"I no longer doubt that the Mother of God is coming to this earth!"

I went to Medjugorje (1) as a tourist… I was already planning on going to WYD, very much doubted the veracity of the apparitions spanning more than 20 years, and didn't feel particularly close to the Virgin Mary, so I went to Medjugorje in July 2005, at the insistence of a friend, but just as a tourist. 

I was immediately seized by the intense and continuous prayer of this place. Two years ago, I realized that God is alive and loves me; but in Medjugorje I discovered just how much Mary, filled with the Holy Spirit, is the mediatrix of all graces. Her intercession touches the Lord, who grants our requests.

When I attended one of her apparitions, I felt wrapped and protected in the mantle of Mary who is my patron saint, and I no longer had any doubts about the daily coming to Earth of the Mother of God!

The five pebbles (rosary, bible, mass, confession, fasting) have given me very effective spiritual weapons and thanks to a great deal of surrender to the Lord, I now have the strength and joy to bear witness to my family, my friends and at WYD, to the joy of being a Christian!

Marie, www.clubmedj.com

(1) Međugorje is a town in Bosnia-Herzegovina that has become a place of Catholic pilgrimage since the apparitions of the Virgin Mary on the "hill of apparitions" began in 1981