Visionary, Mirjana, marries Marco Soldo, nephew of Fr. Slavko Barbaric. Mirjana had been childhood friends with Marco before the apparitions began. They would see each other when she was in Medjugorje during the summer holidays. Mirjana thought that because she was a visionary, that meant that she should become a religious sister. Yet, through the council of her father and through prayer, she grew in confidence that her vocation was to the married life. She became the second visionary to marry. For those who wonder why God would call them to marriage rather than the religious life, one can see that it is today’s family that is most under attack and is in need of witnesses to the family life. Our Lady told these visionaries that one can be consecrated, regardless of one’s state in life. Our Lady also said on May, 1986:
