New Items for Autumn, 2015

I cannot believe it is already mid-October. It seems like it was just yesterday I was sitting outside soaking up the sun on the lounge chair. Wait, it was just today actually. It is gorgeous here on our little island today. It is in the low 70's, the sky is blue and the sun is hot. I am not ready to give up my Summer weather yet, especially after the miserable Winter that I had earlier this year, but nobody asked me. Autumn is here and Winter is just behind it. Which is a good thing. That means that we have new items for Autumn as well as new Keep Christ in Christmas magnets for the season after that. Just click on the photos to see the products enlarged.

For starters, we have some new bracelets and sets to offer you. We have a gorgeous pearl and Bohemian crystal Miraculous Medal set that are $35.00 USD each. Colors available are white with clear crystals and white with sapphire-colored crystals:

We also have a new wrap bracelet that is made of cherry-colored wood with gold separator beads and a Murano-style, heart shaped glass bead bracelet. They are $3.00 and $7.50 respectively.

 ALL of these beautiful bracelets can be found on our Rosary & Prayer Bracelet page at: http://www.gloryglorygifts.com/rosary---prayer-bracelets.html. Just make sure to scroll down!

We have a new ladder rosary as well. Comes in a velvet box and it is a beautiful light sapphire color. Only $25.00. You can find that at our Rosary Bead page at http://www.gloryglorygifts.com/5-decade-rosaries.html. They are very beautiful in person!

Also new for Autumn 2015 are two new designs for car magnets. Let us all KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS and start spreading the word now~~

Our magnets are an affordable $3.25 this year and are ready for you to purchase them and spread the news! You can find the new designs on our Auto Rosaries, Statues and Magnets Page at http://www.gloryglorygifts.com/auto-rosaries--statues-and-magnets-1.html.

That's it for now. We look forward to your visit at GloryGloryGifts.com. Have a peaceful and beautiful week, wherever you may be.

Mare

The Survey Says....

Admittedly I have not posted on here in a month because I thought that the Eucharist and the Dove post is an important one to be front and center. It still is important, along with others, but business doesn't stop so neither shall I.

We have added a new feature onto the PayPal buttons on the website. It is a small, quick, survey about how you found us. It will only take literally a second to complete it and we appreciate your taking that second, as the information is important to us.

We also appreciate your feedback. Feel free to visit our Guestbook on the website at any time to leave your HONEST opinions about our products, service and shipping. We have a 100% satisfaction rate on ebay and want our web customers to know how you feel about us as well. The Guestbook can be found at: http://www.gloryglorygifts.com/Guestbook.php.

We have 3 new products coming to us from Bethlehem in a few days. We have a new icon design, a Good Shepard magnet and a new tree branch cross design. We are also replenishing our tree branch nativity silhouette, as that is a popular item! We will keep you posted when the new items arrive. In the meantime here they are! The prices will be the same as our current items that are similar - $10.00 for the icon, $3.00 for the magnet and $5.00 for the tree branch cross. All 3 make great gifts for Christmas!

God bless and have a great week. We look forward to seeing you on the website, Facebook or ebay!

Peace,

Mare

UPDATE 11/17/14!! Our artists no longer have the icons available, so what we currently have in stock is it! Buy them now while they last as they are a nice, and affordable, addition to your home. There is literally just one or two of each left. We are sorry we cannot get more at this time.

Prayers and Miracles

I have been thinking about prayer and doing a whole bunch of it lately too. When I woke up on Thursday morning I found an email from one of our Glory Glory Gifts family members that she wrote at 4:13 am while in the hospital. Her message was short but filled with anxiety and she had one simple request, Mare can you please pray for me. Of course I was reading it a little later in the morning but my response to her was of course, I will head over to the chapel immediately.

Now you know that normally I go to the perpetual adoration chapel in Holy Child Church on Staten Island, but that day I went to the one on Victory Boulevard by the Society of St. Paul. The magnificent picture shown here is right by the door to the chapel and I thought it was just so beautiful that I took a photo of it before heading into the chapel. Inside I said my prayers for her and when I was done I asked God for a sign that he had heard my prayers for this special woman, nothing fancy like a clap of thunder or the sun spinning, just a simple butterfly would do. When I stepped out of the chapel, sure enough, there was my butterfly fluttering around the photo. The next day I knew that God had definitely heard my prayers when she gave birth to two healthy little boys. My cup runneth over with happiness for her and her husband and her beautiful little bundles of joy. Praise God!

She and I met the first week of December last year at a Christmas Fair. Quite often when I meet people at our local venues we get into all types of discussions and that is exactly what happened that day. She told me of her wish to be a mother, her heartaches during her journey and the next step they were going to take. I told her that I would pray for her. That is how this all began, but what she may or may not know is that I take prayer very seriously. If you ask me to pray for something I will, diligently and daily, until there is a resolution. It might not be the answer that one wants from God, but he does hear all prayers. Now I am not saying that I am the only reason why she attained her miracle, there were quite a large number of people praying for her, but it is a humbling experience to see a prayer answered. I have witnessed a number of answers to prayers this year from someone having inoperable bone cancer now being in remission, to another childless couple holding their soon to be adopted baby in their arms and I give all the glory to God. There have been some deaths too, but the way that I look at it is that their job here is done and they have been called home. It is not the answer that their loved ones wanted, but it is a part of life and a part of our journey here, to live, to learn, to love and then return home.

Yesterday while at my regular adoration hours I was moved to read 1 Timothy and it just happened to include a chapter on prayer and conduct. It reads:

First of all, then I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. This is good and pleasing to God our savior, who wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth. For there is one God. There is also our one mediator between God and the human race, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave himself as ransom for us. 1 Timothy, 2:1-6

Beautiful! Pray! Pray often and with a pure heart for others. Pray for the souls that have gone before us. Pray for your enemies. Pray for your loved ones. Pray for your neighbors, your places of worship and those you worship with, your freedoms, the destitute, the lame and even your leaders. Thank God for every good thing in your life and for all of your answered prayers, whether you like the outcome or not. Say prayers when you get up in the morning, at 3:00 pm (the hour of his mercy) and in the evening. Say prayers before you eat and thank him that you have something to put into your mouth; there are millions all around the world that do not. Thank him when you lay your head on the pillow at night under a safe roof. Millions more do not have that luxury and when you are done praying for everyone else then ask him to give you the strength to keep on praying and living a life of faith.  Pray in your living room, your bedroom, your car, the supermarket and just about any place you can think of. You do not have to be in a place of worship to talk to God. You might be just the one he is waiting to hear from. Teach your children to pray. Pray as a family. That seems to be sorely lacking in so many families today.

Thank you Father for hearing all of my prayers and for allowing me to see this miracle of two new lives.

My heart is filled with joy and I hope that you too experience the beauty and grace of a prayer that has been answered or said for you. Have a good and blessed week.

Mare