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July 1, 2009

July 1st: Blessed Junipero Serra

Ave Maria Mediations Blessed Junipero Serra Also known as the Apostle of California The incredible story of a Franciscan friar past the age of 50 and with a bad leg established the California…

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July 6, 2009

Because He first loved us…

Let us love, then, because he first loved us. (1Jn4:19) + In your mercy, Lord, you called me, Taught my sinful heart and mind, Else this world had still enthralled me, And to…

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July 10, 2009

Ave Maria Meditations The Jubilee Medal of St. Benedict This old and powerful sacramental deserves an in-depth treatment, as it gives a kind of practical incarnation of the main purpose of this book.…

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July 12, 2009

Year of the Priest: a prayer

One Minute Meditation Prayer for Holy Vocations to the Priesthood Almighty God and Father: We prayerfully ask You to give Your Church holy priests: men of charity, goodness and prayer, good shepherds like…

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July 14, 2009

July 15th: St. Bonaventure, Franciscan Doctor of the Church

One Minute Meditation St. Bonaventure, 1217-1274. Seraphic Doctor, Feast July 15th. It is said that St. Bonaventure was healed from a childhood disease through the prayers of Saint Francis of Assisi. He later…

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July 17, 2009

Song from the Scaffold

A worthy encore: Ave Maria Meditations July 17th,Martyrs of Compiegne: “Song from the Scaffold” Blessed Teresa of Sf. Augustine and Companions (1794) Blessed Teresa and fifteen other Carmelite nuns were guillotined during the…

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July 19, 2009

“I fell in love with the Blessed Sacrament from the Beginning…”

" But I fell in love with the Blessed Sacrament from the beginning - and by the Mercy of God have never fallen out again… " J.R.R. Tolkein Regarding receiving the Bread of…

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July 26, 2009

Sts. Joachim and Anne

Ave Maria Meditations The Model Grandparents Today many grandparents are raising their grandchildren. How prayers to the parents of Our Lady and the grandparents of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, are needed! Saint Anne…

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July 29, 2009

A Franciscan Saint of the Confessional

Ave Maria Meditations St. Leopoldo Mandic is known as an Apostle of the Confessional and also as an Apostle of Unity. Feast Day is July 30th. SAINT OF THE CONFESSIONAL To be a good…

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October 5, 2009

O Blessed Host

Ave Maria Meditations With all the many things that could be said about the Apostle of Divine Mercy, St. Maria Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament, let us look at this beautiful litany of…

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November 5, 2009

Thoughts on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Ave Maria Meditations The Eucharistic sacrifice and the ordinary life of the Christian. The Second Vatican Council reminds us that the sacrifice of the Cross and its sacramental renewal in the Mass are,…

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July 27, 2010

Perseverance and Confidence in God

Ave Maria Meditations PRESENCE OF GOD - O Lord, increase my confidence in Your help and grant that in this confidence, I may always find courage to begin again. MEDITATION What most distresses…

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August 8, 2010

Get a Life!

GET A LIFE! "Get a life!" An angry shout from a passing care reached our ears. And again, a little later, came the same cry from another car: "Get a life!" Irony of…

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August 17, 2010

Speaking out when Necessary

Ave Maria Meditations Speaking out when necessary, with charity and fortitude and avoiding the silence of consent.Jesus does not always remain silent. For there is a silence which can collaborate with lying, a…

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September 19, 2010

Lead Kindly Light!

One Minute Meditation Lead, kindly Light, amid th’encircling gloom, lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home; lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do…

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