The Magnificat outside the Church of the Visitation in Ein Karem, Israel.
Thursday of the 3rd Week of Advent
Painting of the Visitation in the Church of the Visitation in Ein Karem, Israel, the Holy Site of the house of Elizabeth and Zechariah
Tuesday of the 3rd Week of Advent
Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov – Архангел Гавриил поражает Захарию немотой (Archangel Gabriel struck dumb Zachariah) – 1824 – State Russian Museum
A great Christmas gift!
A blessed Advent to you all! I hope that this Advent season is a time of prayer and reflection as you prepare your heart to celebrate the coming of Christ at Christmas.
As we prepare for Christmas, I would like to suggest a Christmas gift for your family and friends, a gift that will help lead them closer to Jesus and Mary through trust. My book Stepping on the Serpent: The Journey of Trust with Mary is available for $14.95 on www.shopmercy.org. Thank you for your prayers and support of my religious Congregation, the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, as we spread the message of Divine Mercy and devotion to Mary Immaculate. I pray that our Lord and our Blessed Mother might walk with you along your journey of trust in this world and lead you home to Heaven.
Friday of the 2nd Week of Advent
Rocco Marconi, Christ and the Adulteress, c. 1525, Oil on canvas, 131 x 197 cm, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice
Preparation for Marian Consecration – Parish Mission in Battle Creek, MI
Today is the feast of St. John of the Cross, one of my favorite saints. May he intercede for us so that we might grow in holiness.
Today I am posting the second presentation of the two-night parish mission I gave in Battle Creek, Michigan, in preparation for a parish-wide Marian Consecration.
This talk is entitled “Learning to Walk on Water with Mary”
You can order a copy of “33 Days to Morning Glory” on www.shopmercy.org
Also, you can order my book “Stepping on the Serpent: The Journey of Trust with Mary” on www.shopmercy.org
Preparation for Marian Consecration – Parish Mission in Battle Creek, MI
A blessed feast of St. Lucy to you all. I previously posted the audio files to a parish mission I gave in Battle Creek, Michigan. Today and tomorrow I will post the video versions of these talks.
The parish was preparing to go through the “33 Days to Morning Glory” Marian Consecration preparation by my Marian brother Fr. Michael Gaitley. My talks were themed on entrustment to Jesus through Mary.
Part one was entitled “The Journey of Trust with Mary”
You can order a copy of “33 Days to Morning Glory” on www.shopmercy.org
Also, you can order my book “Stepping on the Serpent: The Journey of Trust with Mary” on www.shopmercy.org
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The miraculous tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico.
Monday of the 2nd Week of Advent
James Tissot – Le paralytique descendu du toit (The Palsied Man Let Down through the Roof) – Brooklyn Museum
Second Sunday of Advent – B
“Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God … A voice cries out: In the desert prepare the way of the LORD! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!” -Isaiah 40:1,3
Fr. Thaddaeus, MIC 