Daily Reflections by Cathy
April 7, 2026 Reflection – Unity with the Church
Unity with the Church
April 7, 2026
Easter Tuesday
Dear Family of Mary,
With great joy we enter into Easter Week, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus!! Our hearts are filled with hope! Our Lord is Risen!! And He is with us!!
Here is the prayer to the 5th day of the Novena of Divine Mercy! Let’s pray it with all our hearts!
Easter Tuesday
Day 5 of the Novena to the Divine Mercy
“Today bring to Me THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM MY CHURCH, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. During My bitter Passion they tore at My Body and Heart, that is, My Church. As they return to unity with the Church My wounds heal and in this way they alleviate My Passion.”
Most Merciful Jesus, Goodness Itself, You do not refuse light to those who seek it of You. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Church. Draw them by Your light into the unity of the Church, and do not let them escape from the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart; but bring it about that they, too, come to glorify the generosity of Your mercy.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Son’s Church, who have squandered Your blessings and misused Your graces by obstinately persisting in their errors. Do not look upon their errors, but upon the love of Your own Son and upon His bitter Passion, which He underwent for their sake, since they, too, are enclosed in His Most Compassionate Heart. Bring it about that they also may glorify Your great mercy for endless ages. Amen.
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Our Lady calls us to pray for the Church and witness the Truth! We can bring strength to the Church through our faith. We can be lights for those who do not recognize the Church as God’s family. She said to us:
December 2, 2015
“Dear children, I am always with you because my Son entrusted you to me. And you, my children, you need me, you are seeking me, you are coming to me and you are bringing joy to my motherly heart.
I have, and always will have, love for you; for you who suffer and who offer your pains and sufferings to my Son and to me. My love seeks the love of all of my children, and my children seek my love.
Through love, Jesus seeks unity between Heaven and earth; between the Heavenly Father and you, my children – His Church.
Therefore, it is necessary to pray much, to pray and love the Church to which you belong. Now, the Church is suffering and needs apostles who by loving unity, by witnessing and giving, show the ways of God…
The Church needs apostles who by living the Eucharist with the heart do great works; it needs you, my apostles of love.
My children, from the very beginning the Church was persecuted and betrayed, but day by day it grew. It is indestructible because my Son gave it a heart – the Eucharist, and the light of His resurrection shone and will continue to shine upon it.
Therefore, do not be afraid. Pray for your shepherds that they may have the strength and the love to be bridges of salvation. Thank you.”
May our hearts be filled with compassion for those who do not recognize their need for the Church. Let that compassion guide us in our prayer for them! We long for all men to find the deep safety and peace in Mother Church.
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
Mary TV
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