June 20, 2007
Video – F.I. News #20: 2007 Corpus Christi Procession
FI News #20 - June 10, 2007, Procession in New Bedford, MA (17min) >>> Play Ave Maria! Once a year, the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate take the Good News to the streets,…
St. John Neumann and the 40 Hours Devotion
January 5, 2008
St. John Neumann and the 40 Hours Devotion
Ave Maria Meditations This incredible holy bishop did so many wonderful things but one of my favorite stories concerns the promotion of the 40 Hours Devotion of Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed…
I Have Loved You With An Everlasting Love
January 8, 2008
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…
Franciscan Saint of the Confessional: St. Leopoldo Mandic
AVE MARIA MEDITATIONS July 30th: St. Leopoldo Mandic A Saint of the Confessional and a Saint for the Cause of Unity The august Mother of God is in truth co?redemptress of the human…
A Week of Eucharistic and Marian Saints
August 4, 2008
A Week of Eucharistic and Marian Saints
Ave Maria Meditations A week of Eucharistic and Marian Saints August 1st: St. Alphonsus Liguori Bishop and Doctor of the Church INTRODUCTORY PRAYER (To be said before each Visit to the Most Blessed…
A Clear Light of Faith: St. Clare of Assisi
August 10, 2008
A Clear Light of Faith: St. Clare of Assisi
? Ave Maria Meditations ? August 11th: St. Clare of Assisi ? What is more beautiful to gaze upon than Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament? St. Clare, patroness of the televised media, pray…
Thoughts on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
August 30, 2008
Thoughts on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
? Ave Maria Meditations ? ? Some thoughts on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: ? The Holy Mass as renewal of the Covenant. ? 'Behold, the days are coming?, says the Lord,…
O Sacrament Most Holy
September 1, 2008
O Sacrament Most Holy
Ave Maria Meditations A Short Visit to the Blessed Sacrament ? In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. ? I place myself in the…
We Adore Thee, O Christ, and We Praise Thee
September 4, 2008
We Adore Thee, O Christ, and We Praise Thee
? Ave Maria Meditations ? ? ? Jesus is very near to us: in Christian countries where there are so many tabernacles we are hardly ever more than a few miles from Him.…
September 30, 2008
Video – No Apologies #57 – OT Types of the Eucharist
No Apologies #57 - The Eucharist is our strength to reach "Mt. Horeb." ( 04min) >>> Play Ave Maria! Today we take a look at two more Old Testament foreshadows of the Eucharist:…
Our Seraphic Father
October 3, 2008
Our Seraphic Father
Ave Maria Meditations: St. Francis on the Blessed Sacrament (October 4th) St Francis had such an immeasurable love for the Blessed Sacrament. He understood this sublime Mystery as few others. He exhorted his…
October 7, 2008
Video – No Apologies #58 – Eucharist John 6 Part 1
No Apologies #58 - "The bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh." ( 07min) >>> Play Ave Maria! Our Lord tells us in St. John's Gospel…
October 14, 2008
Video – No Apologies #59 – Eucharist John 6 Part 2
No Apologies #59 - "Symbolic bread would be inferior to the miraculous manna."( 04min) >>> Play Ave Maria! Here are two more reasons why we know our Lord was speaking literally about his…