Daily Reflections by Cathy
April 20, 2026 Reflection – Our Lady comes because she loves us!
Our Lady comes because she loves us!
April 20, 2026
Dear Family of Mary,
Today I have another beautiful sharing recently given by Ivan Dragicevic! After so many years of daily apparitions, Ivan has developed a deep understanding of Our Lady, and Her love for us. Let Our Lady speak to your heart through Ivan today. We all need so very much to hear from Her!
A Testimony – Ivan Dragicevic.
Dear brothers and sisters, we live in a time of great unrest, but also great graces. The world seeks answers in many places but often bypasses the most important thing — God. And it is precisely into such a world that the Mother comes. She comes to remind us who we are, where we come from, and where we are going.
1. WHY DOES THE MOTHER COME?
Our Lady comes because she loves us. As the Holy Scriptures say: “Can a woman forget her nursing child? Even if she forgets, I will not forget you.” (Isaiah 49:15) This is the love that the Mother bears for us. It does not come from the curiosity of the world. It comes from the need of our heart.
2. THE GREATEST DANGER – FORGETTING GOD
Jesus clearly says: “Without me you can do nothing.”(John 15:5)
And today we try everything — without Him. And that is why unrest comes. Because the heart was created for God. And until it returns to God — there is no peace.
3. PRAYER THAT CHANGES THE HEART
Our Lady invites us to pray with the heart. Jesus says: “When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father in secret.” (Matthew 6:6). It is a relationship. It is not an obligation — it is an encounter. Prayer is not just talking. Prayer is listening.
4. PEACE BEGINS IN THE HEART
Jesus says: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you.” (John 14:27). But the world cannot give this peace. That is why Our Lady says: Peace begins in the heart. If you want peace in the world — start with yourself.
5. FAMILY – THE FIRST CHURCH
Holy Scripture teaches us: “Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:20) Imagine a family praying together. t is not just a family — it is a living Church. But without prayer, a family slowly falls apart.
6. CENTRAL MOMENT – PERSONAL TESTIMONY
I would like to share something very personal. I once met a man… outwardly successful. He had everything — money, family, job. But there was no peace in his eyes. He told me: “I have everything… but I have nothing.” He was broken inside.
We started talking. I invited him to try something simple — to start praying. Not much. Just sincerely. At first he said: “I don’t know how.” I told him: “Tell God what you carry in your heart.”
After a few months, we met again. He was the same man… but he was no longer the same. There was now peace in his eyes. He said: “The problems are still there… but now I am not alone.” That is the power of God. That is what Our Lady calls us to. Not a perfect life — but a life with God.
And that is a message for all of us.
7. FASTING – THE WAY TO FREEDOM
Jesus says, “When you fast…” (Matthew 6:16). He doesn’t say “if.” Fasting is part of the life of faith. It cleanses the heart. It frees us from attachment. It teaches us not to live for material things alone.
8. CONVERSION – THE DAILY JOURNEY
Jesus begins his preaching with the words, “Repent, and believe the Gospel.” (Mark 1:15). Conversion is not a one-time thing. It is a decision — every day. Do you fall? Get up. Do you weaken? Come back. God never closes the door.
9. TIME OF GRACE
The Bible says, “Now is the acceptable time, now is the day of salvation.” (2 Corinthians 6:2). Not tomorrow. Not one day. Today. Our Lady does not call us to procrastinate. She calls us to decide.
10. HOPE THAT DOES NOT DISAPPOINT
St. Paul says: “Hope does not disappoint.” (Romans 5:5). Why? Because it is not based on man — but on God. Therefore, regardless of the state of the world — there is hope.
FINAL MESSAGE
Dear brothers and sisters, Our Lady does not call us to something impossible. She calls us to something simple:
• to pray
• to believe
• to love
And if we start living this — the world changes. Not all at once. But really. It starts with you. It starts today. With love, Ivan.
Thank you to Ivan for sharing these incites and words from Our Lady!! As he says, “Our Lady does not call us to something impossible. She calls us to something simple: to pray, to believe, to love…and if we start living this the world will change!!”
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
Mary TV
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