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OUR NEW VIDEO!
Welcome to a new year and to our new MDM video. This six- minute video offers a simple introduction to our religious community, our apostolate, and our prophetic mission. It was developed primarily for people who have never been to the Mission. It is available on our website, on Rumble and Youtube, on our Facebook page and by using the button below.
THE ADORATION OF THE WISE MEN [excerpted from Poem of the Man-God]
28th February, 1944
My internal voice warns me:
"Call the contemplations you are about to receive and which I will tell you, ' The Gospels of Faith,' because they will clarify for you and other people the power of faith and of its fruits and will confirm you in the faith of God." *****
...I raise my eyes to see the source of the increasing light. A star of such unusual size that the moon seems small in comparison, is moving forward in the sky of Bethlehem....And with a brighter radiation of light the star stops over the little house on the narrowest side of the square. ....From the main road a calvacade is approaching.Harnessed horses are led by hand, dromedaries and camels bear riders or are carrying loads....Three members of the caravan dismount....they prostrate themselves, touching the ground with their foreheads, to kiss the soil. They are three personages of power as is quite obvious from their very rich attire.
***** [The next day--] The Magi climb the steps and go in. Mary is sitting with the Child in Her lap and Joseph is standing near Her. But She also gets up and bows when She sees the Magi entering.... The Magi stop for a moment...then prostrate themselves at Her feet. They do not sit down, although She asks them to do so....they remain kneeling, relaxing on their heals....The three Wise Men contemplate the Child, Who I think must be nine to twelve months old.
...The oldest Magi speaks on behalf of all of them. He explains that the previous December they saw a new star of an unusual brightness appear in the sky. The maps of the sky had never shown or mentioned such a star....They had seen it and striven to understand its meaning....giving up what little sleep they usually granted themselves....they devoted themselves entirely to studying....And the conjunctions of the stars, the time, the season, the calculation of the hours passed....had told them the name and secret of the star. Its name: "Messiah." Its secret: "The Messiah had come to our world." And they had set out to worship him. Each of them unknown to the others. ...They met beyond the Dead Sea. God's will gathered them there, and they then proceeded together, understanding one another, notwithstanding that each spoke his own language: by a miracle of the Eternal Father they were able to understand and speak the language of each country.
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...."Here is the gold which befits a king to possess, here is the incense which befits a God, and here, Mother, here is the myrrh because your Child is a Man as well as God....if our writings and above all our souls are right, He is Your Son, the Savior, the Christ of God and consequently to save the world, He will have to take upon Himself the evil of the world, of which one of the punishments is death. The myrrh is for that hour...."
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....the Magi take leave kneeling down once again kissing Jesus' feet, Mary, bending down over the Child, takes His hand and guides it, in a blessing gesture over the head of each Wise Man. It is already a sign of the cross, traced by Jesus' little fingers, guided by Mary.
....Servants and masters are now all on horseback. The starting command is given. The three Men bow down as low as the necks of their mounts in a final gesture of homage....Mary bows and then She guides Jesus' hand again in a gesture of goodbye and blessing.
(Poem of the Man-God Vol. One pgs. 167-174)
Tomorrow, Saturday, Jan 6th
Scapular Investiture
Every First Saturday of the month we will have a simple Rite of Investiture with the Brown Scapular after our 8 AM Mass for all those interested. Please bring your own Scapular or you may acquire one at our Sacramental building, which is open whenever the Mission grounds are open.
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No Holy Hour next Thursday, Jan.11th, due to EWJ retreat.
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No 11:30 Mass next Friday, Jan.12, due to a change in the deanery meeting schedule.
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MDMRETREAT SCHEDULE
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR WOMEN'S FEBRUARY RETREAT IN SPANISH
Winter- Spring 2024 Jan. 11-14 - EWJ - Women/English Feb. 8-11 - EWJ - Women/Spanish Feb. 29-March 3 - EWJ - Men/English March 28-31 - PASCHAL TRIDUUM RETREAT MAY 3-5 - COR JESU - Men June 6-9 - EWJ - Men/Spanish
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Registration will open on our website, two months prior to each retreat.
If a retreat is full, continue the registration form and your name will be added to the waiting list. We will notify you in case there is a cancellation.
EACH PERSON MUST REGISTER INDIVIDUALLY, NOT AS A GROUP.
We cannot reserve spaces in advance of the opening date for reservation.
Due to limited space, we will give priority to those who have not made an EWJ.
Prior retreatants wishing to make another retreat should call 830-302-9707.
"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 prayer intention or testimony:
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I pray for the Mission of Divine Mercy and unite with them as One. Together in Faith. Jesus I trust in You. ~David
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God Bless! I just found this mission online!~Troy
**** Please dear Lord have my granddaughter return home and reconcile with her mother.~Karolyn
**** Father God. Thank you for your most precious love. I believe that Jesus is the fulfillment of your every promise. Holy Spirit grant me grace to Surrender to Jesus and abandon myself to the Divine Assistance. Jesus I Trust in You. Bless and protect our little mission providing Sacred Space for our soul.~Jill ****
I am praying to find community to be a part of, myself. ~Anonymous ****
Jesus, I trust you with my health. I’m asking and believing in a miracle to heal completely from cancer. You are and always will be a miracle worker and healer. In Jesus Holy name I pray.~Angelica
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So glad I found your mission. I woke up at 5 am and couldn’t sleep. Had been reading earlier about the Traditional Latin Mass. Apparently left browser open on The Reverent Catholic Mass website - opened map and there you were. I live in Buda, not too too far away. Will try to come out for Mass soon! I’m very drawn to converting to Catholicism and never been to Mass - raised Baptist (baptized). Have no idea why I’m “scared”, haha. I watch Mass on YouTube (Shrine of Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA) so am very familiar with the Marians. I know God is reaching out to me! 😊❤️🙏. Thanks for all you do!~ Martha
