199615th Ann of the Shrine at Medugorje - Set

Fifteen years have passed since Our Lady first appeared at Medjugorje. What has Medjugorje meant to us since? A short answer would be: the source of true faith, prayer, fasting, conversion and peace. It would be enough to say that the little village between mountains in the rugged Herzegovina has been visited by tens of millions of pilgrims. They have been attracted by the mysterious “Woman from eternity” – the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is a challenge to our times, our rush, our intolerance and our acquisitiveness. The mother of all people shows a new life to the human race, points to love our neighbors, diverts us from hatred and enmity. Many have said that medjugorje is really a prophetic place. He who has once sensed its true faith is always homesick for this holy place. People get a feeling of security when they see the outline of the Medjugorje church of St James from the distance, when they see groups of pilgrims climbing Podbrdo, the hill of first apparition, and when they recognize the outline of the big stone cross on Mt Križevac on the horizon.