June 5, 2023
A Priest Falls in Love with the Eucharistic Lord
Ave Maria Mediations My faith was looking at Jesus through the door of that tabernacle, so silent, so patient, so good, gazing right back at me! His gaze was telling me much and…
June 20, 2023
A Nightime Spiritual Communion
Ave Maria Meditations I have come to spend a few moments with Thee, O Jesus, and in spirit I prostrate myself in the dust before Thy Holy Tabernacle to adore Thee, my Lord…
June 27, 2023
A Prayer before the Tabernacle
Ave Maria Meditations Lord Jesus, You are in the holy Eucharist. You are here, a yard away in the tabernacle. Your body, Your soul, Your human nature, Your divinity, Your whole being is…
July 17, 2023
Martyrs of Compiegne
Ave Maria Meditations These Blessed Sisters gave their lives for the Truth and to end the Reign of Terror. How far will I go in defense of the truths of the Faith? Feast…
October 6, 2023
The Ways of God for Our Sanctification
Ave Maria Meditations The fact is that we would like, in greater or lesser degree, to please ourselves; or rather, to please ourselves in a merely natural order rather than in a supernatural order. So…
October 10, 2023
How Will I Know God’s Will?
Ave Maria Meditations Now with sudden and almost blinding clarity and simplicity, I realized that I had been trying to do something with my own will and intellect that was at once too much…
October 24, 2023
No Matter What Happens
Ave Maria Meditations Let us always keep before our eyes the fact that here on earth we are on a battlefield and that in paradise we shall receive the crown of victory; that…
November 14, 2023
Human Justice vs. God’s Mercy
Ave Maria Meditations Do you want to give yourself an idea of the goodness of God and the hardness of creatures? Consider how God acts when He is offended and how men act! O…
December 1, 2023
Dec. 1st: St. Charles de Foucauld, Priest and Martyr
Ave Maria Meditations St. Charles’ Prayer of Abandonment: 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…
December 17, 2023
An Advent Prayer for Week Three
Ave Maria Meditations Prayer to Saint Joseph in Advent: Pure and gentle Saint Joseph, I ask you to intercede for me this Advent. The Gospels tell us that you entered that first-ever Advent…
April 23, 2024
A Half or a Full Christian?
Ave Maria Meditations At the very least, a Christian is a person who is baptized and who may have received a ministry in the Church. There’s also what might be called the "half Christian”.…
June 10, 2024
Eucharistic Prayers of Faith, Hope, and Love
Ave Maria Meditations Faith: O Lord Jesus Christ, You have said, “My Flesh is food indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed.” I firmly believe that You are present in this Blessed Sacrament as true…
August 12, 2024
Don’t Give in to Discouragement
Ave Maria Meditations So, go forth very bravely with perfect trust in the goodness of Him who calls you to some holy task. When has anyone ever hoped in the Lord and been…