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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Spiritual Life

February 19, 2014

The Way, The Truth, The Life

Ave Maria Meditations My child, the more you depart from yourself, the more you will be able to enter into me. As the giving up of exterior things brings interior peace, so the…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Prayer Spiritual Life

February 15, 2014

A Saint Writes about Prayer

Ave Maria Meditations As I feel a great attraction toward prayer I asked God, by Our Lady's intercession, to give me the grace to go on increasing in love of this holy exercise…

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February 11, 2014

A Prayer to the Mother of God

Ave Maria Meditations O Immaculate and all-pure Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Queen of the Universe, our own good Lady, you surpass all the saints; you are the only hope of the patriarchs,…

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i.

Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Prayer Spiritual Life

February 5, 2014

The Cold Winter in the Spiritual Journey

Ave Maria Meditations: But there is yet another winter. This is suffered by a really God-fearing man. He is mindful of God and loves him, and is careful to avoid all sin. But…

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i.

The Presentation: Fruit of the Mystery is Obedience

Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Coredemption Devotional Spiritual Life

February 1, 2014

The Presentation: Fruit of the Mystery is Obedience

Ave Maria Meditations Mary and Joseph take the baby Jesus to Jerusalem "to present him to the Lord" (Lk 2:22). The presentation of Jesus in the temple is in fulfillment with the Jewish…

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i.

Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Sacraments Saints Spiritual Life

January 28, 2014

Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas

Ave Maria Meditations PRAYER OF SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS: I give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, who have been pleased to nourish me, a sinner and your unworthy servant, with…

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i.

Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Action Devotional Prayer Pro-Life Saints Vote Pro-Life

January 22, 2014

A Pro-Life Prayer to St. Gerard

Ave Maria Meditations Against the Forces of Anti-Life: O great wonder-worker of our day, St. Gerard, powerful protector of a mother and her unborn child: beg God, we beseech thee, to crush the…

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i.

Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Spiritual Life

January 16, 2014

Ave Maria Meditations Magnanimity: Lord, give me a generous heart, capable of undertaking great things for You. Whoever aspires to sanctity should have a generous, magnanimous heart, which is not satisfied with doing…

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i.

Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Action Devotional Spiritual Life

January 12, 2014

Proclaim the Kingdom!

Ave Maria Meditations Preach the word. Be ready to do it whether it is convenient or inconvenient. (2 Tim 4:2) In spite of sufferings of body and soul, life brings unspeakable joys, fleeting…

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i.

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January 9, 2014

Why Give Your Love to the World?

Ave Maria Meditations From a sermon on man’s mortality by Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr: Our obligation is to do God’s will, and not our own. We must remember this if the prayer…

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i.