Author: Cathy Nolan

What are you willing to give me…   April 5, 2023 Wednesday of Holy Week Dear Family of Mary! One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver, and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over. (Mt 26:14-16) These are the opening words of our Gospel for today. Judas, his conscience seared, says these callous words: “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” We wonder, how much is a human being worth? Can you quantify life in terms of money? But, the worth of God Himself? How blind was Judas…Absurdly blind to the reality of his offer. But avarice is a terrible sickness of the soul. It makes money and the temporal power it can give, into a god. And so for Judas, Jesus became a commodity. “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” Those words echoed in Judas’ soul, driving him to take his own life. Our Lady has warned us about avarice, or consumerism in modern terms: March 25, 1996 “Dear children! I invite you to decide again to love God above all else. In this time when due to the spirit of consumerism one forgets what it means to love and to cherish true values, I invite you again, little children, to put God in the first place in your life. Do not let satan attract you through material things but, little children, decide for God who is freedom and love. Choose life and not death of the soul, little children, and in this time when you meditate upon the suffering and death of Jesus I invite you to decide for life which blossomed through the Resurrection, and that your life may be renewed today through conversion that shall lead you to eternal life. Thank you for having responded to my call…” Our Lady calls us to love God above all else. This is the antidote to avarice. God’s love fulfills us completely. If we choose Him, we choose life!! No regrets, no brokenness, only joy and peace await us, when we love God above all else. As we approach the Triduum, may we listen to Our Lady’s words, and choose life. “Choose life and not death of the soul, little children, and in this time when you meditate upon the suffering and death of Jesus I invite you to decide for life which blossomed through the Resurrection, and that your life may be renewed today through conversion that shall lead you to eternal life. “ Here is one prayer that we can pray each day to prepare for Good Friday. In it we stay near Our Lady at the foot of the Cross: At The Cross Her Station Keeping At the cross her station keeping, Stood the mournful Mother weeping, Close to Jesus to the last. Through her heart, his sorrow sharing, All his bitter anguish bearing, Now at length the sword has passed. Oh, how sad and sore distressed Was that Mother highly blest Of the sole begotten One! Christ above in torment hangs; She beneath beholds the pangs Of her dying, glorious Son. Is there one who would not weep, ‘Whelmed in miseries so deep, Christ’s dear Mother to behold? Can the human heart refrain From partaking in her pain, In that Mother’s pain untold? Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled, She beheld her tender Child, All with bloody scourges rent. For the sins of his own nation, Saw him hang in desolation Till his spirit forth he sent. O sweet Mother! fount of love, Touch my spirit from above, Make my heart with yours accord. Make me feel as you have felt; Make my soul to glow and melt With the love of Christ, my Lord. Holy Mother, pierce me through, In my heart each wound renew Of my Savior crucified. Let me share with you his pain, Who for all our sins was slain, Who for me in torments died. Let me mingle tears with thee, Mourning him who mourned for me, All the days that I may live: By the cross with you to stay, There with you to weep and pray, This I ask of you to give. Virgin of all Virgins best! Listen to my fond request: Let me share thy grief divine. Mother may we pray with you all week long! God bless you and keep you!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV P.S. The “800 Club” campaign continues! The response has been electric! So many shipmates have already donated, joyfully!! Consider joining our efforts to fund the new studio and live stream Our Lady’s Miraculous Sign to the world! Thank you to all of you, our dear shipmates!! https://marytv.tv/donate/    

Take the Cross, Look at Jesus   April 4, 2023 Tuesday of Holy Week Dear Family of Mary! The Gospels for Holy Week are not easy to hear. They tell of distrust, envy, and betrayal. Jesus was surrounded by these terrible attitudes which darkened the hearts of his enemies, and even his Apostles. We see Judas, unable to empathize with his Master. Lost in greed and denial, he chooses to betray and hand over Jesus to the Sanhedrin. But Peter, the one chosen to be head of the Church, is told by Jesus that he would deny Him three times that very night. We must reflect on these two men and their failures. Are we ready to die with Jesus? Do we deny Him when it is uncomfortable? Our Lady alone stood with Jesus throughout His ordeal. She alone did not fail Him. We can rely on her to guide us in our lives of faith and courage. Our Lady said to us: February 25, 2016 “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.” Our Lady watched Judas and Peter fail. She knows we are all capable of failing her son. She teaches us the remedy. “Take the cross, look at Jesus and follow Him. He gives Himself to you to the death on the cross, because He loves you.” The cross is our guide in all things. Jesus, laying down His life for us, is our only hope. Follow Him. Love Him. Trust Him. Die with Him. That is our way. Here is one prayer that we can pray each day to prepare for Good Friday. In it we stay near Our Lady at the foot of the Cross: At The Cross Her Station Keeping At the cross her station keeping, Stood the mournful Mother weeping, Close to Jesus to the last. Through her heart, his sorrow sharing, All his bitter anguish bearing, Now at length the sword has passed. Oh, how sad and sore distressed Was that Mother highly blest Of the sole begotten One! Christ above in torment hangs; She beneath beholds the pangs Of her dying, glorious Son. Is there one who would not weep, ‘Whelmed in miseries so deep, Christ’s dear Mother to behold? Can the human heart refrain From partaking in her pain, In that Mother’s pain untold? Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled, She beheld her tender Child, All with bloody scourges rent. For the sins of his own nation, Saw him hang in desolation Till his spirit forth he sent. O sweet Mother! fount of love, Touch my spirit from above, Make my heart with yours accord. Make me feel as you have felt; Make my soul to glow and melt With the love of Christ, my Lord. Holy Mother, pierce me through, In my heart each wound renew Of my Savior crucified. Let me share with you his pain, Who for all our sins was slain, Who for me in torments died. Let me mingle tears with thee, Mourning him who mourned for me, All the days that I may live: By the cross with you to stay, There with you to weep and pray, This I ask of you to give. Virgin of all Virgins best! Listen to my fond request: Let me share thy grief divine. Mother may we pray with you all week long! God bless you and keep you!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV P.S. The “800 Club” campaign continues! The response has been electric! So many shipmates have already donated, joyfully!! It is very moving. Here is the response of one of our shipmates to our call for help: From a California shipmate: 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 to send 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!! Thank you to all of you, our dear shipmates!! https://marytv.tv/donate/    

Take the cross in your hands…   April 3, 2023 Monday of Holy Week Dear Family of Mary! Today the Gospel (John 12:1-11) tells us about Lazarus’s sister, Mary. She anointed Jesus’ feet with expensive ointment and dried them with her hair. It was an intimate show of affection and adoration. She must have known that soon Jesus would be taken by the Jews and killed. We are aghast at the hostile reaction of the Jews. But that same hostility to Jesus is alive today in our world. It is up to us to bravely show our love for Jesus, just as Mary did. He is everything for us. Everything. Our Lady said to us: July 25, 2020 “Dear children!  In this peaceless time in which the devil is harvesting souls to draw them to himself, I am calling you to persevering prayer, so that in prayer you discover the God of love and hope. Little children, take the Cross in your hands. May it be your encouragement for love to always win, in a special way now when the Cross and faith are rejected. You be a reflection and an example with your lives that faith and hope are still alive and a new world of peace is possible. I am with you and intercede for you before my Son, Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call.” May we show the world that faith, hope and love exist, and that Jesus is everything to us! Here is one prayer that we can pray each day to prepare for Good Friday. In it we stay near Our Lady at the foot of the Cross: At The Cross Her Station Keeping At the cross her station keeping, Stood the mournful Mother weeping, Close to Jesus to the last. Through her heart, his sorrow sharing, All his bitter anguish bearing, Now at length the sword has passed. Oh, how sad and sore distressed Was that Mother highly blest Of the sole begotten One! Christ above in torment hangs; She beneath beholds the pangs Of her dying, glorious Son. Is there one who would not weep, ‘Whelmed in miseries so deep, Christ’s dear Mother to behold? Can the human heart refrain From partaking in her pain, In that Mother’s pain untold? Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled, She beheld her tender Child, All with bloody scourges rent. For the sins of his own nation, Saw him hang in desolation Till his spirit forth he sent. O sweet Mother! fount of love, Touch my spirit from above, Make my heart with yours accord. Make me feel as you have felt; Make my soul to glow and melt With the love of Christ, my Lord. Holy Mother, pierce me through, In my heart each wound renew Of my Savior crucified. Let me share with you his pain, Who for all our sins was slain, Who for me in torments died. Let me mingle tears with thee, Mourning him who mourned for me, All the days that I may live: By the cross with you to stay, There with you to weep and pray, This I ask of you to give. Virgin of all Virgins best! Listen to my fond request: Let me share thy grief divine. Mother may we pray with you all week long! God bless you and keep you!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV P.S. The “800 Club” campaign continues! The response has been electric! So many shipmates have already donated, joyfully!! It is very moving. Here is the response of one of our shipmates to our call for help: From a California shipmate: 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 to send 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!! Thank you to all of you, our dear shipmates!! https://marytv.tv/donate/  

Pray, pray, pray…   March 31, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! “Dear children! May this time be a time of prayer for you.” (March 25, 2023) Our Lady’s words are spot on for us as we enter into Holy Week! Nothing is more necessary and appropriate in this next week than prayer. How else can we accompany Jesus through this difficult week of suffering. But like Veronica, we can wipe His face and compassionate with Him through our prayer. I think Jesus is truly hoping we will pray with Him all week. And it seems Our Lady knew it, and that is why she told us that this time should be a time of prayer for us… Here is one prayer that we could pray each day to prepare for Good Friday. In it we pray with Our Lady at the foot of the Cross. At The Cross Her Station Keeping At the cross her station keeping, Stood the mournful Mother weeping, Close to Jesus to the last. Through her heart, his sorrow sharing, All his bitter anguish bearing, Now at length the sword has passed. Oh, how sad and sore distressed Was that Mother highly blest Of the sole begotten One! Christ above in torment hangs; She beneath beholds the pangs Of her dying, glorious Son. Is there one who would not weep, ‘Whelmed in miseries so deep, Christ’s dear Mother to behold? Can the human heart refrain From partaking in her pain, In that Mother’s pain untold? Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled, She beheld her tender Child, All with bloody scourges rent. For the sins of his own nation, Saw him hang in desolation Till his spirit forth he sent. O sweet Mother! fount of love, Touch my spirit from above, Make my heart with yours accord. Make me feel as you have felt; Make my soul to glow and melt With the love of Christ, my Lord. Holy Mother, pierce me through, In my heart each wound renew Of my Savior crucified. Let me share with you his pain, Who for all our sins was slain, Who for me in torments died. Let me mingle tears with thee, Mourning him who mourned for me, All the days that I may live: By the cross with you to stay, There with you to weep and pray, This I ask of you to give. Virgin of all Virgins best! Listen to my fond request: Let me share thy grief divine. Amen Mother may we pray with you all week long! God bless you and keep you!! Cathy Nolan Mary TV P.S. The “800 Club” campaign is gaining momentum! We are really blessed by the response so far. Many shipmates have donated $1000 toward our Building Fund. Thank you all!! And I want to tell those who cannot donate the full $1000, that you can do it in installments or just give what you can afford!! Thank you so much for helping Mary TV to construct our studio at the base of Apparition Hill, in anticipation of the permanent sign!! https://marytv.tv/donate/  

Our Lady says, “This time is a time of prayer for you!”   March 28, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Here again is the March 25, 2023 Message from Our Lady of Medjugorje: “Dear children! May this time be a time of prayer for you.” (March 25, 2023) In response to our Mother’s call, here is the beautiful Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. May we slowly and reverently pray this litany, asking Jesus to give us hearts that can pray! Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Let us pray: Grant, we pray, almighty God, that we, who glory in the Heart of your beloved Son and recall the wonders of his love for us, may be made worthy to receive an overflowing measure of grace from that fount of heavenly gifts. Through Christ our Lord. R/. Amen. Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy, Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy. God our Father in heaven, have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, Son of the eternal Father, have mercy on us… Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother… Heart of Jesus, one with the eternal Word… Heart of Jesus, infinite in majesty… Heart of Jesus, holy temple of God… Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High… Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven… Heart of Jesus, aflame with love for us… Heart of Jesus, source of justice and love… Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love… Heart of Jesus, well-spring of all virtue… Heart of Jesus, worthy of all praise… Heart of Jesus, king and center of all hearts… Heart of Jesus, treasure-house of wisdom and knowledge… Heart of Jesus, in whom there dwells the fullness of God… Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father is well pleased… Heart of Jesus, from whose fullness we have all received… Heart of Jesus, desire of the eternal hills… Heart of Jesus, patient and full of mercy… Heart of Jesus, generous to all who turn to you… Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness… Heart of Jesus, atonement for our sins… Heart of Jesus, overwhelmed with insults.. Heart of Jesus, broken for our sins… Heart of Jesus, obedient even to death… Heart of Jesus, pierced by a lance… Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation… Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection… Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation… Heart of Jesus, victim of our sins… Heart of Jesus, salvation of all who trust in you… Heart of Jesus, hope of all who die in you… Heart of Jesus, delight of all the saints… Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Jesus, gentle and humble of heart, Touch our hearts and make them like your own. Amen God bless you all! Cathy Nolan Mary TV P.S. The “800 Club” campaign is underway! We are really blessed by the response so far. Many shipmates have donated $1000 toward our Building Fund. Thank you all!! And I want to tell those who cannot donate the full $1000, that you can do it in installments or just give what you can afford!! Thank you so much for helping Mary TV to construct our studio at the base of Apparition Hill, in anticipation of the permanent sign!! https://marytv.tv/donate/  

  Why such a short message? March 27, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Here again is the March 25, 2023 Message from Our Lady of Medjugorje: “Dear children! May this time be a time of prayer for you.” (March 25, 2023) Many people were commenting that this message was unusual! So short! Not even the words, “Thank you for having responded to my call!” Only twelve words! “Dear children! May this time be a time of prayer for you.” (March 25, 2023) We wondered if Our Lady was disappointed in us! So we asked Marija herself, what did Our Lady look like when She came to you? Marija replied very simply, “Our Lady was dressed in a beautiful golden gown because it was a feast day (The Annunciation), and she looked beautiful and very normal, as she always does. She was not angry or sad but just normal.) “Dear children! May this time be a time of prayer for you.” (March 25, 2023) So we asked Marija again, why such a short message? And she told us that the message was all that Our Lady had to say. And no more. It was all that was necessary! Not to worry, just do it! “Dear children! May this time be a time of prayer for you.” (March 25, 2023) So let’s not speculate over this message! Let’s respond to this message with all our hearts. Prayer is what is needed now. Constant, trusting, loving, humble, childlike prayer is what is needed. Our Lady has asked. We can respond by giving this time to prayer for her sake! “Dear children! May this time be a time of prayer for you.” (March 25, 2023) God bless you all! Cathy Nolan Mary TV P.S. The “800 Club” campaign is underway! We are really blessed by the response so far. Many shipmates have donated $1000 toward our Building Fund. Thank you all!! And I want to tell those who cannot donate the full $1000, that you can do it in installments or just give what you can afford!! Thank you so much for helping Mary TV to construct our studio at the base of Apparition Hill, in anticipation of the permanent sign!!       https://marytv.tv/donate/      

Our Lady of Medjugorje   March 25, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Here is the March 25, 2023 Message from Our Lady of Medjugorje: “Dear children! May this time be a time of prayer for you.” (March 25, 2023) God bless you all! Cathy Nolan Mary TV

Tomorrow is the Annunciation of the Lord!!   March 24, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Tomorrow is a very special feast day! The Annunciation of the Lord! This miraculous event, filled with meaning and more so with salvation, is the pivot of all history! Since Creation there has been nothing more powerful and merciful than the Annunciation! God created our universe and our tiny little planet and filled that universe and that planet with amazing stuff. Topped with the gift of life, and especially the gift of human life, this creation was a huge blast of mercy and love! But we fell, trusting more the words of Satan than the Word of God. And since then we have had a hard road back to our God. But on the feast tomorrow we will see the mighty and endless mercy of God display itself in a very private and hidden conversation between a holy maiden and an archangel. This conversation will result in an unheard of act of mercy, God will become man!!! Here is that conversation, our Gospel for tomorrow. It is worth reading and praying over many times! A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 1:26-38: 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. On this greatest of feasts, we will stand in silence and wonder, in gratitude and hope, because our sorry plight was changed and the gulf between God and Man was mended!! Today I was able to go to the Risen Christ Statue and pray for all of you shipmates. The tears of love that flow from the knees of Jesus were abundant!! I felt such love from Jesus and Mary!! I do feel that all of you shipmates are being carried in our hearts on this pilgrimage. And the love I am receiving from the Lord and Our Lady is for all of you!!! God bless you all! Cathy Nolan Mary TV P.S. I will take March 25 and 26 off – and send the next reflection on Monday, March 27, 2023. Time for prayer and silence I hope. PPS. Denis and I went to the Risen Christ Statue yesterday (March 23) and prayed for all of you. The tears that fall from the knees of Jesus were flowing! It was very moving. Jesus loves you all so very much! We must never doubt how much Jesus and Mary love us!!  

Learn to listen to my Son   March 23, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! Our Lady gave us a wonderful message through Mirjana on March 18th: March 18, 2023 “Dear children, I am calling you, through prayer and mercy, to come to know my Son all the better; to learn to listen with a pure and open heart; to listen to what my Son is saying to you in order to come to see spiritually. That, as one people of God in communion with my Son, you may bear witness to the truth with your life. Pray, my children, that, together with my Son, you can bring only peace, joy and love to all your brothers and sisters. I am with you and am blessing you with a motherly blessing.” Our Lady calls us to learn to listen. We humans have the capacity to listen! We have ears that take sounds and send them to our brains where we can receive and organize those sounds into words or music or the activity around us. These sounds help us to understand and interface with our surroundings. It is an incredible gift. But we also need to have spiritual ears, that can receive Jesus’ words to us, His guidance, His teaching, His truth, His love. Those spiritual ears are the ears of our hearts. And they also need to be trained to hear, just as our physical ears (with our brains) have learned to hear earthly sounds. And so Our Lady has been helping us to hear Jesus, to hear His words to us, through her messages and through prayer and mercy which make us receptive to Jesus’ words. She needs us to hear Jesus on all levels of our lives, so that we can help all those around us to find Him and learn to love Him as well. I find that my spiritual ears are enhanced when I am in Medjugorje. Heaven is so near, so tangible, that hearing Jesus is not so hard. May we all find our spiritual ears and really use them!! Denis and I are so very grateful to be here in Medjugorje. Today again we received so much love and grace. We walked back to the building site this morning. The pictures below show the foundations and walls, well prepared for the next steps in construction. The picture above is of a beautiful statue of Our Lady that is displayed on the little road which leads to our building site. It is as if she is inviting all to come and see what she is building here!! I have always loved this statue and I am thrilled that it is so near our building site. A little gift from Mother Mary!! Please keep us in prayer. We are praying for you all the time!! God bless you all! Cathy Nolan Mary TV  

Denis and Franjo inspect the progress of the New Studio in Medjugorje!   March 22, 2023 Dear Family of Mary! I am sorry I have not been able to send out a reflection for Monday or Tuesday of this week. Denis and I have been traveling to Medjugorje! We arrived on Monday, March 20, in the late evening. And we haven’t really stopped since we hit the ground!! Thank you for your prayers! I hope now to be able to give you little snippets of our pilgrimage. There is no place on earth like Medjugorje! Peace, peace, peace!! Today we went to English Mass at 10:00 am! There are many English speaking pilgrims here. Praying together at Mass is just wondrous! Then we worked at the Mary TV studio in preparation for the streaming of Divine Mercy and The Daily Rosary here with our wonderful team members: Mario, Tony and Marin! After the Daily Rosary, we scooted off to Marija Pavlovic Lunetti’s home for the apparition!!! What an incredible gift it was for Denis and me. We felt like Our Lady was giving us a hello hug! After the apparition, Marija said that Our Lady blessed us and prayed for our intentions. And since the war between Ukraine and Russia began, she has prayed for peace in a special way. We prayed with her for peace in our hearts, peace in our families and peace in our world. Our Lady blessed us and gazed at us all, including Fr. Leon, who was present and whose birthday is today. Then Marija led us in singing “Happy Birthday to Fr. Leon!” Denis and I offered up all of you shipmates, during the apparition. We are filled with gratitude to Our Lady for calling us to her wonderful village. And we will share what we can with you!! God bless you all! Cathy Nolan Mary TV Happy Birthday, Fr. Leon!!