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Ave Maria Meditations
Our Lord’s Last Will is expressed in His words spoken shortly before He began His Sacred Passion: “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it remain on the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in me” (John 15:4). This union with Christ is made perfect in (more…) |
Ave Maria Meditations
My Daily Eucharist: On awakening, make the sign of the cross. On arising say: “O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine! All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine. Blessed be the Holy and Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God.” Adore our Lord as your King who has called you today to work in his amiable service and for his honor and glory. Render him this day the homage of your mind, your heart, your body and your life for he deserves it all. Thank our Lord for having kept you alive; thank him for all the graces received during your life (baptism, first communion, vocation). Rejoice at the honor and the happiness of spending this whole day in union with our Divine Lord in his Sacrament of love: such a day may be worth an entire life, the whole of Paradise. Acknowledge your weakness and your defects in your particular vocation. Confess your offenses of yesterday. Detest the power of self-love, the feebleness of your will, the distractions of your mind. Promise our Lord that you will correct your ruling passion; foresee the occasions of relapse and the opportunities of practicing opposite virtues. Remember your resolution for this month and determine for yourself a certain penance in case of failure to keep it. Ask our Lord for the grace of being more faithful today. Recommend yourself to the Blessed Virgin, to your Guardian Angel and begin work with the help of God’s grace. Consecrate the whole day to our Eucharistic Jesus. Place yourself in spirit, in his presence and humbly adore him on his nearest throne of Perpetual Exposition or in the nearest Tabernacle. O sweet Jesus, your goodness and your might have brought me to this morning’s light. Keep and preserve me every hour, from sorrow. sin, temptation’s power. Grant me your blessing, Lord, this day, on all I think and do and say. Jesus for your help I plead. Mary for me intercede. After making this offering, form your intention to gain all the indulgences of the day. Then hasten to the church for your morning prayers, Holy Mass and Communion. |
Homily #110102t ( Ave Maria! +++ |
MaryCast Specials #94 ( To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com Ave Maria! +++ |
Ave Maria! Friar Gabriel Cortes of the Franciscans of the Immaculate relates his journey in faith that led to his ministry with youth in Australia. He first talks about his early life, how he started to get serious about his faith and his calling to the Franciscans. He mentions the devotion of his parents, the rosary and Eucharistic adoration as factors in his conversion. Ave Maria! +++ |
MaryCast Specials #90 ( To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com Ave Maria! +++ |
MaryCast Specials #88 ( To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com Ave Maria! +++ |
Ave Maria Meditations
“My answer is prayer. What we need is for every Parish to come before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in Holy Hours of prayer. ” “The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament … will help bring about an everlasting peace on earth” (Mother Teresa of Calcutta). Nobel Peace Prize winner and foundress of the Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa brought the homeless, sick, destitute and dying home to “die like angels.” She attributed her many charitable works to her daily Holy Hours of prayer before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Mother Teresa said, “I know I would not be able to work one week if it were not for that continual force coming from Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.” (more…) |
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Collection of masterpieces depicting Holy Family and adoration of the Child by Angels and Saints. |
One Minute Meditations
Blessed Charles de Foucauld, priest and martyr (1858-1916) Feast Day is December 1st PRAYERS OF CHARLES DE FOUCAULD AT THE TABERNACLE: Lord Jesus, You are in the Holy Eucharist. You are there a yard away in the tabernacle. Your Body, your Soul, your human nature, your divinity, your whole Being is there in its twofold nature. How close you are, my God, my Savior, my Spouse, my Beloved! You were not nearer to the Blessed Virgin during the nine months that she carried you than you are to me when you rest on my tongue in Holy Communion. You were no closer to the Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph in the caves at Bethlehem or in the flight into Egypt or at any moment of that divine family life than you are to me at this moment – and so many others- in the tabernacle. Mary Magdalene was no closer to you when she sat at your feet at Bethany than I am here at the foot of this altar. You were no nearer to your apostles when you were sitting in the midst of them than you are to me now, my God. How blessed I am I! Bl. Charles’ thoughts ON MARTYRDOM: To prepare oneself constantly for martyrdom, and accept it without a shadow of reluctance, like the Divine Lamb-in Jesus, through Jesus, for Jesus- I must try and live as if I were to die a martyr today. Every minute I must imagine I am going to be martyred this very evening. OUR LORD’S RESPONSE ON HIS WISH TO BE A MARTYR: “This life will be followed by death. You wish for a martyr’s death. You know how cowardly you are, but you know too that you can do all things in Him who gives you strength, that I am all powerful in My creatures. Ask day and night for it but always with this condition, that it be My will, and for My glory and My pleasure which I know you desire and pray for above all things. And have confidence; I will grant what you ask, that which is for My greater glory. It is good to ask for this, for ’there is no greater love than to give your life for the beloved,’” and it is right to wish to give Me this ‘greatest love of all’ “’ |
Ave Maria Meditations
With all the many things that could be said about the Apostle of Divine Mercy, St. Maria Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament, let us look at this beautiful litany of love to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament composed by the Saint. Prayer of St. Faustina While in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the testament of God’s mercy for us, and especially for poor sinners. O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus as proof of infinite mercy for us, and especially to poor sinners. O Blessed Host, in whom is contained life eternal and of infinite mercy, dispensed in abundance to us and especially to poor sinners. O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the mercy of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit toward us, and especially toward poor sinners. O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the infinite price of mercy which will compensate for all our debts, and especially those of poor sinners. O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the fountain of living water which springs from infinite mercy for us, and especially for poor sinners. |
Ave Maria Meditations
 There, where my dear Jesus dwells, where He is enthroned in the tabernacle, there I wish to be kneeling continually. There, I wish to pray unceasingly: Jesus, I love You deeply. Hidden Love, I adore You. Abandoned Love, I adore You. Despised Love, I adore You. Love trampled underfoot, I adore You. Infinite Love, dying on the Cross for us, I adore You. My dear Lord and Savior, make it be that I am all love and expiation toward the Most Blessed Sacrament in the heart of Your most loving Mother Mary. Amen.
-by Maria Stang (a woman who persevered in her faith under the cruel Communist atheistic rule for many years and who taught and brought the faith to many, keeping the love of the Lord in the most Blessed Sacrament alive)
 God willing, the pastors of the Church will be able to renew the house of God which is the Church, placing the Eucharistic Jesus in the center, giving Him the first place. -the Most Reverend Athanasius Schneider: Dominus Est
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Ave Maria Meditations
ON THE EUCHARIST: +
MARY(says to a soul): Jesus was not content merely to open to you the channels of grace with the Sacraments; he wished to give you himself so that you could live totally by him and in him. At the vigil of his sufferings he wished to leave you a perpetual reminder of love; he took some bread, broke it and gave it to his disciples saying: “Take this and eat it, this is my Body.” Likewise he took the chalice with wine, blessed it and gave it to his disciples saying: “Take and drink, this is my Blood.” From that moment the world possessed the greatest marvel: bread transubstantiated into his Body and wine transubstantiated into his Blood! With the Body and with the Blood are also the soul and the divinity, in such a way that when you eat of this bread of life, you receive the whole Jesus as he is now glorious in heaven. +
Jesus did not give himself to you in vain: he comes to you in order to incorporate you into himself, to give you his very life, to supply for your weakness, to sustain your soul. You should not, then, complain uselessly of being destitute of every virtue, but you must go to the banquet of life to be healed of your spiritual sicknesses.
Jesus is not upset to see you cold when he sees you humble and constant … He is there precisely to warm your coldness. Don’t put obstacles before him, but offer yourself to him totally and rest in his goodness. Certainly your Communion will not remain fruitless when you go to Jesus with at least a humiliated heart, but you cannot always be aware of the fruitfulness of your Communion. |
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May 17th: St. Paschal Baylon (1540-1592) Patron of Eucharistic Congresses
This Franciscan lay brother had an extraordinary love for Jesus in the most Blessed Sacrament. This humble brother, devoted to prayer, would gather alms with a Rosary in one hand and God in his heart. He also fostered a special devotion to the Blessed Mother. This simple brother, who never learned to read or write, was instructed by God and was sought out for his counsel. It is said that even while in the fields, when he heard the bells announcing the consecration at the Holy Sacrifice, the Blessed Sacrament was shown to him in a monstrance held by angels for his adoration.
PRAYER: O God, who didst adorn the Blessed Paschal, Thy confessor, with a wonderful love for the mysteries of Thy Body and Blood, mercifully grant that we may draw from the Divine Banquet the same fullness of spirit that he did. Who livest and reignest forever and ever. Amen.
St. Paschal, help us in our devotion to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and to Mary, our Mother. |
Ave Maria Meditations
 Blesseds Francisco and Jacinta Marto, children of Fatima, Feast day is February 20th.
Our Lady appeared to three small children in Fatima in 1917. She told two of them, the brother and sister, that they would soon go to heaven but Francisco would have to pray many rosaries. These little children had seen a vision of hell and did penance in their young lives. (more…)
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