Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

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August 4, 2020

St. John Vianney: Thoughts on the Holy Mass

Ave Maria Meditations “A Christian on leaving the holy place moved by the holy thoughts that have been aroused in him by the sight of the ceremonies he has seen, and the prayers…

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April 22, 2021

What is the Mass?

Ave Maria Meditations The sacred Liturgy is first and foremost the glorification of the most holy Trinity, which is of the Incarnate Son of God offered in the name of all mankind and the…

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June 14, 2021

Come to the Life in Christ

Ave Maria Meditations (Jesus said): I am the life, supernatural, divine, celestial life, the life of Grace, true life compared to earthly life that is but a shadow. I have remained in the…

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June 16, 2021

A Prayer before Holy Communion seeking a Grace

Ave Maria Meditations A prayer to ask for the grace we want as we approach Holy Communion: O my Savior and my God, through the nativity, passion, and death, through Thy glorious Resurrection, grant…

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June 25, 2021

On the Power and Greatness of Love

Ave Maria Meditations When we receive our Lord in Holy Communion, we possess within us that Divine Heart which is a furnace of love. Let us ask Him earnestly that He will Himself grant…

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July 20, 2021

A Franciscan Doctor of the Church

Ave Maria Meditations Saint Lawrence’s love for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was extraordinary. Especially in his later years he spent unusually long time at the altar. The length of his Masses was most…

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August 4, 2021

St. John Vianney: Loving our Eucharistic Lord

Ave Maria Meditations “A Christian on leaving the holy place moved by the holy thoughts that have been aroused in him by the sight of the ceremonies he has seen, and the prayers…

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January 6, 2022

Graces Lost by Missing One Holy Communion

Ave Maria Meditations We have access to the greatest Gift in the world, even every day! Graces lost by missing one Communion: 1: visit to our soul of Jesus the Author of every Grace…

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June 15, 2022

Visiting the Blessed Sacrament

Ave Maria Meditations Whenever a person, who wholly and unreservedly surrenders himself to the Immaculata, visits Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, he dedicates his whole visit more explicitly to the Immaculata even though by only…

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July 8, 2022

A Prayer for After Holy Communion

Ave Maria Meditations I thank you, Lord, holy Father Almighty and eternal God, that through Your merciful condescension, and not for any merit of mine, You have willed to feed me, Your unworthy servant with…

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August 4, 2022

Prayer to St. John Vianney: Patron of Parish Priests

Ave Maria Meditations Saint John Vianney, your childhood dream was to be a Priest, to win souls for God. You endured years of toil and humiliation to attain the Priesthood. You became a…

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