Author: Cathy Nolan

April 21, 2023 Reflection – With Thanksgiving!

With Thanksgiving!   April 21, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. (Phil. 4:4-8) Thanksgiving is one of the most holy and healthy attitudes we can have. It gives us such peace when we thank the Lord in our thoughts all day long. He is so worthy of our thanks as He has done everything to secure our salvation. We are so blessed! Jesus is our Savior and friend! Thank you, Jesus! Our Lady tells us: August 25, 1988 “Dear children! Today I invite you all to rejoice in the life which God gives you. Little children, rejoice in God, the Creator, because He has created you so wonderfully. Pray that your life be joyful thanksgiving which flows out of your heart like a river of joy. Little children, give thanks unceasingly for all that you possess, for each little gift which God has given you, so that a joyful blessing always comes down from God upon your life. Thank you for having responded to my call.” God bless you and keep you!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV P.S. Mary TV has begun a very exciting project that we are inviting all our friends and shipmates to join! It is called the 800 Club! Please follow this link to our webpage where we introduce the project and pray about how you can help! Many of you have already given towards our 800 Club project and we are so excited for all to join in!! Thank you!! https://marytv.tv/donate/

April 20, 2023 Reflection – He is Risen!!

  He is Risen! April 20, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! In honor of Our Savior’s Resurrection, let’s pray a Litany! We have to keep our Resurrection joy alive!! Litany of the Resurrection Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. 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. Jesus, Redeemer of mankind, Have mercy on us. Jesus, Conqueror of sin and Satan, Have mercy on us. Jesus, triumphant over Death, Have mercy on us. Jesus, the Holy and the Just, Have mercy on us. Jesus, the Resurrection and the Life, Have mercy on us. Jesus, the Giver of grace, Have mercy on us. Jesus, the Judge of the world, Have mercy on us. Who didst lay down Thy life for Thy sheep, Have mercy on us. Who didst rise again the third day, Have mercy on us. Who didst manifest Thyself to Thy chosen, Have mercy on us. Visiting Thy blessed Mother, Have mercy on us. Appearing to Magdalen while she wept, Have mercy on us. Sending Thy angels to the holy women, Have mercy on us. Comforting the Eleven, Have mercy on us. Saying to them, Peace, Have mercy on us. Breathing on them the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us. Confirming the faith of Thomas, Have mercy on us. Committing Thy flock to Peter, Have mercy on us. Speaking of the Kingdom of God, Have mercy on us. We sinners, We Beseech Thee, hear us, That we may walk in newness of life, We beseech Thee, hear us. That we may advance in the knowledge of Thee, We beseech Thee, hear us. That we may grow in grace, We beseech Thee, hear us. That we may ever have the bread of life, We beseech Thee, hear us. That we may persevere unto the end, We beseech Thee, hear us. That we may have confidence before Thee at Thy coming, We beseech Thee, hear us. That we may behold Thy face with joy, We beseech Thee, hear us. That we may be placed at Thy right hand in the judgment, We beseech Thee, hear us. That we may have our lot with the saints, We beseech Thee, hear 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. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ is risen, Alleluia. He is risen indeed, and hath appeared unto Simon, Alleluia. Let us Pray O God, who by Thy only begotten Son hast overcome death, and opened on us the way to eternal life, vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, so to confirm us by Thy grace, that we may in all things walk after the manner of those who have been redeemed from their sins, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. God bless you and keep you!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV

April 19, 2023 Reflection – God so loved the world…

God so loved the world…   April 19, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! “God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. Whoever believes in Him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God…” (John 3:16-19) In this Scripture from St. John’s Gospel, St. John is trying to explain the love of God for us. He tells us that God’s love is shown in the sending of His Son, His only begotten Son, whom He loves with His infinite love that cannot be measured. God’s love for us is shown in the sacrifice of His Most Beloved Son for the likes of us. It is crazy, isn’t it. But that is what the Father did. He gave His all for us. If we could understand this sacrificial love even a little bit, we would probably go crazy. How could the Father love us that much?? Our Lady lived through that sacrifice, following her only beloved Son all the way to Calvary. She never pulled back, she just kept trusting and loving and suffering in compassion for her Son and her love for us. She alone understood and said yes with Jesus. And so I believe she can help us to learn to love the Father who gave His only begotten Son for us. Here are two messages in which Mother Mary calls us to realize the love of the Father and the Son: December 25, 2018 (Jakov) “Dear children, on this day of grace, I am calling you to love. Little children, God loves you immeasurably and that is why, little children, full of trust and without looking back and without fear, completely surrender your hearts to Him so that God may fill them with His love. Do not be afraid to believe in His love and mercy, because His love is stronger than every one of your weaknesses and fears. Therefore, my children, full of love in your hearts, trust in Jesus and say your ‘yes’ to Him, because He is the only way which leads you to the Eternal Father.” December 25, 2015 (Jakov) Dear children! All these years that God permits me to be with you are a sign of the immeasurable love which God has for each one of you and a sign of how much God loves you. Little children, how many graces the Most High has given to you and how many graces He desires to give to you. But, little children, your hearts are closed and live in fear, and you do not permit Jesus to have His love and His peace overcome your hearts and to begin to reign in your lives. To live without God means to live in darkness and never to come to know the Father’s love and His care for each of you. Therefore, little children, today in a special way pray to Jesus that as of today your life may experience a new birth in God and become a light which will radiate from within you, and thus that you may become witnesses of God’s presence in the world to every person who lives in darkness. Little children, I love you and daily intercede before the Most High for you. Thank you for having responded to my call. May we ask Our Lady to pray for us to have the grace to comprehend God’s love for us, and accept it in a deep and profound way, today and tomorrow and always… God bless you and keep you!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV  

April 18, 2023 Reflection – You must be born from above…

You must be born from above…   April 18, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! From the Gospel for today: Jesus said to Nicodemus: “‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:7b-8) I find it interesting that the Church chose to repeat the last lines of the Gospel for Monday, April 17, 2023 as the first lines in the Gospel for Tuesday, April 18, 2023. It makes sense to me! Why? Because actually this saying from Jesus is difficult and so important. Jesus is describing for us something that in quite intangible. What can He possibly mean by saying we must be born from above? In yesterday’s Gospel Jesus told Nicodemus “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. What is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of spirit is spirit.” It seems that Jesus is trying to bust open Nicodemus’ way of thinking about reality. Jesus wanted Nicodemus to realize that we are not just flesh. We are flesh and spirit – we have bodies and spirits. And our spirits connect us with God, with His Spirit, with Heaven, with that which is above! We are body and spirit, and we must live that reality. In fact Jesus came down from above, assuming His body from the Virgin Mary, so that He could reveal our dual nature to us and show us our true homeland, which is above. He wants us to follow Him into life, and to do that we must be born of the Spirit! We must awaken our souls/spirits and seek the things above. Well, It sounds like a riddle, but if we ponder Jesus’ life, it makes perfect sense. Jesus came from Heaven to show us the things that are above. Only with that reality can we understand why we live, why we must love, what we must do! We need the Holy Spirit to fill us and guide us! God’s Holy Spirit can speak to our souls, our spirits in ways that will blow our minds!! Pure love!!! Our Lady told us: May 25, 2017 “Dear children! The Most High has permitted me to call you anew to conversion. Little children, open your hearts to the grace to which you are all called. Be witnesses of peace and love in this peaceless world. Your life here on earth is passing. Pray that through prayer you may yearn for Heaven and the things of Heaven and your hearts will see everything differently. You are not alone; I am with you and intercede before my Son Jesus for you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Once we are born from above, once we receive the Holy Spirit, we will see everything differently. We will yearn for Heaven and the things of Heaven. And we will long to help others to see everything differently as well. We will long for them to yearn for Heaven with us! God bless you and keep you!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV    

April 17, 2023 Reflection – What is born of spirit is spirit!

  What is born of spirit is spirit!!   April 17, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! The Gospel for today: There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. He came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you are doing unless God is with him.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one is born from above, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man once grown old be born again? Surely he cannot reenter his mother’s womb and be born again, can he?” Jesus answered, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. What is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I told you, ‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:1-8) This scripture moves us into the six weeks of preparation for Pentecost! We will be taught by Jesus about the Third Person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit!! And we will be prepared to receive an outpouring of that Spirit in our lives that can bring awesome changes to us! I am reminded of the word I received a while ago about our imaginations and how they are a faculty of our soul, given to us to be open to the realities of God and Heaven! We are given our imaginations so that God can speak to us and show us things beyond our physical reality, the things of the Spirit, the things of Heaven. But to receive these beautiful gifts we need to pray to the Holy Spirit! He will come and show us the wonders of God’s love in ways we would never have dreamed possible! We need the Holy Spirit!! Really it is like being born from above! Our Lady told us: June 2, 1984 (Saturday) “Dear children! Tonight I wish to tell you during the days of this Novena to pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on your families and on your parish. Pray, and you shall not regret it. God will give you gifts by which you will glorify Him till the end of your life on this earth. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Are you ready for this outpouring? Let’s do it!! God bless you and keep you!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV

April 14, 2023 Reflection – Through prayer you are richer in the mercy of God!

Through prayer you are richer in the mercy of God     April 14, 2023 Easter Friday! Dear Family of Mary! This weekend the Church celebrates Divine Mercy Sunday. It is the day that Jesus designated as the day when He would pour out mercy and forgiveness upon all those who approach Him. St. Faustina wrote these words from Jesus in her Diary: (298)When, on one occasion, my confessor told me to ask the Lord Jesus the meaning of the two rays in the image, I answered, “Very well, I will ask the Lord.” During prayer I heard these words within me: The two rays denote Blood and Water. The pale ray stands for the Water which makes souls righteous. The red ray stands for the Blood which is the life of souls…… (299) These two rays issued forth from the very depths of My tender mercy when My agonized Heart was opened by a lance on the Cross. These rays shield souls from the wrath of My Father. Happy is the one who will dwell in their shelter, for the just hand of God shall not lay hold of him. I desire that the first Sunday after Easter be the Feast of Mercy. 300 +Ask of my faithful servant [Father Sopocko] that, on this day, he tell the whole world of My great mercy; that whoever approaches the Fount of Life on this day will be granted complete remission of sins and punishment. Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy. Oh, how much I am hurt by a soul’s distrust! Such a soul professes that I am Holy and Just, but does not believe that I am Mercy and does not trust in My Goodness. Even the devils glorify My Justice but do not believe in My Goodness. My Heart rejoices in this title of Mercy. 301 Proclaim that mercy is the greatest attribute of God. All the works of My hands are crowned with mercy. Well, we can see that St. Faustina’s faithful service to Jesus brought forth this wonderful Feast of Divine Mercy!! Many parishes have a special Mass on Sunday devoted to Divine Mercy. But even at your regular Sunday Mass, you can bring the prayers and quietly pray for the graces of Divine Mercy on that day. Our Lady gave us this beautiful message which speaks of God’s Mercy: August 25, 1989 “Dear children! I call you to prayer. By means of prayer, little children, you obtain joy and peace. Through prayer you are richer in the mercy of God. Therefore, little children, let prayer be the life of each one of you. Especially I call you to pray so that all those who are far away from God may be converted. Then our hearts shall be richer because God will rule in the hearts of all men. Therefore, little children, pray, pray, pray! Let prayers begin to rule in the whole world. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Our Lady is right! If we pray, pray, pray, soon prayers will begin to rule in the whole world!!! Mercy will win!!! Mary TV will stream – live – The Divine Mercy Mass (at Surmanci) at 3:00 pm Medjugorje time!! www.marytv.tv! We are also filming the blessing and dedication of a new Divine Mercy Shrine located in Medjugorje on the road that goes through Bijakovici. You will be able to see this dedication in our archives later in the day on Sunday!! Here is a link to an explanation of how to receive the graces of Divine Mercy Sunday: https://www.thedivinemercy.org/videos/divine-mercy-sunday-explained-how-receive-graces God bless you and keep you!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV    

April 13, 2023 Reflection – Awaken your souls with prayer!!!

He is Risen!! Awaken your souls with prayer!!   April 13, 2023 Easter Thursday Dear Family of Mary! Today, let us pray a Rosary in honor of the Risen Lord Jesus! Let us hear Our Mother’s words about her Risen Son in her messages, and may they awaken in us a desire to worship Jesus, who is risen from the dead! Here are 5 messages in which Our Mother speaks of her Son as the Risen One! We can pray each decade of the Glorious Mysteries with a message to ponder. It will do us great good to ponder with Our Lady! March 25, 2009 “Dear children! In this time of spring, when everything is awakening from the winter sleep, you also awaken your souls with prayer so that they may be ready to receive the light of the risen Jesus. Little children, may He draw you closer to His Heart so that you may become open to eternal life. I pray for you and intercede before the Most High for your sincere conversion. Thank you for having responded to my call.” August 25, 2008 “Dear children! Also today I call you to personal conversion. You be those who will convert and, with your life, will witness, love, forgive and bring the joy of the Risen One into this world, where my Son died and where people do not feel a need to seek Him and to discover Him in their lives. You adore Him, and may your hope be hope to those hearts who do not have Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call.” October 25, 2011 “Dear children! I am looking at you and in your hearts I do not see joy. Today I desire to give you the joy of the Risen One, that He may lead you and embrace you with His love and tenderness. I love you and I am praying for your conversion without ceasing before my Son Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call.” April 25, 2018 “Dear children! Today I am calling you to live your new life with Jesus. May the Risen One give you strength to always be strong in the trials of life and to be faithful and persevering in prayer; because Jesus saved you by His wounds and by His Resurrection gave you new life. Pray, little children, and do not lose hope. May joy and peace be in your hearts and witness the joy that you are mine. I am with you and love you all with my motherly love. Thank you for having responded to my call.” May 25, 2022 “Dear children! I am looking at you and thanking God for each of you, because He permits me to still be with you, to encourage you to holiness. Little children, peace is disturbed and Satan wants peacelessness. That is why, may your prayer be even stronger so that every unclean spirit of division and war may be stilled. Be builders of peace and carriers of joy of the Risen One in you and around you, for the good to win in every man. Thank you for having responded to my call.” God bless you and keep you!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV  

April 12, 2023 Reflection – In the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazorean, rise and walk!!

  In the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazorean, rise and walk!!   April 12, 2023 Easter Wednesday Dear Family of Mary! The readings at Mass for Easter Week are just block busters!! Here is the account of the healing of the man crippled from birth, by St. Peter! We see the power of the name of Jesus!!! We feel the intense joy of the man who was healed! We see the new life that was pouring out through the Apostles after the Resurrection!!! Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o’clock hour of prayer. And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple called “the Beautiful Gate” every day to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple. When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms. But Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” He paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them. Peter said, “I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk.” Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong. He leaped up, stood, and walked around, and went into the temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God. When all the people saw him walking and praising God, they recognized him as the one who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with amazement and astonishment at what had happened to him. (Acts 3:1-10) Our Lady has spoken to us about this kind of new life many times in her messages. Here is just one of them: March 25, 2005 “Dear children! Today I call you to love. Little children, love each other with God’s love. At every moment, in joy and in sorrow, may love prevail and, in this way, love will begin to reign in your hearts. The risen Jesus will be with you and you will be his witnesses. I will rejoice with you and protect you with my motherly mantle. Especially, little children, I will watch your daily conversion with love. Thank you for having responded to my call.” We are called to bring the joy and healing of the Risen Jesus to those around us just as Peter and the apostles were called!! Our Joy and our Love will be our way!! God bless you and keep you!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV

April 11, 2023 Reflection – Easter Tuesday

Woman, why are you weeping?   April 11, 2023 Easter Tuesday Dear Family of Mary! Our Gospel retells that glorious moment when Mary Magdalene was weeping before the empty tomb, wondering where the body of Jesus had gone, only to find out that Jesus was alive and standing before her! All her sorrow was turned into elation!!! Jesus is alive! Mary Magdalene stayed outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb and saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet where the Body of Jesus had been. And they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken my Lord, and I don’t know where they laid him.” When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” She thought it was the gardener and said to him, “Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I will take him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni,” which means Teacher. Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and then reported what he had told her. (John 20:11-18) Don’t we tremble with joy as we read this Gospel. All Mary Magdalene’s worst fears are transformed into Joy!!! Our Lady wants us to be transformed as well, into that joy. In this message she shares her hopes and desires for us: May 2, 2019 “Dear children, with a motherly love I am calling you to respond to the great love of my Son, with pure and open hearts, with complete trust. I know the greatness of His love. I carried Him within me, the Host in the heart, the light and the love of the world. My children, also my addressing you is a sign of the love and tenderness of the Heavenly Father – a big smile filled with the love of my Son, a call to eternal life. Out of love, the Blood of my Son was shed for you. That Precious Blood is for your salvation, for eternal life. The Heavenly Father created man for eternal happiness. It is not possible for you who know the love of my Son and who follow Him to die. Life triumphed; my Son is alive. Therefore, my children, apostles of my love, may prayer show you the way and the means of spreading the love of my Son – prayer in the most exalted form. My children, also when you strive to live the words of my Son, you are praying. When you love the people whom you meet, you are spreading the love of my Son. It is love that opens the doors of Paradise. My children, from the beginning, I prayed for the Church. Therefore, I am also calling you, apostles of my love,to pray for the Church and her servants – for those whom my Son called. Thank you.” Our Lady tells us that “Life triumphed; my Son is alive!” This is the key to our joy and hope. Jesus is alive! God bless you and keep you!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV  

April 8, 2023 update from Denis – “I am leading you towards Easter!”

April 8, 2023,Holy Saturday “I am leading you towards Easter!” (3/2/12) Dear Mary TV Family, children of Our Lady of Medjugorje: We, the Mary TV Team, wish you a very blessed and joyful Easter!!! Thank you for being a part of our Mary TV Family!! Cathy and I just returned from Medjugorje on March 29th! On our last night there, as we prayed the rosary with Marija in her chapel (March 28, 2023), you could feel Our Lady’s happiness even before she appeared to Marija. And the joy during her apparition to Marija was palatable! It seems to us that Our Lady is coming with victory now. She’s leading the world towards Easter! Right after Our Lady gave her March 25th message, “Dear children! May this time be a time of prayer for you,” I asked Marija if Our Lady had been sad. Marija said, “No. She came in a golden dress for the Feast and gave her message normally as she always does.” On that same day, March 25th, right after Our Lady had appeared to him, Ivan said: “Tonight again Our Lady came as she usually does, very happy and joyful!” Our Lady is coming with victory now!! A few weeks before our trip to Medjugorje, we went to California. Our last flight home from California had been turbulent (see my February 25th “Update”) and Cathy, for whom traveling is difficult, said she would never fly again! But just a few days later, coming out of Mass, she told me she felt a rumbling in her heart to go back to Medjugorje. Immediately the Lord told me that we should go to Medjugorje, stay with Marija, and be there for March 25th. Every home in Medjugorje is grace filled! You don’t need to stay with a visionary. Our Lady loves being with pilgrims…. She comes during her apparitions as one! She loves pouring her graces on her children through her children! It was the same this pilgrimage. And Cathy and I loved becoming part Marija’s Magnificat family…  We share about it during our rosaries that week (see daily rosary archives at MaryTV.tv, March 21 through the 28th). It was a particular joy for Cathy and me to be reconnected with our Mary TV team on the ground there…. It is just incredible what the our team is  accomplishing….see, for example, the parish’s “Stations of the Cross” on Good Friday, April 7th:    https://marytv.tv/easter-2023/  What an amazing feat to broadcast it LIVE to the world without a glitch! Our team works tirelessly updating and always improving technology! Today, for instance, we prayed Divine Mercy LIVE while walking through the fields to the Blue Cross.  And you, Our Lady’s family who pray with us (as Tom Matasso never tires of repeating) are the most important part of our team! The Lord had his own reasons for bringing us back just then to Medjugorje. The Holy Spirit dropped one reason into our lap right after we got there: “The 800 Club!” Please view our June Update. WATCH HERE See “The 800 Club” window above. Spread it to others…This is our mission for Our Lady – your gift to her! It is indeed a movement of the Holy Spirit! And I encourage everyone to follow the example of a shipmate in California: Hi Denis! This is a GREAT IDEA!! I love how the Holy Spirit works and this time through Tracy in Medjugorje! I am not able to donate $1,000 however, I have given a little bit so what I have done is sent out emails to 27 People I know who I believe can donate and also, I have asked them to forward my email out to others!!  I explained the situation and gave them your website (which many already have) and explained how to donate!  This is a movement of the Holy Spirit, Praise God!! It is easy for each one of us to forward “The 800 Club” video (above) to 27 people.  Just click on the sideways V in the bottom right hand corner of the video…  Let’s do this for Our Lady! Thank you and God bless you!Denis