In the early days of the apparitions, Virgin Mary started to entrust ten secrets to the six visionaries. Secrets with informations about events which will happen in the future. These ten secrets are related to the Church and the world. Three visionaries, Mirjana, Ivanka, and Jakov say that they have received all ten Medjugorje pansion secrets, while Ivan, Marija and Vicka say they have received nine secrets until now. Visionary Mirjana has received a special parchment where the dates and description of each event are listed. She keeps this parchment somewhere in her house.
But no one of the six visionaries has fully disclosed the secrets. They disclose only the fact that Medjugorje secrets include also chastisements for the world and that they will begin during the lifetime of the visionaries. We also know that the seventh secret is about a punishment for the humanity. But this punishment has been diminished, because of the response to Our Lady’s requests for prayers, fasting and conversion.
The third of the Medjugorje secrets mentions a visible and permanent sign, which is described as very beautiful, indestructible and not of this world. It will be left on Apparition Hill (Podbrdo), the site of Our Lady´s first apparition. Following message about this sign has been given of Virgin Mary: “This sign will be given for the atheists. You believers already have seen signs and you have become the sign for the atheists. You believers must not wait for the sign before you convert: convert soon. This time is a time of grace for you. When the sign comes, it will be too late. As a mother I want to caution you because I love you. The secrets exist. My children! The secrets are not known now, but when they become known, it will be too late. Return to prayer, nothing is more important than this. I wish the Lord would allowed me to reveal some of the secrets to you, but everything he has done for you until now and what he is still doing for you, is already a Grace which is almost too much.”
None of the visionaries has divulged all Medjugorje secrets, which include blessings as well as chastisements for the whole world. Maybe the secrets are different for each visionary. But they say that all prayer, fasting, or good work can not entirely prevent some of the events which are forecast in the Medjugorje secrets. Ten days before the first and second secret should be disclose, Mirjana said she will reveal to the Franciscan Father Petar Ljubicic these secrets and what is about to happen. He started to fast and pray for seven days after he heard the secrets. Then, three days before the event should happen, Father Petar made a public announcement about the secrets and what is going to happen and where. Mirjana says that after these events, those who are alive will be pinched for time to convert and save themselves. She insists that the painful events from other secrets are very close, and that it is very important to pray, to pray with the family, and to pray for the youth which does not believe.

Young Jewish people, such as New York Jewish singles, may encounter difficulty meeting people in the city they can date and marry, while still trying to ensure they are dating Jewish people whose lifestyles and outlooks match their own. It may surprise some people to realize that the concept of speed dating was actually initiated by Rabbi Yaacov Deyo for this purpose. These speed dates, along with online dating services, are helping young Jewish people find each other.

Considering that speed dating was invented to help Orthodox Jewish singles meet and marry each other, that might turn on its head the notion that this way of meeting was designed for the more modern, hip, and perhaps even revolutionary young persons. Personals ads were regarded as questionable just a few years ago, even for those whose lifestyle was more open, so something like speed dating may be thought of as too unusual for very conservative young people to use when finding and dating Jewish partners. But on the other hand, with cultural values no longer being clearly defined within one’s own circle, and time constraints making it difficult to meet people in other ways, new methods of encountering potential partners are perhaps needed.

Speed dating has been adopted by the world in general, but it’s one of the methods Jewish young people still use. Other Jewish dating services have developed with the growth of the internet, so Jewish singles can enter their personal data and view the data of others, initiating some sort of contact if they find someone who seems interesting. Or some sites suggest potential matches for them, and they can decide if they want to pursue contact with any of those people. While the online method is now a large component in most partner searches, there are still non-internet-based Jewish singles events, and a speed dating event is just one of the possibilities available.

In a way, one might regard these online dating sites and speed date events as new versions of the more traditional Jewish matchmaking. After all, what did a matchmaker do except try to correlate characteristics between the prospective bride and groom? The criteria might once have been different, possibly based more on economics and utility than on matching personalities. But modern ways of dating Jewish partners may now be adapting the old matchmaking methods to put people together not just for economic and practical reasons, but based on personality, culture and values as well.

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