✞ If the soul suffers distractions at Communion, it is a sign that she has not given herself completely to God.
Tonight Our Lady appeared to Ivan during his prayer group on top of Apparition Hill. By the time Our Lady appeared to Ivan, the mountain was filled with thousands of pilgrims here in Medjugorje to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Our Lady Queen of Peace of Medjugorje’s apparitions. Our Lady appeared to Ivan at around 10:00 p.m. Our Lady appeared a long time. The apparition lasted 10 to 15 minutes. The following is Ivan’s description of tonight’s apparition.
“Also today Our Lady came to us very joyful and happy and at the beginning She greeted all of us with Her motherly greeting, ‘Praised be Jesus my dear children.’ Then, for a longer while, She prayed over all of us here, and then she prayed especially over the priests and the sick who are present here. Then Our Lady said:
“Dear children, I am coming to you and I desire to lead you. Out of love I desire to lead you to my Son. He is love. I pray for all of you, dear children, and I intercede before my Son. Therefore, persevere in prayer, dear children. Especially, pray for peace. Thank you, dear children, also today for having responded to my call.”
Then Our Lady blessed all of us with her motherly blessing, and she also blessed everything you brought to be blessed. I recommended all of you, all of your needs, your intentions, and your families. In a special way, I recommended all of you who are present and all those who in a special way recommended themselves to be prayed for. Our Lady continued to pray over all of us here for awhile and she left in that prayer, in an illuminated Sign of the Cross, with a greeting, “Go in peace my dear children.” This would be what was the most important from tonight’s meeting.