Light and Christmas and Easter
April 5, 2015
Light and Christmas and Easter
Ave Maria Meditations During the two great holy nights of the church year, Christmas and Easter, the symbolism of light fuses with the symbolism of night. On both locations the church uses the…
April 5, 2015
Apr 05 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: Darkness and Light
Homily #150405n ( 12min) Play - Father comment on Easter's imagery of the darkness of sin and the light of Christ, and tells us that it is the Resurrection that makes possible our…
April 6, 2015
Apr 06 – Homily – Fr Joachim: Overwhelming Joy
Homily #150406n ( 06min) Play - Father Joachim speaks about the overwhelming joy that we find at Easter. Ave Maria! Mass: Monday of Easter Week - Wkdy - Form: OF Readings: 1st: act 2:14,…
Announcement of a Year of Jubilee!
April 8, 2015
Announcement of a Year of Jubilee!
Ave Maria Meditations There will be many special graces available during a Jubilee Year...(Dec. 8, 2015- Nov. 20, 2016) WHAT IS A HOLY YEAR? In the Roman Catholic tradition, a Holy Year, or…
April 9, 2015
Apr 09 – Homily – Fr Joachim: Proclaim the Name
Homily #150409n ( 05min) Play - Father tells us that if Peter didn't have the courage to proclaim the name of Jesus in today's reading, the man wouldn't have been healed. Likewise, if…
Divine Mercy
April 11, 2015
Divine Mercy
Ave Maria Meditations From the Diary of Saint Faustina: Speak to the world about My mercy...It is a sign for the end times. After it will come the Day of Justice. (848). Tell…
April 12, 2015
Apr 12 – Homily – Fr Louis Maximilian: Pope Francis on Mercy
Homily #150412n ( 14min) Play - Father Louis reads selections and then comments on Misericordia Vultus (Pope Francis' Papal Bull of Indiction for the Jubilee Year of Mercy). Read it for yourself here.…
April 15, 2015
Apr 15 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: God First Loves Us
Homily #150415n ( 05min) Play - Father comments on the Gospel, and tells us that God loves us before we love Him. It is only fitting then that we return this love first…
Happy Birthday, Pope Emeritus!
April 16, 2015
Happy Birthday, Pope Emeritus!
Ave Maria Meditations Birthdate of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: April 16, 1927 And only where God is seen does life truly begin. Only when we meet the living God in Christ do we…
April 16, 2015
Apr 16 – Homily – Fr Joachim: Obedience is Essential
Homily #150416n ( 05min) Play - Father tells us that we were redeemed by the obedience of Jesus to God the Father, and that our obedience to God's will is essential for us…
Winning the Eternal Crown
April 18, 2015
Winning the Eternal Crown
Ave Maria Meditations From a great spiritual director: You say that you are convinced that God intends you to be a great saint and that you wish it ardently. He certainly has great…
Faith and Courage
April 21, 2015
Faith and Courage
Ave Maria Meditations If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. (Jn 15:20) The more a soul loves God, the more courageous it will be in undertaking any work, no matter how…
St. Fidelis (Feast day is April 24th)
April 24, 2015
St. Fidelis (Feast day is April 24th)
Ave Maria Meditations Prayer for the Feast of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen O God, Who didst vouchsafe to inflame the heart of blessed Fidelis with seraphic ardor and to adorn him with the…
St. Louis Marie de Montfort and Our Lady
April 28, 2015
St. Louis Marie de Montfort and Our Lady
Ave Maria Meditations “The greatest saints, those richest in grace and virtue will be the most assiduous in praying to the most Blessed Virgin, looking up to her as the perfect model to…