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Mother Mary said at Fatima: "My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the sure way which will lead you to God." St. Thomas Aquinas said: "The things we love tell us who we are!" With that in mind, I will try to post each day something about Our Blessed Lady, items about the Holy Roman Catholic Church, and public domain Catholic books too! I pray you enjoy my ministry! Below are two albums of pictures that I created: 1. Our grand daughter Adrianna. 2. Tears of Mary!
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Mary TV: July 30, 2026 Reflection - Read Sacred Scripture so that it may be an encouragement for you!
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Mary. TV: July 29, 2026 Reflection - Place the Sacred Scripture in a visible place in your family!
 Place the Sacred Scripture in a visible place in your family! July 29, 2026 Dear Family of Mary! Once again, let’s read the July 25, 2026 message! July 25, 2026 Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace!“Dear children! While darkness and peacelessness rule in many hearts, you, little children, be prayer and my extended hands of love. Little children, place the Sacred Scripture in a visible place in your family and read it, so that it may be an encouragement for you to conversion and a new life; because Satan is strong and seduces hearts. Your hearts, through my maternal Heart, I desire to commend to the Heart of my Son Jesus, so that He, the Risen One, may reign in you and joy may begin to reign in you and around you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (With Ecclesiastical approval) Today is the Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus! Two sisters and a brother, all saints and all celebrated on the same day!! I love it!! In her message to us, Our Lady asked us to do this very simple but very important thing: “Little children, place the Sacred Scripture in a visible place in your family and read it, so that it may be an encouragement for you to conversion and a new life…” When I read this for the first time, I immediately knew I had to do exactly what she said. So yesterday I found a book holder that I had stored away and put it on a little table in our sitting area, with our favorite Bible displayed on it! I am going to open the Bible to the Gospel reading for each day so we can read it often! I am sure it will be an encouragement for us for conversion and a new life!! Well, today’s Gospel is one of those readings that really do change you! John 11:19-27. Martha greets Jesus, who has come far too late to help Lazarus, who has died. But her faith in Jesus is not dimmed in the least. She believes that whatever Jesus asks of the Father will be done!! Here is the Gospel Reading: John 11:19-27Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother [Lazarus, who had died]. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him, “I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world.” The Gospel of the Lord. All day long, may we say to Jesus, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world.” Martha was truly convinced that Jesus was the Son of God, and this deep faith had changed her completely. We know that Jesus does raise Lazarus from the dead, in a dramatic and public way!! But Martha believed it before she saw it. She is an example for us all! May we believe as Martha believed!! May our faith grow and grow as we meditate on the words of Sacred Scripture. We need this strength in these days!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy NolanMary TV P.S. Mary TV functions solely through the donations of all of you! Please consider donating to our work! Here is the link to our donation page: Donate – MaryTV Medjugorje Mary TV. Inc. | www.marytv.tv  “Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world.”St. John Paul IIBe Connected!www.marytv.tv |
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Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Medjugorje parish condemns vandalism, urges prayer and forgiveness
File photo of Our Lady Queen of Peace in Medjugorje, taken in May 2026
Church
Medjugorje parish condemns vandalism, urges prayer and forgiveness
After an image of Our Lady was defaced and the outdoor altar of St. James Church set alight, the parish of Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina urges the faithful not to repay evil with evil.
Vatican News
The parish of Medjugorje has condemned acts of vandalism that damaged several of its places of prayer overnight and has invited the faithful to respond with “prayer, fasting, and forgiveness.”
“It is with great sadness that we received the news of the act of vandalism,” the Medjugorje Parish Office said in a statement on Tuesday.
It added that cleaning and repairs began immediately so the affected areas could once again be properly prepared for prayer.
The parish thanked everyone assisting with the work, saying their efforts were helping the shrine to remain “a place of encounter with God, a place of peace.”
The Blessed Virgin Mary is honored as Queen of Peace at the Shrine in Medjugorje.
Rather than responding with anger, the parish urged Catholics to pray for those responsible.
“We pray for the conversion of the hearts of those who committed this act,” it said, asking that the Lord may touch them with His grace and lead them on the path of goodness.
The parish also appealed for peace in every human heart. It encouraged the faithful “not to return evil for evil,” but to bear witness through our lives to love, forgiveness, and hope.
Vandalism and fire
Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina received the first report at about 4:30 a.m., after the face and hands of the image of Our Lady on Apparition Hill, or Podbrdo, were found covered in black paint and offensive messages were discovered nearby.
About half an hour later, officers were informed of a fire at the outdoor altar of St. James Church.
Surveillance footage reportedly showed a man pouring a liquid, believed to be petrol, over the altar before setting it alight. The fire was quickly extinguished.
A banner in Polish also named six people associated with the alleged apparitions first reported in 1981 and accused them of deception.
Police later arrested a man in the Ljubuški area on suspicion of involvement in the incidents. His identity, nationality, and other personal details have not been released.
Investigators are working to establish the motive and determine whether the suspect was connected with all the acts recorded in Medjugorje.
Shrine remains open
In the statement, the parish stressed that the shrine remains open to all pilgrims and that its regular prayer program is continuing. The affected areas are being cleaned and restored as quickly as possible.
In September 2024, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, with the approval of Pope Francis, issued a nihil obstat regarding the spiritual experience connected with Medjugorje.
The decision recognized the positive spiritual fruits associated with the shrine and permitted public devotion, without making a declaration on the supernatural character of the reported apparitions.
Mary TV: July 28, 2026 Reflection - Be prayer and my extended hands of love.
Be prayer and my extended hands of love.
July 28, 2026
Dear Family of Mary!
July 25, 2026 Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace!
“Dear children! While darkness and peacelessness rule in many hearts, you, little children, be prayer and my extended hands of love. Little children, place the Sacred Scripture in a visible place in your family and read it, so that it may be an encouragement for you to conversion and a new life; because Satan is strong and seduces hearts. Your hearts, through my maternal Heart, I desire to commend to the Heart of my Son Jesus, so that He, the Risen One, may reign in you and joy may begin to reign in you and around you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (With Ecclesiastical approval)
Our Lady opened the July 25, 2026 Message with this simple sentence:
“Dear children! While darkness and peacelessness rule in many hearts, you, little children, be prayer and my extended hands of love."
With these words, She places the two options we have in life. We can be dominated by the darkness of evil and the resulting lack of peace, or we can be gently ruled by prayer and Our Lady's extended hands of love. It is our choice!
In the Magnificat, the Meditation for today is from Dom Hubert van Zeller, O.S.B.
He writes:
"People who allow the evil which is in the world to dominate their horizon either become fascinated by it and plunge in or are disgusted by it and made miserable. The horizon does not have to be crowded with evils, and though it would be absurd to pretend that sin was really not very widespread after all, it would be equally absurd to see it everywhere and to conclude that there was no longer any good. Sin, temptation, suffering, disaster, cruelty, war: these things hit the headlines because they possess greater sensation-content than generosity, justice, order, kindness, truth, peace. It is for the Christian to look squarely at the first list in a spirit of faith and penitence, and confidently at the second in the knowledge that he can make his own contribution to the sum of good represented there." (Dom Hubert van Zeller, o.s.b. Christian Classics, Notre Dame IN.)
Truly, we have been given the best portion as Christians. We have Jesus to show us the way of life, and to give us all the graces we need to go on that way. And we have Our Lady, who is the best of Mother's and guides our steps gently along the path of prayer with her extended hands of love!
Thank you, Jesus! Thank you, Mary! We will follow you to life!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
Mary TV
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Monday, July 27, 2026
Mary. TV: July 27, 2026 Reflection - Dear children....
Dear children....
July 27, 2026
Dear Family of Mary!
Here again is the message from Our Lady for July 25, 2026:
July 25, 2026 Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace!
“Dear children!
While darkness and peacelessness rule in many hearts,
you, little children, be prayer and my extended hands of love.
Little children,
place the Sacred Scripture in a visible place in your family
and read it, so that it may be an encouragement for you
to conversion and a new life;
because Satan is strong and seduces hearts.
Your hearts, through my maternal Heart,
I desire to commend to the Heart of my Son Jesus,
so that He, the Risen One, may reign in you
and joy may begin to reign in you and around you.
Thank you for having responded to my call.” (With Ecclesiastical approval)
Let's again take time to just prayerfully receive these words from Our Lady. They are powerful, and bring to us many graces. One more day, let's just receive them in silence and great hope.
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
Mary TV
"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world."
St. John Paul II
Be Connected!
MaryTV, Inc. | PO Box 899 | Notre Dame, IN 46556-0899 US
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