Hvaljen Isus I marija!!

Here is a little guide for us in the prayer group.

This is also a good reminder for those who have been in the group for a
while as well as new members. Nobody is perfect in this group but we're supposed to to our hardest.

Our Lady asked us all to do certain things.  Please read the entire letter here
before you say, oh too much and throw up your hands ok:-)  This is something
we need to work at attaining ok.  We need to ask Father Slavko for his help
in living these messages too.

I know that those of you who have gone to see Father Jozo will have received
a little prayer card with our Blessed Mothers picture, and on the back of
this little prayer card, are our five stones:  Prayer with the heart -
Rosary, Eucharist, Holy Bible, fasting, Monthly confession.

This is the basic part.  One thing that helps I feel is to take each new day and each new week as a challenge to do better, to get closer to living the messages as best as we possibly can.

DAILY

Our Lady asked for 1/2 of prayer in the mornings, then 1/2 prayer in the evenings with more prayer inbetween, to make our whole day a prayer.

In Jelena's group she asked in the Morning in our families that we pray

1.  We are asked to pray the Peace Rosary in the mornings and daily or it is also called the Medjugorje Chaplet.  7 Our Father's 7 Hail Mary's, 7 Glory Be's.


2.  Also in the morning to Pray the Consecration to the Immaculate heart of Mary, and the Sacred Heart of Jesus(You can find this on the website)


3.  If we can and have time also in the morning, pray a rosary.  We are supposed to pray at least the whole Rosary throughout the day, the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious mysteries and now the Luminous mysteries.


4.  We are all asked to read a little bit of the bible daily, whether it's a
paragraph or a couple of sentences. Absorbe God's word.

5.  Pray to the Holy Spirit daily.  She also asks that we pray to the Holy
Spirit before Holy Mass.  This is why when you go to Medjugorje, there is
always this prayer    before Mass.  They had stopped once and the Blessed
Mother came back and asked them why they stopped this, but it is important
to do it always.  When going to Mass, try to get there early and pray, to
prepare yourselves for what's about to take place in your meeting with
Jesus.

6.  We are all asked to attend Mass as often as we can and daily is best
because this is where we meet with Jesus.

Our whole day should be a prayer, offer up all your sacrifices, your trials,
pray while you work and offer your work to God, that way, your work is a
prayer.

Jelena in her prayer group was asked that they pray for 3 hours daily, a
half hour of your prayers should be in the morning and a half hour should be
in the evening.  In between if you pray and offer everything then your whole
day is a prayer.

Our lady told them when even some of the priests complained, that this is only 1/6th of our day and if we wanted to, we could pray 4 hours a day but she asks us for three.

WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS

 We are all asked to Fast on Wednesdays and Fridays, and our Lady asked for
Strict fasts.  She also tells us the best fast is on Bread and water.
    She has said that the sick do not need to fast on bread and water and if
you can't do this, then you are to give up something that is difficult.
    If you smoke, to give cigarettes those days, drinking, give up the
drink.  You know what you need to work on and so for you, your fast can be
this.

THURSDAYS

Our Lady asked us to read  we are to specifically read and meditate on
Matthew 6:24 - 34

DURING THE MONTH

1.  We are all asked to go to at least to Monthly confession.  Sometimes she
asked the children in Medjugorje to go even more frequently and sometimes
she would
     them in a special way to go, even if they had just gone the day before.

2.  Go over and read and pray about the monthly message that we just
recieved, pray about it and try to live it and help each other in the group
try to live it.
     IF we just read the messages, it doesn't do us much good.  We really
have to try to live them and spread them.

3.  If we have a specific message from Ivan then we are to pray for that
intention.

4.  Go through past messages as they are all intented for us to change, for
our conversions and they never become obsolete.  Read, and re read them.

Now, nobody is perfect, and this seems like a lot, and as Vicka says, she
has to tell you everything the Blessed Mother told her to do at once, but
when they were receiving these messages, they came to the visionaries over a
period of time.  When they completed one task, the Blessed Mother would give
them the next.  When they were able to fast on the one day, the Blessed
Mother added the next.  The first thing she ever told them to do was to add
the Creed to their Medjugorje Chaplet.  As you might recall last month, our
lady asked for a decision from us to live in holiness, little by little,
Step by step.  Please just try.  When you try then you are helping not just
your life, but the life of those around you and the whole world.  The whole
body of Christ will benefit from you and your decision.

We are to really try and live these messages as BEST as we can
and try to live them all. Nobody is perfect and we'll never stop learning
and we can never stop trying, but perseverance is what Our Lady wants to
see.  WE can do and try and as our Blessed Mother said in one of her recent messages,
start anew to live prayer and fasting right now and to pray for peace.

I hope this helps and if there is something I left out, I'm sure you'll all
tell me:-)

God Bless you  and have a wonderful day.  

Love to you all
Ana