Author: Cathy Nolan

A Novena for the Annunciation of the Lord – Day 7 March 22, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! Novena for the Annunciation, Day 7: Our Lady says to us: January 25, 1996 “Dear Children! Today I invite you to decide for peace. Pray that God give you the true peace. Live peace in your hearts and you will understand, dear children, that peace is the gift of God. Dear children, without love you cannot live peace. The fruit of peace is love and the fruit of love is forgiveness. I am with you and I invite all of you, little children, that before all else forgive in the family and then you will be able to forgive others. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Let us pray: The Angelus Prayer V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary… V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. R. Be it done to me according to thy word. Hail Mary. . . V. And the Word was made flesh. R. And dwelt among us. Hail Mary. . . V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. (Please add your own prayers here: the Magnificat, the Rosary, the Memorare…) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2022

  A Novena for the Annunciation of the Lord – Day 6 March 21, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! Novena for the Annunciation, Day 6: Our Lady says to us: February 25, 2003 “Dear children! Also today I call you to pray and fast for peace. As I have already said and now repeat to you, little children, only with prayer and fasting can wars also be stopped. Peace is a precious gift from God. Seek… pray… and you will receive it. Speak about peace and carry peace in your hearts. Nurture it like a flower which is in need of water, tenderness and light. Be those who carry peace to others. I am with you and intercede for all of you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Let us pray: The Angelus Prayer V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary… V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. R. Be it done to me according to thy word. Hail Mary. . . V. And the Word was made flesh. R. And dwelt among us. Hail Mary. . . V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. (Please add your own prayers here: the Magnificat, the Rosary, the Memorare…) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2022

A Novena for the Annunciation of the Lord – Day 5 March 20, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! Novena for the Annunciation, Day 5: Our Lady says to us: December 25, 1990 “Dear children! Today I invite you in a special way to pray for peace. Dear children, without peace you cannot experience the birth of the little Jesus neither today nor in your daily lives. Therefore, pray the Lord of Peace that He may protect you with His mantle and that He may help you to comprehend the greatness and the importance of peace in your heart. In this way you shall be able to spread peace from your heart throughout the whole world. I am with you and I intercede for you before God. Pray, because satan wants to destroy my plans of peace. Be reconciled with one another and by means of your lives help peace reign in the whole earth. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Let us pray: The Angelus Prayer V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary… V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. R. Be it done to me according to thy word. Hail Mary. . . V. And the Word was made flesh. R. And dwelt among us. Hail Mary. . . V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. St. Joseph, pray for us! (Please add your own prayers here: the Magnificat, the Rosary, the Memorare…) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2022

  A Novena for the Annunciation of the Lord – Day 4 March 19, 2022 Feast of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Virgin Mary Dear Family of Mary! Novena for the Annunciation, Day 4: Our Lady says to us: “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.” (December 25, 2016 – Jakov) Let us pray: The Angelus Prayer V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary… V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. R. Be it done to me according to thy word. Hail Mary. . . V. And the Word was made flesh. R. And dwelt among us. Hail Mary. . . V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. St. Joseph, pray for us! (Please add your own prayers here: the Magnificat, the Rosary, the Memorare…) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2022

  The March 18, 2022 Message (Mirjana) March 18, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! From the Parish of Medjugorje: The visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo had daily apparitions from June 24th 1981 to December 25th 1982. During the last daily apparition, Our Lady gave her the 10th secret, and told her that she would appear to her once a year, on the 18th of March. It has been this way through the years. The apparition lasted from 13:34 to 13:40: ”Dear children, With a motherly love I am calling you to—full of strength, faith and trust—look towards my Son. Keep opening your hearts to Him and do not be afraid, because my Son is the Light of the world and in Him is peace and hope. That is why, anew, anew I am calling you to pray for those of my children who have not come to know the love of my Son, so that my Son, with His light of love and hope, may illuminate also their hearts; and you, my children, that He may strengthen and give you peace and hope. I am with you. Thank you.” In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2022

  A Novena for the Annunciation of the Lord – Day 3 March 18, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! Novena for the Annunciation, Day 3: Mary is the new Eve. She said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done unto me according to thy word” (Luke 1:38).With these words of Mary, the Handmaid of the Lord, a new world began. (Fr. Slavko Barbaric. “Give Me Your Wounded Heart”.) Our Lady says to us: September 25, 2002 “Dear children! Also in this peaceless time, I call you to prayer. Little children, pray for peace so that in the world every person would feel love towards peace. Only when the soul finds peace in God, it feels content and love will begin to flow in the world. And in a special way, little children, you are called to live and witness peace – peace in your hearts and families – and, through you, peace will also begin to flow in the world. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Let us pray: The Angelus Prayer V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary… V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. R. Be it done to me according to thy word. Hail Mary. . . V. And the Word was made flesh. R. And dwelt among us. Hail Mary. . . V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. (Please add your own prayers here: the Magnificat, the Rosary, the Memorare…) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2022

  A Novena for the Annunciation of the Lord – Day 2 March 16, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! Novena for the Annunciation, Day 2: Mary is the new Eve. She said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done unto me according to thy word” (Luke 1:38). With these words of Mary, the Handmaid of the Lord, a new world began. The first woman, Eve, did not fulfill God’s plan in her life. She sinned, and through sin man rejected God and His plans. Through sin, man preferred his own will, and rejected God’s will. Mary Brought healing to a world which was hurt by the disobedience of our first parents. It was possible because Christ, the new Adam, accepted the will of the Father and entered the world to save the world. He entered the world through Mary, the one who was the humble and obedient handmaid of the Lord. Therefore, the deepest meaning of the feast of the Annunciation stems not just from the fact that Christ, the Word Divine, became man for us by His Incarnation in the womb of the Virgin Mary, but even more, that through Mary’s surrender to God’s will a new history of salvation began. (Fr. Slavko Barbaric. “Give me your wounded Heart”.) October 2, 1986 “Dear children! Today again I am calling you to pray. You, dear children, are not able to understand how great the value of prayer is as long as you yourselves do not say: ‘now is the time for prayer, now nothing else is important to me, now not one person is important to me but God.’ Dear children, consecrate yourselves to prayer with a special love so that God will be able to render graces back to you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” The Angelus Prayer V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary… V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. R. Be it done to me according to thy word. Hail Mary. . . V. And the Word was made flesh. R. And dwelt among us. Hail Mary. . . V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. (Please add your own prayers here: the Magnificat, the Rosary, the Memorare…) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2022

  A Novena for the Annunciation of the Lord March 16, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! Today we begin a Novena for the Annunciation of the Lord. We want to prepare through prayer for this most incredible Feast. I think that the best prayer that we could pray to prepare for the Annunciation would be “The Angelus”! This prayer is so very ancient! And it says everything we need to say to honor Mary for her role in allowing Jesus to become man. It captures the great mystery of it all so simply! So let’s pray the Angelus prayer together each day! Denis and I will pray it during the Daily Rosary. But I suggest praying The Angelus often throughout the day, and praying the Rosary as much as possible too!! Really this is a time to Pray, Pray, Pray!!!!! But there is a new development since we arranged this novena. Yesterday there was an announcement from Rome: “On Friday 25 March, during the Celebration of Penance at which he will preside at 17.00 in Saint Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The same act, on the same day, will be carried out in Fatima by His Eminence Cardinal Krajewski, Apostolic Almoner, as envoy of the Holy Father.” https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2022/03/15/0177/00384.html We know that Our Lady asked for the Consecration of Russia so that the world would have peace through the Fatima seers. This was her wish! And we know that Our Lady in Medjugorje has asked us to help her fulfill what she began in Fatima. Listen to her words: August 25, 1991 “Dear Children! Today also I invite you to prayer, now as never before when my plan has begun to be realized. Satan is strong and wants to sweep away my plans of peace and joy and make you think that my Son is not strong in His decisions. Therefore, I call all of you, dear children, to pray and fast still more firmly. I invite you to self-renunciation for nine days so that, with your help, everything that I desire to realize through the secrets I began in Fatima, may be fulfilled. I call you, dear children, to now grasp the importance of my coming and the seriousness of the situation. I want to save all souls and present them to God. Therefore, let us pray that everything I have begun be fully realized. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Our Lady said…I invite you to self-renunciation for nine days so that, with your help, everything that I desire to realize through the secrets I began in Fatima, may be fulfilled. Maybe now is the opportunity for us to help her to realize her plans begun in Fatima and continued in Medjugorje! Let’s join in prayer over the next nine days, and include some self-renunciation, so that Our Lady’s plans can be realized!! Perhaps we will have peace… Again I suggest that we pray The Angelus often throughout the day, and praying the Rosary as much as possible too!! Really this is a time to Pray, Pray, Pray!!!!! Let us pray that everything Our Lady has begun will be fully realized now!! The Angelus Prayer V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with Thee; Blessed art thou among women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, Now and at the hour of our death. Amen V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. R. Be it done to me according to thy word. Hail Mary. . . V. And the Word was made flesh. R. And dwelt among us. Hail Mary. . . V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2022

You are called to Confession… March 15, 2022 Dear Family of Mary! Tomorrow I would like to begin a novena before the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord. And today I want to share with you something Fr. Slavko Barbaric wrote about Confession in relation to the Annunciation. It is profound. This is an excerpt from the Book “Give Me Your Wounded Heart”, by Fr. Slavko Barbaric: You are called to Confession On March 25, 1985, the Feast of the Annunciation, Our Lady gave this message through Marija Pavlovic: “Dear Children! Today I wish to call you all to confession, even if you have confessed a few days ago. I wish that you all experience my feast day within yourselves. But you cannot experience it unless you abandon yourselves completely to God. Therefore, I am inviting you all to reconciliation with God!” This is one of the most striking messages in which Our Lady invites us to confession. Viewed in relation to the Feast of the Annunciation, one more thing about confession is clear. Mary is the new Eve. She said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done unto me according to thy word” (Luke 1:38). With these words of Mary, the Handmaid of the Lord, a new world began. The first woman, Eve, did not fulfill God’s plan in her life. She sinned, and through sin man rejected God and His plans. Through sin, man preferred his own will, and rejected God’s will. Mary brought healing to a world which was hurt by the disobedience of our first parents. It was possible because Christ, the new Adam, accepted the will of the Father and entered the world to save the world. He entered the world through Mary, the one who was the humble and obedient handmaid of the Lord. Therefore, the deepest meaning of the Feast of the Annunciation stems not just from the fact that Christ, the Word Divine, became man for us by His Incarnation in the womb of the Virgin Mary, but even more, that through Mary’s surrender to God’s will a new history of salvation began. From this great mystery and the reality of the Incarnation, which was dependent upon Mary’s acceptance of the will of God, we discover the deep meaning of confession. Certainly it is no accident that Mary called us all to confession on her feast. This helps us to understand the question: What is confession? Confession is the total and conscious acceptance of God’s will and the renunciation of the world which enslaves and destroys us. It is the acceptance of God’s salvation and light, peace, and love, and the renunciation of the world of darkness, hatred, and unrest. Mary said, “You cannot experience a true celebration of this feast if you do not confess your sins.” It means that you cannot begin a new life if you are not prepared to tell God, “Here I am, Lord ready to do your will.” It is God’s will for us to seek forgiveness for all those areas where we oppose Him and prefer our will to His, and where we are really closer to the old Eve than we are to Mary, the new Eve. Therefore, confession is the moment when we can return to a life without sin and begin to build a new world. It is the moment when we allow God to enter our lives again, when we put Him first in our lives once more. It is also the moment when the old man in us is renewed by the power of Christ’s Incarnation. The more sincere we are in our confessions, and the more regularly we receive the sacrament, the closer we will come to celebrating the true spirit of the Annunciation which Mary, the Mother of all the living and the new Eve, refers to in her message. That celebration is a celebration of life, peace, joy, love and true community between God and man, and men among themselves. The closer we come to living what Mary is really leading us to in this message, the more we will renounce the destructive power of sin. We will become stronger when temptations arise, and we will have less fear and anxiety. In this way we will enter into the glory of being children of God. This is why it is no accident that many pilgrims and priests in Medjugorje confirm that through the sacrament of Confession they have discovered the beauty and significance of the call to conversion, of returning to friendship between God and man. Now the meaning of the ministry of reconciliation which has been given to priests becomes clearer in the eyes of both priests and believers. Surely, there is no ministry from one person to another more beautiful than the ministry of reconciliation. (Father Slavko Barbaric, “Give me your wounded Heart.” p.62-64, Zupni Ured Mdjugorje. 1996) Many saints and theologians have tried to help us understand the huge miracle of Mary’s Immaculate Conception which plays out in the Annunciation. Mary is the great “reset” for humanity. In her “yes” to the Father, she undid Eve’s failure and opened the way for our Salvation through her Son, Jesus. Mary, help us to turn back to God through confession, so that we can help you by saying “yes” to God at every moment of our lives from now on. We thank you, dearest Mother, for being our life, our sweetness and our hope! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2022