October 15, 2018
All Things on Earth will Pass
One Minute Meditation Very important saying to keep in mind. Truth remains the same; it does not "evolve". Let us always look to the Good Shepherd with trust.
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October 19, 2018
He Gave His Life for Conversions in the New World
Ave Maria Meditations My God and my savior Jesus, what return can I make to you for all the benefits you have conferred on me? I make a vow to you never to…
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October 22, 2018
What Marian Consecration Meant for St. Pope John Paul II
Ave Maria Meditations “At one point I began to question my devotion to Mary, believing that, if it became too great, it might end up compromising the supremacy of the worship owed to…
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October 25, 2018
“Dry Bones” in Prayer?
Ave Maria Meditations So, at times, God takes away all props, all help, from His children; leaves them apparently bereft; and reduces them apparently to failure and desolation, so that sometimes they seem…
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October 30, 2018
Be Not Afraid…
Ave Maria Meditations “Are we not perhaps all afraid in some way? If we let Christ enter fully into our lives, if we open ourselves totally to Him, are we not afraid that…
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November 2, 2018
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them, O Lord…
Ave Maria Meditations The Holy Souls in Purgatory are those which, at the time of death, were in a state of grace, but who need to be purified before they enter the beatific…
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November 5, 2018
Discouraged by Your Faults?
Ave Maria Meditations Just now you are the victim of one of the most dangerous temptations that can assail a well-intentioned soul: the temptation of discouragement. I adjure you to offer every resistance…
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November 8, 2018
Petition Prayer to Bl. John Duns Scotus
Ave Maria MeditationsPrayer to Bl. John Duns Scotus (feast day is November 8th): Blessed John Duns Scotus, you strove to understand, explain, and defend the truths of the holy Christian Faith in the…
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November 16, 2018
A November Meditation: A Saint Writes about Purgatory
Ave Maria Meditations ... I saw my Guardian Angel, who ordered me to follow him. In a moment I was in a misty place full of fire in which there was a great…
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November 19, 2018
Th Cross of Christ: It Separates and It Divides
Ave Maria Meditations If we are going to stay close to the cross of Jesus with Mary, we must constantly increase our knowledge of the mystery of the cross to relive it....The cross…
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November 23, 2018
On This Feast of Martyrs: One Martyr’s Letter to His Loved One
Ave Maria MeditationsProvincial prison of Jaen, Oct. 1, 1936 My dearest Maruja: Your memory will remain with me to the grave and as long as the slightest throb stirs my heart, it will…
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November 25, 2018
Christ the King!
Ave Maria Meditations ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XI ON THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING TO OUR VENERABLE BRETHREN THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS, AND OTHER ORDINARIES IN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE…
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November 28, 2018
Miraculous Medal Prayer
Ave Maria MeditationsMiraculous Medal Prayer O Virgin Mother of God, Mary Immaculate, We dedicate and consecrate ourselves to you under the title of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. May this Medal be…
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December 2, 2018
Advent: the Coming of a Presence
Ave Maria MeditationsDear Brothers and Sisters, Today on the First Sunday of Advent, we enter that four-week Season with which a new liturgical year begins and that immediately prepares us for the Feast…
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December 5, 2018
Preparing to Meditate on the Immaculata
Ave Maria Meditations Preservation from original sin...signifies no exceptional proficiency, no exceptional achievement; on the contrary, it signifies that Mary reserves no area of being, life, or will for herself as a private…
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