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September 28, 2012

Looking to the Month of the Rosary, a review on Marian Consecration

Ave Maria Meditations St. Louis de Montfort writes about Marian consecration in "The Secret of Mary" The interior constituents of this consecration and its spirit 43. I have already said that this devotion…

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October 1, 2012

Our Lady smiled on St. Therese

Ave Maria Meditations Thoughts of St. Therese on receiving Holy Communion: The mother’s treasure belongs to the child, and I am your child, Mother dear, your virtues, your love, are they not mine?…

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October 4, 2012

Our Seraphic Holy Father St. Francis

AveMaria Meditations From the writings of THE HOLY FATHER ST. FRANCIS. The Lord gave to me, Brother Francis, thus to begin to do penance; for when I was in sin it seemed to me…

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October 10, 2012

Love and the Cross

Ave Maria Meditations LOVE AND THE CROSS: The greatest manifestation of love. Jesus called his disciples, and leaving everything behind, they followed him. They accompanied the Master on the roads of Palestine, to…

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October 13, 2012

Our Lady of Fatima

Ave Maria! Today is the 95th anniversary of the final apparition of Our Lady of Fatima The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, appeared 6 times to 3 shepherd children; Lucia, Francisco, and…

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October 15, 2012

St. Teresa wrote on devotion to St. Joseph

Ave Maria Meditations St. Teresa of Avila's devotion to St. Joseph: "I took for my advocate and lord the glorious Saint Joseph and commended myself earnestly to him; and I found that this…

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October 16, 2012

Behold this Heart…

Ave Maria Meditations "Behold the Heart which has so loved men that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming Itself, in order to testify Its love; and in return, I receive from…

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October 19, 2012

On the North American Martyrs

Ave Maria Meditations encore Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam! To the Greater Glory of God! Prayer: Father, you consecrated the first beginnings of the faith in North America by preaching and martyrdom of Saints…

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October 22, 2012

St. Peter of Alcantara

Ave Maria Meditations St. Peter of Alcantara (1499-October18, 1562) was instrumental in the origin of one of the largest reforms of the OFM. Known for his extraordinary penance and poverty, his spiritual guidance…

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October 25, 2012

A thought from Venerable Fulton Sheen

Ave Maria Meditations “If he is what he claimed to be, a savior, a redeemer, then we have a virile Christ and a leader worth following in these terrible times; One who will…

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October 29, 2012

From New Doctor of the Church: St. John of Avila

Ave Maria Meditations Those who follow diligently along the path of perfect virtue do not merely experience the joy of being liberated by Christ in the midst of the dangers presented to them.…

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November 2, 2012

Prayers for All Souls Day

Ave Maria Meditations All Souls Day Prayers The Prayer of St. Gertrude, below, is one of the most famous of the prayers for souls in purgatory. St. Gertrude the Great was a Benedictine…

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November 5, 2012

A Prayer for America

Ave Maria Meditations O God, we acknowledge you today as Lord, not only of individuals, but of nations and governments. We thank you for the privilege of being able to organize ourselves politically…

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November 8, 2012

On Blessed John Duns Scotus

Ave Maria Meditations The theology of John Duns Scotus (Feast day is November 8th) is that of defense of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. His eloquence, reason, and rational thought on the…

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November 13, 2012

Saint Frances Cabrini, foundress and third order Franciscan

Ave Maria Meditations This small woman who is now the patroness of immigrants came to America from Italy. She would become a citizen and also the first American citizen to be canonized. She…

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