Bye Mom, Bye Dad

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Broadcasting across the world, this is Radio WAVE with a Friend of Medjugorje.

 

[FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

Our Lady said August 29, 1982…

 

The apparitions were brand new.

 

Our Lady gives a message, “Concerning reports that the apparitions have divided the priests in Hercegovina…”

 

Why would the apparitions cause division? Because where Our Lady is, She has said the devil is.

 

Our Lady said,

 

“I have not desired your division…”

 

She said,

 

“…On the contrary, I desire that you be united. Do not ignore the fact that I am the Queen of Peace…”

 

There is much division all around the world, even in the Church, even in the family.

 

These priests who were divided, Our Lady says,

 

“…Pray, fast, do penance…”

 

And Our Lady ends the August 29^th message by saying,

 

“…I am sorry if my preceding answer was not agreeable to you…”

 

Then She adds,

 

“…Perhaps you do not want to understand it.”

 

You know what can stop a lot of division, coupled with prayer and fast and penance, is to come under authority that’s over you. If you’re obedient to that, it brings peace. And if you buck authority, division results.

 

We have so much division and aggression today that many people don’t even have peace in their house. Our Lady, again, addresses about division, December 26, 1982. She speaks about the power of the devil and his aggression.

 

She says, quote,

 

“…he is destroying marriages, creating division among priests and is responsible for obsessions and murder. You must protect yourselves against these things through fasting and prayer, especially community prayer…”

 

No community can stay together, whether it’s a convent or a monastery or a lay community.

 

So always know that where there’s division, you’re not following the way that God wants you to walk. It is He Who blesses when you accept the authority that God has put over you. If you don’t, it’s going to be strife, division, obsessions and murder. And murder is not always killing somebody but killing what God’s plans are.

 

In the December 26^th message, it’s clear where Our Lady says, satan, quote,

 

“…is responsible for obsessions and murder. You must protect yourselves against these things through fasting and prayer, especially community prayer…”

 

Our Lady, today, talks about division. In the light of what’s all happening in the news today and yesterday and where we’re headed, Our Lady addresses everything.

 

But in the message today, She wants us to understand that She is not just watching us. She is looking at us. It’s incredible that we can receive messages straight from Heaven and hear those words in guidance from Heaven.

 

[COC]

Our Lady Queen of Peace of Medjugorje’s May 25, 2022 monthly message to the world:

 

“Dear children! I am looking at you and thanking God for each of you, because He permits me to still be with you, to encourage you to holiness. Little children, peace is disturbed and satan wants peacelessness. That is why, may your prayer be even stronger so that every unclean spirit of division and war may be stilled. Be builders of peace and carriers of joy of the Risen One in you and around you, for the good to win in every man. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

 

[FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

Our Lady did not say, “I’m watching you.” She says, “…I am looking at you…” She wants you to understand that She is looking to you personally, directly. Can we say “looking” and “watching” are the same thing? Our Lady defines it because She says,

 

“…I am looking at you and thanking God for each of you…”

 

She wants you to know that She has been personable with you.

 

Then She says,

 

“…because He…”

 

Talking about God,

 

“…permits me to still be with you…”

 

That’s a strange word to say “still” and then later in the message, She talks about, “…unclean spirit of division and war may be stilled…” Our Lady knows what the words She says and why She says it. There’s a mystery there that speak to you. “…permits me to still be with you…” “…that the unclean spirit of division may be stilled…” (May 25, 2022) Because Her presence with us is still with us, She is here to stop division and war to be stilled.

 

Our Lady also makes a very important statement when She says,

 

“…for the good to win in every man…”

 

We have people across the whole world saying, “brothers and sisters” in the readings or the Gospel when it’s not in the Bible. It’s divided, brother and sister. It makes me sick when I hear of the readings in Mass, and they’re changing the Bible, saying, “brother and sisters.” “Sisters” is not there. It’s “brothers.” It’s a division. It’s separation. We’re in a brotherhood. It’s always been that way. And nobody has objected to that. Not the bishops. Not the priests. And Our Lady doesn’t want division, and Her verbiage is,

 

“…for the good to win in every man…”

 

That’s unity. That means the man, the woman, the little boy, the little girl. Verbiage is important.

 

We have walked down a bad road, allowing anybody to change the Bible. It’s wrong, and it’s led to a lot of division. There’s no ending to it because God’s Word, and God sent the Word, satan always deforms the language. And that’s how everything has changed. Everything. I want to throw up every time I hear somebody say, “our democracy.” It’s a lie! It’s filthy, filthy thing to think the United States of America is a democracy. It is not.

 

I just heard McConnell say today on a clip, “our democracy.” Nobody takes this seriously this is from satan. And until we wake up to this, to understand satan uses language every day, to change the Word for satan to propagate anti-Word.

 

This filters into the family, and it’s divided, and it’s broken apart. What happens from there? What does it birth?

 

You know the shooting yesterday. What makes somebody do something like that?

 

There’s several reasons. But we have people in prison who are messed up. Our Lady has already told us before that child go astray, especially when there’s no exchange between loving the mother and father.

 

We have people on death row that wouldn’t be there if they were in a good family.

 

A country singer tells about going to death row.

 

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[SONG]

Just last week, I went to prison to see some boys down on death row…

 

[SINGER]

“Death Row” was a song I wrote a year and a half ago with my buddies, Ashley Gorley and Zach Crowell. And if you listened to Country there was a song on there called, “Blame It On A Back Road.” And this “Blame It On A Back Road” and “Death Row” were actually written in the same day, which, you’re probably asking yourself, “How in the world do you get from ‘Blame It On A Back Road’ to ‘Death Row’?” And I was asking myself the same question.

 

But I walked over there, and after we had finished “Blame It On A Back Road,” I was like, “Man, I’ve got this idea that…It’s pretty heavy, and I don’t really know how to write it.”

 

But the previous December, me and Tyler Hubbard and Russel Dickerson had gone on somewhat of a mission to the men’s prison here in Tennessee. And we were bringing our guitars and walked through twelve different security doors. And we sat down, and I was like, “What are we going to play?” You know? And there were like forty or fifty inmates, and I just put out a Christmas song called, “Christmas in the Country,” and I was like, “Where do y’all want to start?” And they literally said, “Christmas in the Country.” And I was like, “How in the world do y’all know this song?” And they were just talking about how they get, like, and hour a day to watch CMT. And it was just a crazy, crazy experience. All of us were very nervous.

 

And so, we started playing these songs. And after we were done, we kind of were walking around and talking to some of the inmates. And they had a death row chaplain who was literally reading us Bible verses. And there were people in there that were also singers. And there was one guy that actually got up there and sang the most amazing version of “Amazing Grace” that you ever heard.

 

And we left there like, not sure what to feel, except for the fact that, obviously, they’ve made some pretty crazy mistakes. But in a weird way, all of us have. And there’s parts of our lives that we’re ashamed of, and there’s parts of our lives that we’re not ashamed of. And so, there’s a part of me that was like, “Man, I feel like I’ve learned a lot about how to live in the future from the folks we met on death row.”

 

I don’t really know how we got there, but I started literally just describing this hour-long stint playing for people who knew that they were going to die and the day that they were going to die, which sounds really morbid. And it is. But it’s also a redemptive song in many ways of just like how, I think any of us can be forgiven for anything.

 

And Tyler and Russel were obviously there with me, and it felt like they had to be on this with me because we experienced those same feelings and emotions while we were there.

 

[SONG]

…I learned all that and then some from the boys down on death row.

 

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Yeah, just last week I went to prison to see some boys down on death row. Brought some guitars and my buddies to play some songs I thought they’d know. Yeah, I could feel myself tremblin’ when I shook one of their hands. I thought that he would be a monster. It turns out he’s a whole lot like I am.

 

Yeah, we talked huntin’, we talked fishin’ like I do with boys back home. How Jesus is the ticket and narrow is the road. About how all we need’s forgiveness ‘fore we see them streets of gold. Yeah, I learned a lot about livin’ from them boys down on death row.

 

One of ’em’s name was Johnny. Ain’t touched the grass in thirty years. Maybe I ain’t supposed to feel sorry, naw, but it ’bout brought me to tears. Then it hit me, we’re all human. Ain’t always proud of what we’ve done. Everybody’s days are numbered, only difference is they all know which one.

 

Yeah, we talked huntin’, we talked fishin’ like I do with boys back home. How Jesus is the ticket and narrow is the road. About how all we need’s forgiveness ‘fore we see them streets of gold. Yeah, I learned a lot about livin’ from them boys down on death row.

 

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

 

One of ’em sang, “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound” with one hand raised and one foot chained to the ground. Yeah, he sang it like he knew he’d just been found. Yeah, that next week, they laid him six feet down.

 

Oh, oh.

 

I can’t say that he’s in Heaven. Who am I to judge his soul? But Jesus don’t play favorites, ain’t a name that He don’t know.

 

Yeah, I learned that and then some from the boys down on death row.

 

I learned all that and then some from the boys down on death row.

 

[FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

Many people may think yesterday, the eighteen-year-old Salvador Ramos is a monster. We can’t make any judgments, just like the country singer was talking about the prisoners on death row, and when he met them, his perspective was different.

 

Salvador, we don’t know what kind of family he had. We don’t know what’s happened to him. And there’s people out there that would say, “I hope he goes to hell.” For those out there who think that, you’re consigning your own self to hell.

 

It was Jakov who said nothing about hell when he’s asked questions repeatedly. After being taken down there, he says, “You would not want your greatest enemy to go to hell once you’ve seen it.”

 

We’ve got a world today that’s broken, and where it happens is in the family. It’s the little things that’s important that can make a monster or an angel, whether it’s a person who’s been abused, neglected, was not shown love, being ignored, and many things that may kill the heart. Our Lady’s here to show us to always be love, always be united. All the big things that happen come from little things.

 

[SONG]

You don’t say I’m pretty, not like you used to. And I’d never admit it. I’m trying so hard for you. But all of the moments I treasure, in the morning, you won’t remember. Don’t know why you can keep it together long enough to try.

 

I make big things out of little things, and I watch you keep missing them. You don’t get why it’s killing me, every time you mess this up. Set myself on fire to keep us warm. Swear I lose my mind watching you ignore all the little things. The little things mean so much more.

 

So no, I’m not finished, no. Don’t look at me crazy.
I hate when you say things you don’t mean, just ’cause you’re angry. ‘Cause all of the moments I treasure, you’re too messed up to remember. Don’t know why you can’t keep it together, long enough to try.

 

I make big things out of little things, and I watch you keep missing them. You don’t get why it’s killing me, every time you mess this up. Set myself on fire to keep us warm. Swear I lose my mind watching you ignore all the little things. The little things mean so much more.

 

Yeah, they mean so much more. All the little things, all the little things, all the little things. Yeah, they mean so much more. All the little things, all the little things

 

I make big things out of little things, and I watch you keep missing them. You don’t get why it’s killing me, every time you mess it up. Set myself on fire to keep us warm. Swear I lose my mind watching you ignore all the little things. The little things mean so much more.

 

Yeah, they mean so much more

 

[FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

A couple of weeks ago, we got a letter from a prisoner. He said, quote,

 

“I need all Caritas Field Angels to pray for me. I am being attacked by demons who want me to kill myself. Please don’t think I’m some nutcase because I am sane as the next person. Padre Pio is my patron saint. I went to confession three times in five weeks. I also did the novena of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy leading up to Divine Mercy Sunday. I have worn a brown scapular for twenty-six years. I consecrated my life to Our Lady by de Montfort’s thirty-three day formula. St. John Paul II used the same formula. Please pray for me, and if possible, have a Mass donated for me.”

 

He sent another letter right after that, a few days, asking for some of our material. We found out later that they didn’t give the material to him. We’ve had this before many times when prisoners are asking for material, and they block it. We’ve had in the past, prisoners begging material from us.

 

So, he didn’t get the material. He says, quote,

 

“This is a suicide note, and I leave all my money to Caritas of Birmingham. The demons finally got me.”

 

And he signs his name. He addresses it to me personally, with my name. He wanted to record this, and he says,

 

“I took my own life, but I left you $1,600.”

 

He sent a letter the next day, addressing me personally,

 

“If anything happens to me, I want my $1,600 to go to you…”

 

Talking about Caritas of Birmingham.

 

“…I am not feeling too good. The demons in me are growing too strong. I am leaving a letter here in the jail to make sure they send you the money.”

 

I’ve gotten angry about this before. We have helped prisoners, and they have been stopped from getting the materials.

 

So, I had one of our Community members to call the prison, that we want to make sure they get the material and checked on him. They promised us they would put him on watch. People just need little things sometimes. Just a smile, just to feel love, that somebody cares.

 

In light of yesterday’s killings of these fourth graders and teachers, it could be understood why some of the family members that the killer be burning in hell.

 

We have to understand the signs of the times, that Christianity has failed in many ways. If we were living what we were supposed to, we wouldn’t have so much hell on earth right now. We’ve been weak! That’s why Our Lady’s here with us.

 

Sister Faustina had a vision of hell. Meditate on what she says and what she saw, what Jakov was taken to with Vicka and what Marija told me about hell, what she saw in it. But Sister Faustina’s description is one of the most chilling ones you can hear. Contemplate what you’re about to hear.

 

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[NARRATOR]

St. Faustina vision of hell.

 

“Today, I was led by an angel to the chasms of hell. It is a place of great torture. How awesomely large and extensive it is, the kinds of tortures I saw.

 

“The first torture that constitutes hell is: the loss of God.

 

“The second is: perpetual remorse of conscience.

 

“The third is: that one’s condition will never change.

 

“The fourth is: the fire that will penetrate the soul without destroying it. A terrible suffering since it is a purely spiritual fire lit by God’s anger.

 

“The fifth torture is: continual darkness and a terrible suffocating smell. And despite the darkness, the devils and the souls of the damned see each other and all the evil, both of others and their own.

 

“The sixth torture is: the constant company of satan.

 

“The seventh torture is: horrible despair, hatred of God, vile words, curses and blasphemies.

 

“These are the tortures suffered by all the damned together. But that is not the end of the sufferings. There are special tortures destined for particular souls.

 

“These are the torments of the senses. Each soul undergoes terrible and indescribable sufferings related to the manner in which it has sinned. There are caverns and pits of torture where one form of agony differs from another. I would have died at the very sight of these tortures if the omnipotence of God had not supported me.

 

“Let the sinner know that he will be tortured throughout all eternity in those senses which he had made use of to sin.

 

“I am writing this at the command of God so that no soul may find an excuse by saying, ‘There is no hell,’ or that, ‘Nobody has ever been there, and so no one can say what it is like.’ How terribly souls suffer there!

 

“Consequently, I pray ever fervently for the conversion of sinners. I incessantly plead God’s mercy upon them.

 

“O my Jesus! I would rather been in agony until the end of the world amidst the great sufferings than offend You by the least sin.”

 

Diary number 741.

 

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[FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

Did you know that you need to have, in your heart, Hitler not go to hell? People can say, “That’s going too far.” If you wanted Hitler to go to hell for what he did, you’re rooting for the devil. If Hitler had repented—which he didn’t—but if he came clean, it would be a great victory for God. That’s what Jakov said, “You would not want the greatest enemy of you or the world go to hell.”

 

What Faustina just explained wants me want to have mercy even on people in hell, that God, somewhere in the future, that God allow these souls just to have no more existence. But that’s not the case. It’s forever. Forever.

 

Our Lady is here to convert everybody. The strongest sinner Our Lady can be their weakness. Once Our Lady crosses their life, they will say, “Our Lady is my weakness. I can’t resist Her, no matter how strong my sins are. I can’t live without Her.”

 

[SONG]

I’d be flying down a dead-end road, a highway without a home, if she wasn’t my weakness. If she wasn’t my weakness. I’d be half a soul from saved, be one foot in the grave, if she wasn’t my weakness. If she wasn’t my weakness.

 

She’s a hurricane raining holy water. Yeah, and every piece of me can’t live without her.

 

She ain’t like a habit, get past it. She’s the only thing, I know I gotta have it, yeah. She’s stronger than that. I’d still be lost and running, if she wasn’t my weakness. Oh, my weakness.

 

Oh, my wild side’s a little too strong, would’ve done her wrong, if she wasn’t my weakness. If she wasn’t my weakness. All the give in to temptation, the good times I’d be wasting, if she wasn’t my weakness. If she wasn’t my weakness.

 

She’s a sunrise summer, in the darkest hour. Yeah, and every piece of me can’t live without her.

 

She ain’t like a habit, get past it. She’s the only thing, I know I gotta have it, yeah. She’s stronger than that. I’d still be lost and running, if she wasn’t my weakness. Oh, my weakness.

 

Yeah-eh-eh-eh-eh.

 

She’s the voice in your head, you wanna turn up louder. Yeah, and every piece of me can’t live without her.

 

She ain’t like a habit, get past it. She’s the only thing, I know I gotta have it, yeah. She’s stronger than that. I’d still be lost and running, if she wasn’t my weakness. Oh, my weakness.

 

Yeah-eh-eh-eh-eh.

 

[FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

We all hear somewhere, times when people are coming into the Catholic Church, and we have other people join other denominations and become Christians. But the majority of those have not gone through conversion. Our Lady calls people in Medjugorje to enter first grade. She calls them to conversion. She teaches you.

 

Our Lady, in Her messages, has said fifty-five times, talking about teaching you.

 

On August 12, 2019, Our Lady said,

 

“…I desire to teach and educate you…”

 

March 2, 2018

“…How many things I desire to teach you…”

 

February 2, 2014

“…I desire to teach you sincerity…”

 

February 2, 2013, Our Lady says,

“…I will teach you to forgive, to love your enemies and to live according to my Son…”

 

October 15, 1990

“…I am your Mother. I always want to teach you something new…”

 

What is Our Lady doing? Our Lady is giving to us to have a lifetime of love. She wants you to recapture your innocence. Do you think any of the fourth graders, when they woke up, they needed to say goodbye to their mom? And did any of the mothers, they were given their last goodbye? And the moms and dads, and just in a few hours, would be in deep mourning? Nor did they think that they themselves was once a child and what that child was about to go through.

 

We have lost the beauty of innocence. How these fourth graders lived, they would have had a lifetime to love, to grow up and have their own children and hear the words, “Bye, mom. I’ll see you at the bus stop.”

 

[SONG]

Bye mom. That’s what I said at five years old the first day of school. Already then, I thought I was way too cool. I thought I had it figured out, and I didn’t know a thing.

 

Bye mom. Don’t worry ’bout me. I’ll see you at three at the bus stop. And I know that you’ll be right there to pick me up in the old truck.

 

I know that’s just the way it is, when you think you’re grown but you’re still a kid. And you don’t know you’re somebody that somebody loves more than themselves. And there’s a beauty in the innocence of not knowing that the time they’ve spent is more than one could ask for. And that’s a special kind of love. And it’s only there for a lifetime, then it’s gone. And it’s bye mom.

 

You can drop me off down the block around the corner square. All my buddies are waitin’ for me just over there. I’ll see you later on.

 

Bye mom. It’s a cap and a gown in a brand-new town eight hours away. Don’t cry. I’ll be okay.

 

I know that’s just the way it is, when you think you’re grown but you’re still a kid. And you don’t know you’re somebody that somebody loves more than themselves. And there’s a beauty in the innocence of not knowing that the time they’ve spent is more than one could ask for. And that’s a special kind of love. And it’s only there for a lifetime, then it’s gone. And it’s bye mom.

 

And bye mom, I sang a million mornings at the Brine Street Baptist Church.

 

And bye mom, I waited hours and hours ’til she got off of work.

 

And bye mom, I stood and cried and laid a rose onto her grave.

 

And bye mom, were the last words that I spoke before we sang Amazing Grace.

 

I know that’s just the way it is, when you think you’re grown but you’re still a kid. And you realize you’re somebody that somebody loves more than themselves. And there’s a beauty in the innocence of not knowing that the time they’ve spent is more than one could ask for. And that’s a special kind of love. And it’s only there for a lifetime, then it’s gone.

 

It’s only there for a lifetime, then it’s gone. And it’s bye mom.

 

Yeah, bye mom.

 

[COC]

In light of the shooting that happened in Texas, a Friend of Medjugorje has written the book, Has satan Pulled Another One On You? This book speaks a lot to this event.

 

He is finished writing the book. It’s actually about to go to press. The paper is already here. And so, we ask you to continue to keep this in prayer because it contains a solution for a lot of these things that we’re witnessing today.

 

[COC]

The following are a few testimonies from Community members who have read the book, Has satan Pulled Another One On You?

 

“The writing is an eye-opener, and the facts make your blood boil.”

 

“A Friend of Medjugorje gives answers to the problems using Our Lady’s messages as a template.”

 

Another Community member states,

 

“Another eye-opener. God has revealed so much of the evil in our culture through Our Lady’s inspirations through a Friend of Medjugorje. We need more men to speak out with the courage of a Friend of Medjugorje to stop the devil’s agendas to destroy our children and our families.”

 

I also have proofed this book, and all I can say is that it’s a mind-blower.

 

[FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

Some people think that the gun is the problem. Was it back in the fifties? No, it wasn’t. There’s not a gun problem. It’s a spiritual problem. satan is in the midst of all this. Very few people talk about that.

 

Jason Whitlock was on the Glenn Beck Show today, and he said ten years ago, he believed that it was a gun problem. He says it’s not. It’s not the item. It’s the spirit. It’s the heart. Where do you lose your heart? If it’s killed, you’ll kill others.

 

Sandy Hook, on December 14, 2012, twenty-six people were killed. Twenty of the kids were six and seven years old. And when these things happen, and when we hope to be all that can be thought of, is that we have to say, “I believe.”

 

[SONG]

The night’s as clear as a big desert sky, but it’s hard to see stars with these tears in my eyes. Yeah, it’s hard enough to cry when there’s 26 reasons why.

 

There’s broken hearts that’ll never beat the same. Shattered lives still reeling from the pain. Of plans and dreams now gone. Oh, how did you move on?

 

But I believe there’s someone who’s looking after me. Someone beside me, night and day, to light the way. It’s hard to conceive something you can’t see, but I believe. I believe.

 

There’s 26 angels looking down from above, resting in His mercy, grace, and love. Time may never heal the sadness that we feel.

 

But I believe there’s someone who’s looking after me. Someone beside me, night and day, to light the way. It’s hard to conceive something you can’t see, but I believe. I believe.

 

Rivers flow now that used to be dry, as people all over the world start to cry. But I believe.

 

[FRIEND OF MEDJUGORJE]

“Time may never heal the sadness that we feel.”

 

Tonight, Our Lady has a few more angels in Heaven. These little innocent children. Yet another tragedy. Our Lady said today,

 

“…Be builders of peace and carriers of joy of the Risen One in you and around you…”

 

And so, we have now the “risen ones” who entered Heaven yesterday. May our prayers be with all those loved ones who lost their life on earth only to gain eternal life in Heaven.

 

Our Lady said,

 

“…I am looking at you…”

 

The song just said,

 

“…angels looking down from above…”

 

Listen to the end of the outro music. You will hear these angel children singing.

 

We wish you Our Lady. We love you. Good night.

 

[THEME MUSIC]

[CHILDREN SINGING]

Ave Maria. Ave Maria.

 

[THEME MUSIC]

[ANNOUNCER]

This ends the Radio WAVE broadcast with a Friend of Medjugorje. These broadcasts are available as CDs which are sent directly to your doorstep on a monthly subscription. For information, contact Caritas in the U.S. at 205-672-2000.