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February 14, 2012

Faith in God’s Love

Ave Maria Meditations Faith in God's unending love does not take away the struggle for a decent life, but it does liberate men and women from the things of this world and fear…

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February 11, 2012

Our Lady of Lourdes

Ave Maria Meditations Blessed John Paul II’s Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes: Hail Mary, poor and humble Woman, Blessed by the Most High! Virgin of hope, dawn of a new era, We…

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February 7, 2012

Living for the “Something Greater”

Ave Maria Meditations On Living for 'something greater": But if you wish to know how these things come about, ask for grace not instruction; desire not understanding; the groaning of prayer, not diligent…

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February 4, 2012

A Holy Little Girl and her First Communion Prayer

Ave Maria Meditations Revealed to the Childlike: thoughts of a little girl. "Dear Jesus, today I'm going out and I'm going to my nuns to tell them I want to make my First…

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January 31, 2012

Famous Dream of St. John Bosco: The Two Pillars

Ave Maria Meditations January 31st: Feast of St. John Bosco For sixty years St. John Bosco received remarkable dreams which were almost visions. Probably his best-known dream-vision was that of the Church like…

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January 28, 2012

A Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas before Mass

Ave Maria Meditations Almighty and ever-living God, I approach the sacrament of Your only-begotten Son Our Lord Jesus Christ, I come sick to the doctor of life, unclean to the fountain of mercy,…

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January 25, 2012

The Sin Against the Holy Spirit

Ave Maria Meditations Did you ever wonder about this passage: “Every one who speaks a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will…

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January 20, 2012

Peace in God’s Will

Ave Maria Meditations Are you at peace in the midst of the painful challenges of life and of suffering? I am talking about substantial, deep peace, compatible with agitation, with all our daily…

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January 17, 2012

Our Lady of Pontmain

Ave Maria Meditations "Pray, my children; God will soon answer your prayers," was the message of the Blessed Virgin OUR LADY OF PONTMAIN On January 17, 1871, Paris was besieged—two-thirds of the country…

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January 15, 2012

How to Become a Saint…

Ave Maria Meditations It is a great thing to realize that in order to be saints we have only to be what God made us to be, and to do what God made…

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