Constant Procession

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The Great 50 Day Eastertime Feast Breaks the Blues of Corona19 and Can Be A Time of Hidden Joy while Sheltering in Place.

Let Me Know How You Are Handling ‘Sheltering In Place’

Details & History about the 50 Day Feast Celebration (CatholicCulture.org)

IDEAS FOR THE GREAT 50 DAY FEAST TO CELEBRATE CHRIST HAS RISEN (while sheltering in place)

Some ideas are from the website For Your Marriage (this links to their site)

• 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

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 Encapsulement Blues- Original  penned 1976,  New verse- March 2020

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

Let Us Know How You Are Handling ‘Sheltering In Place’

ARROW next to Icon of The Virgin MARY= PODCAST

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.

Details & History about the 50 Day Feast Celebration (CatholicCulture.org)

IDEAS FOR THE GREAT 50 DAY FEAST TO CELEBRATE CHRIST HAS RISEN (while sheltering in place)

Some ideas are from the website For Your Marriage (this links to their site)

• 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

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

To LISTEN to the PODCAST use the ARROW BY the Icon of The Virgin MARY

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.

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

To LISTEN to the PODCAST use the ARROW BY the Icon of The Virgin MARY

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.

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

40+ ideas for what to do at home for celebrating this Easter Day 2020, while Sheltering in Place.

Email me your ideas to include at: NikosSteves@gmail.com

OR- Right here in the Comments section!

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.

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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:

1. Start with viewing a church service via the internet and maybe checking out services of other Christian services;
2. Like A Sunrise Service…
3. 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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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

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.

Ways to Celebrate the Resurrection ideas from ‘Orthodox Motherhood” blog

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

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.

The National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception- Lent Season

Orthodox Lent Services- Live (Orthodox Easter 1 week later in 2020)

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

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.

TIPS ON HOW DIFFERENT CHURCH COMMUNITIES APPROACH THE FAST FOR LENT (from Learn Religions.com)

More about the website Learn Religions.com

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

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.

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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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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

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.

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

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.

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

The Madonna and Saint William, the monastery at Montevergine and the sanctuary with the beautiful Black Madonna icon. Miracles of protection and more.

Sources & more information on Montevergine and the Black Madonna Icon:

Michael O’Neill, the Miracle Hunter website- MiracleHunter.com

Saint William of Montevergine

Interfaith Mary Blog

Wikipedia.com

Jeff Matthew’s/Wayback Machine Archive-  Bombing of Naples in WW II

ABC News report on the  Shroud of Turin during WW II

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

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.

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

The only apparition site in the USA that has been approved (to date) took place in Champion, Wisconsin in 1859. Our Lady of Good Help, tells of Adele Brise’s witness, service to others and meeting the Madonna.

Sources for this Podcast & more details & pic’s about Adele’s Apparition:

Official website for the ‘National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help’

The Compass News Blog story (includes more photos)

A unique travel blog more photos- authors ‘Boris & Natasha’

Michael O’Neill, the Miracle Hunter- MiracleHunter.com

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

Located in the Ukraine, Hrushiv is a special place for apparitions of The Virgin Mary. The country was dedicated to the Most Holy Mother of God in the year 1037. This installment features the apparitions during the years 1914 and 1987.

Sources for this installment and additional information and Photos:

A timeline of the Virgin Mary’s appearances in Hrushiv

Our Lady of Hrushiv, Ukraine

SpiritDaily.com- Book quotes: Witness

Josyp Terelya info and more about the book

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

This final part about Key West’s Roman Catholic Basilica- St. Mary Star of the Sea’s grotto to honor the apparition of the Madonna at Lourdes, France continues. For almost 100 years her intercessions to God for the island against hurricane’s have worked. Also some history about the nun, Sister Louis Gabriel who’s vision and pledge made these requests possible.

From Toni Tarracino’s Blog- Photos of the Grotto ‘Our Lady of Lourdes’  at St. Mary’s Basilica Star of the Sea, Key West- where islanders gather.

Journalist Marcy Knight’s article (Florida Catholic) that I quote from- Her entire article that also includes a detailed collection of photos.

From Kay Thomas’s Blog- Details about the tavern that keeps a candle at the ready for when storms approach.

Local 10. com TV interview in 2017 as Hurricane Irma approached.  Interesting to hear a person’s reasons for visiting the grotto honoring the Virgin Mary during a time when humanity must face to the unknown force of nature.

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

Just off Duval St. on the island of  Key West, you’ll find the Basilica of Saint Mary Star of the Sea, a rare find indeed.

Link to this page on the St. Mary Basilica Star of the Sea Website

(The Second Encyclical Letter from Pope Benedict XVI can be found also)

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

Christmastime continues! Keep in mind that New Years Day, though in American is the ending to the holiday season, there is still lots more to come up through January fifth!

Does Christmas End on Epiphany? Blogpost by: Gretchen Flitz

Twelfth Night, Eve of Epiphany- Blogpost by: Greg Garrison

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

May GOD BLESS YOU as we celebrate the Birth of Christ coming into our world through the Blessed Virgin Mary!

MERRY TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS-

CHRISTMAS DAY – JANUARY 5 EVE!

Best Wishes to You and Yours and Thank-you for listening to Constant Processions.com

Some links from other sites to give you ideas and history for the 12 Days of Christmas in an effort to extend and SLOW DOWN the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON…

12 Days of Christmas from a blog (U.S. Catholic.org)

The Saints the Roman Catholic community celebrations on the 12 Days (The Sun)

Christmastide which includes various Christian observations (wikipedia)

Think beyond today’s way of viewing Christmas, Start daily celebrations! Remember, Christmas Day is just DAY 1!

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

Just going through the motions of Christmas? Do the words to Xmas songs get lost in all the restless thoughts competing for your attention? How do they compare to the Real Meaning of Christmas?

Included in this Christmastime podcast are thoughts from time past are worth considering.

-From Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a minister who gave his life in a Concentration Camp just a few weeks before the war was over and words from the “Blue Letter”, December 25, 1992, Apparition Christmas thoughts from December 25, 1992 with observations by editor/publisher, Frances Reck.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer:

“No priest, no theologian stood at the manger of Bethlehem.  And yet all Christian theology has its origin in the wonder of all wonders: that God became human.

Holy theology arises from knees bent before the mystery of the divine child in the stable. Without the holy night there is no theology.

 ‘God revealed in flesh,’ the God-human Jesus Christ- That is the holy mystery that theology came into being to protect and preserve.

How can we fail to understand when we think that theology is to solve the mystery of God, to drag it down to the flat, ordinary wisdom of human experience and reason!

Its sole office is to preserve the miracle as miracle, to comprehend, defend, and glorify God’s mystery precisely as mystery.”

For More about Dietrich Bonhoeffer via Wikipedia

Apparition of the Virgin Mary at Medjugorje on December 25, 1992 as reported in ‘The Blue Letter’ with editorial by Frances Reck:

“Dear Children, Today I wish to place you all under my mantle to protect you from every satanic attack. Today is the day of Peace, but throughout the whole world there is much lack of peace. Therefore, I call you to build up a new world of Peace together with me, by means of prayer.

Without you, I cannot do that, and, therefore, I call all of you with my motherly love, and God will do the rest.

Therefore, open yourselves to God’s plans and purposes for you to be able to cooperate with Him for peace and for good.

And do not forget that your life does not belong to you, but is a gift with which you must bring joy to others and lead them to Eternal Life.

May the tenderness of my little Jesus always accompany you. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

Francis Reck adds- “Our Lady’s message this month confirms the greatest of God’s Commandments: Love God, and love your neighbor as yourself.

She tells us to: ‘bring joy to others and lead them to Eternal Life.’

She reminds us that our purpose for being on earth is to love God, love our neighbor and gain Eternal Life in heaven.

Our Lady’s words are filled with wisdom and the love of God.”

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

Here is a replay of Podcast Installment 98- Chapter 16 from my book Constant Procession, the story of “Our Lady of Guadalupe”

It was just a decade after the conquistadors did their deeds when a light came into the darkness at Tepeyac Hill near Mexico City in 1531.

Several video views I shot during my visit to Tepeyac Hill (Our Lady of Guadalupe – Mexico City a few years back)

Tepeyac Hill, I believe this is the side Juan Diego was passing by when he heard then saw the Virgin Mary calling him from the top of this hill.

Same side, note shrine at top of Tepeyac Hill, note Roses and greenery that is maintained along with water falls.

View from one side of Tepeyac Hill where St. Juan Diego saw Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City

1/2 way up climb to top of Tepeyac Hill. Note the gardens and roses.

Front view of the modern Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. Older Basilica is at left (note it leaning)

Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

Installments since Podcast 50 are an extended series of additional stories about the history of the Virgin Mary that are not found in the book.

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published every Tuesday morning here.

An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.

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The origin of these podcasts began with my book; Constant Procession

It’s you, not the Spirit of Christmas that is in the spotlight thanks to the barrage of advertising focused on your attention at this time of year.

Take a moment to consider- just exactly what is the ‘Reason for this Season’ of Christmas?

Make it part of your Advent contemplation or Nativity Fast.

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93

A Christmas boost that supports and encourages us can be found by taking time for spiritual preparation with the prayers and meditations of Advent or the Nativity Fast. Good news! It doesn’t take much effort for “Preparing the Way.”

       Metropolitan Gregory’s Nativity Fast Prayer website page

To Listen to Part 1: “Ways to Extend Your Christmas  Experience”

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I’ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)

To listen from Installment 93