The Holy Thursday apparition was given in a basement shelter in St. James Church in Medjugorje because of the bombing. Ivan said:
“In that message [referring to the March 25 message], Our Lady invited us to persevere in prayer so that in a fervent prayer we can be able to defeat evil. In that message, She repeated something She already said in the beginning of the apparitions—that war can be stopped by fasting and praying. Therefore, it is for us a strong reason to pray, to be closer to God, so that with Him and with Mary together, we may defeat all that is imposed on us now.â€
