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Mary TV Daily Reflection 5/16/2011

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May 16, 2011

Dear Family of Mary!

Denis and I were blessed to be in Sacramento for the Marian Conference there on the weekend of March 25-27, 2011.  Marija Pavlovic Lunetti spoke at the conference.  I want to share with you some of what she shared in her question and answer session on Sunday, March 27.  She spoke about the message she had received on March 25, in California.  She described the painstaking process that is used by the parish in Medjugorje to translate the messages into the languages of the world.  It teaches us about how precious Our Lady's words are and how carefully they are transmitted to us by the parish in Medjugorje.

Marija spoke in Italian and Kathleen Martin translated into English.  Marija shared: 

"Let us begin with a Hail Mary.  We ask the Heavenly Father to grant us the Holy Spirit so that you will have a response in your heart to the questions you are asking, and so that through these messages that Our Lady is giving you, you can begin a new life, a better life with God.

(Marija prayed a Hail Mary) 

"With all the questions we would need two days to answer them.  

So we have chosen those that best represent all the questions.  You can blame Kathleen for what was chosen because she read them all.  We chose themes.  The problem isn't to answer questions but to help you fall I love with Our Lady.


"1st Question:  What was Our Lady's last message and when did she give it?

Marija: "Our Lady gave a message here [in Sacramento]. It was the 25th of March, just before you arrived [for this conference].  It was in the morning.  You know every 25th of the month we gather at Medjugorje time to receive the message and then I send it back to Medjugorje.  So I got in touch with Medjugorje. There is a special group there that is commissioned to translate the messages into the different languages because there is an official translation that Medjugorje gives. Sometimes it takes them a little while to translate the messages because in every language there is a subtle difference between one word and another and sometimes there are a couple of words to choose from, so it takes them a little time to pray to be sure they choose the right words so that it has the same meaning in every language.

"Fr. Slavko (who died and who was my spiritual director for many years and who spread the messages all over the world) began this group of people to translate the messages into several languages. They study the words that Our Lady uses and make them most in agreement with Sacred Scripture.  And sometimes they have to choose a word that is not exactly like the Croatian.  (Once I [Kathleen] remember being in this group and there were 28 definitions for one word in Croatian!  So how do you translate it into other languages??)  So that is why they formed this group so that they could together understand the meaning of such words so they would have the same meaning in every language.  This would help people to live Our Lady's messages in a better way.


"It really isn't a question of words, it's a matter of being able to take the messages and give life to them in our daily life, and this is what Our Lady wants.  Our Lady really speaks to each of us. She is speaking through me [Marija], but she is speaking to each of us.  She is asking each of us to take these messages seriously, to begin to live them and to convert our hearts with them and to become better people with them, to choose holiness through them.  She wants us to become better, to become saints, to become holy through these messages. Then she is counting on us, so that by living these me

ssages our society will become better because of us.  

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"This message is special because it was on the 25th of March, and the 25th of March is the great Feast of the Annunciation.  And because it is her feast day, Our Lady came dressed in gold, and this is always a special gift for us because she comes specially dressed in gold on her feast days. She came this way in California because we are here in California.  So this is a special message for us here in California, and her beauty too is a special gift.  
"And now we will read it:   

"Dear children! In a special way today I desire to call you to conversion. As of today, may new life begin in your heart. Children, I desire to see your 'yes', and may your life be a joyful living of God's will at every moment of your life. In a special way today, I bless you with my motherly blessing of peace, love and unity in my heart and in the heart of my Son Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call."  (March 25, 2011) 

(Marija Pavlovic Lunetti, March 27, 2011.  Question and answer session at the Marion Conference in Sacramento, California.  You can view this talk on www.marytv.tv )

We can see how precious Our Lady's messages are.  The parish takes great care to make sure that Our Lady's words are translated well, so that all the peoples of the world will receive their true meaning, and be able to put them into life.  Mother Mary's words are for us, each of us, so that we can convert and draw close to God.  If we cherish her words to us, we will change!  

In Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and Blessed John Paul II,

Cathy Nolan
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