church must pass through the destruction that accompanies war, and it evokes the suffering of the pontiff in witnessing this destruction but being unable to stop it. This reflects the experience of many twentieth-century popes.” Our Lady is asking us to support the Holy Father, regardless of what you see in some of the media or read via emails being circulated by detractors of Pope Francis. I repeat: Pope Francis is our rightful leader and has been appointed by God himself. Satan is trying to bring division and discredit His Holiness through various means. This is all part of satan’s strategies----schemes that are unfolding as we get closer and closer to the storm Please Pray for Pope Francis. Your brother in Christ, John Martinez GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!
