Sister Emmanuel: February Report from Medjugorje

Medjugorje, February 11, 2018 Our Lady of Lourdes   Dear Children of Medjugorje, praise be to Jesus and Mary! 1. On February 2, 2018 Mirjana received her monthly apparition in her home, in the presence of a small crowd.  After the apparition, she shared the following message, which Our Lady gives to all of us: "Dear children, you whom my Son loves, you whom I love with an immeasurable motherly love, do not permit for selfishness, for self love, to rule the world. Do not permit for love and goodness to be hidden. You who are loved, who have come to know the love of my Son, remember that to be loved means to love. My children, have faith. When you have faith you are happy and are spreading peace; your soul trembles with joy. My Son is in such a soul. When you are giving yourself for the faith, when you are giving yourself for love, when you are doing good to your neighbor, my Son smiles in your soul. Apostles of my love, I am turning to you as a mother. I am gathering you around myself and I desire to lead you on the way of love and faith, on the way which leads to the light of the world. I am here for the sake of love, for the sake of faith, because with my motherly blessing I desire to give you hope and strength on your way - because the way which leads to my Son is not easy. It is full of renunciation, giving, sacrifice, forgiveness and much, much love. But this way leads to peace and happiness. My children, do not believe lying voices which speak to you about false things, false glitter. You, my children, return to the Scripture. I am looking at you with immeasurable love, and through God's grace am making myself evident to you. My children, set out with me. May your soul tremble with joy! Thank you." See the apparition here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87SGGlo8RwE 2. An exorcist priest in Italy.     Known in his parish for his powerful prayer, this Priest told me that one day a young man who was in big trouble came to see him, and begged to talk to him because he was desperate. He was at the end of his rope. Not only was he physically ill, but he was also in constant mental turmoil. He had become addicted to occult practices that were devastating to his soul, but those practices were only cherry on the cake. He was also into drugs, alcohol and other harmful, addictive things! Unfortunately, this priest was in the middle of another difficult case, and couldn't interrupt that process. But seeing the young man in so much pain, he didn't want him to leave with too much disappointment. He then thought of the beautiful statue of the Mother of God that he had placed in his church. This was the statue of the Blessed Mother at the rue du Bac in Paris, the sanctuary of the Miraculous Medal. In this statue, her hands are extended outwards, with rays of light shining forth from the rings on her fingers representing the graces that she gives when they are asked for by her children. In order to make sure that this lost sheep would not be left alone in his horrible darkness, the priest invited him to have great confidence in the Blessed Virgin, saying: "Go pray before the statue and look at her right in the eye! She is your Mother, she will help you!" Disappointed at not being able to open his heart to the priest, the young man went to kneel before the Mother of God and poured out all his misery. He focused his gaze on her eyes. Suddenly, he felt a great sense of relief coming from Mary's eyes. Never in his life had he felt such maternal tenderness. Full of joy, he remained for a long time in front of the statue, transfixed. It was like a balm that penetrated his body, his heart and his soul! When he left he was healed and free! Blessed Mary, chosen by God to crush the head of the serpent, was the perfect person to rescue this lost son, trapped by the false happiness that the world offers our young people today. In her maternal compassion, Mary had obtained this release from God. Dear friends, it is no coincidence that once again this month Our Lady tells us: "I look at you with immense love and, by the grace of God, I show myself to you. My children, set out with me. May your soul leap with joy!" Let her Motherly gaze penetrate in the innermost depths of our being! 3. Vigilance for Lent.  Saint John Bosco had gathered many children who were abandoned on the streets of Turin (Italy). His mother, Margarita, had the difficult task of being a mother to this new found, very large family. One day she just couldn't do it anymore, and she said to her son: "I'm exhausted. They break everything. You can't keep them still. I quit. Find someone else to take care of them!" Don Bosco remained silent. He knew how much she was doing for them, working practically around the clock. So he pulled a crucifix from his pocket and held it before his mother's eyes. She took a long look at Jesus on the cross, understood the message and ended up saying: "Alright, I'll stay!"  Jesus didn't try to avoid what was coming when it became too difficult.   Vicka loves to ask Jesus in prayer: "Lord, tell me, what can I do for you, to comfort you on your way of the cross?" I think that this is the right question we should ask at the beginning of Lent.  Concerning the fast, some people are still reluctant to commit to this practice which the Queen of Peace actually requested from us. Fasting is a grace that we can ask for with fervor because it bears amazing fruit! Let's not forget this message, especially these days with what we are seeing in the news: "Dear children, only by fasting and prayer can you prevent wars, stop wars and suspend natural laws." (Flood, tsunami, avalanches, fire, etc.) So let us ask ourselves: what could be easier? Fasting on bread and water on Wednesdays and Fridays, or repairing the damage of an earthquake or of a flood that could have been prevented through fasting?      4. Pope calls for Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace on 23 February. Check it out here: http://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2018-02/pope-angelus-appeal-prayer-fasting-peace-drc-south-sudan.html 5. Here is a prayer that will help us to fast with all our heart   Evening prayer before a fasting day: "Dear Jesus, you know that tomorrow is a day of fasting. You also know that I decided to fast, as your Mother urgently invites us to do. However Jesus, to tell you the truth, I really need You, because I am so attached to food! Fasting is an effort that is difficult for me. O Jesus, I beg you, please stay with me all day. Do not allow temptation to come and steal away the grace that You have prepared for me for tomorrow. I would like to help you reach all those hearts that are now closed to Your call! I know that by offering my fast, You will be able to fill them with Your Light and Your Love. But you know how weak I am... Dear Jesus, give me the grace of fasting with my heart, so as to obtain rich fruits of conversion for my family and so many others, without thinking about food that I will not eat. ... I don't want to make this decision by myself, but with You. Be my strength, my God! With You, anything is possible and I am not afraid! And also, Jesus, my joy is to think about the millions of Your children who will be spiritually united with me tomorrow, also fasting on bread and water. I will not be alone and that is very encouraging. Your Mother calls us "the apostles of her love." She depends on us to carry out her plans for the world... What an honor to be part of this family! Dear Jesus, talking to you has already given me courage. Thank you! I surrender myself to You in confidence. I unite my fast to Your fasting in the desert, so that it will acquire infinite value, and this fills me with joy!" 6.  The next live broadcast will take place on March 3rd at 9 p.m. (in French).  The February 3rd broadcast can be seen here:  http://www.enfantsdemedjugorje.fr/index.php/le-direct-du-3.html Dearest Gospa, we beg you, please inspire us with your own feelings when you could foresee the Passion of your Son Jesus! May this Lent connect us deeply with the secrets of your motherly heart! What did Jesus share with you before His Passion? Sister Emmanuel + (Translated from French) PS 1. Pray with us for our dear Benedict XVI, who says he is feeling increasingly weak, but without any fear, as death is coming near.  PS 2. On 19 March, we will be celebrating the feast of the great St Joseph. Let us offer him a thirty-day prayer to thank him for his kindness and entrust him with our most urgent intentions! On 15 March, I will be giving a witness about him. But please do send us yours! Every time he is honored by one of his fans, he answers the favor with special graces. Don't miss the boat! PS 3. "Truly Sister Emmanuel's Best Work Yet!" 500 Copies Sold in the First Two Days of Publication! First Edition is Almost Sold Out. Get it today!  $13.00 + Shipping Click the picture above to order PS 4. New! Watch Sister Emmanuel's DVD given to the Youth in Argentina (English and Spanish) On YouTube: archive.org/details/CharlaSorEmmanuel211117 And her DVD on suffering given in Medjugorje (English and Croatian)  PS 5. Download Sister's MP3s today! Check them out here: https://sremmanuel.org/product-category/download/ PS 6. Follow the evening program of the parish of Medjugorje, translated into all languages. See the parish site at: http://www.centremedjugorje.org/    PS 7. Mgr. Cattenoz, archbishop of Avignon, consecrated his diocese to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on 8 Dec. 2017, after a novena where all the members of the diocese were invited to pray the following prayer, written by Cardinal Sarah: "Dear Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Angels and of the Saints, Mediatrix of all graces, we find refuge and protection in your Immaculate Heart, because you are our Mother. Grant us, as you had promised the three shepherds in Fatima, to learn how to offer our life each day for the salvation of sinners. May your maternal love reach out and touch those hearts that have become hardened through sin, so that all men, who have been saved by the blood of your Son on the Cross, may find the path to love, penitence and reconciliation with God and with their brothers. Then will we be able to all sing together in a single heart the triumph of your maternal Mercy. Amen." Followed by 1 Our Father, 10 Hail Mary's, 1 "Glory Be", and 3 times "O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee." Has your diocese not been consecrated yet? Prepare the way by saying this prayer! Mgr. Cattenoz has invited every parish to be consecrated to Mary's Immaculate Heart.  PS 8. Our next missions will be in: Italy in February  Latvia in March  France in June Indonesia and China in July  Spain in September  Please continue to pray very much for these missions, and those in these countries who are thirsty for Our Lady's guidance to her Son. PS 9. Gloria Polo (Colombia) is among the best witnesses of our time, when so many Catholics have left Jesus. Her words have brought back to Him thousands of people. It is difficult to remain the same person after listening to her. Her testimony is on this link, religion/gloria_polo_ testimony.html PS 10. The parish of Medjugorje is inviting us to the 6th International Spiritual Retreat for Life, from 9 to 12 May 2018. To the 19th Spiritual Retreat for married couples, from 7 to 10 Nov. To the 23rdInternational Retreat for priests from 2 to 7 July.  Sign up at: seminar.marija@medjugorje.hr (Marija Dugandzic). The Youth Festival will be held from August 1 to 6, please sign up with your local organizations.  PS 11. Sign up to receive the 'Monthly reports from Medjugorje' by Sr. Emmanuel   French: 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 PS 12. What We're Up To We've been busy keeping Sister Emmanuel's apostolate functioning in the US:   1. Publishing 2nd edition of Sister's newest book: Scandalous Mercy - lowered cost to consumer by lowering shipping costs and profitability; 2. Publishing Scandalous Mercy in UK and Ireland via CreateSpace; 3. Publishing ebook of Scandalous Mercy for download throughout the English reading world; 4. Moving all inventory from Kansas to Ohio to decrease price to customer cost. 4. Added 30,000 contacts to Constant Contact Account  - Now supporting email platforms for the Italian, Spanish, French and English Newsletters through Constant Contact ($455/month) Please prayerfully consider a donation to Sr. Emmanuel's apostolate in the US. Donate online by clicking here, or mail a check to Children of Medjugorje, Inc., P.O. Box 18430, Denver, CO 80218. Thank you!    You are no longer receiving the news? Is spam blocking our emails? Please add us to your "safe" list of contacts! Children of Medjugorje, INC, PO Box 18430, Denver, CO 80218

Mary TV: February 14, 2018 Reflection -This is a time of grace!

 (c)Mateo Ivankovic 2018

February 14, 2018
Ash Wednesday

Dear Family of Mary!

Today is a solemn day. We begin our journey through Lent. We go together. We go with Our Lady leading us!

April 25, 2007 "Dear children! Also today I again call you to conversion. Open your hearts. This is a time of grace while I am with you, make good use of it. Say: 'This is the time for my soul'. I am with you and love you with immeasurable love. Thank you for having responded to my call."

Brothers and sisters:
We are ambassadors for Christ,
as if God were appealing through us.
We implore you on behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin,
so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Working together, then,
we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
For he says:
In an acceptable time I heard you,
and on the day of salvation I helped you.
Behold, now is a very acceptable time;
behold, now is the day of salvation
(2 Cor 5:20-6:2)

 

March 18, 2003

"Dear children! Particularly at this holy time of penance and prayer, I call you to make a choice. God gave you free will to choose life or death. Listen to my messages with the heart that you may become cognizant of what you are to do and how you will find the way to life. My children, without God you can do nothing; do not forget this even for a single moment. For, what are you and what will you be on earth, when you will return to it again. Do not anger God, but follow me to life. Thank you for being here."

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2018
PS. During Lent, Denis and I will pray the Stations of the Cross during the Hour of Mercy. Join us at 3:00 pm Medjugorje time!! Live!

"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world."
Saint John Paul II
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Mary TV: February 13, 2018 Reflection - Seek God and the things of God

(c)Mateo Ivankovic 2018 February 13, 2018 Fat Tuesday      Dear Family of Mary! "Dear children! May this time be for you a time of prayer, so that the Holy Spirit, through prayer, may descend upon you and give you conversion. Open your hearts and read the Sacred Scripture, that through the testimonies you also may be closer to God. Above everything, little children, seek God and the things of God and leave earthly ones to the earth, because Satan is attracting you to the dust and sin. You are called to holiness and created for Heaven; therefore, seek Heaven and the things of Heaven. Thank you for having responded to my call." (January 25, 2018) Tomorrow we begin the wonderful and difficult season of Lent. Our Lady speaks of the battle we must fight during Lent in the January 25, 2018 message. Conversion, the reading of Sacred Scripture, the seeking of God and the things of God, the leaving behind of earthly things, the choice to pray.   Of course temptation will be part of this time, since we will be trying our best to deny ourselves, to make room for God and to leave the things of earth. And so St. James' words ring so true:   Blessed is he who perseveres in temptation, for when he has been proven he will receive the crown of life  that he promised to those who love him. No one experiencing temptation should say, "I am being tempted by God"; for God is not subject to temptation to evil, and he himself tempts no one. Rather, each person is tempted when lured and enticed by his desire. Then desire conceives and brings forth sin, and when sin reaches maturity it gives birth to death. Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers and sisters: all good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no alteration or shadow caused by change. He willed to give us birth by the word of truth that we may be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. (James 1:12-18)   May we enter this combat close beside our Mother. She will guide us and teach us, protecting us and blessing us the entire time. May we recognize our errant desires and give them to her, for her to manage. Then may we embrace the desires of her heart, that we may become children of God. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2018 PS. Exciting new CD available on Medjmusic.com!!  (These CD's will help us to keep our eyes and hearts looking towards heaven!)    Songs of Medjugorje is a CD of Roland Patzleiner's music which he has written for Adoration and for Our Lady in Medjugorje, which is now available at medjmusic.com! Until now, it has only been available in Medjugorje. Now it can be purchased as a digital download world wide, or as a physical CD by visiting: Medjmusic.com  Roland has been living in Medjugorje for years and has written much of the Adoration music that is associated with this holy place. Adoration is considered the heart of Medjugorje. Roland's music gives voice to the pilgrim in prayer, with simple, heart felt, holy refrains, and shapes the silence with delicate instrumental interludes. This CD, recorded by Roland himself, is a collection of his adoration songs, and a few songs that honor Our Lady!   Don't forget Mike Nolan's "Mary TV Soundtrack" and "Oh Jesus, We Adore You"   Medmusic.com

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Mary TV: February 12, 2018 Reflection - I desire to lead you on the way of love and faith

(c)Mateo Ivankovic 2017

February 12, 2018

 

Dear Family of Mary!

"...Apostles of my love, I am turning to you as a mother. I am gathering you around myself and I desire to lead you on the way of love and faith, on the way which leads to the light of the world. I am here for the sake of love, for the sake of faith, because with my motherly blessing I desire to give you hope and strength on your way - because the way which leads to my Son is not easy. It is full of renunciation, giving, sacrifice, forgiveness and much, much love. But this way leads to peace and happiness..." (February 2, 2018)

In this mid-section of the February 2, 2018 message, Our Lady prepares us for the season of Lent. She assures us that she comes to us as our mother. She says, "I am turning to you as a mother." Mother's love to prepare their children for the days ahead. In winter they make sure the children have warm clothes and boots. In summer, they provide sunscreen and plenty of fluids. Each school day is prepared for with a lunch and a backpack full of finished homework and all the books they brought home. You get my point. Mothers think ahead for their children and help to make the way clear of obstacles.
"I am gathering you around myself and I desire to lead you on the way of love and faith..." I think Our Lady wants to lead us during this Lent. She wants to bring us all close together by her side, and set off on the way of penance and love, together. She is such a good mother. She will show us how to live this Lent in peace, intense faith and love. I need her to lead me.
"..with my motherly blessing I desire to give you hope and strength on your way..." What if each morning this Lent we consciously asked Our Lady for her blessing so that she would lead us on the way of love and faith? What if that was our Lenten resolution? Think of what a difference it could make. Our Lady's blessing is so powerful. To have it each day in response to her call could make all the difference. We might indeed be filled with hope and strength.

"...the way which leads to my Son is not easy. It is full of renunciation, giving, sacrifice, forgiveness and much, much love..." Our Lady gives us the program for the way which leads to Jesus. This is Lenten road we will be on. The program is:
Renunciation
Giving
Sacrifice
Forgiveness
Much, much Love!
I believe that Our Lady will teach us how to live these five things, step by step and day by day. But she tells us, "...this way leads to peace and happiness..." We have nothing to fear on such a way.  We are headed in the right direction if we follow Our Mother.
With such a Mother preparing us and leading us on our Lenten way, each morning providing her blessing for us, we will have the best Lent ever!!
Can't wait!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2018

PS. Exciting new CD available on Medjmusic.com!!

 

Songs of Medjugorje is a CD of Roland Patzleiner's music which he has written for Adoration and for Our Lady in Medjugorje, which is now available at medjmusic.com! Until now, it has only been available in Medjugorje. Now it can be purchased as a digital download world wide, or as a physical CD by visiting:

Medjmusic.com 

Roland has been living in Medjugorje for years and has written much of the Adoration music that is associated with this holy place. Adoration is considered the heart of Medjugorje. Roland's music gives voice to the pilgrim in prayer, with simple, heart felt, holy refrains, and shapes the silence with delicate instrumental interludes. This CD, recorded by Roland himself, is a collection of his adoration songs, and a few songs that honor Our Lady!

 

Don't forget Mike Nolan's "Mary TV Soundtrack" and "Oh Jesus, We Adore You"

 

Medmusic.com

"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world."
Saint John Paul II
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Mary TV: February 9, 2018 Reflection - My children, have faith!

(c)Mateo Ivankovic 2016   J.M.J. February 9, 2018   Dear Family of Mary! "My children, have faith. When you have faith you are happy and are spreading peace; your soul trembles with joy. My Son is in such a soul. When you are giving yourself for the faith, when you are giving yourself for love, when you are doing good to your neighbor, my Son smiles in your soul..."(February 2, 2018) Our Lady emphasizes faith in her latest message. "Have Faith!" She explains that when we have faith in God, faith in her Son, we are happy. We live peace. We are so alive in our souls that they tremble with joy. Faith is the foundation of a life with Jesus. Our Faith is our choice to believe in Jesus! Our faith makes a home for Jesus in our hearts. And when Jesus finds faith in our hearts, he comes to stay, smiling with joy as well!! The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains the Theological Virtue of Faith this way: 1814 Faith is the theological virtue by which we believe in God and believe all that he has said and revealed to us, and that Holy Church proposes for our belief, because he is truth itself. By faith "man freely commits his entire self to God." For this reason, the believer seeks to know and do God's will. "The righteous shall live by faith." Living faith "work[s] through charity." 1815 The gift of faith remains in one who has not sinned against it. But "faith apart from works is dead" when it is deprived of hope and love, faith does not fully unite the believer to Christ and does not make him a living member of his Body. 1816 The disciple of Christ must not only keep the faith and live on it, but also profess it, confidently bear witness to it, and spread it: "All however must be prepared to confess Christ before men and to follow him along the way of the Cross, amidst the persecutions which the Church never lacks." Service of and witness to the faith are necessary for salvation: "So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven." We can see that Our Lady's words about faith are very much like those of the Church. She very much wants us to live our faith by giving ourselves for the faith. This means witnessing to our faith just as it says in paragraph 1816. She also speaks of "giving yourself for love, when you are doing good to your neighbor..." As it says in the Catechism in paragraph 1814, "The righteous shall live by faith." Living faith "works through charity." To live our faith is to serve our neighbor, to love others and to give ourselves out of love for Jesus, whom we believe in by faith. I also think that when we have a living and vital faith, our faith just shows. I have noticed young people who obviously have had a deep conversion, trembling with joy at Holy Mass. Their faith has taken over in their lives and they are so happy, so desirous of God, so filled with expectation, that they can't contain it. Their entire being seems to tremble with joy! Jesus has come to stay and He is smiling in their soul! May it be so for all of us! May our faith grow so strong that our souls tremble with joy! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2018 PS. Exciting new CD available on Medjmusic.com!!    Songs of Medjugorje is a CD of Roland Patzleiner's music which he has written for Adoration and for Our Lady in Medjugorje, which is now available at medjmusic.com! Until now, it has only been available in Medjugorje. Now it can be purchased as a digital download world wide, or as a physical CD by visiting: Medjmusic.com  Roland has been living in Medjugorje for years and has written much of the Adoration music that is associated with this holy place. Adoration is considered the heart of Medjugorje. Roland's music gives voice to the pilgrim in prayer, with simple, heart felt, holy refrains, and shapes the silence with delicate instrumental interludes. This CD, recorded by Roland himself, is a collection of his adoration songs, and a few songs that honor Our Lady!   Don't forget Mike Nolan's "Mary TV Soundtrack" and "Oh Jesus, We Adore You"   Medmusic.com

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Mary TV: February 8, 2018 Reflection - May this time be for you a time of prayer...

(c)Mateo Ivankovic 2015   J.M.J. February 8, 2018 St. Jerome Emiliani St. Josephine Bakhita Dear Family of Mary! "Dear children! May this time be for you a time of prayer, so that the Holy Spirit, through prayer, may descend upon you and give you conversion. Open your hearts and read the Sacred Scripture, that through the testimonies you also may be closer to God. Above everything, little children, seek God and the things of God and leave earthly ones to the earth, because Satan is attracting you to the dust and sin. You are called to holiness and created for Heaven; therefore, seek Heaven and the things of Heaven. Thank you for having responded to my call." (January 25, 2018)   Yesterday I shared how Denis and I find ourselves unable to get up after Mass, but stay in silence with Jesus in the Tabernacle as if paralyzed. It is the sweet presence of the Savior that holds us so still. I do feel that this is a grace for us now, to be engulfed in the presence of Jesus and His Holy Spirit. As Our Lady told us, "May this time be for you a time of prayer, so that the Holy Spirit, through prayer, may descend upon you and give you conversion." We need conversion in order to be ready for heaven. Jesus wants to prepare us through our prayer to be with Him forever. I received a wonderful confirmation of this gift of prayer from Paulette: Dear Cathy, I can totally relate to what you said in your last paragraph regarding being almost "paralyzed" in front of the Tabernacle praying after Mass. I am so blessed to have Perpetual Adoration at my Parish and these last couple of weeks after daily Mass, I have been drawn in there to sit in front of the Blessed Sacrament in silence.  I, too, do not want to leave. Also, the alarm on my phone is set for 8:40 a.m.:  Medjugorje time, 5:40 p.m. for Gospa's arrival on earth.  I always stop what I am doing and pray to the Blessed Mother, acknowledging Her presence on earth. Just this morning at home, while sitting in front of the computer with Mary TV on, and listening to the Rosary in Croatian, and praying to the Blessed Mother, all of a sudden I could not move.  There was a "stillness" around me and I knew, God was present.  I sat completely still for several minutes, it was overwhelming. This happened to me last year, same thing, same spot in my house, it's not something you forget.  This also happened to me a couple of times when I was in Medjugorje, sitting in front of Father Slavko's grave in the cemetery behind the church. I am a huge proponent of silence.  These last couple of years, I do not watch television, and rarely listen to music.  In this noisy world, we have to "seek" the silence. Do you know the book; "The Power of Silence, Against The Dictatorship of Noise" by Robert Cardinal Sarah?  It is amazing!  It's a slow read and in have to remind myself to not try and rush through.  I'm underlining, in pencil, the most profound sentences, however, it's almost the whole book! God Bless You and Denis for bringing us Medjugorje every day.  I was blessed to go there 4 times, just back December 5th of last year, only 2 months ago! Love in Jesus & Mary, Paulette in California Thank you Paulette! I do believe that we are in a special time of grace for conversion right now, a time for deep prayer and preparation for heaven. Our Lady is bringing us this grace. May we all respond with our hearts to her call in these days.   In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2018

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Mary TV: February 7, 2018 Reflection - "Seek God and the things of God!"

(c)Mateo Ivankovic 2018   J.M.J. February 7, 2018 Dear Family of Mary! "Dear children! May this time be for you a time of prayer, so that the Holy Spirit, through prayer, may descend upon you and give you conversion. Open your hearts and read the Sacred Scripture, that through the testimonies you also may be closer to God. Above everything, little children, seek God and the things of God and leave earthly ones to the earth, because Satan is attracting you to the dust and sin. You are called to holiness and created for Heaven; therefore, seek Heaven and the things of Heaven. Thank you for having responded to my call." (January 25, 2018) I return to the January 25, 2018 message because I feel drawn to it.   "Seek God and the things of God and leave earthly ones to earth..." "You are called to holiness and created for Heaven; therefore, seek Heaven and the things of Heaven."   This is the time to seek heaven, to seek God in everything, to seek holiness and life in God. I feel this call in my heart. I suspect we all do.   St. Faustina became more and more consumed by this call to seek God and Heaven. Late in her life she wrote often of how she could only seek God, only stay with Him in silence, leaving the world behind. Here is one example:   To stay at Your feet, O hidden God, Is the delight and paradise of my soul. Here, You give me to know You, O incomprehensible One, And You speak to me sweetly: Give Me, give Me your heart.   Silent conversation, alone with You, Is to experience what heavenly beings enjoy, And to say to God, "I will, I will give You my heart, O Lord," While You, O great and incomprehensible One, accept it graciously.   Love and sweetness are my soul's life, And Your unceasing presence in my soul. I live on earth in constant rapture, And like a Seraph I repeat, "Hosanna!"   O You Who are hidden, body, soul and divinity, Under the fragile form of bread, You are my life from Whom springs an abundance of graces; And, for me, You surpass the delights of heaven.   When You unite Yourself with me in Communion, O God, I then feel my unspeakable greatness, A greatness which flows from You, O Lord, I humbly confess, And despite my misery, with Your help, I can become a saint. (Diary 1718)   St. Faustina experienced paradise, the rapture of the angels, the life of a saint when she was able to commune with Jesus in silence. All she wanted was to be with Him. Her eyes were fixed on Heaven while she lived humbly on earth. Our Lady is calling us to just such a life. It is not so that we will exclude others or leave our brothers and sisters behind, but so that we can show them the way to heaven, and bring them along. Our love for God will only help them to love Him too! Denis and I are finding ourselves drawn to pray after Mass each day in silence before the Tabernacle. We are almost paralyzed before Jesus, unable to move, unwilling to leave. No words are needed. Just to be with Him. I believe it is a grace Our Lady is giving her children, to just be with her Son. To stay with Him. To love Him. To desire Him alone.   We pray for all of you there too!   In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2018

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Mary TV: February 6, 2018 Reflection - Return to the Scripture!

(c)Mateo Ivankovic 2016   J.M.J. February 6, 2018 St. Paul Miki and companions   Dear Family of Mary!   "...My children, do not believe lying voices which speak to you about false things, false glitter. You, my children, return to the Scripture..." (February 2, 2018) Our Lady warns us about "lying voices." These voices speak to us about false things and false glitter. When and where do we encounter such lying voices? The answer is "everywhere"!! The news media, movies, music, talk shows, magazines, novels, New Age, consumerism, modernism, egoism, all the isms... Lying voices are bombarding us constantly from outside. But there are also lying voices within. These are the temptations that our enemy plants in our hearts to confuse us and lead us astray. Some of those voices sound very much like our own voice. They seem to arise from our past experiences, unforgiveness, resentment, unholy desires, etc.  These voices make us discontent, anxious, bitter, insatiable, depressed, sad, despairing. Such voices offer solutions to our sad state that lead only to a worse state. So what can be done? How can we battle against lying voices? Our Lady says simply, "You my children, return to the Scripture!"   What is it about the Scripture that can save us from lying voices? There is an excerpt from a work by St. Bonaventure that is read in the Office of Readings for Monday, the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, (which was yesterday!) that seems to answer this question! St. Bonaventure shows how the Scriptures can give us all we need to leave such voices behind and grow in faith, hope and love. Read it slowly and let the words sink in:   St. Bonaventure writes: The source of sacred Scripture was not human research but divine revelation.  This revelation comes from the Father of Light from whom the whole concept of fatherhood in heaven and on earth derives.  From him, through Jesus Christ his Son, the Holy Spirit enters into us.  Then, through the Holy Spirit who allots and apportions his gifts to each person as he wishes, we receive the gift of faith, and through faith Christ lives in our hearts.   So we come to know Christ and this knowledge becomes the main source of a firm understanding of the truth of all sacred Scripture.  It is impossible, therefore, for anyone to achieve this understanding unless he first receives the gift of faith in Christ.  This faith is the foundation of the whole Bible, a lamp and a key to its understanding.  As long as our earthly state keeps us from seeing the Lord, this same faith is the firm basis of all supernatural enlightenment, the light guiding us to it, and the doorway through which we enter upon it.  What is more, the extent of our faith is the measure of the wisdom which God has given us.  Thus, no one should overestimate his wisdom; instead, he should soberly make his assessment according to the extent of the faith which God has given him.   The outcome or the fruit of reading holy Scripture is by no means negligible: it is the fullness of eternal happiness.  For these are the books which tell us of eternal life, which were written not only that we might believe but also that we might have everlasting life.  When we do live that life we shall understand fully, we shall love completely, and our desires will be totally satisfied. Then, with all our needs fulfilled, we shall truly know the love that surpasses understanding and so be filled with the fullness of God.  The purpose of the Scriptures, which come to us from God, is to lead us to this fullness according to the truths contained in those sayings of the apostles to which I have referred.  In order to achieve this, we must study holy Scripture carefully, and teach it and listen to it in the same way.   If we are to attain the ultimate goal of eternal happiness by the path of virtue described in the Scriptures, we have to begin at the very beginning.  We must come with a pure faith to the Father of Light and acknowledge him in our hearts.  We must ask him to give us, through his Son and in the Holy Spirit, a true knowledge of Jesus Christ, and along with that knowledge a love of him.  Knowing and loving him in this way, confirmed in our faith and grounded in our love, we can know the length and breadth and height and depth of his sacred Scripture. Through that knowledge we can come at last to know perfectly and love completely the most blessed Trinity, whom the saints desire to know and love and in whom all that is good and true finds its meaning and fulfillment.   (St. Bonaventure (Prologus: Opera Omnia 5, 201-202)   The Sacred Scriptures give us the light of faith, and that faith opens us up to the love of Jesus, which in turn will lead us to all truth and all joy! We will be able to just walk away from lying voices, because we will see that they offer us nothing but dust. True life is with God, and we will recognize it through our knowledge of the Scriptures and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Our Lady is so wise. We can trust her direction. We all need to be reading the Sacred Scriptures with prayerful hearts, open to the Holy Spirit and His light! No false glitter for us! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2018

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Mary TV: February 5, 2018 Reflection - I am looking at you with immeasurable love!

(c)Mateo Ivankovic 2018 J.M.J. February 5, 2018 St. Agatha Dear Family of Mary! I have been praying and reading the February 2, 2018 message all weekend. At this point I can't start talking about parts of it. It seems to be an inseparable whole! I feel the lightness of it, the joy, the hope and faith, the love so strongly. It makes my heart float with joy!   Traci tells me she is doing football touchdown dances in her kitchen!!   So let's take one more day to just drink in these works from heaven. Our Lady is looking at us with immeasurable love!!!!   Our Lady's message to Mirjana Soldo of February 2nd, 2018 Dear children, you whom my Son loves, you whom I love with an immeasurable motherly love, do not permit for selfishness, for self-love, to rule the world. Do not permit for love and goodness to be hidden. You who are loved, who have come to know the love of my Son, remember that to be loved means to love. My children, have faith. When you have faith you are happy and are spreading peace; your soul trembles with joy. My Son is in such a soul. When you are giving yourself for the faith, when you are giving yourself for love, when you are doing good to your neighbor, my Son smiles in your soul. Apostles of my love, I am turning to you as a mother. I am gathering you around myself and I desire to lead you on the way of love and faith, on the way which leads to the light of the world. I am here for the sake of love, for the sake of faith, because with my motherly blessing I desire to give you hope and strength on your way - because the way which leads to my Son is not easy. It is full of renunciation, giving, sacrifice, forgiveness and much, much love. But this way leads to peace and happiness. My children, do not believe lying voices which speak to you about false things, false glitter. You, my children, return to the Scripture. I am looking at you with immeasurable love, and through God's grace am making myself evident to you. My children, set out with me. May your soul tremble with joy. Thank you. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2018 PS.  You can view the apparition to Mirjana at  http://marytv.tv/mirjanas-apparition/

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February 2, 2018 Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace

Mirjana Soldo greets Our Lady on February 2, 2018  (c)Mateo Ivankovic 2018 J.M.J. February 2, 2018 The Presentation of the Lord   Dear Family of Mary!   Our Lady's message through Mirjana Soldo of February 2nd, 2018: Dear children, you whom my Son loves, you whom I love with an immeasurable motherly love, do not permit for selfishness, for self-love, to rule the world. Do not permit for love and goodness to be hidden. You who are loved, who have come to know the love of my Son, remember that to be loved means to love. My children, have faith. When you have faith you are happy and are spreading peace; your soul trembles with joy. My Son is in such a soul. When you are giving yourself for the faith, when you are giving yourself for love, when you are doing good to your neighbor, my Son smiles in your soul. Apostles of my love, I am turning to you as a mother. I am gathering you around myself and I desire to lead you on the way of love and faith, on the way which leads to the light of the world. I am here for the sake of love, for the sake of faith, because with my motherly blessing I desire to give you hope and strength on your way - because the way which leads to my Son is not easy. It is full of renunciation, giving, sacrifice, forgiveness and much, much love. But this way leads to peace and happiness. My children, do not believe lying voices which speak to you about false things, false glitter. You, my children, return to the Scripture. I am looking at you with immeasurable love, and through God's grace am making myself evident to you. My children, set out with me. May your soul tremble with joy. Thank you. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV PS.  You can view the apparition to Mirjana at  http://marytv.tv/mirjanas-apparition/

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February 2, 2018 Reflection - Thank you Mother Mary!!

(c)Mateo Ivankovic 2018 J.M.J. February 2, 2018 The Presentation of the Lord   Dear Family of Mary!   Today is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord! The 4th Joyful Mystery! We will also receive a message through Mirjana. Mary TV will send out that message as soon as we receive it. And we will post the video of Mirjana's encounter with Our Lady as well.   While we wait, let's review the January 2, 2018 message given through Mirjana.   Dear children! When love is beginning to disappear on earth, when the way of salvation is not being found, I, the mother, am coming to help you to come to know true faith - living and profound - so as to help you to truly love. As a mother, I am longing for your mutual love, goodness, and purity. My desire is that you be just and that you love each other. My children, be joyful in your soul, be pure, be children.   My Son used to say that He loves to be among pure hearts, because pure hearts are always young and joyful. My Son said to you to forgive and to love each other. I know that this is not always easy. Suffering makes you grow in spirit. For you to spiritually grow all the more, you must sincerely and truly forgive and love. Many of my children on earth do not know my Son, they do not love Him; but you who do love my Son, you who carry Him in your heart, pray, pray and in praying feel my Son beside you. May your soul breath in His spirit.   I am among you and am speaking about little and great things. I will not grow tired speaking to you about my Son - the true love. Therefore, my children, open your hearts to me. Permit me to lead you as a mother. Be apostles of the love of my Son and of me. As a mother I implore you not to forget those whom my Son has called to lead you. Carry them in your heart and pray for them. Thank you. (January 2, 2018)   Thank you, dearest Mother, for this message. We hope to continue to live what you have said. And thank you for the message you will give us today. Your words help us so very much. We are grateful for all the guidance and grace you give us in these days. What would we do without you???? We love you, dear Mother Mary! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2018

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Mary TV: February 1, 2018 Reflection - Seek God and the things of God...

(c)Mateo Ivankovic 2018 J.M.J. February 1, 2018 Dear Family of Mary!   "...Above everything, little children, seek God and the things of God and leave earthly ones to the earth, because Satan is attracting you to the dust and sin..." (January 25, 2018) In Colossians, St. Paul exhorts us to this very thing, to seek God and the things of God! His words are like sunlight for our souls: If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you once walked, when you lived in them. But now put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old nature with its practices and have put on the new nature, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scyth'ian, slave, free man, but Christ is all, and in all.  Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience, forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.  And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Col 3: 1-17) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2018

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