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June 21, 2011 Dear Family of Mary!By now we should be in Medjugorje. I will be sending updates from there, but I wanted to post these reflections that contain the novena before I left, so you can keep up with the prayer. Keep checking the webpage for updates of our schedules! 7th day: We pray for all the Medjugorje Prayer Groups and Centers in the Whole World1. Prayer to the Queen of Peace
2. Veni Creator Spiritus
3. Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary 
Texts for MeditationJesus said to his disciples: "Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets. Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction and those who enter through it are many. How narrow is the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few." (Mt 7:12-14) "Dear children! I am calling you to that love which is loyal and pleasing to God. Little children, love bears everything bitter and difficult for the sake of Jesus who is love. Therefore, dear children, pray that God come to your aid, not however according to your desire, but according to His love. Surrender yourself to God so that He may hear you, console you and forgive everything inside you which is a hindrance on the way of love. In this way God can move your life, and you will grow in love. Dear children, glorify God with a hymn of love so that God's love may be able to grow in you day by day to its fullness. Thank you for having responded to my call." (Message, June 25, 1988) In prayer the Holy Spirit unites us to the person of the only Son, in his glorified humanity, through which and in which our filial prayer unites us in the Church with the Mother of Jesus. Mary gave her consent in faith at the Annunciation and maintained it without hesitation at the foot of the Cross. Ever since, her motherhood has extended to the brothers and sisters of her Son "who still journey on earth surrounded by dangers and difficulties." Jesus, the only mediator, is the way of our prayer; Mary, his mother and ours, is wholly transparent to him: she "shows the way" (hodigitria), and is herself "the Sign" of the way, according to the traditional iconography of East and West. (CCC. N. 2673 2674) 4. The Litany of the Blessed VirginConcluding prayer: Love is the sign of recognition to Your disciples, O Lord. We thank You for every response of love given through service and gifts to others. We pray for all members of the Medjugorje Prayer Groups and Centres in the whole world. Together with Your Mother, may they more courageously and resolutely, within their families and wherever they live, always show this narrow way, the only one that leads to You. Help them to grow day by day in the fullness of Your Love. Amen. (prayers can be found at www.medjugorje.org) In Jesus and Mary!
Cathy Nolan
http://marytv.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=35 Live Event Spanish URL
http://marytv.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=290&Itemid=36
2. Veni Creator Spiritus
3. Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary
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Texts for MeditationJesus said to his disciples: "Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets. Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction and those who enter through it are many. How narrow is the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few." (Mt 7:12-14) "Dear children! I am calling you to that love which is loyal and pleasing to God. Little children, love bears everything bitter and difficult for the sake of Jesus who is love. Therefore, dear children, pray that God come to your aid, not however according to your desire, but according to His love. Surrender yourself to God so that He may hear you, console you and forgive everything inside you which is a hindrance on the way of love. In this way God can move your life, and you will grow in love. Dear children, glorify God with a hymn of love so that God's love may be able to grow in you day by day to its fullness. Thank you for having responded to my call." (Message, June 25, 1988) In prayer the Holy Spirit unites us to the person of the only Son, in his glorified humanity, through which and in which our filial prayer unites us in the Church with the Mother of Jesus. Mary gave her consent in faith at the Annunciation and maintained it without hesitation at the foot of the Cross. Ever since, her motherhood has extended to the brothers and sisters of her Son "who still journey on earth surrounded by dangers and difficulties." Jesus, the only mediator, is the way of our prayer; Mary, his mother and ours, is wholly transparent to him: she "shows the way" (hodigitria), and is herself "the Sign" of the way, according to the traditional iconography of East and West. (CCC. N. 2673 2674) 4. The Litany of the Blessed VirginConcluding prayer: Love is the sign of recognition to Your disciples, O Lord. We thank You for every response of love given through service and gifts to others. We pray for all members of the Medjugorje Prayer Groups and Centres in the whole world. Together with Your Mother, may they more courageously and resolutely, within their families and wherever they live, always show this narrow way, the only one that leads to You. Help them to grow day by day in the fullness of Your Love. Amen. (prayers can be found at www.medjugorje.org) In Jesus and Mary!
Cathy Nolan
Don't forget to keep an eye on our website for the schedule of events we will stream!
Live Event English URL
http://marytv.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=35 Live Event Spanish URL
http://marytv.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=290&Itemid=36
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