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Ivan shares from the heart (c)Mary TV 2011
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| September 6, 2011 Dear Family of Mary! "Dear children; with all my heart and soul full of faith and love in the Heavenly Father, I gave my Son to you and am giving him to you anew. My Son has brought you, the people of the entire world, to know the only true God and his love. He has led you on the way of truth and made you brothers. Therefore, my children, do not wander, do not close your heart before that truth, hope and love. Everything around you is passing and everything is falling apart, only the glory of God remains. Therefore, renounce everything that distances you from the Lord. Adore him alone, because he is the only true God. I am with you and I will remain with you. I am especially praying for the shepherds that they may be worthy representatives of my Son and may lead you with love on the way of truth. Thank you." (September 2, 2011) This is the conclusion of Ivan's talk on June 24, 2011. He speaks very pointedly about what is most important for each one of us, personally. Pray, pray, pray! In light of the September 2 message, his words are very helpful: And we can talk also about calls in the church....Let me talk about vocation to the priesthood. There is a problem with priests because of liberalism. And Our Lady keeps calling us to pray for vocations, to pray for the holiness of priests, so they may p  Image via Wikipedia reach the word of Christ. To preach the word of Christ so that they can live it in their own lives. Mother comes to us because she wants to lift up the sinful humanity. She's very concerned about our own salvation therefore her message that she gives us goes like this: "Dear children, I am with you. I come to you because I want to help you to receive peace. But dear children, I need all of you, each one of you. Only with you I can achieve peace. Therefore decide for good and come against evil and against sin." Her words are very simple words. She uses very simple terminology so that we all can understand her. Many times she repeats things and she never gets tired. And I feel the same way. I keep repeating the same things for the last 30 years. You see, I see what Our Lady does: everyday she keeps repeating and she hasn't gotten tired yet. I'm not going to ask you if you get tired - how many times do you repeat to your children the same thing? The same thing is true with Our Lady. Is there any mother who can say, "I only have to say it once and my children obey me immediately?" There is no such mother. The same is true with the Heavenly Mother. Many people ask me if Our Lady ever talks about the second coming of Jesus. No. Has Our Lady talked about the end of the world? No. Our Lady hasn't come because of that. Jesus is given to us every day. He is there during the Eucharist in the Holy Mass. And we receive him in the Holy Mass, alive.... Do we need anything more than that? We have to be aware of it. Jesus is being given to us. Are we aware of it? At the moment of the Eucharist, when we receive Jesus, are we aware that we receive Jesus? You see we humans always want to touch something, to see something, to have a proof that there is something there. Blessed are those who don't see but believe. I don't know what would happen if maybe tomorrow Jesus would knock at the door of our house. We open the door and what would we say? "Who are you?"  Image via Wikipedia Would we open the door to him? Would we recognize him? Our Lady teaches us to open our hearts today to Jesus. To be the living sign today. Today we have to become the living sign. Not to wait for tomorrow and look for signs. That is so important. We have to pray, pray with the heart, to pray out of love, with love, to pray with your entire being, so that our prayer may become an encounter with Jesus. May our prayer become an encounter during which Jesus would talk to our heart. Because Jesus talks! Our Lady talks! They are always with us. |
But there is a question to which we have to respond. We have to respond to our own weaknesses. How much time do we spend with Jesus and Mary? Where is our time that we are supposed to spend with Jesus? Now don't say that you don't have time. Time is not a problem. Love is the problem. Love moves. Love conquers. Love acts and love moves many things in our lives. So when we love something, like something, we find time for it. So it should be the same for payer. It is so important to be persistent, to start the school of prayer and attend the school every day. Keep studying as family, as a society, a community. And Our Lady says, "Dear children, if you desire to pray better, you have to pray more. To pray more is your personal decision. But to pray better is always a grace - a grace given to those who pray more. Therefore, pray more!" Thank you and God bless you!
Thank you, Ivan, for sharing your heart with us, for sharing all you have learned from Our Lady. We hope to respond to her call with all our hearts. In Jesus and Mary!
Cathy Nolan
Mary TV
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