Our Lady of the New Advent - December 16th, 2025 | No Greater Delight No Greater Delight is a daily Marian podcast meant to start the day with a Marian touch. After examining the Marian feasts celebrated throughout the world on a given day, Fr. Nate offers a brief reflection to help make our love for Our Lady concrete in daily living. The title "No Greater Delight" is inspired by a homily of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, wherein he expresses his joy in preaching about the Virgin Mother, even though he acknowledges the challenge of adequately praising her. Mary's greatness is beyond words.0:00Feasts of Mary Today07:08True Devotion to Mary WhatsApp Channel:Catholic Voice
Prayer to Our Lady of the New Advent O Lady and Mother of the One who was and is and is to come, dawn of the New Jerusalem, we earnestly beseech you, bring us by your intercession so to live in love that the Church, the Body of Christ, may stand in this world’s dark as fiery icon of the New Jerusalem. We ask you to obtain for us this mercy through Jesus Christ, your Son and Lord, who lives and reigns with the Father in the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen. Our Lady of the New Advent, pray for us!
Luisella Scrosati is one of the finest Catholic journalists in Italy at this time. She often writes articles of considerable interest on liturgical topics. With the permission ofLa Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, we offer NLM readers the following translation of her article series on the topic of spiritual, architectural, and liturgical orientation, beginning today with “L’orientamento della preghiera”, originally published in Italian on November 9 of this year. No religious man, whether pagan, Jewish, or Christian, neglected the posture of the body in prayer, and especially in the presentation of offerings to the deity. In particular, three aspects appear especially well documented in writings and visual representations: standing posture, raised and open hands, and eyes turned toward the sky—characteristics that were common to both the faithful who presented offerings and prayers and the priest who sacrificed them to the deity. These bodily attitudes express a clear aspect: prayer and the …
THE TRIBUTE - Web Series Introduction THE TRIBUTE is a powerful new web series giving voice to New Zealand's Covid vaccine-injured. Please watch this moving introductory teaser. Coming Mid-January 2026! In the fight against Covid-19 countless New Zealanders stepped up – some coerced under threat of losing jobs or freedom, others trusting the call to join the "team of five million." But for thousands, that vaccination event was life-altering—they were harmed. Produced by acclaimed filmmaker Gaylene Barnes (River of Freedom 2023) and filmed by award-winning cinematographer Mark Lapwood — THE TRIBUTE is a heartfelt, confessional-style bi-weekly web series that honours the resilience of vaccine-injured Kiwis and the families who lost loved ones. These brave individuals share: -The shock of sudden health loss and the battle for medical acknowledgement -Dismissal and stigma from the system while fighting for care and support -The anger of discovering hidden risks – denied true informed …More
Monsignor Ronald Hicks - Bishop of Joliet and soon to become the new Archbishop of New York - first met Pope Francis on 29 June 2015. After Francis’s death, he wrote about that meeting on Diocoliet.org on 5 May. Back then, he was standing in Saint Peter’s Basilica with Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich. Cupich had been installed as Archbishop of Chicago in November 2014. In January 2015, he appointed Rev. Hicks as his Vicar General and in 2018 his auxiliary bishop. “Now Is Your Chance” In June 2015, Archbishop Cupich asked his Vicar General in the Basilica, “Have you ever met the Pope?” When Hicks replied, “No,” Cupich grasped his arm and said with a smile, “Well, now is your chance.” He led Hicks briskly toward Pope Francis and introduced him in Italian, saying, “Holy Father, this is Ron Hicks, my Vicar General, and he speaks Spanish.” Francis turned to Hicks and began speaking in Spanish. Hicks recalls: “From that moment forward, whenever we encountered one another, we spoke …More
HAZEL'S HEART Official Trailer (2026) North Dakota farm girl’s heroic witness during 1920 blizzard arrives on major streaming platforms Dec. 23 following acclaimed world premiere BISMARCK, N.D. — A powerful true story of faith, courage, and sacrificial love rooted in the frozen plains of North Dakota is now headed for a national audience. “Hazel’s Heart,” the feature-length film written and directed by University of Mary professor and filmmaker Daniel Bielinski, will make its national premiere this Christmas season following a widely praised world premiere in North Dakota earlier this fall. Set for national video-on-demand release Dec. 23 on Apple TV, Amazon, Google Play/YouTube Movies, Fandango-at-Home, Versant, Vubiquity, and DirecTV/AT&T, the film will also stream on Angel Studios beginning Dec. 18. Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films, “Hazel’s Heart” tells the true story of 16-year-old Hazel Miner, a humble farm girl from Center, N.D., whose faith-filled courage during a devastating …More
Set for national video-on-demand release Dec. 23 on Apple TV, Amazon, Google Play/YouTube Movies, Fandango-at-Home, Versant, Vubiquity, and DirecTV/AT&T, the film will also stream on Angel Studios beginning Dec. 18. Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films, “Hazel’s Heart” tells the true story of 16-year-old Hazel Miner, a humble farm girl from Center, N.D., whose faith-filled courage during a devastating 1920 blizzard became one of the most stirring survival stories in American history. Originally developed under the title “Hazel,” the film’s name was refined as it prepared for national release.
17. December 2025 17. December 2025 12/17/2025 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. Would you trust a bank that withholds funds entrusted to you under flimsy pretexts? Especially when the same pretext is used selectively? Israel is committing genocide in Palestine and doesn’t have to worry about its deposits in Europe. Regardless of your stance on Russia’s actions, such politicized treatment of bank customers, judged by different standards depending on current political needs, poses a significant risk of eroding confidence in the institutions that “protect” the capital entrusted to them in this way. The article on TrendCompass from Monday was dedicated to this looting: Europe’s lawless union. On Friday, 12 December, the EU crossed the legal Rubicon, in order to indefinitely freeze the $246 billion in Russian assets held in Europe. Under the previous system, the assets were frozen temporarily, and the freeze required a renewal every six months, conditional on a unanimous vote by all …
Genesis 49:1-2, 8-10 “Judah, shall your brothers praise —your hand on the neck of your enemies.” The text speaks of descendants; it prefigures Christ. The homage paid to ancestors is listening to the Heart of God. Matthew 1:1-17 “Jesus Christ, the son of David, son of Abraham” Jesus is of the lineage of David and Abraham. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
The Door of Humility: Entering the Place Where Christ Was Born — Church of the Nativity Bethlehem—whose name in Hebrew means “House of Bread”—holds a place of profound significance in the Christian world. It was here that Mary and Joseph found refuge in a stable, and where Mary gave birth to Jesus, ‘the Bread of Life’. Over this sacred grotto, the Church of the Nativity was built, transforming a humble place of divine intervention into one of Christianity’s most treasured pilgrimage sites. The Church of the Nativity is among the oldest continuously functioning churches in existence. It was originally commissioned in the 4th century by Emperor Constantine the Great and his mother, Saint Helena, who identified the grotto as the true site of Christ’s birth. Dedicated in 339 AD, the first basilica drew pilgrims from across the Roman Empire. Although the original structure was destroyed, Byzantine Emperor Justinian rebuilt a grander version in the 6th century, parts of which remain today …More
December 17 SECOND DAY Novena of aguinaldos Or Christmas PRAYER TO BEGIN Every day By the sign of the holy cross... Most benign God of infinite charity that you loved men so much, that you gave them in your son the best pledge of your love, so that made a man in the bowels of a Virgin, he was born in a manger for our health and remedy. I, on behalf of all mortals, give you infinite thanks for such sovereign benefit. In return from Him I offer you the poverty, humility and other virtues of your humanized Son, begging him for his divine merits, for the discomforts with which he was born and for the tender tears he shed in the manger, have our hearts with deep humility, with lit love, with total contempt of everything earthly, so that the newborn Jesus has in them his cradle and lives eternally. Amen. Glory to the Father (x 3) It is read about every day. December 17 SECOND DAY Consideration The Eternal Word is about to take its nature created in the holy house of Nazareth, where Mary and …More
Red Pill Dispenser - Russian student invents a game to demonstrate how the elite manipulat... Russian student invents a game to demonstrate how the elite manipulate the masses. "An uninformed majority will always lose a battle of information against an informed minority." "When you have hidden information, you can completely manipulate a large group of people." …
Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte, North Carolina, has banned the public use of kneelers for receiving Communion with effect from 16 January 2026. In a letter published on CharlotteDiocese.org on 17 December, he writes that using them is 'a visible contradiction to the normative posture of Holy Communion established by our episcopal conference'. The text begins with pious or banal quotations. He then admits that it is the right of the faithful to kneel when receiving Holy Communion. But: "The normative posture for all the faithful in the United States is standing." "Faithful individuals who feel compelled to kneel to receive the Eucharist, as is their right, should prayerfully consider the communal blessing that is realised when we share a common posture." Monsignor Martin refers to the norms of the US bishops' conference which "logically" do not envisage the use of kneelers or receiving communion. The three main points of the letter are: 1. Clergy, catechists, ministers of Holy Communion …More
In their latest message, Real Women of Canada offer a sober analysis about abortion in Canada. It's titled, "Changes in the Pro-Life Landscape." We post it here with permission. Those who are strongly opposed to abortion on moral grounds in Canada may not be aware that the ground is slowly shifting on this issue. It is easy to miss these subtle changes taking place since we are barraged daily by the mainstream media which presents abortion as an absolute entitlement and permits no debate on the issue. According to the woke left-wing aristocracy of the Liberal government, and feminists, there is only one position recognized in Canada – that abortion be readily available for any reason. The following is a clear-eyed analysis of the current pro-life landscape. The Media Cone of Silence on Abortion is Broken Due to the enormous funding given only to feminist groups by the federal and provincial governments over the past fifty years, feminism has prospered with the result that its perspective …
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