March 10, 2023
Under the Weight of the Cross
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…
March 14, 2023
Jesus and Mary: Love for One brings Love for the Other
Ave Maria Meditations Mary’s love for mankind was so great that Venerable Pope Pius XII did not hesitate to link her love in as intimate a manner as possible with that of the…
March 17, 2023
Offering of the Holy Face to the Father
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…
March 19, 2023
Spouse of Mary!
Ave Maria Meditations Let the evangelists be silent concerning all they could tell us of Joseph, placing in array before us those virtues and singular prerogatives which serve as a noble accompaniment to…
March 23, 2023
Consider His Sufferings
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…
March 25, 2023
Silence and Grace
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…
March 28, 2023
From the Crib to the Cross
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…
March 31, 2023
The Man of Sorrows
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…
April 3, 2023
Our Lady of Sorrows
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…
April 6, 2023
The Friday that is Called Good
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…
April 8, 2023
The Piercing of the Sword
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…
April 9, 2023
Resurrexit!
Ave Maria Meditations
April 13, 2023
Prayer to the Resurrected Jesus
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…
April 16, 2023
The Feast of Divine Mercy
Ave Maria Meditations Litany of Divine Mercy: Let the doubting soul read these considerations on Divine Mercy and become trusting. Divine Mercy, gushing forth from the bosom of the Father, I trust in…