PLEASE CONSIDER AN END OF THE YEAR DONATION!!

Our books have been printed in Pakistan!

We are so excited to start distributing and selling them next week. The first group will be sold to make enough money for additional printings, from which the free books will be given away. The women of Pakistan suffer so greatly. ABC news ran an article this week about how 1000 girls are kidnapped or tricked and then forced to convert to Islam -many of them young girls of ages 13 or 14 forced to marry 45 year old men. It is very disturbing.

Women in general are not respected in this area of the world -and now for the first time they will have an opportunity to learn the Catholic Church's teaching on the dignity and vocation of women as taught by our holy St. Pope John Paul II, St. Edith Stein and Archbishop Fulton Sheen. I wonder if these saints ever dreamed that their beautiful teachings would be used to heal the wounded women of the Middle East by their work being translated into Urdu. For more information on the situation of these suffering girls in Pakistan, please see: https://abcnews.go.com/.../year-1000-pakistani-girls...

And PLEASE CONSIDER A DONATION to make this book available for free for these wounded women and those who care for them.

Just $5 provides a book for one of them.

What a wonderful way to end the Year and to honor Our Lady on Her Feast Day tomorrow -as the Mother of God.

Each book you donate to Our Lady's daughters in Pakistan is like a ROSE offered to Our Lady in Love. In fact, one book to heal one soul is worth more than an entire Church full of roses.

If we can raise enough money for this project in Pakistan, I have priests who work with young Christian women/girls in other Muslim areas of the world (Zanzibar, for example) who have requested copies of this book in English as well.

Our Lady of Pakistan, pray for us!

Our Lady of the persecuted ones, pray for us!

Fundraiser by Mary Kloska : The Holiness of Womanhood for Persecuted Christian (gofundme.com)

Click HERE to donate!!

The Holy Family in a Siberian Forest

 

Happy Feast of the Holy Family!

Here's my new icon with the Holy Family (inspired by a Siberian Forest).

St. Joseph has green -as the earthly father of Jesus. Mary is surrounded by yellow, white and pink -'overshadowed by the heavenly presence' of the Holy Spirit. St. Joseph has purple roses on his garment -the suffering he will hiddenly endure as the husband of Mary and the father of Jesus. Mary has red roses -the suffering she will live in union with Her Son. Baby Jesus is clothed by the green of his earthly father -for He was fully human and part of the earthly Holy Family. But He also is surrounded by the yellow and white -the Divine Love of Heaven -as the Word made Flesh, the Second Person of the Trinity. He is surrounded -the little 'rose bud' ("A shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse" (Isaiah 11:1) -with the purple and red roses of Joseph and Mary. Jesus is encircled with light -as the 'Little Eucharistic Victim' -whose hands and heart are already pierced with nails and pouring forth little drops of blood for us.

And the Holy Family is in a Siberian Forest -like a desert -and yet there is something regal in this natural cathedral in the woods. Jesus came not only for the people of Israel, but for all peoples of all times... including those hidden in the tiny wood cabins in Siberia who hid their Church's icons and chalices under their beds for years during Communism. The Immaculate Heart will Triumph through Russia, Our Lady said in Fatima... and where the Immaculate Heart triumphs, Jesus' Sacred Heart leads and St. Joseph's Heart is united to them through love protecting them.

Merry Christmas.

To purchase copies of this icon, please see my Artist Shop (link is HERE -there are often very good sales 15-30% off and free shipping if you watch for sales). The prints are all good -I was having a problem editing the journals, pillows, mugs, etc., -so if you are interested in these please give me a few hours for the issue to be resolved. Thank you!!:

https://marykloskafiat.threadless.com/designs/holy-family-in-siberian-forest

Title: Episode 39: Mary Kloska Speaks on the Virtues and Worship of Baby Jesus

 

Title: Episode 39: Mary Kloska Speaks on the Virtues and Worship of Baby Jesus

Description: In this episode, Mary speaks about the Infant Christ, focusing on the virtues that Baby Jesus shares with us. She calls the listener to reflect on ways that they can become more childlike in imitation of our God Who chose to come to earth as a small infant. She explains how Jesus lived worship and praise of His Father in Bethlehem, on the Cross and in the Eucharist -and how we are called to imitate Him in this.

Episode 38: Mary Kloska Speaks on the Desert that Becomes a Garden for Advent

 "I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her heart." -Hosea 2:14

Title: Episode 38: Mary Kloska Speaks on the Desert that Becomes a Garden for Advent

Description: In this episode, Mary speaks about the call of the human heart to enter into the desert with Christ to prepare for His coming at Christmas. After introducing the desert call, Mary shows how the Lord turns the wilderness into a garden where the soul meets with Him in Love. Focusing on Isaiah and other Old Testament texts, in addition to excerpts from the Song of Songs, the Gospels and her own reflections, Mary leads the listener through a journey of purification in the desert to the joy of union with Jesus in a beautiful garden that gives life to the soul.

"The Holiness of Womanhood" is Now Available in Urdu, Spanish and Polish

 To purchase the SPANISH, click here:  La Santidad de la Mujer by Mary Kloska | En Route Books and Media

To purchase the POLISH, click here: ŚWIĘTOŚĆ KOBIECOŚCI by Mary Kloska | En Route Books and Media

Urdu is being printed in Pakistan:

Audio Retreat Conferences on 'The Holiness of Womanhood'

 If you have enjoyed my book and are interested in the retreats I have given both in English and Polish on this topic of "The Holiness of Womanhood", you can listen to the conferences here both in Polish and in English. This is not exactly the same as the book -it is more supplemental material.

CLICK HERE:

HOLINESS OF WOMANHOOD RETREAT CONFERENCES

Episode 37: Mary Kloska Speaks on St. Joseph for Advent

 

My WCAT radio Podcast this week is on ST. JOSEPH! Obviously, I had no idea that Pope Francis would declare this a 'Year of St. Joseph' on December 8 -but this is a great introduction to the man God chose to be the husband of the Blessed Mother and the father of Jesus on earth. It is an incredible introduction for all of you wanting to 'launch your heart' closer to St. Joseph as you prepare for Christmas with him and begin to journey throughout this year with him. Please LISTEN, LIKE and SHARE!

Title: Episode 37: Mary Kloska Speaks on St. Joseph for Advent

Description: In this episode, Mary speaks about St. Joseph's role in the coming of the Messiah. She introduces St. Joseph as a man, as a friend and as a spiritual brother and father for the listener. She discusses his place in Scripture and reflects on the Seven Sorrows and Seven Joys of his life with Christ. She reviews his titles in the Litany of St. Joseph and shares reflections on his relationship with Mary and Jesus for the many years he spent as their caretaker and guide. This episode surely will give the listener a new love for St. Joseph and a knowledge of his heart.

Sunday Joy... +++

 

Blessed Be Your Name... 

Hold Me Jesus +

Episode 36- Mary Kloska Speaks on the Book of Isaiah and the 'O Antiphons' of Advent

 

In this episode, Mary helps the listener go deep into preparation of their heart during Advent for the coming of Baby Jesus. She explains the differences of the four weeks of Advent and goes through meditations on the readings provided by the Church for this time from the book of Isaiah. She discusses the call to repentance, to being the 'little lamb' saved by God, the spousal relationship of God with the soul and finally the consummation of a heart (that has been well prepared and disposed) to receiving the gift of Jesus incarnated into their life as Our Lady and St. Joseph did. At the end she goes through the 'O Antiphons' that are prayed the final week of Advent and explains the graces that we can find for our own lives within them.