Author: Cathy Nolan

There must be holiness in the families… (c) Mary TV/ Mateo Ivankovic 2017 January 30, 2020 Dear Family of Mary! “…There must be holiness in the families, little children, because there is no future for the world without love and holiness – because in holiness and joy, you give yourselves to God the Creator who loves you with immeasurable love….” (January 25, 2020)    Our Lady often reminds us that our families must be holy. She knows that so much depends on the family. The family is the place where life begins. The family is where God’s great design for the human race is enacted, as we co-create with Him our children. The family is where community is first experienced. The family is where prayer exists, between husband and wife, and with the children, every day. God is present in that prayer. And in the family the faith is shared and grows. Humanity depends on these families. Our Lady knows how crucial it is that there are good and holy families in the world. Fr. John Hampsch, C.M.F. authored a beautiful prayer for the healing of the family, and indeed the extended family. It is powerful. Let’s pray this prayer for our families, asking that holiness will grow in our families, and love and joy will follow:     PRAYER FOR HEALING YOUR FAMILY TREE     Heavenly Father, I come before you as your child, in great need of your help; I have physical health needs, emotional needs, spiritual needs, and interpersonal needs. Many of my problems have been caused by my own failures, neglects, and sinfulness, for which I humbly beg your forgiveness, Lord. But I also ask you to forgive the sins of my ancestors whose failures have left their effects on me in the form of unwanted tendencies, behavior patterns and defects in body, mind and spirit. Heal me, Lord, of all these disorders. With your help I sincerely forgive everyone, especially livings or dead members of my family tree, who have directly offended me or my loved ones in any way, or those whose sins have resulted in our present sufferings and disorders. In the name of your divine Son, Jesus, and in the power of his Holy Spirit, I ask you, Father, to deliver me and my entire family tree from the influence of the evil one. Free all living or dead members of my family tree, including those in adoptive relationships, and those in extended family relationships, from every contaminating form of bondage. By your loving concern for us, heavenly Father, and by the shed blood of your precious Son, Jesus, I beg you to extend your blessings to me and to all my living and deceased relatives. Heal every negative effect transmitted through all past generations and prevent such negative effects in future generations of my family tree. I symbolically place the cross of Jesus over the head of each person in my family tree, and between each generation; I ask you to let the cleansing blood of Jesus purify the bloodlines in my family lineage. Set your protective angels to encamp around us, and permit Archangel Raphael, the patron of healing, to administer your divine healing power to all of us, even in the area of genetic disability. Give special power to our family members’ guardian angels to heal, protect, guide and encourage each of us in all our needs. Let your healing power be released at this very moment, and let it continue as long as your sovereignty permits.     In our family tree, Lord, replace all bondage with a holy bonding in family love. And let there be an ever-deeper bonding with you, Lord, by the Holy Spirit, to your Son, Jesus. Let the family of the Holy Trinity pervade our family with its tender, warm, loving presence, so that our family may recognize and manifest that love in all our relationships. All of our unknown needs we include with this petition that we pray in Jesus’ precious name. Amen     St. Joseph, Patron of family life, pray for us.     Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan(c)Mary TV 2020 

Let no soul fear to draw near to Me (c) Mary TV/ Mateo Ivankovic 2016 January 29, 2020 Dear Family of Mary! “Today I am calling you to pray even more, until you feel the holiness of forgiveness in your heart….”     The holiness of forgiveness!! We should all long to feel this holiness. We will never want to NOT feel it once we do!! Jesus became one of us in order to bring forgiveness to us, the kind of forgiveness that will endure. It will carry us into heaven. His forgiveness is beyond all the possibilities that we can think of in our human finiteness. Jesus’s forgiveness is complete, unwarranted, and at the cost of His own life on the Cross. His forgiveness brings us into the heart of the Father, who is that very Father who welcomed home the prodigal son. So feeling the holiness of forgiveness for each one of us is holy ecstasy!! Jesus told St. Faustina about His forgiveness in the revelation of His Divine Mercy: (699) On one occasion, I heard these words: My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable (138) mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy139 be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the Fount of My Mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On that day all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come forth from the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation to Me will contemplate My love and mercy throughout eternity. The Feast of Mercy emerged from My very depths of tenderness. (139) It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy. (St. Faustina’s Diary, 699) Our Lady has called us to pray even more, because she wants to envelop as many souls as possible in the Mercy of her Son while there is still time!! Let’s all pray even more!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2020

The Holiness of Forgiveness (c) Mary TV/ Mateo Ivankovic 2016   January 28, 2020St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor of the Church Dear Family of Mary! “Dear children! Today I am calling you to pray even more, until you feel the holiness of forgiveness in your heart. There must be holiness in the families, little children, because there is no future for the world without love and holiness – because in holiness and joy, you give yourselves to God the Creator who loves you with immeasurable love. This is why He sends me to you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (January 25, 2020) “Today I am calling you to pray even more, until you feel the holiness of forgiveness in your heart….” Our Lady calls us to “pray even more” so that we will begin to feel “the holiness of forgiveness” in our hearts. I have been asking myself what this holiness of forgiveness might be. (Obviously I am not praying enough yet!) We know that Jesus was very focused on forgiveness during his public ministry. Jesus was all about forgiveness. When Jesus was healing people, He was forgiving their sins at the same time. When Jesus taught, He taught about the necessity of forgiving others, and the need we have to be forgiven. Jesus came to forgive all of us, because we are all sinners. All of us. Jesus is forgiveness itself. So, the holiness of forgiveness must have to do with how close we are getting to Jesus. The closer we come to Jesus, the more we will become forgiven and learn to forgive. Forgiveness will pulse through our veins and live in our hearts. We will be forgivers, like our Lord. In St. Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus teaches this parable about forgiveness: Mt 18: 21-35 Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents; and as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. So, the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, `Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’ And out of pity for him the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. But that same servant, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat he said, `Pay what you owe.’ So, his fellow servant fell down and besought him, `Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’ He refused and went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt.    When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place. Then his lord summoned him and said to him, `You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you besought me; and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ And in anger his lord delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all his debt. So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.” (Mt 18: 21-35)   Obviously, the wicked servant saw forgiveness as a one-way street. Forgiveness flowed his way but did not flow through him to others. It is impossible to forgive if one is self-centered and grasping. Forgiveness comes from a heart that is humble and giving, a heart that does not build its own kingdom, but instead is open to helping others, to building community and love. We will feel the holiness of forgiveness to the extent that we pray and pray and pray. The closer to Jesus we become, the more we will understand that our kingdom is in heaven, and there is no need to grasp for ourselves here on earth. Jesus is forgiveness and we must be as well. There is so much more to say about forgiveness. What a blessed word it is! What a blessed gift it is!! What a blessed relief it is for our sin-sick souls. The holiness of forgiveness!   In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2020

Pray even more… (c) Mary TV January 27, 2020St. Angela Merici Dear Family of Mary! “Dear children! Today I am calling you to pray even more, until you feel the holiness of forgiveness in your heart. There must be holiness in the families, little children, because there is no future for the world without love and holiness – because in holiness and joy, you give yourselves to God the Creator who loves you with immeasurable love. This is why He sends me to you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (January 25, 2020) “…Today I am calling you to pray even more…” There is one request that Our Lady constantly makes of us. And she only increases the urgency with which she makes this request to us. She just keeps the pedal to the metal, so to speak. And that request is for more and more prayer. She does not let up on this request!! She wants our prayer to continue to increase and grow in depth and constancy. She has told us that without prayer we cannot live. Here are some of her words about our fundamental need for prayer: Monday, September 10, 1984   To Jelena: “Dear children, you must understand that one has to pray. Prayer is no joke; prayer is a conversation with God. In every prayer you must listen to the voice of God. Without prayer one cannot live. Prayer is life.” Saturday, October 10, 1981“It is up to you to pray and to persevere. I have made promises to you; also be without anxiety. Faith will not know how to be alive without prayer… Pray more.” Thursday, January 19, 1984“Pray and fast, because without prayer you cannot do anything.” September 6, 1984 “Dear children! Without prayer there is no peace. Therefore I say to you, dear children, pray at the foot of the Cross for peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” July 3, 1986 “Dear children! Today I am calling you all to prayer. Without prayer, dear children, you are not able to experience either God, or me or the graces which I am giving you. Therefore, my call to you is that the beginning and end of your day always be prayer. Dear children, I wish to lead you daily more and more in prayer, but you are not able to grow because you do not desire it. My call, dear children, is that for you, prayer be in the first place. Thank you for having responded to my call.” April 25, 1987 “Dear children! Today also I am calling you to prayer. You know, dear children, that God grants special graces in prayer. Therefore, seek and pray in order that you may be able to comprehend all that I am giving here. I call you, dear children, to prayer with the heart. You know that without prayer you cannot comprehend all that God is planning through each one of you. Therefore, pray! I desire that through each one of you God’s plan may be fulfilled, that all which God has planted in your heart may keep on growing. So, pray that God’s blessing may protect each one of you from all the evil that is threatening you. I bless you, dear children… Thank you for having responded to my call.” January 25, 1994 “Dear children! You are all my children. I love you. But, little children, you must not forget that without prayer you cannot be close to me. In these times satan wants to create disorder in your hearts and in your families. Little children, do not give in. You should not allow him to lead you and your life. I love you and intercede before God for you. Little children, pray. Thank you for having responded to my call.” November 25, 1994 “Dear children! Today I call you to prayer. I am with you and I love you all. I am your Mother and I wish that your hearts be similar to my heart. Little children, without prayer you cannot live and say that you are mine. Prayer is joy. Prayer is what the human heart desires. Therefore, get closer, little children, to my Immaculate Heart and you will discover God. Thank you for having responded to my call.” July 25, 1997 “Dear children! Today I invite you to respond to my call to prayer. I desire, dear children, that during this time you find a corner for personal prayer. I desire to lead you towards prayer with the heart. Only in this way will you comprehend that your life is empty without prayer. You will discover the meaning of your life when you discover God in prayer. That is why, little children, open the door of your heart and you will comprehend that prayer is joy without which you cannot live. Thank you for having responded to my call.” December 25, 1998 “Dear children! In this Christmas joy I desire to bless you with my blessing. In a special way, little children, I give you the blessing of little Jesus. May He fill you with His peace. Today, little children, you do not have peace and yet you yearn for it. That is why, with my Son Jesus, on this day I call you to pray, pray, pray, because without prayer you do not have joy or peace or a future. Yearn for peace and seek it, for God is true peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” October 25, 2004 “Dear children! This is a time of grace for the family and, therefore, I call you to renew prayer. May Jesus be in the heart of your family. In prayer, learn to love everything that is holy. Imitate the lives of saints so that they may be an incentive and teachers on the way of holiness. May every family become a witness of love in this world without prayer and peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” January 25, 2016 “Dear children! Also today, I am calling all of you to prayer. You cannot live without prayer, because prayer is a chain which brings you closer to God. Therefore, little children, in humility of heart return to God and to His commandments so that with all of your heart you are able to say: as it is in Heaven so may it be on earth. You, little children, are free to in freedom decide for God or against Him. See where Satan wants to pull you into sin and slavery. Therefore, little children, return to my heart so that I can lead you to my Son Jesus who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Thank you for having responded to my call.”   June 02, 2014 “Dear children, I call you all and accept you as my children. I am praying that you may accept me and love me as a mother. I have united all of you in my heart, I have descended among you and I bless you. I know that you desire consolation and hope from me because I love you and intercede for you. I ask of you to unite with me in my Son and to be my apostles. For you to be able to do so, I am calling you, anew, to love. There is no love without prayer – there is no prayer without forgiveness because love is prayer – forgiveness is love. My children, God created you to love and you love so as to forgive. Every prayer that comes out of love unites you with my Son and the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit illuminates you and makes you my apostles – apostles who will do everything they do in the name of the Lord. They will pray with their works and not just with words, because they love my Son and comprehend the way of truth which leads to eternal life. Pray for your shepherds that they may always lead you with a pure heart on the way of truth and love – the way of my Son. Thank you.” Well, I guess you get the point. If we do one thing in 2020, change one pattern in our lives this year, it should be to pray more. Because prayer is life! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan© Mary TV 2020

  (c) Mary TV January 25, 2020The Conversion of St. Paul Dear Family of Mary, Here is the January 25, 2020 message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace!   “Dear children! Today I am calling you to pray even more, until you feel the holiness of forgiveness in your heart. There must be holiness in the families, little children, because there is no future for the world without love and holiness – because in holiness and joy, you give yourselves to God the Creator who loves you with immeasurable love. This is why He sends me to you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (January 25, 2020) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2020

  (c) Mary TV January 24, 2020St. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the ChurchDay of the March for Life in Washington DC. Dear Family of Mary! Today there is a March for Life in Washington DC. Let’s pray this Litany to Mary to call down upon our brothers and sisters the protection and blessing of Our Lady as they stand up to defend all babies in the womb from abortion. With Mary, our Queen, all things are possible. THE NEW TESTAMENT LITANY OF MARY. Mary, Daughter of Sion,Pray for us. Mary, Temple of the Lord,Pray for us. Mary, Ark of the Covenant,Pray for us. Mary, New Eve and Mother of the Living,Pray for us. Mary, Faithful Remnant of Israel,Pray for us. Blessed Mary, ever full of grace.Pray that we may hear the Word of God and act on it. Blessed Mary, you welcomed the Lord into our midst,Pray that we may hear the Word of God and act on it. Blessed Mary, the Holy Spirit came to you and God’s Power enveloped you,Pray that we may hear the Word of God and act on it. Blessed Mary, you are favored above all women,Pray that we may hear the Word of God and act on it. Blessed Mary, the Lord has accomplished great things in you,Pray that we may hear the Word of God and act on it. Blessed Mary, you went in haste to render service to Elizabeth,Pray that we may hear the Word of God and act on it. Blessed Mary, you brought forth Him who is our Savior, Emmanuel, God-with-us Pray that we may hear the Word of God and act on it. Blessed Mary, you took delight in Jesus’ growth in wisdom, age, and grace,Pray that we may hear the Word of God and act on it. Holy Mary, from the compassion you showed at Cana,May we do whatever God asks of us. Holy Mary, from your experience of anguish and loneliness,May we do whatever God asks of us. Holy Mary, from your joy at the resurrection, May we do whatever God asks of us. Holy Mary, from your prayer in the Pentecost Church,May we do whatever God asks of us. Holy Mary, from your life of fidelity,May we do whatever God asks of us. Holy Mary, from your hope in the fulfillment of God’s promises,May we do whatever God asks of us. Holy Mary, from your love of God and God’s People,May we do whatever God asks of us. Mary, Mother of our God, and Savior, Jesus Christ Lead us to your Son. Mary, our Mother, Lead us to your Son. Mary, Mother of the Church, Lead us to your Son. Mary, woman of heavenly glory,Lead us to your Son. Mary, woman clothed with the sun,Lead us to your Son. Mary, first among the redeemed,Lead us to your Son. Mary, image of the Church perfected,Lead us to your Son. Mary, sign of hope and consolation,Lead us to your Son. Lord God, our Father,Receive us. Lord Jesus, Son of God and Son of Mary,Receive us. Spirit of Life and Truth and Love,Receive us. Let us pray: Blessed are you,O Lord our God,for the great things you have accomplished in Mary,the Virgin Mother of your Son.By the power of the Holy Spiritshe is for us a model and sign of faith and hope.May we come to welcome you as she did,to treasure all that you send us in love,and to ponder the Great Mystery,hidden for ages,and now made known to us in Jesus the Lord. All praise be yours,Almighty Father,through Jesus Christ your Son,in the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen. [Composed by Fr. Robert Bouffier, SM] https://www.catholicdoors.com/prayers/litanies/p03487.htm     In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2020

  (c) Mary TV 2016 January 23, 2020St. Vincent, Deacon and MartyrSt. Marianne Cope Dear Family of Mary! All I can say today is that the message that Our Lady gave us on December 25, 2019 is truly a blessed message. So I offer it to you again, one more time. Let’s pray over it and ask the Holy Spirit to guide us to the words that we need to hear today. On Saturday we will receive another blessed message from Our Lady, so now is the time to review and pray over this one.  “Dear children! I am carrying my Son Jesus to you, for Him to bless you and reveal to you His love, which comes from Heaven. Your heart yearns for peace, of which there is less and less on earth. That is why people are far from God and souls are sick and heading towards spiritual death. I am with you, little children, to lead you on this way of salvation to which God calls you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (December 25, 2019)     God bless all of us!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan© Mary TV 2020

  (c) Mary TV 2016 January 22, 2020Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of the Unborn Dear Family of Mary! “…My children, my Son pronounced the words of the ‘Our Father’-Our Father, [you] who are everywhere and in our hearts-because He desires to teach you to pray with words and feelings. He desires for you to always be better, to live merciful love which is prayer and limitless sacrifice for others…” (January 2, 2020)    Jesus taught us how to pray. He also taught us how to fast. These two things are linked. On this fast day, let’s listen to Jesus: Matthew 6: 5-18 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this: Our Father who art in heaven,Hallowed be thy name.Thy kingdom come.Thy will be done,On earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread;And forgive us our debts,As we also have forgiven our debtors;And lead us not into temptation,But deliver us from evil. For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. “And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. (Matthew 6: 5-18) And when we pray today, let’s pray for the unborn, and their families, that they will be safe and live long lives. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2020

They will fast on that day…. (c) Mary TV 2020 January 21, 2020St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr Dear Family of Mary! October 25, 2012 “Dear children! Today I call you to pray for my intentions. Renew fasting and prayer because Satan is cunning and attracts many hearts to sin and perdition. I call you, little children, to holiness and to live in grace. Adore my Son so that He may fill you with His peace and love for which you yearn. Thank you for having responded to my call.” In the Gospel reading for Monday, Jan. 20, Jesus said: “…the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day” (Mark 2:20). Having just moved into Ordinary time after the beautiful Christmas Season, many of us are slow to begin fasting again! But it is time to pick up our crosses and follow Jesus! Fr. Kenny gave a very practical and moving homily about fasting yesterday, at English Mass in Medjugorje. I have transcribed it for us, so we can pray over it. I think it carries a grace with it, because it is simply the truth! Fr. Don Kenny Homilist- January 20, 2020 English Mass in Medjugorje When I was thinking about this homily yesterday, I wasn’t going to talk about it or about fasting because I felt that you know more about fasting than I do. But, four questions raised their head during the day. And I thought I would share these with you. And you probably already know the answer to them, but it is good to remind ourselves. First – Did Jesus really teach about fasting? Did He ask us to fast? And the answer to that is of course, yes, He does instruct us! Especially in Matthew, Chapter 9, He says: “…when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast on that day.” And He presumes His followers will fast, in the Sermon on the Mount, when He teaches very clearly, “when you fast…”, He says…not “If you fast…” And He goes on to say, “Anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to be fasting before others. Your Father who sees in secret, will reward you.” The second question that came up was: When did fasting on certain days originate? You know Our Lady here asks us to fast on Wednesdays and Fridays. But it is found as early as the first century, in the teaching of the Twelve Apostles. And in that we read, “Christ commanded us to fast on Wednesday and Friday”. And the saints explain that we fast on Wednesdays because on this day Our Lord was betrayed. And we fast on Friday because on this day He suffered death for our salvation. The third question that hit me was: What is the purpose of fasting? I suppose we can say that although fasting has many health benefits, the primary aim of fasting is to make us conscious of our dependence on God. We voluntarily experience physical hunger in order to become aware of our true spiritual hunger. Another reason we fast is to subdue our passions and our self-will. The saints tell us there is not way that we can control our urges for pleasure, money or power, if we cannot control our stomach. Fasting is the first way to self-control. And our self-will is cut off by being obedient to the Church and Her rules. And the fourth and the final one is: Is fasting only a matter of diet? And the answer to that is clearly no! It is moral as well as physical. True fasting is to be converted in heart and in will. It is to return to God. To come home like the Prodigal Son, to our Father’s house. In the words of St. John Christendom: It means abstinence on only from food but from sins. He says that the fast should be kept not only by the mouth, but also by the eye, the ear, the feet, the hands, and all members of the body. The eye must abstain from impure sights, the ear from malicious gossip, the hands from acts of injustice. And St. Basil goes on to that it is useless, absolutely useless, he says, to fast from food and yet indulge in criticism of others and slander of others. In the end there is a great phrase, “You do not eat meat, and devour your brother…” Some great reasons for us to fast. (Fr. Don Kenny, Medjugorje, January 20, 2020 – You can listen to it here: https://marytv.tv/english-mass-in-medjugorje/  In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2020