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Bishop Ramon C.
Arguelles
extract from a letter to priests
and lay helpers.
She was not even a devout member
of the Greek Orthodox Church. But
sometime in her life, sensing heavenly
intervention, she became an intimate
believer in Christ and, without being
aware of it, started working for
Christian Unity.
Her movement,
‘True Life in God’,
is doing a lot of
good to all, most
especially, for
the renewal of many Christians and
the evangelization of those who have
never heard of Jesus before.
This is a tremendous
source of hope for
all of us
Archbishop Vincent
Concessao
Archbishop of New Delhi
Vassula spoke at St.
Columba’s School Ground in New Delhi
in 2006. Archbishop Concessao spoke
afterwards. Following is an excerpt
from his comments.
All that we have heard is what is
written in the Bible, but this is in
a very personal way and shows that
the Lord continues to speak. He is
wonderful in His ways - He is a God
of surprises and we do not know
who He will use to communicate His
m e s s a g e s .
There was a
time when
Vassula did not
practice - the
Church meant
nothing to her. This is a tremendous
source of hope for all of us.
Vassula emphasized the place of love
in our lives and the Lord’s desire that
we are all united, and to be disunited
is in itself a state of sin ... There is a long
way to go because Jesus prayed “may
they be one”- that is the unity that the
Father wants among us ... I request all
of you to pray for Christian unity. We
do not know the way the Lord wants
us to unite but the goal is clear - He
wants one Church, one Shepherd.
Vassula, thank you. God bless you and
your ministry.
Bishop João
Evangelista Terra S.J,
well-known Theologian and
exegete .
Bishop Don Terra has worked in
different parts of the world, including
the Vatican where he worked with
Cardinal Ratzinger for ten years. Totally
supportive of Vassula, he wished to
give the following testimony at the
conclusion of the prayer meeting in
Brasilia, October 12, 1997.
The year 1999, the vigil of the
Great Jubilee of the coming Third
Millennium, is entirely dedicated
to God the Father. And we see how
Vassula speaks with such tenderness,
calling God ‘Dad’, very boldly, as Jesus
did. During 1999, we are, all of us,
going to meditate also on the Father,
the theological virtue of Love - the
Father is the fountain of Love - on
the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We
see that Mary is the Model of Love,
the Mother of Tender Love. This is
the preparation, the three years of
preparation. (...)
That is Vassula’s mission. This is what
her mission amounts to also: to make
this prayer of Jesus come true in the
year 2000. This prayer of Jesus is truly
scandalous. Scandalous! ‘Father, I
want that all be one.’ Pardon me! Is
that the way to ask? One should at
least say “please”. But He said: “Father,
I want!” He wants. It’s not lack of
education, no, He knows that this
is what the Father wants - that the
Father’sWill be His own will: that there
be only one flock and one Shepherd.
It is Christ’s prayer. (...)
Vassula, I would like to tell you what
a great joy it is for me. We are really
very happy that you are with us;
your presence is one of grace, light,
and sunshine. Thank you very much,
Vassula.
Source: Ediçoes Boa Nova and“Actualizando
Medjugorje”
Bishop Anil Joseph
Thomas Couto
Bishop of Delhi
from a talk to TLIG pilgrims in 2005.
Imust confess that I was not too
much into this at the beginning. I
had an experience of Vassula in Delhi
in 1990 before I became Bishop. I had
just returned from Rome after my
Ecumenical studies. We had a very
nice meeting with all the Pastors and
so on. But at that time I did not take
it so seriously I said there are many
people like this in the world today
and so on. But as I began to read her
writings her messages and so on I
said she is true she is real and a way
to Unity as I was reading yesterday
there is nothing else but Repentance,
Humility, Love and to understand and
except one another at the level of the
heart and I can watch for it. (…)
Excerpt from article by Bishop Anil
Couto which was published in Voice of
Delhi, a journal of the Catholic Church
in India in July 2005:
As testified by many theologians the
messages are not a new revelation but
a reminder of the Gospel of Christ. The
basic vocation of Vassula is to share the
Good News through proclamation in
communities and assemblies of prayer
and meditation, to diffuse her writings
by publication and draw souls to Christ
Our Lord and Saviour.
“and now I tell you, if any
sacerdotal soul declares openly
himself for Me in the presence
of the world, I will too, when
the time comes, declare Myself
for him in the presence of My
Father!
-and to you I tell you: do not
defend yourself! let those who
heard you, testify now and
openly declare the truth; “
Jesus 15/11/95
‘True Life in God’
is doing a lot of
good to all