The 3rd installment from my book ConstantProcession–
There is more about the ‘Lady of Lourdes’ apparition story in this podcast. Initially the Lourdes seer is embraced. Though miracles start to occur, her credibility begins to come under fire from all directions.
Bernadette- photo taken in the Lourdes, France apparition site museum.
The next chapter in the book continues on my journey of discovery late in the 20th century when I traveled with 100.000 people to ‘The Farm’ to learn about what the Virgin Mary says during her final apparition to a controversial area seer- Nancy Fowler.
The Farm; Conyers, Georgia Apparition site
Then twelve years later, I seek a return voyage to ‘The Farm.’
The 2nd installment from my book Constant Procession–
I uncover a source of inspiration from the darkest moments of WW II, when the world was on fire.
Vista- Notice the layout of ‘Our Lady of Lourdes in France. The cathedral is built above the spot where the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette. (note outcrop of rock)
1943 and Readers Digest book covers of The Song of Bernadette.
A brief moment
in time when Hollywood became Holywood.
Pyrenees Mountains, Franz Werfel had to travel over to get to neutral Spain from Nazi captured France.
When the
inspiration of a paranormal contact with the Virgin Mary surfaced once again
and the strength of Christianity ran counterpoint to those smittened by the
‘might’ of modern man.
Early photo of Lourdes Sanctuary (may be as it looked during WW II to Franz Werfel)
Statue of the Virgin Mary at the spot where Bernadette saw her. NOTE this in the rock outcrop
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This is the first installment of the Summer Season!
Featuring the Re-release of my book Constant Procession …
This is the 1st installment from my book, Chapter 1:
This book, now in podcast form traces the history of apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world. Each podcast in the summer series is approximately 15 minutes in length.
This podcast installment is the beginning chapter of my book Constant Procession.
Immaculate Heart of Mary – Atlanta, GA (Note old Church to the left)
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral Atlanta, GA
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2 of the newest Roman Catholic Saints who visited with the Virgin Mary, St. Francisco and St. Jacinta from the Fatima Apparition were old beyond their years and both died from the Spanish Influenza.
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There are a lot of things that we have gone without while in isolation during this Springtime 2020, but the Great 50 Day Feast of Easter, culminating with Pentecost provides us a great counterpoint to the anxiety of the unknown.
Mark Twain was still alive when the Church beatified Joan of Arc in 1909. To a certain extent, his novel remains a puzzling act of devotion from a complicated man. For the great American author, there was no one like St. Joan. He marveled at her confidence in God’s Will, her courage, her simplicity. And in her he saw an example for all time. We can hear Twain’s own voice in the words of his narrator describing Joan: “It took six thousand years to produce her; her like will not be seen in the earth again in fifty thousand. Such is my opinion.”
During Eastertime they feasted with Christ during those 40 days and his Mother was among his witnesses. Then came his Ascension. Tradition tells us The Virgin Mary was there.
Also, there are Marian oriented works afoot after the Re-Consecration of North America to the Virgin Mary several weeks ago. They include a major motion picture premier about an apparition of the Virgin Mary entitled ‘Fatima.’ Also there is a growing recognition for the ‘Flame of Love’ requests by the Virgin Mary to seer Elizabeth Kindelmann.
30 foot mosaic of the Ascension with the Virgin Mary, the Disciples and Angels. Annunciation Cathedral Atlanta
This icon portrays Christ’s victory over death and evil that many Christian church communities bring up throughout the 50 days of Eastertime.
This icon of the Ascension shows Christ rising towards
heaven. Below are the apostles as well as the Virgin Mary too. And while the Apostles logically are looking
up as Christ is rising, they appear to be talking amongst themselves in
wonderment while watching Christ as he rises, whereas The Virgin Mary is depicted as centermost and very calm has her hands
raised up in prayer.
Also included are two angels behind the Virgin Mary who speak one line to those witnesses to the event, the first angel says according to the Acts of the Apostles: “ This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into Heaven” This event occurs forty days after Christ arose from the tomb, but 10 days before Pentecost.
40 days of Apparitions, Mid-Pentecost and Christ Saw The Virgin Mary First! Your annual springtime activities have been totally disrupted but keep in mind, you can still take comfort in the amazing joy of the Eastertime season. Christ Has Risen!
Several great things occurred this past week. From continuing the 50 Day Easter Feast to the Re-Consecration of the US & Canada to ‘Mary, Mother of the Church’ in a request for the Virgin Mary’s help in fighting Corona-19.
It’s time to animate the your spirit by going beyond the tried and true definitions of Easter Celebrating being simply a single day… So Celebrate the Gift God has given you!
Excerpts from my book Constant Procession from Chapters 21 & 22- Some background on a Re-Consecration of Europe during WW2 (The Great Return) and it’s genesis, coming from two apparitions- Fatima and an earlier 636AD apparition sometimes known as ‘Our Lady of the Great Return”
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Decorate your house for the season! Place fresh flowers on your table and mantle – you can even place flowers on crucifixes in your house. Frame or write out a quote from one of the Gospels and display it somewhere prominent.
Continue with spiritual resolutions, such as reading the Scriptures together as a family.
As the weather warms, plant a garden together to commemorate Easter morning, where Mary Magdalene found Christ in the garden.
Consider reading Acts of the Apostles or some of the New Testament letters as a family during this liturgical season.
The Easter season is a time of celebration! The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary are particularly fitting for this time. Pray a decade as a family each week night.
Example of the Liturgical year (2014)
Catch up with a neighbor over the fence (6′ distance)
Look for 5 different kinds of birds in your area
See how many animals you see in your yard in twenty minutes
Count the different types of flowers from your yard/window
from 1 spot
Count the different trees in your view
Look at old Family photos
Grill out
Encapsulement Blues- Original penned 1976, New verse- March 2020
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This episode is about the Great Feast of 50 days celebrating the wonderment of Christ’s resurrection as he repeatedly visited the people he loved, including his mother and also the story of St. James and Our Lady of Pilar about 40 years after his death.
Decorate your house for the season! Place fresh flowers on your table and mantle – you can even place flowers on crucifixes in your house. Frame or write out a quote from one of the Gospels and display it somewhere prominent.
Continue with spiritual resolutions, such as reading the Scriptures together as a family.
As the weather warms, plant a garden together to commemorate Easter morning, where Mary Magdalene found Christ in the garden.
Consider reading Acts of the Apostles or some of the New Testament letters as a family during this liturgical season.
The Easter season is a time of celebration! The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary are particularly fitting for this time. Pray a decade as a family each week night.
Catch up with a neighbor over the fence (6′ distance)
Look for 5 different kinds of birds in your area
See how many animals you see in your yard in twenty minutes
Count the different types of flowers from your yard/window
from 1 spot
Count the different trees in your view
Look at old Family photos
Grill out
Our Lady of Pilar sits along the Ebro River…the pillar where the Virgin Mary visited St. James is within this Minor-Basilica.
Ancient wall from Caesaraugusta
Wider view of the wall…the actual forum is still intact in a museum.
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Easter 2020 offers an opportunity to look at ourselves and
surroundings as we celebrate the beginning of the 50 Days of the great gift of
Jesus Christ who lived to guide us while on earth and his resurrection gives us
hope for the forgiveness of our sins.
Icon of Mother and Child with traditional Easter bread, candle and Easter Eggs – Red, Gold and Engraved Easter Eggs
30 foot mosaic of the Ascension with the Virgin Mary, the Disciples and Angels. Annunciation Cathedral Atlanta
Close up of the Virgin Mary with the two Angels behind her in the mosaic mentioned. Annunciation Cathedral Atlanta
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The going without through the Lenten season comes to a conclusion with the Miracle of the empty tomb and the Witnessed Apparitions of Christ Jesus to those closest to him including his mother, the Madonna. This Miracle tested the minds of human then just as it challenges the minds of humans during this Easter 2020, while Celebrating in Place.
The caption for this photo reads
“Now I know how Mary felt”
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Beyond preparing food and eating, I’ve looked into ways to celebrate Easter Day with the reality of the limitations that are now upon us for Easter 2020. The podcast offers over forty other things to do within this cloistered day in isolation.
Creating a more meaningful Easter 2020
Easter bread, Candles & Easter Eggs
Here Are the 40+ Ideas:
TRADITIONAL things
to do leading up to Easter Day:
Color Easter Eggs
Make an Easter Bonnet
Make A Bunny Cake
Make an Easter egg tree
Easter Bush (inside or outside)
Build a catch and release rabbit trap
Make a Nature Table
Make Easter Cards, send to your family, elders or kids
Adult Easter Eggs with funny fortune slips
SOME SOCIAL IDEAS- Before, During or After Easter Day:
Catch up with a neighbor over the fence
Introduce yourself to your neighbor (over the fence)
Go for a bike ride
Look for 5 different kinds of birds
See how many animals you see in your yard in twenty minutes
Count the different types of flowers from your yard/window
from 1 spot
Count the different trees in your view
Look at old Family photos
Edit your cellphone photos
Back-up your cellphone photos
Organize photos
Organize videos
Learn now to crochet
Learn how to knit
Grill out
Have a picnic in your yard
Fill (or clean out) a bird bath
Go for a drive
Go boating
EASTER DAY THINGS TO DO, in addition to the Easter meal:
Get up late
Make Pancakes for Breakfast
Watch Church service on internet
Thank Jesus for coming into the world
Read from Easter Day Bible Texts Out loud
Easter Egg Hunt
Dress up for Dinner
Lit a candle/candles for your Easter meal
Crack Easter Eggs
Tell your remembrances during your family’s favorite Easter
Day(s)
Look at Family Holiday snapshots
Look at old family Easter Day videos
Make and Write a journal about Easter 2020 for future
generations to read
Breaking my rule on media- Watch one of the Classic
Easter Movies-
The Ten Commandments or Greatest Story Ever Told,
Which when you think about it, is the greatest story ever
told.
SUGGESTIONS thanks to- Niki K:
Start with viewing a church service via the internet and maybe checking out services of other Christian services;
Like A Sunrise Service…
Like A Midnight Service…
A note from Niki about coloring Easter
Eggs:
The eggs can be boiled and dyed with
vegetable dyes (like boiled onion skins), if you don’t have the regular
dyes.
Or even decorated with crayons by the kids
and then let the kids hid them
4. Reading from the Bible about the events
and explaining it to the family.
5. Watching a classic movie about Easter, for example “The Passion of the Christ” for the more mature group or “Ben Hur”, etc.
6. Younger kids may enjoy drawing pictures
about things that they associate with Easter and explaining what it means to
them.
7. Of course preparing and sharing a
special Easter meal, even if it only PB@J.
SUGGESTIONS thanks to- Marina K:
Call shut-ins
Our family is Greek Orthodox, we gather around and light our vigil lamp
But most of all, It’s about God and we thank Him and Jesus for being here for us all.
SUGGESTIONS thanks to- Josée P:
Perhaps a picnic on Easter Day,
everyone being 6 ft away from each other…
Or a webinar meeting, in the course of
which each person expresses their gratitude, with specifics, or reads a poem or
spiritual text.
Being well and alive right now is a blessing…
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Planning for the Easter Day feast will now have to be
created anew. Several things won’t change, but figuring out how to incorporate
them will. May the unusual circumstances within this Lent season help you find
a closer bond to the Lord.
What ideas can you think of for celebrating Easter 2020?
Besides Easter Eggs What are your ideas Let me know in the comments below
March 24, 2018 shows French Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame who was killed after swapping himself for a hostage in a rampage and siege in the town of Trebes, southwestern France, on March 23.
Beltrame, 45, was among a group of officers who rushed to the scene in Trebes, near Carcassone, on March 23 after a gunman who claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group, stormed a supermarket and fired at shoppers. Beltrame offered to take the place of a woman the gunman had taken hostage and was shot. He died on March 24 of his wounds, becoming the gunman’s fourth victim. / AFP PHOTO / LA GAZETTE DE LA MANCHE / –/AFP/Getty Images
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I turn in open prayer to the Virgin Mary to intercede for us
in asking Jesus to deliver all of Humanity from this evil curse the entire world
is suffering from this Winter & Spring and Lenten season of 2020.
With the trauma of life coming from all
sides this year, the Lenten journey offers many specific prayers for personal
reflection. We can, as did Mother Mary, witness the journey Jesus took and a
way through our trials of today.
By now going without and prayer most likely is becoming a more significant
part of your day. The conscious considerations should provide a greater
meaning, especially when we sometimes waiver from our long term commitment to
honoring our Lenten practices.
Going without. Shouldn’t it be easy to do? Hard for me, but probably easy for you.
Also, wondering how Mother Mary as a parent would have felt around the Passover times during those first few early years after the Resurrection.
Climbing the mountain of “going without” during Lent
The Resurrected Christ with Mother Mary
Can you imagine the first feasts to remember our Lord’s honorable sacrifice? How did she help the apostles and all the other early Christians honor her son’s sacrifice for us?
And as for us, is it possible for you to honor his giving himself over for us in our own lives today? How in this Lenten season can it be done in today’s caustic environment?
Taking advantage of successfully enduring your Lenten struggles is, for me, like how it feels after a snowstorm or rainstorm, with that clear, fresh, pureness in the air. Easter is a new refreshment filling the air.
And a successful Lenten season can allow us to truly begin anew. Why not check out your community’s Lent services for Eastertime 2020 this day?
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What Will I Do? Will it be something to give up or something to do for others? It’s the question that comes to mind, like it or not, this time of year.
Getting on board the start of Lent for your Easter Season
2020 by remembering the Virgin Mary and her watching Jesus in his passion.
The Virgin Mary’s being there in the Passion of Christ is
worthy of consideration when you recall
that almost from the time of his birth, like any good parent, she concerned
herself with the life and health of her new born son.
And in quick order, time was short in the manger as Joseph
was warned by an angel of the Lord that he must hurry and take his young wife
and child rapidly away from there lest the baby be killed.
And so the stories that remind us of both the life and death
of God on earth can yield much more for us also in this Easter season.
Giving up things you enjoy always starts way too early… But going without helps bring us into the ‘zone’. (photo by giftpundits.com)
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Why did the Virgin Mary concern herself so over Russia? In view of re-reading several accounts of life in the Soviet Union, during the times of Stalin’s decades long absolute control over his people, seems to me to explain one reason why.
Stalin statue, Budapest
Stalin’s boots during ’56 revolt
Only Stalin’s boots remained
Stalin’s boots behind old army barracks at Memento Park, HungaryFatima 100 year celebration. 1 million pilgrims in attendance.
The massive statue of Stalin b4 ’56
Stalin’s boots (Memento Park)
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One of the many stories about the healing waters from the grotto at the apparition site known as Our Lady of Lourdes in France includes the story of Napoleon III’s son in 1865.
Napoleon III and his wife, Eugenia and son- photo credit- http://servatius.blogspot.comEmpress Eugenia and Louis-Napoleon (IV) from Pinterest Collection by Susan HeepEmpress Eugenia of France – unknown sourceNapoleon III, by Mayer & Pierson (Wikipedia)
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