Today is March 18th, and I’m in Medjugorje. We went up to the Blue Cross on Apparition Hill. We prayed four decades of the Rosary. It was a really beautiful experience being with so many faithful Catholics praying the Rosary. The amount of prayer that was said and the devotion that was there really moved me. It’s hard to come across such a big group of people like that who are so devout and prayerful. It was really amazing to have that experience.

I didn’t know if I was going to come, and then my dad invited me. It’s been a time of prayer and it’s really been so moving to see the people here and how devout this whole town is. 

It was so powerful. I just felt the power of prayer being in such a big crowd like that. I really felt at peace and felt like I was becoming more devoted myself just seeing this beautiful example. 

I love Our Lady. She’s actually going to be my patron saint. She has been like a mother to me. I love Her because of what She endured for us, all She had to go through to bring us our Savior. 

I didn’t get confirmed at the typical age because at the time I wasn’t practicing my faith as much as I should have, but now that I’m really taking my faith seriously, I’m getting confirmed. 

I realized that nothing in this world could satisfy me and that everything that the world says is the way to happiness is a lie. I realized that my parents were right. I opened my heart up to Jesus and then my life turned around. 

Medjugorje has been really beautiful and such a great time of prayer, especially the evening program, to be with everyone like that every night and to see everyone come together with so many different languages. That’s what’s so beautiful about our faith. We can all speak different languages, but we all come together in prayer. 

I feel like I came without expectations because I didn’t really know what to expect. I feel like my expectations were exceded. I can’t speak enough on how devoted these people are in this town. It really has given me hope to see young adults from every age group come together every night and pray and to pray together every single day. 

My highlight was climbing Cross Mountain going to the very top and seeing the whole city and realizing that they went up that mountain and they put that cross up there. It really blew my mind that they did that. 

My takeaway is to persist in prayer, to really add more prayer into my life. To see how much they pray every evening together really encouraged me to start adding more prayer to my daily routine. 

Come and experience Medjugorje yourself just to see the devotion here. It’s such a beautiful place to be.