Medjugorje Messages and Pilgrimages           June 25, 2011

Today, we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the apparitions of the Queen of Peace Virgin Mary at Medjugorje. Our Lady has been coming to us, speaking to us and leading us to her Son is a very special way.If you don't know about Medjugorje, it's about time you learn. It is a truly incredible place. One June 25th, 1981 in the small village of Medjugorje in Herzegovina, a woman appeared to six children. She identified herself to them as The Virgin Mary. She still appears to them to this day!                            Her messages is that God does exist and that he loves his children very much. Tours to Medjugorje have become more and more popular. People are making pilgrimages to Medjugorje in hopes of finding spiritual truths. Medjugorje is one of the most beautiful and peaceful places on Earth.

Thirty years ago, on June 24, 1981, the Virgin Mary supposedly began appearing to six young people in a small village called Medjugorje in Bosnia Herzegovina. Thus began of one of the most controversial phenomenons in recent memory that turned this tiny village into one of the most visited places in Europe. More than one million visit Medjugorje every year.

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MEMORIES

Life stands still and aches with memories.

Memories that aches so deeply of a precious life cut too short.

My son Patrick who left me behind to grieve

a loss that has no words, no definition,

no explanation, no concept.

I am left only with sorrowful feelings that linger deep

within my wounded soul reminding me to hold on to those

bittersweet memories.

These memories which came from a life that I love

so dearly and treasure.

God, help me to keep those powerful memories

because today I cherish them more than my own existence,

for it is my memories of my son Patrick, who is my life and

my light until the end.

Dedicated to my son Patrick Christian Barbosa