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Ave Maria Meditations Benedict XVI Devotional Lent Spiritual Life

March 12, 2019

Christ Made Himself Poor for You

Ave Maria Meditations"Christ made Himself poor for you" (2 Cor 8,9) Dear Brothers and Sisters! 1. Each year, Lent offers us a providential opportunity to deepen the meaning and value of our Christian…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Lent Prayer Spiritual Life

March 8, 2019

Friday After Ash Wednesday

Ave Maria Meditations Dear Jesus, in the Sacrament of the Altar, be forever thanked and praised. Love, worthy of all celestial and terrestrial love! Who, out of infinite love for me, ungrateful sinner,…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Lent Sacraments Spiritual Life

March 5, 2019

An Examen as a Lenten Preparation

Ave Maria Meditations The Priest, Thomas A Kempis (Imitation of Christ), asks Jesus how he should prepare himself before Communion: Thomas: O Lord, when I ponder Your greatness and my unworthiness, I am…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Saints Spiritual Life

March 1, 2019

March: A Month for St. Joseph

Ave Maria Meditations: This month we will feature some thoughts and prayers dedicated to Saint Joseph... Prayer to St. Joseph: To thee, 0 Blessed Joseph, we have recourse in our afflictions, and having…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotion to Mary Devotional Prayer Saints Spiritual Life Youth

February 27, 2019

A Novena Prayer to St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

Ave Maria Meditations O good St. Gabriel, God inspired thee to see the Passion of Jesus as it was reflected in the heart of Mary. By her side, thou did stand beneath the…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Eucharistic Adoration Faith Marian Things Prayer Spiritual Life

February 25, 2019

Adoration Prayer

Ave Maria MeditationsHeavenly Father, increase our faith in the Real Presence of Your Son Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. We are obliged to adore Him, to give Him thanks and to make…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Faith Sacraments Spiritual Life

February 22, 2019

Live Close to Jesus

Ave Maria Meditations Although we did not live at the time when we could see, touch, and hear Jesus physically, we can still be very close to Jesus. In fact, we can be…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Faith Liturgy Sacraments Spiritual Life

February 19, 2019

The Love of God through the Holy Mass

Ave Maria Meditations Reflections of a priest on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: "O wondrous exchange: The Creator of the human race taking to Himself a living body, deigned to be born…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Eucharistic Adoration Saints Spiritual Life

February 14, 2019

I have Loved You with an Everlasting Love

Ave Maria Meditations Dearest Jesus: You loved me from all eternity, therefore you created me. You loved me after You created me, therefore You became Man for me. .. You loved me after…

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

February 11, 2019

A Short History about the Apparition of Our Lady at Lourdes

Ave Maria Meditations " I cannot promise you happiness in this life; only in the next", said Our Lady to the little girl named Bernadette. The young girl lives out her life quietly,…