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February 17, 2012

Little Things Mean a Lot

Ave Maria Meditations This spirit of divine sonship in the Christian soul gives rise to simple devotions, to countless little deeds honoring our Father God, for a soul full of love is unable…

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February 21, 2012

The 40 Days for Life begins Ash Wednesday

Ave Maria Meditations Almighty Father and Lord of life, You have entrusted to men the noble mission of safeguarding and protecting human life with the utmost care from the moment of conception to…

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February 24, 2012

A Lenten Friday

Ave Maria Meditations In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. R. Amen. Lord Jesus Christ, for our sake you became like the grain of wheat…

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February 28, 2012

The Desire of Your Heart Constitutes Your Prayer

Ave Maria Meditations (Romans 8: 26) Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us…

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March 3, 2012

Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart

Ave Maria Meditations “The Heart of My Mother has a right to be called Sorrowful and I wish this title to be placed before that of Immaculate because she has won it herself.…

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March 5, 2012

Faith is needed along the Spiritual Journey

Ave Maria Meditations "He was amazed at their lack of faith" To understand what the spirit of faith really is, we must know that when a soul has given itself entirely to God,…

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March 7, 2012

Saints Perpetua and Felicity

Ave Maria Meditations March 7: Saints Perpetua and Felicity With the lives of so many early martyrs shrouded in legend, we are fortunate to have the record of the courage of Perpetua and…

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March 10, 2012

Mother of the Redeemer

Ave Maria Meditations The Redemption All Were Awaiting... The maker of man, He was made man, so that the director of the stars might be a Babe at the breast; that Bread might…

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March 13, 2012

Hope

Ave Maria Meditations It is easy to say, "I believe in God." But to say that "I believe that God is in control" can be very hard really to give him the evidence…

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March 16, 2012

His Cross in Your Life

Ave Maria Meditations Isaiah said that Christ offered himself in this tremendous act of sacrifice because he willed to do so. But he forced his human will to accept that from which his…

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March 19, 2012

The Graces given to St. Joseph

Ave Maria Meditations The Graces of Saint Joseph There is a general rule concerning all special graces granted to any human being. Whenever the divine favor chooses someone to receive a special grace,…

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March 22, 2012

My Way, My Truth, My Life

Ave Maria Meditations Unite me to Yourself, O adorable Victim, life-giving heavenly Bread, feed me, sanctify me, reign in me, transform me to Yourself - live in me, and let me live in…

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Do Not be Afraid, Mary, for You have Found Favor with God

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March 25, 2012

Do Not be Afraid, Mary, for You have Found Favor with God

Ave Maria Meditations When we read that the messenger addresses Mary as "full of grace," the Gospel context, which mingles revelations and ancient promises, enables us to understand that among all the spiritual…

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March 28, 2012

How Much it Cost You to have Loved Me

Ave Maria Meditations “How much it cost You to have loved me.” Only love can explain why God chose to seek us out in our misery. +St. Alphonsus Liguori We had sinned, and…

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March 31, 2012

Our Sorrowful Mother

Ave Maria Meditations The martyrdom of the Virgin is set forth both in the prophecy of Simeon and in the actual story of our Lord’s passion. The holy old man said of the…

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