July 24, 2020 Reflection – The Great Plan of Salvation of Mankind
July 24, 2020 St. Sharbel Makhluf, Priest Dear Family of Mary! Tomorrow we look forward to another message from Our Lady. The 25th of the month has become a very special day for us! Our Lady has been giving messages on this particular day of the month since January of 1987. Our Lady announced the monthly messages on January 8, 1987. Here is what she said: January 8, 1987 “Dear children! I desire to thank you for every response to the messages. Especially, dear children, thank you for all the sacrifices and prayers which you have presented to me. Dear children, I desire to keep on giving you still further messages, only not every Thursday, dear children, but on each 25th in the month. The time has come when what my Lord desired has been fulfilled. Now I will give you less messages, but I am still with you. Therefore, dear children, I beseech you, listen to my messages and live them, so I can guide you. Dear children, thank you for having responded to my call. Our Lady was transitioning her children from weekly messages to monthly messages. The weekly messages had done their job, and Our Lady’s children were ready to move into a new phase of the mission. She told us about that mission in the first Monthly Message – January 25, 1987: January 25, 1987 The first message on the 25th of the month, given to Marija: “Today I want to appeal to all of you to start living a new life from this day on. Dear children, I wish that you would understand that God has chosen each one of you to have a part in the great plan for the salvation of mankind. You cannot fully understand how great your role is in God’s design. For that reason, pray, dear children, so that through prayer, you may be able to know your role in God’s plan. I am with you, so that you may be able to realize it fully.” Wow! Our Lady told us that each one of us had been chosen! We each had a particular part in the “great plan for the salvation of mankind.” She told us we were not able to comprehend how great that role is. Only through prayer could we begin to understand it! The transition to monthly messages brought with it the announcement of a “great plan for the salvation of mankind.” And that plan included each of us who were responding to Our Lady’s call. And since that call continues, all of us since that time are also included in that plan and responsibility. We all have been chosen!!! We cherish Our Lady’s messages. They are the vehicle through which she has formed us as her apostles of love. And so, we await the message for tomorrow, with great anticipation. As we wait, let’s ponder the June 25, 2020 message, given to us on the 39th Anniversary of her coming. Thank you, dearest Mother, for being with us these 39 years, and forming us into your apostle of love. June 25, 2020 “Dear children! I am listening to your cries and prayers, and am interceding for you before my Son Jesus, who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Return, little children, to prayer and open your hearts in this time of grace and set out on the way of conversion. Your life is passing and, without God, does not have meaning. This is why I am with you to lead you towards holiness of life, so that each of you may discover the joy of living. I love you all, little children, and am blessing you with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call.” In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2020