Ave Maria Meditations +“O my God, Word of the Father, Word made flesh for love of us, You assumed a mortal body in order to suffer and be immolated for us. I wish…
Ave Maria Meditations God desires that we permit Him to manifest His love for us and, in response to His love to permit Him to act in us. Our sinfulness does not stop…
Jesus' relatives did not understand His crazy, excessive love, and thought he was "out of his mind". He is still not understood and neither are his followers, like the martyr St. Agnes…
Ave Maria Meditations Most Holy Virgin Mary, Help of Christians, how sweet it is to come to your feet imploring your perpetual help. If earthly mothers cease not to remember their children, how can…
Ave Maria Meditations Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided. Inspired by…
Ave Maria Meditations St. Josephine Bakhita was born in the Sudan in 1869. This African flower, who knew the anguish of kidnapping and slavery, bloomed marvelously in Italy, in response to God's grace,…
Ave Maria Meditations On February 11, 1858, going with two other girls to fetch firewood, Bernadette and her companions came to the river Gave but she could not cross as the other girls…
Ave Maria Meditations Love is sufficient of itself, it gives pleasure by itself and because of itself. It is its own merit, its own reward. Love looks for no cause outside itself, no…
Ave Maria Meditations Mary is not only the Mother of Christ, but she is also really and actively Mother to each of us who believes in Him. She was instrumental in uniting the…
The Gospel reading today presents Jesus' teachings on loving one's enemies. This is not natural, but supernatural; not human, but divine. As such, it is the sign of the true Christian, one who…
Ave Maria Meditations All the sufferings, all the humiliations and annoyances that may come upon you, come from the hand of your Father who knows what is most expedient for you. He knows…
Ave Maria Meditations THE SEVEN SORROWS DEVOTION The Blessed Virgin Mary grants seven graces to the souls who honor her daily by saying seven Hail Mary's and meditating on her tears and dolors…
Ave Maria Meditations To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come in our tribulation, and having implored the help of your most holy spouse, we confidently invoke your patronage also. Through that charity…
Ave Maria Meditations O most holy virgin, mother of our Lord Jesus Christ: by the overwhelming grief you experienced when you witnessed the martyrdom, the crucifixion, and the death of your divine Son,…
Ave Maria Meditations O Lord, we ask for a boundless confidence and trust in Your divine mercy, and the courage to accept the crosses and sufferings which bring immense goodness to our souls…