Mary’s Counsel for Parents and Families
Message From Blessed Virgin Mary to the Little Apostle on 10/01/25
Part I – Parents’ First Mission: The Family as the Domestic Church
✦ MARY:
Dear parents, followers of My Son Jesus,
Today I desire to address you with a reminder for your journey as parents.
Within My Immaculate Heart, I hold several motherly counsels that I wish to share with you throughout the month of October, as this month is dear to My Heart — to guide you and to comfort you in your vocation as parents.
I desire to be near you in a special way through these messages. Each day I will share with you what My Son has deemed fitting for you to hear from My Heart as your Mother. And so, I begin:
Dear Ones,
My beloved Son, Jesus, who searches hearts, has made known to Me that many parents who dearly follow Him and love His holy Church live with great zeal, engaged in works for His mission.
He is most grateful for this zeal, which comes from the gifts lovingly planted by God and often strengthened through labors of your love expressed in the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.
These works are indeed of great importance in the wider life of the Holy Church, especially in her mission to the suffering in the world.
Yet too often, these same acts of compassion are forgotten within the life of the domestic church — the sacred community of the family, where love and faith are first nurtured and lived.
Within your own homes, your loved ones may be the “next poorest of the poor,” in need of your daily care — physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Therefore, make your children your priority each day, looking upon their lives and recognising in them your first mission, seeking how you may truly serve and nurture them with love.
In this way, you fulfil the obligations of My Son’s Church most profoundly, beginning right within your own homes.
I thank you, dear parents, who in this moment and always have been the anchor of your children — guiding them to truth, while being an example of humility, faith, and service in your homes, building strong families.
Thank you for holding fast to traditions, keeping the family united, and sheltering your children with your prayers and protection whenever they are in need of assistance.I bless you with My motherly love.
Tomorrow I will bring you my second counsel, which will give you clarity through My maternal guidance and continue until the end of this month.
I love you!
