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Ave Maria Meditations Coredemption Devotional JosephMary Spiritual Life

March 30, 2011

In the Midst of it All

Ave Maria Meditations (In the midst of) Suffering and renunciation through the burdensomeness, discomforts, and exhaustion of the body, through the darkness or at least the dimness of mind, and through the interior…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional JosephMary Prayer Saints Spiritual Life

October 27, 2011

The Offering of Self so Another may Live

Ave Maria Mediations The Servant of God, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, used to tell the story of Felix and Elisabeth Leseur. Felix was a very anti-religious man. His wife was a holy woman…

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i.

Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Spiritual Life

March 16, 2013

I Thirst

Ave Maria Mediations "Jesus on the cross said these beautiful and sad words: "I am thirsty" (John 19:28). Since then, throughout the ages, all of humanity has echoed these words...Now, O God, with…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Spiritual Life

October 23, 2013

To Light a Fire on the Earth

Ave Maria Meditations Consoling and joyous meditation on those words of Christ, "l came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!" (Lk 12:49) That fire is…

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i.

Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Action Devotional Spiritual Life

January 12, 2014

Proclaim the Kingdom!

Ave Maria Meditations Preach the word. Be ready to do it whether it is convenient or inconvenient. (2 Tim 4:2) In spite of sufferings of body and soul, life brings unspeakable joys, fleeting…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Spiritual Life Suffering

March 2, 2015

There are Crosses in our Lives

Ave Maria Meditations I want to assure you of my profound compassion in the painful crisis that you are going through. I understand it thoroughly. But if the waves of suffering and bitterness…

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Ave Maria Meditations Death Devotional Faith Spiritual Life Suffering

September 20, 2016

Looking to Eternal Life

Ave Maria Meditations From the Servant of God, Elisabeth Leseur: "The day will come, O God, when it will be Your will that I come to you, when the darkness and the sorrows shall…

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Ave Maria Meditations Death Devotional Last Things Spiritual Life

March 22, 2019

Preparing for our Last Day

Ave Maria Meditations The day will come, O God, when it will be Your will that I come to You, when the darkness and the sorrows shall vanish, and the burden of the…

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i.

Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Spiritual Life Suffering

July 11, 2025

Offering for the Conversion of Loved Ones

Ave Maria Meditations God, I offer You my spiritual aridity and deprivations. I offer You the interior sadness, the injuries, the disappointments of my heart, so much anxiety for the spiritual well-being and the health…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Prayer Spiritual Life

October 18, 2025

A Foundation of Prayer

Ave Maria Meditations To pray is to believe in and worship God and to acknowledge that our existence has a supernatural goal, and that we have not only a bodily but also a…

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