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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotion to Mary Devotional Marian Shrines Marian Things Spiritual Life

January 12, 2019

La Conquistadora

Ave Maria Meditations La Conquistadora, the oldest continuously venerated image of the Virgin Mary in the U.S., arrived in Santa Fe on a wagon train in 1626 with Fray Alonso de Benavides. The…

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January 8, 2019

Ou Lady of Prompt Succor

Ave Maria Meditations DURING the French Revolution of the late 18th century, priests and religious were persecuted and often had to go into hiding in order to administer the Sacraments and keep their…

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January 3, 2019

Jesus: The Name above All Names

Ave Maria Meditation Jesus, Name above all names: Beautiful Savior, Living Word Emmanuel, God is with us: Blessed Redeemer, glorious Lord Lift high the cross, the love of…

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January 1, 2019

Towards the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart

Ave Maria Meditations The Triumph of the Maternal Heart of Mary But when the fullness of time came, God sent his son, born of a woman (Gal 4:4) namely that Woman who shall…

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December 28, 2018

The Holy Innocents

An Ave Maria Meditations Encore We remember today, O God, the slaughter of the holy innocents Of Bethlehem by King Herod. Receive, we pray, into the arms of your mercy all innocent victims;…

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December 21, 2018

The Immaculate One

Ave Maria Meditations God delights to honor His saints by bestowing upon them special graces which mark them off from the rest of mankind. To one He gives a burning zeal for souls;…

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December 18, 2018

The Foster Father of Jesus: St. Joseph

Ave Maria Meditations Aware of the great mystery of the incarnation, Joseph's whole life gravitated about that of the Incarnate Word: for Him he endured worry, suffering, fatigue, labor. To Him he consecrated…

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December 15, 2018

Our Lady, Queen of the Seraphic (Franciscan) Order

Ave Maria Meditations Our Lady is Queen of the Seraphic (Franciscan) Order: Feast Day is December 15th Saint Francis' Greetings to the Blessed Virgin: Hail, Lady and Queen, holy Mary, Mother of God, Virgin who…

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December 12, 2018

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Ave Maria Meditations "Listen and let it penetrate your heart…do not be troubled or weighed down with grief. Do not fear any illness or vexation, anxiety or pain. Am I not here who…

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December 10, 2018

Recalling the Continuing Presence of Christ, Having Come in Time

Ave Maria Meditations “Advent” does not mean “expectation,” as some may think. It is a translation of the Greek word parousia which means “presence” or, more accurately, “arrival,”, i.e., the beginning of a…