Mary TV: May 6, 2021 Reflection - "As the Father loves me, so I also love you!"

 

 

"As the Father loves me, so I also love you!"

As the Father loves me, so I also love you! May 6, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! Jesus said to his disciples: "As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy might be in you and your joy might be complete."(John 15:9-11) Jesus continues to talk about His love, and the Father's love, and how all that love needs to remain in our hearts! He is insistent that His followers remain in His love. And the way to remain in it is by keeping the Father's commandments. Sometimes that sounds a bit heavy handed. Do what I say and I will love you! But, no, that is not what Jesus means. The commandments of the Father and of Jesus are not ways to control us. The commandments protect us. Living the commandments of God protect us from all the evil plots of the enemy. They steer us clear of all the things the devil has designed to hurt us, to lead us away from God, and to hurt others through us. The commandments defend us from the devil's lies. The commandments are God's love in action. They build the kingdom of God in us, through our choice to live them. By living the commandments we remain in the Father's love. We remain in Jesus' love. We live in that love! Pure joy!!! Our Lady spoke about these very things in this message: December 25, 2007 (Jakov) "Dear children! Today, in a special way I call you to become open to God and for each of your hearts today to become a place of Jesus' birth. Little children, through all this time that God permits me to be with you, I desire to lead you to the joy of your life. Little children, the only true joy of your life is God. Therefore, dear children, do not seek joy in things of this earth but open your hearts and accept God. Little children, everything passes, only God remains in your heart. Thank you for having responded to my call." Our Mother lived perfectly the way of love that Jesus speaks about in this Gospel. She kept the Father's commandments and filled her heart with the joy of remaining in the love of God. And she wants us to follow her in that way of love. She wants to lead us to the joy of life, which is God! She wants God to remain in our hearts!! She wants us to know that only God remains, only God has life, everything else passes. She stands with God, protecting us from the devil, and filling our lives with truth and love. We are the most blessed of children!! Never forget, the only true joy of our lives is God!  In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2021 PS. Check out the new video windows on the home page, www.marytv.tv ! We have added the live camera shots of Apparition Hill, Cross Mountain, and the Blue Cross to our home page! They are directly beneath the Video Library window and the Latest Videos window!! So you can go to those holy places for quiet prayer any time, day or night!! 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: May 5, 2021 Reflection - "Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit."

 

"Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit."

Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit. May 5, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you. Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you. By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.”  (John 15:1-8) In this Gospel, the message is clear. We must remain in Jesus and Jesus in us. We must stay in Jesus, as much as possible, through prayer, through penance, through love. Our Lady gave us the way to remain in Jesus in this message: July 25, 1998 "Dear children! Today, little children, I invite you, through prayer, to be with Jesus, so that through a personal experience of prayer you may be able to discover the beauty of God's creatures. You cannot speak or witness about prayer, if you do not pray. That is why, little children, in the silence of the heart, remain with Jesus, so that He may change and transform you with His love. This, little children, is a time of grace for you. Make good use of it for your personal conversion, because when you have God, you have everything. Thank you for having responded to my call." "Little children, in the silence of the heart, remain with Jesus, so that He may change and transform you with His love." There is no substitute for personal prayer, for prayer in silence where we converse with Jesus. There is no other way to remain grafted on the vine! Our Lady gave us a prayer to Jesus in which we ask for this gift, of remaining in Him. I share it with you now, because it is so very real, so very descriptive of our weaknesses and failures in this regard. We fail to remain with Jesus every day. But we can keep trying. We can turn back to prayer as many times as we slip from it. Jesus will always welcome us back: Petition to God (Given by Our Lady to Jelena Vasilj, 6/22/1985) Recite 3 Glory Be's Oh God, our heart is in deep obscurity, in spite of our union to Your Heart. Our heart is struggling between You and satan; do not permit it to be in this manner! Every time that the heart is divided between good and evil, let it be enlightened by Your light and let it be unified. Never permit, for there to be able to exist in us two loves, that there can never co-exist in us two faiths, and that there can never co-exist in us; lying and sincerity, love and hatred, honesty and dishonesty, humility and pride. Help us on the contrary, so that our hearts may be elevated toward You just like that of a child. May our heart be ravished with peace and continue to always have the nostalgia of it. May Your Holy will and Your love find a permanent place in us, that at least sometimes we would really wish to be Your children And when, Oh Lord, we will desire to be Your children, remember our past desires and help us to receive You again. We open our hearts to you so that Your holy love will remain in us. We open our souls to you, so that they may be touched by Your holy mercy which will help us to see clearly all our sins, and will make us realize, that which makes us impure is sin. God, we want to be Your children, humble and devout, to the point of becoming your cherished and sincere children, such as only the Father would be able to desire that we be. Help us, Jesus our brother, to obtain the goodness of the Father in our regard, and to be good to Him. Help us Jesus, to understand well what God gives us, although sometimes we fail to perform a good act, as though it were for us an evil. Amen May we remain in Jesus and He in us, more and more!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2021 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: May 4, 2021 Reflection - "Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid."

 

 

"Do not let your hearts be trouble or afraid."

Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid! May 4, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! Jesus said to his disciples: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid." (John 14:27-28) Our Lady has come to us in Medjugorje as "The Queen of Peace!" She has been sent by the Father to bring us back into the peace that only God can give. The word peace occurs in hundreds of her messages. It is the reason she has come in this time. Our Lady wants us to receive the peace that only God can give. Jesus came to give us His peace, a peace that is not of this world. The peace that Jesus came to give us is the peace between each one of us and His Father. It is the re-establishment of peace between we humans and our Creator. That peace was lost from the very beginning, when Adam and Eve disobeyed the Father and took their lives into their own hands. They broke trust with God, and established the great divide. Though they had their freedom, they no longer had the loving intimacy of their Father God. They tried to guide themselves, and fell further and further away from His protective love and wisdom. Jesus became one of us in order to heal that divide and provide the path back into the Father's embrace. And He did it! The way leads through His Death and Resurrection. As we follow Jesus, we receive that peace which is not of this world, the peace of God, the peace of a restored relationship with our loving Father-God. In that relationship, there can be no troubled hearts, no fear!! Our Lady wants us to find that path. Indeed, she had a big part in providing it! Here are a few messages in which she calls us to that path, to that peace that Jesus gives us. May these messages fill us with confidence and peace in God: June 25, 1987 "Dear children! Today I thank you and I want to invite you all to God's peace. I want each one of you to experience in your heart that peace which God gives. I want to bless you all today. I am blessing you with God's blessing and I beseech you, dear children, to follow and to live my way. I love you, dear children, and so not even counting the number of times, I go on calling you and I thank you for all that you are doing for my intentions. I beg you, help me to present you to God and to save you. Thank you for having responded to my call." January 25, 2000 "Dear children! I call you, little children, to pray without ceasing. If you pray, you are closer to God and He will lead you on the way of peace and salvation. That is why I call you today to give peace to others. Only in God is there true peace. Open your hearts and become those who give a gift of peace and others will discover peace in you and through you and in this way you will witness God's peace and love which He gives you. Thank you for having responded to my call." December 25, 2002 "Dear children! This is a time of great graces, but also a time of great trials for all those who desire to follow the way of peace. Because of that, little children, again I call you to pray, pray, pray, not with words but with the heart. Live my messages and be converted. Be conscious of this gift that God has permitted me to be with you, especially today when in my arms I have little Jesus - the King of Peace. I desire to give you peace, and that you carry it in your hearts and give it to others until God's peace begins to rule the world. Thank you for having responded to my call." December 25, 2011 "Dear children! Also today, in my arms I am carrying my Son Jesus to you, for Him to give you His peace. Pray, little children, and witness so that in every heart, not human but God's peace may prevail, which no one can destroy. It is that peace in the heart which God gives to those whom He loves. By your baptism you are all, in a special way called and loved, therefore witness and pray that you may be my extended hands to this world which yearns for God and peace. Thank you for having responded to my call." September 2, 2005 "Dear children, I, as a mother come to and am showing you how much your God, your Father loves you. And you? Where are you, my children? What takes the first place in your hearts? Why do you not put my Son in the first place? My Children, allow God's blessings to fall upon you. Let God's peace overcome you. Peace, that my Son gives, only He." December 25, 2002 "Dear children! Today, on the day of love and peace, with Jesus in my arms, I call you to prayer for peace. Little children, without God and prayer you cannot have peace. Therefore, little children, open your heart so that the King of Peace may be born in your heart. Only in this way, you can witness and carry God's peace to this peaceless world. I am with you and bless you with my motherly blessing." In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2021 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: May 3, 2021 Reflection - Be carriers of the Gospel

 

Be carriers of the Gospel

Be carriers of the Gospel in your families! May 3, 2021 SS Philip and James, Apostles Dear Family of Mary! "Dear children! Also today I call you to be carriers of the Gospel in your families. Do not forget, little children, to read Sacred Scripture. Put it in a visible place and witness with your life that you believe and live the Word of God. I am close to you with my love and intercede before my Son for each of you. Thank you for having responded to my call." (January 25, 2006) I have recently become aware of how important the Scriptures are for me in my spiritual life. I have always loved and prayed with the Scriptures. But they are becoming a real window into the heart and mind of God in these days. Denis and I pray together each day and often ask the Lord to give us a scripture during that prayer. It seems that almost every time, the passage we open to in the Bible is helpful for us. God loves to speak to us through the Scriptures. There are so many layers of meaning, so much to learn from each little section of the Bible!! The more we pray with the Scriptures, the more we can carry them to our families. We will be thinking about what we have read and prayed over, and it will give the Holy Spirit room to enlighten us even more. God's word is best explained by God Himself!! The Holy Spirit can explain a scripture so well!! You just have to ask! And then you can share that understanding with your family! Really, the Bible needs to be our best friend. Lately, when I pick up the Bible to read something, I feel drawn to kiss the front cover, as if it is my best friend! That is how much I love the Word of God!! It feeds my soul. I think Our Lady wants us to be constantly fed by God's Word in the Scriptures. She told us: "Dear children! Pray, pray, pray for the radiance of your prayer to have an influence on those whom you meet. Put the Sacred Scripture in a visible place in your families and read it, so that the words of peace may begin to flow in your hearts. I am praying with you and for you, little children, that from day to day you may become still more open to God's will. Thank you for having responded to my call." (January 25, 2014) May the words of peace, the Sacred Scriptures, begin to flow in our hearts ever more and more!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary 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