Saturday, October 25th, 2008
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Ave Maria Meditations
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PRAYERS TO THE MOTHER OF JESUS
The Virgin always brings us to her Son.
Jesus was speaking to a crowd of people one day when a woman cried out: Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked! Jesus remembered very well the loving attention of his Mother. These words of praise for Jesus and Mary spring from the simple faith of an unknown woman. Moved to the very depth of her heart by the teachings and gentle figure of Jesus, she could no longer contain her admiration. In her words we recognize a genuine example of the popular piety that has always been alive among Christians throughout the centuries? On that very day the words of the Magnificat came to life: Henceforth all generations will call me blessed. That nknown woman had begun a litany of praise that would continue until the end of time.
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Ave Maria Mediations: A Meditation on the Blessed Virgin Mary - October 3rd: Bl. Columba Marmion OSB (1858-1923)
Besides being extremely acceptable to Jesus Christ, this devotion to the Blessed Vir?gin is very profitable for us, and this for three reasons which you will have already fo?reseen. First of all, because, in the?Divine Plan, Mary is inseparable from Jesus and our holiness consists in entering as far as we can into the Divine economy. In God’s? eternal thoughts, Mary belongs indeed to that very essence of the mystery of Christ. (more…)
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
Ave Maria Meditations
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August 15th: The Solemnity of the The Assumption
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Pope Pius XII
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Excerpts from the Apostolic Constitution defining “ex cathedra” (from the chair of Peter) the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin)
November 1, 1950
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40. Hence the revered Mother of God, from all eternity joined in a hidden way with Jesus Christ in one and the same decree of predestination, immaculate in her conception, a most perfect virgin in her divine motherhood, the noble associate of the divine Redeemer who has won a complete triumph over sin and its consequences, finally obtained, as the supreme culmination of her privileges, that she should be preserved free from the corruption of the tomb and that, like her own Son, having overcome death, she might be taken up body and soul to the glory of heaven where, as Queen, she sits in splendor at the right hand of her Son, the immortal King of the Ages.
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
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Standing Fast #20 – Fr. Angelo on the spiritual meaning of the quest for the Holy Grail (7min) >>> Play |
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Ave Maria!
In this episode of Standing Fast, Fr. Angelo speaks of the different legends associated with the Holy Grail and how some people are still in search for it. Regardless if these are true or simply literary. Listen to how Fr. explains the spiritual meaning behind this quest, which is none other than a deep yearning – a quest – for Christ truly present in the Holy Eucharist. In this journey, our gaze is turned to the Blessed Virgin, the first tabernacle and the exemplar, on our “life long quest.”
Ave Maria!
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