Our Lady directs Her 24th anniversary message given through visionary Ivan, to the parish of Medjugorje, reminding them of their response to Her in the beginning days of Her apparitions:
“…today I invite you again, and with great joy, to accept and renew my messages. I call, in a special way, this parish which has accepted and embraced me at the beginning of the apparitions with great joy to renew my messages and to follow me…â€