August 7, 2023 Reflection – My Assumption into Heaven!

My Assumption into Heaven

August 7, 2023

Dear Family of Mary!

We find ourselves in the midst of the novena before the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This Feast commemorates one of the four dogmas of Our Lady:

The Immaculate Conception
Her Perpetual Virginity
Her Divine Motherhood
Her Assumption into Heaven

Our Lady was assumed into heaven body and soul. She dwells with God for eternity! And she has been sent to us in these days to help us through a very difficult moment in history. We are so blessed to be called to join her in her mission for these days, which originates from Medjugorje!

I think this message is helpful in understanding Our Lady’s mission in Medjugorje. I believe she has come to raise up an army of true believers who will stand firm in the truth and help others to discover the truth. She is forming us and here is how:

February 2, 2016
“Dear children,

I have called you and am calling you anew to come to know my Son, to come to know the truth. I am with you and am praying for you to succeed.

My children, you must pray much in order to have all the more love and patience; to know how to endure sacrifice and to be poor in spirit.

Through the Holy Spirit, my Son is always with you… His Church is born in every heart that comes to know Him. Pray that you can come to know my Son; pray that your soul may be one with Him.

That is the prayer and the love which draws others and makes you my apostles.

I am looking at you with love, with a motherly love. I know you; I know your pain and sorrows, because I also suffered in silence. My faith gave me love and hope.

I repeat, the Resurrection of my Son and my Assumption into Heaven is hope and love for you.

Therefore, my children, pray to come to know the truth; to have firm faith which will lead your heart and which will transform your pain and sufferings into love and hope. Thank you.”

Our Lady tells us that Jesus’ Resurrection and her Assumption are the two tent pegs that stabilize our faith and our hope in eternal life! They show us the way. By following Jesus and Mary, imitating their lives and clinging to them in prayer, we will find our way to heaven, and hopefully bring many with us! This is our task. This is our hope and our joy!

Let’s meditate on the Assumption this week, letting that truth fill us with strength and hope.

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
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