Open your heart to Heaven…
Open your heart to Heaven and the things of Heaven (c)Mary TV/Anthony Zubac March 1, 2019 Dear Family of Mary! “Dear children! Today, I am calling you to a new life. It is not important how old you are, open your heart to Jesus who will transform you in this time of grace and, like nature, you will be born into a new life in God’s love, and you will open your heart to Heaven and the things of Heaven. I am still with you, because God permitted me out of love for you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (February 25, 2019) We, the living on earth, have not seen heaven. We have no clue what it must be like in heaven. Some people have glimpses of heaven in near death experiences. But these glimpses, as thrilling as they seem, cannot communicate to us the fullness of heaven. We can only hope for heaven, work towards heaven, desire heaven, and receive Jesus, the One who will bring us to heaven if we open our hearts to Him. But Our Lady says that the more we live with Jesus in an intimate communion, the more we will open our hearts to Heaven and the things of Heaven. Jesus IS HEAVEN! So, the more we live with Him in our hearts the closer we will be to Heaven. Here is what the Catechism tells us about heaven. It might be something to chew on!! Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part One, Section Two, Article 12, N 1023 – 1029: Heaven 1023 Those who die in God’s grace and friendship and are perfectly purified live forever with Christ. They are like God for ever, for they “see him as he is,” face to face:598 By virtue of our apostolic authority, we define the following: According to the general disposition of God, the souls of all the saints . . . and other faithful who died after receiving Christ’s holy Baptism (provided they were not in need of purification when they died, . . . or, if they then did need or will need some purification, when they have been purified after death, . . .) already before they take up their bodies again and before the general judgment – and this since the Ascension of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ into heaven – have been, are and will be in heaven, in the heavenly Kingdom and celestial paradise with Christ, joined to the company of the holy angels. Since the Passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ, these souls have seen and do see the divine essence with an intuitive vision, and even face to face, without the mediation of any creature.599 1024 This perfect life with the Most Holy Trinity – this communion of life and love with the Trinity, with the Virgin Mary, the angels and all the blessed – is called “heaven.” Heaven is the ultimate end and fulfillment of the deepest human longings, the state of supreme, definitive happiness. 1025 To live in heaven is “to be with Christ.” The elect live “in Christ,”600 but they retain, or rather find, their true identity, their own name.601 For life is to be with Christ; where Christ is, there is life, there is the kingdom.602 1026 By his death and Resurrection, Jesus Christ has “opened” heaven to us. The life of the blessed consists in the full and perfect possession of the fruits of the redemption accomplished by Christ. He makes partners in his heavenly glorification those who have believed in him and remained faithful to his will. Heaven is the blessed community of all who are perfectly incorporated into Christ 1027 This mystery of blessed communion with God and all who are in Christ is beyond all understanding and description. Scripture speaks of it in images: life, light, peace, wedding feast, wine of the kingdom, the Father’s house, the heavenly Jerusalem, paradise: “no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him.”603 1028 Because of his transcendence, God cannot be seen as he is, unless he himself opens up his mystery to man’s immediate contemplation and gives him the capacity for it. The Church calls this contemplation of God in his heavenly glory “the beatific vision”: How great will your glory and happiness be, to be allowed to see God, to be honored with sharing the joy of salvation and eternal light with Christ your Lord and God, . . . to delight in the joy of immortality in the Kingdom of heaven with the righteous and God’s friends.604 1029 In the glory of heaven the blessed continue joyfully to fulfill God’s will in relation to other men and to all creation. Already they reign with Christ; with him “they shall reign for ever and ever.”605 598 1 Jn 3:2; cf. 1 Cor 13:12; Rev 22:4. 599 Benedict XII, Benedictus Deus (1336):DS 1000; cf. LG 49. 600 Phil 1:23; cf. Jn 14:3; 1 Thess 4:17. 601 Cf. Rev 2:17. 602 St. Ambrose, In Luc.,10,121:PL 15 1834A. 603 1 Cor 2:9. 604 St. Cyprian, Ep. 58,10,1:CSEL 3/2,665. 605 Rev 22:5; cf. Mt 25:21,23. May we open our hearts to Jesus, and allow Him to bring Heaven to us! He wants very much to do so! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2019 PS. We await the 2nd of the Month Message through Mirjana. Mary TV will record and post the video of the apparition as soon as we can on Saturday, March 2, thanks to our friends at NYC video production which are experts in video editing and production. Let’s pray in anticipation for this message, with all our hearts! PS. Mike Nolan is offering a pilgrimage to Medjugorje this Easter Week! April 22 – May 3! Call Mike at 574-335-9952 or visit his web page: https://www.pilgrim-medj.com/ You don’t want to miss it!! Medjugorje is the place to begin a new life!!