I’m here to help Our Lady. My only desire in life is to help Our Lady. 

One time I told my kids, “When I die, don’t put anything on my tombstone except ‘Medjugorje’.” They were like, “Oh please, Mom.” I was like, “I’m so serious. This is what people need to know.” 

I believe every apparition site, and Our lady has taken me to many, is a signpost leading to Medjugorje. This is it. Imagine, 41 years.

Our Lady came to Fatima six times to prepare them for World War 2, to warn them. She said a worse war would come if we didn’t do these things, and we didn’t do it. 

She’s coming every day for 41 plus years. What is She preparing us for?

The triumph of Her Immaculate Heart, that’s what She’s preparing us for. 

People are telling me, “I need to have beeswax candles, and I need to have food put away,” and I’m like, “No you don’t.” Our Lady said read every Thursday and whenever possible in front of the Blessed Sacrament Matthew 6:24-34, “No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.” He goes on to talk about the birds of the air and the field and, “strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.”

I don’t worry about tomorrow. I live on God’s providence. I haven’t had an income in three years. I have no home right now. I’m homeless, but look where I am? Medjugorje is my home. I have my family. I have children and 13 grandchildren. My life is rich. It’s exciting. It’s the great adventure when you live with Our Lady and the Holy Spirit. 

One time, Mirjana told me, “You are a doorway to Medjugorje.” It resounded in my heart. I take it very seriously. I take it as a responsibility, in a privilege way, not in a burdensome way. The souls of these people have been entrusted to us? How can that possibly be? I am the least worthy of that. Only Our Lady could have done this. 

If I did it myself, I would mess it up so badly, but if you pray and live the message, that’s it. That’s your responsibility. She’s the boss and I’m the custodian. She’ll show me what I need to do. 

Every day is a day closer to the triumph of Her Immaculate Heart. We should be singing it from the rooftops. We have to get this message to the world. 

On this particular pilgrimage, I got a really renewed sense of, “get louder.” How much time do we have to do this?

We’re very blessed. I believe that the United States has a huge responsibility. I believe that Our Lady has expectations of us. She loves our nation. I live in the oldest city where Our Lady came. They brought the statue of Our Lady of La Leche. Our nation belongs to Her.

Our Lady is present in St. Augustine in a special way. Vicka had an apparition in the historic chapel there in the ‘90s. 

I feel very blessed, very humbled by the call in my life. I do know that it is a call. Not everyone is called to this so we have to do it to the best of our ability, and I haven’t always done that. I get sidetracked sometimes. Life is demanding. Then we come here and get rejuvenated and everything comes alive again.

I love to hear Mirjana talk. She says, “Our Lady has never called me by my name.” 

Jakov says, “We’re nothing special. We’re just the messengers.” 

In a way, leading pilgrimages is the same. She called us to it, for whatever reason. How could we have ever said no? It would be impossible. 

I’ve let Her down a lot. There were times I was ashamed to even look at Her. Get over that. She’s the Mother whose arms are wide open, and we have to bring Her children to Her. They don’t know Her, and they don’t know Him, and time is of the essence. 

I really believe, people in our families that are far away from the truth or the love that we’ve come to know, I have complete confidence that they are going to be okay. I don’t even worry about them. I present them to Her in prayer, and that’s that. What does Our Lady say? “Pray for my intentions, dear children. Don’t you know your intentions are my intentions?” I just give it to Her. 

We’re not in control. Once you relinquish the control, it becomes an easy way of life. 

When I had my second child, I thought, “I don’t know how I will love this child because I’m not taking one iota of love away from my daughter.” What I didn’t realize is that the Lord makes our heart like an accordion, and there’s more love. I could never dream I could love anyone the way I loved that baby when he was born. It didn’t take anything away from her to love him. It was just more. 

I feel that way with the pilgrims. Even the most difficult pilgrim, I just love them. It’s like, “These are your people, Blessed Mother. I see what you’re doing in their lives, how you’re touching their hearts. I see their need for you.” It makes me realize my need for Her. 

I’ve been crying this whole pilgrimage because of the privilege of these souls entrusted to us.