News June 6, 2024

News from Good News Ministries:

• Sneak preview of new, powerful daily prayer videos
  
• This week’s recommended video: To Pray As Mary Prayed
• Plus great links to great content!

Sneak preview of new, powerful daily prayer videos

Did you know that Pope Francis has earmarked 2024 as an official Year of Prayer to prepare us for the Jubilee Year of 2025? With a theme of hope?

The Year of Prayer is “a year dedicated to rediscovering the great value and absolute need for prayer in one’s personal life, in the life of the Church, and in the world.”

He added, “I ask you to intensify your prayer to prepare us to live this event of grace well and to experience the power of God’s hope.”

The year 2025 will be a Jubilee Year of Hope, the first ordinary jubilee since the Great Jubilee of 2000.

Therefore, the Good News Ministries team and I are working on a new project to help make it easy for you to increase your prayer life and, through it, experience more hope.

For many years, we’ve provided a downloadable podcast version of the daily Good News Reflections. Soon we will start a daily video called “Powerful Daily Prayer and Reflection.” It will include the Angelus, prayers to Mary and Joseph, the prayer for protection from Saint Michael the Archangel, intercessory prayers, and more — a powerful way to start your day.

The Good News Reflection will be incorporated into the middle of it.

As you probably know, my daily reflections are well-known for bringing hope to subscribers, and there’s nothing more powerful than prayer to increase hope. The new video series will begin next week. Meanwhile, here’s a sneak peak! It’s the prayers part minus the reflection.

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Subscribe to our YouTube channel to automatically receive each day’s video. Or look for the link in the daily Good News Reflection.

This week’s recommended video:
To Pray As Mary Prayed

What’s the most powerful way we can pray? Mary the Mother of God set the example. Because this Saturday is the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I think now is the perfect time to watch my video on what the bible shows us about how Mary prayed. She’s our best example of how to truly pray in a way that makes a difference, in a way that connects immediately to God, in a way that makes miracles happen.

But there are no Bible stories that show Mary praying, right? Wrong! Can you name one? Watch this short video (just 4 and a half life-changing minutes): gnm-media.org/pray-as-mary-prayed

Good News Prayer Room:

Use our collection of Catholic prayers designed with your needs in mind. They will give you hope and a stronger connection to God’s love and support. What do you need prayers for today?

Visit gnm.org/prayers.

Post your prayer requests @ gnm.org/post-a-prayer.

Good News WordBytes:

WANT MORE FAITH and HOPE in TROUBLED TIMES? WE’RE HERE for YOU! Choose from a variety of topics on our website of Catholic Faith-building articles. What do you need today?

Visit wordbytes.org.

God bless you!

Every morning, I lift up in prayer everyone who helps Good News Ministries in any way (donors, volunteers, prayer supporters, etc.) and all the prayer requests posted on our site. What can I cover in prayer for you? Post your prayer request.

How else can the team and I serve you today? Visit our homepage.

Thank you for reading this newsletter.

Your servant in Christ,
Terry Modica, Executive Director
Good News Ministries
gnm.org

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