Author: Cathy Nolan

Witness with your lives Heaven…   September 2, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! It is important that we give time to this beautiful message from Our Lady. I present it again for us to prayerfully read together… “Dear children! With joy I am calling all of you, little children, who have responded to my call: be joy and peace. Witness with your lives Heaven, which I am bringing to you. It is time, little children, that you be a reflection of my love for all those who do not love and whose hearts hatred has conquered. Do not forget: I am with you and intercede for all of you before my Son Jesus, that He may give you His peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (August 25, 2021) Our Lady uses the word “witness” in this message. She asks us to “Witness with your lives Heaven…” “Witness” here is a verb. We actively do it. We “witness”. But what does that mean? Well here is a simple definition of witness as a verb (with synonyms): Verb: certify, attest, witness, vouch mean to testify to the truth or genuineness of something. To witness Heaven means to “testify to the truth and genuineness of Heaven.” We “certify” that there is Heaven. We “vouch” for it’s reality. We “attest” to its existence. We stand up and commit ourselves to living a life that includes Heaven as it’s goal. We stand for the truth of Heaven. And we live according to our deep desire to one day be in Heaven forever. Do we believe in Heaven, and live as if Heaven is real? Do we live in such a way that it makes clear to others that Heaven is real for us, a destination that we expect to attain? And even more clearly, do we attest to Heaven as real, and that Our Lady of Medjugorje is bringing that Heaven to us in Medjugorje? Is Heaven tangibly present to us through Our Lady? These are the questions we need to ask ourselves. And one last thought. The word “martyr” means “witness”. Martyrs are those who stay openly committed to their faith in the face of punishment and even death. A martyr cannot deny that God exists, or that Jesus is God, or that Heaven is the Kingdom of God, and therefore they do not stop witnessing to these realities in the face of persecution and suffering. We may one day be faced with such a choice. But for now we must practice our witness of Heaven through our joy, confidence in God, trust in God’s plan, and loyalty to Our Lady, who is with us to give us Heaven on earth. How can we not witness to the great love of God for us, shown by sending His Mother to help us in this difficult time. “Witness with your lives Heaven, which I am bringing to you.” Yes, Mother, we will witness with our lives Heaven, we will live in such a way that we demonstrate that Heaven is real and that you are bringing Heaven to us in these days, a gift of joy and hope that will bring us to our destination, Life with God forever. This witness may help many others to find you too! We pray for this grace! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV 2021

We are challenged to have great faith!!! Part 2   August 31, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! Here is the August 25, 2021 Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace: “Dear children! With joy I am calling all of you, little children, who have responded to my call: be joy and peace. Witness with your lives Heaven, which I am bringing to you. It is time, little children, that you be a reflection of my love for all those who do not love and whose hearts hatred has conquered. Do not forget: I am with you and intercede for all of you before my Son Jesus, that He may give you His peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (August 25, 2021) On Saturday, the Feast of St. Augustine (August 28), Fr. Kevin McKeever gave a most spectacular homily in St. Augustine’s honor. I have transcribed it for us. Here is part 2!! Homily for August 28, 2021, English Mass, Medjugorje – Fr. Kevin McKeever – Part 2 Like the servant with only one talent, we might feel weak, we might think we are useless, But we are not. We are not left totally helpless or deprived of God’s grace. Our ability to help improve our times may indeed be modest, but it exists, none the less. And we cannot let fear or despair drive us to give in and do nothing. Letting our talent go to waste, like the servant who hid his talent in the ground. It can be so tempting to be like him. To become discouraged. Life can seem hard at times. Maybe even God could seem absent, or uncaring, or unfair. But that is the devil’s temptation to discouragement. Instead let us heed St. Paul, in our first reading, who urges us to knuckle down to the unglamorous task of trying to live our faith in the midst of the little duties of our everyday life conscientiously and with love. Don’t think for a single moment that living a life of virtue in your home or your workplace is something insignificant or not worth while. Never think that any of your prayers are wasted or in vain. If you say the Memorare and your mean it, you will soon find that the opposite is true. No prayer is left unanswered, no petition is in vain. Augustine teaches us what to do: “Men are saying, ‘bad times, troublesome times!’ Let our lives be good and the times are good. We make our times. Such as we are, such are the times. But what can we do? We cannot convert the mass of humanity to the good life. But let the few who do listen, listen well. Let the few who live well endure the many who live badly. Let us as I have said, while we live, pour out our groans before the Lord and endure the evils that we may attain to the things that are good. The Master of the household is loving to us. He carries us, and now we Him. He knows how to govern what He has made. Do what He has commanded and hope for what He has promised.” As today’s Gospel reminds us, the Lord is Master of the Church and of the whole world, and He is in charge. And if he seems asleep as He was in the boat with the disciples on the stormy sea, then yet again listen to Augustine’s advice: “Sail across this world in the boat of your interior peacefulness without losing site of the harbor. when the strong winds of the world’s desires try to take hold of you, call for help and awake Christ who is sleeping in the cabin of your heart.” How easy it is to forget that Christ dwells in us. He is closer to us than our own flesh. He is our life. No wonder he commanded us at the Last Supper to celebrate the Eucharist in memory of Him. Because when we come before Jesus in the Eucharist we are reminded that He loved us so much that He died for us and that His power is so great that He conquered death by His resurrection. Christ’s love, His power, His grace can do for us what we cannot hope to do for ourselves. St. Augustine is known in the Church as the Doctor of Grace. And he reminds us never to forget or forsake the grace of God. He experienced the power of grace in his own life as Christ enabled him to face the temptations and challenges that he could never hope to defeat on his own. He said, “You commanded me and since you give me the power, it was so done.” I like to think that the talents in today’s Gospel symbolize God’s grace. A talent, you see, was an immense amount of money. A huge amount. That in itself reminds us that God’s grace is far more precious than anything this world has to offer. And like the servants in the Gospel, we receive grace in the measure in which we are open to receive it and are able to profit by it. Those who are entrusted with heavy crosses or important tasks are given sufficient grace to carry them. No matter how able we are by nature, we need everyday to beg God for the help of His grace as we set out on our tasks, that we will use our gifts and abilities well. With His grace, all things are possible. Without it we labor in vain. As St. Augustine commented on the story of David and Goliath, “All our strength lies in the knowledge of God and the reception of His grace, in which David placed all His confidence. Goliath on the contrary, counted only on himself, on his own strength.” And we know how that turned out for him. With the help of God’s grace let us not fear our sufferings, or the challenges of being a good Catholic today, but like St. Augustine, bear them with a stout heart, with a fortitude that finds its strength in faith. Amen (Homily of Fr. Kevin McKeever, August 28, 2021 – English Mass Medjugorje) https://marytv.tv/english-homily-in-medjugorje-2/?smid=iAzb9cs0lQW&slid=IRBKmbjFsDA In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV 2021

We are challenged to have great faith!!!   August 30, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! Here is the August 25, 2021 Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace: “Dear children! With joy I am calling all of you, little children, who have responded to my call: be joy and peace. Witness with your lives Heaven, which I am bringing to you. It is time, little children, that you be a reflection of my love for all those who do not love and whose hearts hatred has conquered. Do not forget: I am with you and intercede for all of you before my Son Jesus, that He may give you His peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (August 25, 2021) On Saturday, the Feast of St. Augustine (August 28), Fr. Kevin McKeever gave a most spectacular homily in St. Augustine’s honor. I have transcribed it for us. Today I present the first half and tomorrow the second. We will receive a great deal of peace from Fr. Kevin’s words: Homily for August 28, 2021, English Mass, Medjugorje – Fr. Kevin McKeever The servants in today’s Gospel all received a share in their Master’s riches in proportion to their ability. The weak are not meant to be envious of the strong because the Lord in His mercy has given them a lesser burden to carry our of consideration for the ability. But the strong are not meant to become proud or look down on the weak because by accepting the greater duties that are allotted to them, they realize that they will have to face a more demanding judgement. Today we see that in the life of St. Augustine. God lavished great spiritual gifts of wisdom, eloquence and knowledge upon him, and gave him the dignity of being a bishop in his Church. Yet for Augustine that was no reason for boasting. On the contrary, he said that the responsibilities placed upon him terrified him. But the grace of still being a Christian, loved by God, comforted him. As he famously said, “For you I am a bishop. With you, I am a Christian.” The immense grace that God lavished on St. Augustine from the moment of his conversion until the moment of his holy death, combined with his natural genius to produce an amazing abundance of spiritual fruit. The Church never ceases to draw a rich harvest from Augustine’s labors. Every time his books or sermons are read, studied and used in prayer. Anyone who has encountered St. Augustine through his writings, cannot help but have their heart and soul touched by the spirit of this saintly bishop and doctor of the Church. Just as God touched the heart of Augustine and set it aflame with love, so too does He continue to touch the hearts of all of us through St. Augustine’s work. The marvelous thing about Augustine’s voluminous writings is that he has something to say for every mood and every occasion. For example when we read his famous Confessions, we can reflect with Augustine about how the invisible hand of God’s providence guides every moment of our life. Even in the bad moments, we see that God is there patiently preparing us for something greater. With Augustine we can weep in penitence for our sins. And we can rejoice in the mercy of God. With him we can thank God for the beauty of His creation. And praise Him for all His mighty deeds. However Augustine can also give us a good shake to get us out of our complacency or to stop us from feeling sorry for ourselves. Augustine lived in very troubled times. And he often had to deal with parishioners who were always moaning and complaining about how bad things are. So he once said in a sermon, “Our Holy Scriptures do not promise us peace, security and repose, but tribulations and distress. So we must not complain. ‘As some of them complained,’ as the Apostle says, ‘and perished from the serpents.’ What fresh sort of sufferings to we endure that our fathers did not undergo? Yet you find men complaining about the times live in, saying that the times of our parents were good. What if they could be taken back to the times of their parents and should then complain. The past times that you think were good, are good because they are not yours here and now. Have we forgotten the flood, have we forgotten those burdensome times of famine and wars? They were written about to prevent us from complaining about the present time against God.What times those were.So we have rather cause for congratulating ourselves, than grounds for complaining about our own times.” And how relevant those words are for us. If we are lamenting our own times, whether it is because of COVID and restrictions, or because of war and terrorism, or even problems in the Church. Augustine could point us to his own times, never mind the disasters of other centuries, and tell us to be thankful for small mercies. Imagine facing the plagues that rocked the Roman Empire without the benefit of modern medical science. Or imagine being Augustine watching the Vandals attack his home town in North Africa. One year after his death, Augustine’s city of Hippo Regius was destroyed, never again to recover. We might think that the Catholic Church is in a bad way now, but Augustine could point to the scandals and schisms of his own day, which were so divisive that they often led to violence. He had to contend with the Manichaens, the Arians, the Donatists, the Pelagians. Those words might not mean much to you now, but all they meant to Augustine was headache, heartache and stress. No wonder he never had a moments rest as he tried to argue with them and correct them. So today, St. Augustine also stands before us as a reminder that all the paths of history, just like our own personal journey through life, stand under the loving guidance of God’s providence. So instead of being fearful, complaining, we are challenged to have faith, and patient trust in God. Willingly carrying our crosses as a precious way of sharing in the saving Cross of Christ. End of part 1! Part 2 tomorrow! (Homily of Fr. Kevin McKeever, August 28, 2021 – English Mass Medjugorje) https://marytv.tv/english-homily-in-medjugorje-2/?smid=iAzb9cs0lQW&slid=IRBKmbjFsDA In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV 2021

“With Joy I am calling all of You!” August 27, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! Here again is the August 25, 2021 Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace: “Dear children! With joy I am calling all of you, little children, who have responded to my call: be joy and peace. Witness with your lives Heaven, which I am bringing to you. It is time, little children, that you be a reflection of my love for all those who do not love and whose hearts hatred has conquered. Do not forget: I am with you and intercede for all of you before my Son Jesus, that He may give you His peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (August 25, 2021) Our Mother greeted us in her message in a way that surprised me: “Dear children! With joy I am calling all of you, little children, who have responded to my call: be joy and peace..” As these difficult days continue, the word “joy” seems to be less and less part of our vocabulary. And yet, Our Lady’s words to us are pure joy!! She calls us with joy in her heart! She calls us with the kind of love that turns into joy when you see the beloved! She loves us and so when she speaks to us, joy bubbles up from deep in her heart! The joy of seeing her beloved children! On the other hand, it can be hard for us to “be joy” in these days. And so I thought we might pray this litany of joy in which we acknowledge the things that diminish our joy, and pray to Jesus for the things that will build up our joy. LITANY OF JOY From my need to be in control… deliver me, Jesus. From the distorted view of what will make me happy… From disappointment and discouragement in the weakness of others… From disappointment and discouragement in my own weakness… From letting the evil one control my reactions throughout my day… From the lie that You are far from me… From the moments when I place my identity in someone or something else… From my fear of discomfort and suffering… From the lie that I am not enough… From the lie that You are not enough and cannot fulfill the longings of my heart… In the times I am feeling the weight of the Cross… Jesus, come be my joy. In times of confusion… When I am afraid… In the times I feel overwhelmed… In the times when I feel Your peace… In times of friendship and community… In times of misunderstanding and hurt… When I am jealous… When I am angry… When I want to give up… When I am fighting temptation… In times of planning and work… In times when I am tired… In times of doubt… When I cannot see the future ahead of me… At all times, seasons, and moments in my life… Amen. (Written by Colleen Collette – https://drinkofthespirit.wordpress.com/2017/12/20/litany-of-joy/ In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV 2021

“Thank you, Dearest Mother, for your messages!” August 25, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! Here is the August 25, 2021 Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace: “Dear children! With joy I am calling all of you, little children, who have responded to my call: be joy and peace. Witness with your lives Heaven, which I am bringing to you. It is time, little children, that you be a reflection of my love for all those who do not love and whose hearts hatred has conquered. Do not forget: I am with you and intercede for all of you before my Son Jesus, that He may give you His peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (August 25, 2021) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV 2021

“Thank you, Dearest Mother, for your messages!” August 24, 2021 St. Bartholomew Dear Family of Mary! Tomorrow we look forward to another public message from Our Lady, given through Marija Pavlovic Lunetti. These messages have come to us every month for 34 years! It is remarkable!! We thank Marija for being so steadfast and trustworthy in her task of transmitting Our Lady’s messages to us each month! Thank you, Marija!!! Here is the first monthly message: January 25, 1987 – The first apparition of the 25th of the month, given to Marija, for the parish: “Today I want to appeal to all of you to start living a new life from this day on. Dear children, I wish that you would understand that God has chosen each one of you to have a part in the great plan for the salvation of mankind. You cannot fully understand how great your role is in God’s design. For that reason, pray, dear children, so that through prayer, you may be able to know your role in God’s plan. I am with you, so that you may be able to realize it fully.” Isn’t this message amazing? Our Lady gave us a call to be part of the great plan for the salvation of mankind! And how would we take part in this plan? We would pray so that we would come to know our individual role in God’s plan. This was a beautiful call to us back in 1987, and it is the same call for today. Our Lady needs us to be those who pray in order to know and do God’s will for us, day by day. She gave a beautiful call on July 25, 2021: July 25, 2021 “Dear children! I am calling you to be prayer for all those who do not pray. Little children, witness with your lives the joy that you are mine and God will heed your prayers and give you peace in this peaceless world where pride and selfishness reign. Little children, you be generous and be the love of my love, so that pagans can feel that you are mine and convert to my Immaculate Heart. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Our Lady called us to “be prayer,” “witness with our lives,” be generous,” and be the love of her love…why? So that others would be converted, so many others who at this time are pagan, those who worship non-gods. We can be part of the great plan for the salvation of mankind which God is leading. Each one of us, as we pray and seek the Lord will find that way. Thank you, Dearest Mother, for your presence in Medjugorje and for your messages. We wait with great faith and expectation for the message you will give us tomorrow! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2021

“Listen to and live my messages!” August 23, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! In two days, Our Lady will give a message for the world. She will give it to us through the visionary Marija. These messages on the 25th of the month have been continuing for 34 years!!! Every month she gives us her words of blessing, encouragement, enlightenment, correction, direction, and hope. Her words work in our hearts as only the words of our Mother can! Love, pure love!! Children always remember the words of love their mother speaks to them! Her words work in our minds with the practical teaching that only a mother can give. She gives simple instructions, with few words, but with great precision, always telling us what is most important for our spiritual and practical lives. Her words work in our souls with healing and light, as only the Spouse of the Holy Spirit could provide. Mary’s words to us are words from Heaven. They bring us in touch with eternal realities and with our deepest hopes. And the Holy Spirit can rush upon us when we open our hearts to her words. So you can see that Our Lady’s messages are a gift from our Heavenly Mother for our salvation. 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.” Mother, we long for your guidance! We will again try to listen with open hearts to your messages. Thank you for responding to our call to you, our call from earth for your intervention and help. Thank you, dearest Mother! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2021

“I am the Mother of God and the Queen of Peace” August 20, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! Sunday is August 22, which is usually a memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary! But since it lands on a Sunday this year, the memorial is not observed. But we can still remember it, in our own little way! Our Lady declared to us: “I am the Mother of God and the Queen of Peace.” (10/12/81) Our Lady is our Queen. She has come as our Queen in these days to deliver us from all tyranny and fear, to bring us into the Kingdom of her Son. Let us pray to her as our Queen! Litany of Mary, Queen For private recital only.Lord have mercy on us. Christ have mercy on us. Lord have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us. Holy Mary, pray for us. Holy Mother of God, pray for us… Most honored of Virgins, Chosen daughter of the Father, Mother of Christ the King, Glory of the Holy Spirit, Virgin daughter of Zion, . Virgin poor and humble, Virgin gentle and obedient, Handmaid of the Lord, Mother of the Lord, Helper of the Redeemer, Full of grace, Fountain of beauty, Model of virtue, First fruit of the Redemption, Perfect disciple of Christ, Untarnished image of the Church, Woman transformed, Woman clothed with the sun, Woman crowned with stars, Gentle Lady, Gracious Lady, Our Lady, Joy of Israel, Splendor of the Church, Pride of the human race, Advocate of grace, Minister of holiness, Champion of God’s people, Queen of love, Queen of mercy, Queen of peace, Queen of Angels, Queen of Patriarchs and Prophets, Queen of Apostles and Martyrs, Queen of Confessors and Virgins Queen of all Saints, Queen conceived without Original Sin, Queen assumed into Heaven, Queen of all the earth, Queen of Heaven, Queen of the universe, Queen of Peace, pray for us! Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord. Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us. Let us pray. Father, Thou hast given us the Mother of Thy Son to be our Queen and Mother. With the support of her prayers may we come to share the glory of Thy children in the Kingdom of Heaven. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2021

“I am the Mother of God and the Queen of Peace” August 19, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! Sunday is August 22, which is usually a memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary! But since it lands on a Sunday this year, the memorial is not observed. But we can still remember it, in our own little way! Our Lady is our Queen. She has come as our Queen in these days to deliver us from all tyranny and fear, to bring us into the Kingdom of her Son. Here are five messages in which Our Lady proclaimed her title and called us to follow her! Beautiful and challenging! July 25, 1990 “Dear children! Today I invite you to peace. I have come here as the Queen of Peace and I desire to enrich you with my motherly peace. Dear children, I love you and I desire to bring all of you to the peace which only God gives and which enriches every heart. I invite you to become carriers and witnesses of my peace to this unpeaceful world. Let peace reign in the whole world which is without peace and longs for peace. I bless you with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call.” April 25, 2009 “Dear children! Today I call you all to pray for peace and to witness it in your families so that peace may become the highest treasure on this peaceless earth. I am your Queen of Peace and your mother. I desire to lead you on the way of peace, which comes only from God. Therefore, pray, pray, pray. Thank you for having responded to my call.” April 2, 2012 “Dear children, As the Queen of Peace, I desire to give peace to you, my children, true peace which comes through the heart of my Divine Son. As a mother I pray that wisdom, humility and goodness may come to reign in your hearts; that peace may reign; that my Son may reign… When my Son will be the ruler in your hearts, you will be able to help others to come to know Him. When heavenly peace comes to rule over you, those who are seeking it in the wrong places, thus causing pain to my motherly heart, will recognize it. My children, great will be my joy when I see that you are accepting my words and that you desire to follow me. Do not be afraid, you are not alone. Give me your hands and I will lead you. Do not forget your shepherds. Pray that in their thoughts they may always be with my Son who called them to witness Him. Thank you.” December 25, 2016 (Jakov) “Dear children! Today, on this day of grace, in a special way, I am calling you to pray for peace. Children, I came here as the Queen of Peace and how many times have I called you to pray for peace. But, children, your hearts are restless. Sin is preventing you from opening yourselves completely to grace and peace which God desires to give you. To live peace, my children, is to first have peace in your hearts and to be surrendered completely to God and to His will. Do not seek peace and joy in the things of this world, because this is all passing. Long for true mercy and peace which come only from God; and only in this way will your hearts be filled with true joy; and only in this way will you be able to become witnesses of peace in this peaceless world. I am your mother and intercede before my Son for each of you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” March 25, 2021 “Dear children! Also, today I am with you to tell you: Little children, who prays does not fear the future and does not lose hope. You are chosen to carry joy and peace, because you are mine. I have come here with the name ‘Queen of Peace’ because the devil wants peacelessness and war, he wants to fill your heart with fear of the future – but the future is God’s. That is why, be humble and pray, and surrender everything into the hands of the Most High Who created you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Let us pray: Mary, Queen of Peace, save us all, who have so much trust in you, from wars, hatred, and oppression. Make us all learn to live in peace, and educate ourselves for peace, do what is demanded by justice and respect the rights of every person, so that peace may be firmly established. Amen. (Pope John Paul II, 1920-2005) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2021 PS. Here is a link to the Salve Net Youtube channel that will stream the Funeral of Archbishop Henrik Hoser on Friday, August 20. See below: Funeral Mass of Archbishop Henryk Hoser SAC On Friday, August 13, 2021, Archbishop Henryk Franciszek Hoser SAC, senior bishop of the Warsaw-Praga diocese, died in Warsaw. Funeral ceremonies will take place on August 19-20. On Friday, August 20, in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian the Martyr, the funeral Mass will be celebrated under the chairmanship of Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz Archbishop of the Metropolitan of Warsaw. The sermon will be delivered by Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gdańsk. Live on Salve Net – Youtube channel 12:00 pm Warsaw time – August 20, 2021 6:00 am Eastern time USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYJpOCcXf5Y And here is the link to the Mary TV Tribute to Archbishop Hoser: https://marytv.tv/papal-envoy/?smid=iADf5Hs0uJL&slid=3gJNYt4HsOb