Mirjana Soldo was one of six children who saw the Blessed Virgin in the village of Medjugore, former Yugoslavia, starting in 1987. Reports of the apparitions spread like wildfire throughout the small nation, and the Communist government, already weak, feared this spurt of religious fervor would bring them down entirely.
So they sent all their best weapons after the children - state psychiatrists, police, and secret informants. When Mirjana returned to her home city of Sarajevo, she found herself expelled from her school - despite her good grades - and forced to attend a run-down inner city school for juvenile delinquents, many of whom were violent.
The communist government eventually collapsed, only to be replaced by the hideously bloody war that split Yugoslavia in three. Death and darkness were all around, it seemed, and yet in the tiny town of Medjugore, a steady ray of hope hang down.
For Our Lady never stopped coming to Medjugore, no matter what threat they faced. The six could see her, and millions of others came to believe in her presence there though they could not see her. When Mirjana was stuck in Sarajevo, Mary appeared to her there. There was no stopping the Mother of God and her messages. She spoke of darkness at present and darkness to come, but always assured that, with prayer and sacrifice, all would be well.
The Vatican is still in the process of confirming the Medjugore Apparitions, but you will search this book in vain for the faintest hint of heresy. Mirjana's deference to Rome is clear throughout the book, as is that of her fellow visionaries. No new doctrines or concepts are introduced: Mary gives the same message that she gave at Fatima, to turn aside from evil and embrace the Love offered to all of us by her Son. A sinister being in her guise would instruct its listeners to do wrong, or issue doomsday warnings with no hope of mercy.
Anyone still doubting the visions will also have to square that with the personality of our author. If Mirjana and her friends made this story up for attention - which would have been suicidal in a communist nation - they would have to be narcissistic kids with too much time on their hands, a la the Salem Witch trials, and hence they would assign themselves grandeur and great authority in the narrative they created. The humility of Mirjana and her friends cannot be overstated. She tells us many times in the book that she's still a bit bewildered that God chose them for this.
So leave your fears at the door, because Our Mother wishes to comfort you. The twentieth century - and, so far, the twenty-first - have been scary times to live, and there are disasters still to come. But God will save His people, and peace will be restored. As Mary said in the title, "My Heart will triumph."
I urge you to give this book a chance, regardless of your beliefs, if you are at all curious about the march of history and the chaos in the wide world. It will offer you solace, and may explain a lot of what is now unfolding.