Video: A visit to Medjugorje - documentary by Natasha Beliaeva - 2010

This video tracks a young woman from Russia who visits Medjugorje with no expectations. She visits not as a believer in the visions, but as an observer.  Among the highlights;

1. Ascent up cross mountain

2. Testimonies by members of community Cenacolo

3. Talk by Fr. Svet

4. Visit to "the Castle" (retreat house for priests and religious, owned by Patrick and Nancy Latta).

5. Testimony of ex-drug addict

US Distance Runner Alberto Salazar: Medjugorje for me was just a time of returning to the Catholic Church

The spiritual part of your life obviously is very important. You tell the story of making a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, a Bosnian village where some believers say the Virgin Mary appeared to six children in 1981. Explain the importance of the trip for you.


Medjugorje for me was just a time of returning to the Catholic Church and returning to my commitment to Christ. I guess the No. 1 thing Medjugorje did was to illuminate that all my injuries and sicknesses and the fall from running success were again a part of God's plan. I think my running had become so important to me that God at some point just said, "You know what? You're getting too far out there. You're forgetting about me." And I look at my running now just like the heart attack. My running going poorly was a blessing. Because I was just becoming this guy who believed in himself and his running and had no time for God.

While you were there, you write about how your rosary beads changed overnight from silver to gold. Do you think that happened because you believed, or did it happen so you would believe?


I think it was because I believed. The first couple days, we were waiting to see if it would happen. When it didn't, I realized we shouldn't be asking to be shown a miracle in order to believe. It's like the story of St. Thomas, the one apostle who wasn't there when Christ first appeared. He said, "I won't believe it until I can put my finger in the holes in his hand and his side." And the next time Jesus appeared Thomas was there, and he said: "My lord, my God." And Jesus said, "You believed because you saw. Blessed are those who believe without seeing." And so I realized that anyone can believe in miracles you see. We weren't looking for it to happen. But then it did. Read Salazar puts faith over the finishing line

Beautiful Easter Song: Matt Maher - Christ is Risen

Easter Song-Matt Maher sings Resurrection Day from the Overflow Album

Peter Hutley, Medjugorje and his recreation of Christ’s crucifixion in Trafalgar Square on Good Friday

His  (Peter Hutleys) own upbringing was, he says, broadly Christian, but he’s not keen on denominational labels. “In 1944, when I joined the Army, my sergeant said I had to put something in the box for religion, and told me I was Church of England.” It was only after he had started staging the nativity plays at Wintershall that he found himself challenged to deepen his commitment.

Encouraged by his family, in 1994 Hutley travelled to Medjugorje, the small town in Bosnia-Hercegovina where the Virgin Mary is reported to have been appearing since 1981.

The apparitions have not yet received the imprimatur of the Vatican, but Hutley was sufficiently moved to become a Catholic the following year. He has returned there more than 20 times and remains close to the Franciscan priests who run the parish in Medjugorje. Ever practical, he has expressed his commitment to the shrine by sorting out its town planning issues, which became more pressing as visitor numbers grew. Peter Hutley explains what inspired him to recreate Christ’s crucifixion in Trafalgar Square tomorrow in THE TELEGRAPH

Medjugorje: Video of Apparition to Mirjana on April 2, 2012

Message to Mirjana - April 2, 2012

"Dear children, As the Queen of Peace, I desire to give peace to you, my children, true peace which comes through the heart of my Divine Son. As a mother I pray that wisdom, humility and goodness may come to reign in your hearts – that peace may reign – that my Son may reign. When my Son will be the ruler in your hearts, you will be able to help others to come to know Him. When heavenly peace comes to rule over you, those who are seeking it in the wrong places, thus causing pain to my motherly heart, will recognize it. My children, great will be my joy when I see that you are accepting my words and that you desire to follow me. Do not be afraid, you are not alone. Give me your hands and I will lead you. Do not forget your shepherds. Pray that in their thoughts they may always be with my Son who called them to witness Him. Thank you."

Ireland: €100 House Tax-Hard Questions for Sinn Fein and the Socialist Party

Sinn Fein has played a major role in stirring up opposition to this €100 tax. Yet Sinn Fein is in government in Northern Ireland and has no problem with an average annual house tax(rates) of €1,500. Gerry Adams will pay a house tax in Northern Ireland and yet stirs up opposition against a similar tax -in the South- which is miniscule by comparison. The amount of publicity accorded to the anti campaign from the day of its inception has been incredible and has helped fuel opposition. Yet nobody in RTE or elsewhere (as far as I  am aware)  has challenged Sinn Fein on its duplicity.

Thousands have been duped into believing that the money was going to bondholders.   This is of course utter nonsense. This was an important plank in the Sinn Fein/Socialist Party campaign of misinformation. Not a word from Joe Higgins, Ruth Coppinger or Sinn Feiners like Gerry Adams about the €15 billion budget deficit which must be bridged. Why have economists, politicians and the media failed to pin down the hard left on the issue?
Quite frankly I have never seen such nonsense over a €2 per week tax.