(c) Mary TV 2014
J.M.J
April 28, 2014
Dear Family of Mary!
"Dear children! Open your hearts to the grace which God is giving you through me, as a flower that opens to the warm rays of the sun. Be prayer and love for all those who are far from God and His love. I am with you and I intercede for all of you before my Son Jesus, and I love you with immeasurable love. Thank you for having responded to my call." (April 25, 2014)
With
her characteristic simplicity, Our Lady says a great deal to us in this
message. Her words carry so much love in them, and so much hope. She
invites us to life! Life in the grace of God! Life in her presence. She
invites us. We only have to respond.
Let's
think about the grace which God is giving us through Our Lady. First of
all, isn't it amazing that God would give us grace through someone?
Yes, all grace has been won for us by Jesus. He is the source of all
grace. But God has sent Our Lady to transport grace to us in these days.
She comes from heaven with arm-loads of grace for us. That is the
dispensation of this age. This is the Marian Age. This is Our Lady's
time. And she comes to give us grace. This is amazing.
But
what is the grace she has been allowed to bring us? I believe there are
many facets to the grace she brings, really many graces. They have
something to do with her main messages. She has brought us the grace to
pray. She has brought us the grace to desire prayer. She has brought us
the Holy Spirit to inspire us in our prayer. She has asked the Holy
Spirit to fall upon us, to fill us with a spirit of prayer! The grace to
pray is an awesome grace because through prayer we contact our God!
She
has brought us the grace to read the Bible. She asks us to read it
every day. She wouldn't ask that if the grace were not present to help
us do it. Reading the Bible is essential brain food for us. When we have
the words of the Bible in our heads and hearts, we begin to understand
God's ways. We begin to get the "picture" of who the Father is and how
He acts. Very important information if we are going to discern the way
to follow Him.
She
has brought us the grace to fast. She wouldn't ask us to fast if she
didn't have on hand the grace to do it. The grace to fast lies in a
heightened desire for unity with God. That desire helps us to detach
from the world and cling to God. That desire helps us to say no to our
concupiscence and say yes to love. This is a great grace indeed.
She
has brought us the grace to go to Confession. This grace we can see
full blown in Medjugorje. We pilgrims in Medjugorje go to confession,
often several times, allowing Jesus to wash us clean of all sin. We
allow ourselves to be stripped of our sins, only to be clothed in light
by the Savior. We learn to forgive, to ask forgiveness and to be
forgiven!! This grace is so powerful that we feel drawn into the
confessional by a hidden force of love!!
Our
Lady brings us the grace to make Holy Mass our life, adoring Jesus in
the Blessed Sacrament with every fiber of our being. Again, we know that
in Medjugorje Holy Mass is the center of everything. And Adoration is
like heaven on earth. This grace from Our Lady's hands makes an
indelible mark on us, a taste of future joy!
These
are just some of the graces Our Lady has in hand. These graces water
our souls and bring forth the flowers of love and peace that are waiting
to grow. Like a flower opening to the sun, our souls will open to the
graces Our Lady brings to us, and with them we will turn towards our
Lord, never to turn back!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2014
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"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world."
Blessed John Paul II
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