Day: October 19, 2020

The Glory of God!   October 20, 2020 St. Paul of the Cross, priest Dear Family of Mary! “Dear children! I am with you for so long because God is great in His love and in my presence. I am calling you, little children: return to God and to prayer. May the measure of your [way of] living be love and do not forget, little children, that prayer and fasting work miracles in you and around you. May everything you do be for the glory of God, and then Heaven will fill your heart with joy and you will feel that God loves you and is sending me to save you and the earth on which you live. Thank you for having responded to my call.” September 25, 2020 “May everything you do be for the glory of God, and then Heaven will fill your heart with joy and you will feel that God loves you and is sending me to save you and the earth on which you live.” What does this mean: May everything you do be for the Glory of God.  I must say that I have lost track of this sentiment in my daily life!  But doesn’t the Deacon say at the end of Holy Mass: “Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.”  Certainly, this work of glorifying the Lord is important, even central to our lives.  How could I forget it? It occurs to me that if I lived in such a way that everything I did was for the glory of the Lord, then I would be constantly aware that somehow my behavior was a proclamation and a demonstration of how Good and Great and Wonderful God is!!  Each moment could become a moment lived in the awareness that God is with me, and I am with Him, and I have the opportunity in each moment to give God the praise and thanks He is due, through my actions, my words, my thoughts, my prayers, and my desires.  I would no longer be a “lone ranger” operating on my own behalf in a world that only belongs to me.  I would be already in Heaven in that I would be present to God as He is present to me! Maybe that is why Our Lady continued in the message saying, “then Heaven will fill your heart with joy, and you will feel that God loves you…”  Living in the desire to glorify God in everything would naturally bring me into His presence, since I would be offering everything to Him as a gift.  And then, I would receive the joy of Heaven in return, the Love of God. Well it sounds like a lovely way to live.  Always living for the Glory of the Lord!! Notice that the end of that sentence says: “you will feel that God loves you and is sending me to save you and the earth on which you live.” When our hearts are filled with heaven, we see things from a different perspective.  We see God acting in our poor world.  We see what He is doing.  And what He is doing is amazing.  He is saving us and our measly planet through the coming of Our Lady.  This is her Triumph.  This is her time.  And we are called to help her, by living our lives for the Glory of the Lord! “May everything you do be for the glory of God, and then Heaven will fill your heart with joy and you will feel that God loves you and is sending me to save you and the earth on which you live.” Let’s start practicing this way of living today.  Before we begin a task, while we are doing the task, at the end of the task, may we offer it for the Glory of the Lord!  It will make our every moment deeply meaningful and sweetly humble! In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2020          

  Grasp the Rosary!   October 19, 2020 St. John de Brebeuf, St. Isaac Jogues, priests and martyrs Dear Family of Mary! “Dear children! Today, like never before, I invite you to prayer. Let your prayer be a prayer for peace. Satan is strong and desires to destroy not only human life, but also nature and the planet on which you live. Therefore, dear children, pray that through prayer you can protect yourselves with God’s blessing of peace. God has sent me among you so that I may help you. If you so wish, grasp for the rosary. Even the rosary alone can work miracles in the world and in your lives. I bless you and I remain with you for as long as it is God’s will. Thank you for not betraying my presence here and I thank you because your response is serving the good and the peace.”  (January 25, 1991) In 1991 the war in Bosnia/Hercegovina was looming.  It would break out in full force in 1992.  But Our Lady was preparing her children for this coming time of trial.  How did she prepare them?  Through prayer for peace.  Through dependence on God.  Through the prayer of the Rosary.  Through her Motherly presence.  And though it was a terrible trial, in the end Medjugorje was spared violence, and peace was established. This message can also prepare us for the time ahead.  We also face uncertainties in our nations and cities.  But the remedy is the same.  We can listen to Our Lady’s messages and live them now, just as the villagers did in 1991. Living Our Lady’s messages helps others as well as ourselves.  Our prayers are not about politics, they are about mercy.  Our prayers are for peace. Peace is the one thing necessary right now.  The frenzy that the enemy of our souls is stirring up is deadly.  It will do great damage.  Our Mother brings peace, which is the beginning of a great reform of her children.  Her peace is the peace of a heart at one with Jesus, a heart in complete harmony with Jesus’ heart.  That is the remedy. Those who live in Our Lady’s heart become those who bring peace to others.  The Rosary is a prayer of peace, a prayer that brings calm to the soul and trust to the heart and mind.  In that peace, holiness is born, conversion happens, hope erupts, and true love is revealed.  The prayers of the Rosary are perfect prayers, conveying to those who pray them everything they need. The Rosary is a peace prayer because it refers everything to the Trinity and to Our Lady.  It is the platform for peace, which is what is needed today. Pray for the whole world!  Pray the Rosary for peace. “If you so wish, grasp for the Rosary. Even the Rosary alone can work miracles in the world and in your lives…” In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan © Mary TV 2020