Author: Cathy Nolan

October 3, 2022 Reflection – Forgive in your families

Before all else forgive in your families… October 3, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! Our Lady has spoken to us often about the absolute need to practice forgiveness in our lives, especially in the family!  It is hard emotional work to forgive, especially in the family!!  We live so closely and can so easily cause hurt, by an off-hand word or action.  We are all imperfect.  But love can conquer all that! Here are two messages that Our Lady gave about forgiveness in the family!  She will help us to grow in our ability to forgive and to ask for forgiveness! January 25, 1996 “Dear Children! Today I invite you to decide for peace. Pray that God give you the true peace. Live peace in your hearts and you will understand, dear children, that peace is the gift of God. Dear children, without love you cannot live peace. The fruit of peace is love and the fruit of love is forgiveness. I am with you and I invite all of you, little children, that before all else forgive in the family and then you will be able to forgive others. Thank you for having responded to my call.” January 25, 2020  “Dear children! Today I am calling you to pray even more, until you feel the holiness of forgiveness in your heart. There must be holiness in the families, little children, because there is no future for the world without love and holiness – because in holiness and joy, you give yourselves to God the Creator who loves you with immeasurable love. This is why He sends me to you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2022    

September 30, 2022 – Wait for the Lord to lead…

Wait for the Lord to lead, and then follow in His way…   September 30, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! I keep hearing in my heart the words from the Office of Readings a few days ago… “Wait for the Lord to lead, then follow in His way…” I feel that the Lord is trying to give me a way of living with these words.  He is asking me to never move ahead with a task or plan without first waiting in prayer for the Lord to lead me.  So many times the plans I devise without prayer turn out to be failures.  All my good intentions are not enough.  If I am living my life with the Lord and with Our Lady, I need to wait upon them, listen to them before I act on something. Our Lady gave a message about this – here it is: October 2, 2010 “Dear children; Today I call you to a humble, my children, humble devotion. Your hearts need to be just. May your crosses be your means in the battle against the sins of the present time. May your weapon be patience and boundless love, a love that knows to wait and which will make you capable of recognizing God’s signs, that your life, by humble love, may show the truth to all those who seek it in the darkness of lies… My children, my apostles, help me to open the paths to my Son. Once again I call you to pray for your shepherds. Alongside them, I will triumph. Thank you.” Everything is in this message! We need humility, in order to follow Jesus. We need to be just to serve Him. We need patience and boundless love in order to know how to wait and to recognize God’s signs…the signs by which He will lead us. We need to be those who in humility reveal the truth! This is how to serve God.  This is so powerful! In Isaiah 40 God speaks to his people about these very things.  He first reminds them of his power and might, and He calls them to wait upon Him and follow Him!  I love this Scripture.  It speaks the truth of our human condition and our need for God.  And His desire to take care of us! Isaiah 40: 25-31 To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power not one is missing.  Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hid from the LORD, and my right is disregarded by my God”? Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary, his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.  Teach me Lord, teach me Lord, to wait!!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2022    

September 29, 2022 Reflection – The Archangels – Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael

Hail, O Favored one, the Lord is with you!   September 29, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! This is the Feast of the Archangels, Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael!  I love this feast.  I love the Archangels!!  They are such a comfort for us in our daily battles.  In honor of St. Gabriel, I would like to share the beautiful conversation that He had with one of us, Our Lady!!!  Here it is, the Annunciation: In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Hail, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end.” And Mary said to the angel, “How shall this be, since I have no husband?” And the angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.  (Luke 1:26-38) What a moment that was!!!  What an honor for Gabriel, to be the one to announce the coming of our Savior to Mary, and to receive her “yes”!!  What an honor and a powerful joy!! Our Lady now comes to us in a similar way with her messages.  They are offers of grace to each of us, sent by the Lord through the Heart of our Mother.  We have the honor to receive these words from Heaven, delivered by Mary, the Mother of God!  And these words are life changing! We are so blessed.  Let us respond as Mary did, saying: Behold I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2022  

September 28, 2022 Reflection – Our Lady’s List of Imperatives!

Our Lady’s List of Imperatives September 28, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! Here again is the September 25, 2022 Message: “Dear children! Pray that the Holy Spirit may enlighten you that you be joyful seekers of God and witnesses of love without bounds. I am with you, little children, and, anew, I am calling all of you: take courage and bear witness to the good works that God is doing in and through you. Be joyful in God. Do good to your neighbor so that it will be good for you on earth and pray for peace, which is threatened because Satan wants war and peacelessness. Thank you for having responded to my call.” When I read this message, I have a sense of intense activity!  It seems that Our Lady is busy and wants us to be busy with her.  She is giving us commands!  She has jobs for us to do!  She is acting and she desires that we become active as well! Notice that she is speaking in imperative sentences for the most part!  You know, the kind of sentence that tells you to do something, without saying “you”!  Things like “Shut the door!”  “Eat your dinner!”  etc. Let me enumerate the list of things Our Lady has for us to do: “(You) Pray that the Holy Spirit may enlighten you…”  PRAY!   “You be joyful seekers of God!” “(You) be… witnesses of love without bounds!” “(You) Take courage…” “(You) Bear witness to the good works that God is doing in and through you.” “(You) Be joyful in God!” “(You) Do good to your neighbor so that it will be good for you on earth…” “(You) Pray for peace, which is threatened because Satan wants war and peacelessness.” This is a mighty list of commands for us!  We would do well to pray over each one to discover how we can begin to live them.  I will leave it at that for now!!  Let’s pray for willing hearts that can receive Our Lady’s list of imperatives and do them!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2022 PS. Here again is the link to the discussion between Fr. Livio and Marija on the message: https://marytv.tv/marija-and-fr-livio-discuss-the-september-25-2022-message/    

Marija and Fr. Livio discuss the September 25, 2022 Message

A Conversation between Fr. Livio and Marija Pavlovic Lunetti on September 25, 2022, about the Message from Our Lady of Medjugorje on September 25, 2022: Dear friends sorry for been late but we had some technical problem, and now Marjia is on air from Medjugorje and she is about to give us the September 25, 2022, Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace: Hi Marjia! Hello Fr. Livio and a greeting to all Radio Maria’s listeners. Today, like every 25th of the month, Our Lady gave us the following message: “Dear children! Pray that the Holy Spirit may enlighten you that you be joyful seekers of God and witnesses of love without bounds. I am with you, little children, and, anew, I am calling all of you: take courage and bear witness to the good works that God is doing in and through you. Be joyful in God. Do good to your neighbor so that it will be good for you on earth and pray for peace, which is threatened because Satan wants war and peacelessness. Thank you for having responded to my call” Fr. Livio: Marjia make some considerations. It seems to me a very beautiful and comforting message. Marjia: Yes, the message is awesome because every time it seems to me that Our Lady has something more to say and today she still invites us to pray “that the Holy Spirit may enlighten us that we be joyful seekers”. In Croatian it is a new word and a single word “bogotražitelji”, seekers of God, witnesses of his immense, unlimited love. We are experiencing this love through all these years in which Our Lady is helping us to build a world of holiness, to be joyful witnesses for peace, in contrast to the one without God that belongs to the devil with war. In Medjugorje there is a place indicated with a statuette that designates the place where Our Lady in the early years called us for the first time to confession and allowed us visionaries and the people with us to touch her gown. Whenever I get close to that place (I love to go there at night) I feel very excited. So, it was today! She told us to be joyful witnesses of God and of His immense, endless love. We are witnessing paganism and atheism which together with other ideologies are taking us away from God. Our Lady does not get tired of telling us: “courage!” She is inviting us once again to courageously witness the works that God does within us and to our neighbor through us. I wanted to share with you an extraordinary testimony about “being united”. A group of parishioners of all ages arrived for the apparition, walking 38 km to ask for the healing of a 16-year-old girl whom the doctors had given no hope due to a virus that had made her fall into a deep coma. Because of the strong and firm faith of the parish priest who accompanied the group, the prayers, fasting, and adoration performed by the people, a miracle of the girl’s complete recovery occurred. She herself with her mother came to Medjugorje and together with me we thanked Our Lady. It was a testimony of profound faith, and this courageous act on the part of the priest showed us that Our Lady responds to our requests. On the hill, in addition to the group, there were also other priests present for the apparition and in this regard, Our Lady restated the importance of asking the priests for blessings and prayers directly on us. So, with great emotion I reported what Our Lady had told me to tell them, which was that their “blessed” hands infuse the blessing of God. I can give many examples of this – so emotionally strong – that have happened in Medjugorje in which those who ask with faith, receive a prompt response! Even just by witnessing the enormous love that God has for us, causes the conversion of so many young people who have not received any gift as yet. Our Lady is encouraging us to pray to the Holy Spirit so that we can be enlightened, joyful bearers of peace and respect and help each other “because it will be good for us on earth” as She says. If while Satan is strong, God’s joy and love are even stronger, we must believe in it! We can become witnessed and intercessors for those who are far away and have not yet known God’s love. F.L. Marjia I wanted to ask you something: when Our Lady tells us to bless and pray, do we have to do as She does and extend our hands above your heads? M. Yes, Our Lady usually extends her hands, looks at us, blesses us while we realize that Heaven has come down to Our life is a passage towards eternal life, and She tells us not to be afraid of evil, but to live good by witnessing peace and prayer. F.L. Marjia, She used the word joyful several times, as if to say don’t be sad. M. Yes, just lately Our Lady has been very joyful. She is encouraging us to become seekers of the Good, of Peace! And the Lord enlightens us through the Holy Spirit until we become docile witnesses. It is also through the reading of Sacred Scripture that we become instruments where God works in an extraordinary way, making us find that necessary courage towards our neighbor who could be a pagan or one in search of God who does not know Him at all, approaching them just as the first Christians did. It could be a relative of ours, a nephew, a son, or a neighbor who has restlessness in his heart and in need of finding that peace that only comes from God through prayer and our support. F.L. This struck me very much: “I call you all again.” It is as if Our Lady is calling us because we are a bit scattered all over the place, we are a bit lost and She calls on us to follow her, She calls on us to listen to Her, to move, to be brave to overcome fear! We should answer this call. M. Yes, Our Lady is encouraging us and telling us to bear witness to the good works received from God so we will be admired for our beauty, holiness, love, and gratitude, like this recent experience I had a few days ago with the healed young girl. When someone gave a testimony, then the others in the group are encouraged to tell their stories, and so, on the same evening, open hearted and full of love, the priests who were present also opened up about their story of how they received the call right here in Medjugorje, making this gathering truly exciting. F.L. Marjia I wanted to tell you one last thing; it is true that in the world there are those who hate God, but the majority of people are as if they were empty waiting for the Light, for joy, for something positive that is, there is a great expectation in this emptiness that we find around us. M. I see it in Medjugorje when people come with a great desire to have supernatural experiences and I send them to the hill of apparitions where there is room for everyone. Pray, also try to sacrifice some of your sleep early in the morning or late in the evening. Many times, people tell how by reading and living the messages, the Sacred Scripture, and climbing the hill of the apparitions, they feel the positivity, the inner peace, and receive the miracle. A lady told me the other day that she had been trying to go to confession for years and had lost the courage to do so after so many negative experiences she had through the priests. Here in Medjugorje, the Lord gave her this opportunity, she found the right priest who allowed her to trust and open her heart by making a good confession. This is one of the miracles that the Lord works where so many wounded people find the strength to start a new life. F.L. Marjia, I would like you to also say a few words of encouragement to our listeners in these difficult moments: how Our Lady is with us and comes every day. M. I am a witness Father Livio, together with Vicka and Ivan of the fact that the Lord is still merciful and that He is still sending us our dear little Madonna, our Queen of Peace who punctually arrives every day and appears, loves us, calls us, and walks with us to take us to Her Son Jesus. She made us fall in love with Her from the beginning and we did it trusting Her! We began to follow Her messages, we began to put them into practice, we chose holiness, chose a new life with God and today we can say that we have not turned back because the Lord is merciful, because even today He isn’t tired of us and is calling us together with his Mother – granting us immense love. God’s Love is not human but Divine! And for this I say to all of you: courage, pray the Holy Spirit to enlighten you so that you can live well here on this Earth and that this is a moment of grace. The presence of Our Lady is a gift that I could never have imagined and today we can say THANK YOU with all our hearts for every moment in which She appears, encourages us, loves us, and believes in us by telling us that we can change this world. She says She is with us and intercedes through her Son and says: “Who is against us if God and Our Lady are with us?” This is why I am stating over and over that you must not be negative but enlighten people, those joyful ones who love God, love their neighbor, men. God is giving us His Mother to tell us that He does not leave us alone. My prayer is for all of you who are in a trial with problems relative to your jobs, health issues; Courage, offer all your sufferings to God who can use the good for your families and for all mankind. We must be the pipes that bring water into the desert and where there is no faith bring it with our offerings and sacrifices, sufferings, prayers and small fasting. Our Lady said that through suffering, prayer and fasting even wars can be stopped. We experience it in small and big things that the Lord does, and He calls on us to be his collaborators. We are here but Medjugorje is not a physical place alone, but it is in the hearts of many people who, returning to their homes, begin to live their faith deeply again by witnessing both in their workplace and in their family where they pray together, read the Sacred Scripture, the messages of Our Lady, the lives of the saints who become our example, such as Saint John Paul II or as those we have known and who have always behaved in a holy way. For example, Mother Teresa of Calcutta and even many others who have not been proclaimed saints but have nevertheless lived in a holy way and for us they are an example of a model of life. I wish this to all of you. May you live in a holy way, live with joy and serenity in your heart because God loves us and sent us His mother to tell us that we are not alone! She has not abandoned us to ourselves: Her “Thank you because you have responded to my call” is to tell us that She is counting on our collaboration also in these latest messages. F.L Thanks Marjia, Your words to us are beautiful! Now let’s conclude with a prayer: In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit….      

September 25, 2022 – Message from Our Lady of Medjugorje

Dear children! Pray that the Holy Spirit may enlighten you that you be joyful seekers of God and witnesses of love without bounds. I am with you, little children, and, anew, I am calling all of you: take courage and bear witness to the good works that God is doing in and through you. Be joyful in God. Do good to your neighbor so that it will be good for you on earth and pray for peace, which is threatened because Satan wants war and peacelessness. Thank you for having responded to my call. (September 25, 2022)

The September 25, 2022 Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace

September 25, 2022 Message from Our Lady of Medjugorje, Queen of Peace   September 25, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! Here is the September 25, 2022 Message from Our Lady of Medjugorje, Queen of Peace!  Thanks be to God!! “Dear children! Pray that the Holy Spirit may enlighten you that you be joyful seekers of God and witnesses of love without bounds. I am with you, little children, and, anew, I am calling all of you: take courage and bear witness to the good works that God is doing in and through you. Be joyful in God. Do good to your neighbor so that it will be good for you on earth and pray for peace, which is threatened because Satan wants war and peacelessness. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (September 25, 2022) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV  

September 23, 2022 Reflection – Dear Children, God permits me to be with you…

Dear Children, God permits me to be with you…   September 23, 2022 St. Pio of Pietrelcina Dear Family of Mary! Since we have two days before we receive another message from Our Lady, it gives us a great opportunity to spend time with the last message, August 25, 2022! This message is extremely meaningful. “Dear children! God permits me to be with you and to lead you on the way of peace, so that through personal peace, you build peace in the world. I am with you and intercede for you before my Son Jesus, that He may give you a strong faith and hope in a better future, which I desire to build up with you. You be courageous and do not be afraid, because God is with you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (August 25, 2022) Every phrase is packed with good advice and loads of hope!! Let’s take this message to heart!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2022 PS. Mary TV has initiated a Matching Grant Campaign!! Our construction project is underway! Your donations will be doubled. We have three easy ways to donate. Check out our donation page here: https://marytv.tv/how-you-can-help/ Make sure you mention the Matching grant on your checks or in Paypal and choose the Matching Grant option on Vanco. Thank you for all your support!! We are so grateful for your help!!!  

September 22, 2022 Reflection – Show us thy steadfast love, O Lord!

Show us thy steadfast love, O Lord!   September 22, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! Our Lady gave this message in which she called us to righteousness: June 2, 2010 “Dear Children; Today I call you with prayer and fasting to clear the path in which my Son will enter into your hearts. Accept me as a mother and a messenger of God’s love and His desire for your salvation. Free yourself of everything from the past which burdens you, that gives you a sense of guilt, that which previously led you astray in error and darkness. Accept the light. Be born anew in the righteousness of my Son. Thank you.” Our Lady calls us to repentance and renewal.  She comes as a messenger of God’s love!  Her desire is that we choose her Son and His way.  We are so blessed to have such a mother! Psalm 85 is a beautiful prayer of repentance.  The Psalmist’s words draw me into the security of God’s love and away from the darkness of sin.  May we be led by this prayer into a joyful repentance of heart!! Psalm 85 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. LORD, thou wast favorable to thy land; thou didst restore the fortunes of Jacob. Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people; thou didst pardon all their sin. [Selah] Thou didst withdraw all thy wrath; thou didst turn from thy hot anger. Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away thy indignation toward us! Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou prolong thy anger to all generations? Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee? Show us thy steadfast love, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints, to those who turn to him in their hearts. Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other. Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky. Yea, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase. Righteousness will go before him, and make his footsteps a way. Amen, may it be so! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2022  

September 21, 2022 Reflection – God is with you!

God is with you!   September 21, 2022 St. Matthew, Apostle Dear Family of Mary! Our Lady concluded her August 25, 2022 message with these words: You be courageous and do not be afraid, because God is with you. (August 25, 2022) She is commissioning us to do a great work. And she ends that commission with these incredibly comforting and strengthening words! “God is with you!” The reason we can be bold and stand up for God and His Truth is because God is with us. Without God, we would be nothing! But Mother Mary prophesies over us, saying: “God is with you!” Just as the prophets of the Old Testament prophesied to the people of their day!! I have collected some of those Old Testament prophecies below. You can go to the chapters and read the events that brought about these prophecies. Moses, Joshua, Samuel, Nathan, David, Isaiah and Zechariah all spoke these words to the people of God. If the Lord is with us, we must not fear, but trust in Him and do what must be done! Deut.20: 1- “When you go forth to war against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Joshua 1: 9 – Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; be not frightened, neither be dismayed; for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” 1Samuel 10: 7- Now when these signs meet you, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you. 1Chronicles 17: 2- And Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.” 1Chronicles 28: 20 -Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and of good courage, and do it. Fear not, be not dismayed; for the LORD God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished. Isaiah 45:14- Thus says the LORD: “The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabe’ans, men of stature, shall come over to you and be yours, they shall follow you; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you. They will make supplication to you, saying: God is with you only, and there is no other, no god besides him.’” Zechariah 8: 23 – Thus says the LORD of hosts: In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, `Let us go with you, for we have heard that  God is with you.’” Clearly, when God is with us we have nothing to fear.  Our Lady has been sent by God to encourage us to trust in Him now, in these days.  She has come to bring us close to her Son, Jesus, so that we can help Him in the battle for souls over the whole world.  We must not fear, because God is with us!  God is with us!  Be courageous and do not be afraid!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2022