Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Mary TV Daily Reflection 10/25/2011

October 25, 2011

 
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Dear Family of Mary!

 

"Dear children! Today on this great day which you have given to me, I desire to

Medjugorje: la croce del monte Krizevac

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 bless all of you and to say: these days while I am with you are days of grace. I desire to teach you and help you to walk the way of holiness. There are many people who do not desire to understand my messages and to accept with seriousness what I am saying. But you I therefore call and ask that by your lives and by your daily living you witness my presence. If you pray, God will help you to discover the true reason for my coming. Therefore, little children, pray and read the Sacred Scriptures so that through my coming you discover the message in Sacred Scripture for you. Thank you for having responded to my call." 
(June 25, 1991 - 10th anniversary of the apparitions)

 

This is the message I pulled from my box of messages while speaking at the conference in Rolling Meadows last weekend. It is a powerful message. And I notice that Our Lady's August 25, 2011 message is very similar to this message, though they were given 20 years apart:

 

"Dear children! Today I call you to pray and fast for my intentions, because Satan wants to destroy my plan. Here I began with this parish and invited the entire world. Many have responded, but there is an enormous number of those who do not want to hear or accept my call. Therefore, you who have said 'yes', be strong and resolute.

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 Thank you for having responded to my call." (
August 25, 2011)

 

In 1991 Our Lady said, "There are many people who do not desire to understand my messages and to accept with seriousness what I am saying." The word "many" was changed to "enormous" in 2011, "Many have responded, but there is an enormous number of those who do not want to hear or accept my call." At first, this was very discouraging to me. Not only have things not changed in 20 years, but they have degenerated. The number of people who have, in effect, rejected Our Lady's call is now enormous. (This could be because after 20 years many more people have encountered Our Lady's call, and of those numbers, many have rejected it.) For whatever reason, many, many hearts are not open to the great graces Our Lady is offering us in these days of grace.

 

In 1991 Our Lady then said to us, "But you I therefore call and ask that by your lives and by your daily living you witness my presence." Mother asked those of us who had responded to her call to be a living witness to her presence. That meant that we should, by our holiness in daily living, prove to others that Our Lady is in Medjugorje, and is leading us. We were to be the proof that it is really Mary in Medjugorje so others would begin to accept her.

 

In 2011 she said, "Therefore, you who have said 'yes', be strong and resolute." Now, 20 years later, we who have said "yes" must just keep on keeping on!! We must continue to witness to Our Lady's presence by our lives even though an enormous number of souls go the other way.

Medjugorje - Hotel Pansion Porta - Bosnia Herz...

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We may need to cheer each other on to remain strong and resolute. This has been a long haul! For many of us it has been over a quarter of a century that we have been responding to Our Lady's call. But it seems that the more we respond - the more we live her messages - the happier and stronger and more content we become. The fruit of living Our Lady's messages is peace, love, joy, wisdom, knowledge, fear of the Lord, and all the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit. Who could ask for more?

 

Today we will receive a new message. Let's open our hearts! More graces await us, and more joy as well. No matter the odds, our "yes" to Mother Mary will make a difference. Though we swim against the current, though we go against the tide, with God's grace we will reach our goal, and bring many souls along with us!

 

In Jesus and Mary!

Cathy Nolan

 

 

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