Reviews for Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa

The average rating for Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-12-31 00:00:00 Roland Aporius Even though I tend to be hesitant about mystics and miracles, it intruiged me that one of the few Vatican approved Marian apparitions took place in a little town in Rwanda. I thought that the prophecies of the genocide were convincing, and I was familiar with Immaculée from EWTN and her book Left to Tell about her experiences of the Rwandan genocide. I expected it to be a good story, but I didn't expect it to delight me like it did. I've had some emotional reservations about Marian devotion, but this story seemed to melt them away. The manner in which she appeared to the children was so simple and motherly. The children felt so surrounded by love that they would laugh and giggle in her presence. She showed intense love for her "children" in the messages she gave, and also wisdom, even though her words were so simple. I enjoyed reading about it from Immaculée's perspective, because she was a child when they apparitions began, and witnessed miracles -- not just physical miracles, but changes in the hearts of her family and village. Reading this book, there's been a change in me as well -- a greater devotion to Christ through Our Lady, and a deepened understanding of the mysteries of the faith through the Rosary and the special Rosary of the Seven Sorrows.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-06-15 00:00:00 Arturo Escarze The sole African Marian apparition approved by the Catholic Church, the first time Mary appeared to a young person in Kibeho was 13 years before the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. She appeared to at least 8 young people, girls and boys, and Jesus appeared also, at least to one young man, which was connectedt to the Kibeho appearances. 3 of these 8 have been officially approved; there might be more than 8, but they have remained unknown to most. Although Mary talked about people needing to mend their ways the usual way, she also talked about future events, especially about the genocide, which spread even to where the visionaries talked to the crowd of people, in Kibeho. Blood would flow, but the site would later be rebuilt, and the pilgrimage there revived, though visionaries (some of them dying during the genocide) no longer appearing. The author has traveled to the site, talked with some of the visionaries, and her own history is very tied to this site, as she tells in this book. She tells us the whole story, from the first appearance of Mary to the site being rebuilt. There's a bunch of photographs in the middle, which makes the story come alive quite well. At the end is the rosary connected to the story, the Seven Sorrows of Virgin Mary, and we're guided through it (you don't even need to find the type of rosary used in it, just following the guide will do). The story is very easy to read, even in its heartbreaking spots. It's inspiring and interesting, and quite motivating. It's great to learn about something that would otherwise be overlooked by other apparitions very well known; this one is a treasure also.