May 6, 2026 Reflection- Remain in Me!!
Remain in Me!! May 6, 2026 Dear Family of Mary! The April 25, 2026 Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace “Dear children, I am praying for you and encourage you to a new life, a life in joy and prayer. May the Holy Spirit fill you, little children, with joy so that you may be like a spring of pure and drinkable water; that you, little children, may be, in God and with God, missionaries of love and peace. Your life is short here on earth and that is why I am with you to lead you towards Heaven. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (With ecclesiastical approval) In our Gospel for today, Jesus gives us this advice: “Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing…” John 15: 4-5 These words are both comforting and challenging. Jesus is the vine. All nourishment and grace come through Him. We are not used to this kind of dependence. We are used to being free agents, who buy and sell, learn and teach, think and act, seemingly by our own strength and power. We are not used to the idea that we are dependent. We envision our lives, on our own terms and power. But how foolish this is. We actually cannot live a day without the help of others, and especially the providence of the Good Lord. Temporal existence is impossible without God, but eternal life is even more out of our hands. We have no power to save ourselves. We are helpless little creatures. And so, Jesus calls us to remain in Him. He offers to us a constant source of support and life-giving aid. If we remain in Jesus, we have life! Jesus alone can nurture us from birth to death to eternal life. He is doing it all the time, though we don’t realize it. Ands so Our Lady tells us: “May the Holy Spirit fill you, little children, with joy so that you may be like a spring of pure and drinkable water; that you, little children, may be, in God and with God, missionaries of love and peace.” She calls us to be filled with the Holy Spirit! The Holy Spirit unites us to Jesus and the Father in such a way that we can be nourished by them continually. We actually can be so filled that we become like a spring of pure and drinkable water for others! In that way, Jesus can feed and strengthen others through us! This infilling of grace enables us to be missionaries of love and peace. Why? Because God can flow through us to all those who are starving for His love and grace. We can live in God and with God!! We can be united with the Lord in such a way that not only are we fed, but all those we encounter can be fed as well. This is the miracle that Jesus longs to do through us each day. As we stay in Him, remain in Him, we will overflow with grace for all those we meet! God bless us all and may Jesus and Mary be always with us!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV P.S. I want again to offer the link to our donation page, in case you may want to donate to Mary TV!! Mary TV exists solely due to the generosity of our shipmates. Thank you so very much!! https://marytv.tv/donate/