Day: June 3, 2020

Put Jesus in the first place in your life… (c) Mary TV   June 4, 2020 Dear Family of Mary! The Gospel for Mass today makes us all sing for joy because Jesus finally finds a scribe who gets it!! Instead of arguing with Jesus about this or that law, this scribe asks the most important question and gets the most beautiful answer from Jesus. And the scribe echoes it with joy!! Here is the Gospel: One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” Jesus replied, “The first is this: Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.” The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, He is One and there is no other than he. And to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding, he said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” And no one dared to ask him any more questions. (Mark 12 :28-34) Of course we all want to be like this scribe. We want to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength!!! We want to put the Lord first in our lives. But it is not as easy as it sounds. Our Lady has been asking us to do the very same thing for the past 38 years. Here is another little litany, this time about putting God in the first place…It will be a joy to pray these words from Our Lady, hoping that they will sink deeply into our hearts: A Little Litany to the Lord, asking to put Him in the first place in our lives.Our Lady: I am calling you to sincere prayer with the heart so that every prayer of yours may be an encounter with God. In your work and in your everyday life, put God in the first place. I call you today with great seriousness to obey me and to do as I am calling you. (12/25/87) Response: Mother teach me to put God in the first place in my life! Our Lady: Dear children, put God in the first place in your families, so that He may give you peace and may protect you not only from war, but also in peace protect you from every satanic attack. When God is with you, you have everything. (12/25/91) Response: Mother teach me to put God in the first place in my family! Our Lady: Today I invite you that each of you begin again to love, in the first place, God who saved and redeemed each of you, and then brothers and sisters in your proximity. (11/25/95) Response: Mother teach me to love God in the first place in my life!Our Lady: In this time when due to the spirit of consumerism one forgets what it means to love and to cherish true values, I invite you again, little children, to put God in the first place in your life. Do not let satan attract you through material things but, little children, decide for God who is freedom and love. (03/25/96) Response: Mother teach me to decide to put God in the first place in my life! Our Lady: Place God in the first place, then the risen Jesus will become your friend. (03/25/99) Response: Mother teach me to put God in the first place so that Jesus will be my friend! Our Lady: Put little newborn Jesus in the first place in your life and He will lead you on the way of salvation. (12/25/99) Response: Mother teach me to put little newborn Jesus in the first place in my life! Our Lady: I am with you and am teaching you little children: your peace and hope are in God. That is why draw closer to God and put Him in the first place in your life. (01/25/2001) Response: Mother teach me to draw closer to God so he will be in the first place in my life! Our Lady: Dear children, today, watching you with a heart full of love, I want to tell you that, what you persistently seek, what you long for, my little children, is before you. It is sufficient with a clean heart to put my Son in the first place, and then you will see. Listen to me and let me lead you on this motherly way. (10/02/2004) Response: Mother help me to clean my heart so that I can put your Son in the first place in my life! Our Lady: “Dear children, With motherly love I implore you, love one another. May there be in your hearts, as my Son desired from the very beginning, love for the Heavenly Father and for your neighbor in the first place – above everything of this world. (10/02/2014) Response: Mother teach me to put God in the first place – above everything else! Our Lady: “Dear Children! As a mother, I implore you, open your heart and offer it to me, and fear nothing. I will be with you and will teach you how to put Jesus in the first place. I will teach you to love Him and to belong to Him completely. (03/18/2002) Response: Mother teach me to put Jesus in the first place in my life so that I will belong completely to Him! Let us pray: Mother Mary, you are our example of complete and total love for God. You modeled such love in every moment of your life on earth, and shine with that love now in Heaven. Mother give us your Immaculate Heart, so that we can love with your love, always putting the Lord in the very center of our lives and loving Him without limit. We know you can help us. We ask for your help today! Amen! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2020  

(c) Mary TV   June 2, 2020 Dear Family of Mary! June 3, 2020 St. Charles Lwanga, Martyr and His Companions, Martyrs Dear Family of Mary! Our Lady has come to us in Medjugorje as the Queen of Peace. This is the title she gave herself in the first days of the apparitions. God has sent her to us to build peace in our hearts, families, cities, countries and the entire world. She has worked tirelessly with us to teach us how to receive and live peace. But we can see that the battle between good and evil, love and hate, peace and war has only escalated. And so today, we must respond to Our Lady’s call to peace with all our hearts, all our prayers, and all our love. I have assembled a few of Our Lady’s messages about peace, so that we can pray through them and recommit ourselves to what she teaches us about peace. I share them with you, hoping that we can be those who become peace for others. Our Lady says to us: “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.” (01/25/96) “Dear children! Today, on this day of grace, in a special way, I am calling you to pray for peace. Children, I came here as the Queen of Peace and how many times have I called you to pray for peace. But, children, your hearts are restless. Sin is preventing you from opening yourselves completely to grace and peace which God desires to give you. To live peace, my children, is to first have peace in your hearts and to be surrendered completely to God and to His will. Do not seek peace and joy in the things of this world, because this is all passing. Long for true mercy and peace which come only from God; and only in this way will your hearts be filled with true joy; and only in this way will you be able to become witnesses of peace in this peaceless world. I am your mother and intercede before my Son for each of you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (12/25/2016) “Dear children! With this message I call you anew to pray for peace. Particularly now when peace is in crisis, you be those who pray and bear witness to peace. Little children, be peace in this peaceless world. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (01/25/03) “Dear children! Also today I am carrying my Son Jesus to you and from this embrace I am giving you His peace and a longing for Heaven. I am praying with you for peace and am calling you to be peace… I am blessing all of you with my motherly blessing of peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (12/25/2015) “Dear children! I call you, little children, to pray without ceasing. If you pray, you are closer to God and He will lead you on the way of peace and salvation. That is why I call you today to give peace to others. Only in God is there true peace. Open your hearts and become those who give a gift of peace and others will discover peace in you and through you and in this way you will witness God’s peace and love which He gives you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (01/25/2000) “Dear children! In this time of grace, I call you anew to prayer. Little children, pray and prepare your hearts for the coming of the King of Peace, that with His blessing He may give peace to the whole world. Peacelessness has begun to reign in hearts and hatred reigns in the world. That is why, you who live my messages be the light and extended hands to this faithless world that all may come to know the God of Love. Do not forget, little children, I am with you and bless you all. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (11/25/2001) “Dear children! Also today I call you, in this time of grace, to pray for little Jesus to be born in your heart. May He, who is peace itself, give peace to the entire world through you. Therefore, little children, pray without ceasing for this turbulent world without hope, so that you may become witnesses of peace for all. May hope begin to flow through your hearts as a river of grace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (11/25/2008) “Dear children, As the Queen of Peace, I desire to give peace to you, my children, true peace which comes through the heart of my Divine Son. As a mother I pray that wisdom, humility and goodness may come to reign in your hearts; that peace may reign; that my Son may reign… When my Son will be the ruler in your hearts, you will be able to help others to come to know Him. When heavenly peace comes to rule over you, those who are seeking it in the wrong places, thus causing pain to my motherly heart, will recognize it. My children, great will be my joy when I see that you are accepting my words and that you desire to follow me. Do not be afraid, you are not alone. Give me your hands and I will lead you. Do not forget your shepherds. Pray that in their thoughts they may always be with my Son who called them to witness Him. Thank you.” (04/02/2012) May we receive the Holy Spirit, the gentle Dove, the Advocate, the Bearer of peace. May He fill us with His light and hope and strengthen us to be peace for others. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2020