Day: November 27, 2020

Votive Candles before the Lord! November 28, 2020 Dear Family of Mary, We have prayed 2 consecutive novenas for our countries and the world.  Today we offer a prayer to Jesus, thanking Him for having heard our prayers.  Our Lady told St. Faustina: “My daughter, what I demand from you is prayer, prayer, and once again prayer, for the world and especially for your country. For nine days receive Holy Communion in atonement and unite yourself closely to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. During these nine days you will stand before God as an offering; always and everywhere, at all times and places, day or night, whenever you wake up, pray in the spirit. In spirit, one can always remain in prayer.” (Diary 325) I believe this is a powerful way to pray every day for our countries and the world, so much in need of God’s Mercy.  Here is a prayer using St. Faustina’s words that we can pray today, as offerings before the Lord for our countries. PRAYER FOR DIVINE MERCY O greatly merciful God, You who are infinite goodness, today all humanity cries out from the depths of our misery to Your mercy, to Your compassion, O God.  Gracious God, do not reject the prayers of this earth’s exiles! O Lord, You are goodness beyond our understanding, and You know well our pain and suffering. Because by our own power we cannot ascend to You, we implore You, bless us in abundance with Your grace, and increase Your mercy in us, so that we may faithfully do Your holy will throughout our life and at death’s hour. Let the greatness of Your mercy shield us from the powers of our salvation’s enemies, that we may with confidence, as Your humble children, await Your final coming – that day known to You alone. And we expect to obtain everything promised us by Jesus in spite of all our weakness and misery. For Jesus is our Hope, and through His merciful Heart, as through an open gate, may we pass to eternal life with You in Heaven. Amen. (Adapted from the Diary of Sister Faustina, 1570) Also, tomorrow is the beginning of Advent!  The message we received from Our Lady on November 25, 2020 will guide us through this Advent! “Dear children! This is a time of love, warmth, prayer and joy. Pray, little children, for little Jesus to be born in your hearts. Open your hearts to Jesus who gives Himself to each of you. God sent me to be joy and hope in this time, and I am saying to you: Without little Jesus you do not have the tenderness or the feeling of Heaven which is hidden in the Newborn. Therefore, little children, work on yourselves. By reading the Sacred Scripture you will discover Jesus’ birth and joy, as in the first days which Medjugorje gave to humanity. History will be truth which, also today, is being repeated in you and around you. Work on and build peace through the Sacrament of Confession. Reconcile with God, little children, and you will see miracles around you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” November 25, 2020 In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2020      

Little Jesus! November 27, 2020 Dear Family of Mary! This is day 9 of our Second Novena for our countries and the world.  Tomorrow we will conclude, on the last day of the Liturgical Year!  Somehow this seems well planned.  May our prayers for our countries and the world not end! Let me share the beginning lines of the November 25, 2020 message.  And then we will pray a Litany to the Infant Jesus!  There is something very important about Our Lady’s words to us about the Infant Jesus.  Take them deeply into your hearts! ”Dear children! This is a time of love, warmth, prayer and joy. Pray, little children, for little Jesus to be born in your hearts. Open your hearts to Jesus who gives Himself to each of you…” (November 25, 2020) Litany of the Infant Jesus Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy, Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy. Infant Jesus, Hear us. Infant Jesus, Graciously hear us. Response for the following: Have mercy on us God the Father of heaven God the Son, Redeemer of the world God the Holy Ghost Holy Trinity, One God Infant Jesus Infant, very God Infant, Son of the Living God Infant, Son of the Virgin Mary Infant, Word made flesh Infant, Wisdom of thy Father Infant, Purity of thy Mother Infant, only Son of thy Father Infant, First-Born of thy mother Infant, Image of thy Father Infant, Creator of thy mother Infant, Splendor of thy Father Infant, Honor of thy mother Infant, equal to thy Father Infant, subject to thy mother Infant, Joy of thy Father Infant, Riches of thy mother Infant, Gift of thy Father Infant, Offering of thy mother Response for the following: Infant Jesus, deliver us Through thy poverty Through thy sorrows Through thy labors and travails Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Infant Jesus. Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us. Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us, O Infant Jesus. Infant Jesus, Graciously hear us. Let Us Pray O Lord Jesus, who didst deign to forego the greatness of the Incarnate Divinity and most Sacred Humanity, so as to be born in time, and become a little child; grant that we may acknowledge Infinite Wisdom in the silence of a child, power in weakness, majesty in abasement, so that adoring thy humiliations on earth we may contemplate thy glories in heaven. who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest God, forever and ever. Amen https://udayton.edu/imri/mary/l/litany-of-the-infant-jesus.php In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2020