Daily Reflections
by Cathy

Praying for the Faithful Departed

Praying for our departed souls!
(c) Mateo Ivankovic

November 2, 2018
Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (All Soul’s Day)

Dear Family of Mary!

November 6, 1986 “Dear children! Today I wish to call you to pray daily for souls in purgatory. For every soul prayer and grace is necessary to reach God and the love of God. By doing this, dear children, you obtain new intercessors who will help you in life to realize that all the earthly things are not important for you, that only Heaven is that for which it is necessary to strive. Therefore, dear children, pray without ceasing that you may be able to help yourselves and the others to whom your prayers will bring joy. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

This is a special day, a day on which we pray for our departed loved ones, and all holy souls who may need our prayers. We, the Church Militant, are uniquely positioned to make reparation for these Holy Souls waiting to be united with God in Heaven. They can no longer pray for themselves, but our acts of charity in prayer can aid them. The whole month of November is given over to prayer for our beloved dead. Today we begin this beautiful task.

Susan Tassone was given a call during a pilgrimage in Medjugorje to write about the Souls in Purgatory in order to spread the word of their need for our prayers. She has answered that call brilliantly! She has written at least 7 books of devotions for the Holy Souls! You can find all her books here:

https://www.osv.com/search.aspx?q=Susan%20Tassone

Susan’s faithfulness to her call from Our Lady has born very good fruit. As well as gaining intercessors for the souls, she has educated thousands of Catholics about life after death, a topic you don’t hear much about any more. Heaven, Hell and Purgatory are real. And our lives can be changed for the good when we keep them on our horizon. We have eternal souls. Where we spend eternity is up to us!

Here are two prayers that Susan has included in her very good book, “Prayers, Promises, and Devotion for the Holy Souls in Purgatory.” We can and should pray for the Holy Souls every day!

Blest are the Pure in Heart
By St. John Paul II, at Verano Cemetery, Rome, November 1, 1981

For all our brothers and sisters who rest in the Verano Cemetery and in all the graveyards of Rome and of the world, may the words of Christ in the Sermon on the Mount become the Good News of eternal salvation.

May the kingdom of heaven be theirs.
May they possess it as a “Promised Land.”
May they have eternal joy.
May they be satisfied in their hunger and thirst for righteousness.”
May they be called children of God forever.
May they see God face to face.
May their joy and happiness be full and unlimited.

Let us pray: O God, the glory of believers and the life of the just who saved us by the death and resurrection of your Son, be merciful to our deceased brothers and sisters. When they were in our midst they professed faith in the resurrection; give them endless bliss. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for the Feast of the Faithful Departed
St. Odilo, abbot of Cluny

O holy souls, I promise never to forget you, and to pray to the Most His for your release. I beseech you to respond to this offering which I make to you. Obtain for us peace of heart, assist us in all our actions, console and defend us in our dangers that we may one day all rejoice together in Paradise.

O God the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, give to the souls of your departed servants the remission of their sins, that they may obtain the joys of Heaven. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

And this prayer is always appropriate:

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2018

PS. I will send out the November 2 message as soon as possible!

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Pope St. John Paul II – February 24, 1990

“Dear children, my real, living presence among you should make you happy because this is the great love of my Son. He is sending me among you so that, with a motherly love, I may grant you safety!”

Our Lady of Medjugorje – July 2, 2016

“Rejoice, little children, because God is merciful and loves you all with His immeasurable love and leads you to the way of salvation through my coming here!”

Our Lady of Medjugorje – June 25, 2018

“My Son promised me that evil will never win, because you, the souls of the just, are here!”

Our Lady of Medjugorje – November 2, 2014

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Our Lady Speaks

Vicka's Note MaryTV

Vicka, one of the visionaries in Medjugorje, wrote the note (above) after Our Lady spoke with her during an apparition in Medjugorje in April, 1999, about Mary TV’s  plan to build a television facility in Medjugorje.

Vicka wrote to Denis: “Our Lady says that the plan is good – but you need to wait a little.  Now you can get prepared little by little, until Our Lady tells when the right moment is.  You don’t need to hurry, make haste, but to be patient.”

When Our Lady said this to Vicka, the technical genius in Medjugorje that she had her eyes upon, who would begin Mary TV’s live streaming from Medjugorje, was seven years old.

Totus Tuus (Totally Yours)

Immaculate Conception, Mary my Mother, Live in me, Act in me, Speak in me and through me, Think your thoughts in my mind, Love through my heart, Give me your dispositions and feelings, Teach, lead me and guide me to Jesus, Correct, enlighten and expand my thoughts and behavior, Possess my soul, Take over my entire personality and life, replace it with Yourself, Incline me to constant adoration, Pray in me and through me, Let me live in you and keep me in this union always.

Our Lady gave this prayer 25 years before She started appearing in Medjugorje. This prayer is being answered through Our Lady’s presence in Medjugorje and through Her messages. Mother Immaculata writes: “This is Mary’s hour and She is about to crush Satan’s head. Her very being is like incandescent heat in the center of the Trinity and the manifestation of Her power is growing daily. The Immaculate Conception prayer (which is what Our Lady called the prayer she gave me for union with Her) has been used by exorcists who have told me that the devil reacts violently to it and is subdued by it. We are praying daily for the success of Mary TV!“

Our Lady Gives A Sign…

Mary_with_Sun

MARY TV was LIVE STREAMING Ivan’s May 24, 2013 apparition on Mt. Podbrdo (Apparition Hill) in Medjugorje. My wife, Cathy, was praying in front of her computer in the US, connected through the Internet, welcoming Our Lady along with everyone gathered on the mountain. She couldn’t see anything on her computer screen because it was late at night and Ivan had said, “No lights.” She found herself asking Our Lady for a sign – a little light – as a sign that MARY TV was on the right track and really serving her. Just after the apparition, when she went to give an account on Mary TV’s Facebook page, the page opened with this picture that she had never seen before, captioned: “MARY APPEARS OVER BUILDING IN MEDJUGORJE, PHOTO TAKEN BY PILGRIM.” Our Lady is standing directly over MARY TV’s studios, her feet right where we have two POV cameras STREAMING 24/7 LIVE TO THE WORLD Apparition Hill & Cross Mountain!

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