Pray with the heart until your heart sings…
(c) Mateo Ivankovic 2017 J.M.J. June 30, 2017 The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church Dear Family of Mary! “Dear children! Today, I desire to thank you for your perseverance and call you to open yourselves to profound prayer. Prayer, little children, is the heart of faith and is hope in eternal life. Therefore, pray with the heart until your heart sings with thanksgiving to God the Creator who gave you life. I am with you, little children, and carry to you my motherly blessing of peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (June 25, 2017 Anniversary Message) “Therefore, pray with the heart until your heart sings with thanksgiving to God the Creator who gave you life…” St. Faustina had a deep prayer life that erupted in thanksgiving to God the Creator often. Here is one example of her heart’s song of thanksgiving to the Lord: You have surrounded my life with Your tender and loving care, more than I can comprehend, for I will understand Your goodness in its entirety only when the veil is lifted. I desire that my whole life be but one act of thanksgiving to You, O God. Thank You, O God, for all the graces Which unceasingly You lavish upon me, Graces which enlighten me with the brilliance of the sun, For by them You show me the sure way. Thank You, O Lord, for creating me, For calling me into being from nothingness, For imprinting Your divinity on my soul, The work of sheer merciful love. Thank You, O God, for Holy Baptism Which engrafted me into Your family, A gift great beyond all thought or expression Which transforms my soul. Thank You, O Lord, for Holy Confession, For that inexhaustible spring of great mercy, For that inconceivable fountain of graces In which sin-tainted souls become purified. Thank You, O Jesus, for Holy Communion In which You give us Yourself. I feel Your Heart beating within my breast As You cause Your divine life to unfold within me. Thank You, O Holy Spirit, for the Sacrament of Confirmation, Which dubs me Your knight And gives strength to my soul at each moment, Protecting me from evil. Thank You, O God, for the grace of a vocation For being called to serve you alone, Leading me to make You my sole love, An unequal honor for my soul. Thank You, O Lord, for perpetual vows, For that union of pure love, For having deigned to unite Your pure heart with mine And uniting my heart to Yours in the purest of bonds. Thank You, O Lord, for the Sacrament of Anointing Which, in my final moments, will give me strength; My help in battle, my guide to salvation, Fortifying my soul till we rejoice forever. Thank You, O God, for all the inspirations That Your goodness lavishes upon me, For the interior lights given my soul, Which the heart senses, but words cannot express. Thank You, O Holy Trinity, for the vastness of the graces Which You have lavished on me unceasingly through life. My gratitude will intensify as the eternal dawn rises, When, for the first time, I sing to Your glory. (St. Faustina’s Diary 1285-86) May we all go deep into our hearts in prayer, until our hearts sing with thanksgiving to God our Creator who gave us life!! May our prayer extend a blessing of thanksgiving over the whole world! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2017 PS. This Sunday, July 2, 2017, Mary TV will again record Mirjana’s monthly apparition, and you will be able to view it here: on our website www.marytv.tv (on the Channel) in the archive at this URL: https://marytv.tv/?page_id=180 and on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/marytv.tv/