Ave Maria Meditations “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, Lord.” “Neither do I condemn you; go, and do not sin again!” (Chapter 8 of St. John’s Gospel) In…
Homily #150726n ( 17min) Play - Today's Gospel reading is a prefigurement of the Eucharist, Father Matthias tells us. Our Lord taught that He is really present in the Eucharist, and didn't back…
Ave Maria Meditations The month of July has traditionally been consecrated and devoted to the Precious Blood of Jesus. To learn the telos (the ends) of the Mass would be a great resolution for…
Homily #150804n ( 06min) Play - After a biography of St. John Vianney, Father Matthias tells us how he was a "martyr of the confessional" spending about 15 hours in the confessional a…
Ave Maria Meditations encore St. John Vianney Loved the Blessed Sacrament: Quotes from St. John Vianney (Feast Day August 4th), Patron of Priests: “All the good works in the world are not equal…
Homily #150816n ( 16min) Play - At the start of the 19th century, the conditions placed upon receiving Communion were overly rigid and almost impossible to regularly meet. This wasn't according to the…
Homily #150823n ( 10min) Play - The subject for the past few Sundays has been John 6, which is all about the Eucharist and how essential is it in order to have the…
Ave Maria Meditations: Let us pray for the faithfulness of those involved in the Synod for the Family A prayer for priests from a priest: O my God, pour out in abundance Thy…
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…
Ave Maria Meditations My dearest Jesus, I have told all my sins as well as I could. I tried hard to make a good confession. I feel sure that you have forgiven me. …
Ave Maria Meditations In the beginning, in Genesis, we are told that God made man in His image, "in the image and likeness of God", and that He made us male and female.…
Ave Maria Meditations Blessed Charles de Foucauld, priest and martyr (1858-1916) Feast Day is December 1st PRAYERS OF CHARLES DE FOUCAULD AT THE TABERNACLE: Lord Jesus, You are in the Holy Eucharist. You are…
Homily #151204 ( 03min) Play - Blindness is a reminder of the spiritual blindness we come into the world with. The cure of the two blind men of the reminds us of more miraculous…
Ave Maria Meditations The Agony in the Garden He appealed to His apostles for the first holy hour of prayer when He took them into the garden in the middle of the night…
Ave Maria Meditations "When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns, Pilate said to them: "Behold the Man!" (Jn 19:5) We meditate on the crown of thorns not only around the heard…