Day: September 1, 2024

I am blessing you with my motherly blessing   September 2, 2024 Dear Family of Mary! “Dear children! Today, my prayer with you is for peace. Good and evil are fighting and want to prevail in the world and in the hearts of people. You be people of hope and prayer and of great trust in God the Creator to Whom everything is possible. Little children, may peace prevail in you and around you. I am blessing you with my motherly blessing that you, little children, may be joy for all those whom you meet. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Finally Our Lady says to us: “I am blessing you with my motherly blessing that you, little children, may be joy for all those whom you meet.” Our Lady has blessed us with her motherly blessing throughout her time with us in Medjugorje. She mentions her Motherly Blessing at least 76 times in her messages. Whenever I have been present for an apparition, Ivan or Maria mention that she blessed us with her Motherly Blessing. She offers her Motherly Blessing to us to help us to respond to her messages, and to live holy lives in answer to her call! The Church teaches that fathers and mothers have the right and duty to bless their children. In an article on Aleteia, it was stated: One important part of “evangelizing” our children is quite simple and very ancient. It is called the “Parental Blessing” and consists of an ability to call down God’s blessings upon your children. Examples of this type of blessing run throughout the Old Testament. One of the most well known examples is that of Isaac blessing his son Jacob (cf. Genesis 27). There are many other examples in the Old Testament and for this reason many people use these blessings with their own children. One blessing that is frequently used is from the book of Numbers and is referred to as the Aaronic Blessing: “The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace” (Numbers 6:24-26). Another blessing comes from the book of Tobit, where Tobit gives his son Tobias a blessing before he departs on a journey: “May God in heaven protect you on the way and bring you back to me safe and sound; may his angel accompany you” (Tobit 5:17). A simple way to do this would be to take a bit of holy water (if available) and trace the sign of the cross on the forehand of your child (or simply place your hand on their head). While doing this you can pray any of the above prayers, or just say, “May God bless you in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” ( https://aleteia.org/2017/08/23/this-is-how-to-bless-your-children ) I think these simple prayers would be very powerful, when prayed by a parent over a child every day! May we learn from Our Lady, and bless our children daily!! Our Lady is truly our Heavenly Mother! How much more powerful and needed is her Motherly Blessing!! Her blessing gives us the same kind of peace and encouragement that our parent’s blessings do, but magnified by her Queenly station! With Our Lady’s blessing, we can indeed walk through our day with confidence, and deep joy!! We are the children of the Queen, and she is with us. Our smiles will transmit great joy!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV