The Word of the Year You Need in 2024

[@helenliguori7773]

"Confidence in Him...not in ourselves. " Thank you Fr. Mark Mary

[@simple_naildesigns]

Amen!

[@druvidefonseka9463]

Hallelujah

[@timeflies54fast48]

My word of the year 2024 is TRUST. I trust God will guide my children to find the desire to KNOW, LOVE, & SERVE Our Lord, Jesus Christ!

[@Zuzanna.1975]

That’s my word and prayer for my children as well ❤

[@eleanormacdonald7332]

Trust is a part of confidence. If you have confidence you have trust. It is not about self centred confidence. St Thérèse says it all. This is how I see it. I choose confidence as my word. Have a safe and holy year 🕊️🙋🏻‍♀️🙏🏻

[@IVIazia]

Jezu, UFAM Tobie❤🙏🤍

[@BitsyBee]

That's a good one. I like it. I'll pray for your kids today. Trusting the Lord for them is a long road, I know.

[@makwalapang2491]

Mine too

[@Yelene17]

My words of the year is Love and Mercy. New year Eve 2023 I was praying and asking God, God if you exist kill me, just kill me right now, I can't bear this war anymore. But Father's Love and Mercy always overcome our sin and desperation. My life was so far from Christianity yet He had Mercy on poor soul. And last December I met my First real Christmas, and now so waiting for my First Eucharist. Still bombs and blusts are around but Jesus with me now and there is no more power than His love❤

[@TheJoshuaJames]

Yesterday I broke down over a simple task not going well, one that I was more than qualified to accomplish. I prayed for God to give me the confidence that was stolen from me in a childhood and life of emotional abuse. God responded with incredible love and understanding. I in one day am on track to conquering my mental heath challenges and I’m going to learn how to sing, in public, which is the most terrifying thing to me, but also the most appropriate way to grant me confidence. Now your message is of confidence. You my friend are speaking God’s words today ❤

[@marjoriepreston8546]

I love this! I'm going to sing this year too, and also play the drums in public, though the very idea turns me to jelly. Good for you! And good for me too.

[@Ghostwriter-o6c]

@@marjoriepreston8546Well, I had to turn to medication for my performance anxiety, but I had so many different phobias, I could barely get through a day. With four young children - I had to do what was best for my whole family. God bless you all 🙏✝️

[@BitsyBee]

Me too! I have trouble at work from being too nervous and second guessing myself. I do pray and the Lord always provides, but I'd like to stop projecting self- doubt so that clients and co-workers don't also doubt me! Confidence in 2024! "I'll pray for you. Please pray for me!"

[@PepperedApples]

Happy New Year 2024 🎉! Hope everyone reading this/ watching the video has a blessed and peaceful year ahead 🙏🏽

[@AlexanderBrown77]

Titus 2 kJV 🎺🌥️ 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 🎺🌥️1 Thessalonians 4 kJV ✝️🩸 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. Ephesians 1 kJV 🩸 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

[@ruportwillis6787]

Happy birthday 2nd January dear St Therese. Thanks Father Mark. Happy new year.

[@carolyncampbell6149]

I didn’t have a word so I am taking Confidence as coming from God. I pray that I will have confidence in Him for all that I face this year. Thankyou so much Father.

[@AlexanderBrown77]

Philippians 1 KJV ♥️ 5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: 1 Corinthians 15 kJV ✝️🩸 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Romans 3 kJV 🩸 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

[@pibly7784]

I love Father Mark’s expression : Poco a Poco and have found myself starting to use it myself. 👍

[@monicateleckisobolewski5844]

Confidence. Jesus I trust in you

[@AllAboutTruth]

Best advice from St Therese de Lisieux expertly unpacked by Fr Mark-Mary.

[@pattisiedlicki]

Thank you, Father! I was just talking to a friend today telling her that my word for 2024 is “Surrender.” No matter what, God is in control. He loves us so much! We can trust and give everything to Him… Happy New Year to everyone and God Bless!

[@01happykat]

My word this year is "discomfort" because I need to learn how to rely upon God during difficult times instead of stress eating or complaining. I'm also still working on last year's word, which was "patience." But I like this word too.

[@markkristynichols845]

Please, Father, pray for our son dealing with addiction, depression and anxiety 🙏 thank you for your prayers 🙏🙏🙏

[@simple_naildesigns]

Praying!

[@christinavolkmann7895]

🙏🙏🙌

[@DesertPrimrose]

My phrase of the year is cheerful courage, which is very close to confidence.

[@buddybrown4691]

Outstanding Father I hope and pray that we can have coffee together in Heaven.

[@mstriplem81562]

Happy New Year, Father! and to all those in the Friaries! May 2024 bring us all confidence in GOD!

[@barbburns2122]

Oh ! Great word ! Confidence in HIM ! SO Be It ! Yes, thank you !

[@BlackHermit]

I will endeavor and pray for confidence this year. Thank you! 🙏

[@changedlife1904]

Year of confidence 2024!!! Let's get it

[@user-wv3kc5nf1f]

Happy new year Fr 🙏

[@ninopink1598]

Please keep me in your prayers I worry too much I want to practice this confidence and relax in Jesus name Amen and thankyou

[@matthewjones6862]

My word is Focus. Focus on spending more time studying his word so I can obtain Confidence I need to defeat the devil !! Thanks Father

[@mapinoita279]

God bless you Fr. Mark-Mary!😊

[@judahthomason]

I keep returning to this video to watch and receive throughout this year. Thank you father!

[@rjam24]

1:10 - 1:27, needed to hear this. Be confident in the Lord with an innocence and faith of a child. At the same time, surrender to Him. "Confidence, surrender, and gratitude [with peace, hope, and love] - Yessss"

[@elizabethc4207]

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have confidence in Thee, boundless confidence for everything

[@emelitasales259]

I surrender everything to you because I trust in you my Lord and my God! Jesus. I trust in you! 🙏❤️🕊️

[@ramondiaz2494]

AVE 🦅 Blogoslawiony Ty

[@denv3rish0m3]

Thank you Lord God for righteousness. You are God and there is none else.

[@tumbleweed2180]

My word is compassion. Giving help and love costs you little to nothing to those in need.

[@MichaelHopkins-lm5pb]

Thank you for posting this uplifting video to start 2024!!

[@AlexanderBrown77]

Ephesians 1 kJV ♥️ 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, ✝️🩸 1 Corinthians 15 kJV 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Romans 3 kJV 🩸 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 1 John 5 kJV ♥️ 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

[@patriciafuster896]

Thank you, Happy 2024

[@annw6458]

Oh my! Thank you, Brother Mark Mary, this was exactly what I needed to hear. My life is undergoing some big changes and I definitely need to surrender, be grateful, and have confidence in God's care of me and my family. May God bless you this year too!

[@JA-sm9zf]

Confidence - I love it , God bless you.

[@Ghostwriter-o6c]

I have great confidence that God will bring all my children, grandchildren, their families and my siblings back to him. It can be called confidence or unwavering hope. I used to send them beautiful quotes from the OT and NT, but I think I will stop and just pray as I have been every day for years. God will lead them in the way they need to go. Sending them anything just turns them away. So I will just pray. I have absolute confidence and hope in our Lord to do everything. 😊🙏✝️

[@josephinesandrak6773]

God bless you abundantly Fr

[@janetvidya2097]

Thank you Fr Mark Mary! This "Confidence" word of the year fits how God speaks to me in my prayers. I hope I can keep reminding myself that I can do all things in Him with confidence, confidence in His love and providence to me ❤

[@philomenaswope3938]

The word I chose for this year was Love. I was intimidated and unsure how to approach pursuing Love-- "it is confidence, and nothing but confidence that leads us to Love" Deo gratias!

[@finnianfinnian8359]

Blessings Father and Faith Family 🕊️🙏

[@ChildofGod98765]

Heavenly Father, only you know the burdens I face please bless my children this New Year. As a single mom it can be hard to have everything on your shoulders. Especially because both of my sons are autistic. It’s difficult to raise children alone but despite the challenges I face I keep faith in you Lord. As I struggle to pay rent and as I struggle to buy groceries for my children. Jesus deliver me from my anxieties, and my troubles. Give me strength. Since suffering a heart attack two years ago and my on going battle with lupus I’m overwhelmed. Help me to find strength when I am weak, And hope when I am afraid. I will keep faith no matter what I face. ❤

[@Pilgrim_Rescued]

“The Lord bless you and keep you; may the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”

[@LeslieHayman11]

Single mom here too, praying for you!!❤❤❤

[@CPR7878]

Amen! 🙏 ❤🙏

[@InventorKnight]

Confidence and trust in Jesus kind of goes together. Jesus help all souls. 🙏🙏🙏

[@pop6997]

Thankyou Fr Mark Mary. The little flower is one of my favourite Saints ❤

[@carolinemorgan3020]

My word of the year is YES!

[@josephinesandrak6773]

Yes to CONFIDENCE in the Lord 🙏

[@Richie016]

New Year 2024 Greetings! 🎉 to Fr. Mark-Mary.

[@GodBlessDaSooners]

Love this. Thank you.

[@pavanaroy99]

Thankyou so much father.❣ God Bless You :)

[@peggybruening4415]

Prayers for you, father Mark Mary! And thank you for these words of encouragement, and hope!

[@ZanderMckael]

I did t know how much I needed this word of the day until now. Thank you father, thank you Therese, and thank you God most of all.

[@Gothicforever1790]

My word is Mercy.❤️

[@simple_naildesigns]

‘Confidence in Him’ Amen!

[@serenaterry387]

Happy new year!! I pray this will be a good and faithful year for all of us🙏

[@wordsarealive]

confidence, amen.

[@maryeleazer3169]

Amen ❤

[@MaryWhiteNaturOilEBlessed]

I'm carrying over my word(s) of the year from 2024 (SURRENDER/RECEIVE) and am adding for 2024 GROW/BLOOM

[@AuroraB-74]

I'm going to go with "gratitude" for my word of the year

[@maryloumonheim8724]

Thank you. Fight worry with confidence in our God.

[@marijo.4694]

My word is patience. And my saint for the year is St.Monica, which I learned is the paton Saint of patience. May the Lord bless and keep us this day and every day in 2024.

[@sherryyoung]

Prayers are with you! How simple and beautiful. Every moment will be in the confidence of our loving God. Thank you for your guidance.

[@Gloucester128]

It’s so simple, it’s genius.

[@lizzystitch4842]

Thank you for this inspiration from St. Therese! My 2023 word was "mercy." Towards Christmas, I think I failed at it. Had to repent and pray. The word that has come to me for 2024 is "grace." It comes dow to us from the Latin "gratis," meaning "grateful." Then it moved to English from Middle French where the t changed to c, and it not only meant gratitude but also favor. Council of Ephesus in the 400's A.D., the Church defined grace as the unmerited favor of God. I'm going to add "confidence" to my word. It's enrichly moving! Grace-Confidence! God be praised!

[@carpesunshine]

Wow, Thank you!! This is my word now. Please Lord, guide me. Jesus I Trust in You

[@bellamoore9758]

❤❤❤My word for 2024 is Witness.

[@bea_v_l]

This was the word God revealed to me a few days ago before this video even came out!

[@jbarrjt]

Amen.

[@carole-vl8qt]

Thank you 💜

[@patriciagriffin2216]

My word for 2024 is encounter. I want to encounter Jesus at Christmas and all year with even more zeal, surrender and gratitude through Scripture, the Sacraments, prayer, and in my neighbor. “We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.” -Pope Paul VI

[@AlexanderBrown77]

1 John 5 kJV ♥️ 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

[@stjuliaofavila]

I think confidence will be a good sub-word to go with my official word of the year: change. I know there's going to be a lot of change this year, such as friends leaving for college, changes in my parish community, etc. I'm not looking forward to it at all so I need CONFIDENCE in God's goodness and trust in His plan. I need to accept the CHANGE and grow and mature in my faith if I'm going to get through it. Thank you for your insights Fr.! ~Lia Nicole

[@RuthFalcon-z3k]

Thank you, Fr.Mark Mary. Happy New Year!.

[@beckyholbrook7253]

I, like it “ confidence”. Thank you.

[@celestialblissfulness]

My word is Love, and I’ll add confidence. Father can you and the brothers pray for me? I’m 28 with a 3 month old and a 4 year old on the autism spectrum and I have all the symptoms of multiple sclerosis and am waiting to go into my neurologist appointment. I’m very afraid

[@TheAQUAJAG]

You are in my prayers Amanda. May God give you the strength to face all of these obstacles with His confidence🙏

[@Elijah_Al-Naysaburi]

Thank you very much A.P (( do what ever u like but don't harm any one )) 🥰⚘️💕

[@WashingtonDC99]

My Word of the year for 2024 is grace and patience....!!! Grace to stop committing the same sin over and over, patience because I am very, very impatient. I have confessed this sin before to my confessor asked for forgiveness for not being patient it has improved a little bit but not enough on Saturday December 30th I went to confession and confessed and asked God to help me to be more patient. Deo gratia. Happy new year 2024. I am always thankful to God for the good, the bad, and the ugly because every situation teaches me or open my eyes to see things differently. Viva Cristo Rey King of the universe. The things I would love the most to see in my beloved church is Priests wearing the cassock and come back to The Mass of the ages aka Traditional Latin Mass. Cassock - A close-fitting ankle-length garment worn by clergy PRIESTS (as in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches). Deo gratia. And, to teach the RAW UNFILTERED TRUTH WITHOUT WATERING DOWN THE TRUTH TO PLEASE THIS WICKED CROOKED EVIL WORLD. All we should care about is the Kingdom of God.

[@Godfearingwoman489]

A brand New Year 🎉for us to pray and bless each other 🙏 Thank you ☺️

[@jprev9262]

"And we have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, we know that what we have asked him for is ours". (1 John 5:14-15)

[@colleenlongua9752]

I was praying for my word of the year...found it:)

[@mollylule4242]

Thank you Fr. Mark. I will uphold that word. In fact I started the Surrender Novena on Jan. 1st, ...so I surrender every facet of my life with Confidence to God's Will. I am praying for you Fr...and all Priests. God bless. Please keep me in your prayers as am an Aspirant aiming to join the Discalced Order of the Carmelites...OCDS. Currently reading St. Therese' "Story of a Soul."

[@christm.a]

Thank you father I really need this

[@AJ8828]

Love this! Hands up to the Father as a child would do. I'm envisioning that and it's beautiful. That brings me peace. Thank you, Father.

[@stephanierangel9330]

Amén🙏🏽

[@manuelvargas467]

Happy new year 🎉☦️✝️❤️‍🔥

[@rhondawallace3486]

I was having a hard time picking a Word for this year. You have inspired me!

[@christ_mark]

Confidence in the Lord contains surrender and gratitude. This stood out for me, God bless and thank you Fr Mark!

[@annw6458]

Meant Father Mark Mary...

[@annarosefedish8802]

Thank you for this wonderful post. Happy, Healthy New Year to you Fr. 🎉

[@patgordon113]

SPOT ON, my brother, Father!! You hear His Heart, His Word to us.

[@Saintvanillagorilla]

I’ve large issue in having is discouragement and lack of confidence this video helped. I do ask for prayers thanks

[@chisomn.2710]

May we look to Him in confidence who always looks upon us with love. He loves us and 2024 belongs to Him.

[@momochago2136]

I did not know about this word of the year. I like it.

[@hclws8930]

God bless you Fr. Mark-Mary and all priests and religious and Pope Francis. Happy New Year 🙏 ✝

[@AnaClaudia-zr7zk]

Thank you, Father Mark Mary! Yes, I was needing to hear this! Blessed 2024 to you, to the other Friars and to those who are reading this! May God give us the gift of confidence and the gift of surrendering everything to Him! Through Mary! ❤❤❤

[@GB-xt4hc]

My phrase of the year is Even if . . . "Even if" I commit a sin, God loves me. No matter what happens in my life this year, God loves me.

[@nicolecrouch3745]

Thank you, Father! I love this. ❤️

[@BitsyBee]

THANK YOU. I was looking for a word for '24, and it's perfect.

[@Arodz2023]

Thank you, I needed to hear this ❤ God bless you

[@mariacisneros6114]

🙏

[@leephillips1972]

Thank you for a word. I've never thought about doing this. I'll be listening to this video over again. I have chosen St. Therese as mine. I want to read about her.

[@RidesInforests]

I like you alot Fr. You're my favourate one on AC. kidding but I do seem to connect with your words well.The way you engage with the scripture and convey Idk. I'm learning alot fast at the moment. Had to have a little break recently I got kind of burnt out. God bless.

[@monicadriscoll645]

🎉Happy New Year Fr!❤