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Day: November 27, 2018

November 27, 2018 Update from Denis

(c)Mary TV 2018 November 27, 2018 Dear Apostles of Our Lady, Mary TV Shipmates: With attention on the US Bishops’ meeting streamed live that day, you might have missed a November 14th headline: “Scotland pushes LGBT agenda into Catholic schools. Bishops hope ‘impact…will be positive for all!’” During the USCCB meeting we witnessed one bishop express dismay that other bishops were allowing a certain priest to spread his anti Catholic LGBT agenda in their dioceses! The elephant in the room: that priest has support from the highest levels of the Vatican! I didn’t think the warnings of my September 8, 2018 Update would come upon us so fast! Read it again – the third Update from the top at: https://marytv.tv/category/update-from-denis/ And so we’re moving ahead to finish construction of our television facility in Medjugorje. Tom Matasso, who built the first all digital TV station in the US and numerous Catholic TV stations throughout the world, left early this morning for Medjugorje. We’re going ahead to finish construction of our facility in faith – even though we don’t yet have all the necessary funds. But this is no time to hold back. Our Lady needs it completed now! And so I’m asking for your help! Donate! Our Medjugorje Internet TV channel continues broadcasting 24/7. We’ve moved to a new server that can handle thousands of hours of archived HD video. We have a search function for the Fruit Shows (soon to also include subject matter) and intend on extending that function to all archived programming. There is a new iPhone app, and Android phone app (in a day or two you can delete your old one and download the new one); Mary TV airs on Apple TV and we’ll soon be airing on Roku and Amazon Fire Stick drive, etc., etc. We are constantly upgrading technology. Our Lady deserves no less! The Papal Envoy/Visitor presided at Mass in St. James on October 22nd, the Feast Day of St. John Paul ll. That day Mary TV began live streaming from St. James Church….. I was able to share with the Papal Envoy this email we received right after that October 22nd Mass: “Dear Cathy, Denis and All at MaryTV: Deepest thanks and regards to all of you for enabling me to participate in today’s English Mass. I was moved to tears by the experience. My body may have been here in Scotland but my heart and soul were firmly in Medugorje. It was one of the most beautiful and profound experiences of Mass I have ever had! May God bless you and your work. We need and appreciate you! Thank you!” Mary TV (Our Lady) needs and appreciates you! Thank you and God bless you! Denis Nolan PS. On a little personal note: when I introduced the Papal Envoy/Visitor to Cathy last month in Medjugorje, he said, “Ah Cathy! You are welcome here! Stay here!” And then he gave us his blessing!   Here is a link to our donation page: Mary TV’s Donation page

Dear children, this is a time of grace and prayer…

  (c)Anthony Zubac November 27, 2018 Dear Family of Mary! “Dear children! This is a time of grace and prayer, a time of waiting and giving. God is giving Himself to you that we may love Him above everything. Therefore, little children, open your hearts and families, so that this waiting may become prayer and love and, especially, giving. I am with you, little children, and encourage you not to give up from what is good, because the fruits are seen and heard of afar. That is why the enemy is angry and uses everything to lead you away from prayer. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (November 25, 2018) Whenever I think about Advent, I get double vision. It is hard to focus with double vision. What I mean is that in Advent we celebrate two realities. Those realities are both about “comings”. The first part of Advent we hear Jesus in the Gospels proclaiming the truth about Himself and preparing His people to be ready for His coming in Glory. It is a looking for the Second Coming of Christ, as King and Judge. We have been pondering this reality during November, and it continues in Advent. The other “coming” is of course the Incarnation and Birth of Jesus! Man and God, Jesus’ first coming is remembered as we look forward to Christmas. We learn each Advent that all of history was waiting for this coming of the Messiah. And we also learn that Jesus’ coming as our Savior involved conflict from start to finish. For Jesus was entering a war zone. So Advent is not as comfortable and joyous as we might think. The Coming of Jesus, both times, is a coming that tests the hearts of men! We remember the coming of Jesus the first time with thanksgiving and wonder, hoping that we will make room for Him in our hearts every moment, and we await the coming of Jesus as Judge and King at the end of time, praying that we will be ready for His return. And that is why I think Our Lady’s message is all about Advent. She tells us: “This is a time of grace and prayer, a time of waiting and giving.” This time, right now, as we enter Advent, is a time of grace and prayer. God gives us grace through His Church, and Advent is a special time of grace for us. It is a powerful moment when we take in the great history of salvation, and ponder it anew! And Advent is a time of prayer, a time when we set aside extra time to be with Jesus and Mary, living with them the memory of Jesus’ birth, a memory that Our Lady is well equipped to transmit to us. So prayer and grace. These are the constant gifts we receive from God. But waiting and giving? Well Advent comes from the Latin – “adventus” which means “coming”. How do we relate to a “coming”? We wait. We wait with hope, or with fear, or with joy, or with anxiety. We wait. And how we wait, especially how we wait for Jesus, tells us a great deal about our own hearts. Are they clean? Are they divided or whole? Are they given to God or kept for ourselves? Waiting for Jesus in both of His comings can be quite a process. A personal process. Enough for now. We will see about the giving tomorrow. I am excited that Our Lady is going to travel with us through this Advent. She can teach us how to wait with her pure and perfect heart. She can show us how to wait through giving! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2018 PS. Our Website has been upgraded! The videos are now stunningly clear and beautiful! Thanks to Matt, who works night and day to make Mary TV the best is can be for Our Lady!! If you are having trouble viewing our videos now, you may need to upgrade your devices, download the latest version of your browser (Chrome is a good one), download the Android App, which has been updated if you use a tablet or android phone, and finally if you use iPad or iPhone – wait a few days and then download the new Mary TV Apple App. Thanks for your patience, and thanks for your prayers!!!