Author: Cathy Nolan

   (c)Mary TV / Anthony Zubac 2019   July 10, 2019 Dear Family of Mary! “Dear children, according to the will of the merciful Father, I have given you, and will still give you, evident signs of my motherly presence. My children, this is a motherly desire for the healing of souls. This is a desire that every child of mine may have true faith, to live to see wondrous experiences, drinking from the spring of the words of my Son-the words of life…” (July 2, 2019) When Our Lady first appeared in Medjugorje, it was the abundance of signs that were given to the children and to those who came to Medjugorje to be near them, that testified to the presence of Our Lady. The most evident sign then, and still now, was the apparition each evening to the 6 visionaries.    Who is not moved by the immediate and obvious change of demeanor in the visionaries at the moment that Our Lady descends toward them? They can sense her approach, and as their eyes look heavenward, they smile lovingly and radiantly. Though we can see nothing, they certainly do see someone they love dearly! This beautiful sign of God’s love for us, the coming of His Mother into our midst, is a gift of the Merciful Father. But it is not only the visionaries in Medjugorje who sense the presence of the Mother. Pilgrims from all parts of the world can feel her presence. They feel her love, her maternal care, her gentle warmth, the safety of the Mother present among us. It is part of the very atmosphere of Medjugorje, the awareness of the Mother! But the evidence of her presence doesn’t stop there. Each pilgrim gets a little touch from Our Lady, sometime during their visit to Medjugorje. Be it a Rosary that turns golden, or a rock that is shaped like a heart, or a rainbow, or the dancing sun, we all receive a little touch of Our Lady while on pilgrimage. She wants us to know that she is present. She wants us to know that she is with us to pray for the healing of our souls. She desires that each of us have true faith! She wants us to drink from the spring of the words of her Son!     This is the evidence that finally changes us. When we come to know Our Lady’s heart and we allow that heart to change us. She comes to free us from our brokenness, heal our inner wounds, give us a new understanding of the words of Jesus found in the Scripture, and show us the joy that is set before us! Eternal life!! And so, we come to Medjugorje to encounter Our Mother in this most intimate and powerful way, through her presence! Simply her presence with us there. Thank you, dearest Mother Mary, for coming to Medjugorje to encounter your children. Thank you for coming to bless us with your Motherly blessing! We need you so very much! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2019

   (c)Mary TV / Anthony Zubac 2019   July 9, 2019 Dear Family of Mary!    “Therefore, my children, apostles of my love, I am calling you to give an example of true faith, to bring light where there is darkness, to live my Son…” (July 2, 2019)      In my July 3, 2019 reflection, I shared a sense I received from Our Lady that I was supposed to set aside all my worries about my family and focus on Our Lady’s work in these days. That this was a time of urgency and single-minded focus on Our Lady’s mission. I must say I received some amazing responses to this idea of urgency. I want to share some of them with you, because I think they will build us up in our faith and single-minded focus! Here they are:   From D.S.:    Cathy, the world needs Our Lady, I believe the time has come. 40 years of Our Lady of Medugorje will be here soon. And so, I must let go of 35 years of teaching, let go of my own children and entrust them all to Our Lady. Just last night I sent out messages to ladies I know from the church, I want to start a Medjugorje prayer group. I feel this is what our Lady wants me to do. Focus, pray, pray and let go! Jesus, I surrender myself to you take care of everything! D.S.   From A.N. Your work over the past years has been a lifesaver for me, esp. during the past 6 months, during my difficult transition from my former life to life in the Veteran’s Home. I’m certain that Mary and the Holy Spirit are very pleased with your combined efforts. Cathy, with regard to your “inspiration”, I too feel like “something is coming down the tracks” and I need to get past the transition difficulties and help people in the Vet’s home to hear about Mary’s coming triumph. It always amazes me how the majority of Catholics have never even heard of Medjugorje. It never even gets mentioned on the secular news channels.  Love to all, A. N.   From P.K:    Wow, Cathy. Let me offer you some affirmation.  I had gotten up early to say my Rosary and Divine Mercy prayers but had gone back to bed, exhausted, instead of going to Mass. I always feel a lack of peace when I don’t go to Mass when I can. Sometimes more, sometimes less. I got up a few hours later and began watering the garden and I “heard” ~   ‘P… you need to focus on living and spreading my messages and MaryTV. If you would have gone to Mass today, you could have spoken to Fr. Joe about wanting a Medjugorje prayer group on Monday nights where you can share the messages and testimonies on Mary TV. I want your collaborative to be a powerful intercessor and place of consolation and faith in the upcoming days. The priests who are there now have been chosen by me. Daughter, please. Focus. Stay focused. Do not let Satan distract or tempt you with idle pleasures. Nothing is more important.’    Cathy, I heard this all at once. It took me longer to type it out right now than it did to “know” this. Please say a prayer for me in Medjugorje. I am so easily distracted and seeking my own comfort instead of her requests. Love and prayers,  P. K.      From L.F.:    Your July 3rd reflection was beautiful and on key.  I, too, have had the conviction today that we are now in crucial times.  No more time left to fool around.  For my own part, it means more time spent in prayer and spiritual reading and before the Blessed Sacrament. Just wanted to share with you my own thoughts earlier today as a conviction of what you, too, experienced at the beginning of Mirjana’s apparition.   I think she is a very holy woman.   I’d love to talk to her about my own difficulties just to hear what advice she would have. God bless you and Denis for all you do!  To so many of us, you are a God-send! L. F. Thank you to all of you who responded to this email. I am built up by your responses!! As we can see, there are as many types of responses as there are people. Each one of us has a call, a way to help Our Mother. It is so exciting!! Now is the time to knuckle down and do as Mother Mary is asking…help her to reach her children! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2019

   (c)Mary TV / Anthony Zubac 2019     July 6, 2019Dear Family of Mary! On July 5, 2019 Ivan met with his prayer group on Apparition Hill from 9:00 pm until 10:30 pm. Many people joined for prayer on the Hill that night.  Here is Ivan’s description of his encounter with Our Lady that evening:    Tonight Our Lady came to us very happy and joyful, and she greeted all of us with her motherly greeting: “Praised be Jesus, my dear children!” After that for a longer time she prayed here over all of us with her arms extended. She blessed all of us with her motherly blessing. She blessed all that you have brought to be blessed.   Then Our Lady briefly turned to all of us with these words: In this time I especially desire to call you to decide for God. Place God in your lives, in your families, in the first place. In these days that are passing in this world of materialism and everything that distances you from my Son, decide for me! Live my messages! I desire to continue to lead you, to lead you to my Son. In Him you will find true and real peace. Thank you, dear children, also today for having responded to my call.   After that, Our Lady continued to pray over all of us. Then I recommended all of you, all your intentions. After that, Our Lady left in the illuminated Sign of the Cross, with the greeting, “Go in peace, my dear children.”  In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan Mary TV

   (c)Mary TV / Anthony Zubac 2019     July 3, 2019St. Thomas, Apostle Dear Family of Mary! Dear children, according to the will of the merciful Father, I have given you, and will still give you, evident signs of my motherly presence. My children, this is a motherly desire for the healing of souls. This is a desire that every child of mine may have true faith, to live to see wondrous experiences, drinking from the spring of the words of my Son-the words of life. My children, my Son, by His love and sacrifice, brought the light of faith into the world and showed you the way of faith. Because, my children, faith elevates pain and suffering. True faith makes prayer more sensitive, and does acts of mercy-a conversation, a gift of alms. Those of my children who have faith-true faith-are happy despite everything because they live the beginning of heavenly happiness on earth. Therefore, my children, apostles of my love, I am calling you to give an example of true faith, to bring light where there is darkness, to live my Son. My children, as a mother I am telling you: you cannot go on the way of faith and follow my Son without your shepherds. Pray that they may have the strength and the love to lead you. May your prayers always be alongside them. Thank you. (July 2, 2019)    Today is the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle. He was the apostle who needed help to believe in the Resurrection of Jesus. He knows how important faith is. St. Thomas pray for us!! Our Lady’s message yesterday is all about Faith. Faith is absolutely essential in these days. Strong Faith!! True Faith! The Way of Faith! Happy Faith! Our Lady’s gift to us is Faith!    Denis and I have experienced the power of Our Lady’s Faith here in Medjugorje during our pilgrimage! Our faith has been strengthened and we feel ready to continue in this journey with Our Lady!! I want to share with all of you an image I had during the apparition yesterday (July 2) at the Blue Cross. We were at the base of Apparition Hill, just under the Blue Cross, with thousands of pilgrims, waiting for Our Lady to appear. It was very hot. There were so many people crowded together! Everyone was patiently waiting for Our Lady and making room for one another. It was wonderful to see so many of Our Lady’s children together!! There were prayers and singing going on until Mirjana lifted her eyes towards the sky and began to greet Our Lady!! Then all went very quiet. It was a beautiful moment. It was as if the sky had opened and the peace of Heaven has descended upon us. My heart became very quiet too. As I remained silent, I felt an intuition or thought in my heart that I believe was from Our Mother. She told me that in the days ahead she would need me to have a single focus on my work for Mary TV. She seemed to say that I should entrust to her my children and grandchildren, because she would look after them. That I would need to set aside the days ahead to work very hard for Mary TV. That this was a time when much would happen. It was not frightening but serious. I just share that because I believe that Our Lady’s plans are nearing a critical moment in the days just ahead of us. She has been laying the foundation of her plans for a long time, and now they are culminating. It is no time to sit back and rest for those of us who are helping her!! She tells us she will continue to give “evident signs of [her] motherly presence” because through her presence the plan is taking place. And so, we need to be those who are focused on her presence, living out of her motherly guidance and love, in a determined fashion, so that others will find her!! I also had a sense that Our Lady’s plans are like what a mother feels when she is pregnant. The beginning of the pregnancy is small, with small trials like nausea, but everything progresses slowly. Then the middle weeks of the pregnancy are joyful: a growing child and many changes in the mother that begin to show. But when the child is full term the mother senses that everything is about to change, and the child will soon be born. It can be a bit frightening, full of expectation and also pain. When the mother nears the moment of birth, she begins to push. In fact, all she can think about is pushing that little baby out into the world. It is a time of feverish activity with one focus. That is what I feel I am facing right now for Mary TV, but I wonder if we will all feel a similar urge to work hard for our Mother and her plans as they near completion. So, I share this as an encouragement for all who are serving Our Lady of Medjugorje. These are decisive and exciting days. Thank you to everyone who has responded to her call!! We will not regret it!! The Church needs her. The lost children of the world need her. We all need her!! Thank you, dearest Mother, for being with us in these days, in Medjugorje!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2019 PS. Denis and I travel tomorrow and Friday. I will continue reflections starting July 8!! We continue to pray for you and thank God for each one of you!!!

(c)Mary TV/ Anthony Zubac Mirjana greets Our Lady on July 2, 2019 at the Blue Cross   July 2, 2019 Dear Family of Mary! Here is the July 2, 2019 Message: Dear children, according to the will of the merciful Father, I have given you, and will still give you, evident signs of my motherly presence. My children, this is a motherly desire for the healing of souls. This is a desire that every child of mine may have true faith, to live to see wondrous experiences, drinking from the spring of the words of my Son-the words of life.  My children, my Son, by His love and sacrifice, brought the light of faith into the world and showed you the way of faith. Because, my children, faith elevates pain and suffering. True faith makes prayer more sensitive, and does acts of mercy-a conversation, a gift of alms. Those of my children who have faith-true faith-are happy despite everything because they live the beginning of heavenly happiness on earth. Therefore, my children, apostles of my love, I am calling you to give an example of true faith, to bring light where there is darkness, to live my Son.  My children, as a mother I am telling you: you cannot go on the way of faith and follow my Son without your shepherds. Pray that they may have the strength and the love to lead you. May your prayers always be alongside them. Thank you. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy NolanMary TV

    The Statue of Our Lady on Apparition Hill! I took this picture for all of you!!   June 30, 2019Dear Family of Mary! When I mentioned the 5 Stones of Our Lady the other day, I got many responses from our shipmates, asking me to explain what the 5 Stones are!!  I was surprised!!  So I am transcribing Fr. Leon’s talk to pilgrims, in which he explains the 5 Stones!!  We will do one stone a day!  Here is the First Stone: Fr. Leon Periera – English Speaking Chaplain in Medjugorje  (View his talk at https://marytv.tv/fruit-of-medjugorje/   Fruit show 265) Our Lady said years and years ago, I think back in 1987, “I give you your five stones against your Goliath.”  You remember King David, when he was still a shepherd and he went out to meet Goliath, he had to pick five pebbles from the stream, and with his slingshot, he defeated Goliath.  And Our Lady gave us five stones, she said, against our Goliath, whatever our Goliath is.   Here is my own take on the 5 Stones:   #1 – Pray with the heart!  They always say that here in Medjugorje, “Pray with the heart.”  What does that mean?  It means praying in your own words to God like He is your best friend. Praying with the heart means praying with out what the Americans call “B.S.”  It means praying without b—s—t.  Think about how you pray.  Lot’s of people say nice things to God.  They put it in nice language and then they have distractions.  They are distracted by all these things going on in Church or by all the things they have to do when they get home.  Praying with the heart is telling God exactly what is in your heart.  Oh God, don’t let me forget to take the laundry out of the machine, or did i leave the door open and the oven on?? Or why is this gentleman making such a noise? And these things are exactly what we need to tell God because they matter to us and so they matter to Him.  And this is what praying with the heart means.  If you have distractions it means that you are not telling God what is important to you.  You are hiding it from Him.  And what’s the point, He already sees it, He knows it.  But you need to tell Him.   And Our Lady says above all, pray the Rosary.  When we were children, our parents went out one night, and we took out the old photo albums, you know the black and white pictures.  And we were looking at it, my sister and me and my brother, and we were thinking how come we are not in some of these pictures.  You know, like my Grandparent’s wedding, my mother’s baptism…things like that.  And so, we took orange crayons and we drew ourselves in, like stick figures.  So, at my mother’s baptism there is this giant orange version of my sister peering at my mother being baptized.  And me at my parents’ wedding…And we got into a lot of trouble.    But this idea of an orange crayon, drawing yourself into black and white pictures, that is what the Rosary is.  If you think about a Renaissance painting sponsored by the Italian gentry, you have the Birth of Our Lord – angels – shepherds – Our Lady – St. Joseph – and Don Giovanni and his wife, Isabella… Or the Crucifixion of Our Lord, and who is there, Thomas Aquinas, Mary Magdalene, St. Dominic, St. Catherine of Sienna, with her stigmata, and all sorts of things.  That is what the Rosary is. It is taking ourselves and inserting ourselves into the Mysteries of Christ.  Because the mysteries of Christ must come with power into my life, now and today.   So, is the Rosary difficult to pray?  No, it is a big orange crayon, and you are drawing yourself in.  So, you just imagine yourself in these scenes.  You don’t have to come away with some wonderful inspiration.  Just imagine yourself there as the Archangel Gabriel greeting Our Lady.  Say the words, “Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with you.”  And what that means.  Because Gabriel knows it also means that the Lord is with you when you die on the Cross and when your heart is torn in two with the sword piercing it, when you are standing at the foot of the Cross.  He knows that.  And yes, he says that because God told him to.    Or imagine yourself as a shepherd, or an angel or one of the Characters.  Put yourself in the scene.  That’s praying with the heart.  (View his talk at https://marytv.tv/fruit-of-medjugorje/    Fruit show 265) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2019 P.S.  I was able to climb Apparition Hill on Saturday with our group!  It was wonderful!  I prayed for all of you and your intentions.  There is peace on that Hill.  Deep peace that comes from Our Lady!   

   Drawing close to Jesus!   (c) Mary TV/ Anthony Zubac 2019   June 29, 2019The Sacred Heart of Jesus! Dear Family of Mary! Today is the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus!  I just want to send you the great joy of the love of Jesus, so present here in Medjugorje!!  On this feast you can feel Jesus’ love just flowing upon us all.  During Hour of Mercy I discovered a beautiful prayer that St. Faustina wrote in her Diary to Jesus Sacred Heart.  Of all people, she understands the Sacred Heart!!! Saint Faustina wrote: O Jesus, eternal Truth, our Life, I call upon You and I beg Your mercy for poor sinners. O sweetest Heart of my Lord, full of pity and unfathomable mercy, I plead with You for poor sinners. O Most Sacred Heart, Fount of Mercy from which gush forth rays of inconceivable graces upon the entire human race, I beg of You light for poor sinners. O Jesus, be mindful of Your own bitter Passion and do not permit the loss of souls redeemed at so dear a price of Your most precious Blood. O Jesus, when I consider the great price of Your Blood, I rejoice at its immensity, for one drop alone would have been enough for the salvation of all sinners. Although sin is an abyss of wickedness and ingratitude, the price paid for us can never be equaled. Therefore, let every soul trust in the Passion of the Lord, and place its hope in His mercy. God will not deny His mercy to anyone. Heaven and earth may change, but God’s mercy will never be exhausted. Oh, what immense joy burns in my heart when I contemplate Your incomprehensible goodness, O Jesus! I desire to bring all sinners to Your feet that they may glorify Your mercy throughout endless ages.  (Diary, 72) This Heart of Love is beating here in Medjugorje!!  Draw close to Jesus today!! Our Lady told us: October 25, 1996 “Dear children! Today I invite you to open yourselves to God the Creator, so that He changes you. Little children, you are dear to me. I love you all and I call you to be closer to me and that your love towards my Immaculate Heart be more fervent. I wish to renew you and lead you with my Heart to the Heart of Jesus, which still today suffers for you and calls you to conversion and renewal. Through you, I wish to renew the world. Comprehend, little children, that you are today the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Little children, I invite you and I love you and in a special way implore: Convert!” Thank you for having responded to my call.”     May we draw closer and closer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary!!!   In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2019

   Our Lady being processed before the Anniversary Mass!   (c) Mary TV/ Anthony Zubac 2019   June 28, 2019 Dear Family of Mary! “Dear children! I am thanking God for each of you. In a special way, little children, thank you for having responded to my call. I am preparing you for the new times that you may be firm in faith and persevering in prayer, so that the Holy Spirit may work through you and renew the face of the earth. I am praying with you for peace which is the most precious gift, even though Satan wants war and hatred. You, little children, be my extended hands and proudly go with God. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (June 25, 2019) Our Lady has mentioned a new time several times over the years, always with a sense that she has come to get us ready for each new time.  Here are a few of those references.   January 25, 1993 “Dear children! Today I call you to accept and live my messages with seriousness. These days are the days when you need to decide for God, for peace and for the good. May every hatred and jealousy disappear from your life and your thoughts, and may there only dwell love for God and for your neighbor. Thus, and only thus shall you be able to discern the signs of the time. I am with you and I guide you into a new time, a time which God gives you as grace so that you may get to know him more. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Our Lady told us that the new time she was announcing in 1993 would be a time in which we could get to know God more.  Certainly her presence in Medjugorje has facilitated our getting to know God better and better.  She has taught us to pray with the heart, to adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, to read the Sacred Scriptures and to attend daily Mass.  All of these practices draw us close to God and to His love.  We are so blessed to have experienced that new time of grace.  December 25, 1995 “Dear Children! Today I also rejoice with you and I bring you little Jesus, so that He may bless you. I invite you, dear children, so that your life may be united with Him. Jesus is the King of Peace and only He can give you the peace that you seek. I am with you and I present you to Jesus in a special way, now in this new time in which one should decide for Him. This time is the time of grace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Again in 1995 Our Lady announced a new time in which we should decide for God.  She brought us little Jesus, so that He could bless and lead us into a time of grace and joy.  She wanted us to let Jesus lead us into peace!     October 25, 2000 “Dear children! Today I desire to open my motherly heart to you and to call you all to pray for my intentions. I desire to renew prayer with you and to call you to fast which I desire to offer to my Son Jesus for the coming of a new time – a time of spring. In this Jubilee year many hearts have opened to me and the Church is being renewed in the Spirit. I rejoice with you and I thank God for this gift; and you, little children, I call to pray, pray, pray – until prayer becomes a joy for you… Thank you for having responded to my call.” And in 2000, Our Lady invited us into the new time of spring, during the 2000th jubilee year, so that we could be renewed in the Holy Spirit and grow in prayer and joy!  Now in 2019 we are again invited to New Times, times that will be a challenge to us.  Times in which we will need firm faith and persevering prayer in order to be strong and cooperate with the Holy Spirit who is bringing about renewal of the entire earth.  What these days will be like we do not know.  But we have the tools we need now to face those days.  We have the 5 stones, and Our Lady’s prayer program to guide us as we move into these New Times.  It sounds difficult but triumphant.  Perhaps we are drawing closer to the Triumph of her Immaculate Heart!  In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2019     PS.  I will continue reflections over the next few days, but maybe not every day.  I want to take some time to pray and experience Our Lady on the hills and Jesus in Adoration.  So don’t be worried if you don’t get a reflection every day!!  I am praying for all of you!!  Thank you for responding to Our Lady’s call!!!   

Our Lady  in procession on the Anniversary!   June 26, 2019St. Cyril of Alexandria Dear Family of Mary! “Dear children! I am thanking God for each of you. In a special way, little children, thank you for having responded to my call. I am preparing you for the new times that you may be firm in faith and persevering in prayer, so that the Holy Spirit may work through you and renew the face of the earth. I am praying with you for peace which is the most precious gift, even though Satan wants war and hatred. You, little children, be my extended hands and proudly go with God. Thank you for having responded to my call.”  (June 25, 2019) It seems that Our Lady has plans…plans for the future.  She is preparing us for The New Times!  We do not know what these new times will be like.  But we know they are coming.  And it appears that these new times will require something from us.  We will need firm faith, perseverance in prayer and the Holy Spirit.  It sounds like we will be needed in these New Times to bring about a renewal that will span the earth. This is no small thing! It sounds impossible from our human vantage point.  But Our Lady is doing the preparing, we only need to respond. I can’t write much now, so let’s just pray together this prayer to Our Lady in response to her call to help her in preparing the New Times: How to Give Oneself to MaryMother of Goodness, of Love and of Mercy (Given by Our Lady to Jelena Vasilj, 4/19/1984) Oh my Mother! Mother of goodness, love and mercy! I love you immensely, and I offer myself to you. Through your goodness, your love, And your mercy, save me! I wish to be yours. I love you immensely And I wish that you protect me. In my heart, oh mother of goodness, Give me your goodness, So that I go to Heaven. I ask you for your immense love That you may give me the grace That I will be able to love each one Just like you loved Jesus Christ. I ask you in grace That I be able to be merciful* to you. I offer myself completely to you And I wish that you will be with me at each step, Because you are full of grace. I wish never to forget your grace, And if I should lose it, I will ask, make me find it again. Amen. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan©Mary TV 2019     A sea of priests and pilgrims for the 38th Anniversary Mass!!  Beautiful!      Our Lady’s children from the entire world, giving thanks for her presence in Medjugorje!     Marija and Ivan, visionaries, lead us in the Magnificat!!  We thank God for the visionaries who have shared their experience of Our Lady with us all these years!  May God bless them all!!!    All pictures (c) 2019 Mary TV/Anthony Zubac