

A Half or a Full Christian?
April 23, 2024
A Half or a Full Christian?
Ave Maria Meditations At the very least, a Christian is a person who is baptized and who may have received a ministry in the Church. There’s also what might be called the "half Christian”.…

Mother Teresa’s Prayer for Souls
April 19, 2024
Mother Teresa’s Prayer for Souls
Ave Maria Meditations A prayer for souls: Soul of Christ, sanctify them Body of Christ, save them Passion of Christ, strengthen them Within Thy wounds, hide them Never let them be separated from…

April 16th: St. Bernadette
April 16, 2024
April 16th: St. Bernadette
Ave Maria Meditations Prayer of Saint Bernadette: “Let the crucifix be not only in my eyes and on my breast, but in my heart. O Jesus! Release all my affections and draw them…

Lord, Keep me Close
April 9, 2024
Lord, Keep me Close
Ave Maria Meditations A prayer of a soul: O Lord God, who wisely and justly orders all things in heaven and on earth, angels, men, and all creatures, I ask You, in place of…

Divine Mercy Sunday
April 7, 2024
Divine Mercy Sunday
Ave Maria Meditations From the Homily of St. John Paul II at the Canonization of St. Faustina: It is important then that we accept the whole message that comes to us from the…

Preparing for Divine Mercy Sunday
April 4, 2024
Preparing for Divine Mercy Sunday
Ave Maria Meditations From the Homily of St. John Paul II at the Mass for the Canonization of Sr. Maria Faustina Kowalska on Sunday, April 30, 2000: Blessings through the Heart of Christ…

On Divine Mercy
April 2, 2024
On Divine Mercy
Ave Maria Meditations Sister Faustina heard these words as she prayed for Poland; “I bear a special love for Poland, and if she will be obedient to My will, I will exalt her in…

God loves Me!
March 31, 2024
God loves Me!
Ave Maria Meditations God loved you first! Once you take the sentence as literally as can be, and I try to do that. For it is truly the great power in our lives and…

Behold the Man! Ecco Homo!
March 29, 2024
Behold the Man! Ecco Homo!
Ave Maria Meditations He is a man of sorrows. He is covered in bruises and stripes. He has made a laughingstock. He is crowned with a crown of thorns. A reed is put…