Mary TV: May 6, 2022 Reflection - The bread which came down from Heaven...

 

The Bread which came down from Heaven  May 6, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! As we continue in John's Gospel (6:52-59), Jesus hammers away at the reality of eating His flesh and drinking His blood. He insists upon it over and over, at least 6 times in this short paragraph! Why would Jesus be so insistent and graphic about eating His Flesh and drinking His Blood? I seems to me that He did not want any discussion about it later, no dumbing down of what the Eucharist is. As horrific as it appears, He would not back down. We must eat His Flesh and drink His Blood if we want to have life within us: The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever." This he said in the synagogue, as he taught at Caper'na-um. (John 6:52-59) I always wonder how this must have sounded to Our Lady. This tender Mother who would die for her Child, must accept without understanding the most barbaric of notions: That Jesus' followers would have to eat His Flesh and drink His Blood if they wanted to abide in Her Son. This was the leap of faith that she was most equipped to make, but which must of cost her a great deal. We get a clue as to her pure hearted response to the Eucharist in messages like this one: May 2, 2018 "Dear children, all that my Son, who is the light of love, has done and does, He has done out of love. Also you, my children, when you live in love and love your neighbors, you are doing the will of my Son. Apostles of my love, make yourselves little; open your pure hearts to my Son so that He can work through you. With the help of faith, be filled with love. But, my children, do not forget that the Eucharist is the heart of faith. This is my Son who feeds you with His Body and strengthens you with His Blood. This is a miracle of love: my Son who always comes anew, alive, to bring life back to souls. My children, by living in love you are doing the will of my Son and He lives in you. My children, my motherly desire is for you to always love Him more, because He is calling you with His love. He is giving you love so that you may spread it to all those around you. As a mother, through His love, I am with you to speak the words of love and hope to you - to speak to you the eternal words that are victorious over time and death - so as to call you to be my apostles of love. Thank you." Can we say "yes" to Jesus and to Mary? Do we love them with complete love and trust? So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; Here is the prayer to Our Lady we are praying every day in May! Litany to the Holy Name of Mary In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV 2022

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Mary TV: May 5, 2022 Reflection - I am the living bread...

 

I am the Living Bread!  May 5, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! In our Gospel for today (John 6:44-51), Jesus tells us that He is "The Bread of Life". Indeed, this Heavenly Food changes everything for us. Jesus becomes our food and our sacrifice to the Father because only He can satisfy the debt we have incurred by our sins. Jesus saves us in the Eucharist: Jesus said to the crowds: “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him on the last day. It is written in the prophets: They shall all be taught by God. Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my Flesh for the life of the world.” (John 6: 44-51) Our Lady has made the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass the center of each day in Medjugorje! The pilgrims are presented with the Holy Mass twice each day, once in their home language, and then in the evening with all the pilgrims together. Our Mother calls us to "come to the table of my Son!" Let her message from August 2, 2016 draw your hearts to the Eucharistic Lord: August 2, 2016 "Dear children, I have come to you - among you - for you to give me your concerns so that I may offer them to my Son; that I may intercede for you before Him for your good. I know that each of you has his concerns, his trials. Therefore I am inviting you in a motherly way: come to the table of my Son. He is breaking bread for you; He is giving Himself to you; He is giving you hope; He is asking for more faith, hope and serenity from you. He is seeking of you to battle within against egoism, judgment and human weaknesses. Therefore, as a mother, I am saying: pray; because prayer gives you strength for the interior battle. My Son, when He was little, often said to me that there will be many who will love me and call me 'mother'. Among you, I feel love. Thank you. For the sake of that love I am imploring my Son that none of you, my children, will return home the same as he came; that you may take with you all the more hope, mercy and love; that you may be my apostles of love who will witness with their lives that the Heavenly Father is the source of life and not of death. Dear children, anew, in a motherly way I am imploring you, pray for the chosen ones of my Son, for their blessed hands - for your shepherds - that they may preach my Son with all the more love and in this way bring about conversions. Thank you." Jesus is the Bread of Life! We are so blessed! Here is the prayer to Our Lady we are praying every day in May! Litany to the Holy Name of Mary In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV 2022

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Mary TV: May 4, 2022 Reflection - Everyone who sees the Son...

 

Everyone who sees the Son...  May 4, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! In our Gospel for today, Jesus tells us He will raise us on the last day: For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day." (John 6:40) Jesus makes it perfectly clear that if we see and believe in Him, the Father will give us eternal life and resurrection! This promise is something we cannot ignore or minimize. This is the source of our hope for eternal life with the Father in Heaven. This is what we should be living for!! But do we live every day of our lives with our eyes on this hope? Is it at the top of our list? I think that our sins are about the only thing that can dim this hope. If we are afraid to confess, afraid to admit, afraid to face up to, our sins, then our eyes drop down and we see something much less than the Son of God. Every one who sees the Son...we must dare to look right at Jesus, even with our sinfulness, and believe in Him, even before we make it to confession. We must keep that focus, and run to the Church to confess, so that the Father will bestow upon us Eternal Life!! Our Lady spoke these words to us: December 25, 2018 "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." (Jakov) "For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day." (John 6:40) Here is the prayer to Our Lady we are praying every day in May! Litany to the Holy Name of Mary In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV 2022

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Mary TV: May 3, 2022 Reflection - The Way, the Truth and the Life!

 

The Way, the Truth and the Life  May 3, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! Saints Philip and James, Apostles In our Gospel for today, Jesus tells us that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life: "Jesus said to Thomas, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, then you will also know my Father." (John 14:6-7) We have been given all we need in Jesus. He is the Father's gift to us. The Father wants us to come closer to Him every day. And it is Jesus who can bring us closer to the Father. Jesus is the Way! The Father wants us to know the Truth, and in the Truth to be set free. Jesus is the Truth! The Father wants us to have life, and have it to the full. The Father wants us to live with Him eternally! Jesus is the Life! The Father has given us Jesus, so that Jesus can bring us back to Him. We are so loved!! Our Lady spoke these words to us: January 25, 2016 "Dear children! Also today I am calling all of you to prayer. You cannot live without prayer, because prayer is a chain which brings you closer to God. Therefore, little children, in humility of heart return to God and to His commandments so that with all of your heart you are able to say: As it is in Heaven so may it be on earth. You, little children, are free to in freedom decide for God or against Him. See where Satan wants to pull you into sin and slavery. Therefore, little children, return to my heart so that I can lead you to my Son Jesus who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Thank you for having responded to my call." Mother, thank you for leading us to your Son who is the Way the Truth and the Life. We will follow you to Him. We will choose Him in freedom and in love. We will pray, as you teach us to pray, so that we are always close to Jesus! Thank you, dearest Mother! Here is the prayer to Our Lady we are praying every day in May! Litany to the Holy Name of Mary In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV 2022

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Mary TV: May 2, 2022 Reflection - I am here with you!

 

I am here with you!  May 2, 2022 St. Athanasius Dear Family of Mary! Our Lady is here with us! This is the "Good News" of Medjugorje! Our Lady is here. She is near. She is close to us, present to us, loving us and guiding us through her presence. Her presence in Medjugorje is at the base of the testimony of each pilgrim! The Mother is with us. During this month of May, dedicated to Our Lady in a special way, I want to examine a message a day, with an eye to what Her Motherly Heart is offering us through her presence among us. Here is a beautiful message from 2018 to start with: March 2, 2018 "Dear children, great are the works that the Heavenly Father has done in me, as He does in all those who love Him tenderly and who faithfully and devoutly serve Him. My children, the Heavenly Father loves you, and it is through His love that I am here with you. He is speaking to you. Why do you not desire to see the signs? Everything is easier alongside Him. Also, pain lived with Him is easier because faith exists. Faith helps in the pain, (but) pain without faith leads to despair. Pain lived and offered to God raises up. Did my Son not redeem the world through His painful sacrifice? As His mother I was with Him in the pain and suffering, as I am with all of you. My children, I am with you in life, in suffering, in pain, in joy and in love. Therefore, have hope. It is hope that makes you comprehend that life is there. My children, I am speaking to you, my voice is speaking to your soul, my heart is speaking to your heart. Oh, apostles of my love, how much my motherly heart loves you. How many things I desire to teach you. How my motherly heart desires that you be complete, and you can be complete only when your soul, body and love are united within you. I implore you as my children, pray much for the Church and her servants - your shepherds; that the Church may be such as my Son desires - clear as spring water and full of love. Thank you." Our Lady makes it clear that she is with us in Medjugorje in order to help us through our trials and sufferings. She is with us to give us strength of faith, which will help us not only survive our trials but to conquer them with love and joy! Let us not lose hope in these days. Our Lady is here with us to help us! Let us pray: Litany to the Holy Name of Mary St. John Henry Newman LORD, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. Son of Mary, hear us. Son of Mary, graciously hear us. Heavenly Father, who hast Mary for Thy daughter, Have mercy on us. Eternal Son, who hast Mary for Thy mother, Have mercy on us.                      Holy Spirit, who hast Mary for Thy spouse, Have mercy on us. Glorious Trinity, who hast Mary for Thy handmaid, Have mercy on us. Mary, Mother of the Living God,                 Pray for us. Mary, Daughter of the Light Unapproachable,       Mary, our light, Mary, our sister, Mary, stem of Jesse, Mary, offspring of kings, Mary, best work of God, Mary, immaculate, Mary, all fair, Mary, Virgin Mother, Mary, suffering with Jesus, Mary, pierced with a sword, Mary, bereft of consolation, Mary, standing by the Cross, Mary, ocean of bitterness, Mary, rejoicing in God’s will, Mary, our Lady, Mary, our Queen, Mary, bright as the sun, Mary, fair as the moon, Mary, crowned with twelve stars, Mary, seated on the right hand of Jesus, Mary, our sweetness, Mary, our hope, Mary, glory of Jerusalem, Mary, joy of Israel, Mary, honour of our people, Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us. V. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. R. Blessed art Thou among women. Let us Pray O Almighty God, who seest how earnestly we desire to place ourselves under the shadow of the name of Mary, vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, that as often as we invoke her in our need, we may receive grace and pardon from Thy holy heaven, through Christ our Lord.—Amen In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV 2022

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