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February 20, 2026

Our First Lenten Friday

Ave Maria Meditations That purification of the soul through interior mortification is not something merely negative. It is not just a matter of avoiding what borders on sin; quite the opposite: it consists…

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February 17, 2026

Thoughts on an Ash Wednesday

Ave Maria Meditations encore I had just placed ashes on his head. I was looking at him – with his dirty forehead lying there on the white sheets of the hospital bed – when…

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February 12, 2026

And Holy is His Name

Ave Maria Meditations “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior." With these words Mary first acknowledges the special gifts she has been given. Above all…

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February 9, 2026

In Mary’s Company

Ave Maria Meditations If we walk in Mary’s company, our path will be more smooth and less marked by those upheavals and inner tribulations which are unavoidable without her. If we live with…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Martyrs Prayer Saints Spiritual Life

February 5, 2026

A Prayer to St. Agatha

Ave Maria Mediations Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us Your martyr, St. Agatha, as an example of holiness. Help us to imitate the love of You she showed in choosing to…

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February 3, 2026

A Hymn of Love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

Ave Maria Meditations O my Beloved Sacrament, I see you, I believe in you! O Holy Faith. Contemplate with ever greater faith our Dear Lord in the Sacrament: live with Him who comes…

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January 30, 2026

To Mary, Help of Christians

Ave Maria Meditations O Mary, most powerful Virgin, great and illustrious defender of the Church; Wonderful help of Christians; formidable as an army in battle array; you who have overcome every heresy in…

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January 27, 2026

On Loving the Blessed Virgin Mary

Ave Maria Meditations Love of the Blessed Virgin produces a marvelous tenderness in our whole spiritual life. Little by little, this love enriches our heart with a sentiment of trust and submission previously…

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January 23, 2026

On Receiving Holy Communion

Ave Maria Meditations Consider how fortunate many people would feel if someone were to give them an entire kingdom. Couldn’t we compare such a gift with a single worthy reception of Communion? Yet…

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January 20, 2026

A Petition Prayer to St. Agnes of Rome

Ave Maria Meditations In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. O glorious St. Agnes, by the living faith which animated thee from thy tender…

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