Author: Cathy Nolan

February 15, 2023 Reflection – Healing our blindness…

Healing our blindness…   February 15, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Jesus healed many blind people during his public ministry. Today we hear of one such healing… When Jesus and his disciples arrived at Bethsaida, people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Putting spittle on his eyes he laid his hands on the man and asked, “Do you see anything?” Looking up the man replied, “I see people looking like trees and walking.” Then he laid hands on the man’s eyes a second time and he saw clearly; his sight was restored and he could see everything distinctly. Then he sent him home and said, “Do not even go into the village.” (Mark 8:22-26) Jesus worked hard to restore the sight of this poor man. It took effort. Being able to see is so very important! I feel that it was significant that it took two tries to actually correct all his vision. On a spiritual level, we also need to be able to see properly. The eyes of our hearts are so important. If we a blind to the truth, to good and evil, to love and honor, we are the most to be pitied. Jesus came to restore our spiritual sight, even more than our physical sight. And his whole public ministry was an arduous process of restoring humanities spiritual eyes, eyes that see the good and love it, eyes that see God’s mercy and accept it. Without the eyes of our hearts, we are blind to salvation. Our Lady told us so: July 2, 2014 “Dear children, I, the mother of all of you gathered here and the mother of the entire world, am blessing you with a motherly blessing and call you to set out on the way of humility. That way leads to the coming to know the love of my Son. My Son is almighty, He is in everything. If you, my children, do not become cognizant of this, then darkness/blindness rule in your soul. Only humility can heal you. My children, I always lived humbly, courageously and in hope. I knew, I became cognizant that God is in us and we are in God. I am asking the same of you. I desire for all of you to be with me in eternity, because you are a part of me. I will help you on your way. My love will envelop you like a mantle and make of you apostles of my light – of God’s light. With the love that comes forth from humility you will bring light to where darkness/blindness rule. You will be bringing my Son who is the light of the world. I am always alongside your shepherds and I pray that they may always be an example of humility for you… Thank you.” We must allow Jesus to heal the darkness/blindness in our hearts, so that we can be saved, and help others to also escape that darkness/blindness to!! Let us pray, pray, pray! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023  

February 14, 2023 Reflection – Grasp for the Rosary!

Grasp for the Rosary February 14, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! In the first reading today we hear about the state of humanity in the time of Noah. It is a very depressing picture. Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10 – “When the Lord saw how great was man’s wickedness on earth, and how no desire that his heart conceived was ever anything but evil, he regretted that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was grieved. So the Lord said: ‘I will wipe out from the earth the men whom I have created, and not only the men, but also the beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air, for I am sorry that I made them.’ But Noah found favor with the Lord. Then the Lord said to Noah: “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for you alone in this age have I found to be truly just. ” As I read this gospel, I had a vivid picture of the poison that Satan had sewn into the hearts of Adam and Eve and their descendants. It was putrid green and venomous. Humanity was no match for Satan’s cunning and the human race was in a terrible state. (This makes me feel so sad…) So God wanted to start over. He sent the flood and destroyed all the families of the earth except Noah’s family. There was a new hope of a better tomorrow. But that poison was so strong that it began to overtake humanity once again. Over the centuries, the world fell into a terrible state. The Father then sent His Son, born of Mary, to bring the antidote! His very body and blood as our food. Perhaps that would be the antidote to human depravity. And indeed it is the antidote. Our Church, the Christians of the world, have brought much good, much hope. Even today there is hope, even though it seems that Satan again has taken over many hearts. But the Father has now sent Mary, to be a final defense for humanity. A final barrier against evil. She told us in this message her basic strategy in this time of battle: January 25, 1991 “Dear children! Today, like never before, I invite you to prayer. Let your prayer be a prayer for peace. Satan is strong and desires to destroy not only human life, but also nature and the planet on which you live. Therefore, dear children, pray that through prayer you can protect yourselves with God’s blessing of peace. God has sent me among you so that I may help you. If you so wish, grasp for the rosary. Even the rosary alone can work miracles in the world and in your lives. I bless you and I remain with you for as long as it is God’s will. Thank you for not betraying my presence here and I thank you because your response is serving the good and the peace.” Our Lady has indeed been a great strength and good for us. But the battle has only increased The stakes are high. We all see it today. But Our Lady is with us still, and she is not giving up. Here is her most recent message, in which she tells us the plain truth once again: January 25, 2023 “Dear children! Pray with me for peace, because Satan wants war and hatred in hearts and peoples. Therefore, pray and sacrifice your days by fasting and penance, that God may give you peace. The future is at a crossroads, because modern man does not want God. That is why mankind is heading to perdition. You, little children, are my hope. Pray with me, that what I began in Fatima and here may be realized. Be prayer and witness peace in your surroundings, and be people of peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.” The battle seems to have come to a climax. Our Lady’s call is still the same, her battle plan the same: Pray, fast, do penance, witness peace, and be people of peace! Pray the Rosary so that miracles can abound. This is the time of the Triumph! Many souls are in the balance!! Let us pray, pray, pray!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023  

February 13, 2023 Reflection – Humble devotion

Humble Devotion   February 13, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! I have been hearing the same word over and over these days. It is a simple word to understand but it seems a difficult word to live. The word is humble. I feel it is a key that unlocks so much for us. We live in a fallen world which resists humility. To survive in a fallen world, we need to fight for our rights, compete for a living, defend ourselves, be self concerned so often. But Jesus demonstrated to us the reverse. To bless instead of curse, to forgive when we have been wronged, to trust the Father for our life instead of struggle to get ahead. And the key to all that Jesus asks of us, we must be humble, that is like a child in complete trust in the Heavenly Father. Our Lady is completely humble. She is our model for humility. What a nice teacher to have! Her messages are our school. If we listen to her, we grow in grace! Here is one message she gave to us about humility: October 2, 2010  “Dear children; Today I call you to a humble, my children, humble devotion. Your hearts need to be just. May your crosses be your means in the battle against the sins of the present time. May your weapon be patience and boundless love, a love that knows to wait and which will make you capable of recognizing God’s signs, that your life, by humble love, may show the truth to all those who seek it in the darkness of lies… My children, my apostles, help me to open the paths to my Son. Once again I call you to pray for your shepherds. Alongside them, I will triumph. Thank you.” Everything is here. All the ways to live for God in humility: humble devotion, justice, accepting our crosses, fighting for souls with patience and boundless love! And then seeing the whole world through the eyes of love which help us to see what God is doing and join in! This way of living is heaven! And the result: that your life, by humble love, may show the truth to all those who seek it in the darkness of lies… This is the way to save souls! Through humble love…Like Mary! Help us Mother to live by humble love!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023  

February 10, 2023 Reflection – “Full of trust, and without looking back, and without fear…”

“Full of trust, and without looking back, and without fear…” February 10, 2023 St. Scholastica Dear Family of Mary! Jesus loves us in spite of our weaknesses, fears, and sins. He loves us even because of these things. He sees that we are small, needy, and fearful in this world. He came precisely to protect us and lead us to His world, Heaven. His love is so strong. So very strong. And Mother Mary is the same. She is with us in our weaknesses and fears, never leaving our side. I say this today because we need to remember it. This message speaks such truth to us! Let’s pray over it today with open hearts. And I have included the two consecration prayers that we prayed yesterday, so that we can pray them today. Every day!! 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.” “Full of trust, and without looking back, and without fear”, let us follow Jesus and Mary. Let us consecrate our families to them. Today and every day! Consecration to the Heart of Jesus (Given by Our Lady to Jelena Vasilj, 11/28/1983) O Jesus, we know that You are sweet (Mt. 11:29). That you have given Your heart for us (i.e. our family). It was crowned with thorns by our sins. We know that today You still pray for us so that we will not be lost. Jesus, remember us if we fall into sin. Through Your most Sacred Heart, make us all love one another. Cause hatred to disappear among men. Show us Your love. All of us love You. And we desire that you protect us with Your Heart of the Good Shepherd. Enter into each heart, Jesus! Knock on the door of our hearts. Be patient and tenacious with us. We are still locked up in ourselves, because we have not understood Your will. Knock continuously, Oh Jesus. Make our hearts open up to you, at least in reminding us of the passion which you suffered for us. Amen Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Given by Our Lady to Jelena Vasilj, 11/28/1983) O Immaculate Heart of Mary, overflowing with goodness, Show us (i.e. our family) your love for us. May the flame of your heart, Oh Mary, Descend upon all peoples. We love you immensely. Impress in our hearts a true love. May our hearts yearn for you. Oh Mary, sweet and humble of heart, Remember us when we sin. You know that all mankind are sinners. Through your most sacred and maternal heart, Cure us from every spiritual illness. Make us capable of looking at the beauty of your maternal heart, And that, thus, we may be converted by the flame of your heart. Amen In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023 PS. Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, head of Mary’s Meals, is asking for emergency aid for Turkey in the wake of the recent devastating earth quakes. Please go to Mary’s Meals and donate toward this relief effort! Go to : https://www.marysmealsusa.org/  

February 9, 2023 Reflection – Consecrate yourselves as parents, as families…

Consecrate yourselves as parents, as families…   February 9, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! In the first reading at Holy Mass today we hear the account of how God created Eve from a rib from Adam’s side, and gave her to him as his partner. God first taught Adam that he would not be content with any of the animals in Eden as his partner, by presenting them to him. Adam just knew they were not a match. So then God put Adam to sleep and took a rib from his side, and fashioned Eve. When Adam saw her he was sure she was the one he could live his life with. And in this way, our family structure was initiated by God! But as we know, the devil hates family life as God intended, and from the very beginning laid traps in our lives to ruin what God had intended. And so it goes to this day. We are beset with temptations, weaknesses, difficulties, lies and deceptions that can ruin our family life. The trials we encounter can ruin our families if we are not under the protection of Jesus and Mary. We simply cannot fight off the devil on our own. Listen to Our Lady’s call to us from Medjugorje: October 25, 1988 “Dear children! My invitation that you live the messages which I am giving you is a daily one, specially, little children, because I want to draw you closer to the Heart of Jesus. Therefore, little children, I am inviting you today to the prayer of consecration to Jesus, my dear Son, so that each of you may be His. And then I am inviting you to the consecration to my Immaculate Heart. I want you to consecrate yourselves as parents, as families and as parishioners so that all belong to God through my heart. Therefore, little children, pray that you comprehend the greatness of this message which I am giving you. I do not want anything for myself, rather all for the salvation of your soul. Satan is strong and therefore, you, little children, by constant prayer, press tightly against my motherly heart. Thank you for having responded to my call.” The Consecration to Jesus and Mary for our families is a powerful protection from the enemy. We ask Jesus and Mary to place us in their hearts, and surround us with their powerful protection from evil. We ask that they guard our minds and hearts from the lies of the devil. We ask that they show us the truth. And we ask that we can be forgiven when we fall. We need this protection. And so I am presenting to you the Consecration prayers that Our Lady dictated to Jelena Vasilj. They can be prayed each day for the protection and blessing of your family. There are other beautiful prayers for consecration, but these two prayers come from Our Lady, herself. At any rate, let’s not miss a day consecrating our families to Jesus and Mary. The need has never been greater! Consecration to the Heart of Jesus (Given by Our Lady to Jelena Vasilj, 11/28/1983) O Jesus, we know that You are sweet (Mt. 11:29). That you have given Your heart for us (i.e. our family). It was crowned with thorns by our sins. We know that today You still pray for us so that we will not be lost. Jesus, remember us if we fall into sin. Through Your most Sacred Heart, make us all love one another. Cause hatred to disappear among men. Show us Your love. All of us love You. And we desire that you protect us with Your Heart of the Good Shepherd. Enter into each heart, Jesus! Knock on the door of our hearts. Be patient and tenacious with us. We are still locked up in ourselves, because we have not understood Your will. Knock continuously, Oh Jesus. Make our hearts open up to you, at least in reminding us of the passion which you suffered for us. Amen Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Given by Our Lady to Jelena Vasilj, 11/28/1983) O Immaculate Heart of Mary, overflowing with goodness, Show us (i.e. our family) your love for us. May the flame of your heart, Oh Mary, Descend upon all peoples. We love you immensely. Impress in our hearts a true love. May our hearts yearn for you. Oh Mary, sweet and humble of heart, Remember us when we sin. You know that all mankind are sinners. Through your most sacred and maternal heart, Cure us from every spiritual illness. Make us capable of looking at the beauty of your maternal heart, And that, thus, we may be converted by the flame of your heart. Amen Thank you, dearest Mother, for coming to us in Medjugorje to save our families. What would we do without you?? In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023 PS. Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, head of Mary’s Meals, is asking for emergency aid for Turkey in the wake of the recent devastating earth quakes. Please go to Mary’s Meals and donate toward this relief effort! Go to : https://www.marysmealsusa.org/

February 8, 2023 Reflection – My children, my words are simple…

My children, my words are simple…   February 8, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Our Lady speaks to us from her Mother’s Heart. She speaks simply, but gives to us the deepest truths of the faith. This message is an example of her simplicity and her truth, given to us in such a way that we can listen and follow her as her children. She wants us to change the world. She wants us to be true apostles of her Son. Who better can lead us in that way than Mary. September 2, 2018 “Dear children, my words are simple but are filled with motherly love and care. My children, all the more the shadows of darkness and deception are being cast over you, and I am calling you to the light and truth – I am calling you to my Son. Only He can transform despair and suffering into peace and clarity; only He can give hope in the deepest pain. My Son is the life of the world. The more that you come to know Him – the more that you come close to Him – all the more you will love Him, because my Son is love. Love changes everything; it makes most beautiful also that which, without love, seems insignificant to you. That is why, anew, I am saying to you that you must love a lot if you desire to grow spiritually. I know, apostles of my love, that it is not always easy, but, my children, also the painful paths are paths which lead to spiritual growth, to faith, and to my Son. My children, pray – think of my Son. In all the moments of the day, raise your soul to Him, and I will gather your prayers as flowers from the most beautiful garden and give them as a gift to my Son. Be true apostles of my love; spread the love of my Son to everyone. Be gardens of the most beautiful flowers. With your prayers help your shepherds that they may be spiritual fathers filled with love for all people. Thank you.” In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023 PS. Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, head of Mary’s Meals, is asking for emergency aid for Turkey in the wake of the recent devastating earth quakes. Please go to Mary’s Meals and donate toward this relief effort! Go to : https://www.marysmealsusa.org/

February 7, 2023 Reflection – I am here. I am among you…

I am here. I am among you…   February 7, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Yesterday Denis and I were praying together in our morning prayer, and I had a little glimpse of Our Lady, sitting on a chair right across from us in our little prayer spot. It was fleeting, but I felt Mother Mary with us, quietly praying. It gave me such peace. Denis felt her too. I think she is with us in these days in just such a way, as if she is sitting with us in our homes, coming for a visit, praying a rosary with us. She is with us. It is certain that we need her. The times are serious. But I also think she is delighted to be so close to her children. This message seems to hint at Our Lady’s closeness. Let’s listen to her words and invite her into our homes from today onward. Oh how much we need her!!! February 2, 2015  “Dear children! I am here, I am among you. I am looking at you, am smiling at you and I love you in the way that only a mother can. Through the Holy Spirit who comes through my purity, I see your hearts and I offer them to my Son. Already for a long time I have been asking of you to be my apostles, to pray for those who have not come to know God’s love. I am asking for prayer said out of love, prayer which carries out works and sacrifices. Do not waste time thinking about whether you are worthy to be my apostles. The Heavenly Father will judge everyone; and you, love Him and listen to Him. I know that all of this confuses you, even my very stay among you, but accept it with joy and pray that you may comprehend that you are worthy to work for Heaven. My love is upon you. Pray that my love may win in all hearts, because that is the love which forgives, gives and never stops. Thank you.” Mother we welcome you into our homes and hearts, and we want to pray in response to your call. We will pray that your love may win in all hearts! Thank you so much for being with us now! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023  

February 6, 2023 Reflection – Try to feel how much I love you…

Try to feel how much I love you…   February 6, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Our Lady wants us to know her. She longs for a relationship with us. A real relationship that includes the sharing of our hearts. In this beautiful message she tells us of her deep desire to have a relationship with each one of us. She wants us to understand her heart, and how must she suffers for her children and longs for all of us to feel her love! And in the same way she longs for us to know and love her Son! Let’s not be deaf to her invitation! May 2, 2015 “Dear children, open your hearts and try to feel how much I love you and how much I desire for you to love my Son. I desire for you to come to know Him all the better, because it is impossible to know Him and not to love Him – because He is love. I, my children, know you. I know your pain and suffering because I lived through them. I laugh with you in your joy and I cry with you in your pain. I will never leave you. I will always speak to you with motherly tenderness. And I, as a mother, need your open hearts to spread the love of my Son with wisdom and simplicity. I need you to be open and sensitive to the good and mercy. I need you to be united with my Son, because I desire for you to be happy and to help me to bring happiness to all of my children. My apostles, I need you to show everyone the truth of God, so that my heart, which suffered and today suffers so much pain, can win in love. Pray for the holiness of your shepherds, so that in the name of my Son they can work miracles, because holiness works miracles. Thank you.” Our Lady needs us to spread the love of her Son! We can only do that if we have received the love of Jesus and the love of Mary. Only then will we be able to love others. We can not make it up. Only the real love of Jesus and Mary will work, because it is real love, God’s love. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023

February 3, 2023 Reflection – Great Love!

Great Love!   February 3, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Our Lady calls us to recognize the great love of Jesus, a love that saves us from all evil and draws us into His Heart. Listen to her call: “Dear children! I call you to, with complete trust and joy, bless the name of the Lord and, day by day, to give Him thanks from the heart for His great love. My Son, through that love which He showed by the Cross, gave you the possibility to be forgiven for everything; so that you do not have to be ashamed or to hide, and out of fear not to open the door of your heart to my Son. To the contrary, my children, reconcile with the Heavenly Father so that you may be able to come to love yourselves as my Son loves you. When you come to love yourselves, you will also love others; in them you will see my Son and recognize the greatness of His love. Live in faith! Through me, my Son is preparing you for the works which He desires to do through you – works through which He desires to be glorified. Give Him thanks. Especially thank Him for the shepherds – for your intercessors in the reconciliation with the Heavenly Father. I am thanking you, my children. Thank you.” (March 18, 2013) May we recognize the great love of Jesus which has been poured out upon us from the Cross. Today in Medjugorje the parish will venerate the Crucifix for an hour after Holy Mass. Mary TV will stream that veneration live starting at 7:00 pm Medjugorje time. It is exquisite. And during that hour you will fall in love with the Crucified Lord. Join us!! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023

February 2, 2023 Reflection – The Presentation of the Lord!

The Presentation!   February 2, 2023 Feast of the Presentation of the Lord! Dear Family of Mary! Today is the wonderful feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Little Jesus is presented to His Father in the temple by Mary and Joseph, as the law prescribed. And again the Holy Spirit exploded, giving both Simeon and Anna prophecies about the Messiah, Jesus, newborn!! As in the Visitation, so in the Presentation, the Holy Spirit cannot be held back! He just explodes with power, revealing the presence of the Lord!! Let us read the Gospel for today with great reverence and joy: Luke 2:22-40 And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word; for mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou hast prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to thy people Israel.” And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him; and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.” And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phan’u-el, of the tribe of Asher; she was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity, and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. And when they had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth. And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him. (Luke 2:22-40) Our Lady has spoken to us about the sword that pierced her heart, the sword that Simeon saw. She tells us how she was able to bear this sword. Her words are powerful. March 18, 2018 “Dear children! My earthly life was simple. I loved and I rejoiced in small things. I loved life – the gift from God – even though pain and sufferings pierced my heart. My children, I had the strength of faith and boundless trust in God’s love. All those who have the strength of faith are stronger. Faith makes you live according to what is good and then the light of God’s love always comes at the desired moment. That is the strength which sustains in pain and suffering. My children, pray for the strength of faith, trust in the Heavenly Father, and do not be afraid. Know that not a single creature who belongs to God will be lost but will live forever. Every pain has its end and then life in freedom begins there where all of my children come – where everything is returned. My children, your battle is difficult. It will be even more difficult, but you follow my example.  Pray for the strength of faith; trust in the love of the Heavenly Father. I am with you. I am manifesting myself to you. I am encouraging you. With immeasurable motherly love I am caressing your souls. Thank you.” With these beautiful words, let us remain in prayer today, as we give thanks for the Presentation in the Temple! In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c) Mary TV 2023