Julia Kim’s Inspiring Spiritual Message on the 1st Saturday Overnight Prayer Meeting on March 2, 2024
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Julia Kim’s Inspiring Spiritual Message on the 1st Saturday Overnight Prayer Meeting on March 2, 2024
The Chapel of the Blessed Mother of Naju 12, Najucheon 2-gil, Naju City, Jeonnam, 58258, South Korea
The Blessed Mother's mountain Singwang-ro 425, Dasi-myeon, Naju City, Jeonnam, South Korea
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No matter what wrong you've done, it's important to seek
forgiveness from the Lord and start anew!
Who you follow matters!
Praise be to Jesus! Praise be to the Blessed Mother!
Nice to see you. Today, all the testimoniers did well. For them, I didn’t do anything well. I am just an instrument used for a moment. Everything is entirely done by the Lord and the Blessed Mother, so please never applaud me. I give all the glory solely to Jesus and the Blessed Mother. (Amen!) Amen!
Since the start of Lent, I've been in such severe pain all over my body that I even wondered, “How long can I live?” Today, since right before I came here, I suffered in reparation for sins of obscenity and homosexuality. Even as I'm here, my private parts hurt so much that it is difficult to sit on a chair. Whenever I experience this pain, I pray, “Jesus, some among the pilgrims may sometimes have impure thoughts. Please heal them all today,” and I offer up.
Also, when I suddenly experience severe pain due to the reparation pain for sins of obscenity and homosexuality, I need to rush and spray the part with scalding water. This made me reflect on how the comfort women must have lived, enduring a life lived only because one cannot die. Yet, there are also people who say, “What could be so hard about that?” Such remarks only come from those who've never suffered like this.
I have a terrible headache, and I'm so dizzy that I can't think straight, but the Lord has not allowed me to take any medicine. So, I offered it all up for you. (Amen!) Today, the nun helping me asked, “Mother, do you really have to go today?” “I must go. Even if I have to lie down there, I must be present.” With this, I came here.
Lately, I've been feeling cold all the time. But a few days ago, I started feeling warm, sweating profusely, and then shortly feeling cold again. Today, it was extremely severe. Just before coming here, I was doing my hair. I couldn't turn on the fan while styling my hair because it would blow my hair. So, I had to open all the doors and constantly wipe off the sweat. Even still, my underwear was all soaked. Then suddenly, I felt cold again, and even wearing a mink coat didn't help; soon after, I felt warm again. I had a hard time.
Even a while ago, I felt very warm that I sweat profusely. But just before coming here, I felt extremely cold. Despite wearing long-sleeved clothes and a fur coat, I still felt cold. In my waiting room, I increased the temperature (of the stone bed) to an unbearable temperature, and I lay there before coming here. As I continue to suffer, I hope for everyone's healing, and I ask you to understand even if I make mistakes.
Dear all, when an obscene thought comes to you, I believe you will offer it up graciously as well. And for those who masturbate, I hope you can beautifully offer it up through the pain I have suffered. My whole body is in pain now, and I can hardly do anything. I need to receive help, but I often try to do things myself instead, which is very difficult. I'm reluctant to take help. The people who help me do a good job, and it’s me who feels that.
Before coming here, I wore clothes that fit just right underneath. Suddenly my belly swelled and I am suffering in reparation for abortion. Among those who had abortions, there were some who were disappointed. But never be disappointed; start anew from now.
No matter how heinous the sinner is, if they repent and return to the Lord, He surely welcomes and embraces them. The Lord loves even the most wicked sinner. Then, how pretty you who gathered here to pray with the Lord and Blessed Mother must be to Them! Therefore, I believe He will bestow a lot of grace upon you. As long as we open our hearts and move forward to the Lord through the Blessed Mother, He will surely grant us His rich blessings.
Earlier, Ms. Teresa from Busan gave her testimony. In the past, I understand she must have been out of it. So, she might have forgotten the details. On the mentioned day, before I came out, the priests were sprinkling holy water and praying over her. Despite that, the big devil scoffed and taunted, “Go ahead, sprinkle it!” Later, I offered our Naju Holy Water to them and we prayed together over her.
Fr. Su then sprinkled the Naju Holy Water, and Fr. Jerry Orbos also did the same. When we first started sprinkling it, the devil screamed, “Ouch, it’s scalding! Ouch, it’s scalding!” and fled outside. It wasn't the sister who fled. Then, we prayed together. The priests and I prayed together, and then the devil was driven out. It was a very, very, very tenacious and utterly vicious devil.
After receiving healing through the Naju Holy Water, the sister later got married and had two lovely sons, Michael and Raphael. But, she should have continued to come. But after getting married and settling into life, she wasn't able to come anymore. While some who stop coming are fine, I've seen many unfortunate cases among those who stopped attending.
Dear all, I have a question for you. Where did I say Jesus is? (Not even hailing distance, but right beside us.) Yes, right. What does “hailing distance” mean? It means a very close distance! Didn't I say that Jesus is not just at a close distance but is in us, dwelling with us? (Amen!) Right? (Right!)
However, whom we meet is crucial. No matter how diligently we attend Mass every day and participate in activities at the Blessed Mother’s House, if we follow someone who has gone astray, we won’t know where we will end up. We shouldn't believe just anyone. We must believe in the Lord and the Blessed Mother and move forward. The Lord and the Blessed Mother will never betray us. Trusting humans and feeling a bit disappointed can lead us to be easily sulky and turn away from them.
So, there are many cases of people not coming to the Blessed Mother's House because it is difficult for them to face one another. We shouldn't be like that, right? (Amen!) We should be like the ones that others refer to by saying, “Oh, I miss them so I go to Naju.” That’s the call of the Lord.
When I first went to Catholic church in 1973, the parish nun treated me so well. As you know I had never received love from anyone before, not even once. Even my mother beat me until I was fully grown. But from a young age, I accepted all with Semchigo as if I received love. So, it can’t be said that Semchigo was completed after more than 70 years. But if someone says that, others might accept it and follow along. That's why we need to be careful.
I had nothing to offer the parish nun, but she was always so good to me. I always had to give money to my mother-in-law, and I was sick. Receiving love from the parish nun was the first time I ever felt loved in my life. So I never missed daily Mass. This was back in 1973 when I was attending the church. Even when unable to attend, missing the nun was unbearable, so I pushed myself to go.
However, a nun said, “Don't come to church if you want to heal. Coming to church isn't for healing.” But how the Lord calls us, we don't know. Earlier, one sister testified that a Protestant said, “This place is heretical.” Yet, thinking, “Should I try going with them?” He came along and initially didn't smell the fragrance of roses. But after someone suggested he kneel and pray, he began to smell the roses and received so many blessings that day. He promptly converted and was baptized. You heard the story, right?
Look, that person also said this was a heresy before coming here. But he converted and was baptized right away, didn't he? Bring such people here. Bringing them will be a merit for you, and then the tree of life will bear fruit.
Before, sister Veronica from Daegu didn't want to come here, but a couple kept inviting her to go. She got so bothered by their persistent request that she said yes. When the first Saturday approached and they asked her to go, she fled to a shrine of the Blessed Mother in Daegu. She reasoned, “The Blessed Mother is the same everywhere; let me pray in Daegu instead.” But they followed her even there and brought her to Naju. She was like being dragged by them.
So, she just sat quietly in the back, but as she stayed, she realized it was wonderful. Later, she exclaimed, “Oh my! I found the truth here!” She had tried so hard not to come and even fled to the Daegu shrine of the Blessed Mother. But the couple followed her and brought her to Naju against her desire. She thought, “I was brought here against my desire this time, but I won’t come back.” She made up her mind. But when I delivered the message, her eyes widened in realization. “Oh? The truth is here.”
She had attended many retreats and visited all the places said to be good, but she had never found God. However, she said she found God here in Naju. So, she testified, “Now that receiving grace is important, so I will bring people here, even if they are reluctant.”
Here in Naju, a brother once described me as “pretentiously charming.” He was a parishioner at the Naju Parish. It seemed someone there identified me, saying, “That's Ms. Julia.” Hearing that, he commented, “Ah, that pretentiously charming woman!” As it turned out, his shop was near my beauty parlor. Since we were neighbors, we saw each other often, and we would buy things from his shop.
This brother, Andrew Park, used to call me, “Ah, that annoying person!” Back then Julio was the president of the Daegun Association, and he was the general manager. When moving house, we used Andrew’s car. If something fell off while loading, I would exclaim, “Oh, Jesus! Oh, Mother Mary!” Then Andrew would say, “Oh, she’s so embarrassing.” Even though he really found me unpleasant, he still helped us move because of Julio.
However, that brother strongly opposed it, questioning, “What on earth is this that the Blessed Mother sheds tears?” But once, a religious Brother was invited to a Daegun Association meeting of the parish. At that time, I was delivering a message in the Chapel. The Brother came to the Chapel and didn’t leave continuously listening. In the past, whenever I delivered a message, I would go on for three and a half to four hours at a time.
Since the Brother stayed in the Chapel for a long time, Andrew entered and, without even glancing at me, said to the Brother, “Let’s go, Brother.” But he didn't look at Andrew, only at me, and kept saying, “Just a moment, just a moment.” So, Andrew kept going in and out for an hour and a half. He then thought, “What is this annoying woman talking about that has this Brother so captivated?” Then he too sat down and listened. And the very man, Andrew, was changed. That's how the Calling for him was.
The Lord and the Blessed Mother have called you. You have responded and came here. That brother was so happy that day that he said to Julio, “Brother, when is the next prayer meeting?” “Come on June 30th,” he replied. So, he came with his wife. Before, his life was running the supermarket, fishing, smoking cigarettes and frequenting coffee houses. But after learning about the Blessed Mother of Naju, he stopped going to those places, quit coffee and cigarettes, and even tidied up the supermarket thoroughly.
People were amazed at how his appearance had become so beautiful and transformed, and asked him how. He replied “Go to the Blessed Mother’s House in Gyo-dong, where you too can become as beautiful as me.” So it matters who we meet. Dear all, you have met Jesus and the Blessed Mother. Thus, Jesus and the Blessed Mother now dwell and work within you.
Brother Andrew Park had a myocardial infarction. The hospital warned that if he even stood up, to keep him alive, they would have to tie him down. His condition was that critical. But, after we prayed together, he was completely healed. He also received immense grace. I would like to remind you again that we must manage well the graces we receive. This brother (Andrew) failed to manage his grace well.
Before the nursing home was built, he was in charge of managing the funds for Our Lady of Naju. But he ended up spending a lot of that money for himself. Since Julio was at work, the brother was in charge of the finances, and Julio entrusted three bank accounts to him. After a considerable time, I had a feeling from the Lord about him. The way he was spending money also seemed strange.
So I asked him to show me the bankbook. He responded, “It would be a big problem if you see it now.” I questioned, “It's my bankbook, so why can't I see it?” But he still refused to show it. So I went to the bank myself. Even the teller refused to show it to me. When I demanded, “It’s my bank account, why can’t I see it?” The teller explained that the person who usually handles it had instructed them not to show it to anyone. At that point, another brother with me called the headquarters, and then they agreed to show it. When we finally saw the bank statement, it turned out he had spent all the money. So, now he was caught.
After he was caught, the brother attacked me in a small room, throwing lamps and hitting my head with a telephone, but I didn't say a word. Later, he left the Blessed Mother’s House. At that time, Peter Kim quietly followed him and saw him gambling with money. Eventually, some time later, his family contacted me.
So I went there and found him completely paralyzed, lying in a university hospital bed. His teeth had something stuck between them, giving off an unbearable smell. So I asked his younger sister to clean his teeth for him. Then I prayed for him once and left. Then, he completely recovered. I told him, “Let's start anew.” I've always said we should make a new start. Starting anew is the best. No matter how much wrong we did, we can make a new start.
Despite his wrongdoing, I told him, “Let’s start anew. Come back to the Blessed Mother’s House.” He agreed, saying, “Yes, I should go.” But then he didn’t show up again. After that, he kept asking for loans, so I lent him money. He never repaid that money and used it for something else. Later, he suffered another stroke and was in the hospital. So, I went to the hospital and prayed for him again. After just one prayer, he completely recovered.
Despite that, he still didn't come back after that. But I still sent gifts to him during Korean holidays because he had previously volunteered here. Despite this, he didn't return, and then he suffered another stroke. At that point, he was too ashamed to tell us. Sometime later, I saw him using a cane to walk. Then, quite suddenly, he passed away at a young age. Just as a sister from Jeonju testified earlier, I have also seen many unfortunate things happen to the priests who persecuted the Blessed Mother of Naju.
When I was invited to the U.S.A, I attended a Mass celebrated by a Korean priest. I greeted the priest. Then he shouted “Julia! Stop doing this!” In the United States, people were so happy that they were blessed and healed and they were very delighted to have fifty aspiring priests. But the Korean priest said, “Julia! Don’t go around like this!” So all the Americans there tried to protest to kick out that priest, but I pleaded so much with them not to do it.
And in Hawaii as well, a Korean priest who caused a similar disturbance was chased away from the venue and he couldn’t even celebrate Mass. In another case, a priest in Anseong uttered over Naju pilgrims “Going around like a migratory bird.” and “Get into an accident on the way!” But that day, the priest got into an accident himself. So let’s always look positive and say only good words.
When you relay what someone has said to you, even if the words being relayed aren't negative, you shouldn't simply believe everything you hear. Because we are children who love the Lord and the Blessed Mother so much, the devil of division who fill the sky and earth can cause division.
In fact, there are many cases where negative words aren’t true. I told you I saw such case in Sugang apartment.
I said, "As venial sins accumulate, they can lead us to commit mortal sins easily." At that moment, the Lord showed me that the devil changed my words for one listener. So, I asked him, "What did I tell you?" He said, "As venial sins accumulate, they become mortal sins." How much of an error is it from the truth? "If you have more venial sin, they become mortal sins." It’s wrong.
There are mortal sins and venial sins. "If you commit a lot of venial sins, you can easily commit a mortal sin as well." What he heard was completely wrong. It’s the devil who changes it and makes you hear the wrong words. You know a lot of those examples, right? (Yes.) I've seen a lot of cases where people just hate and fight because of that. I've also experienced it with many people.
That's why we have to look at everything positively so that we don't talk badly about others. If we look at everything positively, think positively. Even if someone says something bad, it would be nice if you could answer "Wasn’t it the other way?" But that person might not accept it. Then, let's just understand them, and offer it up well. Let’s practice the Five Spiritualities.
We smile when something good happens. But when something unpleasant happens, we can still smile through Semchigo. If you don’t practice “Semchigo” you're angry and swear, then, how can Jesus live within you? He won't be able to, right? (Right.) So even if we're a little annoyed, we can quickly offer it up with Semchigo as if being loved. Please don't think, “Why am I annoyed?” We're weak humans, so we can be annoyed. If you're annoyed, think “Oh, I didn’t offer it up,” and you can just quickly offer it up.
If you're annoyed, I understand swearing might happen. However, you can right away pray, "Oh, Jesus I was wrong." And immediately, practice Semchigo as if you are loved, offer it up, go to Confession, organize your mind, and clean up your heart so that Jesus can come and live within you again.
How can Jesus live in us if we have a bad friend in our heart? Right? (Right.) So we have to let all the bad friends out of our hearts. Arrogance is the biggest problem. Yes, we should really have no arrogance. It's not that we're arrogant because we intend to. But we become arrogant when we indulge in self-flattery, unaware that it is actually arrogance. If we recognize it as arrogance, we can then become humble.
Earlier, the lady from Jeonju who gave her testimony. She said that even if she had determined, "I have to be nice to my husband," she would fight again with him in an hour. But now, both of them practice Semchigo as if being in a warm room despite no heat, and Semchigo as if refreshed when it's hot! How good it is!
Before, the husband had a hateful mind because of the debt incurred by their construction contractors, as one can understand. However, the couple prayed for their creditors’ well-being, and so they build treasures in Heaven. Even though you haven't testified, I am sure you also received a lot of grace in Naju.
You don't know how long you have left to live. Various things keep happening these days. I hear people saying North Korea is trying to start a war. But dear all, don't be afraid of anything, and just arm yourselves with the Five Spiritualities, practice them, and pray. Then the Lord and the Blessed Mother will surely protect us.
We have to ask Jesus earnestly, saying that we are unworthy, and really insignificant, instead of saying proudly, "Oh, Jesus, I did this today. I did that also. I’m good, right?" Just as rice bows when it’s ripe, we should bow our heads and move forward in a humble way, right? (Yes!) Yes, we can do that.
On the way to the village (Sin-Gwang-ri) here today, I had a very sour stomach. Seeing my pain, I said, “Oh, today, there will be healing for stomachs.” Now, may you with such disease be healed! In life, your stomach hurts and it gets worse here and there. So when we're working, let’s try to walk in place, and do some incidental exercises. Please don't eat any food or medication without verifying it. Don't take any supplements even if they claim to be nutritional. And only consume what is truly necessary and effective for you.
Also, think about vegetables like, “Which is better?” and take care of your health before you get older. I think if I had been more careful about my health when I was younger, my health would have been less bad.
At least we who claim to know the Lord should work for the sake of the Lord and the Blessed Mother. When you work for Them, according to the amount, you accumulate treasure in Heaven. So let's always remember the Five Spiritualities when we're in trouble and in pain.
When we have a headache, let’s not complain, “Oh, why does my head hurt so much?” Jesus did not simply wear a crown of thorns, but roman soldiers hit the crown very harshly. How deeply it embedded and how painful it must have been for him? Please meditate on it and when you have a headache say, "Jesus, I will join you in that pain. Through my pain, Lord, may You be comforted!" Just by praying like this, your treasure accumulates in the treasure house of Heaven. Rather than praying for ourselves, let's pray to console the Lord, and for the repentance of sinners and for our family. We can pray as much as we want.
So we can make Prayers of Life tens of thousands of times, from the moment we wake up till the moment we fall asleep. Just do it in your heart. It’s because if you speak out the prayers such as “Jesus, I am washing my hands, but Lord, wash my soul and body, and that of so and so,” it takes a lot of time. But if you do it in your heart with those intentions, you can pray a lot very quickly.
Dear all, I told you I'd let you know it sometimes, but I couldn't make it. I asked you to do the Towel Exercise. 72 is the number of years our Blessed Mother lived on earth. A lady from Daegu did it 72 times a day every day, and she said her adhesive capsulitis was healed. She must be here now.
Today I am going to tell you about abdominal breathing. I don't know much about it, but I know that it is very beneficial. Dear ones, abdominal breathing is not hard to do and has many benefits. Nevertheless, many people aren’t familiar with it. Breathe in through your nose like this and don’t just exhale “Hoo.” As you inhale through your nose, stick out your belly. As you breathe in, pray, “Jesus, please breathe into me the breath of Your Holy Spirit.” It takes time to voice the words out, so do it through meditation.
And then you pray, "May also let all the good energy of the whole world be put into me" You can count with your hands, as you breathe in, but if you say, "In the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen, Amen, Amen," it will be seven. And while holding your breath, say again in your mind: "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen, Amen, Amen."
Now when you breathe out, you breathe out through your mouth. not through your nose, “Hoo,” and say, "Jesus, You have breathed the Holy Spirit into me, so please let out all the bad things in me, including all the bad habits." You can say this prayer for any number of intentions. It would be good to do this at least five minutes every day.
You know that Jesus raised Sehyeon who had died. Not only when Jesus was on earth 2,000 years ago, but also through the Miraculous Water in Naju today, Jesus raised many dying people. Nevertheless, many people are like this: The Blessed Mother said that She is suffering because so many of Her children cling to Her like a lifeboat only when they are suffering, but when they receive the grace they sought, they go back to their miserable lives again. The Blessed Mother is suffering even now. She is in pain.
When they have cancer, they say, “May you cure my cancer, and I will work for the Lord and the Blessed Mother.” However, when they receive the grace they were asking for, they return to their miserable lives. That’s why the Lord and Blessed Mother suffer. We do not know how long we have left to live, whether it be ten, twenty, fifty, or one hundred years. We can never know that, right? (Right.) All we need is to stay awake. As long as you practice the Five Spiritualities, it’s an awakened life. This is why even if a nuclear war breaks out, we can be saved. We are certain to be saved.
No matter what challenges we face the rest of our lives, let's offer it up graciously with the Five Spiritualities and let's start anew. I didn't think I could come out here and say anything, but I'm strengthened by seeing all of you. (Amen!) Dear all, we have to think simply. We shouldn’t overthink with the mind of adults reasoning this and that. Practicing the Five Spiritualities is a very simple truth. So we need to put on the armor of the Five Spiritualities.
So, if we really wake up, put on the armor of the Holy Spirit, put on the armor of the Five Spiritualities, and practice the Five Spiritualities, then we won't fall so easily into the devil’s schemes. What various ways the devils who fill the sky and earth use to harass us to cut us from God's love! So, when something bad happens, we should recognize “Oh, this is the devil’s work!” and quickly sprinkle the Holy Water. However, if we do not do this, but simply think it in a human way, we may go wrong.
So, in order not to go wrong, let's stay awake and pray. Let's practice the Five Spiritualities, then we can defeat the devils of division that fill the sky and earth. Those devils of division will be driven out of our hearts. Amen!
Let's take a moment to pray. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Jesus, who truly lives and is with us! Receive praise, gratitude, and glory from us unworthy ones, forever and ever. Jesus and the Blessed Mother have personally chosen and called us, unworthy ones. So we responded Amen and are following Jesus and the Blessed Mother. May Jesus and Blessed Mother at all times light our way, guide us, and manage us.
We entrust everything to the Lord and to the Blessed Mother. Please do not let us act according to our will, but let us fulfill Your will. We are weak human beings who can go wrong, we can make mistakes. But please help us to rise up immediately like a roly-poly toy, and follow the words of love of Jesus and the Blessed Mother precisely. Help us defeat the devils who fill the sky and earth with the Five Spiritualities.
Precious Blood that Jesus shed on the Cross! The Precious Blood being shed without sparing a drop of water, and of blood; with them, may You, Jesus, completely wash and cleanse all of the priests and all of us gathered here; from head to toe, without leaving a single cell. May it unclog any blockages. And perform the surgery with the Holy Spirit. Heal our sick souls and bodies.
Please heal all the wounds we have received, from conception to the present, so that we all may start anew. May glory be to the Lord, comfort to the Blessed Mother, and the gratitude from all of us never dry up. We pray earnestly through the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Mother in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen! Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, (as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit Amen!
Have you received many graces, dear all? (Yes!) You have received them, if you believe that you have. And let me tell you again, it's okay if we've been in wrong so far. You can start anew from now on.
In the past a man intentionally hit me driving his car trying to kill me, so I was crushed under his car. Another time a car ran over my foot and it crushed my toe, but it was healed through practicing the Prayers of Life. I went to that person, even knelt down and begged. Whenever I get harmed by people for no reason, even if I didn't do anything wrong, I took it as my fault and I knelt down and begged.
However, one day when I went to Fr. Chang for confession, he instructed me, "Never kneel again. No matter how much you practice the Five Spiritualities, how can you kneel down like that. Don’t kneel and beg.” Since then, out of obedience, I don’t kneel and beg. But I still asked for forgiveness, even when I didn't do anything wrong. This is how I have been living.
Should we struggle to survive clenching our teeth when we don't know how long we have left? How busy we should be practicing the Five Spiritualities and following God. There is nothing else we need to insist on, right? (Right.) If we follow Our Lady of Naju and practice the Five Spiritualities, we are in Heaven.
How many signs, have Jesus and the Blessed Mother Who appeared and are present in Naju, bestowed besides the healing graces? We are the ones chosen by the Lord and the Blessed Mother. So, at least we, let us sew up the torn hearts, and amend the wounded hearts of Jesus and the Blessed Mother. And if we have driven nails into Them so far, let us pull them out with love.
If we arm ourselves with the Five Spiritualities and put them into practice, we can do it as much as we want. So, if we are forgiven by Jesus for everything we have done wrong, hold tightly the hand of the Blessed Mother Who is the tie that connects heaven and earth, and practice the Five Spiritualities, we can go to Heaven on the last day.
Our Lady will lead you. Now, let's all start anew. We can do it. We can do it! We can do it! Please keep the grace given to you in custody, and we will see you this Holy Week. Thank you.