Prayer with the heart and not a prayer from habit

Man praying, with folded hands in front of his mouth, standing in front of a church altar.
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Weekly messages to Marija

Apparition in the Chapel Opposite the Sacristy

Dear children! Pray, because Satan wishes to complicate my plans still further. Pray with the heart and surrender yourselves to Jesus in prayer. (11 August 1984)

Apparitions in the Rectory

Today I call you to prayer with the heart, and not just from habit. Some are coming but do not wish to move ahead in prayer. Therefore, I wish to warn you like a Mother. Pray that prayer prevails in your hearts in every moment. (2 May 1985)

I beseech you, dear children, come to prayer with awareness. In prayer you shall come to know the greatness of God. (28 November 1985)

Dear children! Again I call you to prayer with the heart. If you pray with the heart, dear children, the ice of your brothers will melt and every barrier shall disappear. Conversion will be easy for all who desire to accept it. That is the gift which by prayer you must obtain for your neighbor. (23 January 1986)

Monthly messages to Marija

Apparition in the Rectory

I call you, dear children, to prayer with the heart. You know that without prayer you cannot comprehend all that God is planning through each one of you. Therefore, pray! I desire that through each one of you God’s plan may be fulfilled, that all which God has planted in your heart may keep on growing. So pray that God’s blessing may protect each one of you from all the evil that is threatening you. I bless you, dear children. (25 April 1987)

I am calling you to sincere prayer with the heart so that every prayer of yours may be an encounter with God. (25 December 1987)

Apparitions take place Privately

Dear children! Today also I am inviting you to prayer. I am always inviting you, but you are still far away. Therefore, from today, decide seriously to dedicate time to God. I am with you and I wish to teach you to pray with the heart. In prayer with the heart you shall encounter God. Therefore, little children, pray, pray, pray! (25 October 1989)

I invite you to pray with the heart in order that your prayer may be a conversation with God. I desire each one of you to dedicate more time to God. Satan is strong and wants to destroy and deceive you in many ways. Therefore, dear children, pray every day that your life will be good for yourselves and for all those you meet. (25 September 1990)

Monthly message to Mirjana

My children, the world needs apostles of love; the world needs much prayer, but prayer spoken with the heart and the soul and not only pronounced with the lips. (2 October 2018)