Mary TV: June 29, 2018 Reflection - Pray for your Shepherds

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June 29, 2018
Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles
Dear Family of Mary!
Today we celebrate and thank God for our two great Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul. They are the shepherds of the shepherds!! Their teaching and guidance formed the basis of the Church for the next 2000 years. We can enlist their help in doing something that Our Lady has asked of us many times. They can help us to pray for our priests and bishops, our shepherds.
I decided to list some of Our Lady's words to us about praying for our shepherds! These appeals mostly come from the messages through Mirjana. We could pray these short exhortations like a litany. After each one, we could pray, "Father, hear our prayer for our shepherds."

 

Prayer: Father in heaven, we love you and thank you for giving us our priests and bishops. They are our connection with you. We want to pray for their well-being and their spiritual health, as Our Lady has asked us. And so we remember her words to us, to "Pray for your shepherds!"
"Once again I call you to pray for your shepherds. Alongside them, I will triumph. Thank you." (10/2/10) Father, hear our prayer for our shepherds...

 

"Pray for your shepherds so that through your fasting and prayer they can lead you in love. Thank you." (02/02/13) Father...

 

"Again I am warning you, pray for those whom my Son called, whose hands He blessed and whom He gave as a gift to you. Pray, pray, pray for your shepherds. Thank you." (04/02/13) Father...

 

"Pray for your shepherds that they may always have love for you as my Son had, and showed by giving His life for your salvation. Thank you." (11/02/13)

 

"Pray for your shepherds and long to come to know the love of your Heavenly Father, in union with them. Thank you." (12/02/13)

 

"Pray for your shepherds that the ray of God's grace may illuminate their ways. Thank you." (02/02/14)
"Pray for your shepherds and place your trust in their blessed hands. Thank you." (03/02/14)

 

"Pray for your shepherds. I pray for them and I desire that they may always feel the blessing of my motherly hands and the support of my motherly heart." (04/02/14)

 

"Pray for your shepherds that they may always lead you with a pure heart on the way of truth and love - the way of my Son. Thank you." (06/02/14)

 

"I am imploring you anew to pray for your shepherds so that they may always look to my Son who was the first Shepherd of the world and whose family was the entire world." (12/02/14)

 

"Pray for your shepherds because they are the strength of the Church which my Son left to you. Through my Son, they are the shepherds of souls. Thank you." (03/02/15)

 

"Pray for your shepherds. They belong to my Son. He called them. Pray that they may always have the strength and the courage to shine with the light of my Son." (06/02/15)

 

"Pray for your shepherds that they may have the strength and the love to be bridges of salvation. Thank you." (12/02/15)

 

"I implore you to pray for your shepherds that at every moment they may have love, that they may work for my Son with love - through Him and in memory of Him. Thank you." (04/02/16)
"Pray for your shepherds so that in them you may see the greatness of the love of my Son. Thank you." (06/02/16)

 

"Pray, always pray for your shepherds that they may have the strength to be the light of my Son. Thank you." (01/02/17)

 

"Pray for your shepherds to have all the more light, so as to be able to illuminate all those who live in darkness. Thank you." (05/02/17)

 

"My children, do not ever forget to pray for your shepherds. Pray that they can accept all people as their children; that, according to my Son, they may be spiritual fathers to them. Thank you!" (10/02/17)

 

"Pray for your shepherds that, united in my Son, they can always joyfully proclaim the Word of God. Thank you." (03/18/12)

 

"Pray that your shepherds, with their blessed hands, may always give you the joy of God's blessing. Thank you." (03/18/14)
Dear children, anew, I am imploring you as a mother who desires the good for her children: love your shepherds, pray for them. Thank you. (06/02/18)

 

Father, hear our prayer for our shepherds! Thank you for their loving service. May they be good shepherds who care for their flocks, just as Jesus is our Good Shepherd. We love them. Bless them! Amen!

 

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

Cathy Nolan

©Mary TV 2018
PS. We await Mirjana's apparition on July 2, 2018 and Mary TV will post the video of her apparitions as soon as possible that day. Let's welcome Our Lady with joy!

 

 

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Mary TV: June 28, 2018 Reflection - Building solidly on rock!

Building solidly on rock!

     (c) Anthony Zubac 2018

June 28, 2018
St. Irenaeus
Dear Family of Mary!

"Dear children! This is the day that the Lord gave me to give Him thanks for each of you, for those who have converted and have accepted my messages and have set out on the way of conversion and holiness. Rejoice, little children, because God is merciful and loves you all with His immeasurable love and leads you to the way of salvation through my coming here. I love you all and give you my Son that He may give you peace. Thank you for having responded to my call." (June 25, 2018)

 

Jesus tells us in today's Gospel how important it is to listen to His words:

 

"Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock." (Mt 7: 24-25)

 

Our Lady has been with us these 37 years to help us to learn how to listen to Jesus' words, and act on them. She has called us through her messages to convert, to turn towards God with our whole being. The first step to building our house on rock, is to convert, to make God the center of our lives, to build our lives on our faith in Jesus.

 

She has told us to read the Scriptures. In the Scriptures we find everything we need to live holy lives. In the Scriptures we find Jesus' words.

 

She has encouraged us to pray with the heart, because when we pray with the heart we are actually learning to listen. We listen when we have learned silence, when we have learned to wait upon God and to expect Him to speak to us. As Jesus said, "Everyone who listens to these words of mine..." She has taught us to listen to Jesus's words through prayer with the heart.

 

She has also called us to action. She tells us we must live her messages, live the Gospel, not just speak about it. This "living" is actually putting the things we have heard from Jesus into action. Loving our neighbor, forgiving everyone, serving those in need, making ourselves smaller than others...these are just a few of the ways Our Lady has taught us to live her Son's words. In the living, we build our house on rock.

 

And haven't we found over the years that as we continue to convert, pray with the heart, listen to Jesus' words in the Gospel, and live those words, that we can weather just about any storm? Yes, I think we have learned that. Our Lady has helped us to build our houses on THE ROCK!! And we are safe and secure in Jesus, living in Him, on His word, with His mother!

 

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan

©Mary TV 2018

 

 

 

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Mary TV: June 27, 2018 Reflection - This is the day!!!

     (c) Anthony Zubac 2018

June 27, 2018
St. Cyril of Alexandra
Dear Family of Mary!
"Dear children! This is the day that the Lord gave me to give Him thanks for each of you, for those who have converted and have accepted my messages and have set out on the way of conversion and holiness. Rejoice, little children, because God is merciful and loves you all with His immeasurable love and leads you to the way of salvation through my coming here. I love you all and give you my Son that He may give you peace. Thank you for having responded to my call." (June 25, 2018)
When I first read this message, I had to stop myself from reading the first line incorrectly. I instinctively wanted to launch into a line from Psalm 118. It reads:
"This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." (Ps 118:24)
We say these words at Easter time, when we are wild with joy over the Resurrection! But I had to stop and look at the words of the message:

 

"This is the day that the Lord gave me to give Him thanks for each of you..."  

 

Truly Our Lady was filled with great joy on June 25th. She was rejoicing on that day, on that special day, because of us! The Lord gave Our Lady June 25th as a day to give Him thanks for each of us! Can you believe it? It seems that the Lord and Our Lady were together rejoicing over us!
But why are they rejoicing? Truly Our Lady has worked with us for a long time. She has come every day for 37 years to train us, teach us, pray with us and love us. And so hopefully now we are "those who have converted and have accepted [her] messages and have set out on the way of conversion and holiness". Because of her guidance and teaching, we have begun to live the life of faith in earnest. And maybe we can now help her to reach her other children.

 

And so the Father set June 25th aside as the day for Our Lady to sing a song of thanksgiving and joy to Him because of us! They sang together over us, with great joy!!
Wow! "This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." (Ps 118:24)
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan

©Mary TV 2018

 

PS. Psalm 118 is a wonderful song of thanksgiving and joy! We might pray it today in response to Our Lady's joy!

"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world."
Saint John Paul II
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June 25, 2018 Message on the 37th Anniversary of Our Lady's Apparitions

Procession of Our Lady's Statue during the 37th Anniversary, Medjugorje June 25, 2018 37th Anniversary   Dear Family of Mary!     Here is Our Lady's June 25th, 2018 Message on the 37th Anniversary of her coming to Medjugorje!   "Dear children! This is the day that the Lord gave me to give Him thanks for each of you, for those who have converted and have accepted my messages and have set out on the way of conversion and holiness. Rejoice, little children, because God is merciful and loves you all with His immeasurable love and leads you to the way of salvation through my coming here. I love you all and give you my Son that He may give you peace. Thank you for having responded to my call." In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV 2018

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Mary TV: June 25, 2018 Reflection - 37th Anniversary of Our Lady's Apparitions

  
  (c) Mateo Ivankovic 2016

June 25, 2018
37th Anniversary of Our Lady's Apparitions in Medjugorje
Dear Family of Mary!

June 25, 2007 "Dear children! Also today, with great joy in my heart, I call you to conversion. Little children, do not forget that you are all important in this great plan, which God leads through Medjugorje. God desires to convert the entire world and to call it to salvation and to the way towards Himself, who is the beginning and the end of every being. In a special way, little children, from the depth of my heart, I call you all to open yourselves to this great grace that God gives you through my presence here. I desire to thank each of you for the sacrifices and prayers. I am with you and I bless you all. Thank you for having responded to my call."

We find ourselves now at the 37th anniversary of Our Lady's coming to Medjugorje. It is hard to take in the reality of all Our Lady has done and is doing, here in this place, this little village in Bosnia-Hercegovina. Who would have guessed back in 1981 that Our Lady would appear for so long a time, and bring with her such abundant graces for her children! She has touched millions of souls, indeed millions, and all of them, one by one. She encounters each person who comes here with her undivided attention and deep motherly love. Her plan is to change the world, one person at a time!   

March 25, 2003 "Dear children! Also today I call you to pray for peace. Pray with the heart, little children, and do not lose hope because God loves His creatures. He desires to save you, one by one, through my coming here. I call you to the way of holiness. Pray, and in prayer you are open to God's will; in this way, in everything you do, you realize God's plan in you and through you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

God's plan! We are being invited to discover God's plan for us. This plan is the Way to Life! His plan for each of us also is woven into a vast plan for the salvation of the world! Our Lady told us in her first monthly message about our role in God's plan:
January 25, 1987 The first apparition of the 25th of the month, given to Marija, for the parish: 

 "Today I want to appeal to all of you to start living a new life from this day on. Dear children, I wish that you would understand that God has chosen each one of you to have a part in the great plan for the salvation of mankind. You cannot fully understand how great your role is in God's design. For that reason, pray, dear children, so that through prayer, you may be able to know your role in God's plan. I am with you, so that you may be able to realize it fully."

So you see, Our Lady has come first of all for each one of us, to save us and heal us, but simultaneously she has come to change the world, by leading each of us into a great plan of salvation for the world. She can do this because she is completely submitted to the will of God. This is a wondrous miracle of love being enacted in our day!!
Now we say, "Happy Anniversary, Dearest Mother! Thank you for coming to Medjugorje! Thank you for bringing to us the plan of God for each of us individually, and for all of us together. We say 'Yes' to you and to all you ask of us! Amen!!!"

Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
(Given by Our Lady to Jelena Vasilj, 11/28/1983)
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, overflowing
with goodness, Show us your love for us.
May the flame of your heart, Oh Mary,
Descend upon all peoples.
We love you immensely.
Impress in our hearts a true love.
May our hearts yearn for you.
Oh Mary, sweet and humble of heart,
Remember us when we sin.
You know that all mankind are sinners.
Through your most sacred and maternal heart,
Cure us from every spiritual illness.
Make us capable of looking at the beauty of your maternal heart,
And that, thus, we may be converted
to the flame of your heart. Amen
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2018
PS. Here is our live streaming schedule for June 25, 2018:
June 25, 2018 37th Anniversary
3:00 - 3:30 pm Medj - Hour of Mercy with Denis and Cathy
4:00 - 5:30 pm Medj - Daily Rosary with Denis and Cathy (with extended sharing about 37 years of Our Lady's presence in Medjugorje)

5:55 pm Medj- Rosie Zubac will introduce the 37th Anniversary Rosary and Mass
6:00 pm Medj - Evening Rosary for the 37th Anniversary
7:00 - 9:00 pm Medj - International Mass and Procession with Our Lady's statue
9:00 - 10:00 pm Medj - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

 

"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world."
Saint John Paul II
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Mary TV: June 23, 2018 Reflection - 37th Anniversary Novena Day 9

  
  (c) Mateo Ivankovic 2016

J.M.J.

June 23, 2018

37th Anniversary Novena - Day Nine

 

Dear Family of Mary!

 

In Fatima Our Lady promised that "in the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph". In Medjugorje she has told us "I invite you to self-renunciation for nine days so that, with your help, everything that I desire to realize through the secrets I began in Fatima, may be fulfilled" (August 25, 1991). The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is our hope in these dark days. As we reflect on Our Lady's coming in Medjugorje, this Triumph gives us a hope for the future. We also are being invited to be part of that Triumph, through our response to her call:

 

"Dear children! Today in a special way I invite you all to prayer and renunciation. For now as never before satan wants to show the world his shameful face by which he wants to seduce as many people as possible onto the way of death and sin. Therefore, dear children, help my Immaculate Heart to triumph in the sinful world. I beseech all of you to offer prayers and sacrifices for my intentions so I can present them to God for what is most necessary. Forget your desires, dear children, and pray for what God desires, and not for what you desire. Thank you for having responded to my call."(September 25, 1991)

 

May we respond with all our hearts to Our Lady's plea! Let us pray:

 

The Annunciation

"Dear children! Also in this difficult time God's love sends me to you. My children, do not be afraid, I am with you. With complete trust give me your hearts that I may help you to recognize the signs of the time in which you live. I will help you to come to know the love of my Son. I will triumph through you. Thank you."(June 2, 2007)

 

The Visitation

"Dear children; Today I call you to a humble, my children, humble devotion. Your hearts need to be just. May your crosses be your means in the battle against the sins of the present time. May your weapon be patience and boundless love, a love that knows to wait and which will make you capable of recognizing God's signs, that your life, by humble love, may show the truth to all those who seek it in the darkness of lies. My children, my apostles, help me to open the paths to my Son. Once again I call you to pray for your shepherds. Alongside them, I will triumph. Thank you."(October 2, 2010)

 

The Birth of Jesus

"Dear children! I come to you as a Mother with gifts. I come with love and mercy. Dear children, mine is a big heart. In it, I desire all of your hearts, purified by fasting and prayer. I desire that, through love, our hearts may triumph together. I desire that through that triumph you may see the real Truth, the real Way and the real Life. I desire that you may see my Son. Thank you."(March 18, 2007)

 

The Presentation

"Dear children, Today, with my motherly heart, I call you gathered around me to love your neighbor. My children, stop. Look in the eyes of your brother and see Jesus, my Son. If you see joy, rejoice with him. If there is pain in the eyes of your brother, with your tenderness and goodness, cast it away, because without love you are lost. Only love is effective; it works miracles. Love will give you unity in my Son and the victory of my heart. Therefore, my children, love."(September 2, 2008)

 

The Finding in the Temple

"Dear children! I desire to share my joy with you. In my Immaculate Heart I feel that there are many of those who have drawn closer to me and are, in a special way, carrying the victory of my Immaculate Heart in their hearts by praying and converting. I desire to thank you and to inspire you to work even more for God and His kingdom with love and the power of the Holy Spirit. I am with you and I bless you with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call."(August 25, 2000)

 

Dear Mother Mary, we gather together to pray this novena, with deep gratitude for your presence in our midst. You have come to show us the way to heaven. The Heavenly Father has sent you to us to help us to repent and return to Him. You are coming to be the bond between us and the Heavenly Father, and to help us to love and serve His Son. You pray with us for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, because you have told us that when we have the Holy Spirit, we have everything. Therefore we ask that during this Novena you will help us to bond with you and through you with our Triune God who loves us so much. We ask that every grace can be poured out upon our shepherds, especially Pope Francis, during these nine days that they will be strengthened and purified for the days ahead, these most triumphant days of the Triumph of your Immaculate Heart! Thank you, dearest Mother!!!

 

Thank you for praying this novena with us!  I believe we have prepared our hearts for the graces that Our Lady will pour out upon us on June 25!  Let's remain in prayer and hope!  God bless you all!

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

Cathy Nolan

©Mary TV 2018

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Saint John Paul II
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Mary TV: June 22, 2018 Reflection - 37th Anniversary Novena - Day 8

  (c) Mateo Ivankovic 2017
Our Lady's great love for us!

J.M.J.

June 22, 2018

37th Anniversary Novena Day 8

Dear Family of Mary!

"If you knew how much I love you, you would cry with joy. When anyone is before you, and asks you something, you will give it to him. I am before so many hearts, but they remain closed. Pray so that the world receives my love." (June 21, 1984 Jelena)

Our Lady has come to give us her love. Let me share the witness of Musician Dorijan Skrobonja, posted on the parish website (http://www.medjugorje.hr/en/news/the-experience-of-one-medjugorje-pilgrim,6888.html ) :

"The special encounter with Medjugorje took place four years ago, when I came on a pilgrimage with my family. We always came here to give thanks to God and to receive blessings. I never thought that anything special should happen to me, but that was exactly what happened. My wife and I were going to the church, to pray there. I knelt and I began to pray. Suddenly, I felt warmth, love and gentleness that were being poured on me. It was in that moment that Mother conveyed a message to me: "Don't you know how much I love you; why do you still question my love?"

I began to cry because of fear and embarrassment; I could feel how small my faith was. All of my worries, all of my burdens were released, I felt completely free, as if I was in the world of complete and utter love, warmth and tenderness. I felt ashamed to cry and I could feel people staring at me. My wife could see that something extraordinary was taking place.

It was that same night that I wrote the poem to Our Lady: 'Tonight I stood beneath Thee, o Mother, I stood beneath Thee, Pure Tenderness'," said Dorijan, who is a member of Aledory band together with his brother and they witness their faith with the music. "We are trying to live the messages of the Queen of Peace. Sometimes we are able to do that, sometimes we fail. I regret for not having been able to come to Medjugorje more often."

This is a beautiful description of what it is like to encounter the love of Our Mother, Mary. She is waiting to pour out her love on all of us. We have only to ask! Let us pray!

The Annunciation

"Dear children! Today I wish to give you my own love. You do not know, dear children, how great my love is, and you do not know how to accept it. In various ways I wish to show it to you, but you, dear children, do not recognize it. You do not understand my words with your heart and neither are you able to comprehend my love. Dear children, accept me in your life and so you will be able to accept all I am saying to you and to which I am calling you. Thank you for having responded to my call."(May 22, 1986)

The Visitation

"Dear children! With joy in the heart I love you all and call you to draw closer to my Immaculate Heart so I can draw you still closer to my Son Jesus, and that He can give you His peace and love, which are nourishment for each one of you. Open yourselves, little children, to prayer - open yourselves to my love. I am your mother and cannot leave you alone in wandering and sin. You are called, little children, to be my children, my beloved children, so I can present you all to my Son. Thank you for having responded to my call."(June 25, 2013)

The Birth of Jesus

"Dear children, I am coming to you as a mother and I desire that in me, as in a mother, you may find your abode, consolation and rest. Therefore, my children, apostles of my love, pray. Pray with humble devotion, obedience and complete trust in the Heavenly Father. Trust as I have trusted when it was said to me that I will bring the blessing of the promise. May out of your hearts, from your lips, always come forth 'May your will be done!' Therefore, trust and pray so that I can intercede for you before the Lord, for Him to give you the Heavenly Blessing and fill you with the Holy Spirit. Then He will be able to help all those who do not know the Lord - you, apostles of my love, will help them to call Him 'Father' with complete trust. Pray for your shepherds and place your trust in their blessed hands. Thank you."(March 02, 2014)

The Presentation

"Dear children! I am here, I am among you. I am looking at you, am smiling at you and I love you in the way that only a mother can. Through the Holy Spirit who comes through my purity, I see your hearts and I offer them to my Son. Already for a long time I have been asking of you to be my apostles, to pray for those who have not come to know God's love. I am asking for prayer said out of love, prayer which carries out works and sacrifices. Do not waste time thinking about whether you are worthy to be my apostles. The Heavenly Father will judge everyone; and you, love Him and listen to Him. I know that all of this confuses you, even my very stay among you, but accept it with joy and pray that you may comprehend that you are worthy to work for Heaven. My love is upon you. Pray that my love may win in all hearts, because that is the love which forgives, gives and never stops. Thank you."(February 02, 2015)

The Finding in the Temple

"Dear children! As a mother, I desire to be of help to you. With my motherly love, I desire to help you to open your heart and to put my Son in the first place in it. Through your love for my Son and through your prayer, I desire for God's light to illuminate you and God's mercy to fill you. In this way, I desire for the darkness, and the shadow of death which wants to encompass and mislead you, to be driven away. I desire for you to feel the joy of the blessing of God's promise. You, children of man, you are God's children - you are my children. Therefore, my children, set out on the ways on which my love leads you, teaches you humility and wisdom, and finds the way to the Heavenly Father. Pray with me for those who do not accept me and do not follow me - those who, because of hardness of their hearts, cannot feel the joy of humility, devotion, peace and love - the joy of my Son. Pray that your shepherds, with their blessed hands, may always give you the joy of God's blessing. Thank you."(March 18, 2014)

Dear Mother Mary, we gather together to pray this novena, with deep gratitude for your presence in our midst. You have come to show us the way to heaven. The Heavenly Father has sent you to us to help us to repent and return to Him. You are coming to be the bond between us and the Heavenly Father, and to help us to love and serve His Son. You pray with us for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, because you have told us that when we have the Holy Spirit, we have everything. Therefore we ask that during this Novena you will help us to bond with you and through you with our Triune God who loves us so much. We ask that every grace can be poured out upon our shepherds, especially Pope Francis, during these nine days that they will be strengthened and purified for the days ahead, these most triumphant days of the Triumph of your Immaculate Heart! Thank you, dearest Mother!!!

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

Cathy Nolan

©Mary TV 2018

 

"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world."
Saint John Paul II
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Sister Emmanuel's Report from Medjugorje for June 2018

 

Medjugorje, June 20, 2018   Dear children of Medjugorje, praised be Jesus and Mary!   1. On June 2, 2018, Mirjana received her monthly apparition at the Blue Cross, in the presence of a huge crowd. After the apparition, she conveyed the message that Our Lady gave for us all:   "Dear children, I am calling you to accept my words which I am speaking to you as a mother, with a simplicity of heart, so that you may set out on the way of complete light and purity, of the singular love of my Son, man and God. A joy-a light indescribable in human words-will penetrate your soul and the peace and love of my Son will take hold of you. I desire this for all of my children. Therefore, you, apostles of my love, you who know how to love and forgive, you who do not judge, you whom I encourage, you be an example to all those who are not going on the way of light and love or who have diverted from it. By your life show them the truth. Show them love because love overcomes all difficulties, and all of my children thirst for love. Your unity in love is a gift to my Son and me. But, my children, remember that to love also means to desire the good for your neighbor and to desire conversion of your neighbor's soul. As I am looking at you gathered around me, my heart is sad, because I see so little brotherly love, merciful love. My children, the Eucharist-my Son alive among you-His words will help you comprehend, because His word is life, His word makes the soul breath, His word brings about cognition of love. Dear children, anew, I am imploring you as a mother who desires the good for her children: love your shepherds, pray for them. Thank you."   You can watch the apparition at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdAY-e6oE_g 2. Mirjana not feeling well? Many pilgrims have noticed that Mirjana seems to be in pain when she awaits Mary's apparition on the morning of the 2nd. We can see that she strives to stand straight, however she actually has back problems that cause her great pain and make it difficult for her to kneel. It is unthinkable for her to receive the visit of the Mother of God standing or sitting; so she forces herself to remain on her knees and that explains her discomfort. She also spends hours in prayer the night before the 2nd, which also explains her tired face. But what an illumination when Our Lady appears to her! She no longer feels the aches and pains in her body during the ecstasy, because she is carried into another world and she becomes oblivious to the external realities. When the ecstasy ends and she returns to this world, she feels the pain and physical weaknesses in her body again, and Miki hands her a piece of paper so that she may write down the message... 3. An exceptional live? On June 26 at 9:00 pm I will speak about the message of June 25, because on that day we will celebrate the 37th Anniversary of the apparitions. This Anniversary will be marked by great joy since, on May 31, Pope Francis named Mgrs. Hoser as Apostolic Visitor for Medjugorje.  This is an extraordinary turning point in the history of Medjugorje! The bishop's task will be to assist the pastoral needs of the pilgrims who visit the Franciscan parish of Medjugorje. (See PS2 for Vatican's official document). 4. Her heart is sad? It is not the first time Our Lady has appeared sad when she looks at us. What does she see? Or rather, what doesn't she see? As the Mother of the Creator, she knows the splendor of holiness to which every one of us is called. She also sees our choices today, and the easiness with which we let ourselves be trapped by the snares of the Evil one, who wants to destroy us. She tells us, "My children, I want to gather all of you under my maternal mantle, to protect you from the attacks of Satan."   What is the maternal mantle under which Our Lady invites us? It is the one she received at the Annunciation when the Angel Gabriel told her, "The Holy Spirit will overshadow you." This "overshadowing" of the Holy Spirit, has never left her. This is why the poisoned arrows of the Evil One could never go through it, since it is the Holy Spirit Himself protecting her. This is why the ones who live under the mantle of Mary are protected too!    If Mary is sad today, it is because she dreams of communicating to us all the love that flows from her Immaculate Heart; she sees all the love that we could share with one another but we don't because we wander out of the mantle, far from her Heart... As a result we expose ourselves to inner emptiness and many needless tribulations! Every mother understands that very well. To be sure to live inside the maternal mantle of Mary, the road is simple, and we are privileged to be able to take it: knowing, meditating and living her messages with all our heart! In other words, living the Gospel of her Son, re-explained with her motherly words for our time.               5. Ireland ablaze! Like most European countries, with the exception of Poland, Malta and Cyprus, on May 25 the majority of voters in Ireland made their choice in favor of the culture of death making abortion legal. There are questions over whether the referendum was carried out fairly and some challenges have been made.  One complaint is that some groups of people were not able to vote, particularly convents and elderly people. This result does not really express the voice of the Irish people yet they have to submit to the consequences of it until the triumph of the Immaculate Heart, when everyone's hearts will be enlightened. The culture of death, even if it made the partisans of abortion dance, never attracts the blessing of God upon a country nor peace in the hearts of those who live there!      But one must admire the generosity of so many Irish people who prayed and fasted with so much fervor during the months preceding the vote. The shock they received upon seeing the sad victory of the culture of death provoked a beautiful reaction: they kept on praying, but this time as reparation for the abortions performed today and the ones to come in the future. As Our Lady said on March 18 in her yearly message given to Mirjana, "Dear children, your battle if difficult, it will become even more difficult!"   Dear Irish friends, don't give up hope, the victory is already won by The One who crushes the head of the serpent with her heel. Be patient, for after new ordeals that you will offer to God for those who have not yet known the love of God, you will see that Jesus was, is, and will be in your boat, and that you will not sink! On the contrary, you will catch many fish in your nets!   A comforting note: In Portugal, the law in favor of euthanasia was rejected by Parliament.   6. Vicka met Mgrs. Peric on his recent visit to the village of Krehin Gradac where Vicka lives with her family. The bishop of Mostar had just given the sacrament of Confirmation to the children; among them were Vicka's children. A providential meeting as this picture is showing! Mgr Peric will retire within the next few months.  Let us continue praying for him!   7. After the interruption of summer in July and August, my next Live in French about the message of the 2nd will be on September 3rd at 9:00 pm. The live of the 3rd of June can be found on:  http://www.enfantsdemedjugorje.fr/medjugorje-direct-du-3-juin-2018/   Dearest Gospa, we are still praying the novena preceding the Anniversary of the Apparitions, so we beg you, inspire each one of us to know which present you would love to receive from us. How can we thank you enough for 37 years of apparitions?!  Do not abandon us!  Sister Emmanuel + (Translated from French) PS1. On June 4, Ivan received the evening apparition on Podbrdo and The Blessed Mother renewed for us this call: "Also today, I wish to call you to pray for my plans especially during this time, the plans that I wish to realize through my coming to you. In a special way, dear children, I want to encourage you to pray for the family and for the youth. Pray and be untiring in prayer. I intercede for all of you before my Son."   On June 15, she said through Ivan: "Dear Children, also today in a special way I wish to call you to the Eucharist. May Holy Mass be the center of your lives. In a special way dear children, may the Eucharist be in your family. The family has to live Holy Mass in order to give glory to Jesus. Jesus must be at the center of your lives. Therefore pray, dear children, in your family and set out after Jesus..."   PS2. Statement from The Vatican press room regarding Medjugorje: "On this day, the 31st of May, 2018, the Holy See has appointed Henrick Hoser, SAC, the retired Archbishop of Warsaw-Prague (Poland) as Apostolic Visitor with a special role for the parish of Medjugorje for an indefinite time, and ad nutum Sanctae Sedis. At the specific request of the Holy See, his appointment is for pastoral ministry, a continuation of the mission of the special envoy of the Holy See for the parish of Medjugorje, entrusted to Mgr. Hoser on February 11, 2017, and in which he completed in the previous months. The purpose of the mission of the Apostolic Visitor is to provide a firm and permanent accompaniment of the parish community in Medjugorje and the faithful who come on pilgrimage here, whose needs require a special attention." Source : http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/05/31/0399/00875.html PS3. "Truly Sister Emmanuel's Best Work Yet!" The Second Printing is Here! Order Today! https://sremmanuel.org/product/scandalous-mercy-god-goes-beyond-boundaries/ PS4. Our next missions, the fruit of which will depend a lot on your intercession: Indonesia and Asia in July, Spain in September, South America in November, God willing! PS5. We thank God for our dear friend and extraordinary disciple of Christ, Myles Dempsey, founder of the New Dawn conference and a great spokesperson for CCR, who went to the House of the Father on June 13. May God give us more witnesses like him!  May he rest in peace!   PS6.The parish of Medjugorje invites us at the 23rd International Retreat for Priests July 2 to 7, and at the 19th Retreat for married couples, Nov. 7 to 10.  Write to seminar.marija@medjugorje.hr (Marija Dugandzić). The Youth Festival will be held from August 1 to 6, please sign up with your local organizations.  PS6. Follow the evening program of the parish of Medjugorje, translated into all languages. See the parish site at: http://www.centremedjugorje.org/  PS8. Sign up to receive the 'Monthly reports from Medjugorje' by Sr. Emmanuel   French (the original copy): gospa.fr@gmail.com English: commentscom@gmail.com German: wolfgang@trautmann.ca   Italian: gospa.italia@gmail.com Spanish: gospa.espanol@gmail.com Flemish: gclaes@scarlet.be Croatian:  djeca.medjugorja@gmail.com  Portuguese: medjugorje.portugal@gmail.com Chinese:  ch.gospa@gmail.com Arabic: friendsofmary@live.com   You are no longer receiving the news? 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