THE  5Th OF AUGUST :

OUR LADY TOLD THE CHILDERN AT MEDJUGORJE IN 1984 :

THAT THE 5Th OF AUGUST WAS HER TRUE BIRTHDAY.

IN 1984, OUR LADY CELEBRATED HER TWO THOUSANDTH BIRTHDAY.

MY DEAREST BELOVED CHILD : PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS, THIS DATE.

SO THEY CAN DO SOMETHING VERY, VERY, VERY : SPECIAL FOR OUR LADY.

ON THIS DATE THE 5Th OF AUGUST : HER TRUE BIRTHDAY   !  !  !  !  !  !  !   

ON 1ST OF AUGUST 1984, AT MEDJUGORJE.

THE MADONNA ASKED FOR A TRIDUUM OF PRAYER AND FASTING IN PREPARATION :

" NEXT 5TH OF AUGUST WE CELEBRATE THE SECOND MILLENNIUM OF MY BIRTH.

FOR THAT DAY GOD ALLOWS ME TO GIVE YOU SPECIAL GRACES

AND TO GIVE THE WORLD A SPECIAL BLESSING.

I ASK YOU

TO PREPARE INTENSELY WITH THREE DAYS TO DEVOTE EXCLUSIVELY TO ME.

IN THOSE UNWORKED DAYS.

TAKE YOUR ROSARY WREATH AND PRAY. FAST ON BREAD AND WATER.

OVER THE COURSE OF ALL THESE CENTURIES

I HAVE DEDICATED MYSELF COMPLETELY TO YOU :

IS IT TOO MUCH NOW IF I ASK YOU TO DEDICATE AT LEAST THREE DAYS TO ME ?

" THUS ON 2, 3, AND 4 AUGUST 1984, THAT IS, IN THE THREE DAYS BEFORE THE CELEBRATION OF THE 2000TH BIRTHDAY OF THE MADONNA, IN MEDJUGORJE NO ONE WORKED AND ALL DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO PRAYER, ESPECIALLY THE ROSARY, AND TO FASTING.

THE VISIONARIES SAID THAT IN THOSE DAYS THE CELESTIAL MOTHER APPEARED PARTICULARLY JOYFUL, REPEATING :

" I AM VERY HAPPY ! CONTINUE, CONTINUE. CONTINUE TO PRAY AND FAST.

CONTINUE TO MAKE ME HAPPY EVERY DAY. "  

THE VERY MANY CONFESSIONS WERE HEARD WITHOUT INTERRUPTION BY AS MANY AS SEVENTY PRIESTS, AND A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE CONVERTED.

" THE PRIESTS WHO WILL HEAR THE CONFESSIONS

WILL HAVE GREAT JOY THAT DAY. "

AND IN FACT MANY PRIESTS LATER CONFIDED WITH ENTHUSIASM THAT NEVER IN THEIR LIVES HAD THEY FELT SO MUCH JOY IN THEIR HEART !  

ON THE EVENING OF THE 5TH OF AUGUST 1984 :

OUR LADY SAID

" DEAR CHILDREN !

TODAY I AM HAPPY, SO HAPPY !

I NEVER CRIED WITH PAIN IN MY LIFE AS I CRY WITH JOY TONIGHT !

THANK YOU. "