In a confusing world, we must strive with greater determination to recognize that we are sons and daughters of the Most High God. satan wishes to corrupt our thinking and convince us that “to be like God”, we must do and must possess. Subtly, however, this leads us to an orphan mentality. Our Lady is being sent to help us. In Medjugorje this month, she warns us to beware of the ideologies that destroy us and our spiritual lives. We are invited to renew prayer and to take stock of God’s closeness to each one of us.