(c)Mary TV 2013
J.M.J.
August 23, 2013
St. Rose of Lima
Dear Family of Mary!
The Gospel for today's Mass
contains Christ's summary of His Father's revelation to us, the
condensation of the Old and New Testaments, what it all boils down to:
But
when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sad'ducees, they came
together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him.
"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" And he said to
him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all
your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first
commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as
yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the
prophets." (Matt 22: 34-40)
As simple and clear as these
two commandments are, we all know that it is not so easy to live them.
Our Lady speaks of these two commandments in this message from 1995:
"Dear
children! Today I call you to love. Little children, without love you
can neither live with God nor with your brother. Therefore, I call all
of you to open your hearts to the love of God that is so great and open
to each one of you. God, out of love for man, has sent me among you to
show you the path of salvation, the path of love. If you do not first
love God, then you will neither be able to love your neighbor nor the
one you hate. Therefore, little children, pray and through prayer you
will discover love. Thank you for having responded to my call." (April
25, 1995)
I believe that Our Lady is
with us in Medjugorje to show us love. She first wants us to experience
her love. This she does when we visit her there. We begin to feel the
total acceptance of our Mother as we pray and walk and rest and laugh in
her village. How many pilgrims have expressed the deep peace they
experience in Medjugorje!! It is not because the air is good or anything
else about that natural place, it is because they are experiencing the
love of Mary. She introduces us to real love.
Then she draws us to her Son
in the Eucharist, to adore Him. And we begin to really experience His
undying, infinite love. We go to Confession and we experience His
forgiving love, a love that is ready to pay the price for all our sins.
Our Lady's love prepares us to understand Jesus' love, and opens us up
to it. Her love helps us to dare to receive the love of Jesus.
Once we have experienced the
love of Jesus and Mary, we desire the ones who love us, and we begin to
pray. We are drawn to prayer. We want to pray. Through prayer, we begin
to learn love from the God who is love. And love becomes the air we
breathe and the water we drink, and the food we eat. Love becomes our
environment.
Through prayer we begin to
learn then to be love for others, to forgive, to bless, to share, to
serve, to intercede, and to embrace others. This is when the Kingdom of
Joy finally bursts forth in our lives. This is what Our Lady has come to
do in us and for us. We will begin to live the two greatest
commandments, through her guidance and Jesus' grace.
Have a blessed weekend!!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2013
"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world!"
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