December 12, 2016
A Meditation for Advent
Ave Maria Meditations Advent is the season of the seed: Christ loved this symbol of the seed. The seed, He said, is the word of God sown in the human heart. "The kingdom…
December 5, 2019
When Christ Rested in Mary
Ave Maria Meditations encoreDuring Advent Christ rested in Mary – still, silent, helpless, utterly dependent. The Creator trusted Himself to His creature. He trusted to her the expression of His love, the expression…
February 27, 2021
Acceptance with the Help of Our Lady
Ave Maria Meditations Mother of Christ, help me to be willing to except the suffering that is a condition of love. Help me accept the grief of seeing those whom I love suffer,…
March 13, 2021
Suffering with Those who Suffer
Ave Maria Meditations Why is there suffering? Suffering is the price of love. The hardest thing but the inevitable thing in the suffering of every individual is that he must inflict his own suffering…
December 28, 2021
Love Incarnate
Ave Maria Meditations Because of the Incarnation, our natural life has been super-naturalized. Love has become incarnate: God has become human. Because of Christ’s birth, a new stream of goodness is flowing. Holiness has…
March 31, 2023
The Man of Sorrows
Ave Maria Meditations He is a Man of Sorrows. He is covered in bruises and stripes. He has made a laughingstock. He is crowned with a crown of thorns. A reed is put into…
April 3, 2023
Our Lady of Sorrows
Ave Maria Meditations Prayer: Mother of Christ, help me to be willing to accept the suffering that is the condition of love. Help me accept the grief of seeing those whom I love…