OUR LADY'S TRUE FACE

" I AM BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE I LOVE.

IF YOU WANT TO BE BEAUFIFUL, LOVE. "

25 MARCH 1985

" ' THE STORY BEHIND THIS, IS UNIQUE, ' I WENT ON, ' WHEN I FIRST SAW IT, OVERWHELMED BY ITS BEAUTY AND FELT THAT, REGARDLESS OF ITS ORIGIN, IT WOULD BE MY IMAGE OF MARY AT MEDJUGORJE.

IN FACT, I PLAN TO USE IT ON THE COVER OF MY BOOK.

A NUN FROM THE VATICAN, ON PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJUGORJE,

HAD BEEN INVITED INTO THE APPARITION ROOM. DURING THE TIME OF VISITATION, SHE HAD TAKEN A PICTURE OF THE CRUCIFIX ON THE WALL ABOVE WHERE THE YOUNG VISIONARIES APPEARED TO BE LOOKING.

WHEN THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS DEVELOPED,

A CLOSE-UP OF A YOUNG WOMAN'S FACE APPEARED ON THE FILM.

KAREN HAD RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS PHOTO JUST BEFORE LEAVING FOR MEDJUGORJE HERSELF, AND AFTER IVAN'S TALK WITH HER GROUP SHE HAD A OPPORTUNITY TO ASK HIM IF IF LOOKED LIKE THE MADONNA. IVAN, LIKE THE OTHER VISIONARIES, WAS NORMALLY TURNED OFF BY SUCH REQUESTS CONCERNING PICTURES. HE GLANCED AT IT AND STARTED TO TURN AWAY---THEN TURNED BACK.

' YES, ' HE SAID SLOWLY, STUDYING THE PHOTOGRAPH, ' IT DOES LOOK LIKE HER. ' THEN HE SMILED. ' ONLY SHE IS EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL ! '

PAGE : 300-301, FROM " MEDJUGORJE, THE MESSAGE " BY WAYNE WEIBLE

MR. WAYNE WEIBLE GAVE 33 YEARS OF HIS LIFE TELLING THE WORLD ABOUT MEDJUGORJE