Author: Cathy Nolan

For the Conversion of all souls… November 14, 2020 Dear Family of Mary! November 27, 1986 “Dear children! Again today I call you to consecrate your life to me with love, so I am able to guide you with love. I love you, dear children, with a special love and I desire to bring you all to Heaven unto God. I want you to realize that this life lasts briefly compared to the one in Heaven. Therefore, dear children, decide again today for God. Only that way will I be able to show how much you are dear to me and how much I desire all to be saved and to be with me in Heaven. Thank you for having responded to my call.” It is Day 6 of our Novena for our countries and the world.  Today let us stand with Our Lady before her Son, begging for the grace of conversion and consecration to Jesus through Mary!  Only by consecrating ourselves to Mary can we defeat Satan in his bid to destroy the world and take as many souls as possible to hell with him. Our Lady told St. Faustina: On the day of the Assumption of the Mother of God, I did not assist at Holy Mass. The woman doctor did not allow me; but I prayed fervently in my cell. After a short time, I saw the Mother of God, unspeakably beautiful. She said to me, My daughter, what I demand from you is prayer, prayer, and once again prayer, for the world and especially for your country. For nine days receive Holy Communion in atonement and unite yourself closely to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. During these nine days you will stand before God as an offering; always and everywhere, at all times and places, day or night, whenever you wake up, pray in the spirit. In spirit, one can always remain in prayer. (Diary 325) I am beginning to see that what is at stake in these days is not our worldly life but our eternal life.  This battle is over our eternal souls.  And so, we must stand with Our Lady, interceding to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit for the conversion and salvation of souls, all souls. Here is a beautiful litany to the Immaculate Heart of Mary which focuses on our countries, but is really for all mankind. LITANY OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY The Third of Three Litanies (for private devotion 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. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pray for our dear country. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Sanctify our clergy. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Make our Catholics more fervent. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Guide and inspire those who govern us. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Cure the sick who confide in thee. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Console the sorrowful who trust in thee. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Help those who invoke thine aid. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Deliver us from all dangers. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Help us to resist temptations. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Obtain for us all we lovingly ask of thee. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Make our family life holy. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Help those who are dear to us. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Bring back to the right road our erring brothers. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Give us back our ancient fervor. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Obtain for us pardon for our manifold sins and offenses. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Obtain for us pardon and repentance for the holocaust of abortion. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Bring all men to the feet of thy Divine Child.  Immaculate Heart of Mary, Obtain peace for the world. Immaculate Heart of Mary, May we consecrate ourselves entirely to thee. V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.  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: O God of infinite goodness and mercy, fill our hearts with a great confidence in our Most Holy Mother, whom we invoke under the title of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and grant us by her most powerful intercession all the graces, spiritual and temporal, which we need. Through Christ Our Lord. R. Amen. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2020    

Press tightly against my Motherly Heart November 13, 2020 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin Dear Family of Mary! This is Day 5 of our Nine Day Novena for the world and for our countries. We begin by reading St. Faustina’s Diary Entry 235: On the day of the Assumption of the Mother of God, I did not assist at Holy Mass. The woman doctor did not allow me; but I prayed fervently in my cell. After a short time, I saw the Mother of God, unspeakably beautiful. She said to me, My daughter, what I demand from you is prayer, prayer, and once again prayer, for the world and especially for your country. For nine days receive Holy Communion in atonement and unite yourself closely to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. During these nine days you will stand before God as an offering; always and everywhere, at all times and places, day or night, whenever you wake up, pray in the spirit. In spirit, one can always remain in prayer. (Diary 325) Here is a message that will help us to stand with Our Lady before the Father and intercede.  October 25, 1988 “Dear children! My invitation that you live the messages which I am giving you is a daily one, specially, little children, because I want to draw you closer to the Heart of Jesus. Therefore, little children, I am inviting you today to the prayer of consecration to Jesus, my dear Son, so that each of you may be His. And then I am inviting you to the consecration of my Immaculate Heart. I want you to consecrate yourselves as parents, as families and as parishioners so that all belong to God through my heart. Therefore, little children, pray that you comprehend the greatness of this message which I am giving you. I do not want anything for myself, rather all for the salvation of your soul. Satan is strong and therefore, you, little children, by constant prayer, press tightly against my motherly heart. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Our consecration to Our Lady is very important in these days.  I just heard an exorcist say that the devil is trying to take over our countries but that we must consecrate ourselves and our countries to Our Lady. He was talking about how to pray so that Satan would lose authority over us and over those things that are ours by right.  He said that Our Lady has been given power over the devil, and that if we surrender all we are and have to her, then the devil has no power of us.   I was very moved by this. We have consecrated ourselves and all we have and are to Our Lady.  In the message above, she said: “I want you to consecrate yourselves as parents, as families and as parishioners so that all belong to God through my heart.” Maybe we haven’t realized how much this consecration can protect us from Satan.  We are not our own, but we are Mary’s property now. We should be confident because we are pressed tightly against Our Lady’s motherly Heart!! (You can listen to the discussion of this topic at this link: https://usgraceforce.com/grace-force-podcast-episode-64-fr-ripperger-fighting-back-against-the-satanic-mob/ Thank you for praying this novena!  I feel that we are being led in the fight for the good.  Our Lady is going to triumph! Here us a Litany to the Immaculate Heart of Mary that we can pray today: Litany of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Composed by Cardinal Newman) 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. Heart of Mary, Pray for us. Heart of Mary, according to the heart of God, Pray for us. Heart of Mary, united to the Heart of Jesus, Pray for us. Heart of Mary, organ of the Holy Ghost, Pray for us Heart of Mary, sanctuary of the Divine Trinity, Pray for us Heart of Mary, tabernacle of God Incarnate, Pray for us Heart of Mary, immaculate from thy creation, Pray for us Heart of Mary, full of grace, Pray for us Heart of Mary, blessed among all hearts, Pray for us Heart of Mary, Throne of glory, Pray for us Heart of Mary, most humble, Pray for us Heart of Mary, holocaust of Divine Love, Pray for us Heart of Mary, fastened to the Cross with Jesus Crucified, Pray for us Heart of Mary, comfort of the afflicted, Pray for us Heart of Mary, refuge of sinners, Pray for us Heart of Mary, hope of the agonizing, Pray for us Heart of Mary, seat of mercy, Pray for us Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. Immaculate Mary, meek and humble of heart. Make our hearts according to the Heart of Jesus. Let us pray: O most merciful God, who for the salvation of sinners and the refuge of the miserable, wast pleased that the Most Pure Heart of Mary should be most like in charity and pity to the Divine Heart of Thy Son, Jesus Christ: grant that we who commemorate this sweet and loving Heart may, by the merits and intercession of the same Blessed Virgin, merit to be found according to the Heart of Jesus. Through the same Christ, Our Lord. Amen. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan © Mary TV 2020      

In God’s nearness… November 12, 2020 St. Josephat, Bishop, Martyr Dear Family of Mary! This is Day 4 of our Nine Day Novena for the world and for our countries.  We begin by reading St. Faustina’s Diary Entry 235: On the day of the Assumption of the Mother of God, I did not assist at Holy Mass. The woman doctor did not allow me; but I prayed fervently in my cell. After a short time, I saw the Mother of God, unspeakably beautiful. She said to me, My daughter, what I demand from you is prayer, prayer, and once again prayer, for the world and especially for your country. For nine days receive Holy Communion in atonement and unite yourself closely to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. During these nine days you will stand before God as an offering; always and everywhere, at all times and places, day or night, whenever you wake up, pray in the spirit. In spirit, one can always remain in prayer. (Diary 325) Let’s remember that we are standing before God as an offering.  And as we stand in His presence, we will be drawn into a deeper relationship of love with Him.  As Our Lady says in this message, we will be “In God’s nearness”: “Dear children, today I call you to a complete union with God. Your body is on earth, but I ask that your souls, as often as possible be in God’s nearness. You will achieve this through prayer, prayer with an open heart. In that way you will thank God for the immeasurable goodness which He gives to you through me and, with a sincere heart, you will accept the obligation to treat the souls whom you meet with equal goodness. Thank you, my children.” (November 2, 2008) Here is the Litany to God the Father.  I think it will help us draw near to the Lord, and stand in His presence, thanking Him and loving Him! LITANY OF GOD THE FATHER God the Father of heaven, – have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, – have mercy on us. God the Holy Spirit, – have mercy on us. Most Holy Trinity, one only God, – have mercy on us. Father, Creator of the world, – have mercy on us. (Repeat ‘have mercy on us’ after each invocation.) Father, reconciliation of the world, Father, eternal wisdom, Father, infinite goodness, Father, ineffable providence, Father, fountain of all delight, Father, most holy, Father, most sweet, Father, inexhaustible mercy, Father, our defender, Father, our love, Father, our light, Father, our joy and glory, Father, richness of the whole world, Father, triumphant over all nations, Father, magnificence of the holy family, Father, hope of Christians, Father, ruination of idols, Father, wisdom of rulers, Father, magnificence of kings, Father, consolation of the people, Father, joy of priests, Father, leader of men, Father, glory of family life, Father, support of the unhappy, Father, joy of virgins, Father, guide of youth, Father, friend of the little ones, Father, freedom of captives, Father, light for those in darkness, Father, destruction of the arrogant, Father, wisdom of the just, Father, our succor in tribulation, Father, our hope in desolation, Father, King of salvation for the desperate, Father, consolation of the poor, Father, safe haven in danger, Father, our protection in misery, Father, consolation of the afflicted, Father, asylum of orphans, Father, peace of the elderly, Father, refuge of the dying, Father, satiation of our thirst, Father, life of the dead, Father, plentitude of the saints, – have mercy on us. Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, – forgive us, O Lord. Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, – hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, – have mercy on us, O Lord. Let us pray: Infinitely good and merciful Father, You ardently want to extend Your Kingdom of Love to the heart of Your creatures. For the sake of Your joy and their happiness, we ask You to fulfil Your will to be known, loved and honored by men and to unite our families in Your peace. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord, and the intercession of the most holy Virgin Mary and all the saints. Amen. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan © Mary TV 2020      

Pray, pray, pray! November 11, 2020 St. Martin of Tours Dear Family of Mary! Let’s review the basis of our novena as we move into day 3: On the day of the Assumption of the Mother of God, I did not assist at Holy Mass. The woman doctor did not allow me; but I prayed fervently in my cell. After a short time, I saw the Mother of God, unspeakably beautiful. She said to me, My daughter, what I demand from you is prayer, prayer, and once again prayer, for the world and especially for your country. For nine days receive Holy Communion in atonement and unite yourself closely to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. During these nine days you will stand before God as an offering; always and everywhere, at all times and places, day or night, whenever you wake up, pray in the spirit. In spirit, one can always remain in prayer. (St. Faustina’s Diary 325) We are trying to stand before God as an offering. I think this standing before God is very important. We can live our lives in many ways as if we have forgotten about God, as if He is far away and uninterested in us. But as St. Faustina learned, this was not so. And I believe the visionaries in Medjugorje also became very aware of the nearness of God. Seeing Our Lady and peeking into Heaven must have made the reality of God paramount in their lives. We now are being given an opportunity to “peek into Heaven” in a little way by making ourselves present to God all day and all night! I have compiled some of Our Lady’s messages in which she called us to pray, pray, pray. I think they convey a bit of this reality, that we can stand before God and just stay there… “When I say pray, pray, pray, I do not want to say to only increase the number of hours of prayer, but also to reinforce the desire for prayer, and to be in contact with God. Place yourself permanently in a state of spirit bathed in prayer.” (June 26, 1984) “Dear children! You are a chosen people and God has given you great graces. You are not conscious of every message which I am giving you. Now I just want to say pray, pray, pray! I don’t know what else to tell you because I love you and I want you to comprehend my love and God’s love through prayer. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (November 15, 1984) “Dear children! Today I wish to call you to pray, pray, pray! In prayer you shall perceive the greatest joy and the way out of every situation that has no exit. Thank you for starting up prayer. Each individual is dear to my heart. And I thank all who have urged prayer in their families. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (March 28, 1985) “Dear children! Today I invite you to open yourselves to God by means of prayer so the Holy Spirit may begin to work miracles in you and through you. I am with you and I intercede before God for each one of you because, dear children, each one of you is important in my plan of salvation. I invite you to be carriers of good and peace. God can give you peace only if you convert and pray. Therefore, my dear little children, pray, pray, pray and do that which the Holy Spirit inspires you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (May 25, 1993) “Dear children! I rejoice with you and I invite you to prayer. Little children, pray for my intention. Your prayers are necessary to me, through which I desire to bring you closer to God. He is your salvation. God sends me to help you and to guide you towards paradise, which is your goal. Therefore, little children, pray, pray, pray. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (September 25, 1994 ) “Dear children! Today I am with you in a special way and I bring you my motherly blessing of peace. I pray for you and I intercede for you before God, so that you may comprehend that each of you is a carrier of peace. You cannot have peace if your heart is not at peace with God. That is why, little children, pray, pray, pray, because prayer is the foundation of your peace. Open your heart and give time to God so that He will be your friend. When true friendship with God is realized, no storm can destroy it. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (June 25, 1997) “Dear children! Do not forget: this is a time of grace; that is why, pray, pray, pray! Thank you for having responded to my call.” (October 25, 1999) May we respond to Our Lady’s call to pray, pray, pray…It is our call. God is calling us to remain with Him, in a loving and constant communication. The Lord needs our intercession, and we need to be with the Lord. Let’s pray, pray, pray! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan © Mary TV 2020      

Pray, pray, pray! November 10, 2020 St. Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor of the Church Dear Family of Mary! As of yesterday (November 9, 2020), many groups are praying for nine days for our country, for the honest conclusion to the election process.  I felt yesterday that it was a time for nine days of prayer as well.  I asked the Our Lady to show me how to pray these nine day and received this entry from St. Faustina’s diary: 1934. On the day of the Assumption of the Mother of God, I did not assist at Holy Mass. The woman doctor did not allow me; but I prayed fervently in my cell. After a short time, I saw the Mother of God, unspeakably beautiful. She said to me, My daughter, what I demand from you is prayer, prayer, and once again prayer, for the world and especially for your country. For nine days receive Holy Communion in atonement and unite yourself closely to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. During these nine days you will stand before God as an offering; always and everywhere, at all times and places, day or night, whenever you wake up, pray in the spirit. In spirit, one can always remain in prayer. (Diary 325) I felt in my heart this was exactly how I should pray for my country.  And I felt that we all should and could pray this way for our countries and for the world.  As an offering, we could stand before God, always and everywhere, at all time, and places, day or night, whenever we wake up. To pray in the spirit! Our Lady said to us long ago: March 25, 1993 “Dear children! Today like never I call you to pray for peace, for peace in your hearts, peace in your families and peace in the whole world, because Satan wants war, wants lack of peace, wants to destroy all which is good. Therefore, dear children, pray, pray, pray. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Simply put, this is a time for unceasing prayer.  Yesterday was the first day of this novena of unceasing prayer.  Today we can jump in with both feet.  There are countless prayers we could pray, but I think we should be like St. Faustina and pray in the Spirit.  We should stand before God as an offering!  We should pray, pray, pray!  Never let prayer be far from our minds and hearts.  Just love Jesus all day and all night! Our Lady needs us to stand with her, interceding for this world that is infected with Satan and his destructive plans for mankind.  Stay close to the Blessed Sacrament, Holy Mass, and the Rosary, and pray, pray, pray! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan © Mary TV 2020    

Stay awake with me… November 9, 2020 Dear Family of Mary! March 25, 2001 “Dear children! Also, today I call you to open yourselves to prayer. Little children, you live in a time in which God gives great graces, but you do not know how to make good use of them. You are concerned about everything else, but the least for the soul and spiritual life. Awaken from the tired sleep of your soul and say yes to God with all your strength. Decide for conversion and holiness. I am with you, little children, and I call you to perfection of your soul and of everything you do. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Our Lady calls us to awaken from the “tired sleep” of our souls and return to God in prayer.  Fr. Leon speaks to us about this waking in his homily for November 9, at English Mass in Medjugorje.  He has shared with us the transcript of his homily!  Let’s open our hearts and receive the grace: Homily for English Mass, November 9, 2020, Fr. Leon Pereira, O.P.: The parable of the ten virgins at a wedding comes to make or break moment in the crunch line, ‘Stay awake because you do not know either the day or the hour’. What day? What hour? In Jesus’s time, His contemporaries had become very pessimistic about the value of tinkering with this world in order to improve it. Would it really change anything fundamental to human life to start a reform? What could we humans do to improve things? Isn’t human nature – in fact, isn’t this world – too much of a mess to be helped? Will God not simply have to intervene and start up His creative work all over again, rooting out what is evil, vindicating what is good? In our own time we too can understand this attitude. Faced with the debacles of recent history, it seems not unreasonable to be in a permanent state of mild despair about humanity as we know it. The growth of knowledge and technology doesn’t, evidently, reduce malice among humans. It just gives it more scope. Our scientific and technological advances haven’t made us better; they helped us to do far worse to each other. Accordingly, many Jews, holding to the faithfulness of God to His own goodness, expected a new creation, a new world: the ‘turn of the ages’, as they called it – or, again, the ‘Day of the Lord’, or – yet again, the ‘hour of the Son of Man’. This was the moment when God would send a sort of plenipotentiary to sort out supernaturally the mess we’ve made of the first creation. So this is what Jesus is talking about: this is ‘the day’ or ‘the hour’ that His hearers do not know, and so they must stay awake for it lest they miss it and be caught unawares. If this were the end of the story, however, then we today would be in exactly the same position as the Jews then. We’d be waiting for God, waiting for a glorious solution to our problems that’s always coming but never quite here. But this is not how the New Testament sees it, because the New Testament doesn’t end the story with the preaching of Jesus. It goes on to talk about His passion, His death and His resurrection. It sees in these events the breakthrough: the new world, the divine intervention that Jesus had promised, and which we need. St John ties Jesus’s language about the day and the hour absolutely firmly to the moment of Jesus’s death. At Cana, Jesus in response to His mother’s request for a miracle of some kind simply says, ‘My hour has not yet come’. Later, at the feast of Tabernacles, John explains the puzzle that the Temple guards hadn’t arrested Jesus as a troublemaker by saying, ‘His time had not yet come’. Then at last, on Palm Sunday, Jesus tells His disciples, ‘Now the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell you most solemnly, unless a wheat grain falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single grain but if it dies it yields a rich harvest’. And finally at the Last Supper Jesus prays, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son that the Son may glorify You, since you have given Him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom You have given Him’. So, the death of Jesus is the day, the hour: it was for this that His disciples were to stay awake, to be watchful. But did they? The Gospels describe for us the flight of the disciples; and the literal falling asleep of Peter, James and John in the Garden of Gethsemane as Jesus sweats blood before them. ‘Could you not have stayed awake with Me one only hour?’ What layers of meaning for our faith that question contains! This is the moment when a new world is to be born; when God made man is to make the ultimate sacrifice of His infinitely precious life; when the endless energy that sacrifice releases is about the pour back into the world as the One we call the Holy Spirit—the Spirit who makes all things new, the Spirit who renews the face of the earth. This is the hour, the hour of doom and salvation, the crucial hour for our everlasting good, after which the world can never be the same again, and ‘Could you not have stayed awake with Me’ in this hour of all hours? Our faith invites us to see the death and resurrection of Jesus as the central events in the history of the world. Through them, God’s Spirit is sent abroad to remake our humanity in the image of His Son, to gather men and women into that union with Him which is His mystical Body. From the life of that Body, St Paul, St Francis of Assisi, St Mother Teresa of Calcutta, were nourished. You see, the staying awake ‘one only hour’, to be watchful for the coming of Christ, refers in the first place not to Christ’s second coming and the end of the world, but to Christ’s death and resurrection. If we are not awake, then we will miss Christ’s death. We want the solution to our problems, but Christ sweats blood in Gethsemane, for us. We want a stress-free life, but Christ is betrayed and tormented, for us. We want healing for our bodies, but Christ carries His cross, for us. We want the freedom to live our lives as we choose, but Christ is nailed to the cross, for us. We want jobs, marriages, children, but Christ dies and is buried, for us. We want a fresh start to our lives, and Christ is risen from the dead, for us. ‘Stay awake’ means this first: to let Christ die and rise again for us, to enter into a relationship with Him. If we are friends with Christ, then His second coming will not catch us off guard either. And in this staying awake ‘one only hour’ we see what human nature can become if only we let grace do its work. This is our remedy as Christians for the ills of the world: the new start, the new hope for the world in the crucified and risen Lord. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2020    

Pray for the souls in Purgatoy November 6, 2020 Dear Family of Mary! November 6, 1986 “Dear children! Today I wish to call you to pray daily for souls in purgatory. For every soul prayer and grace is necessary to reach God and the love of God. By doing this, dear children, you obtain new intercessors who will help you in life to realize that all the earthly things are not important for you, that only Heaven is that for which it is necessary to strive. Therefore, dear children, pray without ceasing that you may be able to help yourselves and the others to whom your prayers will bring joy. Thank you for having responded to my call.” We are in the month of November, in which there are indulgenced prayers for our deceased loved ones.  Usually the indulgence was applied for the first week of November, but it has been extended due to the Corona virus.  Here is a summary of the extension given by Pope Francis: Decree extends indulgence for the faithful departed through November! https://www.vaticannews.va/en/taglist.chiesa-e-religioni.Preghiera.html By Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp Many of the Church’s pastors have requested an adaptation to the requirements to obtain the Plenary Indulgence for the deceased in the month of November. Thus, “by the special mandate of His Holiness Pope Francis”, the Apostolic Penitentiary released on Friday some changes to the normal practice. The Decree containing these modifications was signed on 22 October, the liturgical memorial of Pope St John Paul II. Plenary Indulgence during month of November Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the need to avoid large groups from forming where prohibited, the Plenary Indulgence applicable to the deceased by those who visit a cemetery has been extended beyond the normal dates of 1 to 8 November. This year, the indulgence can be obtained by anyone who visits a cemetery, even if only mentally, on any day in November, and devoutly prays for the faithful departed. Plenary Indulgence for Feast of All Souls’ Day Regarding the Plenary Indulgence attached to All Souls’ Day, 2 November, this year, it can be obtained not only on the preceding or succeeding Sunday, or on the actual Feast day, but on any other day of the month chosen by each member of the faithful. In this case, the indulgence is obtained by “devoutly visiting a church or an oratory”, along with the recitation of the Our Father and the Creed, and the other requirements associated with a Plenary Indulgence. The homebound For anyone who cannot leave their home for various reasons, including anti-Covid restrictions, they too can obtain the Plenary Indulgence by “uniting themselves spiritually to other members of the faithful”. In this case, the condition of being “completely detached from sin” and the intention of completing the other requirements for obtaining a Plenary Indulgence remain. These conditions are Sacramental Confession, reception of Holy Communion and a prayer for the Holy Father’s intentions. The Decree suggests that such prayer take place before an “image of Jesus or the Blessed Virgin Mary”. Among the various prayers that are recommended are “prayers for the deceased, Morning or Evening Prayer from the Office of the Dead, the Rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, meditating on various Gospel passages proposed for the liturgy of the Dead, or completing a work of mercy by offering to God the suffering and discomforts of one’s own life”. Invitation to Priests Directing a word to priests, the Decree asks that they make the Sacrament of Confession generously available and that they make Holy Communion available to the sick. In addition, all priests are invited to offer three Masses on All Souls’ Day. Also, here are the normal requirements associated with a plenary indulgence: To gain a Plenary Indulgence (only one per day), (1) the faithful must be in the state of grace and the following conditions must accompany the prescribed act; (2) have the interior disposition of complete detachment from sin, even venial sin; (3)receive the sacrament of confession; receive the Holy Eucharist (it is certainly better to receive it while participating in Holy Mass, but for the indulgence only Holy Communion is required); (4)and recite prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father (one Our Father and one Hail Mary is suggested as a minimum, but any other additional prayers may be added). All attachment to sin, even venial sin, must be absent. If some of the above conditions are not fulfilled, the indulgence becomes partial. Due to Pope Francis’ extension, it is not too late to pray for your loved ones in Purgatory!  In fact, we can pray for many souls in Purgatory!  They all need our help to attain heaven quickly!!  This is a wonderful work of mercy. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan © Mary TV 2020  

Seek first His Kingdom! November 5, 2020 Dear Family of Mary! Today is Thursday!  It is a special day for Our Lady.  One of the reasons why it is special is because she asked us to something unusual on every Thursday: Thursday, March 1, 1984  (To Jelena) “Each Thursday, read again the passage of Matthew 6: 24-34, before the most Blessed Sacrament, or if it is not possible to come to church, do it with your family.” It seems to me that this passage from Matthew’s Gospel must be pretty important, for Our Lady to recommend that we read it every Thursday!  As far as I know it is the only Gospel passage she has recommended in this way! But I find that Our Lord’s words in this passage are essential as a defense against the temptations of the world, especially in our time.  How easy it is for us to get caught up in the things of this world!  With the internet and social media, we can become almost enslaved to the worries, desires, and anxieties of society. Our Lady warned us of being attached to the earth and to earthly things in this message: May 25, 2012 “Dear children! Also today I call you to conversion and to holiness. God desires to give you joy and peace through prayer but you, little children, are still far away – attached to the earth and to earthly things. Therefore, I call you anew: open your heart and your sight towards God and the things of God – and joy and peace will come to reign in your hearts. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Open your heart and your sight towards God and the things of God!  This is the answer to the temptations and anxieties of the world.  Open our hearts in prayer and love for God and open our eyes to His presence, and we will fall in love with the things of God, which have nothing to do with the world because they so far surpass the world in every way. So here is Matthew 6: 24-34!  Read it, and pray it today and every Thursday, or even every day!! It is a heavenly tonic to dispel all the fears and anxieties, the earthly things that can so overwhelm us. Matthew 6: 24-34: “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, `What shall we eat?’ or `What shall we drink?’ or `What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.  (Mt 6:24-34) Amen!! Alleluia!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2020   PS. Here is our Donate link! The matching grant is still active!! Donate