Surrendering to Christ
February 23, 2024
Surrendering to Christ
Ave Maria Meditations (Jesus speaks to the heart) I perform miracles in proportion to your full surrender to Me and to your not thinking of yourselves. I sow treasure troves of graces when…
Look to Christ if You Seek Holiness
February 20, 2024
Look to Christ if You Seek Holiness
Ave Maria Meditations If you seek the example of love: "Greater love than this no man has, than to lay down his life for his friends." Such a man was Christ on the…
On the Small Numbers of the Lovers of the Cross
February 16, 2024
On the Small Numbers of the Lovers of the Cross
Ave Maria Meditations (Something to meditate upon this Lent): Jesus has many lovers of His heavenly kingdom, but few cross bearers. Many desire His consolation, but few His tribulation. They will sit down with…
Love is Its Own Reward
February 13, 2024
Love is Its Own Reward
Ave Maria Meditations Love is sufficient of itself; it gives pleasure by itself and because of itself. It is its own merit, its own reward. Love looks for no cause outside itself, no…
The Value of Holy Desires
February 8, 2024
The Value of Holy Desires
Ave Maria Meditations Our Lord as often as much pleased by your good intentions and desires then by their execution. The good desire, the longing and wish to be perfect is strong in you,…
A Prayer to St. Agatha, Martyr
February 5, 2024
A Prayer to St. Agatha, Martyr
Ave Maria Meditations O Heavenly Father, who raised Agatha to the dignity of sainthood, we implore Your Divine Majesty by her intercession to give us health of mind, body and soul. Free us…
Candlemas: Presentation and Purification
February 2, 2024
Candlemas: Presentation and Purification
Ave Maria Meditations Lk 2:25-35 And behold there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Ghost was in…
Spiritual Hammer and Chisel
January 25, 2024
Spiritual Hammer and Chisel
Ave Maria Meditations With unceasing blows of healing chisel and careful stripping away, the divine Artificer seeks to prepare stones to build an eternal dwelling as our mother, the holy Catholic Church, full…
You Want to be a Saint? Some Advice.
January 19, 2024
You Want to be a Saint? Some Advice.
Ave Maria Meditations You say that you are convinced that God intends you to be a great saint and that you wish it ardently . He certainly has great graces prepared for you. But…