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 Ave Maria Meditations

A Novena

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The man nearest to Christ Jesus was His foster father, Joseph the carpenter. John the Baptist saw Christ briefly near the Jordan and knew that his work as Precursor was over. The Apostles lived and worked with Christ during the brief days of His public life.

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But Joseph presided over the events of Christ’s Infancy, provided for Him the house that sheltered Him from birth to baptism, and was of all the men of earth the one at whose hands Jesus received most in service and love and unselfish devotion.

Born of a royal line, Joseph was a carpenter. That trade he passed on to his foster Son. Joseph was destined to immortal honors of the Church, yet no spoken word of his is recorded in the Scriptures. 
Still the Church with good reason cries out, “Go to Joseph.” 
This injunction we confidently obey as we pray:

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Since we know so little even about ourselves it is pointless to make judgments about others. During lent let us concentrate on bringing ourselves to repentance first even before doing penance.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
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Ave Maria!– February’s Theme: The Will of God

“Ready your lips, as the Divine Redeemer did, and still drink with Him the black water of the Cedron, accepting with pious resignation the tribulations and the penance. Cross with Jesus this torrent, suffering the contempt of the world for love of Jesus, with constancy and with courage.”

Marycast #51 ( 10min) Play – In the Bible, who is it that assists Jesus in His life and in His public ministry like no one else?  When one searches the scriptures, it becomes clear that Mary as both a mother and a disciple of Christ, assists Him and intercedes for us like no one else did or could.  In this episode, Dr. Miravalle continues to discuss this topic of Mary’s role as Mediatrix in the Church.
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Good News: Ninth Circuit Upholds Church’s Constitutional Rights
You CAN take a stand on a political issue in church, if even the notoriously liberal Ninth Circuit upholds it.
from Focus on the Family
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a ruling Wednesday that held a Montana church in violation of the law for speaking about the state’s marriage amendment. (more…)

- Ave Maria! Sorry the homily did not get captured. Fr. Ignatius described the various types of fasting and their effectiveness.

Ave Maria! Mass Readings TLM

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Ave Maria!– February’s Theme: The Will of God

“The summit of the humiliation of the Lord was in His passion and in His death, in which – submitting Himself with the human will to the Will of His Father – He bore so many torments, until the point of tolerating the most infamous death, the death of the cross. […]. His obedience (and for the nobility of Him Who was obeying, and for the arduousness of the command, and for the spontaneity in giving Himself to such obedience to the Heavenly Father) was so pleasing to the Eternal Father that He exalted Him, ‘giving him a name’ says the apostle ‘which is above all names’”.

from the Family Research Council
Yesterday, we praised representatives from both parties who signed a letter to the Democratic leadership sponsored by Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) urging them to protect the pro-life provisions in each appropriations bill–or, at the very least, grant members the chance to vote on amendments to restore them. Although the letter had an impressive number of signatories (181) from both parties, the Democratic leadership pushed forward with a bloated omnibus bill worth $410 billion. The legislation included $50 million for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) even though UNFPA violates the Kemp-Kasten provision by supporting China’s forced abortion and sterilization programs. (more…)

Homily #090226 ( 07min) Play – Prayer is powerful because it is the key to becoming humble. It recognizes the truth of how great God is and how small and needy we are, especial for mercy for our sins.
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Ave Maria!– February’s Theme: The Will of God

“That which God wants from you is always just and good. […]. Let us get to work; in Heaven we will have no other job than to fulfill the Will of God. Let us try to bless the Lord in the humiliations and in the contempt/scorns of which we have been the target. Let us bless Him in the tribulations of our spirit and in the torments of our heart because everything is ordained by God with high counsel, and this in a most singular way and for a special predilection of the Heavenly Father.”

Homily #090225 ( 06min) Play – “Remember Man, you are dust and to dust you will return.” Ashes are a sign of humility for this season of Lent, a season of penance. This outward sign must be received on our hearts and so radiate in our actions.
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Ave Maria!– February’s Theme: The Will of God

“The Divine Master left us in writing to acknowledge as brothers only those who do the Will of His Father. Well then, do you not perhaps desire and do you not strive with all your strength to unite yourself to the Divine Will? Would you not give your life a thousand times before determining to go against the Will of God? Of this you are certain and you fell it in your heart. Well then, may this be as a rock of comparison to know and to convince yourself that your life is well spent.”

Marycast #50 ( 10min) Play – In this episode, Dr. Miravalle discusses Mary as the subordinate Mediatrix to Christ, who is the “one Mediator between God and man” (1 Timothy 2:5).  In reflecting on this passage of scripture, Dr. Miravalle asks and answers this crucial question: “Do the words of St. Paul quoted above rule out any other mode of mediation?”  Part of the answer lies in the original Greek wording used by St. Paul himself.
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