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July 25, 2013

A Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament

One Minute Meditation Prayer of Adoration I have come My Lord to be with You, to recall the great mystery of faith: Your true presence in the consecrated bread of life. I come…

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July 30, 2013

A Franciscan Saint of the Confessional

An Ave Maria Meditations Encore July 30th: St. Leopoldo Mandic A Saint of the Confessional and a Saint for the Cause of Unity He wrote: "The august Mother of God is in truth…

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Praying for Priests at the Blessed Sacrament

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August 2, 2013

Praying for Priests at the Blessed Sacrament

Ave Maria Meditations In honor of St. Peter Julian Eymard, the founder of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers whose Feast Day is August 2nd, we present this prayer composed by a priest but one…

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August 6, 2013

Heaven is the Goal

Ave Maria Meditations The only thing that really matters in life is getting to Heaven! Among all the achievements of our life only one is really critical. It is attaining the goal--Heaven--set for…

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St. Clare: a Light through the Centuries

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August 10, 2013

St. Clare: a Light through the Centuries

Ave Maria Meditations Clare was born in Assisi, Italy in about 1194 into a family of knights and nobles. At the age of eighteen, Clare became the first female follower of Saint Francis…

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August 14th: St. Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Saint and Martyr

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August 13, 2013

August 14th: St. Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Saint and Martyr

Ave Maria Meditations More than once, no doubt, we have come across the expression, "God's will," or perhaps this other one, "the Immaculate's will"; or again, "the accomplishment of the Immaculate's will is…

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August 15, 2013

Come My Lovely One, Come!

One Minute Meditation THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY, BODY AND SOUL INTO HEAVEN "My Love lifts up His voice, He says to me, 'Come then, my beloved, my lovely one, come'." (Songs 2:10)

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August 19, 2013

Prayer to the Immaculate by St. John Eudes

Ave Maria Meditations Hail Mary! Mother of God the Son. Hail Mary! Spouse of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary! Temple of the Most Blessed Trinity. Hail Mary! Pure Lily of the Effulgent Trinity.…

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The Connection between Our Lady of Knock and the Holy Souls in Purgatory

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August 21, 2013

The Connection between Our Lady of Knock and the Holy Souls in Purgatory

Ave Maria Meditations At about eight o’clock on the Thursday evening of the 21st of August, 1879, the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, and St. John the Evangelist appeared at the south gable…

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August 24, 2013

Pope St. Pius X writes about Our Lady

Ave Maria Meditations an anyone fail to see that there is no surer or more direct road than by Mary for uniting all mankind in Christ and obtaining through Him the perfect adoption…

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August 26, 2013

If you love Me…

Ave Maria Meditations "If you love Me, keep My commands." (Jn 14:15) If the business of becoming holy seems to present insufferable difficulties, it is merely because we have a wrong idea about…

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August 29, 2013

Follow the Baptist!

Ave Maria Meditations Do not be afraid of telling the truth, follow the Baptist! Today, in many parts of the world, there are martyrs: man and women who are imprisoned, killed for the…

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September 1, 2013

Consoling the Heart of Jesus

Ave Maria Meditations From Part One of the Consoling the Heart of Jesus retreat by Fr. Michael Gaitley, MIC: Desire Meditation Behold Jesus in front of you, hanging on the Cross. See His…

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Mother Teresa, what will save the world?

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September 4, 2013

Mother Teresa, what will save the world?

An Ave Maria Meditations encore “My answer is prayer. What we need is for every Parish to come before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in Holy Hours of prayer. ” “The time you…

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September 7, 2013

Our Lady and the Year of Faith

Ave Maria Meditations From the Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis, Lumen Fidei: In the Mother of Jesus, faith demonstrated its fruitfulness; when our own spiritual lives bear fruit we become filled with joy,…

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