The Wealth of the Poor
June 9, 2009
The Wealth of the Poor
Ave Maria Meditations + "You know the gracious act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor although he was rich, so that by his poverty you might become…
Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity
June 7, 2009
Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity
Ave Maria Meditations The Blessed Trinity and Our Lady's Heart It was the morning of the feast of the Annunciation and the Hail Mary was of course being sung in Saint Gertrude's monastery.…
Our Blessed Lady and the Eucharist
June 4, 2009
Our Blessed Lady and the Eucharist
Ave Maria Meditations Pope Benedict XVI writes in his Encyclical Sacramentum Caritatis on The Eucharist and the Virgin Mary 33. From the relationship between the Eucharist and the individual sacraments, and from the…
Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
June 1, 2009
Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Ave Maria Meditations The Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ, graciously hear us. God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.…
True peace, the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
May 30, 2009
True peace, the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Ave Maria Meditations MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU ! In the mouth of our Lord the ordinary Jewish greeting takes on its deepest meaning, because peace was one of the Messianic gifts…
Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
May 28, 2009
Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Ave Maria Meditations Fr. Francis Fernandez writes about the seven gifts and their influence in the Christian life: "But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even…
Spouse of the Holy Spirit
May 27, 2009
Spouse of the Holy Spirit
One Minute Meditation O Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit, make me docile to His divine motions. MEDITATION from Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene OCD: "The Blessed, Virgin Mary," says St. Augustine,…
Mary’s Faith
May 26, 2009
Mary’s Faith
One Minute Meditation Pope Benedict XVI: MARY'S FAITH Just as Abraham's faith was the beginning of the Old Covenant, Mary's faith, enacted in the scene of the Annunciation, is the inauguration of the…