Constant Procession

Idleness, silos, anonymous comments and prayer. Plus the time when the Virgin Mary sought out a friend.

There are overlooked aspects of the effect isolation due to the pandemic has on us and without communal prayer, we must double our personal efforts to pray to God on our own.

The other day I was having trouble with a minor technical issue with my printer. I knew there would be someone on line who had a video with a fix.

Naturally I went to 'everyone's go to video source' on the internet to find a video that would demonstrate someone's recorded solution to this printer's problem.

To my surprise, for this particular issue there was just one video. I played it. The narrator had a very thick accent, actually barely a command of the English language.

For me, having grown up in a first-generation English language household, this is not an issue. For me It's generally just a matter of paying closer attention to the words being spoken and in this case, the technical aspect of the issue helped with my understanding.

The solution was fairly straight forward and I was able to make the adjustment on my printer. I went back to the video and thought I'd add a 'like' to the provider who spoke broken English for his solution.

I happened to scan one of the comments just before clicking off my computer.

To my surprise the comments, and there were a number of them were extremely crass and condescending even cruel.

The comments for the most part had nothing to do with the solution. They did not say things like, hey this didn't work (because the solution did work) nor did it say they had a better solution.

No instead the comments were solely about the persons English. And it's not as though the comments had a positive spin like, 'Hey next time check out the pronunciation of some of your wording' or 'Your solution was great, but your accent got in the way a bit."

No the comments were like, hey don't even try to do a video in English, another comment 'Your English Sucks, and so do you…and these don't include the comments with cursing.

It still makes me shake my head as I recall the experience.

I mean this was just a solution to setting up a printer. It was not discussing a societal issue nor the tumult of the Corona virus on society.

Yet the discord and judgements of those commentators, mostly anonymous, were extremely venomous and angry and unnecessary on such a simple printer related work around.

All this brings to light the notions that idleness, lack of social interaction and paying too close attention to one's personal communication medium is devolving us into silos of behavior unfitting for humanity and especially in this day and age.

As I mentioned last week, without the practice of communal praying to God, where you and your churchgoing peers do attempt to try to reset a weekly recommitment to live by the Golden Rules of honoring our Lord and treating others the same way as we wish them to treat us, is making the world a more challenging place to live day to day.

The longer this isolation drags on, the more it's important to seek time with God.

Idleness, the silos we are all finding ourselves in due to the pandemic fears and the inability to gather on Sunday's in church, is contributing to the unrest all across the world.

We can live better and make a better world out of this virus mess. We can grow stronger if we work together in not being so judgmental.

And as for finding a friendly, someone you can identify with?

In this episode we remember how the Virgin Mary found her solution when facing the uncertainty of her pregnancy.

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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 The Constant Procession.

An e-book copy of the book can be found on my website:

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Constant Procession (the podcast) is published every Tuesday morning and has links, photos, video and more information for each episode at ConstantProcession.com

Attending church services can quench the lack of civility in the world today.

I have heard it said when one goes to church, it is to talk to God. And when one reads from the Bible, God talks to you.

And as we come close to one year of isolation, I've been reflecting one what the hustle-bustle of the work-a-day world once felt like.

Plus the words a modern saint, Mother Teresa tried to live by.

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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 The Constant Procession.

An e-book copy of the book can be found on my website: ConstantProcession.com

Constant Procession (the podcast) is published every Tuesday morning and has links, photos, video and more information for each episode at ConstantProcession.com

A miraculous statue of the Virgin Mary appeared in 636 AD in Boulogne sur mer and though destroyed along with the cathedral that housed it, 'Our Lady of the Sea' came back thanks to Father Benoit Haffreingue.

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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 The Constant Procession.

An e-book copy of the book can be found on my website: ConstantProcession.com

Constant Procession (the podcast) is published every Tuesday morning and has links, photos, video and more information for each episode at ConstantProcession.com

The 12 Days of Sunshine or Jesus in the House! Always keep in mind Christmas Day is just the 'first day' of this truly Great Tiding!

1-December 25 - Celebration of Birth of Christ

2-December 26 - St Stephens first Martyr of Christianity

3- December 27- St John the Evangelist

4-December 28- Holy Innocents/Holy Family

5-December 29- St Thomas Becket – 12th century/Holy Innocents

6 December 30 – Feast- Holy Family/St Egwin of Worcester-protector orphans/widows

7 December 31- St Sylvester New Years Eve

8 January 01 – Mary, Mother of God

9 January 02 – St Basil & St Gregory -4th century Christian Bishops

10 January 3- Holy Name of Jesus –Day Jesus was named in the Temple

11 January 4 –St Simeon Stylites 37 years on platform on pillar at Aleppo

12-January 5 – Epiphany Eve (visit of Magi)

January 6 -Epiphany visit of Maji, singing, winter swimming

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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 The Constant Procession.

An e-book copy of the book can be found on my website: ConstantProcession.com

Constant Procession (the podcast) is published every Tuesday morning and has links, photos, video and more information for each episode at ConstantProcession.com

It's Christmas time! Special lights inside, cheery lighting displays outside, even Jupiter and Saturn become a Christmas Star! Let's celebrate Christ coming down from heaven to the earth!

Rumors that Christmas tree lots have been sold out way early this year, indicates that our inside isolation opened more homes to the smell of evergreens. This year it would seem more elaborately decorated trees bring Jesus into our homes

Also, there are several ideas on ways to extend your Christmas, plus my holiday version of Greensleeves to thank you as always for listening…

Merry 12 Days of Christmas, let the celebration begin!

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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, 'The Constant Procession.'

An e-book copy of the book can be found on my website: ConstantProcession.com

Constant Procession (the podcast) is published every Tuesday morning and has links, photos, video and more information for each episode at ConstantProcession.com

Am I prepared for the upcoming miracle of Christmas? Are the words to the holiday songs simply a backdrop for my concerns on these final days of 2020?

These unusual final days of 2020 call to my mind the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a minister who gave his life in a Concentration Camp just a few weeks before the end of WW2 and also thoughts from Frances Reck's 1992 Christmas recollections from her 'Blue Letter' inspired by the Medjugorje Apparitions.

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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 The Constant Procession. An e-book copy of the book can be found on my website: ConstantProcession.com

Constant Procession (the podcast) is published every Tuesday morning and has links, photos, video and more information for each episode at ConstantProcession.com

Part 3- Our spirited journey towards Christmas continues with preseason dates that honor the Virgin Mary, St. Juan Diego, Our Lady of Guadalupe plus you've got some homework about St. Nicholas.

As we try to reach for normalcy given the limitations in our lives during these first weeks of December 2020, it's the strengths of the Apostolic churches that affords us the luxury of a rich history with many great traditions gleaned from the Christian communities for almost 2000 years, as well as our personal past Christmas times.

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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- The Constant Procession.

An e-book copy of the book can be found on my website: ConstantProcession.com

Constant Procession (the podcast) is published every Tuesday morning and has links, photos, video and more information for each episode at ConstantProcession.com

This 2nd installment explores ways to take advantage of the hiatus from the usual holiday gatherings and shopping as we move into the 2020 Christmas season.

For me the empty chairs around the dining room table during Thanksgiving is an advance glance at how the upcoming Christmas Day of 2020 could look, without our thinking of how to 'Do-Christmas' 2020.

Even during this pandemic, those empty chairs made me reflect on the prayers that were answered this year. It made me really appreciate what God has done for my family and friends.

Let's turn our focus away from the world of getting 'Christmas presents' and towards the Virgin Mary and Joseph as they prepared for the Nativity it will fill the lack of socializing that the world in the year 2020 has been giving us.

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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 The Constant Procession. An e-book copy of the book can be found on my website: ConstantProcession.com

I've read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 201-217) To listen from Installment 201

Constant Procession (the podcast) is published every Tuesday morning and has links, photos, video and more information for each episode at ConstantProcession.com

Let's take advantage of the unique opportunity 'Covina' isolation offers as we head into the Christmas season. Participate in daily Advent meditations or the Nativity Fast . Shake off this doubt in our world!

As preparations for their trek to Bethlehem began for the Virgin Mary and Joseph, we too have the opportunity to celebrate life by preparing for the joy Christmas brings to our world.

Why not start the season earlier (like today) and end the Christmas season later? (12 days of Xmas ends January 6) Take a moment and consider partaking in the pre-Christmas activities during Advent or the Nativity Fast… You'll be glad you did.

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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 The Constant Procession. An e-book copy of the book can be found on my website: ConstantProcession.com

I've read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 201-217) To listen from Installment 201

Constant Procession (the podcast) is published every Tuesday morning and has links, photos, video and more information for each episode at ConstantProcession.com

5th installment- Apparently the young Virgin Mary knew how to weave pretty well and one of the items she made will surprise you.

Have you ever wondered what was meant during the passion of Christ in the moments after he breathed his last breath, when it says these words:

'And the veil of the temple was torn from top to bottom.'

Well I have, but never have I gone to the point of researching what it meant, until recently while preparing this final installment of the history of the young Virgin Mary in the temple.

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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 The Constant Procession. An e-book copy of the book can be found on my website: ConstantProcession.com

I've read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 201-217) To listen from Installment 201

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published every Tuesday morning and has links, photos, video and more information for each episode at ConstantProcession.com