Author: Cathy Nolan

St. Joseph, help us serve Our Lady!! (c)Mary TV/Ella Zubac March 18, 2020St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor of the ChurchNovena to St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Day 9Mirjana’s Yearly Apparition Dear Family of Mary! This is the last day of our Novena to St. Joseph! Today we recognize that Our Lady of Medjugorje needs us! She needs our unity of heart, our prayer support, our intercessory prayer for those who do not yet know her, and our love. She needs us! And so, we are going to ask St. Joseph to help us to respond to her call for help!! Here is her call: September 02, 2012 “Dear children, as my eyes are looking at you, my soul is seeking those souls with whom it desires to be one – the souls who have understood the importance of prayer for those of my children who have not come to know the love of the Heavenly Father. I am calling you because I need you. Accept the mission and do not be afraid, I will strengthen you. I will fill you with my graces. With my love I will protect you from the evil spirit. I will be with you. With my presence I will console you in difficult moments. Thank you for your open hearts. Pray for priests. Pray that the unity between my Son and them may be all the stronger, that they may be one. Thank you.” St. Faustina also had a mission, given to her by Jesus Himself. She was to tell the whole world about His Mercy! And so, she also enlisted the help of St. Joseph. She had total confidence in Him: “Saint Joseph urged me to have a constant devotion to him. He himself told me to recite three prayers [the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be] and the Memorare (to St. Joseph) once every day. He looked at me with great kindness and gave me to know how much he is supporting this work [of mercy]. He has promised me this special help and protection. I recite the requested prayers every day and feel his special protection.” (Diary 1203)   St. Faustina had such a wonderful relationship with St. Joseph! He helped her constantly as she accepted her very difficult road. We will need him too. Serving Our Lady in these days is a difficult job. But one that is filled with joy. So, let us pray: Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who implored your help or sought your intercession was left unaided.  Filled with confidence we implore you, O faithful St. Joseph: help us now in our turn not to leave the side of Mary, our Mother, Queen of Peace of Medjugorje, Queen of Divine Mercy. Help us St. Joseph, to be like you, faithful to her in everything. Help us respond to her call. St. Joseph, Foster Father of us all, hear us and answer us. Amen. Thank you, to all of you who have prayed this Novena to St. Joseph with us! It is not a traditional novena. But we need St. Joseph for a very important mission, helping Our Lady of Medjugorje!! Thank you all!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2020 PS. Mirjana has her yearly apparition with Our Lady today. It is a very special day! Mary TV will share the message later in the day.  Let’s pray in anticipation for this message. The times are very challenging in the world. The Coronavirus is disrupting our lives in significant ways. We need God’s protection and Our Lady’s guiding hand now. Pray, pray, pray!!!

Mother Mary and St. Joseph, Help our families be holy! (c)Mary TV/Anthony Zubac March 17, 2020St. Patrick, BishopNovena to St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Day 8 Dear Family of Mary! Today is Day 8 of our Novena to St. Joseph! Today we ask St. Joseph to help our families to be holy, that we grow together in holiness. This is essential if we are to help Our Lady. She said to us in 1986: July 24, 1986 “Dear children! I rejoice because of all of you who are on the way of holiness and I beseech you, by your own testimony help those who do not know how to live in holiness. Therefore, dear children, let your family be a place where holiness is birthed. Help everyone to live in holiness, but especially your own family. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Our Lady needs our holiness, and she longs for us to help our families to grow in holiness. Over the years we have heard many testimonies of pilgrims who came to Medjugorje, with little faith and not much holiness. During their pilgrimage they are given incredible graces for conversion and begin their walk in holiness. But it doesn’t stop there, because when they go home the bring the desire for holiness to their families. Many families have been changed by that initial pilgrim! (Here are a couple of examples: Deacon Tom and Sharon Maedke – Fruit Show 374; Donal Reid – Fruit Show 261; Dr. Susanna Boytha – Fruit Show 251; Traci Veno – Fruit Show 215 go to https://marytv.tv/fruit-of-medjugorje/  ) Our Lady still needs us to convert, grow in holiness and convert our families. It is not over yet. Every circumstance can be an invitation to grow in holiness. I suspect the coronavirus is just such a circumstance. Our Lady needs us to help others to convert as well. Here is a prayer to St. Joseph for our families, that they grow in holiness: Gracious St Joseph, protect my family and all other families from danger, as you did protect the baby Jesus and His mother from the wrath of king Herod. Pray for us, that we respect, love and care for each other in our family as you were with Mary and Jesus. Help us to be understanding and forgiving towards each other. Most of all St Joseph, bring us closer to Jesus. St Joseph, please pray for our family. Amen And here is our prayer for the Mary TV family: Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who implored your help or sought your intercession was left unaided.  Filled with confidence we implore you, O faithful St. Joseph: help us now in our turn not to leave the side of Mary, our Mother, Queen of Peace of Medjugorje, Queen of Divine Mercy. Help us St. Joseph, to be like you, faithful to her in everything. Help us respond to her call. St. Joseph, Foster Father of us all, hear us and answer us. Amen. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2020

Mother Mary and St. Joseph, Protect us!! (c)Mary TV/Anthony Zubac March 16, 2020Novena to St. Joseph, the Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Day 7 Dear Family of Mary! Today is Day 7 of our Novena to St. Joseph! As we draw near to St. Joseph’s feast day, March 19, it seems clear that we are in a very difficult time. The coronavirus is spreading through the world, and it is effectively stopping us in our tracks. There is no cure for this virus yet. So, we can only wait and see if we can escape it. We are vulnerable, and small before this little virus. But we have mighty advocates with the Lord. Both St. Joseph and Our Blessed Mother Mary are with us to help us. Our Lady is especially close to us in Medjugorje. But St. Joseph is always at her side. And so, we have recourse!! We have help in this difficult hour. Our Lady once said to us: June 2, 2007 “Dear children! Also, in this difficult time God’s love sends me to you. My children do not be afraid, I am with you. With complete trust give me your hearts, that I may help you to recognize the signs of the time in which you live. I will help you to come to know the love of my Son. I will triumph through you. Thank you.” Her words are even more powerful today, than they were in 2007. God’s love has sent her to us!! He knows we need our Mother at just such a time. With our Rosaries we can hold on to her hand, like children, praying with hope and confidence. I just love it when she tells us: “My children, do not be afraid, I am with you.” Children know the comfort of the mother’s presence at night, in the dark. With her, they can be at peace. All is well. In our darkness today, our Mother is with us, what more do we need? “With complete trust give me your hearts, that I may help you to recognize the signs of the time in which you live.” Just so. When a child is in the dark, the mother comes and grasps him by the hand and leads him out of the dark into the light. She shows him where he is and keeps him safe. We have been and are in a very dark moment in history, even before this virus. But Our Mother is leading us to the light, to peace and safety. She will show us the way and interpret the signs for us. “I will help you to come to know the love of my Son, I will triumph through you!” Mother Mary is leading us to Jesus, and when we see Him, it will be the Triumph!! Jesus will come to Crown His Mother as Queen of Heaven and Earth and quell all her enemies. This is where we are headed. St. Joseph is here, at Mary’s side, silently supporting her and interceding for us. Here is what St. Thomas Aquinas had to say about St. Joseph: WORDS OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS “Some Saints are privileged to extend to us their patronage with particular efficacy in certain needs, but not in others; but our holy patron St. Joseph has the power to assist us in all cases, in every necessity, in every undertaking.” Dear St. Joseph, we believe that you can help us in every situation. Pray for us to finally give Mary our hearts, to trust her, and let her lead us. Pray that we can recognize the signs of the times in which we live and respond to them with holiness and love. Bring us safely into the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary!! Amen The prayer to St. Joseph, for the Mary TV Family: Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who implored your help or sought your intercession was left unaided.  Filled with confidence we implore you, O faithful St. Joseph: help us now in our turn not to leave the side of Mary, our Mother, Queen of Peace of Medjugorje, Queen of Divine Mercy. Help us St. Joseph, to be like you, faithful to her in everything. Help us respond to her call. St. Joseph, Foster Father of us all, hear us and answer us. Amen.   In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2020

Mother Mary and St. Joseph, Protect us!! (c)Mary TV/Anthony Zubac March 15, 2020Novena to St. Joseph, the Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Day 6 Dear Family of Mary! Today we pray to St. Joseph as our Protector! Truly St. Joseph is the patron of the entire Church and protects Mother Church even as he protected Our Lady. He is a good and powerful father, watching at every turn for danger, and running interference for his children at every threat. We can trust in his vigilant care. Our Lady also watches over us in the same way, and has been sent by the Heavenly Father to protect us, as she told us in this message: March 25, 1990 “Dear children! I am with you even if you are not conscious of it. I want to protect you from everything that satan offers you and through which he wants to destroy you. As I bore Jesus in my womb, so also, dear children, do I wish to bear you into holiness. God wants to save you and sends you messages through men, nature, and so many things which can only help you to understand that you must change the direction of your life. Therefore, little children, understand also the greatness of the gift which God is giving you through me, so that I may protect you with my mantle and lead you to the joy of life. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Thank you Mother, for the protection of your Mantle!  Here is a prayer to St. Joseph, asking for his holy protection. Like Mary, he will keep us safe if we ask him: O holy protector of the Holy Family, protect us children of the Lord Jesus Christ; keep far from us the errors and evils which corrupt the world; assist us from Heaven in our struggles against the powers of darkness. And as thou once didst protect the Divine Child from the cruel edict of Herod, now defend the Church and keep it safe from all dangers and threats; spread over all of us thy holy patronage so that by following thine example and aided by thy spiritual guidance, we may all aspire to a virtuous life, look to a holy death and secure for ourselves the blessing of eternal happiness in Heaven. Amen. Thank you St. Joseph from protecting us from the Powers of Darkness! The prayer to St. Joseph, for the Mary TV Family: Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who implored your help or sought your intercession was left unaided.  Filled with confidence we implore you, O faithful St. Joseph: help us now in our turn not to leave the side of Mary, our Mother, Queen of Peace of Medjugorje, Queen of Divine Mercy. Help us St. Joseph, to be like you, faithful to her in everything. Help us respond to her call. St. Joseph, Foster Father of us all, hear us and answer us. Amen. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2020

  Mother Mary and St. Joseph, Guide Us!! (c)Mary TV/ Mateo Ivankovic March 14, 2020Novena to St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary Dear Family of Mary! Our Lady tells us that she wants to guide us. She wants to be intimately involved in our lives, guiding us towards holiness. Here is her beautiful message, given on October 24, 1985: October 24, 1985 “Dear children! From day to day I wish to clothe you in holiness, goodness, obedience and God’s love, so that from day to day you become more beautiful and more prepared for your Master. Dear children, listen to and live my messages. I wish to guide you. Thank you for having responded to my call.”     What a beautiful call! She wants us to be clothed in holiness! She wants us to be more beautiful! She wants to prepare us for Jesus, our Master. She does this through her messages. And I can’t help but think that St. Joseph is by her side in this project. He is silent, but he is most interested in helping Our Lady to guide us. Here is a lovely prayer to St. Joseph, asking for His help and guidance: ACT OF CONSECRATION TO ST. JOSEPH O Dearest St. Joseph, I consecrate myself to thy honor and give myself to thee, that thou mayest always be my father, my protector and my guide in the way of salvation. Obtain for me a great purity of heart and a fervent love of the interior life. After thine example, may I do all my actions for the greater glory of God, in union with the Divine Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary! And do thou, O blessed St. Joseph, pray for me that I may share in the peace and joy of thy holy death. Amen. Amen and Amen!! Thank you, Mother Mary and dear St. Joseph!! We will follow your lead! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2020 PS. It looks like many of our countries are observing a time of quiet and restraint, in which we must stay home and cease public activity, in order to limit the spread of the Corona virus. It is a serious moment in the world. But I believe we are being given a moment to cease worldly activity, in order to turn our attention to our future, eternity. We are being given a true Lent, in which we withdraw from the world and its pleasures and focus on God. Let’s pray for our poor world that many will take this gift and turn towards Jesus and His Divine Mercy! And that Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart will become their guiding star!    

God love to bless us, through Mary, through Joseph, through our priests!! (c)Mary TV/ Mateo Ivankovic March 13, 2020Novena to St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Day 4 Dear Family of Mary! Today is Day 4 of our Novena to St. Joseph! Today we are going to ask for blessing. Our Lady has told us she wants to bless us. She wants to give us the blessing she has for us from God:  June 25, 1987 “Dear children! Today I thank you and I want to invite you all to God’s peace. I want each one of you to experience in your heart that peace which God gives. I want to bless you all today. I am blessing you with God’s blessing and I beseech you, dear children, to follow and to live my way. I love you, dear children, and so not even counting the number of times, I go on calling you and I thank you for all that you are doing for my intentions. I beg you, help me to present you to God and to save you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” What a beautiful message of blessing from Our Lady. She blesses us with God’s blessing. And she calls us to “live my way!” Her way is of course, holiness. She wants to “present you to God and to save you!” St. Joseph wants to bless us as well, and to save us. He is a father! Here is a prayer asking for the blessing of St. Joseph which is think expresses the same sentiments as Our Lady’s message. We need the blessing of Holy Mary and the blessing of St. Joseph so much! We need all the graces they can provide for us in these difficult days. Petitions for St. Joseph’s Blessing Bless me, O dearly beloved Father, St. Joseph, bless my body and my soul; bless my resolutions, my words and deeds, all my actions and omissions, my every step; bless all that I possess, all my interior and exterior goods, that all may redound to the greater honor of God. Bless me for time and eternity and preserve me from every sin. Obtain for me the grace to make atonement for all my sins by love and contrition here on earth, so that after my last breath I may, without delay, prostrate at your feet, return thee thanks in Heaven for all the love and goodness thou, O dearest father, hast shown me here below. Amen. (Now pray the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be 3 times, in thanksgiving to God for the graces and prerogatives bestowed on St. Joseph.) The prayer to St. Joseph, for the Mary TV Family: Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who implored your help or sought your intercession was left unaided.  Filled with confidence we implore you, O faithful St. Joseph: help us now in our turn not to leave the side of Mary, our Mother, Queen of Peace of Medjugorje, Queen of Divine Mercy. Help us St. Joseph, to be like you, faithful to her in everything. Help us respond to her call. St. Joseph, Foster Father of us all, hear us and answer us. Amen. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2020

  (c)Mary TV/ Anthony Zubac 2019 March 12, 2020Novena to St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary Dear Family of Mary! Day 3 of our Novena to St. Joseph! Today we are going to ask for a miracle. Our Lady has asked us to give her our hearts so that she can change them to be like hers. This would be the most wonderful miracle I can think of!! This would make us capable of helping her with her mission. Listen to her request: May 15, 1986 “Dear children! Today I call you to give me your heart so I can change it to be like mine. You are wondering, dear children, why you cannot respond to that which I am seeking from you. You are not able to because you have not given me your heart so I can change it. You are talking but you are not doing. I call on you to do everything that I am telling you. That way I will be with you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Now let’s pray to St. Joseph to help us to actually do as Our Lady asks!! Prayer to St. Joseph for a miracle. O MY GOD, I thank Thee and bless Thee for St. Joseph’s great faithfulness to grace. Grant that, through his loving intercession and the power of his example, I too may be faithful to grace. O St. Joseph, intercede for me, and obtain for me the favor I ask: Help me to give my heart to Mary so she can make it like her heart! O MY GOD, I thank Thee and bless Thee for St. Joseph’s great faithfulness to the interior life. Grant that, through his loving intercession and the power of his example, I too may be faithful to the interior life. O St. Joseph, intercede for me, and obtain for me the favor I ask: Help me to give my heart to Mary so she can make it like her heart! O MY GOD I thank Thee and bless Thee for St. Joseph’s great love for Our Lady. O Grant that, through his loving intercession and the power of his example, I too may truly love the Blessed Virgin Mary O St. Joseph, intercede for me, and obtain the favor I ask. Help me to give my heart to Mary so she can make it like her heart! O MY GOD, I thank Thee and bless Thee for St. Joseph’s great love for the Divine Child. Grant that, through his loving intercession and the power of his example, I too may truly love the Child Jesus. O St. Joseph, intercede for me, and obtain the favor I ask: Help me to give my heart to Mary so she can make it like her heart! The prayer to St. Joseph, for the Mary TV Family: Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who implored your help or sought your intercession was left unaided.  Filled with confidence we implore you, O faithful St. Joseph: help us now in our turn not to leave the side of Mary, our Mother, Queen of Peace of Medjugorje, Queen of Divine Mercy. Help us St. Joseph, to be like you, faithful to her in everything. Help us respond to her call. St. Joseph, Foster Father of us all, hear us and answer us. Amen. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2020

  (c)Mary TV/ Anthony Zubac 2019 March 11, 2020 Dear Family of Mary! This is Day 2 of our Novena to St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our Lady has asked us to help her in her mission in these days. She has come to Medjugorje with a job to do, and she needs our help. We in turn need help. We are weak and little, and so we need help. That is why we are praying to St. Joseph. He can help us to help Our Lady. She said to us: October 2, 2010 “Dear children; Today I call you to a humble, my children, humble devotion. Your hearts need to be just. May your crosses be your means in the battle against the sins of the present time. May your weapon be patience and boundless love, a love that knows to wait and which will make you capable of recognizing God’s signs, that your life, by humble love, may show the truth to all those who seek it in the darkness of lies… My children, my apostles, help me to open the paths to my Son. Once again, I call you to pray for your shepherds. Alongside them, I will triumph. Thank you.” Our Mother needs us to be humble, just, ready to carry our crosses, patient, and filled with boundless love. She needs us to be able to recognize God’s signs. She needs us to realize the truth and share it with others. Does this all sound very much like our dear St. Joseph? He was the most humble person after Our Lady. He is called St. Joseph, the Just. He carried his cross with such love, meaning that he cared for Mary and Jesus without tiring. And he was full of love and patience. So, St. Joseph can help us in these days to become like him. Then we will be a help to Our Lady. Act of Consecration to St. Joseph by St. Bernardine of Siena O my beloved St. Joseph, adopt me as thy child. Take charge of my salvation; watch over me day and night; preserve me from the occasions of sins; obtain for me purity of body. Through thy intercession with Jesus, grant me a spirit of sacrifice, humility, self-denial, burning love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and a sweet and tender love for Mary, my mother. Saint Joseph, be with me living, be with me dying, and obtain for me a favorable judgment from Jesus, my merciful Savior. Amen. And our novena prayer: The prayer to St. Joseph, for the Mary TV Family: Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who implored your help or sought your intercession was left unaided.  Filled with confidence we implore you, O faithful St. Joseph: help us now in our turn not to leave the side of Mary, our Mother, Queen of Peace of Medjugorje, Queen of Divine Mercy. Help us St. Joseph, to be like you, faithful to her in everything. Help us respond to her call. St. Joseph, Foster Father of us all, hear us and answer us. Amen. Thank you for joining in the simple novena. I believe St. Joseph is with us now as a special gift of the Father in Heaven. Thank you, St. Joseph!  In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan© Mary TV 2020 PS. Thanks to Fr. Donald Calloway who compiled many prayers to St. Joseph in his wonderful book, “Consecration to ST. Joseph – The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father.” Available at Marian Press, Stockbridge, Mass. www.Consecrationtostjoseph.org

  (c)Mary TV/ Anthony Zubac 2019 March 10, 2020 Dear Family of Mary! Today we begin a novena to St. Joseph, to end on March 19, the Feast of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary! I feel that we need St. Joseph very much in these days. The Father gave St. Joseph to Our Lady, to help her in her primary mission, as the Mother of God. The Father knew that Mary would need a spouse who was incredibly able to love her and protect her, to love Jesus and protect Him, and to support the mission that Our Lady had, to bear and raise the Savior of the World. Mary needed St. Joseph in her mission. And now she needs us, in our own little way, in her mission in these days. October 2, 2007 “Dear children, I call you to accompany me in my mission of God with an open heart and complete trust. The path on which I lead you towards God is difficult, but persistent and in the end we will all rejoice in God. Therefore, my children, do not stop praying for the gift of faith. Only faith in God’s Word will be the light in this darkness which desires to envelop us. Do not be afraid, I am with you. Thank you.” Mary asks us to accompany her in her mission of God… which is exactly what St. Joseph did. The path for her then, was difficult, but she and St. Joseph were persistent, and, in the end, they rejoiced in God in eternity!! I believe that St. Joseph will aid us now as we travel with Mary through these modern days, bringing the Savior through our faith, hope and love. We can help her, and St. Joseph can help us!! Each day I will share a prayer to St Joseph and the prayer that Denis has written to St. Joseph, asking for his help for Mary TV, as we try to help Our Lady with her mission. A Prayer of St. Louis de Montfort Hail Joseph the just, wisdom is with you; blessed are you among all men and blessed is Jesus, the fruit of Mary, your faithful spouse. Holy Joseph, worthy foster-father of Jesus Christ, pray for us sinners and obtain divine wisdom for us from God, now and at the hour of our death. Amen The prayer to St. Joseph, for Mary TV: Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who implored your help or sought your intercession was left unaided.  Filled with confidence we implore you, O faithful St. Joseph: help us now in our turn not to leave the side of Mary, our Mother, Queen of Peace of Medjugorje, Queen of Divine Mercy. Help us St. Joseph, to be like you, faithful to her in everything. Help us respond to her call. St. Joseph, Foster Father of us all, hear us and answer us. Amen. Thank you for joining in the simple novena. I believe St. Joseph is with us now as a special gift of the Father in Heaven. Thank you, St. Joseph! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2020 PS. Thanks to Fr. Donald Calloway who compiled many prayers to St. Joseph in his wonderful book, “Consecration to ST. Joseph – The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father.” Available at Marian Press, Stockbridge, Mass. www.Consecrationtostjoseph.org