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| Vicka |
“When I
arrived in Medjugorje, I wasn't impressed with the place...But Ann said that
since we were here, we might as well go to the place of the first apparitions.
And so, just to make her happy, we got a taxi to Podbrdo. And the taxi stopped
outside this house. I didn't know where we were, but as soon as I got out of the
taxi, I looked and I saw this girl standing in the courtyard with an old woman.
And I knew who she was.
I knew her name, even. I said, ‘Ann, quick, there is Vicka.’ To this day I don't know how I knew her. I ran up to her garden and I was just spellbound looking at her. I was mesmerized by her. The best way to describe her was that she didn't seem human; she was like an angel. There was this presence about her. So she came over, and she laid hands on me and prayed over me, and just like that – in an instant, my whole life flashed in front of me.
Everything I had done wrong, the way I was living, it all just flashed by me, and I just knew from that instant on that I had to change my life. And we went up Apparition Hill and I got to the top and I just cried. I sat there for maybe an hour or so, I don't know, but I just sat there and I cried. I cried like a baby. I got rid of all this rubbish, this garbage I was carrying. I felt this peace, a peace I had never known before....I only spent three hours in Medjugorje and it changed my whole life, thank God. I don't know where I would be if I hadn't come at this stage of my life.” ("Fruit of Medjugorje," Episode 6 at www.marytv.tv )
I knew her name, even. I said, ‘Ann, quick, there is Vicka.’ To this day I don't know how I knew her. I ran up to her garden and I was just spellbound looking at her. I was mesmerized by her. The best way to describe her was that she didn't seem human; she was like an angel. There was this presence about her. So she came over, and she laid hands on me and prayed over me, and just like that – in an instant, my whole life flashed in front of me.
Everything I had done wrong, the way I was living, it all just flashed by me, and I just knew from that instant on that I had to change my life. And we went up Apparition Hill and I got to the top and I just cried. I sat there for maybe an hour or so, I don't know, but I just sat there and I cried. I cried like a baby. I got rid of all this rubbish, this garbage I was carrying. I felt this peace, a peace I had never known before....I only spent three hours in Medjugorje and it changed my whole life, thank God. I don't know where I would be if I hadn't come at this stage of my life.” ("Fruit of Medjugorje," Episode 6 at www.marytv.tv )
Joanne
Ronallo- June 1989 - (Joanne went to Medjugorje with a youth group, not
believing in the apparitions. She arrived in the middle of the night and the
next morning...)
“I got up out
of bed and went outside and said, ‘Oh my gosh, this town is so remote, so dusty.
I don't want to be here.’ So I'm thinking in my head, as we are walking through
Biakovici, and the chickens are running in front of us, ‘I'm going to get out of
this town, and wait for the group in Rome. I'll do some sightseeing, whatever!’
So I ran into the group leader and he said, ‘This is Vicka's house; the group is
down at Ivan's and will be up soon.’ At this time the visionaries would talk in
front of their homes.
So I said, ‘I'll just wait here at Vicka's for you.’ So I got in her little courtyard and then the kids came, and then Vicka came down. She started her talk, and we looked at each other, right in the eye, and all of a sudden I had an illumination, and I could see everything I ever did right in my life, and everything I ever did wrong. And there was no justification, no ‘Well, I picked this flower...’ No, I just knew...Dear Lord, I'm going to hell!
And it was such a...not even a fear...such a disappointment that I had hurt Jesus so much...that He was real, and He was ready there with His mercy...and His love, and I was just like Ivan – I wanted to run!!! So I did, I bolted out of the area, started running down the street in Biakovici, and where are you going to go??? There was nowhere else to go, so I sat down on a stone wall and started to cry and cry and cry. The kids said, ‘What's wrong with you?’ So I just said, ‘I have to go to Confession.’ I hadn't been to Confession in 20 years. I had lived in Aspen Colorado, hung with the Eagles, did sex, drugs and rock and roll... Two hours we spent [in Confession], and we went through everything...I felt so refreshed. (Fruit of Medjugorje, Episode 39 at www.marytv.tv )
So I said, ‘I'll just wait here at Vicka's for you.’ So I got in her little courtyard and then the kids came, and then Vicka came down. She started her talk, and we looked at each other, right in the eye, and all of a sudden I had an illumination, and I could see everything I ever did right in my life, and everything I ever did wrong. And there was no justification, no ‘Well, I picked this flower...’ No, I just knew...Dear Lord, I'm going to hell!
And it was such a...not even a fear...such a disappointment that I had hurt Jesus so much...that He was real, and He was ready there with His mercy...and His love, and I was just like Ivan – I wanted to run!!! So I did, I bolted out of the area, started running down the street in Biakovici, and where are you going to go??? There was nowhere else to go, so I sat down on a stone wall and started to cry and cry and cry. The kids said, ‘What's wrong with you?’ So I just said, ‘I have to go to Confession.’ I hadn't been to Confession in 20 years. I had lived in Aspen Colorado, hung with the Eagles, did sex, drugs and rock and roll... Two hours we spent [in Confession], and we went through everything...I felt so refreshed. (Fruit of Medjugorje, Episode 39 at www.marytv.tv )
Both Joanne
and Barry came to Medjugorje expecting nothing, and left having received
everything – conversion, faith, forgiveness, joy, hope, and love!! All
because of the intercession of Our Lady and Her apostles who won the graces, and
the witness of Vicka who carries the life of Jesus in her. This is Our Lady's
battle plan for the world! She wants us to help Her obtain conversion graces for
all of Her lost children. This is a great task given to us!
Wow!