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Lo, I will send you Elijah, the prophet...
December 23, 2024
Dear Family of Mary!
"Lo, I will send you
Elijah, the prophet, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and
terrible day, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and
the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land
with doom." (Malachi 3:23-34, first reading for Mass today)
This scripture concludes the Old Testament! It
speaks of another Elijah to come when God is about to bring down his
judgement! Amazingly, in the New Testament, St Luke picks up the words
of Malachi for the first chapter of his gospel (Luke 1:57-66), when the
angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, John's father, and spoke to him
about his son, "...he will turn many of
the sons of Israel to the Lord their God, and he will go before him in
the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to the
children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready
for the Lord a people prepared." (Luke 1:16-17)
Clearly, St Luke tells us that John is the one
Malachi was announcing as the "Elijah" to come! John the Baptist was
sent to announce the coming of the Lord! He went before Jesus, to
prepare the way for His coming. And his witness was pure and true.
I am always intrigued that Our Lady first appeared
on June 24, 1981, which is the Feast of the Birth of St. John the
Baptist! I believe that she came on that feast to make it clear that
she was now carrying on the prophetic role of St. John, who was the
successor of Elijah before him, preparing the way for the coming of her
Son in our day.
May we recognize her coming as prophetic, and
respond to her call to repent and turn to her Son with complete trust
and readiness to do all He asks of us in this time of grace.
Our Lady said to us:
September 2, 2015
"Dear children,
My dear apostles of love,
my carriers of truth,
again I am calling you
and gathering you around me to help me,
to help all of my children who thirst for love and truth -
who thirst for my Son.
I am a grace from the Heavenly Father,
sent to help you to live the word of my Son.
Love one another.
I lived your earthly life.
I know that it is not always easy,
but if you will love each other,
you will pray with the heart,
you will reach spiritual heights
and the way to heaven will be opened for you.
I, your mother, am waiting for you there
because I am there.
Be faithful to my Son
and teach others faithfulness.
I am with you.
I will help you.
I will teach you faith
that you may know
how to transmit it to others
in the right way.
I will teach you truth
that you may know how to discern.
I will teach you love
that you may come to know what real love is...
My children,
my Son will make it so as to speak
through your words and your actions.
Thank you."
Clearly, Mother needs us to carry on her mission to
spread the love of her Son. She speaks with Heavenly authority. She is
raising us up to be like St. John the Baptist, who pointed the way to
Christ, speaking in the desert and baptizing the people in a baptism of
repentance.
We live in a spiritual desert in these days, created
by the enemy of our souls. But we can bring the truth to thirsting
souls, by sharing the truth of our salvation, through Jesus and through
Mary! So many people long for the truth, the light of faith, the love
of God! We can show them the way, through our testimonies and our love.
St. Elijah, pray for us! St. John the Baptist, pray for us! Mother Mary, Queen of Peace, pray for us!!
God bless you,
Cathy Nolan
Mary TV
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