St. Maximilian Daily

Ave Maria! "May the little medal of the Immaculate be the weapon, or rather the bullet, used by every militant of the Immaculate. One could be the worst of all people, but if…

Ave Maria! "Jesus died for each one of us, without considering the difference of nationality, and every one of us, therefore also every one of the Jewish people, is an ingrate, nonetheless son…

Ave Maria! "The goal of the Militia of the Immaculate is so difficult to attain that, if one counted only on the energy, the activity and the strength that nature provides, one could…

Ave Maria! "Every day the militants of the Immaculate must repeat, with ardent fervor, the words that the Immaculate Herself showed impressed upon the Miraculous Medal: 'O Mary conceived without sin, pray for…

Ave Maria! "The Immaculate promised to grant many graces to those who wear Her medal; it is precisely for this reason that the members of the Militia use this medal as a weapon…

Ave Maria! "Holy Father St. Francis writes in the Rule: 'may the friars not extinguish the spirit of prayer'. The spirit which consists in always elevating one's thought to God, one's thought, that…

Ave Maria! "To study Mariology is an excellent thing, but let's always remember that we know the Immaculate more in humble prayer and in the loving experience of everyday life than in learned…

Ave Maria! "To be a man of prayer (a religious) it is sufficient to pray the prayers established by the Rule and the ejaculatory prayers; many vocal prayers tire us. Involuntary distractions increase…

Ave Maria! "With prayer we will certainly obtain everything that is truly useful. But we must pray with much insistence and perseverance; with an ever greater fervor and, by means of us, God…

Ave Maria! "Sine me nihil potestis facere, without me you can do nothing (Jn 15:5). Beautiful sermons and activity without prayer bears no fruit??The knees, not the intelligence or the pen, make activity,…

Ave Maria! "The most important degrees of prayer are: vocal prayer, meditation and contemplation. In this last degree God sometimes draws the soul very close to Himself, in such a case, the soul,…

Ave Maria! "All human activity is directed towards mother earth. Only in the moment of prayer does man lift up his heart to Paradise and enter into conversation with the Creator of the…

Ave Maria! "Every good mother greatly rejoices when her child asks her for something. This conveys the trust that the child has in the goodness of his own mother. In the same way…

Ave Maria! "He who does not pray does not easily understand the spirit of prayer. Moreover, he cannot appreciate the happiness that prayer affords the soul or the energy that prayer provides for…

Ave Maria! "What are we to do, when each one of us, at one time or another, has the following experience: today we propose to correct some defect, while tomorrow, if not the…