MARY, OUR MOTHER: Mary TV Daily Reflection 8/8/2012

Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Mary TV Daily Reflection 8/8/2012

Our Lady giving the Rosary to St. Dominic and St. Catherine
(c)Mary TV 2011

J.M.J

August 8, 2012

St. Dominic

Dear Family of Mary!

Our Lady began a prayer group of young people in Medjugorje in 1983. She taught them to pray from the heart. Just as she taught St. Dominic the Rosary so many years before, so she taught this group a prayer, the Jesus Rosary. Here is the message announcing the beginning of the prayer group given to Jelena Vasilj:

Jelena received the following message: Our Lady says: "I want a prayer group here. I will lead the group and will give the group rules of consecration. Everyone else in the world can consecrate themselves according to these rules. Think it over for a month, but tell them about the conditions I am giving: First of all, let them renounce everything and place themselves completely into God's hands. Let each one of them renounce any fear because, if you surrender yourself to God, there is no place for any fear whatsoever. All difficulties that they will meet, will be for their spiritual growth and for the glory of God. I invite the young and single people, because those who are married have their obligations. But anyone who wishes to participate in this program can follow it at least partially. I will lead the group." (June 1983)

This prayer group was led by Our Lady herself, through the little locutionists, Jelena and Mirijana. On the most recent Fruit of Medjugorje testimony, Franjo Zubac shares his experience of the prayer group! Here is an excerpt from his sharing transcribed from Fruit of Medjugorje Episode 7:

In the village of Medjugorje we accepted the messages, we accepted the visionaries. In great numbers we came to Mass, under the communist regime, under the threatening of the Communist regime. I would come from my family's home to church, and I would be stopped three times by the police, and my car and my name written three times [on their lists] and then I was able to get to the church. Of course they would fine me for a little thing missing from the car or my license...so that was the beginning, very hard, very harsh.

But in that environment, two little girls [Jelena and Mirjana], age of 10, received a gift. First they heard a voice of an angel, who told them they would soon hear Our Lady. Then Our Lady came to them in 20 days. And Our Lady said to them, "I would like to form a prayer group of young people here in the parish of Medjugorje."

Our Lady laid down the conditions. Four years that we commit ourselves to Our Lady's school of prayer. For four years we would not get married or go away, but we committed to pray three or four hours a day, including reading Holy Scripture, going to Holy Mass. Our vocation was to let Our Lady teach us how to pray.

She gave us the "Jesus Rosary" with eight mysteries. I remember clearly the first day I brought the Jesus Rosary home on a piece of paper (the lady in the prayer group printed it out for us). So now we not only had to pray the three mysteries, Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries, but we also had to pray the Jesus Rosary!

I came home to my family, with my sister - My mother was very devout, very, very devout, a very prayerful person -- and I was trying to show off to my mother. I said, "Have you ever heard of the Jesus Rosary?" And she looked at me and she said, "Jesus Rosary?" And I said, "Yes, Jesus Rosary, have you ever heard?" And she said, "Yes I did!" I said, "Don't tell me you heard of it!" She said, "Yes I did! As a girl of twelve I prayed it during Lent." I said, "What did you pray? Don't tell me you know it!" And she said, "We prayed for the 33 years that Jesus spent on this earth, 33 Our Fathers and 7 Glory Be's on the end." So I counted the 8 mysteries on the paper and I found exactly 33 Our Fathers. And then 7 Glory Be's. We began with the Apostles Creed!

But Our Lady turned it into 8 mysteries.

The First mystery, we contemplate how Jesus was born in Bethlehem, and we will pray for peace, peace as Our Lady wants it, first in our heart, then in our family, our community and then peace in our world.

Second mystery, Jesus shared and gave everything he had with others, and we will pray for the Holy Pope and bishops.

The third mystery we will contemplate how Jesus followed His Father's will, day by day, and we will pray for all priests and religious orders.

The Fourth mystery, how Jesus knew he would suffer but He continued with the Father's will. And we will pray for our families, each member of our families. You see how it goes from peace in the world, Holy Pope and Bishops, Priests and religious orders, families.

Now fifth mystery we will contemplate how Jesus gave up his life and let Himself be crucified on the cross and died for us. We will pray for our neighbors. Now who is our neighbor? And Our Lady emphasized, you have to pray for your enemies, to pray for them with love and out of love. Not only for your friends but for your enemies too. They are your neighbors too.

Sixth one, we contemplate on how Jesus resurrected on the third day as He said, and we will pray that the Resurrection will light up the darkness all around us.

The seventh one, we contemplate how Jesus lived the Father's will on this earth until he ascended into Heaven, and we will pray for God's will in our life.

Eighth mystery, we will contemplate how Jesus sent the Holy Spirit down upon the Apostles and Mary, and we will say the 7 Glory be's. So six mysteries get 5 Our Fathers, the seventh gets 3 Our Fathers, and the eighth is the 7 Glory Be's. (Fruit of Medjugorje, Episode 7, Franjo Zubac)

If you watch Franjo speak on this episode, you can see how completely immersed he is in this prayer, the Jesus Rosary. He knows it deep in his heart. He has been praying it all these years, nearly 30 years now. You can see the gentle and powerful effect of prayer in his peaceful face!(www.marytv.tv Fruit of Medjugorje, Episode 7)

I will include the Jesus Rosary format as a PS. Maybe we can begin to pray it often, and let the contemplation of its mysteries increase our faith and holiness.

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

Cathy Nolan

©Mary TV 2012

The Jesus Rosary
(Given by Our Lady to Jelena)

This special Rosary has a Crucifix, and one bead on the tail, and continues with a circular formation of seven decades of beads, six with 5 beads and one with 3.

Pray the Creed

1. Mystery: Contemplate the birth of Jesus
Intention: pray for peace.