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January 4, 2023

The Conversion of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Ave Maria Meditations The Conversion of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Finally, after much interior anguish, Elizabeth decided, “I will go peaceably and firmly to the Catholic Church: for if faith is so important…

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January 7, 2023

For the First Saturday of the New Year

Ave Maria Meditations Lady, Mother of God, light of my poor soul: My hope, my protection, my refuge, my comfort, and my joy! I thank you for having enabled me to be a partaker…

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January 10, 2023

How to Pray the Mass: Advice from St. Leonard of Port Maurice

Ave Maria Meditations Part 1: Adoration. Starting at the beginning of the Gospel. Here is where you pay the first obligation: honor and praise the majesty of God Who is worthy of infinite honor…

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January 13, 2023

In Praise of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

Ave Maria Meditations My Lord and my God! I adore Thee every moment, O Living Bread from Heaven, great Sacrament! Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Thy love for me! Praise and adoration…

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January 17, 2023

Through Mary

Ave Maria Meditations It is through the Blessed Virgin Mary that Jesus Christ came into the world and it is also through her that He must reign in the world. Mary is the supreme…

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January 20, 2023

Not too Young to Give her Life for Christ: St. Agnes

Ave Maria Meditations: On January 21st the Church celebrates the memorial of St. Agnes, virgin and martyr. She came from a noble Roman family and was about thirteen years old when she suffered martyrdom.…

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January 24, 2023

A Prayer of St. Francis de Sales

Ave Maria Meditations Be at peace. Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life; rather look to them with full hope as they arise. God, whose very own you are,…

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January 31, 2023

An Excerpt from a Dream of St. John Bosco

Ave Maria Meditations The road is sloping downward. As we were continuing on our way, flanked by banks of roses and other flowers, I became aware that the Oratory boys and very many…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Coredemption Devotion to Mary Devotional Marian Things Spiritual Life

February 2, 2023

The Light of the World

Ave Maria Meditations Mary and Joseph, taking the Child, went up to the temple in Jerusalem and carried out the prescriptions of the law. Mary’s was entirely an external redeeming, where she knew well that…

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February 10, 2023

Eucharistic Revival

Ave Maria Meditations The 2021-2024 strategic plan for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) centers on the theme 'Created Anew by the Body and Blood of Christ, Source of our Healing…

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February 12, 2023

The Novena to the Holy Face begins Today: February 12th

Ave Maria Meditations: Nine Day Novena to the Holy Face of Jesus "I firmly wish that my face reflecting the intimate pains of my soul, the suffering and love of my heart, be more…

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February 17, 2023

In the Light of the Son

Ave Maria Meditations: Do you have a weekly hour of Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament? If not, Lent would be an ideal to start!Jesus is our Divine Physician who heals our…

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February 21, 2023

Shrove Tuesday: Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus

Ave Maria Meditations: On April 17th, 1958, His Holiness Pope Pius XII approved the observance of a Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus on Shrove Tuesday (Tuesday before Ash Wednesday). “See how I…

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February 28, 2023

Christ without the Cross

Ave Maria Meditations I believe that the whole political and religious situation of the world can be summed up in terms of the divorce of Christ and His Cross. Put the crossless Christ on…

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March 3, 2023

Good Friday comes Before Easter Sunday

Ave Maria Meditations Unless there is a Good Friday in our lives there will never be an Easter Sunday. The Cross is the condition of the empty tomb, and the Crown of Thorns…

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