The Visions of the Children
The Apparitions of the Blessed Mother at Medjugorje
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Publisher Description
In Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina, on June 25, 1981, five teenagers and a nine-year-old began telling others that they were seeing the Blessed Virgin Mary on a local mountain with the Infant Christ in her arms. The religious visions of the children continued daily. The Blessed Virgin Mary, who identified herself as the "Queen of Peace" on that day continues to bring messages for the entire world.
Like Lourdes and Fatima before it, Medjugorje has become a holy pilgrimage site for Christian worshippers around the world. The Visions of the Children, Revised and Updated Edition features exclusive conversations with the six apparitioners who have been receiving, since June 1981, visions and messages of the Virgin Mary. After 25 years, three of the original visionaries continue to see the Blessed Mother daily.
This revised and updated edition includes:
-new information on the six visionaries who first saw Mary at Medjugorje
-Messages from the Virgin Mary through June 2006
-extraordinary secrets about the final chapter in the history of the world
-A new, updated list of Marian Centers worldwide.
This is a must have volume for anyone interested in the Blessed Virgin Mary, Marian apparitions, or Mejugorgje.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In June 1981, six teenagers in the village of Medjugorje, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzogovina), claimed to have had visions of the Virgin Mary, whom they say has continued to appear to them over the ensuing 10 years. This compilation of Connell's interviews with the six shows them standing up admirably to the scrutiny of church officials, as well as to the intense tourism that news of the apparitions generated in the area. Two of the women, now married with children, have less frequent visitations; the others continue to encounter Mary, and her message to them is consistent: God is present in the world and in people's lives, and we must repent to bring about peace. Connell, who gave up a Pennsylvania law practice to become the visionaries' spokesperson, argues that the Medjugorje phenomenon falls within the tradition of 20th-century Mariology--the study of and devotion to the mother of Jesus--although private revelations are not included in official church doctrine. She sounds a poignant note when reflecting that the village survived communism only to be threatened now by the Yugoslavian civil war. Photos not seen by PW . ( Aug. )
