December 20, 2011
Video – Immaculate Music #35: Dining Room Christmas Concert in Rome
Immaculate Music #35 - Christmas concert in Rome ( 04min) >>> Play Ave Maria! Here are a few improvised Christmas carols from our “dining room concert” in honor of the feast of St.…
La Crosse WI: First Native American Will be Canonized
December 20, 2011
La Crosse WI: First Native American Will be Canonized
(Above) La Crosse WI: Shrine to Bl Kateri Tekakwitha VATICAN CITY, 20 DEC 2011 - The Holy Father, yesterday signed decrees acknowledging miracles attributed to the intervention of seven blesseds (three…
Invitation to Sanctity
December 21, 2011
Invitation to Sanctity
Ave Maria Meditations "It grieves me, my God, that I should be so wicked and that I am able to do so little in Your service. I well know that it is my…
December 21, 2011
Video – FI News #124: Six New Postulants Receive the Franciscan Habit
Fi News #124 - The community at Mt St Francis with Fr. Gabriele ( 02min) >>> Play Ave Maria! On December 15th, Feast of Our Lady Queen of the Seraphic Order, six young…
“Gloria in Excelsis Deo!” (Lk 2:14)
December 25, 2011
“Gloria in Excelsis Deo!” (Lk 2:14)
Ave Maria Meditations "We await the blessed hope: the appearance of the glory of the great God and of our Savior, Jesus Christ." (Tim 2:13) The Child is born! The secret was shared…
I’m Dreaming of a White Propaganda
December 27, 2011
I’m Dreaming of a White Propaganda
A distinction can be made between white and black propaganda. White propaganda is basically an informercial. You know someone is trying to sell you something and that they are going to spin the…
His Likeness to His Mother was one of His Eternal Joys
December 27, 2011
His Likeness to His Mother was one of His Eternal Joys
An Ave Maria Meditation encore He chose his Mother … When we reflect upon the joy which it is to ourselves to think of Mary, to brood upon her supernatural loveliness, and to…
The Holy Family
December 30, 2011
The Holy Family
Ave Maria Meditations Presence of God: I beg the Blessed Virgin Mary to allow me to enter in spirit the humble home at Nazareth, to contemplate Jesus’ most admirable life there. Meditation: 1.…
Of Her was Born Jesus
January 1, 2012
Of Her was Born Jesus
Ave Maria Meditations Mary is the woman who does not see herself, unless it be in Christ and, through him, in humanity. By giving birth to Jesus, who is the Son of God…
A Prayer of Abandonment to the Will of God
January 4, 2012
A Prayer of Abandonment to the Will of God
Ave Maria Meditations Father, I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you: I am ready for all, I accept all. Let only…
Epiphany: A Manifestation
January 6, 2012
Epiphany: A Manifestation
Ave Maria Meditations Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light us come....And the gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising....All they from Saba shall come,…
Baptism of the Lord: John is the voice, and Christ is the Word
January 9, 2012
Baptism of the Lord: John is the voice, and Christ is the Word
Ave Maria Meditations John is the voice, but the Lord is the Word who was in the beginning. John is the voice that lasts for a time; from the beginning Christ is the…
On the Narrow Road
January 12, 2012
On the Narrow Road
Ave Maria Meditations I am part of the Fellowship of the Unashamed. The die has been cast. The decision has been made. I have stepped over the line. I won't look back, let…