Author: Cathy Nolan

  I am carrying to you the King of Peace! December 16, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! Novena for Christmas, Day 2 Our Lady speaks to us of peace again in this message from Christmas 2013: December 25, 2013″Dear children! I am carrying to you the King of Peace that He may give you His peace. You, little children, pray, pray, pray. The fruit of prayer will be seen on the faces of the people who have decided for God and His Kingdom. I, with my Son Jesus, bless you all with a blessing of peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” On this Christmas day, Our Lady came again carrying the Baby Jesus in her arms. She brings Him every year! The Baby Jesus is the King of Peace! How is this so? Because the God of the Universe, the Second Person of the Trinity, was incarnate of the Virgin Mary and became Man! He came to reconcile all humanity with the Father, to bring unity back into creation. He came to free us from sin and rebellion, and give us a new birth of holiness and love through His Death and Resurrection. So, Jesus is the Peace Maker right from his Conception! Jesus is the Peace Maker! He it is who saves us, brings us back into His embrace, holds us close to His Heart until we are healed of all our wounds and sins. He it is who loves us totally. And so, this Child that Mary brings to us is our only hope! Our only hope!! How do we receive this hope, this faith, this love, this salvation? Our Lady tells us to pray, pray, pray. If we pray, our faces will change, we will no longer look lost and without hope. We will reflect Heaven. The light of Jesus’ love will shine on our faces, and we will be peace and joy for others. Take time today to contemplate the King of Peace. Just let Him shine upon you. Pray, pray, pray. Don’t think about anything else. Only Jesus, the Child King! Let Him take up all your thoughts and memories and hopes and fears, and turn them into peace. If we pray, pray, pray from now until Christmas Eve, we will be changed. And that change will be seen on our faces! The world needs to see our faces changed! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2021

  I am your peace, live my commandments! December 15, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! Today we begin the Novena before Christmas with St. James Parish! The Parishioners will be climbing Apparition Hill each day from December 15 to December 23, praying the Rosary! Mary TV will stream this Rosary Climb each day, live at 2:00 pm Medjugorje time. Join us!  www.marytv.tv For my reflections during these days, I would like to present one Christmas Day messages from Our Lady from 2012 to 2020. They will be helpful for us as we approach Christmas Day, 2021. This has been a rough year, full of uncertainty and unrest. But God the Father is with us, Our Lady is by our side, and Jesus is our strength and our help and He sends us the Holy Spirit! What more do we need? Our first day: December 25, 2012 – Our Lady came with little Jesus in her arms and she did not give a message, but little Jesus began to speak and said: “I am your peace, live my commandments.” With a sign of the cross, Our Lady and little Jesus blessed us together. Shock of shocks, Our Lady said nothing to us on that Christmas Day! But she brought Little Baby Jesus with her, and He spoke simply and beautifully: “I am your peace, live my commandments.” Our Lady spoke loudly without speaking that day! She presented to us her Son, Jesus! And He is the Word made flesh! The Son of the Father! Jesus is the Word of God! May we gaze upon Jesus with our eyes open and ready to see. Jesus, the Word, will teach us everything that the Father has for us to learn: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (John 1:1-5) Lord Jesus, may we behold you, the Word who was with the Father from the beginning. We long to receive you as our peace. Teach us to live your commandments, and we will find your peace. We long for you. Jesus be our way, truth and life! Jesus be our light! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2021

For your gaze and heart to always be directed towards Heaven and eternity December 14, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! In the winter of 2020, during the time that the pandemic first took hold all over the world, I was walking out of Weekday Mass, early in the morning. And as I opened the doors to leave the church, I heard these words very clearly in my heart:  “Lift your head! Look up!” It was very clear and short. But I knew those words were from the Lord. He was giving me instruction. I also knew something similar was in Scripture. And so when I got home I looked it up. Sure enough, here is the Gospel reading: “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to take place, look up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” Luke 21: 25-28 Now when these things begin to take place, look up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near…. Those words were chilling, but at the same time comforting. Because the Lord was describing just how I felt at the time. It was as though the world had been loosened from its axis. Life was shaking. But I knew somehow that God was not far away, but very close. He was not leaving us but coming closer. I have remembered that inspiration so very often, and it has helped me to move forward, in prayer and hope. Our Lady gave this message in 2016: December 25, 2016 “Dear children! With great joy, today I am carrying my Son Jesus to you, for Him to give you His peace. Open your hearts, little children, and be joyful that you can receive it. Heaven is with you and is fighting for peace in your hearts, in the families and in the world; and you, little children, help with your prayers for it to be so. I bless you with my Son Jesus and call you not to lose hope; and for your gaze and heart to always be directed towards Heaven and eternity. In this way, you will be open to God and to His plans. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Our Lady sees all that is happening, and she comes to us only with encouragement and hope. And with words similar to the ones I heard: I bless you with my Son Jesus and call you not to lose hope; and for your gaze and heart to always be directed towards Heaven and eternity. We need to keep our gaze and heart always upon Heaven and eternity!!! Lift your head, look up!! Our redemption is drawing near!!! I just want to encourage all of us to do this now more than ever. Lift your head! Keep your gaze on Heaven and eternity! Look up! Don’t lose hope! Our redemption is drawing near!!!! Mother help us to remember your words when we are tempted to look down, to worry about earthly things. We must not waist time on what does not last. God is moving. He is coming. We must be ready. We must receive the peace that Jesus brings to us at this very moment. Mother is with us to help us!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2021

  Elijah will indeed come… December 13, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! January 25, 1991 “Dear children! Today, like never before, I invite you to prayer. Let your prayer be a prayer for peace. Satan is strong and desires to destroy not only human life, but also nature and the planet on which you live. Therefore, dear children, pray that through prayer you can protect yourselves with God’s blessing of peace. God has sent me among you so that I may help you. If you so wish, grasp for the rosary. Even the rosary alone can work miracles in the world and in your lives. I bless you and I remain with you for as long as it is God’s will. Thank you for not betraying my presence here and I thank you because your response is serving the good and the peace.” In this message Our Lady made it clear that God has sent her to us in this time because Satan is at work to destroy us all, and she can help us. She has come to stand with us in these most decisive moments in the history of mankind. I want to share with you the homily that Fr. Leon Pereira gave on Saturday, December 11, 2021. He speaks about Our Lady’s coming with no uncertain terms, as an important intervention of God. English Mass Homily 12/11/21 – Fr. Leon Pereira OP Elijah will indeed come and restore all things, but I tell you that Elijah has already come.  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. One of the objections to Medjugorje is that Our Lady speaks a lot here. They say some rude things, they say she is chatty, she gives messages every day.  And in the Gospels the Virgin of Nazareth hardly says anything.  So, they say there is a big mismatch between the Virgin of Nazareth in the Scriptures and the Queen of Heaven, here, the Queen of Peace. But I think that already in the objection, the answer is there.  The Virgin of Nazareth – the Queen of Heaven…She has finished life’s struggles.  She reigns in glory.  If she wants to speak, who am I to tell her to keep quiet?  If I am too stubborn to listen to her, who am I to tell her to stop repeating herself?  Stop coming to me and trying to gain my conversion.  Who am I to say this to my Mother and my Queen? To me it speaks of a strange kind of arrogance. To say that we know better than the Mother of God, and the Queen of Heaven.  I don’t know better than the Mother of God, so I am happy enough to accept my limitations and listen to her messages.  And I am glad because I remember one of the messages that Our Lady gave here.  She said, “Be proud of all my words.”  And also, “The day will come when you will long for my messages, but you will not have them.” So let’s enjoy and be thankful to God because He has sent us His Mother. I speak of this because Christ’s coming is always preceded by Elijah.  Christ’s first coming is preceded by the Elijah who is John the Baptist.  And that Elijah shares in the same fate as the Messiah.  “So will the Son of Man suffer at their hands.” And “They did not recognize him but did to him whatever they pleased.” And there is an intermediate coming of Christ, which is Christ coming to us now in all the moments of conversion in our lives, and through the Sacraments, and through the Scriptures, through other people.  All these things are so many Elijahs to us. And then there is the final coming of Christ.  Christ comes in glory as judge.  And there He is preceded by another Elijah.  And this is His own Mother.  She is the Elijah of this time. She comes to prepare for Christ’s Kingdom to be fulfilled. Cardinal Ratzinger, before he was Pope Benedict, said that all the multiplicity of Marian Apparitions in the world today, were a sign of the times that we live in.  So, we have to pay attention to our Blessed Mother.  And to what she is pointing us to, to Jesus Himself. Then our concerns must not be for this world only.  But above all for Christ’s Kingdom.  With Christ as the center of our lives. Now I am going to say something completely uncontroversial.  And this you already know because this is the Catholic faith.  It is a strange thing to be so concerned with this world only.  So, when you have Bishops and priests saying to you that you can not claim that you have an exemption through your conscience from receiving medicines that you don’t want to take or avoid experimental medicines that you don’t want to take.  It is very odd that they say you can’t use your conscience. Remember Humanae Vitae when the Pope said contraception was bad?  Many Bishops said, “Oh no, you can rely on your conscience, and you can use these things.”  So, with your conscience you can use condoms, but you can’t use your conscience to refuse medicines.  That is very odd.  Very strange. It is also very odd when we don’t say to public figures, please repent.  Repent of your big sins, your bad example.  Especially about a great sin like promoting abortion.  And we don’t say to them, repent and then you can have communion.  And that’s ok.  But then we say to other people, you have all these restrictions – you can only have 50 people at Mass, and you have to be dressed up like a ninja or something before you can approach the sacraments and you must follow these strange rules that we impose on you. When you fear physical things but we don’t fear the most deadly disease of mortal sin, it says something is wrong.  Something is wrong in our hearts.  In the hearts of our leaders as well.  Especially if they are the ones setting this kind of example. All of us need this conversion, so on this Saturday, the day that is especially devoted to Our Lady, let us pray firmly and insistently for a real conversion.  That we may listen to our Elijah.  The Elijah of these times.  Our Blessed Mother. To be converted to Christ. And not to be afraid for this life only.  As Scripture says, if our concern is only for this life, we are of all men the most to be pitied.  In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen Here is the link to Fr. Leon’s homily on Mary TV: https://marytv.tv/english-homily-in-medjugorje-2/?smid=ioNiaPsHqd6&slid=IRBKmbjFsDA I thank Fr. Leon for these words. I have long wanted to comment on Our Lady as the Elijah for our times, but didn’t know how to back it up. Well Fr. Leon did a fine job! The Father has sent Our Lady to us in these days because I believe we are in the final battle before Christ returns. Our Lady is the logical one to be sent to prepare us. May we listen to her every word, for they are meant to prepare us. Thanks be to God. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2021

You will be peacemakers in the peaceless world. December 10, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! November 25, 2021 “Dear children! I am with you in this time of mercy and I am calling all of you to be carriers of peace and love in this world where, through me, little children, God is calling you to be prayer and love, and an expression of Heaven here on earth. May your hearts be filled with joy and faith in God; that, little children, you may have complete trust in His holy will. That is why I am with you, because He, the Most High, is sending me among you to encourage you to the hope; and you will be peacemakers in this peaceless world. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Christmas is a time when we gather around the Holy Family and bask in their peace. We know that we need to live peace and share peace, but it is not always easy. This message from November 25 speaks of peace to us. It is really important to live this message. And Our Lady has given us several other messages about being peacemakers or carriers of peace. Today I gathered 5 messages to use with the prayer of the Rosary. Let Our Lady’s heart speak to you as you let her words lead you! June 25, 1995 “Dear Children! Today I am happy to see you in such great numbers, that you have responded and have come to live my messages. I invite you, little children, to be my joyful carriers of peace in this troubled world. Pray for peace so that as soon as possible a time of peace, which my heart waits impatiently for, may reign. I am near to you, little children, and intercede for every one of you before the Most High. I bless you with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call.” October 25, 1997 “Dear children! Also today I am with you and I call all of you to renew yourselves by living my messages. Little children, may prayer be life for you and may you be an example to others. Little children, I desire for you to become carriers of peace and of God’s joy to today’s world without peace. That is why, little children, pray, pray, pray! I am with you and I bless you with my motherly peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” April 25, 1999 “Dear children! Also today I call you to prayer… Little children, be joyful carriers of peace and love in this peaceless world. By fasting and prayer, witness that you are mine and that you live my messages. Pray and seek! I am praying and interceding for you before God that you convert; that your life and behavior always be Christian. Thank you for having responded to my call.” September 25, 2001 “Dear children! Also today I call you to prayer, especially today when satan wants war and hatred. I call you anew, little children: pray and fast that God may give you peace. Witness peace to every heart and be carriers of peace in this world without peace. I am with you and intercede before God for each of you. And you do not be afraid because the one who prays is not afraid of evil and has no hatred in the heart… Thank you for having responded to my call.” May 25, 2004 “Dear children! Also today, I urge you to consecrate yourselves to my Heart and to the Heart of my Son Jesus. Only in this way will you be mine more each day and you will inspire each other all the more to holiness. In this way joy will rule your hearts and you will be carriers of peace and love. Thank you for having responded to my call.” In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2021

  He, the Most High, is sending me among you… December 9, 2021 St. Juan DiegoDear Family of Mary! Our Lady spoke these words to us in the November 25, 2021 Message: “That is why I am with you, because He, the Most High, is sending me among you to encourage you to the hope; and you will be peacemakers in this peaceless world.” Our Lady tells us that the Most High has sent her to us. She is with us to encourage us and lead us on the way of peace. She comes with good news for all her children. She comes to give us hope, and train us to be peacemakers in this peaceless world. On this feast day of St. Juan Diego, I can only think of how Our Lady appeared to him, and gave him a similar mission! She came to earth, appearing on Tepeyac Hill, and later told St. Juan, “Am I not here who am your mother?” She gave St. Juan Diego a job to do for her, to build a temple in her honor where she could bless and care for her children. She wanted to bring hope to St. Juan and his people who were being so terribly abused. She wanted to bring peace to Mexico. And she did! St. Juan was a very humble and simple man, who had chosen to become a Catholic and stood firm in his faith. Our Lady chose him to show countless people the truth of her presence, through the miracle that was wrought on his tilma! For the rest of his life he lived in a hut outside the Church the Bishop built in honor of Our Lady, and told millions of people all about Our Lady! We may not have visions of Our Lady, but we have become her children in a special way through her presence in Medjugorje. And it is our job to witness, just as St. Juan Diego witnessed. We must witness her presence and her call to peace and holiness! What we have seen and heard, we must tell others! In this way we will be peacemakers! This Litany to Saint Juan Diego is a lovely way to call on him to help us be witnesses like he was. We want all the world to know about Our Lady! Litany to Saint Juan Diego Lord have mercy on us. Lord have mercy on us. Christ have mercy on us. Christ have mercy on us. Lord have mercy on us. Lord have mercy on us. Christ hear us. Christ hear us. Christ graciously hear us. Christ graciously hear us. God, our Heavenly Father, Have mercy on us. God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us. God the Holy Spirit, Have mercy on us. Holy Mary of Guadalupe, Pray for us. Virgin of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, Pray for us. Virgin of Guadalupe, star of the new evangelization, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, instructed in the doctrine of Christian love, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, eager to learn from the missionaries, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, pilgrim of faith, hope and charity, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who abandoned the shadows of paganism, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who loved poverty, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who practiced humility, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who remained pure of heart, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who saw paradise at Tepeyac, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who witnessed the apparitions, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, faithful messenger of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who heard the sweet voice of Mary, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who beheld the beauty of Mary, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who felt the tenderness of Mary, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, awestruck by the heavenly joy radiating from the lips of the most Holy Virgin, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who spoke with childlike trust in Mary, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, the most beloved son of Mary, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who obeyed Mary promptly, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who respected the divine authority of the bishop, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who suffered ridicule and rejection, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who knew how to be humble, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who knew how to be patient, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who knew how to persevere, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who knew how to be peaceful, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who renounced privileges, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who took care of your uncle Juan Bernardino with loving kindness, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who climbed the hill of Tepeyac, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who picked the roses on Tepeyac hill, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who offered yourself to the Virgin of Guadalupe, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who witnessed the miracle of the roses clinging to your cloak, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, in whose cloak the Virgin remains always with us, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who venerated the Virgin of Guadalupe with heartfelt devotion, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who built a humble shrine in honor of the Virgin Mary, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who cared for her until your death, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, you who loved your wife, Maria Lucia, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who helped her embrace the truth of the Gospel, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who practiced perfect chastity in your marriage, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, worthy example for your brothers and sisters, Pray for us. Saint Juan Diego, who devoted yourself with tender love to the holy service of God, Pray for us. Let us pray: Oh, God, Perfect Father, that in the person of Saint Juan Diego you gave us a living example of simplicity, fidelity and love, through his intercession, grant us the requests we make with piety. Through Christ, Our Lord. Amen. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2021 PS. Denis has a small package and a letter that need to be carried to Medjugorje. If you are going to Medjugorje soon, please contact Denis Nolan at [email protected] ! Thank you!!!

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception! December 8, 2021 The Solemnity of the Immaculate ConceptionDear Family of Mary!Today we celebrate the wonder of Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception. This reality which is Mary takes my breath away! As it says in morning prayer: “O God, you preserved the Virgin from all stain of sin through the redemptive death of you Son, and thus you made of her a worthy dwelling place for him!” (Magnificat, 114) Yes, Our Lady is so pure, so unburdened by sin! She is the only human who could have received Jesus worthily as her Son! And through her, we have all received Jesus as our Redeemer and King!St. Anselm spoke these inspired words about Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception. May our hearts sing with joy and breath in the pureness of her being which will renew our spirits and raise our souls to new hope! From a Sermon by Saint Anselm Oratio 52: 158, 955-956) Virgin Mary, all nature is blessed in you! Blessed Lady, sky and stars, earth and rivers, day and night –everything that is subject to the power or use of man –rejoice that through you they are in some sense restored to their lost beauty and are endowed with inexpressible new grace. All creatures were dead, as it were, useless for men or for the praise of God, who made them. The world, contrary to its true destiny, was corrupted and tainted by the acts of men who served idols. Now all creation has been restored to life and rejoices that it is controlled and given splendor by men who believe in God. The universe rejoices with new and indefinable loveliness. Not only does it feel the unseen presence of God himself, its Creator, it sees him openly, working and making it holy. These great blessings spring from the blessed fruit of Mary’s womb. Through the fullness of the grace that was given you, dead things rejoice in their freedom, and those in heaven are glad to be made new. Through the Son who was the glorious fruit of your virgin womb, just souls who died before his life-giving death rejoice as they are freed from captivity, and the angels are glad at the restoration of their shattered domain. Lady, full and overflowing with grace, all creation receives new life from your abundance. Virgin, blessed above all creatures, through your blessing all creation is blessed, not only creation from its Creator, but the Creator himself has been blessed by creation. To Mary God gave his only-begotten Son, whom he loved as himself. Through Mary God made himself a Son, not different but the same, by nature Son of God and Son of Mary. The whole universe was created by God, and God was born of Mary. God created all things, and Mary gave birth to God. The God who made all things gave himself form through Mary, and thus he made his own creation. He who could create all things from nothing would not remake his ruined creation without Mary. God, then, is the Father of the created world and Mary the mother of the re-created world. God is the Father by whom all things were given life, and Mary the mother through whom all things were given new life. For God begot the Son, through whom all things were made, and Mary gave birth to him as the Savior of the world. Without God’s Son, nothing could exist; without Mary’s Son, nothing could be redeemed. Truly the Lord is with you, to whom the Lord granted that all nature should owe as much to you as to himself. (St. Anselm – Oratio 52: 158, 955-956) Our Lady, this amazing woman who God chose to be the Mother of His Son, longs for us to be close to her, to follow her and listen to her messages. She longs for us to be close to her Immaculate Heart where we will find God. We can only be stunned by this wonder of love! June 25, 2013 “Dear children! With joy in the heart I love you all and call you to draw closer to my Immaculate Heart so I can draw you still closer to my Son Jesus, and that He can give you His peace and love, which are nourishment for each one of you. Open yourselves, little children, to prayer – open yourselves to my love. I am your mother and cannot leave you alone in wandering and sin. You are called, little children, to be my children, my beloved children, so I can present you all to my Son. Thank you for having responded to my call.” In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV.TV PS.  Denis has a small package and a letter that need to be carried to Medjugorje. If you are going to Medjugorje soon, please contact Denis Nolan at [email protected] !  Thank you!!!

  May your hearts be filled with joy and faith in God; that, little children, you may have complete trust in His holy will. December 7, 2021 St. Ambrose Dear Family of Mary! In this time of darkness, Our Lady is with us to lead us to her Son, and to fill our hearts with joy and faith: “May your hearts be filled with joy and faith in God; that, little children, you may have complete trust in His holy will.” (November 25, 2021) No matter the fears that surround us, we must be children of God who trust in His holy will for us, which is love and mercy. Nothing should shake us in this regard. Our Lady has been with us in this miraculous way for 40 years, preparing us for these days. She has walked with us every step of those 40 years, coming every day to the visionaries and remaining in Medjugorje to minister to the pilgrims. She has given us so many messages, all with a unique gift for us, a small encouragement to follow her on the road to holiness and trust. I am learning that Our Lady’s messages are not meant to be intellectual communications. They certainly carry the truth and can spark such commentary. But Our Mother’s messages are given to us as guidance for the way. She is leading us, one day at a time, through her messages into the will of God, into the love of God, into the way of God for us in this battle that we are living through. Her messages tell us what to do and must be lived. If Our Lady tells us to fill our hearts with joy and faith in God, we need to do it. We need to open our hearts to the joy of God, to all the good that God has done for us, to His great love which is joy. Then we need to fill our hearts with more faith, by simply giving thanks for all God has done for us in our lives, in this very day, this moment. Gratitude to what has been given deepens our faith in God’s plan for our future. With this foundation of joy and faith, we will be able to trust God for our future. We will be able to trust His Holy will!! And that means we will not be paralyzed by fear of the future, we will be ready to follow the Lord wherever He leads. I want to share a beautiful litany written by one of the Sister of Life. It is a Litany of Trust. I have shared it before, but I think it will help us to do as Our Lady has asked us to do, to fill our hearts with joy and faith, and trust in God’s holy will. Let’s pray this Litany as a help in doing what Our Lady asks: LITANY OF TRUST written by the Sisters of Life From the belief that I have to earn Your love Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear that I am unlovable Deliver me, Jesus. From the false security that I have what it takes Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear that trusting You will leave me more destitute Deliver me, Jesus. From all suspicion of Your words and promises Deliver me, Jesus. From the rebellion against childlike dependency on You Deliver me, Jesus. From refusals and reluctances in accepting Your will Deliver me, Jesus. From anxiety about the future Deliver me, Jesus. From resentment or excessive preoccupation with the past Deliver me, Jesus. From restless self-seeking in the present moment Deliver me, Jesus. From disbelief in Your love and presence Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear of being asked to give more than I have Deliver me, Jesus. From the belief that my life has no meaning or worth Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear of what love demands Deliver me, Jesus. From discouragement Deliver me, Jesus. That You are continually holding me, sustaining me, loving me Jesus, I trust in You. That Your love goes deeper than my sins and failings and transforms me Jesus, I trust in You. That not knowing what tomorrow brings is an invitation to lean on You Jesus, I trust in You. That You are with me in my suffering Jesus, I trust in You. That my suffering, united to Your own, will bear fruit in this life and the next Jesus, I trust in You. That You will not leave me orphan, that You are present in Your Church Jesus, I trust in You. That Your plan is better than anything else Jesus, I trust in You. That You always hear me and in Your goodness always respond to me Jesus, I trust in You. That You give me the grace to accept forgiveness and to forgive others Jesus, I trust in You. That You give me all the strength I need for what is asked Jesus, I trust in You. That my life is a gift Jesus, I trust in You. That You will teach me to trust You Jesus, I trust in You. Amen (SISTERS OF LIFE, Annunciation Motherhouse, 38 Montebello Road, Suffern, NY 10901 845.357.3547 sistersoflife.org) May your hearts be filled with joy and faith in God; that, little children, you may have complete trust in His holy will. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV.TV  

  They went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles… (Generous men from Cenacolo Community carrying a pilgrim up Apparition Hill!)   December 6, 2021 St.Nicholas Dear Family of Mary! The Gospel reading for today is the powerful story of Jesus healing the paralyzed man who was let down through the roof by his friends. Here is that amazing event: On one of those days, as he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him to heal. And behold, men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they sought to bring him in and lay him before Jesus; but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. And when he saw their faith he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?” When Jesus perceived their questionings, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, `Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, `Rise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — he said to the man who was paralyzed — “I say to you, rise, take up your bed and go home.” And immediately he rose before them, and took up that on which he lay, and went home, glorifying God. And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen strange things today.” (Luke 5: 17-29) We marvel at the power and wisdom of Jesus! He was able to do so much through one situation, healing a paralyzed man, showing his ability not only to heal but to forgive sins, speaking to the hearts of the Pharisees and teachers boldly and with surgical precision, and building up the faith of the people. But what I want to talk about is the love and perseverance of the men bringing the paralytic to Jesus. They must have carried him a long way to get to the house where Jesus was staying. They must have had great love for that poor man, to do such a thing. And when they reached the house, and they could not get in by the door, they had the courage and the ingenuity to climb up on the roof. They had to hoist that man up with them, and then find the exact spot to start tearing the tiles away, so they could lower their friend down at Jesus’ feet. Wow! I am sure Jesus did not overlook their charity. And their hard work paid off with a stunning healing of their friend. They had great mercy to do that. While in prayer, on my last trip to Medjugorje, I was given the thought that Mary TV is a lot like those men who carried the paralytic to Jesus. There are millions of people who cannot get to Medjugorje, and never will get there probably. But the little team of Mary TV has found a way to get them to Medjugorje, by lowering those people from all over the world down through the digital roof to where Our Lady is waiting for them in Medjugorje! It is a huge task, but the Mary TV team will not flag in zeal. And though our team on the ground is doing the physical and technical work, it is the whole Mary TV family that is supplying what is needed to do the job. You are helping us with prayer, and you are helping us with your precious donations to pay for the equipment and manpower to get the job done. You are making a way to lower down millions of people though the digital roof, into Medjugorje!! On Friday, November 3, at English Mass, Fr. Michael Fitzgerald closed his homily with these words: “Today I invite you to spare a thought for the young man on the TV camera, and all of Mary TV. Are they not also missionaries? Without ever leaving their village, standing behind the camera, bringing the whole Mass, the music, prayers, reading, the Gospel to many countries throughout the world. I know one home in Cork, in Ireland, will be listening to this Mass. And what an example those young men in Mary TV give to all of us, by their devotion and reverence. We thank God for all working in Mary TV. And support them with our love and prayers. Let us conclude with the words of Our Lady in her last message; ‘Dear children, I am with you in this time of Mercy. And I am calling all of you to be carriers of peace and love in this world.’” Thank you Fr. Michael for your wonderful words of encouragement to Mary TV! I think that those cameramen are like the men who carried the paralytic to Jesus. Those cameras are heavy and they carry them all over Medjugorje, bringing us all closer to Jesus and Mary through the prayer in Our Lady’s village. And the technology that Mary TV has mastered in order to send out all that prayer throughout the world is like the ingenuity of those men on the roof. This task of bringing the world to Medjugorje is very much like the task that the friends of the paralytic had. In both cases it takes love, courage, dedication and ingenuity! Thank you to all of you who are part of this work! Thank you to all our prayer warriors, our donors, our contributors, our team members on the ground in Medjugorje and around the world, and especially thank you to Our Lady who has called us to help her to find her children all over the world and bring them to Medjugorje. May 8, 1986 “Dear children! You are the ones responsible for the messages. The source of grace is here, but you, dear children, are the vessels which transport the gifts. Therefore, dear children, I am calling you to do your job with responsibility. Each one shall be responsible according to his own ability. Dear children, I am calling you to give the gifts to others with love, and not to keep them for yourselves. Thank you for having responded to my call.” May we all give the gifts to others with love! In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV 2021 PS. Here is the link to our matching grant campaign. It is a wonderful way to help us lower down the people of the world into Medjugorje through the digital roof!!! Incidentally, just today we found out that one of our main switchers in the Mary TV Studio has failed and we need to purchase a new one, for $18,000! We need your help!!! https://marytv.tv/how-you-can-help/?smid=ioDDnxsHRQk&slid

May your hearts be filled with joy and faith in God…   December 3, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! “May your hearts be filled with joy and faith in God; that, little children, you may have complete trust in His holy will…” (November 25, 2021) These words (almost a prayer) from Our Lady carry in them an immense confidence in God. She is communicating to us in this message (November 25, 2021) her complete trust in God and His plan for her children in this time. Our Lady is not a worry wart. She does not speak words of discouragement or fear. She stands on her knowledge of God which is complete and perfect! She knows who wins!! And she wants us to join her in that confidence and perfect trust, even though we are not in heaven yet. We are sojourners on our way to Heaven. And she is encouraging us to keep going, to not flag in zeal or hope. She is our cheerleader, you might say! And so she wishes that our hearts would be filled with joy and faith in God. She hopes we will come to a place of complete trust in God’s holy will. She wants us to trust the Father just as she did throughout her life on earth. Even during the Crucifixion of her Son, she did not lose that trust. So she is a very credible witness to us. We can accept her guidance with our whole hearts, because she is worthy of that trust. So, how can we fill our hearts with joy and faith in God? How can we come to have complete trust in His holy will? It is through prayer, and through concrete actions that are based on our faith and joy in God. Here is a litany written by Tom Hoopes that really speaks to this process of faith and joy and trust in God’s will. I hope you can pray it this weekend, and let your trust in God grow! Litany of Faith, Hope, and Love Lord God, please give me the grace of the virtues of faith, hope, and love that you promised at baptism and that only you can give. Act of faith. My God, I believe in you, and all that your Church teaches, because you have said it, and your word is true. Lord, I believe in you … … Because the beauty of the world speaks of you. … Because the goodness in the world comes from you. … Because I can discern and know the truth. … Because the laws of the universe are ordered. … Because your creation is sustained in being. … Because I am a mystery to myself that your words illuminate. … Because you are the foundation of truth. … Because you are too great for me to fully understand. … Because trustworthy people have believed in you for centuries. … Because of the witness of science. … Because of the witness of the saints. … Because of the witness of the Gospels. … Because you have given me the gift of faith. … Increase my faith. Act of hope. My God, I hope in you, for grace and for glory, because of your mercy, your promises and your power. Lord, I hope in you … … Because everything else decays. … Because you always keep your promises. … Because you are the King of the Universe. … Because you created me for your purpose. … Because I have seen your hand in my own life. … Because your words direct me. … Because your goodness is the ground I walk on. … Because you are greater than anything that threatens me. … Because in history, good has triumphed. … Because you have sustained your Church despite the weakness of men. … Because you have provided for me all my life. … Because you are all powerful. … Because without you, I would not exist. … Because of the witness of the saints. … That I may I be happy with you forever. … Increase my hope. Act of love. O my God, because You are so good, I love You above all things and for your sake I love my neighbor as myself. Lord, I love you … … Because you loved me first. … Because you are infinite goodness. … Because you are inexhaustible beauty. … Because you are unfathomable truth. … Because you made love the fundamental law. … Because I wouldn’t exist without love. … Because you created me. … Because you gave me every good thing. … Because you gave me my faith. … Because you have protected me. … Because you have tested me. … Because you have trusted me with your life in my soul. … Because you have surrounded me with love. … Because you died for me. … Give me deeds of love and not just words. … Increase my love. Let us pray Lord God, give me the faith I need to know your will, the hope I need to accept your will, and the love I need to do your will, even when I don’t understand it, knowing that your way is better. I ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen. https://excorde.org/2020/in-darkness-light-a-litany-of-faith-hope-and-love In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV 2021