Author: Cathy Nolan

I am with you because the Most High permits me…   March 9, 2023 St. Frances of Rome Dear Family of Mary! February 25, 2023 …I am with you because the Most High permits me to love you and lead you towards the joy of the heart… Our dear Mother Mary has been with us for over 40 years now in this special place, Medjugorje! She comes every day, to greet us, bless us, pray for us, pray with us, and to speak to us through her visionaries, with direction for our hearts. She brings us the peace of heaven, a peace that everyone feels in Medjugorje when they are there. But often it is so gentle that they don’t realize how peaceful they were until they leave!! God has permitted Our Lady to come to us in Medjugorje. She would never do anything without the express permission of the Father in Heaven. So we have the Father to thank for her constant presence and love. She tells us that the Father permits her to lead us towards the joy of the heart! What a gift! Mother teaches us how to find the joy of the heart. We have only to live her messages!! St. Faustina had a very beautiful relationship with Our Lady. And she wrote a lovely poem to her in her Diary, entry 161. Let’s pray it with St. Faustina today, as a way to say thank you to Our Lady for her loving presence with us in Medjugorje: O Mary, Immaculate Virgin,  Pure crystal for my heart,  You are my strength, O secure anchor,  You are a shield and protection for a weak heart.  O Mary, you are pure and unparalleled,  Virgin and Mother at one and the same time;  You are beautiful as the sun, by nothing defiled.  Nothing is worthy of comparison to the image of Your soul.  Your beauty so enthralled the Thrice-Holy One’s eye,  That He came down from heaven, forsaking the eternal See’s throne,  And assumed from Your Heart, Body and Blood,  Hiding for nine months in the Virgin’s Heart.  O Mother, Virgin, this will no one comprehend.  That the infinite God is becoming a man; It’s only love’s and His inscrutable mercy’s purpose.  Through You, Mother – it is given us to live with Him for ever.  O Mary, Virgin Mother and Heaven’s Gate,  Through You salvation came to us;  Every grace to us streams forth through Your hands,  And faithful imitation of You only will sanctify me.  O Mother, Virgin – most beautiful Lily.  Your Heart was for Jesus the first tabernacle on earth,  And that, because Your humility was the deepest,  Wherefore You were raised above Angel Choirs and Saints.  O Mary, my sweet Mother,  To You I turn over my soul, my body and my poor heart.  Be the safeguard of my life,  Especially at death’s hour, in the final fight.  (Diary, 161) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV

Renunciation and Fasting…   March 8, 2023 St. John of God Dear Family of Mary! February 25, 2023 …Follow Him towards Calvary in renunciation and fasting… In this message, Our Lady calls us to renunciation and fasting. She has called us to this kind of penance many times. Do we really respond to this call? I believe that Our Lady has asked us to fast and renounce certain things because she knows how powerful such selfless acts can be in spiritual warfare. She wants us to be strong, protected and ready for battle. And renunciation and fasting are essential for that strengthening. At any rate, she has mentioned it in her messages many times. Here are five messages in which Our Lady called us to renunciation and fasting. Let’s meditate on them during our rosaries today, so that we may be renewed in our desire to practice them: September 25, 1991 “Dear children! Today in a special way I invite you all to prayer and renunciation. For now as never before satan wants to show the world his shameful face by which he wants to seduce as many people as possible onto the way of death and sin. Therefore, dear children, help my Immaculate Heart to triumph in the sinful world. I beseech all of you to offer prayers and sacrifices for my intentions so I can present them to God for what is most necessary. Forget your desires, dear children, and pray for what God desires, and not for what you desire. Thank you for having responded to my call.” February 25, 1998 “Dear children! Also today I am with you and I, again, call all of you to come closer to me through your prayers. In a special way, I call you to renunciation in this time of grace. Little children, meditate on and live, through your little sacrifices, the passion and death of Jesus for each of you. Only if you come closer to Jesus will you comprehend the immeasurable love He has for each of you. Through prayer and your renunciation you will become more open to the gift of faith and love towards the Church and the people who are around you. I love you and bless you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” March 25, 1998 “Dear children! Also today I call you to fasting and renunciation. Little children, renounce that which hinders you from being closer to Jesus. In a special way I call you: Pray, because only through prayer will you be able to overcome your will and discover the will of God even in the smallest things. By your daily life, little children, you will become an example and witness that you live for Jesus or against Him and His will. Little children, I desire that you become apostles of love. By loving, little children, it will be recognized that you are mine. Thank you for having responded to my call.” July 25, 2005 “Dear children! Also today, I call you to fill your day with short and ardent prayers. When you pray, your heart is open and God loves you with a special love and gives you special graces. Therefore, make good use of this time of grace and devote it to God more than ever up to now. Do novenas of fasting and renunciation so that satan be far from you and grace be around you. I am near you and intercede before God for each of you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” February 25, 2006 “Dear children! In this Lenten time of grace, I call you to open your hearts to the gifts that God desires to give you. Do not be closed, but with prayer and renunciation say ‘yes’ to God and He will give to you in abundance. As in springtime the earth opens to the seed and yields a hundredfold, so also your heavenly Father will give to you in abundance. I am with you and love you, little children, with a tender love. Thank you for having responded to my call.” In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV

Keep looking at my Son…   March 7, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! February 25, 2023 “… Keep looking at my Son… Our Lady calls us to look at her Son. It is not a once a day duty, but a constant call. Keep looking at my Son…we must never let Him out of our sight. Why? Because He is the only way out of the mess our world finds itself in. He is the only hope for sinful man… “Dear children! In this time of grace, I am calling all of you to conversion. Little children, you love little and pray even less. You are lost and do not know what your goal is. Take the cross, look at Jesus and follow Him. He gives Himself to you to the death on the cross, because He loves you. Little children, I am calling you: return to prayer with the heart so as to find hope and the meaning of your existence, in prayer. I am with you and am praying for you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (February 25, 2016) And as we look at Jesus we must open our hearts to Him. And keep on opening them moment by moment, hour by hour, day by day: ”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.” (March 18, 2022) With Jesus as our focal point, our reason for being, our only hope, we will have that peace that conquers all fear and evil. The Peace of Jesus is our strength and our hope: “Today, when the light of Jesus’ birth is illuminating the entire world, in a special way, with Jesus in my arms, I am praying that every heart becomes a stable of Bethlehem, in which my Son will be born, so that your lives become a light of His birth. Little children, you live in peacelessness and fear. That is why, little children, today, on this day of grace, implore Jesus to strengthen your faith and to become the ruler of your lives; because, my children, only with Jesus in your lives will you not be looking at peacelessness but praying for peace and will live in peace; and you will not be looking at fear, but at Jesus Who frees us of all fears. I am your Mother who ceaselessly keeps vigil over you and I am blessing you with my Motherly blessing.” (December 25, 2022, Jakov) May we constantly behold our Savior so as to be constantly ready to serve Him. These are the days of grace, as Our Lady keeps saying. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV

Satan wants to seduce you; but you, little children, keep looking at my Son and follow Him towards Calvary in renunciation and fasting…   March 6, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! February 25, 2023 “Dear children! Keep converting and clothe yourselves in penitential garments and in personal, deep prayer;  and in humility, seek peace from the Most High! In this time of grace, Satan wants to seduce you; but you, little children, keep looking at my Son and follow Him towards Calvary in renunciation and fasting… Our Lady told us on February 25, 2023: “Satan wants to seduce you.” Of course we know this is the case. Satan is the tempter, the seducer. He tries to persuade us to turn away from our faith, from Jesus and Mary, from the Church, and walk into the world without God. This was his plan with Adam and Eve, and it hasn’t changed. He wants us to distrust God and leave God’s protective presence and guidance. In prayer on Friday, I received a little light about this process, about how Satan can speak to us with temptations in our minds and hearts, and how Jesus can also speak to us in our minds and hearts. I want to share it today, to help us understand what is going on in our inner person, day and night! I wrote these words from Jesus in my journal: Lord, I am attempting to go into personal, deep prayer, as Our Lady has advised us to do in her February 25, 2023 message. Then the Lord spoke, immediately, saying: “Don’t look outside of yourself for me, I am within.” I realized He was calling me into that personal, deep prayer. So I asked Him, “Do I go within myself and imagine you?” He replied: “Your imagination is a faculty, just like vision or hearing, or smelling. It is a faculty of your spirit. It receives spiritual data and transmits it to your physical being so you can understand it. I speak to your imagination in prayer, and a world of love is opened up for you. But the enemy of your soul can also speak to your imagination. And he has filled the world with his imaginings, such as porn and violence, and false religions through which lies are presented to my poor children, especially today with the lies little children are filled with. He fights to overcome your imagination with his filth, and lead you away from Me. But my love can heal all that over time. Deep personal prayer can heal you. It is through this prayer that I can heal your imagination, and show you the wonders of my love. The Holy Spirit will work in your for healing. These words from Jesus really helped me. He showed me how I can go into deep prayer and really communicate with Him. I feel changed! I am open as never before to the Lord and to the Spirit. We see why Our Lady warned us that Satan wants seduce us. This is the constant battle we are in on earth. The enemy of our souls wants to capture our imaginations, and lie to us so that we will forget God, and instead, fall into his hands. But Our Lady gave us the antidote: “…but you, little children, keep looking at my Son and follow Him towards Calvary in renunciation and fasting…” We are safe from all the temptations of our enemy, if we just keep looking at Jesus and we follow Him through Lent on the road to Calvary through our renunciation and fasting. This road to Calvary is our way to heaven. Be not mistaken, it looks like only suffering, but it is the way to joy! Jesus is communicating to our imaginations the truth about life during this Lent, and showing us the way to Heaven. Thank you, dearest Mother, for teaching us how to let Jesus fill our imaginations with His Truth and His Way and His Life! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV

And in humility, seek peace from the Most High!   March 3, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! February 25, 2023 “Dear children! Keep converting and clothe yourselves in penitential garments and in personal, deep prayer;  and in humility, seek peace from the Most High!… Truly, only the humble will seek peace, because they know that their lives come from God, and they live in trust that God will provide for them. The humble do not contend with others but seek to live with all in peace. The humble keep their eyes fixed on the Lord, for He is their refuge and their hope. Those who convert constantly and live in personal, deep prayer, will be given humility and peace. Let’s pray this scriptural Litany for Peace together: Litany of Peace Lord, have mercy. R. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. R. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. R. Lord, have mercy. The Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace. Nm 6:26 R. Lord, grant us peace. May the Lord bless his people with peace. Ps 29:11 – R. Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. Ps 34:15 – R. I will listen for the word of God; surely the Lord will proclaim peace. Ps 85:9 – R. Love and truth will meet; justice and peace will kiss. Ps 85:11 – R. Too long did I live among those who hated peace. Ps 120:6 – R. When I spoke of peace, they were for war. Ps 120:7 – R. For family and friends I say, “May peace be yours.” Ps 122:8 – R. There is a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. Eccl 3:8 – R. O Lord, you mete out peace to us, for it is you who have accomplished all we have done. Is 26:12 – R. Justice will bring about peace; right will produce calm and security. Is 32:17 – R. From Bethlehem will come one whose origins are from of old, he shall be peace. Cf. Mi 5:1,4 – R. Glory to God in the highest and peace to his people on earth. Lk 2:14 – R. The Lord says, “Into whatever household you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’” Lk 10:5 – R. The Lord says, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.” Jn 14:27 – R. The Lord says, “Not as the world gives it do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.” Jn 14:27 – R. The Lord says, “I have told you these things that you might have peace in me.” Jn 16:33 – R. And Jesus said to his disciples, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” Jn 20:21 – R. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Gal 5:22 – Let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were called in one body. Col 3:15 – R. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world. R. Have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world. R. Have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world. R. Grant us peace. The Lord’s Prayer… Lord Jesus, you said to us: Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. (John 14:27) We thank you for being our peace. May we always stay with you, never leaving your side, and may our hearts be filled with the peace that only you can give. Amen. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV  

Clothe yourselves…in personal, deep prayer…   March 2, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! February 25, 2023 “Dear children! Keep converting and clothe yourselves in penitential garments and in personal, deep prayer… Our Lady gives us 5 stones. They are 5 things that we can do to grow as her children, grow as her apostles of love. The first one is prayer. She calls us to live prayer every day. We have daily Rosaries, Holy Mass and Adoration, all of which are communal. But she also instructs us to take time with her Son in prayer, only with Him. This kind of prayer is meant to be very intimate, a conversation with Jesus, through which we will find healing, light, hope, and so much more. One on one time with the Lord cannot be replaced! It is essential. Yet personal prayer can be very difficult to start up, and easy to neglect. Life gets busy. And soon we are skimping on our personal prayer. Our Lady tells us to clothe ourselves in personal, deep prayer. Wow, that is an amazing call. She wants us to be covered with prayer, a deep and very personal prayer in which we are alone with Jesus. Every day!! Every day!! Here are five messages in which Our Lady encourages us to personal prayer. Her words will inspire us! (Use these messages as meditations between the decades of your personal rosary!) July 25, 1997 “Dear children! Today I invite you to respond to my call to prayer. I desire, dear children, that during this time you find a corner for personal prayer. I desire to lead you towards prayer with the heart. Only in this way will you comprehend that your life is empty without prayer. You will discover the meaning of your life when you discover God in prayer. That is why, little children, open the door of your heart and you will comprehend that prayer is joy without which you cannot live. Thank you for having responded to my call.” May 25, 2003 “Dear children! Also today I call you to prayer. Renew your personal prayer, and in a special way pray to the Holy Spirit to help you pray with the heart. I intercede for all of you, little children, and call all of you to conversion. If you convert, all those around you will also be renewed and prayer will be a joy for them. Thank you for having responded to my call.” January 25, 2010 “Dear children! May this time be a time of personal prayer for you, so that the seed of faith may grow in your hearts; and may it grow into a joyful witness to others. I am with you and I desire to inspire you all: grow and rejoice in the Lord who has created you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” August 25, 2010 “Dear children! With great joy, also today, I desire to call you anew: pray, pray, pray. May this time be a time of personal prayer for you. During the day, find a place where you will pray joyfully in a recollected way. I love you and bless you all. Thank you for having responded to my call.” January 25, 2022 “Dear children! Today I am calling you to return to personal prayer. Little children, do not forget that Satan is strong and that he wants to attract all the more souls to himself. That is why, you be vigilant in prayer and resolute in the good. I am with you and am blessing all of you with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call.” In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV

“Clothe yourselves in penitential garments…”   March 1, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! February 25, 2023 “Dear children! Keep converting and clothe yourselves in penitential garments and in personal, deep prayer; and in humility, seek peace from the Most High. In this time of grace, Satan wants to seduce you; but you, little children, keep looking at my Son and follow Him towards Calvary in renunciation and fasting. I am with you because the Most High permits me to love you and lead you towards the joy of the heart, in faith which grows for all those who love God above all. Thank you for having responded to my call.” “Clothe yourselves in penitential garments…” As far as I can tell, this is the first time Our Lady has mentioned “penitential garments”. I do believe she is referring back to her own days as a Jewish woman, when there were prescribed times for fasting, prayer, and repentance, along with wearing rough garments as a sign of mourning, repentance and turning back to God. There are many accounts of penitential garments being worn as a sign to God of repentance. A famous one is in the book of Jonah: Conversion of Nineveh Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth. Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s journey. And he cried, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. Then tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh, “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, or drink water, but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry mightily to God; yea, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence which is in his hands. Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not?” When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did not do it. (Jonah 3: 1-10) The use of penitential garments was an expression of repentance and self-denial. It showed that the people of Nineveh understood that they had offended God and wanted to change. It made that desire physically present to them. It was an outward sign of an inner desire. So how can we express outwardly our desire to repent as Our Lady asks this Lent? We could change the way we dress, being simple and modest and poor, etc. Or we could wear something that signifies our repentance, like a Crucifix or a Rosary around our neck. A big sign we often see in Medjugorje is climbing the rocky mountains in bare feet! That is penitential!! But there may be an additional way to clothe ourselves in penitence that has more to do with our actions than with our appearance. We could put on the garments of love and forgiveness, of service and humility. These garments are seen in our actions. They appear when we put ourselves last, and serve others instead. This message might be helpful for us in finding our penitential garments: January 2, 2010 “Dear children, Today I am calling you to, with complete trust and love, set out with me because I desire to acquaint you with my Son. Do not be afraid, my children, I am here with you; I am next to you. I am showing you the way to forgive yourselves, to forgive others, and, with sincere repentance of heart, to kneel before the Father. Make everything die in you that hinders you from loving and saving, that you may be with Him and in Him. Decide for a new beginning, a beginning of sincere love of God Himself. Thank you.” Maybe our penitential garments can be made of love of God and neighbor? In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV

My Children! Keep Converting!   February 28, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Line by line, we will respond to Our Lady’s call on February 25, 2023:  Dear children!  Keep converting… Do we understand conversion? Do we think about it every day? Do we desire conversion? Can we say that today we have converted? What does it mean to “Keep converting…” We have to review this basic call from Our Lady. Here are five messages in which Our Lady called for conversion. They might be good meditation while praying the Rosary: August 25, 2000 “Dear children! I desire to share my joy with you. In my Immaculate Heart I feel that there are many of those who have drawn closer to me and are, in a special way, carrying the victory of my Immaculate Heart in their hearts by praying and converting. I desire to thank you and to inspire you to work even more for God and His kingdom with love and the power of the Holy Spirit. I am with you and I bless you with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call.” May 25, 1993 “Dear children! Today I invite you to open yourselves to God by means of prayer so the Holy Spirit may begin to work miracles in you and through you. I am with you and I intercede before God for each one of you because, dear children, each one of you is important in my plan of salvation. I invite you to be carriers of good and peace. God can give you peace only if you convert and pray. Therefore, my dear little children, pray, pray, pray and do that which the Holy Spirit inspires you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” May 25, 1994 “Dear children! I invite you all to have more trust in me and to live my messages more deeply. I am with you and I intercede before God for you but also I wait for your hearts to open up to my messages. Rejoice because God loves you and gives you the possibility to convert every day and to believe more in God the Creator. Thank you having responded to my call.” July 25, 1995 “Dear children! Today I invite you to prayer because only in prayer can you understand my coming here. The Holy Spirit will enlighten you to understand that you must convert. Little children, I wish to make of you a most beautiful bouquet prepared for eternity but you do not accept the way of conversion, the way of salvation that I am offering you through these apparitions. Little children, pray, convert your hearts and come closer to me. May good overcome evil. I love you and bless you. Thank you for having responded to my call.” 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.” In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV  

Clothe yourselves in penitential garments…   February 27, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Today I am going to present again the message we received on Saturday. Before we say anything, let’s take this message into our hearts, and let Our Lady’s words speak to us directly. She is with us in these days to help us. February 25, 2023 Message: Dear children!  Keep converting and clothe yourselves in penitential garments and in personal, deep prayer; and in humility, seek peace from the Most High. In this time of grace, Satan wants to seduce you; but you, little children, keep looking at my Son and follow Him towards Calvary in renunciation and fasting. I am with you because the Most High permits me to love you and lead you towards the joy of the heart, in faith which grows for all those who love God above all. Thank you for having responded to my call.  (February 25, 2023) Yes, Mother, please clothe us in penitential garments and personal, deep prayer… In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan Mary TV