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August 29, 2023

The Desire to be a Saint

Ave Maria Meditations When I spoke of you as a “chosen soul” or words to that effect, I did not mean to imply that you were a saint as you have a long…

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September 1, 2023

Mother Mary: I Want to be a Saint!

Ave Maria Meditations Mary, I want to be a saint! I know that you also want me to be a saint and that it’s your God-given mission to form into one. So, Mary,…

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September 5, 2023

A Daily Prayer of Mother Teresa

Ave Maria Meditations Dear Jesus, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my…

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September 8, 2023

Whenever I Say the Holy Name of Mary

An Ave Maria Meditations encore Whenever I say Hail Mary The court of Heaven rejoices And the earth Is lost in wonderment. And I despise the world And my heart is brim-full Of…

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September 8, 2023

We Celebrate the Birth of Mary on September 8th

Ave Maria Meditations Mary’s charity is a love most zealous for the salvation of souls. This zeal gave the Blessed Virgin, from the beginning of her life the most ardent desire to see the…

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September 15, 2023

An Exorcist Speaks about the Power of Our Lady of Sorrows

Ave Maria Meditations Taken from talks by Fr. Chad Ripperger: Our Lady’s Power In Revealing Secrets: “The first sorrow is the prophesy of Simeon. We read in scripture (Luke 2:34): ‘When Simeon blessed…

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September 19, 2023

A Prayer to be More Like Jesus

Ave Maria Meditations Oh my Lord, how little I have thirsted for perfection! Strongly at first, but now so seldom and so spasmodically! I seem content not to be doing spiritual reading or thorough examinations.…

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September 22, 2023

A Healing Prayer from Saint Padre Pio

Ave Maria Meditations Heavenly Father, I thank you for loving me. I thank You for sending Your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, to the world to save and to set me free. I…

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September 26, 2023

Thoughts on the Holy Mass

Ave Maria Meditations In the holy Mass, Christ fulfills what is the most true and consoling promise which is recorded by the evangelist Saint Matthew: “Behold, I am with you all days, even to the…

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October 6, 2023

The Ways of God for Our Sanctification

Ave Maria Meditations The fact is that we would like, in greater or lesser degree, to please ourselves; or rather, to please ourselves in a merely natural order rather than in a supernatural order. So…

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October 10, 2023

How Will I Know God’s Will?

Ave Maria Meditations Now with sudden and almost blinding clarity and simplicity, I realized that I had been trying to do something with my own will and intellect that was at once too much…

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October 13, 2023

Some Fatima Prayers

Ave Maria Meditations O Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of the most holy Rosary, you were pleased to appear to the children of Fatima and reveal a glorious message. We implore you, inspire…

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October 17, 2023

From Lukewarm to Fervent: St. Teresa

Ave Maria Meditations The life of Saint Teresa (of Avila) teaches us that we should never despair of becoming saints. As a child she was filled with a strange mysterious longing for martyrdom.…

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October 19, 2023

Prayer to the North American Martyrs

Ave Maria Meditations Prayer to the North American Martyrs: Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us! Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. Our Lady,…

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October 24, 2023

No Matter What Happens

Ave Maria Meditations Let us always keep before our eyes the fact that here on earth we are on a battlefield and that in paradise we shall receive the crown of victory; that…

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