“In all these years when I am with you, my finger is directed towards the Child, because I want to lead you to Jesus” the Virgin Mary tells visionary Ivan Dragicevic, after surprise that the Child Jesus spoke on Christmas Day. A few hundred attended Ivan’s late night apparition on Podbrdo Hill.
People gathering on top of Apparition Hill before Ivan’s apparition at 10 pm on December 28. Photo: Marco Piagentini
Pointing back to the surprise on Christmas Day when the Child Jesus gave a message, the Virgin Mary both mentioned the Child and reinforced the theme of the two Christmas messages when she appeared to visionary Ivan Dragicevic late in the evening of December 28 on top of Apparition Hill in Medjugorje.
Afterwards, Ivan reported this message:
Overview of Medjugorje by night, from the path up Apparition Hill in the evening of December 28. Photo: Marco Piagentini
“Dear children, responsibly accept my messages, live my messages, because through my messages I wish to lead you to my Son. In all these years when I am with you, my finger is directed towards the Child, because I want to lead you to Jesus, that even these days you will ask yourself: what can I do that my heart could be closer to Jesus? This question should guide you: What will we have to leave or refuse that our hearts may be closer to Jesus? Pray, dear children, and I pray for you all, that the answer in your hearts is desiring to be closer to Jesus. Thank you, dear children, for having responded to my call and said yes.”
Lasting about 10 minutes, Ivan’s apparition was attended by only a few hundred people. In the days after Christmas, Medjugorje has been almost void of pilgrims, and on Friday many among the attendees arrived on top of Apparition Hill in the last half hour before the apparition without causing any confusion.
Laura Marcazzan Budimir reported from Medjugorje