Seer Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo of Medjugorje reportedly (stress: reportedly) has received a second message mentioning "signs." We are currently attempting to verify it.

The visionary, who no longer sees the Blessed Mother every day,  receives a monthly messages on the second of every month and the one for April 2 reportedly read:

"Dear Children, I come to you because I wish to show you, by my own example, the importance of the prayer for those who have not known the love of God. Ask yourself if you are following me. My children, don't you recognize the signs of the times? Don't you talk about them? Follow me. As your Mother I call you! Thank you for having responded."   

The eldest of the six seers, who assert apparitions at the famed site since 1981, Mirjana was the first to receive all ten of the secrets designated for each one and in March too relayed a message that for the first time in years seemed to carry prophetic import.

That message -- recorded during her annual birthday apparition on March 18 -- read:

"Dear children! In this Lenten time, I call you to interior renunciation. The way to this leads you through love, fasting, prayer and good works. Only with total interior renunciation will you recognize God’s love and the signs of the time in which you live. You will be witnesses of these signs and will begin to speak about them. I desire to bring you to this. Thank you for having responded to me.”

The gravity of such language is rare at Medjugorje, where since the 1990s messages have focused almost solely on general spirituality.

Not long after the surprise March 18 message, on March 25, 2006 -- Feast of the Annunciation -- another seer, Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti, received a monthly message disseminated around the world that said, "Courage, little children! I decided to lead you on the way of holiness. Renounce sin and set out on the way of salvation, the way which my Son has chosen. Through each of your tribulations and sufferings God will find the way of joy for you. Therefore, little children, pray. We are close to you with our love. Thank you for having responded to my call."

04/04/06