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J.M.J.
August 23, 2017
St. Rose of Lima
Dear Family of Mary!
January 2, 2008 "Dear children! With all the strength of my heart, I love you and give myself to you. As a mother fights for her children, I pray and fight for you. I ask you not to be afraid to open yourselves, so as to be able to love with the heart and give yourselves to others. The more that you do this with the heart, the more you will receive and the better you will understand my Son and His gift to you. Through the love of my Son and me, may you all be recognized. Thank you.""Dear children! With all the strength of my heart, I love you and give myself to you."
Can
you imagine a heart stronger than Our Lady's heart? She said "yes" to
the Father and accepted His Son in her womb, knowing she would be
misunderstood by many. But her heart was strong. Mary ran to help
Elizabeth without a thought to her own needs, because her heart was
strong! When the only shelter available was a stable, she gave birth to
Jesus there without complaint because her heart was strong. She received
the prophecy of Simeon, that a sword would pierce her heart too, but
she did not shrink back because her heart was strong. She fled with
Joseph and little Jesus into Egypt because Herod wanted to kill her
Child. But her heart was strong. When Jesus was misunderstood and
opposed she stood beside Him. Her heart was strong.
When Jesus was mocked, scourged, crowned with thorns, given His cross,
and crucified upon it, she stood very near. She did not blink. Her heart
was strong with love. And the Resurrection and Ascension only made her
heart stronger still, until the Spirit came through her heart, as she
interceded for the new Church at Pentecost. Her heart was so strong.
This
is the heart with which Mary loves us today! This is the love she pours
out upon us. Indeed, this is the heart that fights for us: "As a mother fights for her children, I pray and fight for you."
Our
Lady fights for us. She never gives up. No matter how we fail, no
matter how weak we are, she stands by our side to help us get up and try
again. She intercedes for us to the Father and the Son, and she runs
interference for us when our enemies attack. She is tireless on our
behalf. We should be filled with confidence in her motherly protection.
"I ask you not to be afraid to open yourselves, so as to be able to love with the heart and give yourselves to others."
"I ask you not to be afraid to open yourselves, so as to be able to love with the heart and give yourselves to others."
So
what does she ask of us in return? She asks us not to be afraid, to
open ourselves to the needs of others, to show them the love we have
received from her. Pass it on! Give what we have been given. Be those
who fight for others, who are tireless is loving those around us. Pay it
forward!!
"The more
that you do this with the heart, the more you will receive and the
better you will understand my Son and His gift to you."
The
more we love the more we will understand what Jesus has been doing for
us all along. The more we will understand Our Lady. We will "get it".
And together with Our Lady we will begin to spread that love everywhere.
"Through the love of my Son and me, may you all be recognized. Thank you."
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2017
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2017
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