The Visionaries gave us a detailed description of Our Lady, the Queen of Peace, as she appears in Medjugorje.
1. As the first thing, tell me: how tall is the Madonna that you regularly see?
– About 165 cm – Like me. (Vicka) [5 feet 5 inches]
2. Does she look rather “slender”, slim or . . .?
– She looks rather slender.
3. About how many kilograms do you think she weighs?
– About 60 kilograms (132 pounds).
4. About how old do you think she is?
– From 18 to 20 years old.
5. When she is with the Child Jesus does she look older?
– She looks as usual – she looks the same.
6. When Our Lady is with you is she always standing or . . .
– Always standing.
7. On what is she standing?
– On some little cloud.
8. What colour is that little cloud?
– The cloud is a whitish color.
9. Have you ever seen her kneel?
– Never! (Vicka, Ivan, Ivanka. . .)
10. Naturally your Madonna also has her own face. How does it look: round or rather long – oval?
– It’s rather long – oval – normal.
11. What colour is her face?
– Normal – rather light – rosy cheeks.
12. What colour is her brow?
– Normal – mainly light like her face.
13. What kind of lips does Our Lady have – rather thick or thin?
– Normal – beautiful – they are more thin.
14. What colour are they?
– Reddish – natural colour.
15. Does Our Lady have any dimples, as we people usually have?
– Ordinarily she doesn’t – perhaps a little, if she smiles. (Mirjana)
16. Is there some pleasant smile ordinarily noticeable on her countenance?
- Maybe – more like some indescribable gentleness -
there’s a smile visible as if somehow under her
skin. (Vicka)
17. What is the colour of Our Lady’s eyes?
– Her eyes are wonderful! Clearly blue. (all)
18. Are they rather big or . . .?
– More normal – maybe a little bit bigger. (Marija)
19. How are her eyelashes?
– Delicate – normal.
20. What colour are her eyelashes?
– Normal – no special colour.
21. Are they thinner or . . .?
– Ordinary – normal.
22. Of course, Our Lady also has a nose. What is it like: sharp or . . .?
– A nice, little nose (Mirjana) – normal, harmonizing with her face. (Marija)
23. And Our Lady’s eyebrows?
– Her eyebrows are thin – normal – more of a black colour.
24. How is your Madonna dressed?
– She is clothed in a simple woman’s dress.
25. What colour is her dress?
– Her dress is grey – maybe a little bluish-grey. (Mirjana)
26. Is the dress tight-fitting or does it fall freely?
– It falls freely.
27. How far down does her dress reach?
– All the way down to the little cloud on which she’s standing – it blends into the cloud.
28. How far up around the neck?
– Normally – up to the beginning of her neck.
29. Is a part of Our Lady’s neck visible?
– Her neck is visible, but nothing of her bosom is visible.
30. How far do her sleeves reach?
– Up to her palms.
31. Is Our Lady’s dress hemmed with anything?
– No, not with anything.
32. Is there anything pulled in or tied around Our Lady’s waist?
– No, there’s nothing.
33. On the body of the Madonna that you see, is her femininity noticeable?
– Of course it’s noticeable! But nothing specially. (Vicka)
34. Is there anything else on Our Lady besides this dress described?
– She has a veil on her head.
35. What colour is that veil?
– The veil is a white colour.
36. Pure white or . . .?
– Pure white.
37. How much of her does the veil cover?
– It covers her head, shoulders and complete body from the back and from the sides.
38. How far down does it reach?
– It reaches down to the little cloud, also like her dress.
39. How far does it cover in front?
– It covers from the back and from the sides.
40. Does the veil look firmer, thicker than Our Lady’s dress?
– No it doesn’t – it’s similar to the dress.
41. Is there any kind of jewellery on her?
– There is no kind of jewellery.
42. Is the veil trimmed with anything at the ends?
– Not with anything.
43. Does Our Lady have any kind of ornament at all?
– She has no kind.
44. For example, on her head or around the head?
– Yes – she has a crown of stars on her head.
45. Are there always stars around her head?
– Ordinarily there are – there always are. (Vicka)
46. For example, when she appears with Jesus?
– She’s the same way.
47. How many stars are there?
– There are twelve of them.
48. What colour are they?
– Golden – gold colour.
49. Are they in any way connected with each other?
– They are connected with something – so that can stay up. (Vicka)
50. Is a little bit of Our Lady’s hair visible?
– A little bit of her hair is visible.
51. Where do you see it?
– A little above her forehead – from under the veil – from the left side.
52. What colour is it?
– Its black.
53. Is either of Our Lady’s ears ever visible?
– No, they are never visible.
54. How is that?
– Well, the veil covers her ears.
55. What is Our Lady usually looking at during the apparition?
– Usually she is looking at us – sometimes at something else, at what she’s showing.
56. How does Our Lady hold her hands?
– Her hands are free, relaxed, extended.
57. When does she hold her hands folded?
– Almost never – maybe sometimes at the “Glory be”.
58. Does she ever move, gesture with her hands during the apparitions?
– She does not gesture, except when she shows something.
59. Which way are her palms turned when her hands are extended?
- Her palms are usually relaxed upwards – her fingers are relaxed in the same way.
60. Are her fingernails then also visible?
– They are partially visible.
61. How are they – which colour are they?
– Natural colour – clean-cut fingernails.
62. Have you ever seen Our Lady’s legs?
– No, never – her dress always covers them.
63. Finally, is Our Lady really beautiful, as you have said?
– Well, really we haven’t told you anything about that – her beauty cannot be described – it is not
our kind of beauty – that is something ethereal – something heavenly – something that we’ll only
see in Paradise – and then only to a certain degree.
