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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Death Devotional Faith Last Things Purgatory Saints Spiritual Life

November 16, 2018

A November Meditation: A Saint Writes about Purgatory

Ave Maria Meditations ... I saw my Guardian Angel, who ordered me to follow him. In a moment I was in a misty place full of fire in which there was a great…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Franciscan Things Immaculate Conception John Duns Scotus Marian Things Prayer Saints Spiritual Life

November 8, 2018

Petition Prayer to Bl. John Duns Scotus

Ave Maria MeditationsPrayer to Bl. John Duns Scotus (feast day is November 8th): Blessed John Duns Scotus, you strove to understand, explain, and defend the truths of the holy Christian Faith in the…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Spiritual Life

November 5, 2018

Discouraged by Your Faults?

Ave Maria Meditations Just now you are the victim of one of the most dangerous temptations that can assail a well-intentioned soul: the temptation of discouragement. I adjure you to offer every resistance…

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Catholic Culture Devotional Prayer Purgatory Spiritual Life

November 2, 2018

Eternal Rest Grant unto Them, O Lord…

Ave Maria Meditations The Holy Souls in Purgatory are those which, at the time of death, were in a state of grace, but who need to be purified before they enter the beatific…

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Ave Maria Meditations Benedict XVI Devotional Faith Spiritual Life

October 30, 2018

Be Not Afraid…

Ave Maria Meditations “Are we not perhaps all afraid in some way? If we let Christ enter fully into our lives, if we open ourselves totally to Him, are we not afraid that…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional JosephMary Prayer Spiritual Life

October 25, 2018

“Dry Bones” in Prayer?

Ave Maria Meditations So, at times, God takes away all props, all help, from His children; leaves them apparently bereft; and reduces them apparently to failure and desolation, so that sometimes they seem…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotion to Mary Devotional Marian Consecration Marian Things Saints Spiritual Life St. John Paul II

October 22, 2018

What Marian Consecration Meant for St. Pope John Paul II

Ave Maria Meditations “At one point I began to question my devotion to Mary, believing that, if it became too great, it might end up compromising the supremacy of the worship owed to…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Priesthood Saints Spiritual Life Suffering

October 19, 2018

He Gave His Life for Conversions in the New World

Ave Maria Meditations My God and my savior Jesus, what return can I make to you for all the benefits you have conferred on me? I make a vow to you never to…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Saints Spiritual Life

October 15, 2018

All Things on Earth will Pass

One Minute Meditation Very important saying to keep in mind. Truth remains the same; it does not "evolve". Let us always look to the Good Shepherd with trust.

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotion to Mary Devotional Eucharistic Adoration Rosary Saints Spiritual Life St. John XXIII

October 11, 2018

A brief thought from Pope St. John XXIII

One Minute Meditation"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 be near to Yours. I want…