The First of the Ten Secrets of Medjugorje – It Will Make the World Stop for a Moment and Reflect…
Apart from Vicka, who said that her first secret is connected with the church in Medjugorje, Mirjana is the only visionary who says anything about what will happen when the secrets of the Medjugorje apparitions begin to unfold.
Mirjana and Father Petar Ljubičić, October 26, 1985. On that day, Mirjana gave the clearest interview about the beginning of the 10 secrets — one day after the Virgin Mary showed her the visible consequences of the first secret.
The 1985 interview is a very important document, because the apparition was still fresh and clear in Mirjana’s memory, and because the conversation was conducted by Fr. Petar Ljubičić, who had already been chosen at that time as the priest who would reveal the Medjugorje secrets to the world.
Mirjana said that the first secret “will not be a pleasant thing.” It will be “something that people will hear about for a long time.” “The first secret will speak enough for itself,” and therefore it will not need much explanation beforehand. The people of Medjugorje will know that the events are connected with the secrets.
The revelation of that secret, Mirjana said, will be something “that everyone, everywhere in the world, will hear about immediately.” But that does not mean people will rush to the place where the first secret has just taken place. She further says: “Certainly, no one wants to see disasters, distress, and misfortune. I do not think such things attract people at all. Why should people go to see such things? One will see a sign, another will see suffering or a catastrophe.”
The first secret will make people think about God. During the apparition on October 25, 1985, Mirjana saw the first secret as if it were images projected on slides: “This shook me more than anything else. It was, of course, because of seeing the first secret. If people saw the first secret as it was shown to me yesterday, everyone would certainly be shocked enough to look at themselves and everything around them in a completely new way. Now I know things that are not especially pleasant. I believe that if everyone knew the same things, each of those people would be shocked and would look at our world in a completely different light,” Mirjana told Fr. Petar Ljubičić the day after the apparition.
“It will last for some time. It will be visible; it is necessary to shake the world a little, to make it stop and reflect.”
During the 1985 interview, Fr. Petar Ljubičić also asked Mirjana whether someone might be able to say that the event of the first secret was simply a natural phenomenon. In her answer, Mirjana also spoke about her second secret: “Perhaps some unbelievers might say something similar after the first and second secrets,” Mirjana replied. Despite her descriptions, the first two secrets will not be catastrophes in the literal sense.
“They will not be anything as great as what is to follow. These first two secrets are not so serious and difficult. What I mean is that the secrets are serious, but not as much as the others. (...) The secrets that follow are truly unpleasant. I would be happy if everyone finally understood that. I cannot tell them much more, but when they begin to be fulfilled, it will be too late.”
Mirjana says: Convert and pray! Mirjana called people to prepare for the beginning of the secrets. The permanent sign of the third secret will remain on Apparition Hill, Podbrdo, where the statue of Our Lady is located. Mirjana told Fr. Ljubičić: “The Blessed Virgin told me that it is necessary to pray a great deal until the first secret is revealed. But besides that, it is necessary to make sacrifices as much as possible, to help others as much as we are able, and to fast, especially now before the first secret. She said that we are obliged to prepare ourselves.”
“She is not only asking, but begging everyone to convert, pray, and fast. [Those who do not believe] They have no idea what awaits them, and that is why, like their mother, she is in deep sorrow because of them,” Mirjana said, referring to people who do not believe and who live their lives without God. “It is not enough just to pray. It is not enough simply and quickly to say a few prayers so that we can say that one has prayed and fulfilled one’s duty. What she wants from us is that we pray from the depths of the soul; prayer is a dialogue with God. This is her message.”
