The joy is hard to contain!  "IN A WHOLE NEW WAY THE GOSPA [THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY] IS STARTING TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO BRING HER BLESSING TO THE WORLD!"  

A couple of days ago during our internet rosary I witnessed this happening.   As my wife and I were praying the "St. Michael the Archangel" prayer I glimpsed spiritually Our Lady's blessing/presence travel through the internet and when it reached where it was going Satan got up and fled! 

For an idea of  the power of the blessing of Our Lady of Medjugorje/her presence, see again my wife's July 9th reflection, below – or go directly to  the parish' s web page: http://www.medjugorje.hr/en/news/the-priest%2c-exorcist---i-can-no-longer-live-without-medjugorje,3102.html

We're going to see more and more now Our Lady routing Satan, delivering her children, taking the world by storm!

Denis

July 9, 2010 
St. Augustine Zhao Rong and his companions 
 
Dear Family of Mary! 
 
“Dear children! My invitation that you live the messages which I am giving you is a daily one, specially, little children, because I want to draw you closer to the Heart of Jesus. Therefore, little children, I am inviting you today to the prayer of consecration to Jesus, my dear Son, so that each of you may be His. And then I am inviting you to the consecration of my Immaculate Heart. I want you to consecrate yourselves as parents, as families and as parishioners so that all belong to God through my heart. Therefore, little children, pray that you comprehend the greatness of this message which I am giving you. I do not want anything for myself, rather all for the salvation of your soul. Satan is strong and therefore, you, little children, by constant prayer, press tightly against my motherly heart. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (October 25, 1988) 
 
I know this message is long, but it sums up very much the strategy of Our Lady in Medjugorje.  She urges us in this message to consecrate ourselves, our families, and our parishes to the Her Immaculate Heart, and through Her Heart to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  Why?  I think because it is a matter of life and death in these days.  “Satan is strong, and therefore you, little children, by constant prayer, press tightly against my mother heart.” She is not being figurative here.  She knows that our enemy is going for the kill now, and she wants her children to be safe.   
 
A friend pointed out to me a very interesting testimony found on the Medjugorje Parish website.  I believe it explains just what Our Lady is trying to communicate in this message.  (I am going to make special passages bold, because I think they are so important.)  
 
“Priest Leonid, a Redemptorist from Ukraine province, participated in the 15th International seminar for priest in Medjugorje and gave this testimony, first to the other participants and then to Radio Station Mir Medjugorje. We publish the testimony as it was given:  
 
“My first pilgrimage to Medjugorje was related to my obligations and to my occupation in the priest vocation. Namely, in 2005 the local Church entrusted me with a huge responsibility and gave me a heavy burden to carry and that was the service of exorcist. The first months and the very first year were filled with God’s love and grace, but also with great difficulties and temptations. One of the major difficulties took place during one session of exorcism over one possessed person. That person spoke to me in a very rough voice, full of horror in these words: “I am horrible, I am powerful, and I will destroy you. I will destroy your priesthood and all of your life.” Although that was quite bad, I did not take that seriously at all. After all, I believed in God completely and I did not have any reasons to doubt that. I also knew that if I had fear in front of the Satan that would be as if I already lost something. But God allowed this situation to take place, and I am going to share with you how great and how mighty his Mother is, and how Medjugorje is sacred ground. 
 
“When I was in great pain, when I suffered and when I was tempted daily, I was not able to pray at all. I would go to confession every single day, but Satan tempted me all the time. The temptations were so strong that I lost peace in my soul completely. And not only that, I also felt that I lost my priesthood and my vocation. I felt that was complete and total destruction of my life. In that difficult reality, while I was still unable to figure out what was happening to me, somebody offered me to come to Medjugorje. And I came. I was with a group of priests. I was just not able to pray, not even when they prayed.  
 
“During that pilgrimage I met one other priest, Father Ambrosias from Slovakia. He completely sacrificed his life and his vocation working with people from Ukraine in the region of Carpatho – Ukraine. He travelled here soon after a heart attack, and he also had diabetes. He was a Franciscan priest who came to Medjugorje five times before. He absolutely thrilled me with his life and humbleness. He became my friend, I would help him around, take him by the hand, as he was older man. It appeared that I was helping to him, but the truth was that it was the other way round.  
 
“We were once climbing up the Hill of Apparitions and it was to be the apparition to one of the visionaries. Everything was packed with people, priests. I sat next to Fr. Ambrosias and I turned my back to the apparition site. I felt myself not worthy of being there at all. But during the time of the Rosary, I felt a desire to look towards that direction, to see what was happening there. At the same time as I felt that desire, another inner voice was saying to me not to look there. You are failure and you will end up in hell, I heard. It was horrible. Those first, positive feelings directed me to look towards the apparition site. I started to look and I was searching for a sign. Maybe I was to see something at the end. Hope was being born in me slowly, but also more new arguments about how my humiliation was not to be changed. But, I believed in crucial moment. Just for a moment.  
 
“And in that very moment, as the answer to all of the questions ever posed, I was able to feel how Our Lady was coming down from Heaven to this world. It was horrible in that moment. I had such a powerful perception and scent of the other world I used to feel up to that point. And then, I was appeased by a certain gentleness, light touch, like a gentle breeze of Our Lady’s presence. She was coming closer to me. And as She was closer to me, the power of evil was disappearing. In my heart I experienced a new revelation. I was able to experience how powerful Her presence is, how she was humble.  Then I realized that She does not cast away evil spirits, but they run themselves. The are not able to bear Her purity and the beauty of Her presence. She does not humiliate them nor does She send them away. She simply loves them and they cannot stand that!  
 
“And then a change of spirits within me took place. The spirit of Satan, the spirit that destroys, disappeared with all of his depressions and fears. Instead of that spirit, Our Lady’s spirit took its place. In my heart, I heard the voice: “Do not be afraid, I am your mother! I am your guarantee that you will not be destroyed, that you will not fail.” Everything was changed. That experience of the presence of Our Blessed Mother became a miracle of love that saves me, my vocation and my life! I have started to feel Our Lady’s presence in every exorcism I perform.  
 
“I will just share one little example, since there are many similar ones. Our priests were dealing with one possessed girl who came to confess in front of one young priest who just returned after his studies in Rome. And as he was saying the absolution words, that person, Satan in that person, hit that priest so hard that he felt down immediately. Then, the same person started calling other priest in some strange voice. That priest was scared and he called me. After a few moments that girl was in front of me and I started to pray over her. As I began exorcism, I knew the diagnosis straight away, the girl was severely possessed and I invited five devoted faithful to pray as well. As I recited traditional prayers of exorcism, Satan just laughed. It spoke to me in the English language, humiliated me and constantly laughed at me. Then, I began to pray to Our Lady. I was totally exhausted. I began to be nervous as well. I felt that I needed to finish my prayer, but the evil spirit was not going away. It was the spirit of suicide. I began to call Our Lady with all of my heart. In the same way as the child calls his mom. And real screaming began at those moments: “I cannot stay here any longer, Our Lady is here, I need to go away.” And the spirit was gone.  
 
“This was just one situation and there are so many similar ones. During these five years, as I have been entrusted the service of exorcism, I experience many temptations and trials. I had those before; I know I will have those in the future as well. But, Our Lady keeps me in Her heart. I CAN NO LONGER LIVE WITHOUT MEDJUGORJE AND JERUSALEM. I need to be in Medjugorje and Jerusalem every year. That is what faith is for me. Here I have faith, blessing and grace. I am grateful to dear God that I am able to witness Our Lady’s grace in this way. I would like each one of us to want to love more our Blessed Mother, Mother of God. She is our Mother. She loves Her children. She is prepared to do anything Her children ask of Her. I feel that if it wasn’t for Her presence, we would all be destroyed. That is why we should try to live every second of our lives with Her. I feel a personal invitation to help other people to come to Medjugorje. To bring here all of those people who experience tremendous spiritual suffering.” 
 
See this article at: 
http://www.medjugorje.hr/en/news/the-priest%2c-exorcist---i-can-no-longer-live-without-medjugorje,3102.html

 
Father Leonid said, “I feel that if it wasn’t for Her presence, we would all be destroyed. That is why we should try to live every second of our lives with Her.”  He understands the spiritual battle we are in very well, and he knows how weak we are if we stand alone. How sincerely he urges us to live every second of our lives with Mary.  Why?  Because: “Satan is strong and therefore, you, little children, by constant prayer, press tightly against my motherly heart.”   
 
May we invite Our Mother into our midst at every waking moment, pressing against Her through prayer, and drawing everyone in our lives into Her Motherly embrace!  It is Her time! 
 
In Jesus and Mary,

Cathy Nolan 
 
PS.  Thanks to the parish to sharing this testimony with us, and for all those incredible priests at the priest’s retreat this summer.  They are such gifts to us!