| On Wednesday afternoon, the Vatican's website stopped working at around 3:00 o clock, after reportedly being hacked. Apparently, a group known as "Anonymous" claimed responsibility for this. On the Vatican's website, vatican.va, the issue is described as a "technical problem that's being solved." More
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Sick Hackers Block Vatican's Website
Mary TV Daily Reflection 3/7/2012
March 7, 2012
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity
Dear Family of Mary!
"Dear children! Through the immeasurable love of God I am coming among you and I am persistently calling you into the arms of my Son. With a motherly heart I am imploring you, my children, but I am also repeatedly warning you, that concern for those who have not come to know my Son be in the first place for you. Do not permit that by looking at you and your life, they are not overcome by a desire to come to know Him. Pray to the Holy Spirit for my Son to be impressed within you. Pray that you can be apostles of the divine light in this time of darkness and hopelessness. This is a time of your trial. With a rosary in hand and love in the heart set out with me. I am leading you towards Easter in my Son. Pray for those whom my Son has chosen that they can always live through Him and in Him - the High Priest. Thank you." (March 2, 2012)
Mother Mary tells us: "I am persistently calling you into the arms of my Son."Message after message, Our Lady tries to direct us into the embrace of Jesus. She calls us into the arms of her Son, she leads us, she guides us, she directs us into His arms. Her messages are designed to this end. But what does this mean? Here are a few messages as examples:
"Dear children! Today I am calling you to, with complete trust and love, set out with me, because I desire to acquaint you with my Son. Do not be afraid, my children, I am here with you, I am next to you. I am showing you the way to forgive yourselves, to forgive others, and, with sincere repentance of heart, to kneel before the Father. Make everything die in you that hinders you from loving and saving - that you may be with Him and in Him. Decide for a new beginning, a beginning of sincere love of God Himself. Thank you." (January 02, 2010)
"Dear children! These days I call you especially to open your hearts to the Holy Spirit. Especially during these days the Holy Spirit is working through you. Open your hearts and surrender your life to Jesus so that He works through your hearts and strengthens you in faith. Thank you for having responded to my call." (May 23, 1985)
"Dear children! Anew I call you to follow me with joy. I desire to lead all of you to my Son, your Savior. You are not aware that without Him you do not have joy and peace, nor a future or eternal life. Therefore, little children, make good use of this time of joyful prayer and surrender. Thank you for having responded to my call." (July 25, 2010)
Notice that Our Lady is asking us to go to Jesus in complete trust and surrender. That is how we find ourselves in His arms. We cannot enter into His embrace if we are not at peace with Him, reconciled with Him, trusting Him with our whole life, surrendering to Him all our circumstances, fears, sins, desires, hopes, dreams, and failures. To be in the embrace of Jesus is to be completely surrendered to His love. We have to stop fighting Him. He is our only hope.
If we surrender to Jesus we will be where Our Lady wants us, in His arms. If we trust Him with our whole lives, every aspect, every relationship, every reality, we will be where she wants us, in His arms. If we let go of our fear, our shame, our worries and anxieties, our pride, and our inordinate desires, we can throw ourselves into Jesus' arms, free and capable of union with Him. That is what Our Lady wants for us, what she desires with all her heart.
Surrender, trust, love - safe in the arms of Jesus!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2012
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Mary TV Daily Reflection 3/6/2012
 Ivan understands the impact of Our Lady's presence! He registers pure joy! Here he receives Our Lady in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Jan. 31 2012 (c)Mary TV 2012 |
March 6, 2012
Dear Family of Mary!
"Dear children! Through the immeasurable love of God I am coming among you and I am persistently calling you into the arms of my Son. With a motherly heart I am imploring you, my children, but I am also repeatedly warning you, that concern for those who have not come to know my Son be in the first place for you. Do not permit that by looking at you and your life, they are not overcome by a desire to come to know Him. Pray to the Holy Spirit for my Son to be impressed within you. Pray that you can be apostles of the divine light in this time of darkness and hopelessness. This is a time of your trial. With a rosary in hand and love in the heart set out with me. I am leading you towards Easter in my Son. Pray for those whom my Son has chosen that they can always live through Him and in Him - the High Priest. Thank you." (March 2, 2012)
I want to thank all those who prayed for me and sent me notes of encouragement! I feel better! With so many prayers, how could I not!! Thank you!
This message is so full; I don't know where to begin. But for today, these words have attracted my attention: "Through the immeasurable love of God I am coming among you." Mother Mary has told us many times that her apparitions in Medjugorje are due to an amazing initiative of God to reach out to us.
For instance, Our Lady said, "I will pray for you and intercede for you before God that you understand the greatness of this gift which God is giving me - that I can be with you." (4/25/1990) God is giving Our Lady this gift to be with us. Her motherly heart must have been yearning deeply to be able to reach out to us in a tangible way. God has finally allowed her to come to us, day after day. This is a great grace for her as well as for us! But we need help to understand it.
Again, in April, 1991 Our Lady said, "I am with you and I am grateful to God for every moment spent with you." We are the ones who should be grateful! Our Lady's love for us is so great, she sees each moment as intensely wonderful, being with her children. Each moment is an eternity of love with Mary.
Also on July 25, 1992: "I am with you and every day I bless you with my motherly blessing, so that God may fill you with the abundance of his grace for your daily life. Thank God for the gift that I can be with you, because I tell you: this is a great grace." We do not comprehend the true magnitude of Our Lady's coming to us. We just don't see what Our Lady sees. Her coming is monumental. No other time in history has had such a gift. The Mother of Jesus is coming to earth every day, bringing graces, blessings, advice, direction, peace, spiritual protection, and hope to a world in growing darkness. She is here with us. But we may not register the impact of this reality. One day we may say, "If I only had understood..."
On September 25, 2003, Our Lady said: "Dear children! Also today I call you to come closer to my heart. Only in this way, will you comprehend the gift of my presence here among you." The only way we will begin to comprehend the meaning and power of Our Lady's presence among us, is if we draw close to her heart through prayer. She can give us the spiritual sight we need to grasp the immensity of the grace we have been given. She can open our spiritual eyes to see the beauty of God's plan through her presence.
Again on June 25, 2009 Our Lady said: "Dear children! Rejoice with me, convert in joy and give thanks to God for the gift of my presence among you." And on June 25, 2011: "Dear children! Give thanks with me to the Most High for my presence with you. My heart is joyful watching the love and joy in the living of my messages." Joy!! This is the ultimate response to Our Lady's presence! Joy! We are not alone! We are not without our Mother! We have her loving care surrounding us here on earth! Joy! God is giving us the best guide for these treacherous days. Mary, the Mother of Jesus, is with us! This is the immeasurable love of God.
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2012 |
Monday, March 05, 2012
[MaryVitamin] IV Station
Mary Vitamin
Topic: Fourth Station Jesus Meets His Mother
Quote:
"She is going up to Calvary, in brave tranquility, to help to slay the Babe of Bethlehem."
Father Faber,
At the Foot of the Cross, (Tan Books: 1978), 211.Meditation:
"The fourth dolor contains within itself the whole science and mystery of cross-bearing. This is the wisdom we learn from the picture while we gaze on Mary in the streets of the cruel Jerusalem. The eye of her soul sees the fair-haired Boy in the temple, whom she sought more than twenty years ago, while her bodily eye is fixed on the pale and bleeding and earth-stained Man, going with sound of trumpet and the chorus of earth's curses to His doom. And shall we, who gave Him that heavy cross to bear, and kept weighting it after we had given it, if our cruelty were not satisfied, refuse to bear the sweet grace giving crosses which He binds on us, so little too as, when we have borne them for a while, we are forced to confess they are? Oh, no! let us do now as Mary did them look at Him who is on the road before us, and see how the beauty of the Sacred Heart sits with meek majesty and attractive love on the woe-worn disfigured Countenance."
Father Faber, At the Foot of the Cross, (Tan Books: 1978 , 239.
Resolution:
Is my suffering any greater than Mary's who helped "to slay the Babe of Bethlehem?" I will try to be grateful for the small crosses which come my way.
Marian vow:
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
"You must constantly carry the cross which He lays on you, be it interior or exterior."
The Thoughts and Saying of Saint Margaret Mary, (Tan Books: 1986), 81.
I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Thanks be to God for graces received.
Related site: Castle of the Immaculate & AirMaria
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[MaryVitamin] V Station
Mary Vitamin
Topic: Fifth Station of the Cross
Jesus meets Simon the Cyrene
Quote:
Father Faber
Judas was almost a dolor by himself. We learn, from the revelations of the saints, how she had striven in prayer for that wretched soul. She had lavished all manner of kindness of him, as if he had been more to her than either Peter or John.
Father Faber, At the Foot of the Cross, (Tan Books: 1978), 218.
Meditation:
Is Our Lady reminded of Judas when she sees Simon's compliance? Couldn't Judas have borne the weight?
This was her first lesson in the loss of souls. If we were more like saints, we should know something of what it meant. The Passion began by losing an apostle's soul, and ended by saving the soul of a poor outcast thief. Such are the ways in which God takes His compensations.
Father Faber, At the Foot of the Cross, (Tan Books: 1978), 219.
Resolution:
Today, I will pray for the conversion of sinners with the heart of Mary.
Marian Vow:
St. Katharine Drexel
O Mary, make me endeavor, by all means in my power, to extend the kingdom of the Divine Son and offer incessantly my prayers for the conversion of those who are yet in darkness or estranged from the fold of Your Divine Son.
Praying with Mother Katharine Drexel, 14
I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Thanks be to God for graces received.
Related sites: Castle of the Immaculate & AirMaria
WHILE TENDENCY IN CHURCH CAN BE TO MINIMIZE EVIL, BIBLE SPELLS OUT MANIFESTATIONS, REMEDY
via spiritdaily.com
The other day, after a Mass reading that dealt powerfully and solemnly with expelling demons, a priest gave a homily warning against blaming the devil when we sin. "The devil made me do it. The devil made me do it." (Remember that comedian's line in the 1960s?) Too often, he pointed out, we attribute what we do to demons.
The point about Satan is well-taken: we can't blame him for everything we do (and choose) through free will. Our sins are our sins.
But there are certainly demonic temptations (we recall these particularly during Lent) and we suggest that by far the larger problem is that too often we are flip about the devil (no pun intended, Mr. Wilson); evil goes "unblamed" vastly more than it gets blamed (see the recent uproar over a candidate who dared to mention its workings)
Read more here: http://www.spiritdaily.com/evilchurch.htm
Mary TV March 5, 2012 Reflection
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The Pope's visit to a Roman parish, "become missionaries of Christ to your brothers wherever they live, work, study or spend their leisure time"
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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The position of your church placed on the highest spot in the neighborhood reminds you that the Gospel must be communicated and announced to everyone. Wait not for others to bring you different messages that do not lead to the real life; instead become yourselves missionaries of Christ to your brothers wherever they live, work, study or spend leisure time." This is the exhortation that the Holy Father Benedict XVI addressed to the faithful of the parish of St. John Baptist de La Salle in Torrino, in the Southern part of the Diocese of Rome, where he paid a pastoral visit on Sunday morning, March 4. Warmly welcomed by the members of the parish, the Pope emphasized that "faith must be lived together and the parish is a place where you learn to live one's own faith in the 'we' of the Church", so he hopes that the upcoming "Year of Faith" "is an auspicious occasion for the parish to grow and consolidate the experience of catechesis on the great truths of Christian faith, so as to allow the neighborhood to know and learn the Creed of the Church, and overcome that '"religious illiteracy" which is one of the biggest problems of our day."
Finally the Holy Father focused on the centrality of the Eucharist, in personal and community life, and the importance of Sunday, "which must be rediscovered and lived as the day of God and the community": "Gathered around the Eucharist, in fact, we more easily perceive how the mission of every Christian community is to bring the message of God's love to all men. That is why it is important that the Eucharist is always the heart of the life of the faithful." (SL) (Agenzia Fides 05/03/2012)
On Sunday morning, Pope Benedict XVI visited the Roman parish of San Giovanni Battista de La Salle in Torrino, in the southern part of the Diocese of Rome. During his homily on the Second Sunday of Lent, the Holy Father said, "If God gave His Son for all of us, no one can condemn us, no one can separate us from his great love." He said the supreme sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross is the definitive exodus which open the door to freedom and the newness of the Resurrection. It also gives us the firm hope that God will be victorious in our lives. The Pope said this offers us comfort, which we need in our daily journey, which is so often marked by the darkness of evil. |
Sunday, March 04, 2012
Catholic Prayer Life Blog: Scripture Reflections
| Mar 4, Daily Reflections On Scripture Readings That Will Nourish Your Soul Short daily reflections have been posted for this week. Read these daily Catholic reflections on scripture readings, much like a devotional.  |
[Video] Pope Benedict XVI: Jesus protects us from the assaults of darknes
| "We all need inner light to overcome the trials of life. This light comes from God, and Christ gives it to us". Those were Pope Benedict XVI words at the Angelus, commenting on the Gospel of this second Sunday of Lent. The mystery of the Transfiguration, the Pope explained, should not be detached from the context of the path that Jesus is making. After the experience of the desert, the Son of God invites us to climb the mountain to reveal his divine glory, the splendor of Truth and Love. "God is light -- said the Pope, and asked everyone not to be ashamed of being Christians. Jesus wants to give his friends the most intimate experience of this light, dwelling in Jesus is the light that never goes out, ... More |
CMMB: Your Weekly Reflection in Prayer 3/4/2012
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Saturday, March 03, 2012
Transformation into Christ is the Journey and the Goal of our Lives
“Oh My Jesus
may our feet journey together
may our hands gather in unity
may our hearts beat to the same rhythm
may our souls be in harmony
may our thoughts be in unison
may our ears listen to the silence together
may our glances melt in one another
and may our lips beg our heavenly Father together to obtain Mercy...Amen!”
Prayer taught by our Lord to Elizabeth Kindelmann as part of the Church approved messages of “Our Lady Flame of Love” (www.theflameoflove.org)
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Friday, March 02, 2012
From Mark Mallett: How the Era was Lost
via markmallett.com
THE future hope of an “era of peace” based on the “thousand years” that follow the death of Antichrist, according to the the book of Revelation, may sound like a new concept to some readers. To others, it is considered a heresy. But it is neither. The fact is, the eschatological hope of a “period” of peace and justice, of a “Sabbath rest” for the Church before the end of time, does have its basis in Sacred Tradition. In reality, it has been somewhat buried in centuries of misinterpretation, unwarranted attacks, and speculative theology that continues to this day. In this writing, we look at the question of exactly how “the era was lost”—a bit of a soap opera in itself—and other questions such as whether it is literally a “thousand years,” whether Christ will be visibly present at that time, and what we can expect. Why is this important? Because it not only confirms a future hope that the Blessed Mother announced as imminent at Fatima, but of events that must take place at the end of this age that will change the world forever… events that appear to be on the very threshold of our times.
Read more… » http://www.markmallett.com/blog/2012/03/how-the-era-was-lost/#more-7947
March 2, 2012 Reflection: Our Lady's 2nd of the Month Message for Unbelievers
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Thursday, March 01, 2012
[MaryVitamin] III Station
Mary Vitamin for March 1st
Topic: The Third Station --The First Fall
Quote:
Fr. Faber
"He is her Babe of Bethlehem. She is helpless. She cannot get near. Omnipotence held her heart fast. In a peace far beyond man's understanding, she followed slowly on to Calvary, Magdalen and John beside themselves with grief, but feeling as if grace went out from her blue mantle enabling them also to live with broken hearts."
Meditation:
John Paul II
"Mary shares our human condition, but in complete openness to the grace of God. Not having known sin, she is able to have compassion on every kind of weakness. She understands sinful man and loves him with a Mother's love. Precisely for this reason she is on the side of truth and shares the Church's burden in recalling always and to everyone the demands of morality. Nor does she permit sinful man to be deceived by those who claim to love him by justifying his sin, for she knows that the sacrifice of Christ her Son would thus be emptied of its power. No absolution offered by beguiling doctrines, even in the areas of philosophy and theology, can make man truly happy: only the Cross and the glory of the Risen Christ can grant peace to his conscience and salvation to his life."
Resolution:
In my failings as well as my victories this Lent Our Lady will keep me company and give me the strength of her blue mantle and permit no "beguiling doctrines" to deceive me. I will turn to Our Lady for wisdom and strength.
Marian Vow:
St. Katharine Drexel
"O holy Mother of God, behold your child! I am not worthy but Jesus gave me to you. I am part of His legacy, teach me to behave that a child of Mary ought to behave."
Praying With Mother Katharine Drexel, 14
I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Thanks be to God for graces received.
Related sites: Castle of the Immaculate & AirMaria
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Pope's prayer intentions for March: Women and persecuted Christians [2 videos]
| Every month of the year, the Pope prays for a general intention. During the month of March, the Pope will be praying for women, so that the contribution they make to the development of society is recognized worldwide. More
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[video] Catholic Priests are Biblical
| "Do this in remembrance of me," may also be translated, "Offer this as my memorial sacrifice" -- a fact Protestant preachers never mention when they talk about this passage. But it has an important bearing on our topic, because by telling the apostles to offer His memorial sacrifice, Jesus clearly ordained them as His priests. More
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Mary TV March 1, 2012 Reflection
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