Approaching The Third Sunday of Advent
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Today, December 12  is the

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Mass at 11:30 am

 

Fear Cripples
I Want You Whole

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This is an excerpt from a Message from the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12, 2022. [This Message was given to the Community and Staff to help sustain us in the long years of preparation and formation. We are now sharing it with you, our friends, who are participating with us in this new stage of the Reconquest.]
 
 
OUR BLESSED MOTHER SPEAKS:
 
...My children. My little ones. My soldiers.
You do not see it or feel it, but My Mantle is always spread over you, around you.
My children, have no fear. OF ANYTHING.
Fear cripples. And I want you whole.
My beloved ones, come to Me. Yes, the formation is so very painful. There seems to be nothing more to give, to be able to give. You feel pressed, crushed, squeezed beyond the limit.
 
Yes, without My help, you would not be able to resist this long.
 
If I say to you, as I said to My Juan Diego, “Do not fear. I am here, it is because I will always help you.  I will always be at your side. I will always lead you to My Son. Always.
Let My words, spoken so long ago, crush all your fears.
Thank you, My beloved ones for your love. For your Faith, for doing battle with Me.
 
The Battle of the great Reconquest is unfolding. Your Mother prepares you to follow your Captain into battle.
 
My children, I LOVE YOU.+
 
December 12, 2025
Mission of Divine Mercy

Mission Christmas Calendar

In order to give our staff and Community time off to enjoy family and friends, the Mission will be
CLOSED FROM DEC 24 -JAN 1,
except for Mass times.

MASSES DURING CHRISTMAS SEASON
Tuesday, Dec. 23: 11:30 am

Wednesday, Dec. 24: 9 pm
Thursday, Dec. 25: 10 am (no choir)

Friday, Dec. 26: NO PUBLIC MASS
Saturday, Dec. 27: 8 am
Sunday, Dec. 28: 10 am
Tuesday, Dec. 30: 11:30 am
Wednesday, Dec. 31: 9 pm

 

 

From The Watchman's Lantern by

Bishop Joseph Strickland

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"A Rose By Any Other Name"

...People know instinctively that something is off. They see the vestments, the gestures, the style – and yet their hearts whisper: “Something is missing. The substance is not there.” Because the people of God can tell the difference between beauty and imitation, tradition and theatrics, continuity and costume, and authenticity and optics. The faithful know that a truly traditional pope is not defined by vesture … but by fidelity. And fidelity cannot be faked. It has a fragrance that reaches the very soul. When that fragrance is absent, no amount of lace can replace it....

 

 

SORRY, NOT THIS MONTH

We will not have our monthly after-Mass social on December 21 since it is so close to Christmas and our generous volunteers need some time off to concentrate on their own households. We are very grateful for all their service throughout the year.
God willing, we will resume in January.

Our 24th Anniversary Newsletter

 

 

 

A NETWORK OF TRUST 

"This is what MDM is called to be: a growing communion of trust in His Mercy for our needy world." ~ Fr. John Mary

MDM started encouraging people to pray "Jesus, I trust in You"  ten times a day back in 2011. Recently we felt it was important to remind people to turn to Jesus with this simple, powerful prayer in a world that feels more and more out of control. We are suggesting 20 times, but some people find themselves repeating it hundreds of times. It reminds our troubled souls that GOD IS IN CONTROL. 

Many of you have put your name on our growing list and have also left a comment or testimony. We ask that prayer intentions be placed at Prayer Request on our website.

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God Bless You 🙏 ~Brigetta

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We are from Southern California. For several years, my family and I have experienced a number of medical challenges with our ten year old daughter and with a Cancer diagnosis (me). My daughter's diagnosis severely challenged my faith in God. I reached bottom, and I was very angry. About three years ago, a YouTube video from the MDM appeared on my phone which talked about the Mission and about the messages received by Sister Amapola. Since then, I regularly listen to Father John Mary speak about the messages and to his weekly Homilies. Soon after I started listening to Father John Mary, my faith and my hunger to be closer to God and to our Blessed Mother became stronger than ever. On November 23, 2025, my family and I visited the MDM for the first time. Members of the congregation welcomed us and treated us as old friends. Sister Amapola and Father John Mary spent a very generous amount of time talking and patiently listening to us. They also prayed for our daughter and for our family. We are eternally grateful to the most loving members of the MDM, to Father John Mary, to Mother Margaret, to Sister Amapola and to the entire MDM community. We plan to return soon. Sincerely, The Ramirez Family 

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Your mission is like a beacon of light amid the thick and suffocating darkness spread by the long-prophesized anti-Church. Your prophetic messages line up perfectly with the prophecies from La Salette, Fatima, Garabandal, and Akita, and I am deeply grateful to God that he raised you up as His apostles of these End Times, tasked with preparing the way for the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the glorious Era of Peace. Thank you for your spiritual courage, your saintly discernment, and for your unwavering dedication to the work of Our Lord. May you be richly rewarded by the Holy Trinity in the renewed and reconquered world whose arrival is eagerly awaited by every faithful member of Christ's Church. ~Jakub

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Thank you, Congregation of the MDM, for being a beacon for the world with your FIAT, which responds to and completes the FIAT of Mary and the FIAT of Christ. We are praying for you, especially on November 13th for Sister Amapola, repeating the prayer that Our Mother taught to Father Stefano Gobbi: “Come, Holy Spirit, come through the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your most beloved spouse.”~Pilar

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Dearest MDM family, Thank you for sharing about Sr. Amapola appointment with tribunal. In St. Louis Mary has been appearing to a local farmer for 20 years in the 13th of every month at the shrine of the Miraculous Medal. We say the 20 decade rosary, litanies, chaplet and we are given that days message. I will be lifting her & your community in prayer. Also, a HUGE thank you for also sharing the past message where Mary refers to herself as Co-Redemptrix. God have mercy on our church leaders. ~Araceli

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I eagerly await your videos. I absolutely believe that every word comes from Heaven, from the Father, the Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Blessed Virgin Mary. I love you, brothers and sisters, and I know that God works in you. From the very first message, I cried and laughed; they were my questions to the Lord, and they were answered by the Divine Mercy Mission, by you, my brothers and sisters. Thank you.
Father Foster, please continue. We know you are innocent of all this. In these times of so much evil, God's priests are persecuted. I know this and I pray for it. We need you, as well as your community. Thank you and blessings from Chile! Hugs, brothers and sisters! ~Claudia
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The mission: a space of light in the spiritual desert to which we must “flee.” Jesus I trust in You.~Anonymous

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I feel the presence of God when I visit the Mission. I am hoping that I may be of service someday. For now I will pray "Jesus I trust in You" 20 times a day, and wait for guidance and continue to visit as often as I can God willing. ~Dale

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My husband and I were at the MDM from California in September, he can work from anywhere that has internet. Only one week we were there, and we brought back many blessings with us, my only prayer from now on is: in the name of Jesus, Heavenly Father l want what You want in every moment of my life, and for my family too. I want to thank everyone we met at the MDM, they were very kind and patient with us. Beautiful and Peaceful place. Blessings with Love. ~María. 

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We are all hurt! It's true and sometimes I am discouraged. In those moments I turn to see the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Virgin of Guadalupe, and I manage to take more steps. The people I serve are waiting for me to encourage them, to tell them that everything is going to be okay, and the only thing I can think is, Jesus assumes control because sometimes I can't anymore!~Dr. Miriam

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I TRUST IN YOU ~ CAROLE

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The overwhelming sense I have had for as long as I have been seeing Fr John Mary read the prophecies received by Sr Amapola, is that the Holy man of God speaks truth, not just in humility, but in lowliness. The messages resonated within my spirit by quickening of the Most Holy Spirit therein. Philomena and I have been very blessed by God to have had the opportunity to visit and speak with them. May the Good Lord continue to reign in this Community, in all its members, in all its endeavors, and in all its sufferings. "Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him flee from before his face." Psalm 68:1 ~ Steve

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Fr. John Mary's Sunday Homily  

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