ESOL Magazine June 2014 | Page 28

THE HEAVEN ON EARTH By Inga Grasmane I would like to tell you about most peaceful place in the Earth – Medjugorje. What is Medjugorje? Medjugorje is a place in Bosnia and Hercogovina chosen by God in which the Holy Virgin Mary has appeared daily for 32 years. It starts in 24 June 1981, when the Blessed Virgin Mary has been appearing to six children from the village of Medjugorje: Ivan, Jakov, Marija, Mirjana, Vicka, and Ivanka –”visionaries”. And since this date Our Lady continues to give messages to them that they give messages to the world. She tells us that God has sent Her to our world, and these years she is spending with us are a time of Grace granted by God. According to visionaries in Her own words She tells us, "I have come to tell the world that God exists. He is the fullness of life, and to enjoy this fullness and peace, you must return to God". In addition to Her public messages, Our Lady give each of the six visionaries a total of ten "secrets" or happenings that will occur on earth in the near future. Some of the secrets pertain to the whole world while others concern the visionaries themselves or the local village. My acquaintance with this amazing place was in October 2007, when I had an opportunity to visit this place first time. Before I heard about it a lot, because my oldest sister and her husband were there many times, also they organised pilgrimage groups to go there. First time we went there without any expectance for a miracle or some heavenly feelings we gone there as a tourists. I went there with my daughter