Author: Cathy Nolan

Three Hours with Our Lady on Apparition Hill! January 2, 2024 Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen Dear Family of Mary On Sunday, December 31, after her daily apparition, Maria told us that Our Lady invited everyone to climb Apparition Hill at 3:00 pm the next day to pray for three hours for Our Lady’s intentions and to welcome her when she came for Marija’s daily apparition. Word spread like wild fire throughout Medjugorje! And at 3:00 pm on New Year’s Day, Apparition Hill was covered with pilgrims and parishioners from Medjugorje! It was breathtaking!! But the best news for all of us who were not in Medjugorje was that Marija allowed Mary TV to stream the entire event! I am told there were viewers from all over the world connected through Mary TV. Mary TV had three cameras ready to capture the entire prayer time for all of us who were not in Medjugorje! It seemed that we were actually there. And we had the best seat of all!! The prayer consisted of all 4 sets of mysteries of the Rosary! And between the decades, we sang beautiful and joyful music together. Three hours went by in a flash! We were carried along in our prayer by Our Lady, who was truly present. You could feel her joy even through the internet. But the event was not easy. It rained for the first 2 and 1/2 hours, though the weather report had not predicted rain. It rained very hard. Everyone was soaked by the end. But when it was time for Our Lady to appear, the rain subsided. Our Lady came as usual, at 5:40 pm. And we could view Marija as she encountered Our Lady. Marija was radiant and at peace! After Our Lady departed Marija described their encounter: During the moment of the apparition, Our Lady came joyfully! She prayed over us!. And at the end, she said, “Thank you for having responded to my call and for praying for my intentions. You will not regret it, neither you, nor your children, nor your children’s children.” And she blessed us all.”  (January 1, 2024 Marija) I could feel the blessing from Our Lady even from so far away! It was a joyous and hope-filled time of prayer with such a wonderful gift at the end. Our Lady came!!! And she blessed us!! And she thanked us!!! And she told us that the grace we received would not only be for us, but for our children and our grandchildren! Imagine that!!! The entire three hours of prayer are recorded and available on Mary TV’s website at this link: https://marytv.tv/marijas-apparitions/?smid=O7FLA2sDOqn&slid=9D8LTQ8sm0U What a wonderful way to begin the New Year!! Three hours of prayer with Our Lady!! With Our Lady, 2024 is going to be a beautiful surprise! In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2024    

  A Special Announcement!! During the Apparition to Marija yesterday, Our Lady asked Marija to invite us all to meet on Apparition Hill today, January 1, 2024, to pray together with Marija from 3:00pm until 6:00pm. Mary TV will live stream this time of prayer! Join us at www.marytv.tv   January 1, 2024 Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God Dear Family of Mary! Today we honor and praise Our Lady, Mary the Mother of God! The Father chose her from all of creation to be the Mother of His Son, Jesus. We cannot fathom the wonder of Mary, chosen to be the Mother of Christ. But we can contemplate it. It is very helpful for us to allow the Holy Spirit to expand our minds to begin the glimmer this heavenly reality. Here is a short explanation from Magnificat that is very good for us to ponder: The Greatness of the Mother of God Our Lady is the Mother of God because Jesus Christ who was born of her is God. To Jesus Christ she gave what every mother gives to the child that is born of her, and for which she is called the child’s mother. Our Lady is the Mother of God just as truly, as fully, as literally, and exactly as every other mother is the mother of her child. By reason of her divine motherhood and the special relation in which this places her to the Blessed Trinity, Our Lady was necessarily a creature apart and unique from the very first moment of her existence. To make her worthy of her marvelous destiny in every way, God so created her soul that from the first instant of its existence it was filled with grace. Our Lady then, by this special intervention of God, applying to her by anticipation the merits of the Passion yet to come, was conceived untouched by the sinful legacy of the Fall. As Our Lady was thus unique in her creation in grace, so is her place and role unique in the glory of heaven. Thanks to her actual kinship with God according to his human nature, there is a union between Our Lady and God that no other saint can come to, and because of this union her power of intercession is unique. So much so that it is the common teaching of theologians that God has so disposed things that whatever graces are granted to mankind are granted through Our Lady’s intercession…. We do not adore Our Lady, but the honor we give her is greater than the honor we give the saints. “The Blessed Virgin,” says Saint Thomas Aquinas, “from the fact that she is the Mother of God, derives a dignity that is in a way infinite from the infinite good that is God. And in this sense just as there cannot exist anything better than God so there could not be made anything better than herself.” Between this most glorious of all God’s creatures and the rest of us there is moreover this special link: In a very real sense, she is the Mother of us all. For Our Lady is the Mother of him whom Holy Scripture calls the firstborn among many brethren (Rom 8:29). And he, when dying, giving her to be the Mother of the beloved disciple Saint John, foretold and created her role as Mother of all Christians. Such are the reasons and the origin of the immense place Our Lady occupies in the daily life of every Catholic. – Monsignor Philip Hughes (Magnificat – January 2024) And here is a message from Our Lady in which she shared about her motherhood with Mirjana: February 2, 2020 “Dear children, by the act of the decision and love of God, I am chosen to be the Mother of God and your mother. But also by my will and my immeasurable love for the Heavenly Father and my complete trust in Him, my body was the chalice of the God-man. I was in the service of truth, love and salvation, as I am now among you to call you, my children, apostles of my love, to be carriers of truth; to call you to spread His words, the words of salvation, by your will and love for my Son: that with your actions you may show, to all those who have not come to know my Son, His love. You will find strength in the Eucharist – my Son who feeds you with His Body and strengthens you with His Blood. My children, fold your hands [in prayer] and look at the Cross in silence. In this way, you are drawing faith to be able to transmit it; you are drawing truth to be able to discern; you are drawing love that you may know to love truly. My children, apostles of my love, fold your hands [in prayer], look at the Cross. Only in the Cross is salvation. Thank you.” I know this is a lot to read, but on this day, we can give Our Lady the time it takes, to get to know her better! She is Our Mother too!! God bless! And don’t forget to join us on Apparition Hill today at 3:00 pm Medjugorje time to pray with our Mother!!! (Our Daily Rosary with Denis and Cathy will be live at 2:00 pm Medj time today) In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2024

The parents of Jesus took Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord December 29, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Our Gospel for today is the account of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple. Let’s read the account. It is important to listen to everything that Simeon says about Jesus. Simeon speaks prophetic words to about Jesus and about Mary. He has been praying for the coming of the Messiah for many years, and knows at once it is Jesus! Gospel according to Luke 2:22-35 When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord, and to offer the sacrifice of a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons, in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord. Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Christ of the Lord. He came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform the custom of the law in regard to him, he took him into his arms and blessed God, saying: “Lord, now let your servant go in peace; your word has been fulfilled: my own eyes have seen the salvation which you prepared in the sight of every people, a light to reveal you to the nations and the glory of your people Israel.”  The child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him; and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted (and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of many hearts may be ­revealed.”  The Gospel of the Lord. Our Lady presented Jesus to Simeon long ago. Simeon confirmed everything about Jesus that the Gabriel had told Mary at the Annunciation. It was a powerful moment for Our Lady. Now she is bringing Jesus to us! In Medjugorje she presents Jesus to all of us on Christmas Day. But since we are not prophets like Simeon, she has to educate us about her Son. She told us early on, in 1985, to glorify Jesus and His Nativity. This is how we begin to understand Him: December 12, 1985 “Dear children! For Christmas my invitation is that together we glorify Jesus. I present Him to you in a special way on that day and my invitation to you is that on that day we glorify Jesus and His nativity. Dear children, on that day pray still more and think more about Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call.” We are still in the Christmas time. Let’s glorify Jesus and His Nativity today, and pray and think more about Jesus today! We need Him so badly!! Pray and glorify the Lord!! St. Simeon, pray for us! In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023    

Seek Jesus in the silence of your hearts… December 28, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Dear children! I am carrying my Son Jesus to you to fill your hearts with peace, because He is peace. Little children, seek Jesus in the silence of your heart that He be born anew. The world needs Jesus, therefore seek Him through prayer, because He gives Himself daily to each of you. (December 25, 2023) We are approaching a new year. What better way is there to enter a new year, than with Jesus in our hearts? What more will we need for 2024 than the peace of Jesus in our hearts? In 2024 what more does our world need than Jesus? Jesus is the only answer for our personal lives, for our families, for our cities, for our countries, and for the world. All other solutions are faulty. Only Jesus holds the key to peace, to hope and to love. May we do as Our Lady asks us to do: Seek Jesus in the silence of our hearts… Allow Jesus to be born anew in our hearts… Ask Jesus to fill our hearts with peace… Seek and receive Jesus through prayer… Let us pray: Litany of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Jesus, hear us. Jesus, graciously hear us. God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us (after each line) God the Son, Redeemer of the world, God the Holy Ghost, Holy Trinity, one God, Jesus, Son of the living God, Jesus, splendor of the Father, Jesus, brightness of eternal light, Jesus, King of glory, Jesus, sun of justice, Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary, Jesus, most amiable, Jesus, most admirable, Jesus, the mighty God, Jesus, father of the world to come, Jesus, Angel of great counsel, Jesus, most powerful, Jesus, most patient, Jesus, most obedient, Jesus, meek and humble of heart, Jesus, lover of chastity, Jesus, lover of us, Jesus, God of peace, Jesus, author of life, Jesus, example of virtues, Jesus, zealous lover of souls, Jesus, our God, Jesus, our refuge, Jesus, father of the poor, Jesus, treasure of the faithful, Jesus, good Shepherd, Jesus, true light, Jesus, eternal wisdom, Jesus, infinite goodness, Jesus, our way and our life, Jesus, joy of Angels, Jesus, King of Patriarchs, Jesus, Master of the Apostles, Jesus, Teacher of the Evangelists, Jesus, strength of Martyrs, Jesus, light of Confessors, Jesus, purity of Virgins, Jesus, crown of all Saints, Be merciful, spare us, O Jesus. Be merciful, graciously hear us, O Jesus. From all evil, deliver us, O Jesus. (after each line) From all sin, From Thy wrath, From the snares of the devil, From the spirit of fornication, From everlasting death, From the neglect of Thine inspirations, By the mystery of Thy holy Incarnation, By Thy Nativity, By Thine Infancy, By Thy most divine Life, By Thy labors, By Thine agony and Passion, By Thy Cross and dereliction, By Thy sufferings, By Thy Resurrection, By Thine Ascension, By Thine institution of the most Holy Eucharist, By Thy joys, By Thy glory, Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Jesus. Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Hear us, O Jesus. Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us, O Jesus. Jesus, hear us. Jesus, graciously hear us. Let us pray. O Lord Jesus Christ, who hast said: Ask and ye shall receive, seek, and ye shall find, knock, and it shall be opened unto you; mercifully attend to our supplications, and grant us the gift of Thy divine charity, that we may ever love Thee with our whole heart and with all our words and deeds, and may never cease from praising Thee. Make us, O Lord, to have a perpetual fear and love of Thy holy Name, for Thou never failest to help and govern those whom Thou dost bring up in Thy steadfast fear and love; who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen. In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023    

Our Lady’s Yearly Message to Jakov Colo – 2023   December 26, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Here is the December 25, 2023 Message from Our Lady to Jakov Colo: “Dear children, today with my Son in my arms, I desire to call all of you to pray to the little Jesus for the healing of your heart.| Children, often in your hearts sin rules which destroys your life and you can not feel God’s presence. That is why, on this day of grace, when grace is spreading throughout the whole world, surrender your life and your hearts to the Lord, so that the Lord may heal them with His grace. Only with pure hearts will you be able to experience the birth of Jesus anew in you, and the light of His birth will illuminate your life. I bless you with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (12/25/23 -Jakov) In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023  

December 25, 2023 Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace   December 25, 2023 Christmas Day! Dear Family of Mary! Here is the December 25, 2023 Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace! “Dear children! I am carrying my Son Jesus to you to fill your hearts with peace, because He is peace. Little children, seek Jesus in the silence of your heart that He be born anew. The world needs Jesus, therefore seek Him through prayer, because He gives Himself daily to each of you.” (12/25/23) Today Our Lady came solemnly dressed with little Jesus in her arms. Jesus extended His hand in a sign of blessing as Our Lady prayed over us in Aramaic. In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023

My Soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord!   December 22, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Again today, I cannot refrain from sending you all the Gospel Reading for Mass! It is the Magnificat! And Our Lady expresses her Heart so beautifully in it. We want to take refuge in this most wonderful Heart of Mary: Gospel according to Luke 1:46-56 Mary said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior, for he has looked upon his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, and has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel for he remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children for ever.” Mary remained with Elizabeth about three months| and then returned to her home. The Gospel of the Lord. Our Lady’s Heart is indeed a place of safety for us. We need that place so badly in our time. She told us last June: June 25, 2023 “Dear children! The Most High permits me to be among you – to pray for you, to be a Mother to you and to be your refuge. Little children, I am calling you: return to God and to prayer and God will bless you abundantly. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Mother Mary has been sent by God to be our refuge! She prays for us and mothers us, and protects us! She is a refuge from all the trials and evils of our day. Flee to her and let her surround you with her protection. Thanks be to God! In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023 P.S. Please go to our website and watch the Christmas greeting from Denis for all of you! Just use this link and then play the video underneath the channel window: https://marytv.tv?smid=O70Lq2su8ZT&slid  

Pray for little Jesus to be born in your hearts December 21, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Here is another November 25th message, this time from 2020. Our Lady calls us to open our hearts in prayer, and live Advent through the Scriptures and the Sacraments, especially confession. If we do, we will experience little Jesus, born in our hearts. We have been given everything we need to be ready for the Birth of Jesus. November 25, 2020  “Dear children! This is a time of love, warmth, prayer and joy. Pray, little children, for little Jesus to be born in your hearts. Open your hearts to Jesus who gives Himself to each of you. God sent me to be joy and hope in this time, and I am saying to you: Without little Jesus you do not have the tenderness or the feeling of Heaven which is hidden in the Newborn. Therefore, little children, work on yourselves. By reading the Sacred Scripture you will discover Jesus’ birth and joy, as in the first days which Medjugorje gave to humanity. History will be truth which, also today, is being repeated in you and around you. Work on and build peace through the Sacrament of Confession. Reconcile with God, little children, and you will see miracles around you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Mother wants us to experience the wonders of the birth of Jesus, as if we could go back in time to that moment and place. She wants her little Jesus to be present to us in a profound way, so that we can truly experience Him as an infant, so tiny, so innocent, so dependent and so pure. We need to be filled with the wonders of His birth. It is not sentimentality. It is not the glitzy world of merchandise. It is the incredible power of holding a newborn, pulsing with life, defenseless and pure, a newborn who is God. We can’t understand it but we can experience it in prayer, in prayer with the heart. Let’s pray more than we have ever prayed at Christmas, and let Jesus give Himself to us in His Birth. In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023  

Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord December 20, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! I couldn’t resist sharing the Gospel for today! It is the Annunciation! Such a glorious moment! Actually a pivot upon which salvation turns. Our Lady’s yes changed all of history for every one of us! We can only recall it here with awe and tears of joy! Luke 1:26-38: In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his ­father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his Kingdom there will be no end.”  But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?” And the angel said to her in reply, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren; for nothing will be impossible for God.” Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her. The Gospel of the Lord. May we all echo Our Lady’s yes to God, “Be it done to me according to your word!” It is not too late! In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023

Without God you do not have peace…   December 19, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Here is our message for today: November 25, 2019 “Dear children! May this time be a time of prayer for you. Without God you do not have peace. Therefore, little children, pray for peace in your hearts and families, so that Jesus can be born in you and give you His love and blessing. The world is at war because hearts are full of hatred and jealousy. In the eyes, little children, peacelessness is seen because you have not permitted Jesus to be born in your lives. Seek Him, pray, and He will give Himself to you in the Child who is joy and peace. I am with you and I pray for you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023 PS. The parish continues to climb Apparition Hill for the Christmas Novena. They climb Apparition Hill every day until Saturday, December 23, praying the Rosary for peace. Mary TV will stream this climb each day, live, weather permitting. Join us on the Channel from 2:00 to 3:00 pm Medj Time!