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this solemnly. Have we taken him seriously? This is
my biggest concern.
Further in the Message, Jesus says: “so I ask you
truly: are you not consecrated to Me by your common
baptism?” Is there only one Baptism? Then why can
we not have one common Communion? Is Christ
divided? Do I belong to Paul? Do I belong to Peter?
One God-one Communion.
Jesus says:
“I am willing to give you the gift of Unity”.
Jesus wants this! “to lift My Church as a sign for every
nation to see My Glory”.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Jesus is willing to do this, but we have to pray for
Mercy. At the end, I will invite you to pray for Mercy.
Can I confess my sins to an Orthodox priest? Is this
Sacrament valid? Jesus says: “share your sacraments,
My Sacraments.” for He is the Supreme Pontiff.
The Church does not belong to the Pope, or to the
Bishop, or to the priest. It belongs to Jesus Christ, the
Supreme Pontiff.
And Our Lord says: “You are grieving My Spirit.”
Grief means sadness. Christ says that His Spirit
is sad because of our division. Nothing hurts more
the Heart of Jesus than the wound of division. The
Word of God reminds us:
“ do not grieve the Holy
Spirit”.
“Why then are you asking Me to pour on
you My Spirit to remove your division among you
when your heart is ruling over your prejudices?”
We all look at each other with prejudices.
“Do not
grieve My Spirit anymore by remaining divided
with your distinctions between you.”
He said that we all
should be willing to
work for Unity and
for that outcome we
should pray, and have
humility
and
love.
Our pilgrimage is not
a place for tourism;
however, unfortunately
there are some among
us that came as tourists.
Therefore, (he quoted
the messages) instead
of looking to satisfy
what we perceive as
our wants or needs,
we should lower our
voice, so God’s Voice
will be heard. It was a
very powerful message
conveyed to our hearts.
At the end, we all
kneeled, so as to pray
together to ask Mercy
from Our Merciful God.
“This is why I want
to ask God not to let this Pilgrimage end without us
invoking the Grace of Mercy. May God have Mercy
on us. Our Lady, in Medjugorje, in all of Her last
Messages insists: “Pray for my shepherds”. What does
Our Lady see in us, the shepherds that She asks so
much to pray for the shepherds? We lack Mercy.”
Later on, we departed for Saint Paul Outside the Walls (S.
Paolo Fuori le Mura). It is in this Basilica that every year,
Vassula with Venerable Mahathero Suddhananda from Bangladesh
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