Mary TV: August 31, 2023 Reflection - The world is in such need of your prayers...

 

The world is in such need of your prayers...  August 31, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! September 2, 2019  "Dear children, pray! Pray the Rosary every day - that wreath of flowers which, as a mother, directly connects me with your pains, sufferings, desires, and hopes. Apostles of my love, I am with you through the grace and the love of my Son, and I am asking for prayers of you. The world is in such need of your prayers for souls to be converted. With complete trust, open your hearts to my Son, and in them He will inscribe the summary of His words - which is love. Live in an unbreakable connection with the Most Sacred Heart of my Son. My children, as a mother, I am telling you that it is high time for you to kneel before my Son to acknowledge Him as your God, the center of your life. Offer gifts to Him - that which He most loves - which is love towards neighbor, mercy, and pure hearts. Apostles of my love, many of my children still do not acknowledge my Son as their God; they have not yet come to know His love. But you, with your prayer pronounced from a pure and open heart, by the gifts which you offer to my Son, will make even the hardest hearts open. Apostles of my love, the strength of prayer pronounced from the heart - a powerful prayer full of love - changes the world. Therefore, my children: pray, pray, pray. I am with you. Thank you." Mother, may we begin to pray, pray, pray with all our hearts so as to change the world. We want to help you to rescue your children who still do not acknowledge your Son as their God. May they come to know His love, through our prayer... In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan www.marytv.tv PS. The regular Fall/Winter/Spring Parish Schedule in Medjugorje begins tomorrow (Friday, September 1, 2023) Here is the regular schedule of Live Programs for Mary TV: All times are Medjugorje time (GMT+2) Monday through Saturday- 3:00-4:00 pm - Hour of Mercy and Adoration in the small chapel 4:00-5:00 pm - Daily Rosary with Denis and Cathy 5:00 - 9:00 pm- Evening Program of the Parish Sunday Schedule- 2:00 to 3:00 pm - Podbrdo Rosary 3:00 to 4:00 pm - Hour of Mercy and Adoration in the small Chapel 4:00 - 5:00 pm - Daily Rosary with Denis and Cathy 5:00 - 9:00 pm- Evening Program of the Parish   Mary TV. Inc. | www.marytv.tv "Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world." St. John Paul II Be Connected! www.marytv.tv Mary TV | P.O. Box 899, Notre Dame, IN 46556

 

Mary TV: August 30, 2023 Reflection - God sends me to you out of love

 

God sends me to you out of love August 30, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! April 25, 1997  "Dear children! Today I call you to have your life be connected with God the Creator, because only in this way will your life have meaning and you will comprehend that God is love. God sends me to you out of love, that I may help you to comprehend that without Him there is no future or joy and, above all, there is no eternal salvation. Little children, I call you to leave sin and to accept prayer at all times, that you may in prayer come to know the meaning of your life. God gives Himself to him who seeks Him. Thank you for having responded to my call." In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan www.marytv.tv   Mary TV. Inc. | www.marytv.tv "Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world." St. John Paul II Be Connected! www.marytv.tv Mary TV | P.O. Box 899, Notre Dame, IN 46556

 

Mary TV: August 29, 2023 Reflection - Do not be afraid!

 

Do not be afraid!

Do not be afraid! August 29, 2023 The Passion of St. John the Baptist Dear Family of Mary! Today we honor St. John the Baptist, who was killed by Herod at at a banquet of the powerful and rich who surrounded him. St. John the Baptist is a key personage in the New Testament. He encountered Christ when yet in his mother's womb. He was filled with the Holy Spirit from that moment. He became a hermit and a prophet, dwelling in the desert and calling the people to repentance because the Kingdom of God was at hand. John pointed to Jesus as the Christ, and grew less as Jesus grew great! He remained faithful during his imprisonment and died a martyr. And it was on the Feast Day of the Birth of St. John the Baptist that Our Lady first appeared in Medjugorje. She appeared far up the hill of Podbrdo, and beckoned to the children who saw her. They ran away. But she did not give up, and returned the next day, June 25, 1981, to begin her work through the 6 visionaries. Our Lady chose June 24 as the first day to appear, because she wanted to associate her work in Medjugorje to St. John's prophetic role in Jesus' day. She came to prepare the way for Jesus to return! Just as John prepared the way for Jesus's first coming. And so we honor St. John the Baptist today. We need his prayers and intercession. We need his example of courage and trust in God. Preparing the way for Jesus always entails suffering and self-denial. St. John, please pray for us not to give in to fear. Pray for us to be ready to stand for the truth at all times, and to pray with Our Lady for peace! Here are five messages in which Our Lady has told us, "Do not be afraid..." She wants us to stand with her, to testify to Jesus, to love and care for souls, even when it is difficult. We can do it, just like St. John the Baptist! Our Lady is with us to help us. Let these messages strengthen our resolve, our courage and our love for God: September 25, 2001  "Dear children! Also today I call you to prayer, especially today when satan wants war and hatred. I call you anew, little children: pray and fast that God may give you peace. Witness peace to every heart and be carriers of peace in this world without peace. I am with you and intercede before God for each of you. And you do not be afraid because the one who prays is not afraid of evil and has no hatred in the heart... Thank you for having responded to my call." September 2, 2007  "Dear children, In this time of God's signs, do not be afraid because I am with you. The great love of God sends me to lead you to salvation. Give me your simple hearts, purified by fasting and prayer. Only in the simplicity of your hearts is your salvation. I will be with you and lead you. Thank you." May 2, 2008 (Mirjana) "Dear children, By God's will I am here with you in this place. I desire that you open your hearts to me and to accept me as a mother. With my love I will teach you simplicity of life and richness of mercy and I will lead you to my Son. The way to Him can be difficult and painful but do not be afraid, I will be with you. My hands will hold you to the very end, to eternal happiness; therefore do not be afraid to open yourselves to me. Thank you. Pray for priests. My Son gave them to you as a gift..." December 25, 2018 (Jakov) "Dear children, on this day of grace, I am calling you to love. Little children, God loves you immeasurably and that is why, little children, full of trust and without looking back and without fear, completely surrender your hearts to Him so that God may fill them with His love. Do not be afraid to believe in His love and mercy, because His love is stronger than every one of your weaknesses and fears. Therefore, my children, full of love in your hearts, trust in Jesus and say your ‘yes’ to Him, because He is the only way which leads you to the Eternal Father." March 18, 2018 (Mirjana) "Dear children! I am with you in the name of the greatest Love, in the name of dear God, who has come close to you through my Son and has shown you real love. I desire to lead you on the way of God. I desire to teach you real love so that others may see it in you, that you may see it in others, that you may be a brother to them and that others may see a merciful brother in you. My children do not be afraid to open your hearts to me. With motherly love, I will show you what I expect of each of you, what I expect of my apostles. Set out with me. Thank you." Dearest Mother Mary, we long to be courageous and faith-filled like St. John the Baptist. Please don't let go of our hands. With you we can be brave. Ask St. John the Baptist to pray for us as well, so that we can witness to your Son, Jesus! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan www.marytv.tv   Mary TV. Inc. | www.marytv.tv "Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world." St. John Paul II Be Connected! www.marytv.tv Mary TV | P.O. Box 899, Notre Dame, IN 46556

Mary TV: August 28, 2023 Reflection - Prayer with the Heart!!!

 

 

Prayer with the Heart!!! August 28, 2023 St. Augustine Dear Family of Mary! “Dear children! In this time of grace, I am calling you to prayer with the heart. May your hearts, little children, be raised in prayer towards Heaven, so that your heart may feel the God of love who heals you and loves you with immeasurable love. That is why I am with you, to lead you on the way of conversion of heart. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (August 25, 2023) Today is the Feast of St. Augustine of Hippo. He is one of the great Doctors of the Church!! One of his most famous sentences is this:  "You move us to delight in praising You; for You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You." (from The Confessions). Indeed our hearts are restless, always restless until they find their home in the Heart of God. We know we are meant for God, but we feel so far away from Him. That desire that is unquenched causes us great anxiety. And so Our Lady's words in the message for August 25, 2023 fill us with hope!! She understands and wants to help us find our way into the Heart of God which is Heaven!! Augustine wrote a letter to Proba, and in it he explains the kind of prayer with the heart that I think Our Lady is calling us to. It might be helpful to read St. Augustine's explanation of prayer: Why in our fear of not praying as we should, do we turn to so many things, to find what we should pray for? Why do we not say instead, in the words of the psalm: I have asked one thing from the Lord, this is what I will seek: to dwell in the Lord’s house all the days of my life, to see the graciousness of the Lord, and to visit his temple? There, the days do not come and go in succession, and the beginning of one day does not mean the end of another; all days are one, simultaneously and without end, and the life lived out in these days has itself no end. So that we might obtain this life of happiness, he who is true life itself taught us to pray, not in many words as though speaking longer could gain us a hearing. After all, we pray to one who, as the Lord himself tells us, knows what we need before we ask for it. Why he should ask us to pray, when he knows what we need before we ask him, may perplex us if we do not realize that our Lord and God does not want to know what we want (for he cannot fail to know it), but wants us rather to exercise our desire through our prayers, so that we may be able to receive what he is preparing to give us. His gift is very great indeed, but our capacity is too small and limited to receive it. That is why we are told: Enlarge your hearts, do not bear the yoke with unbelievers. The deeper our faith, the stronger our hope, the greater our desire, the larger will be our capacity to receive that gift, which is very great indeed. No eye has seen it; it has no color. No ear has heard it; it has no sound. It has not entered man’s heart; man’s heart must enter into it. In this faith, hope and love we pray always with unwearied desire. However, at set times and seasons we also pray to God in words, so that by these signs we may instruct ourselves and mark the progress we have made in our desire, and spur ourselves on to deepen it. The more fervent the desire, the more worthy will be its fruit. When the Apostle tells us: Pray without ceasing, he means this: Desire unceasingly that life of happiness which is nothing if not eternal, and ask it of him who alone is able to give it. (Augustine of Hippo (354-430): second reading from the Office of Readings for Sunday of Week 29, taken from the saint’s Letter to Proba) As Our Lady said, "May your hearts, little children, be raised in prayer towards Heaven..." It is our desire for God, our desire to be with Him forever, that will prepare our hearts to receive God in eternity! Raising our hearts in prayer towards Heaven is the exercise of desire!! It will prepare us well!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan www.marytv.tv   Mary TV. Inc. | www.marytv.tv "Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world." St. John Paul II Be Connected! www.marytv.tv Mary TV | P.O. Box 899, Notre Dame, IN 46556