Volume XXIX, Number 21
November 25th, 2025
My Thanksgiving Gift to You
Submit Your Mass Intentions by Nov. 30
Helllooo there friendzzz. As longtime readers know, I stay out of your hair during holidays, so here is just a quick reminder about my very personal Thanksgiving Gift for you. Plus, 365 blessings and a prayer I wrote for you.
9 Straight Days of Masses Honoring MaryEvery year, I arrange to have nine traditional Masses offered for your personal intentions, beginning on November 30th and culminating on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8th.
It's easily my favorite day of any year, and this December 8th marks the 42nd anniversary of my total consecration to Our Lady, and oh, what a crazy rollercoaster she's put me on since!
I warmly encourage you to submit as many intentions as you want. It's completely free and secure—with absolutely no email or any other info required:
Please forward and post this everywhere, right away, before Thanksgiving, so as many people as possible can participate in this powerful supernatural gift.
These Masses are offered by the holy Canons Regular at the stunning Saint John Cantius Church in Chicago.
Every year, I drive all the way to Chicago to hand-deliver an encrypted flash drive containing tens of thousands of your intentions for placement on the altar you see above during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
Mighty Grateful, Pard'nerEveryone here is grateful to the Mother of God for bringing you to the Mary Foundation. Just like you on Thanksgiving—I spend time with the people I love and eat too much—so I will not offer a tailored meditation today, but I will offer a testimony about gratitude.
Unselfish Note to SelfTo foster a new habit this year, every day I wrote One Thing I'm Thankful to God For Today on an index card which I keep next to my vitamins.
Why not give it a try? I actually enjoy this habit and I bet you will too.
Come next Thanksgiving, Our Lord will have placed 365 wonderful blessings into your mind, heart, and day.
Ain't Too Late—YetRather, if you will, it's never too early to stock up on our unique, spiritually powerful, riveting, ridiculously-affordable, high-quality, fast-arriving Mary Foundation books, medals, scapulars, booklets, icon crucifixes, and Holy Land rosaries for your family, friends, and parish in time for Advent and Christmas:
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Thing is, even I forget what's in the dozens of messages I write for you every year, so if your jonesin' to stick your toes-in some of my particular peculiar peppery prose, here are a some Messages that jumped the ark for most readers:
• Kitchen Sink! + How Souls Go to Hell (February)
• My Secret Pilgrimage with a Mystic (March)
• See Bud on Two Podcasts (April)
• Creativity Explained + Meet Kevin! (July)
• Jimmy Duffy Stories (October)
One Quote
"For the great favor He shows us, would that I could exhaust myself in acts of thanksgiving and gratitude towards this Divine Heart."
- Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
Take a breath. Turn your mind and heart to the Holy Trinity within you. Let us begin in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, source and cause for all that is good, we beg Thee accept our humble gratitude, extend Thy mercy on our ingratitude, and shower our loved ones with your grace this Thanksgiving and Advent.
We ask for this and for all which conforms with your Holy Will through the utterly tender intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Saint Joseph, pure of heart, perfect in fatherhood, and powerful in provision, please, we implore thee, guide, guard, govern, and protect our families, our friends, our priests, and our fellow citizens. Amen.
As often happens, I just composed the above prayer without knowing which word would follow the next, and yes, feel free to reproduce it in any way you please. And now, wait for it...
You guys are the best!
Stay Frosty—especially if you're the Snowman.
I'm a snowman, he's
a snowman, she's a
snowman—wouldn't ya
like to be a snowman too?
Carrot-nose, frozen toes?
(Not really.)
The spirit will call, then
the dragon will fall.
Onward to victory!
Happy Thanksgiving—the best holiday any country ever invented!
With Saint Louis de Montfort,
Bud Macfarlane
(pass the dark meat)
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