Open yourselves to my love...
(c)Mary TV 2013
J.M.J.
July 11, 2013
Dear Family of
Mary!
"Dear children!
With joy in the heart I love you all and call you to draw closer to my
Immaculate Heart so I can draw you still closer to my Son Jesus, and that He can
give you His peace and love, which are nourishment for each one of you. Open
yourselves, little children, to prayer - open yourselves to my love. I am your
mother and cannot leave you alone in wandering and sin. You are called, little
children, to be my children, my beloved children, so I can present you all to my
Son. Thank you for having responded to my call." (June 25,
2013)
Our Lady calls us to open
ourselves to prayer and to her love. Open ourselves...this openness can be
difficult to achieve. We see in the Gospels many people who encountered Jesus,
but could not open themselves to Him, to His love or to His call. They were
locked in their own perspective, their own wisdom, their own power or security,
and just couldn't let Jesus in. It is the same today. But Our Lady is with us in
these days to help us open up our hearts to her love and to her Son. This
miracle of openness happens in Medjugorje!
*I want to share a short
testimony given by Cornelia Schluter on Fruit of Medjugorje, Episode 73.
Cornelia shares how her own heart was opened to Our Lady and to her presence.
This simple testimony teaches us a lot about opening our hearts:
Hello,
my name is Cornelia Schluter. I am from Germany, but I am living in Italy
because I have an Italian husband. One day on the Italian TV we saw Medjugorje.
We saw a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, and somehow it was the first time we saw
this. It touched both of us very deeply. And we both had this immediate impulse,
"Let's go!" So we booked a flight and we went.
I have
to say that I probably would not have been so open for something like this
because I am actually Protestant, or I was. And I had never had any connection
with Maria or with the Church. But it was just at that time my daughter had just
died, at 34 years, from an ectopic pregnancy, and that was a very, very big
shock. Of course, it is a very sad thing, but what also happened is that it
opened me up to a totally new realm, like for example to go to
Medjugorje.
For me,
Medjugorje...especially when we went the first time five years ago, was a big,
big healing for me. It was a healing and a saying "yes" to what happened. To be
able to forgive the doctor who had made a mistake, a misdiagnosis, and to know
that in a way, whatever happens is allowed by God, and it is not just the
mistake of the doctor, it is what it is. I learned to say "yes" to it and
forgive him.
And now
by coming here...we have come eight times in the last five years... it wasn't
just the healing process with what happened to my daughter, it was an opening up
to a totally new experience... to meet the Madonna, to really be with her,
especially on this mountain, Podbrdo, which we love. My husband and I actually
go there every day and just sit there either in meditation or in prayer.
And
another key for me to completely fall in love with [the Lord and Our Lady] was
the Adoration in the night, which is one hour of singing and praying. The
singing for me is just an incredible key...to sing out my devotion, my love, my
heart. That is where I feel the Madonna very, very much.
Actually
I am still in awe that such a thing could happen, because I was the most
unlikely person to end up here. But I am here and I love it. I feel that the
Madonna called me. Maybe everyone who comes here got the inner call. For
everyone it is different. For me it is this inner healing and it is to express
my love to God, to Mary and to Jesus, which before I just couldn't do, even
though for me God was always important in my life, but I didn't express it. And
here this place gives me the opportunity really to learn to express my love, to
express my heart and my prayer.
Yes,
that is all. Thank you very much. And thank you to Rose and to Chris who
persuaded me, because normally I would never do such a thing! (Cornelia
Schluter, "Fruit of Medjugorje, Episode 73)
Thank you, Cornelia, for
sharing this beautiful testimony with us.
Cornelia's heart was
wounded, deeply, by the loss of her daughter. But in her grief, she found
herself ready to look for help, even from Mary, the Mother of Jesus, in a little
town in Bosnia. Her suffering actually opened her up to Mary, because she needed
her so much. Her need led her to Medjugorje where she found healing and a whole
new way of living. And she now could not imagine life without Our
Lady!
Suffering can be what will
open us up to Mother Mary. In our need, we will seek her and she will come to
help us. Then we will find ourselves in a whole new realm, a whole new world of
the peace and love of Jesus, her Son. And we will be nourished and made strong
for our lives!
Thank you, dearest Mother,
for calling us to open to you and to Jesus. Help us to truly be open to your
love.
In Jesus, Mary and
Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2013
"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world!"
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