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I Die the King’s Good Servant but God’s First…

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June 22, 2016

I Die the King’s Good Servant but God’s First…

Ave Maria Meditations Encore St. Thomas More, a Franciscan Tertiary, has been named the patron for lawyers and politicians. This holy and wholly Catholic man was a husband and father in addition to…

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St. Bonaventure’s Prayer to Our Lady Mediatrix

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July 15, 2016

St. Bonaventure’s Prayer to Our Lady Mediatrix

Ave Maria Meditations Encore A Prayer to Our Lady from St. Bonaventure: I shall call upon you, Mother of God, and you will hear me; your praises will gladden my heart. I have…

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St. Lawrence Brindisi: Franciscan Doctor of the Church

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July 21, 2016

St. Lawrence Brindisi: Franciscan Doctor of the Church

Ave Maria Meditations St. Lawrence of Brindisi (1559-1619) Doctor of the Church God is love, and all his operations proceed from love. Once he wills to manifest that goodness by sharing his…

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A Simple Prayer from St. John Mary Vianney, Patron of Parish Priests

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August 4, 2016

A Simple Prayer from St. John Mary Vianney, Patron of Parish Priests

Ave Maria Meditations Prayer of St. John Vianney: I love You, O my God, and my only desire is to love You until the last breath of my life. I love You, O…

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August 9, 2016

Cost of Conscience

An Ave Maria Meditations Encore But the souls of the just are in the hand of God and no torment shall touch them. They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be…

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August 11, 2016

Words from St. Clare of Assisi

Ave Maria Meditations Clare says to me, “Gaze upon Him, consider Him, contemplate Him, I put this more simply: behold, hold, enfold. I behold the Lord I see His outstretched hands I see…

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A Thought from St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe

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August 13, 2016

A Thought from St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe

Ave Maria Meditations "All those who love and honor Our Lady are hated by the Evil One and his demons but especially hated are those consecrated to Our Blessed Mother. I'm inspired by…

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Sep 17 – Homily – Fr John Joseph: Francis, Lover of the Holy Cross

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September 17, 2016

Sep 17 – Homily – Fr John Joseph: Francis, Lover of the Holy Cross

Saint Francis had a great love for the Holy Cross, so great that God imprinted the marks of the cross in to the very flesh of Saint Francis in the Stigmata. Let us…

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October 3, 2016

The Sublime Humility…

Ave Maria Meditations The Nativity Scene in Greccio is similar to the fresco that Giotto painted on the same subject in the Upper Basilica of Assisi; Francis, wearing the deacon's white dalmatic at…

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Pope St. John XXIII (also a Franciscan Tertiary)

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October 11, 2016

Pope St. John XXIII (also a Franciscan Tertiary)

Ave Maria Meditations Pope John XXIII Eucharistic Quotes: "O Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, I would like to be filled with love for You; keep me closely united with You, may my heart…

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Nov 05 – Homily – Fr Dominic: The Franciscan Departed

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November 5, 2016

Nov 05 – Homily – Fr Dominic: The Franciscan Departed

Today we pray for deceased Franciscans of the Immaculate. Father Dominic tells us if we always remember death like St. Francis did, then we will live more worthy of heaven. Other ways to…

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Dec 08 – Homily – Fr Angelo: The Positive Meaning of the Immaculate Conception

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December 8, 2016

Dec 08 – Homily – Fr Angelo: The Positive Meaning of the Immaculate Conception

The dogma of the Immaculate Conception is phrased negatively--that Mary never was touched by sin--but it has a very positive meaning as expressed in Her God-given name of "Full of Grace". Historically, the…

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Dec 15 – Homily – Fr Dominic: The FI and the Queen of the Seraphic Order

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December 15, 2016

Dec 15 – Homily – Fr Dominic: The FI and the Queen of the Seraphic Order

St. Francis was consumed with love for the Blessed Virgin Mary, and he has passed this love on to his sons. In the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, our community life is…

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March 28, 2017

Prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows

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,…

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April 19, 2017

Padre Pio’s Prayer

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…

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