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January 8, 2019

Ou Lady of Prompt Succor

Ave Maria Meditations DURING the French Revolution of the late 18th century, priests and religious were persecuted and often had to go into hiding in order to administer the Sacraments and keep their…

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January 12, 2019

La Conquistadora

Ave Maria Meditations La Conquistadora, the oldest continuously venerated image of the Virgin Mary in the U.S., arrived in Santa Fe on a wagon train in 1626 with Fray Alonso de Benavides. The…

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January 15, 2019

Our Lady of Banneux: January 15th

Ave Maria Meditations OUR LADY of BANNEUX, FEBRUARY 15, 1933. (a Church approved apparition) Banneaux is an unremarkable village on the edge of the Ardennes Mountains. In 1933 the Beco family were living there…

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January 17, 2019

Our Lady of Pontmain: January 17th

Ave Maria Meditations It was in the winter of 1871 in the village of Pontmain, France, Eugene Barbedette was busy in his father’s barn helping prepare the animal feed. He stood briefly in…

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Ave Maria Meditations Benedict XVI Prayer Pro-Life

January 22, 2019

Prayer for Nascent Human Life

Ave Maria Meditations On this sad anniversary of the legalization of abortion in the United States: Lord Jesus, You who faithfully visit and fulfill with your Presence the Church and the history of…

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January 24, 2019

Belonging to God

Ave Maria Meditations May you always belong to God in this mortal life, serving Him faithfully as you follow Him carrying His cross; and may you belong to Him in the life eternal,…

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January 28, 2019

A Doctor of the Church

Ave Maria MeditationsSt. Thomas Aquinas, the brilliant Dominican, was the author of the Summa Theologica and also the Office for the Feast of Corpus Christi, among other things. His works are still most…

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January 31, 2019

St. John Bosco: A Saint with Dreams

Ave Maria Meditations A few quotes: "Do you want our Lord to give you many graces? Visit him often. Do you want him to give you few graces? Visit him seldom." "Visits to…

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A Meditation on the Fourth Joyful Mystery: The Presentation of the Lord in the Temple

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February 2, 2019

A Meditation on the Fourth Joyful Mystery: The Presentation of the Lord in the Temple

Ave Maria Meditations "This child is destined to be … opposed (rejected) … and you yourself shall be pierced with a sword. " (Lk 2:34) Mary presented and consecrated Jesus in the temple,…

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February 5, 2019

How to Pray at your Holy Hour

Ave Maria Meditations How to pray at your holy hour: "As regards prayer, you should try to follow the attraction of the Holy Spirit, for all souls are not led by the same…

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February 8, 2019

Thoughts on the Humility of Mary

Ave Maria Meditations “God inspired in the heart of the pure Virgin Mary His own intense love for humility, and abhorrence of pride. She possessed, even from her infancy, a far greater horror…

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A Short History about the Apparition of Our Lady at Lourdes

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February 11, 2019

A Short History about the Apparition of Our Lady at Lourdes

Ave Maria Meditations " I cannot promise you happiness in this life; only in the next", said Our Lady to the little girl named Bernadette. The young girl lives out her life quietly,…

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I have Loved You with an Everlasting Love

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February 14, 2019

I have Loved You with an Everlasting Love

Ave Maria Meditations Dearest Jesus: You loved me from all eternity, therefore you created me. You loved me after You created me, therefore You became Man for me. .. You loved me after…

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February 19, 2019

The Love of God through the Holy Mass

Ave Maria Meditations Reflections of a priest on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: "O wondrous exchange: The Creator of the human race taking to Himself a living body, deigned to be born…

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February 22, 2019

Live Close to Jesus

Ave Maria Meditations Although we did not live at the time when we could see, touch, and hear Jesus physically, we can still be very close to Jesus. In fact, we can be…

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