Ave Maria: The Medjugorje Song

I’ve been on an intense spiritual journey for almost 6 months now. I’ve been praying for guidance and direction. I’ve been saying prayers in the morning, mid day and at evening. It has been a beautiful time in my life. It seems that in hard times I feel the presence of God stronger than when things are going well. Truly dedicating this time to Him has strengthened me more than I could have hoped for.

One of the prayers I’ve been focusing on as of late has been the Rosary. I started with a nine day Novena and continued on from there. I really have no idea how many days I went. But the spiritual and material blessings have been profound. I also have a long fascination with Medjugorje. This small town in what used to be Yugoslavia has drawn millions upon millions of people because, reportedly, the Blessed Virgin Mary has been appearing to 6 children there for 28 years, since June of 1981.

In early 2005 I was privileged to meet one of those children, Ivan Dragicevic, who is now my age, 44. My family and I got invited to a special Mass where Ivan was speaking. We started the service by praying the Rosary, then we celebrated Mass and right after Mass, on the altar in front of us all, Ivan had his daily apparition with the Blessed Mother.  It was very beautiful and moving. After Mass, we went up to meet him and I told him about My wife Joanne, who was sick with cancer at the time and that we had 9 children and her situation didn’t look good. He said that he would recommend Joanne to the Blessed Mother during his next apparition. And I believe he did.

The video above was a song my Choir Director asked me to perform. The way it all came about was amazing. She didn’t know what to do with the song and was going to have our Cantors sing it but changed her mind at the last minute and put it aside, but didn’t really know why. Meanwhile, a friend of mine from the choir asked her if I could perform a song for the concert (why he did that I’ll never know!). All this was happening without me knowing it. She gave me the Medjugorje song a week later.

I was floored because of my fascination with Medjugorje and because I had been praying to the Blessed Virgin Mary so that I could know her more fully. Mary allowed me to honor Her by performing this song which was given to me through my director! WOW! It was a direct message from Mary that she was hearing my prayers. God truly does work behind the scenes. When you think all is lost and there is no hope He’s on the move! We just need the faith to realize it.

I hope you enjoy the song as much as I enjoyed performing it. God Bless!