Send us a textHappy Third Week of Advent, Sisters in Christ!Please allow us to re-introduce Day 7 of the Mother's Day Retreat, with a bit of a background story to accompany it. It's a busy time for everyone, especially mothers, and it would be a good time to slow down, reflect, and spend time with Our Lord in prayer.This week, we share a mother’s path from grief to consolation through a family pilgrimage to Lourdes and a renewed Advent focus on peace, prayer, and quiet healing. Along the way, we pray the Immaculate Conception Novena and reflect on faith, hope, and love in the busiest season.• Advent peace through simple daily prayer • Novena to the Immaculate Conception • Why contemplative prayer and communal prayer sustains mothers • Offering sorrow and stress during Advent • Lourdes pilgrimage after miscarriage and deployment • Consolation versus physical cures • Faith, hope, and love as a way of life • Litany to Our Lady and closing blessingPlease subscribe to our podcast and YouTube channel and please spread the word! Thank you + God bless!00:00 Introduction and Purpose of the Retreat00:46 Welcome to the Veil and Armour Podcast01:21 Advent and the Mother's Day Retreat01:41 Novena to the Immaculate Conception03:39 Continuing the Retreat and Community Prayer05:18 Personal Pilgrimage to Lourdes08:30 Reflection and Healing at Lourdes10:33 Closing Prayers and Litany12:16 Final Blessings and FarewellThe 9 Day Novena to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception:https://www.praymorenovenas.com/immaculate-conception-novenaHozana Prayer App (Free)https://www.hozana.orgSupport the showTo reach Veil + Armour, please visit:https://veilandarmour.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@veilandarmourhttps://www.x.com/@sheilanonatohttps://www.sheilanonato.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/@veilandarmourWhat resonated with you the most about this episode? Feel free to email us and let us know!Email: [email protected] our podcast helped you in some way, or could help someone else, kindly share our podcast with a friend!