(c)Mary TV 2013
J.M.J.
August 21, 2013
St. Pius X
Dear Family of Mary!
"Dear children! Also today, watching you with a heart full of love, I desire to tell you that what you persistently seek, what you long for, my little children, is before you. It is sufficient that, in a cleaned heart, you place my son in the first place, and then you will be able to see. Listen to me and permit me to lead you to this in a motherly way." (March 18, 2004, Mirjana)
This is the message I randomly pulled from my box of messages yesterday
at the end of our "Daily Rosary" during our Hail Mary for those praying
with us that day. What a beautiful message to receive! We had been
discussing Our Lady's motherly guidance in her messages, and so this
message was very meaningful! Our Lady leads us "in a motherly way."
She leads us with simple and direct words, aptly chosen for the moment,
so that we will derive the most light and wisdom from them. She speaks
to us in our real, practical lives, with concrete advice.
In this message she reveals
so much about herself. She tells us that she is watching us with a heart
full of love. Don't we need to hear this! We are never too old to need
her motherly attention. Her loving attention heals us from all our
wounds of loneliness, rejection and sadness. Her love is a balm. Many
pilgrims have reported experiencing her love in Medjugorje, and they say
that it was this experience of her love that made it possible for them
to convert and return to God. This heart full of love is a remedy for
lost sinners, and it is for us today. (I suggest "Fruit of Medjugorje" Episode 29 and 73 as good examples of this love of our Mother.)
She tells us that she knows
what we are seeking. She knows our desires. And they are all contained
in one person, her Son Jesus. She really knows our desires more
accurately than we do ourselves. Often what we chase after is only a
counterfeit of that for which we long. We want to be loved but our
earthly lovers fail us. It is Jesus who can love us perfectly. We look
for success but we are never quite good enough. It is Jesus who can
show us true success which is achieving heaven. We long for peace but
live in a world of war. It is Jesus who provides peace by reuniting us
with His Father and planting us in the true Kingdom of Peace. We long
for food and clothing. It is Jesus who feeds us with His body and blood
and clothes us with His salvation. We want pleasure, but the pleasure we
seek ends in ruin while the pleasure Jesus offers us is eternal life in
heaven.
Our Lady knows our hearts.
They are a mess, compromised in every way. But she offers us the remedy.
If we clean our hearts by approaching her Son in Confession, our hearts
will be clean. Then we can place Jesus in the center of our hearts, and
His light will shine out of our hearts like the flame in a watchman's
lantern, and the light will guide us in these dark times. We will see
from the light in our hearts.
Truly, Mary is our mother and she knows us very well. Her simple advice works. If we obey her we will be transformed.
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2013
"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world!"
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