Second Sunday of Advent Meditation

Journey with us this Advent! Follow along with your $10 Rejoice Advent Companion Journal here: https://shop.ascensionpress.com/collections/rejoice For International Orders visit: https://shop.ascensionpress.com/pages/international New Videos will be released on Ascension Presents weekly! Share your journey with others in the comments below! This is the second video in this free series of 4 videos (plus one introductory video), one for each week of Advent. These videos are all available now at rejoiceprogram.com, but will also be released one by one on YouTube as Advent unfolds. To have these videos delivered straight to your inbox, go to rejoiceprogram.com and sign up for the email list. In today's video, Sr. Miriam James goes deeper into the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Elizabeth says to Mary, "Blessed are you who believed that God would fulfill his promises." For us, waiting evokes struggle, and suffering, and surrender, all of which are difficult for us. But Mary took the time to lean into God and open her heart to receive him. The more we are honest with God and bring him into our struggles and sufferings and weaknesses, the stronger we become. To go even deeper into the ideas presented in this video, use the Rejoice! Advent Meditations with Mary Journal (only $10 plus shipping). The Journal will follow along with the videos and offers an opportunity for you to encounter Mary in the quiet of your heart. Each day, in a few short pages, Fr. Toups provides you with aids to help guide your prayer: 1. A word - Focus on a single word each day to draw out the details, the specifics of who Our Lady is. 2. A reflection - Learn more about Mary, the culture in which she was raised, and the world in which she lived. 3. A Psalm - Each day, you’re given a Psalm to pray (just as Mary herself would have prayed) to help you enter into prayer. 4. A reading - In reading Scripture, you find the Word of God, bringing you closer to Mary, who carried the Word in her body. 5. A prompt - Space is provided each day to journal. Record how the Lord is speaking to you this Advent. To get your copy, order today at rejoiceprogram.com