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July 24, 2011

Humanae Vitae: July 25th, the anniversary of a prophetic encyclical

The rejection of the truths expressed in Humanae Vitae has had reverberations that have not ceased since. All this to terrible consequences throughout the Church and the whole world. Let us say a…

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July 26, 2011

Patrons for Grandparents: Saints Joachim and Anne

Ave Maria Meditations PRAYER TO ST. JOACHIM AND ST. ANNE: Great and glorious patriarch, St. Joachim, and good St. Anne, what joy is mine when I consider that you were chosen among all…

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July 29, 2011

A Franciscan Saint of the Confessional

Ave Maria Meditations St. Leopoldo is known as an Apostle of the Confessional and also as an Apostle of Unity. Feast Day is July 30th. He was born in Dalmatia (Bosnia-Hercogovina) in 1866.…

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August 1, 2011

How St. Francis Taught Brother Leo That Perfect Joy Is Only in the Cross

One winter day St. Francis was coming to St. Mary of the Angels from Perugia with Brother Leo, and the bitter cold made them suffer keenly. St. Francis called to Brother Leo, who…

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August 8, 2011

Offering her Life for her People: St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)

Ave Maria Meditations Feast Day is August 9th Some thoughts from the Saint: Whatever did not fit in with my plan did lie within the plan of God. I have an ever deeper…

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August 11, 2011

Light Through the Centuries: St. Clare of Assisi

Ave Maria Meditations St. Clare of Assisi: Feast Day is August 11th Clare was born in Assisi, Italy in about 1194 into a family of knights and nobles. At the age of eighteen,…

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August 15, 2011

Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament

Ave Maria Meditations With the Solemnity of the Assumption in the same month as the Feast of St. Peter Julian Eymard (founder of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers whose feast day was August 2nd),…

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August 18, 2011

St. John Eudes: on the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Ave Maria Meditations The Graces of Mary's Immaculate Heart We can say in truth that Jesus is the fruit of Mary's heart as well as of her womb, and that the faithful are…

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August 23, 2011

St Rose of Lima: the importance of the cross in our lives

Ave Maria Meditations This is found in the Divine Office but is worthy of posting. St. Rose's feast day is August 23rd Apart from the cross there is no other ladder by which…

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August 25, 2011

Living your Faith in the Public Square

Ave Maria Meditations Today is the Feast of the Patron of the Third Order of St. Francis, St. Louis the King. He lived his faith with conviction and publicly. Here is a meditation…

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September 2, 2011

A First Friday thought: A Eucharistic Holy Hour

Ave Maria Meditations EUCHARISTIC HOLY HOUR The Eucharistic Holy Hour has received the approval of several Popes and is enriched with indulgences. By Apostolic Letter, dated March 30, 1886, Pope Leo XIII allowed…

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September 12, 2011

Thoughts on the Holy Name of Mary

September 12: Most Holy Name of Mary Eight days after the birth of the Blessed Virgin, her holy parents, Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, inspired by God, gave her the name of Mary.…

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September 15, 2011

Our Lady of Sorrows

Ave Maria Meditations O holy Mother, sweet and fair to see, for us beseech the King, your dearest Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to death for us delivered: that in his pitying clemency,…

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September 17, 2011

Stigmata of St. Francis

Ave Maria Meditations Lord, I ask you for two graces before I die: to experience in myself, as much as possible, the sufferings of your cruel Passion, and to feel for you the…

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September 23, 2011

September 23rd: We honor our dear St. Padre Pio

Ave Maria Meditations St. Padre Pio’s prayer after Holy Communion: Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You. You know how easily…

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