Gaudete! Rejoice! Third Week of Advent

December 2024 | Issue 4

On Gaudete Sunday the rose candle was lit, symbolizing our joy in anticipating the birth of Jesus!

Gaudete! Rejoice!

As we move through the third week of Advent, the Gaudete candle exhorts us to rejoice as we will soon be celebrating the birth of Our Saviour!

The Advent season, sometimes referred to as 'Little Lent', has a penitential character; we spend this time especially practicing the disciplines of prayer, sacrifice, and almsgiving to prepare our hearts for the wondrous gift of God's Son, born of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

This week, we're reminded that this momentous event is very near in our liturgical celebrations, and that our pilgrimage of preparation is itself an occasion of joy! Accordingly, we continue to focus our hearts on the One who loves us intimately, recollecting ourselves in quiet contemplation of Him and forgetting ourselves in hidden service to others.

This is the way of Joy!

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say, Rejoice.”

Philippians 4:4

Featured Article: Father Harvey Memorial Mass Homily by Fr. Christopher Hudgin, OSFS
Featured Memory: Plain-spoken and compassionate by Mark
Answered Prayers and Favours Received
Follow the Guild on Social Media!
Pray the "O Antiphons"
Support Our Advent/Christmas/Year-End Fundraiser
Quick Access Links: Submit a Testimony · Prayer Cards · Donations
Words of Encouragement: Fr. Brian Gannon

Featured Article: Father Harvey Memorial Mass Homily

by Fr. Christopher Hudgin, OSFS

Tenacious as he was in defending and explaining the Church’s doctrines, especially in the area of moral theology, Fr. Harvey possessed an exquisite pastoral sensitivity to those who struggle to live up to the challenges of those doctrines...

Featured Memory: Plain-spoken and compassionate

by Mark

He imitated Christ in his dealings with me and with others like me in the same compassionate way that Christ dealt with the adulterous woman. He wasn’t afraid to say that my sins were forgiven, but he also wasn’t afraid to add, go and sin no more...

Answered Prayers & Favours Received

Have you asked Father Harvey's intercession for a special intention or favour? Do you believe your prayer was answered through Father's intercession?

If so, please write to us and let us know about it! These records of favours and answered prayers may help us in pursuing the opening of Father's cause.

Here are a couple of excerpts of testimonies already received:

When my best friend was diagnosed with cancer in 2019, I wanted a special intercessor for my prayers for her. My thoughts went to both Father John Harvey and Deacon Art McGuire... I knew I needed to create my own prayer to ask for Father Harvey’s intercession (as well as Deacon Art McGuire’s). I am happy to say that my friend’s cancer has been in remission now for 3 years!

Terry Price, November 2022

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Over the course of my life, I've suffered from acute anxiety, worry, and depression. These past few years, I've been asking Father Harvey's intercession to help me to stop worrying and to trust God more with all the "loose ends" of my life. I have more peace now and more patience with myself and with others. I believe Father's intercession is truly helping me.

Andrea H, December 2024

Share Favours Received

Follow the Guild on Social Media!

We recently opened an X account for the Father Harvey Guild. This is in addition to our already existing social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

If you participate in social media, please follow the Guild on these various platforms. By liking, sharing, and subscribing to our posts, you can help us increase our following.

The more people we have praying for the opening of Father Harvey's cause, the better! 😇

Thank you for helping us to spread the word!

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Pray the "O Antiphons"

From December 17 - 23, the "O Antiphons" are prayed in preparation for Christmas. These short prayers based on Isaiah's prophecies convey the ancient longing for the coming of the Saviour and our ever-present need for God's light, wisdom and saving power.

Listen to the prayer for December 17th "O Sapientia/O Wisdom", sung first in Latin and then in English. The whole series can be listened to online.

Listen and Pray

Support Our Advent/Christmas/Year-End Fundraiser!

Please help the Guild reach its goal of raising the modest amount of $1000 by the end of this year.

Your gift will be tax-deductible in the U.S. as the Father John Harvey Guild is a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit.

No gift is too small - anything you can contribute to help us spread the word about Father Harvey in the following months will be truly appreciated!

Visit our fundraising page and please share it with others too!

Donate Here

Click the thermometer to see how much we've raised so far! ⬆️

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Words of Encouragement

"Perhaps the two great lacking things in the world today are holiness itself, and the lack of widespread desire for holiness. Advancing the cause of the beloved founder of Courage, Father John Harvey - a man of already great inspiration to myself and so many in Courage - will help remedy both! First, as his powerful example becomes a great lighthouse of faith to so many. Secondly, thus reawakening the deep desire for God and holiness in many more people, who will see the transformative love of Christ so powerfully displayed in his founding and shepherding of Courage."

Fr. Brian Gannon

Executive Director,

Courage International