{"id":2933,"date":"2021-12-07T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=2933"},"modified":"2021-12-08T17:42:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T22:42:48","slug":"278-constant-procession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=2933","title":{"rendered":"278- Early December Dates to Remember"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/21400721\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/schedule2149\/\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can you feel the gradual shift towards Christmas by the activities of people around you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also in this podcast is the story of the apparition of &#8220;Our Lady of Guadalupe&#8221; from my book, \u201cThe Constant Procession.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week also reminds me of December 7, 1941, when paradise was attacked in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor. Can you imagine how that day of Infamy thrust the USA into war with Japan and also Germany during WW2?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortunately for humanity this first week in December also includes the &#8220;Conception of the Virgin Mary&#8221; and December 9-12 also celebrates when St Juan Diego had an apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1531.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately throughout history, Christ\u2019s Birthday season always continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Guadalupe-Basilica-site-1400x696.png\" alt=\"Photo of the area where, note the arrow, is to indicate where the apparitions occured.\" class=\"wp-image-2032\" width=\"841\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Guadalupe-Basilica-site-1400x696.png 1400w, 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class=\"wp-image-585\" width=\"460\" height=\"750\"\/><\/a><figcaption>The impression in St. Diego&#8217;s tilma <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eXt8KfTKqrg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Excellent youtube video that documents all the key locations at the Our Lady of Guadalupe site in Mexico City- credit: mexocotlan tlaxcala<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:65px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2020\/12\/07\/what-to-know-national-pearl-harbor-remembrance-day\/3839353001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to a story about Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and Today- Cincinnati.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:62px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure 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Hope-<\/em><\/strong>Advent wreath- celebratingholidays.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I value feedback through the comments section here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OR- Better via email at <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The origin of these podcasts began with my book <em>The Constant Procession.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession (the podcast) is published here every Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image 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Also in this podcast is the story of the apparition of &#8220;Our Lady of Guadalupe&#8221; from my book, \u201cThe Constant Procession.\u201d This week also reminds me of December 7, 1941, when paradise was attacked in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor. Can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=2933\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;278- Early December Dates to Remember&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}