Monday, August 31, 2020

Mary TV: August 31, 2020 Reflection - Kekaritomene!




































Full of Grace!
(c)Mary TV


August 31, 2020

Dear Family of Mary!

"Dear children! This is a time of grace. I am with you and anew am calling you, little children: return to God and to prayer until prayer will be a joy for you. Little children, you do not have a future or peace until your life begins with a personal conversion and a change to the good. Evil will cease and peace will begin to reign in your hearts and in the world. Therefore, little children, pray, pray, pray. I am with you and intercede before my Son Jesus for each of you. Thank you for having responded to my call." (August 25, 2020)

It is significant that Our Lady again told us “This is a time of grace.” Everything she says has great meaning. Not one word is wasted. But it is most important that she tells us that “This is a time of grace.” Why? Because it means much more than a vague promise of some graces made available to us in this time. She is announcing something incredible. (Franjo explained this very well in his Jesus Rosary for August 26, 2020. I quoted him in my reflection for August 27, 2020 as well.)

Let me explain, using the words of one of our shipmates. During the Daily Rosary, Denis and I had talked about the greeting that The Archangel Gabriel gave to Mary when he appeared to her for the Annunciation. He said to her: “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!” (Lk 1:28). The Greek word used for that greeting is “Kekaritomene”. It is a word only used once in all of history, the word that describes Mary in Luke’s Gospel. Only once was this word used in all of history because only one woman could be described by this word. Here is what our shipmate said:

“This mystery defines the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. When the Archangel Gabriel came to Our Lady, he called Her, ‘Kekaritomene’ which translated means "having been full of grace". Our Lady's name in heaven is "She who was always full of grace". Grace is the unmerited favor of God.”

Our Lady is the woman who was, is and always will be “full of grace!  She alone is the Immaculate One. And this is by the unmerited favor of God, who chose her from the beginning of time to be the Mother of His Son, Jesus, who would save us from our sin. 

And our shipmate continues:

“At Medjugorje She calls this time a “time of grace” which is Her direct way of saying ‘the Time of Mary’. This too is also a time of unmerited favor from God by giving us Her presence at Medjugorje. St Louis de Montfort tells us to be filled with the Spirit of Mary so as to "rejoice in God". There is no surer way to please God!”

Our Lady is with us and that is why this is a time of grace. It is her grace-filled presence through which God pours out graces upon us. And we have experienced this grace in Medjugorje in so many ways. Healings, joy, conversion, deepening of prayer, spiritual gifts and blessings, and on and on. The Time of Grace is Mary’s Time. And we are in it!!

Let’s keep our eyes on Mary, our Mother, during this “time of grace”, the time of her presence with us in Medjugorje! She will guide us through these difficult waters to the time of peace she waits so impatiently for!

Thank you, dearest Mother, for being with us in Medjugorje!

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
(c)Mary TV 2020

PS. Tomorrow is September 1, 2020, and the parish will be changing their prayer schedule in Medjugorje for the Fall/Winter/Spring seasons. Here are the changes to our broadcasts for the next nine months:
Fall/Winter/Spring Schedule of Daily Prayer from Medjugorje
Beginning 1st of September (Tuesday)

MONDAY-SATURDAY
3:00 - 4:00 pm -Hour of Mercy / Silent Adoration
4:00 - 5:00 pm - Daily Rosary
5:00 - 6:00 pm - Parish Rosary
6:00 - 7:00 pm - International Evening Mass
7:00 - 8:30 pm - Healing prayer/ Rosary/ Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament or Veneration of the Cross

SUNDAY
2:00 - 3:00 pm - Podbrdo Rosary (Parish climbs Apparition Hill)
3:00 - 3:30 pm - Hour of Mercy
3:30 - 4:00 pm - Pre-recorded (Adoration not available on Sunday)
4:00 - 5:00 pm - Daily Rosary
5:00 - 8:30 pm - Evening Program – Rosary, Mass and Prayers
 
 



                                               





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Thursday, August 27, 2020

Mary TV: August 27, 2020 Reflection - Full of Grace!


































Full of Grace!
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August 27, 2020
St. Monica

Dear Family of Mary!

On August 25, 2020 Our Lady said to us:

“Dear children! This is a time of grace. I am with you and anew am calling you, little children: return to God and to prayer until prayer will be a joy for you.

Little children, you do not have a future or peace until your life begins with a personal conversion and a change to the good. Evil will cease and peace will begin to reign in your hearts and in the world.

Therefore, little children, pray, pray, pray. I am with you and intercede before my Son Jesus for each of you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (August 25, 2020)

Our Lady often tells us that this is a time of grace. It has always been a sort of mystery to me why this is a time of grace. But I think Frano Zubac finally solved the mystery! In his reflection at the beginning of the Jesus Rosary for August 26, 2020, he explained it this way:

Frano Zubac
Jesus Rosary 8/26/20
You can watch the video at this link:

Hello everyone. My name is Frano. I would like to tell you one story about something that happened to me 7 or 8 years ago. 

I was climbing up Apparition Hill with my group of pilgrims who came from the United States. And then we finished the climb and prayed around the statue of Our Lady. As we slowly went down the hill, I noticed my colleague guide, Slava, coming up the hill with a big group of 50 people. 

They had yellow scarfs around their shoulders and wore yellow hats.  I asked her, “What’s happening Slava?” She smiled and said, “Frano, can you greet my priest from the group? I would like you to meet him.” I said, “Of course I will.” And Father came from behind her and we greeted each other. I asked him, “Where are you coming from?” And he said, “We are coming from Nazareth!” And I said, “Nazareth? Are there still Christians in Nazareth?” And he said, “Yes, we are Christians and we are coming from Nazareth!  The Native town of Our Lady!”   And I thought to myself, they are coming here to Hercegovina, to this little unknown town. And I had always had a dream to go to the Holy Land. But people from Nazareth are coming here!!

So, I said, “Well Father, we have welcomed Our Lady and she is quite comfortable with us. We have grapes here too. Pomegranates, olives and lots of rocks and bushes as you see on the hill. And she has stayed with us here for 30 something years!” And he started to cry. The tears rolling down his face.

And he said, “I came to ask her to come to her native town.” And I said, “Oh dear!!” I asked myself what changed the situation? I always had a dream to go to the Holy Land, and now they are coming from the Holy Land to this unknown place in Hercegovina. 

Then I realized that Our Lady changed it. “Full of grace”, she has been appearing here now for almost 40 years. And that grace is pouring out of her to the souls of the people who are coming here with open hearts. And they are receiving the grace from heaven, through Our Lady. Our Lady is “full of grace”. She is the Mother. And she calls us “dear children”. 

How could she be our mother, I asked myself. I thought about it a long time. How can she be my mother? Because I know my mother. But she is our spiritual mother. Jesus told us that we have to have a second birth. And she is the one giving us our second birth, through her intercession. As the Mother of Christ, she is the Mother of all of us. Mother, full of grace, is giving us a second birth (as Mother of the Church), the birth through the Holy Spirit. And preparing us for heaven. Born as children of God! We are no more, children of man (of Adam). We are children of God. She is preparing us for that occasion. Amazing, amazing!! Amazing Grace! 

Yesterday she said to us, “This is the time of grace.” And I asked myself, what is this? And then I remembered, of course, it is because of her presence. She is full of grace. Her presence is here, and we need to know how to use this time, to accept the grace of this time, to learn how to really live the life of conversion. The life of conversion is to belong to her and to allow her to raise us, over these 40 years, to allow her to raise us up, to prepare us for heaven. Actually, she wants to leave a part of heaven in our hearts, here. And with that heavenly joy and happiness, we join her in eternity. (Jesus Rosary with Frano Zubac on 08/26/20)

This makes so much sense! This is a time of grace because Our Mother, Mary, Full of Grace, is with us. This is the time of Mary! She brings the grace! Our Lady, Queen of Peace, is with us in Medjugorje, and so this is the time of grace! We all feel it, don’t we? In Medjugorje, there is a super-abundance of grace, poured into our souls. We can rejoice in it and spread the news. We can’t keep this good news just for ourselves.

This is a time of grace!!

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2020

PS. I highly recommend “Jesus Rosary” with Frano Zubac. It is full of memories of the early days shared by Frano who has been present since the very beginning of the apparitions in Medjugorje. And the Jesus Rosary is so peaceful and meditative. Here again is the link to the archive:  https://marytv.tv/jesus-rosary/


                                               





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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

August 25, 2020 Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace







































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August 25, 2020



Dear Family of Mary!



Here is the August 25, 2020 Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace:



“Dear children! This is a time of grace. I am with you and anew am calling you, little children: return to God and to prayer until prayer will be a joy for you.



Little children, you do not have a future or peace until your life begins with a personal conversion and a change to the good. Evil will cease and peace will begin to reign in your hearts and in the world.



Therefore, little children, pray, pray, pray. I am with you and intercede before my Son Jesus for each of you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (August 25, 2020)



In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

Cathy Nolan

© Mary TV 2020


                                               





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Monday, August 24, 2020

Mary TV: August 24, 2020 Reflection - Don't give up!




































Don't give up!!
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August 24, 2020
St. Bartholomew, Apostle

Dear Family of Mary!

As we look forward to a monthly message from Our Lady tomorrow, let’s again prayerfully meditate on the message for July 25, 2020:

“Dear children! In this peaceless time in which the devil is harvesting souls to draw them to himself, I am calling you to persevering prayer, so that in prayer you discover the God of love and hope. Little children, take the Cross in your hands. May it be your encouragement for love to always win, in a special way now when the Cross and faith are rejected. You be a reflection and an example with your lives that faith and hope are still alive, and a new world of peace is possible. I am with you and intercede for you before my Son, Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (July 25, 2020)

This message is much like a coach’s huddle on the sideline, when the game is a tough one, and the team is getting worn out. 

First the coach recognizes that the opponent is making headway! Yes, the fight is hard, we are down a few points. (In this peaceless time in which the devil is harvesting souls to draw them to himself...). 

What does the coach tell the team? Don’t give up, not now!!   Keep going, keep fighting!! Keep it up until you discover the way to win. … (I am calling you to persevering prayer, so that in prayer you discover the God of love and hope.)

The team is hurting, they are tired and frustrated. So, what does coach say? Don’t let the suffering discourage you! Don't let the opponent take you down. Don’t let it get to you! Now is not the time to give up!! (Little children, take the Cross in your hands. May it be your encouragement for love to always win, in a special way now when the Cross and faith are rejected.)

Finally the coach gives them their game plan! You be the team I have trained you to be, winners! (You be a reflection and an example with your lives that faith and hope are still alive, and a new world of peace is possible!!)

And as an added incentive the coach tells them she is with them to the end! And she has help from someone powerful on their behalf! (I am with you and intercede for you before my Son, Jesus.)

Go, team, Go!!! Don't give up now!! Win!!!

This is a huddle for all of us on Our Lady’s team. She is giving us a pep talk. Don’t give up! A new world of peace is possible!! Don’t give up! I am with you! Don’t give up! I intercede for you before my Son, Jesus. Don’t give up! Take the Cross in your hands! May it be an encouragement for love to always win!! Don’t give up! You be a reflection and an example with your lives that faith and hope are still alive! Thank you for having responded to my call!

We say “Yes” to our heavenly coach! She is a tough woman. There is no stopping her. And she will get the job done. We should be very proud to be on her team. This is going to end in a terrific triumph!! The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart!

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
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