Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia

Ave Maria! "The authentic joy that you experienced on the day of your religious investiture is not the essence of perfection. You must be prepared for periods of obscurity, of anguish, of uncertainty,…

Ave Maria! "Brothers, we must not fear the temptations that present themselves, because we can and we must overcome them. But how? Like this: not minimally trusting in ourselves and offering our entire…

Ave Maria! "We can render the best service to our families by faithfully serving the Immaculate; in fact, isn't She capable of helping them incomparably better than we can? Let us commend to…

Ave Maria! "If a friar, consecrated to the Immaculate, could do nothing other than be sick at the end of his life and if it were necessary to spend a lot of money…

Ave Maria! "May the Immaculate bless you, dear sons, in all things, always and everywhere, and may She draw you close to Her Maternal Heart in all of your afflictions, temptations and difficulties;…

Ave Maria! "Every religious, with the vow of poverty, offers to God everything that he possesses or could receive as property; with the vow of chastity he sacrifices the possibility of forming his…

Ave Maria! "If a religious soul spends time away from the friary, we must not be surprised if day by day it becomes weaker in the love promised by vow unless an extraordinary…

Ave Maria! "When one leaves the cloister, he is always in contact with various people. How easy it is, in such circumstances, to become attached to creatures, which at the outset is insignificant,…

February's Theme: Religious Life Ave Maria! "Dearest sons, let us remember that every division or misunderstanding that one creates within the community does not come from the Immaculate, but only and exclusively from…

February's Theme: Religious Life Ave Maria! "Every religious should make the effort, not so much to change the ambient in which he finds himself, as to improve his very self, to personally draw…