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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Holy Face of Jesus Lent Spiritual Life Stations of the Cross

March 6, 2026

The Burden of the Cross

Ave Maria Meditations A double burden is laid on Jesus. First the heavy weight of His Cross, the instrument of His punishment with which His executioners brutally load His shoulders, and secondly, the…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Marian Things Prayer Saints Spiritual Life

March 3, 2026

O May I Keep the Ten Commandments

Ave Maria Meditations God says: Those who keep these Ten Commandments will go to paradise. I beseech you, my Lord Jesus Christ, that You give me the grace today, on this day, in…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Lent Spiritual Life

February 27, 2026

Cherish the Cross

Ave Maria Meditations To our limited human reason, Jesus on the Cross may appear vanquished. On the contrary He is the all-powerful conqueror over sin and satan. He is the Lamb of God…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Spiritual Life Suffering

February 24, 2026

Striving to be a Servant of God

Ave Maria Meditations Increasingly, I see that God seems to expect from me a ministry of prayer and suffering. What a blessed vocation, and how much I will try to respond better than…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Lent Penance Spiritual Life

February 20, 2026

Our First Lenten Friday

Ave Maria Meditations That purification of the soul through interior mortification is not something merely negative. It is not just a matter of avoiding what borders on sin; quite the opposite: it consists…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Spiritual Life

February 17, 2026

Thoughts on an Ash Wednesday

Ave Maria Meditations encore I had just placed ashes on his head. I was looking at him – with his dirty forehead lying there on the white sheets of the hospital bed – when…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Marian Things Saints Spiritual Life

February 12, 2026

And Holy is His Name

Ave Maria Meditations “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior." With these words Mary first acknowledges the special gifts she has been given. Above all…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotion to Mary Devotional Marian Things Saints Spiritual Life

February 9, 2026

In Mary’s Company

Ave Maria Meditations If we walk in Mary’s company, our path will be more smooth and less marked by those upheavals and inner tribulations which are unavoidable without her. If we live with…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Martyrs Prayer Saints Spiritual Life

February 5, 2026

A Prayer to St. Agatha

Ave Maria Mediations Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us Your martyr, St. Agatha, as an example of holiness. Help us to imitate the love of You she showed in choosing to…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Eucharistic Adoration Prayer Saints Spiritual Life

February 3, 2026

A Hymn of Love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

Ave Maria Meditations O my Beloved Sacrament, I see you, I believe in you! O Holy Faith. Contemplate with ever greater faith our Dear Lord in the Sacrament: live with Him who comes…

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