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Ave Maria Meditations Benedict XVI Catholic Culture Devotional JosephMary Popes Spiritual Life

March 9, 2011

Entering into the Way of the Cross

a One Minute Meditation encore: OPENING PRAYER: Lord Jesus Christ, for our sake you became like the grain of wheat that falls to the earth and dies, so that it may bear much…

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Fi News Missions

March 9, 2011

A Few Shots from the FI’s in Africa

Notice the lion proof bars over the windows. While I was in England, Fr. Alfonso gave me a few photos from the friars in Africa, and it wasn't until I got back to…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture JosephMary Spiritual Life

March 14, 2011

Each Confession benefits the whole Church.

Ave Maria Mediations The Communion of Saints and the Sacrament of Penance: In the Sacrament of Penance man is reconciled with God and with the Church. It is one of the most intimate…

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March 17, 2011

The Lorica: a Prayer of Protection

Ave Maria Meditations I arise today through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, through belief in the threeness, through confession of the oneness of the Creator of Creation. I arise today…

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Anti-Catholicism Ave Maria Meditations JosephMary Persecution Politics Priesthood Spiritual Life

March 28, 2011

“They will persecute you…”

Ave Maria Meditations No, I was not helpless or worthless or useless in that prison. I was not terribly humiliated because I was rejected as a priest. These men around me were suffering,…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional JosephMary Prayer Pro-Life Spiritual Life

April 1, 2011

Pro-Life Stations of the Cross

Ave Maria Meditations The First Station: Jesus is Condemned to Death Though innocent, Jesus is condemned by the power of the State. In like manner, our innocent brothers and sisters in the…

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Media Reform News Religious Liberty Saints

April 2, 2011

Eduardo in Cristiada Movie Trailer

Ave Maria! This looks good! Eduardo Verástegui of "Bella" plays a Mexican martyr in "Cristiada". A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional JosephMary Spiritual Life

April 11, 2011

The Mystery of Suffering

Ave Maria Meditations O God, I see that nothing in nature happens by chance. All creatures have a reason for their existence. There is also a reason for the existence of pain in…

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From the Web Sacraments Youth

April 14, 2011

Promote Sacrament of Confession and … Help the Friars

Catholic Church Uses Video Contest to Promote Sacrament of Confession. Ave Maria! An ingenious video contest organized by the dioceses of NYC, Brooklyn and Rockville Center to promote confession among youth is offering…

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Ave Maria Meditations Benedict XVI Catholic Culture Devotional JosephMary Popes Spiritual Life

April 20, 2011

Wash One Another’s Feet

Ave Maria Meditations We see then in the scene of the washing of the feet that the Evangelist interprets here not only Christology but also Christian anthropology. I should like to discuss three points…

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FI Missions Missions

April 21, 2011

Video – Missions #1: House of Charity in Brazil

Missions #1 - The St Pio of Pietrelcina House of Charity in Brazil ( 13min) >>> Play Ave Maria! See what the sisters are doing for the orphan girls at St Pio of…

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April 28, 2011

From a Pilgrim: A Day with Mary to the Holy Land

Ave Maria! The A Day with Mary apostolate just concluded a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and this is one pilgrim's set of images from that incredible journey. This is Part One and is…

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April 29, 2011

From a Pilgrim: A Day With Mary to the Holy Land (part 2 of 3)

Ave Maria! Here is part two of images from the wonderful Day with Mary pilgrimage to the Holy Land. These images basically cover the areas with the events from Jesus' life from the…

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April 30, 2011

On the Graces given to St. Joseph

Ave Maria Meditations The Graces of Saint Joseph There is a general rule concerning all special graces granted· to any human being. Whenever the divine favor chooses someone to receive a special…

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May 3, 2011

Our Lady, Mother of Mercy and a Prayer to be Merciful

Ave Maria Meditations Prayer of St. Faustina to Our Lady O Mary, my Mother and my Lady, I offer you my soul, my body, my life and my death and all that will…

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