"Pray for my intentions..."
(c)Mary TV 2013
J.M.J.
July 10, 2013
Dear Family of Mary!
"Dear children, as of today, in a special way, I desire to call you at this time in a special way to pray for my intentions. Pray, dear children, for my plans that I desire to realize. I need your prayers. I desire to realize them through you. Thank you, dear children, also today for responding to my call." (Message through Ivan, July 8, 2013)
I was really impressed by Our Lady's insistence that she needs us to pray for her intentions. "In this special time...in a special way..."
There is something imminent about this request. Our Lady needs us to
respond now. She needs us to respond with great fervor. Why? Because I
believe her plans are at a turning point. There is a great deal at
stake, and she needs our prayers now! It is through our prayers for her
intentions that her plans will happen. She is counting on us.
My friend Diane responded to this message in this way:
We
offered tonight's rosary for Our Lady's intentions, because Denis has
done such a great job teaching us and reminding us ... then I read this
[message] :) I am reminded of being a kid and wanting to help my
mom...not really understanding the grown-up task, its real importance or
even how to do it...but just that feeling of "I want to help!" That's
how I feel when we remember to pray for Our Lady's intentions and her
plan. She is always leading us to Jesus so why shouldn't we pray for
her plans? So simple and so beautiful, just like Our Lady and her
motherly love for us!
I like this analogy!
Thanks Diane. It is true that when Our Lady asks us to pray for her
intentions, we are like children. We must respond to this request
blindly. We don't really know Our Lady's entire plan. We can guess at
parts of it, but the full plan is hidden from our eyes. So like
children, we can only do our part and trust that she has the whole
picture in hand. Like a mother in the kitchen, making a big meal, she
may be asking us to go peel potatoes, or set the table, or to measure
out the flour for a recipe. We can do these things, and yet have no idea
what the finished product will be. Our particular job is important. But
we have to trust our mother to pull the dinner together!
And so at this time,
this special time, we are being asked to do our part for the completion
of Our Lady's plan. Our part is to pray for her intentions. She needs
prayer. She needs intercessors, those who will put their own needs and
desires aside, and pray for what Our Lady needs. She needs us to
sacrifice our own desires and needs, set them aside, and put her needs
first. This is not so easy. It takes an act of the will to pray for Our
Lady's intentions, blindly and selflessly. We much choose to set our own
agendas aside and pray for her intentions freely and with joy!
At the end of his remarks on July 8, after the apparition, Ivan said again:
"Our
Lady really in a special way is inviting us to pray at this time for her
intentions that the plans she desires may be realized. That is the most
important part of what Our Lady said to us."
Ivan repeated the call
of Our Lady with seriousness. I believe it is really important that we
do as she asks, right now, at this time! We will find out later what
great things were accomplished because of our response to her call:
"Dear children, as of today, in a special way, I desire to call you at this time in a special way to pray for my intentions. Pray, dear children, for my plans that I desire to realize. I need your prayers. I desire to realize them through you. Thank you, dear children, also today for responding to my call." (Message through Ivan, July 8, 2013)
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2013
"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world!"
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