Day: April 17, 2023

You must be born from above…   April 18, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! From the Gospel for today: Jesus said to Nicodemus: “‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:7b-8) I find it interesting that the Church chose to repeat the last lines of the Gospel for Monday, April 17, 2023 as the first lines in the Gospel for Tuesday, April 18, 2023. It makes sense to me! Why? Because actually this saying from Jesus is difficult and so important. Jesus is describing for us something that in quite intangible. What can He possibly mean by saying we must be born from above? In yesterday’s Gospel Jesus told Nicodemus “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. What is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of spirit is spirit.” It seems that Jesus is trying to bust open Nicodemus’ way of thinking about reality. Jesus wanted Nicodemus to realize that we are not just flesh. We are flesh and spirit – we have bodies and spirits. And our spirits connect us with God, with His Spirit, with Heaven, with that which is above! We are body and spirit, and we must live that reality. In fact Jesus came down from above, assuming His body from the Virgin Mary, so that He could reveal our dual nature to us and show us our true homeland, which is above. He wants us to follow Him into life, and to do that we must be born of the Spirit! We must awaken our souls/spirits and seek the things above. Well, It sounds like a riddle, but if we ponder Jesus’ life, it makes perfect sense. Jesus came from Heaven to show us the things that are above. Only with that reality can we understand why we live, why we must love, what we must do! We need the Holy Spirit to fill us and guide us! God’s Holy Spirit can speak to our souls, our spirits in ways that will blow our minds!! Pure love!!! Our Lady told us: May 25, 2017 “Dear children! The Most High has permitted me to call you anew to conversion. Little children, open your hearts to the grace to which you are all called. Be witnesses of peace and love in this peaceless world. Your life here on earth is passing. Pray that through prayer you may yearn for Heaven and the things of Heaven and your hearts will see everything differently. You are not alone; I am with you and intercede before my Son Jesus for you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Once we are born from above, once we receive the Holy Spirit, we will see everything differently. We will yearn for Heaven and the things of Heaven. And we will long to help others to see everything differently as well. We will long for them to yearn for Heaven with us! God bless you and keep you!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV    

  What is born of spirit is spirit!!   April 17, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! The Gospel for today: There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. He came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you are doing unless God is with him.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one is born from above, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man once grown old be born again? Surely he cannot reenter his mother’s womb and be born again, can he?” Jesus answered, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. What is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I told you, ‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:1-8) This scripture moves us into the six weeks of preparation for Pentecost! We will be taught by Jesus about the Third Person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit!! And we will be prepared to receive an outpouring of that Spirit in our lives that can bring awesome changes to us! I am reminded of the word I received a while ago about our imaginations and how they are a faculty of our soul, given to us to be open to the realities of God and Heaven! We are given our imaginations so that God can speak to us and show us things beyond our physical reality, the things of the Spirit, the things of Heaven. But to receive these beautiful gifts we need to pray to the Holy Spirit! He will come and show us the wonders of God’s love in ways we would never have dreamed possible! We need the Holy Spirit!! Really it is like being born from above! Our Lady told us: June 2, 1984 (Saturday) “Dear children! Tonight I wish to tell you during the days of this Novena to pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on your families and on your parish. Pray, and you shall not regret it. God will give you gifts by which you will glorify Him till the end of your life on this earth. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Are you ready for this outpouring? Let’s do it!! God bless you and keep you!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV