July 10, 2017
How to Know the Will of God
Ave Maria Meditations The fulfillment of the will of God in our duties of every day is the most sure guide for the Christian who has to find holiness in the midst of…
July 13, 2017
Our Lady of Fatima: Apparition of July 13, 1917
Ave Maria Meditations As the July date approached Lucia continued to be troubled by the words of her pastor that the devil might be behind the apparitions. Finally, she confided to Jacinta that…
July 17, 2017
Hold Fast!
Ave Maria Meditations In these times of doctrinal confusion we must take particular precautions not to give away in the content of our faith, not even in the slightest degree! For if one…
July 19, 2017
Patience in the Spiritual Life
Ave Maria Meditations In the spiritual life we meet not only difficulties which can be surmounted and overcome once and for all by a strong act of courage, but we encounter difficult, painful…
July 22, 2017
Sinner to Saint
Ave Maria Meditations How great the tale, that there should be, In God's Son's Heart, a place for me! That on a sinner's lips like mine The cross of Jesus Christ should shine!…
July 24, 2017
Prayer to St. Charbel
Ave Maria Meditations PRAYER TO SAINT CHARBEL MAKHLOUF (feast day is July 24th) Lord, infinitely Holy and Glorified in Your Saints, You have inspired Charbel, the saint monk, to lead the perfect life…
July 28, 2017
Pax Tecum
Ave Maria Meditations The peace our Lord came to bring was dependent entirely upon an interior state of soul, and was wholly independent of external circumstances. These might be favorable or not, but…
August 1, 2017
A Saint of the Holy Eucharist
Ave Maria Meditations St. Alphonsus Liguori (August 1st) My Lord Jesus Christ who, because of Your love for me, remain night and day in the Blessed Sacrament full of pity and of love,…
August 4, 2017
Another Saint of the Holy Eucharist
Ave Maria Meditations (St. Peter Julian Eymard, August 2nd) Why is Jesus in the Eucharist? Many answers could be given to that question. The one that sums them all runs as follows: because…
August 11, 2017
St. Clare and the Miracle of the Eucharist
Ave Maria Meditations This story comes to us from the Apostolate of Bob and Penny Lord: She was firm in the face of adversity. The famous incident, which we call the Miracle of…
August 15, 2017
Our Lady is Assumed-Body and Soul-into Heaven!
Ave Maria Meditations May it never happen Most Holy Mother of God, that Heaven and earth, honored by your presence, and you, with your departure, leave men and women without your protection? No.…
August 18, 2017
A Morning Offering Prayer
Ave Maria Meditations A Morning Offering Prayer: My most sweet Jesus, I offer you this day, through, with, in, and for Mary Most Holy, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass…
August 22, 2017