Ave Maria Mediations Jesus, once "hidden" in a manger; now "hidden" in the Holy Eucharist. Let us adore Him! A Blessed Christmas to you! Hail and blessed be the…
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…
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…
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…
Ave Maria Meditations By His weakness, Jesus expiated our sins and merited for us the grace to humble ourselves for our sins, to acknowledge our falls and sincerely confess them. He merited for…
Ave Maria MeditationsPrayer to offer the Holy Face of Jesus to God the Father: Almighty and eternal Father, since it has pleased our Divine Savior to reveal to mankind in modern times the power…
Ave Maria Meditations Consider how useful it is to think of the sufferings of Christ. There is no better consolation amid the sufferings of life. Are you being ridiculed and persecuted, have you been laid…
Ave Maria Meditations That which is truly great grows unnoticed, and silence at the right moment is more fruitful than the constant activity that only too easily degenerates into spiritual idleness. The mystery…
Ave Maria Meditations The prophets had already foretold that our Redeemer was to be treated as the vilest of men on earth and that He was to be overwhelmed with insults. How much contempt…
Ave Maria Meditations He is a Man of Sorrows. He is covered in bruises and stripes. He has made a laughingstock. He is crowned with a crown of thorns. A reed is put into…
Ave Maria Meditations Prayer: Mother of Christ, help me to be willing to accept the suffering that is the condition of love. Help me accept the grief of seeing those whom I love…
Ave Maria Meditations Sweet Jesus, in order to clothe us again with the life of grace, You stripped Yourself of the life of Your body. The body which You stretched out on the wood…
Ave Maria Meditations “Your own soul a sword shall pierce.” (Lk 2:35) The day has come for Simeon’s prophecy to be fulfilled in Mary. She sets out toward Calvary where she knows that…
Ave Maria Meditations Lord Jesus, good and gentle Jesus, who deigned to die for our sins and to rise for our justification, I beg You, by Your glorious resurrection, to bring me out…