My Recent Trip to Medjugorje | THE BRENDAN OPTION 172

Join Fr. Brendan Kilcoyne for episode 172 of 'The Brendan Option' where he discusses what one can expect in Medjugorje.
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[@tezza3312]

Two visits to Medjugorje in one year. It is the most spiritual, beautiful, healing place. Our Ladys presence is tangible. Many tears cried and much healing received. A beautiful community of people, prayer and devotion to Our Divine Mother. Looking forward to my next visit.

[@healthydee381]

Medjugorje changes you for the better. It unexpectedly gave me and my father faith. There is a humility about the locals and religious there. A very, very special place.

[@marytygett4189]

The fruit of this beautiful place speaks for itself 🕊️🙏🥰🌹☘️

[@arthurkearney6193]

Great talk Father, God bless you. We need to hear this type of articulation of our faith. Thanks especially for your 'skills of a believer'- great phrase.

[@lotus6560]

I followed the Anniversary Rosary Novena this week and was overwhelmed by the dedication of those involved in the beautiful shrine and the activities. I re-read the history of the apparitions and the young visionaries went through so much at a time of religious opression. They have stayed true to the faith and the tasks given to them all these years and have given much to the world. I thank them.

[@michellenugent9169]

Great talk Father. Saw yr testimonial on utube with Tom Medjugorje. He copped me on the street last year 😂 turned out OK. I went 3 years ago when my father died. No confession for 35 years. Now am back to mass, confession, daily prayer, the rosary and a lot of studying the Catholic faith. Can't explain this , life changing for me. Father Leon asked me why I had come to Medjugorje I just said that my father had died and I was totally lost. He told me to pray the rosary and everything came from that. 💜🙏🙏

[@orionxtc1119]

How can the many heresies be explained?

[@Nicole-uq2ul]

​@@orionxtc1119 This is only my opinion, but I think that the fruits are from how many rosaries are prayed there. Seek and you will find. Knock and it shall be opened. I think that we can separate the "visons" from the graces that are given there. I don't think that the visions are real now, but when I went there in 1989, I think that I met my guardian angel. There were so many things that went wrong on my journey to get there, I literally spent 20 minutes there, said a Rosary and needed to leave. I have strong doubts, but keep an open mind about those with grace filled moments. I just worry that if it is proven false, many will either lose the faith or be disobedient to the church. It's difficult.

[@gerardk51]

@@orionxtc1119 What heresies?

[@kathydoe9287]

Would love to go one day 💙

[@chrishorton8213]

I’m from the American Midwest, and I must tell you how much I enjoy listening to you. I love your style and presentation. I hope you do more videos about the saints. I’ve watched and rewatched several times the few you have made. Thank you so much and may the road rise with you 🙏🙏🙏

[@annewalsh-gg7jo]

Joining from the diocese of Salford I was in Medjugorje for Divine Mercy Sunday this year Amen

[@clarefrenchum9696]

24/7 Adoration, almost round the clock confessions, daily Masses. Loads of grace, what's not to love. You'll come back with a Medj face. 😁 ❤

[@RPlavo]

Have they reconciled with Serbs?

[@kevevo6mayo]

I have been to Medjugorge 3 times im not convinced our lady is appearing there but on my second visit i did experience a very very strong smell of roses as i was making my way down cross mountain. Our Lady and God of course are present at every mass. I find the appiration chapel at Knock very peaceful and heavenly Knock is the real deal. A lot of good things happening in medjugore i had confessions with Fr Leon a saintly man

[@johncorcoran3959]

I've never been Fr, but l see the great fruits of anybody who has been there. I got into the charismatic renewal in 1990 and there since. I've learnt more about my walk with the Lord Jesus and still learning. Praise God. My prayer life came alive when l did the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. The Mass took on new meaning, scriptures came alive, l loved the Praise and Worship and still do, even though lm in the crow category. 😅 We need all the help we can get today.

[@SMRogers]

I will be 77 this year and have asked to take me when I am 80 to which he readily agreed and I so enjoyed what was said here just now. I am wondering if I have three years left in me before I go to Medjugororjie.

[@anthonywatson4732]

Changed my life❤

[@michaelamclarnon9270]

OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE PRAY FOR US ALL YOUR CHILDREN 🙏🕊️🙏❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@Gftlbt]

Fr Brendon, you look and sound extraordinarily well! I'm happy to have your chats to tune into again.

[@sharondelaney8572]

I was there at the same time with my family (from America). We heard your homily. One of the best homilies I’ve ever heard. God bless you!

[@sheiladumigan451]

❤

[@joejannetta4473]

I was there in September/October of 2017 a profound pilgrimage. Our Queen and Mother's presence felt and thus rhe working of the Holy Spirit profound ❤

[@vannesagannon4555]

I am praying to the blessed universe for youre enlightenment

[@vivacristorey4363]

I am praying to the loving God & Creator of that blessed universe for your enlightenment.

[@marytygett4189]

Beautiful 🙏🌹☘️ Thank You Jesus for giving us Your Mother 🥰🕊️

[@vannesagannon4555]

I loved it there i was there 3 times i climbed the mountain there 2 times ❤❤❤

[@alenh3980]

Very good, Father 💖 My expiriences of Međugorje are similar. And benefits for my faith are wonderful. Thanks! God bless!

[@marytygett4189]

Amen ❤️🥰🙏🕊️

[@emercoyne28]

Thank you Fr Brendan.

[@vannesagannon4555]

My 94 year old aunt is going in SEPT❤❤❤

[@user-ry9bd1oq1z]

It's following in the footsteps of Mary, Our Blessed Mother, in every way when she said "Let it be done to me according to thy word ". If Mary did not trust God where would we be now"?. v

[@iamterico]

Was at Medjugorje when it was still part of Yugoslavia back in 1989 and 1990. At the time I was not practicing the Catholic Faith; young and not well formed. The experience brought me back to the Faith. The alleged apparitions, up to the Church to decide. But the place & the experience is what is important. Will change you forever. Pssst... also the food is very good in that area! Tasted Ćevapčići for the first time in nearby Mostar! Yumm!😋

[@Dienekes678]

This, this, one thousand times this! 👆👆👆 We should keep our minds open about the apparitions. Time will prove them true or false. I believe they are true, but if they were proven false I the morning, it wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference to my faith or my love of Medjugorje. I've seen how the good Lord and Our Lady are at work in Medjugorje. The fruits are marvellous 🙏

[@kathyswindells5830]

I also was in the area in May 2015 but was on a coach tour. Went to Dubrovnik via Mostar to Sarajevo. I was not aware of Medjugorje at that time. I saw your testimony with Tom Medjugorje when you were there. I liked it so now following your channel. I am in New Zealand and am hopeful to be able to go. My grandfather was from the Dalmatian coast so have two reasons to want to travel there.

[@Rochestergrad.74]

Excellent rundown!! Thank you!!

[@eamonnmcmanus4785]

Good video

[@paddyearly]

A very fair and balanced assessment of this pilgrimage destination🙏 I agree with what you’re saying having been there 4 times🙏

[@theresarodriguez1479]

If I could ever save enough to actually take a vacation, I think I would prefer the peace of the Pines in Garabandal to the hubub of Medugorje. Father, I think your comparison to the 'wild west' is apropos.

[@Dienekes678]

Both are wonderful places. I've been lucky enough to visit both, and God willing I'll return to both again 🙏

[@maireadmcmahon9638]

I pray for you fr i love medjuiorie too.❤

[@vannesagannon4555]

All people are beautiful and equil

[@seamusweber8298]

East is East and West is West : as far as I know from here in Ireland, Medjegore (spelling) is East in direction. I know several people who visit Medjegore several times per year. They are very energised by that place and their religious faith and practice is great bolstered from visiting there. I have no view personally about the place. I've visted Lourdes and on one level I found it at sad experience but on another level I realise that people were getting great spiritual sustenance from visiting Lourdes. Thanks Fr.Brendan

[@VictorMaxol]

Fr Brendan was taking the long way round.

[@clarefrenchum9696]

😂​@@VictorMaxol

[@rolo20ged70]

Knock is a very beautiful place in our own county... it is the only apparation that the lamb of God was present with the blessed Mother of Jesus. I don't believe we need to go so far... Why do the apparations appear to the same few and in a cloud every day? Why not in Knock? Why no apparation every day. I went to Knock last summer for the first time as a pilgrim for years. If you believed in nothing but the gathering of people it has so much power of energy and peace. Many gathered praying together... it was very moving and humbling🙏🤲

[@rolo20ged70]

Thank Fr Brendan... I did see your testimony of your visit. It was enlightening ❤😊

[@Beanbag777]

@@rolo20ged70 “in a cloud everyday” ??? Have no idea where you got this from 🤷‍♂️

[@rolo20ged70]

@@Beanbag777 testimony from people seeing the sun dance in the sky and Mother Mary appearing in the sky!

[@Beanbag777]

@@rolo20ged70 people will see what they want to see I’m afraid !

[@RPlavo]

Once we have exhausted the Christ of the scriptures we can attend to private revelations!

[@cloverfield911]

What about the Irish woman who died on Apparition Hill?? ..and the fatal bus crash filled with pilgrims coming from there!!??

[@aceraphael]

Thank you, Father, but I think I will stick to the safe zone here.

[@declanfinan8842]

Thanks Father, It’s not only controversial, it’s becoming divisive and quite problematic. I was there in 1999 and had a blessed experience, but as a man who believes that where the faithful are gathered in great number, The Holy Spirit and our Blessed Mother will be there also - hence, miracles are almost assured. Not necessarily convinced by the visionaries and clergy controlling this site though. For anyone who looks at the detailed criticisms surrounding this place, they will find great cause for concern. I’m not sure it’s somewhere a Catholic Priest should be encouraging people to go to though. I’m not saying don’t go, but proceed with caution. God bless to all

[@coraquaid8079]

Wherever people gather in prayer, the Lord will surely bless them and that is the good fruit of medjugore, however it is not from Heaven and neither is the Divine Will devotion. I notice that many people in the Catholic Church follow both of these to the neglect of approved apparations and devotions such as to Fatima and the Sacred Heart ♥

[@sheiladumigan451]

Jesus Jesus Jesus 🙏❤️

[@michaelamclarnon9270]

🙏❤️‍🔥🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@davekiernan1]

As Christy Moore said, I found my salvation below at the Galway races. I got a confession to make.

[@Beanbag777]

@@davekiernan1 tumbleweed

[@themollymaguiresband.142]

I wouldn’t worry too much about what Christy Moore said at this stage.

[@vivacristorey4363]

If pilgrims are learning to practice the faith anywhere then God bless them. That being said, if God can speak through a donkey He can certainly bring a greater good out of a false revelation. I say that because I do not wish to judge the hearts or sincerity or livened faith of those who have benefited from travelling to the shrine. We should of course though be interested in truth and to do our best to avoid being misled. With that in mind, it is prudent to consider some huge red flags. The alleged seers are reported to benefit a lot materially. Some might think that it is well deserved. But personally, I'm not aware of revelations in the past where true seers have gained so much financial success. Usually it does the opposite and brings much suffering. That is not to say that every seer needs to take a vow of poverty - though many have. Rather it is to compare the difference. Even lay seers who remained as lay faithful have not done what the seers mentioned in this video have done. Maxime of LaSallette remained a wanderer his whole life and always refused any financial donations given to him personally. St Bernadette lived a quiet life in a convent. Sr Lucia of Fatima even transferred to a contemplative order to avoid those constantly seeking her out. Another red flag is that our Lady has never appeared so often on demand. She always comes with a specific purpose. It might be for a time, but not decades. Yes, she kept visiting Sr Lucia; but those were mostly for private consolation rather than things to be revealed to the public. Another concern is that the image of our Lady's feet are covered. Apparitions of our Lady that are true tend to have Her feet uncovered as a constant reminder that She tramples the devil's head. The devil would not want to be reminded of that and would want Her feet covered. Lastly, some of the private revelations themselves are strange. With so many of them it is no wonder. There was one that made me decide to keep away, which is when our Lady was said to have Her clothes "soiled" by those who needed to go to confession whom touched Her robe. Nothing associated with our immaculate Lady would ever be soiled. Therefore, although I try to be prudent in not bashing those who love this devotion and usually only give my opinion on the matter when asked (if in person rather than on social media), I'd rather avoid this devotion like the plague because it seems off. I understand that the magisterium has okayed pilgrimages for the sake of those benefiting, but it certainly has not approved the apparitions to my knowledge as to be supernatural.

[@djmcd2829]

Hi Fr, Quick question, St Paul said , without the faith it is impossible to please God. What faith was he talking about?

[@themollymaguiresband.142]

The faith which would have you believe in God even though you have never seen Him.

[@djmcd2829]

Oh ok , but how would I know that faith, where would I learn it ?

[@gerardk51]

@@djmcd2829 The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the New Testament of the Bible. Also by attending your local Catholic church.

[@VictorMaxol]

I believe Medjugorje is a hoax. People always say but so much good comes out of it. It's not that simple, a few pawns can always be sacrificed for the longer game. That said, the good that happens there is good. I wonder how many go to confessions back in Ireland. I should add - I believe Fatima to be genuine, of huge importance today and sidelined by Medjugorje.

[@VictorMaxol]

@Gate-of-Dawn Human souls, of course.

[@VictorMaxol]

@Gate-of-Dawn It's a metaphor.

[@SEANPOL203]

You don’t respond to your commenters Fr

[@GdA72491]

Medjugorje is a place of great healing and peace . The fruits of Medjugorje far outweigh any criticism of it :countless vocations and conversions . Thanks, Fr . for another great video .

[@marilenaf6426]

I am very happy for those who go to Medjugorje and rekindle their faith or even convert. But I am not a fan. We have Knock and Knock is a beautiful place with a prayerful atmosphere and lovely priests to bring your sins and troubles to, refreshing also your faith in the Catholic Church by their generosity, understanding and knowledge. If the weather in Medjugorje wasn't as good and the accommodation not so cheap would it be so popular? "We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28).

[@gerardk51]

Knock and Medjugorje are not in competition.

[@orionxtc1119]

I do not think Medjugorje is a real apparition site... I do think Garabandal IS a real apparition site...

[@orionxtc1119]

far far too many heresies supposedly uttered by the Blessed Virgin Mary.... NO I do not believe that

[@gerardk51]

I believe in both of the sites you mention.

[@Charlie84215]

Why refer to the place as Meg ? I think that’s disrespectful

[@MrCrouchback]

Every one of the local bishops since the get go has condemned these apparitions. Lourdes and Knock and Fatima where judged to be genuine apparitions. I guess Medjugorge will never be officially recognised. Don't judge just keep attending the Traditional Latin Mass.

[@RPlavo]

I left the TLM decades ago, thank God for novus ordo and vernacular

[@gerardk51]

The judgement on Medjugorje is now reserved to Rome. No final decision has yet been made, especially as it is ongoing. Plgrims are free to visit.

[@marytierney794]

Theres a form of hysteria connected with Medjugorje, that i dont like. We have Knock here in Ireland, and it's totally underrated. We should be promoting that, instead.

[@rosezingleman5007]

Thanks for sharing that Father. Now I have no qualms about unsubscribing.

[@Beanbag777]

I used to really love Medj but the last time I was there I found that the Charismatics had invaded the place. People with their hands in the air at mass and doing the orans posture for prayer. Guitars everywhere and separate prayer meetings with certain individuals "praying over people". Lets be honest the Charismatic movement tends to attract a lot of very vulnerable adults shall we say, and having these people tell you every 5 minutes how they saw Our Lady in a cloud in the sky or the sun spinning is enough to send you home again. It a pity and so I wont be in hurry back .

[@josephmckernan2388]

Was there 3 weeks ago the best place I have ever been the peace and joy in people's faces was my miracle.will be back in September and believe when two people can have a beautiful meal in any of the restaurants for less than €25 drinks included not alcohol may I add juice where else would you rather be god bless ya fr for a great video

[@josephthompson3134]

I'm done with priest.

[@CatholicSamurai]

We have many APPROVED apparitions and APPROVED Marian devotions... Medjugorje is neither of those. If I was a demonic force, and I wanted to undermine the most devoted Catholics (not the low-hanging fruit, but the dedicated Catholics who know the basics to avoid), I would create an apparition that takes people *away* from what is safe and approved for Catholics to venerate, and instead drag them into the "gray area" outside of what is clearly safe for our souls. That's Medjugorje. I know so many people in the US that go on and on about Medjugorje, and spend lots of money to visit the place... while an actual, approved apparition is right here in the US and it goes totally under the radar by those same people. That's the demonic part: don't listen to the Church! Don't venerate/visit your local true/real/veirified apparitions! Come outside the bounds of what is safe and proper and good - come out into the "gray areas"! Focus on the unverified and disputed! That's the most clearly diabolical thing about it (other than the "visions" where Mary apparently told the visionary to disobey bishops and kill all the Serbs, but w/e) And yeah, sure, there's healings... but demonic forces are happy to provide healings if it gets a soul in their clutches!

[@gerardk51]

No one in Medjugorje has ever said you shouldn't visit Lourdes or Fatima or any other shrine.

[@robertmanella528]

Unapproved, says it all!!! You should not even post this!! Unapproved, means unapproved!!! Your opinion doesn't matter at all!!! Obay church protocol and take down this post immediately!!!

[@gerardk51]

Unapproved does not mean condemned. The question is open and anyone is free to have his/her opinion. Personally I believe Our Lady is appearing in Medjugorje.

[@SEANPOL203]

Unapproved by who? Medjugorie isn’t what it is for nothing

[@VictorMaxol]

@@gerardk51 Well I wish they'd hurry up and approve it by now. But you know what?, they never will.

[@gerardk51]

@@VictorMaxol Jesus wasn't approved by the authorities of the day.

[@thatwifeofhis7815]

Going in Oct 🩵❤️‍🔥🩵

[@gerardk51]

Please pray for me.