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Ave Maria Meditations Coredemption Devotional JosephMary Spiritual Life

March 22, 2010

Mary, Co-redemptrix with Christ

Ave Maria Mediations Mary present in the sacrifice of the Cross. Throughout Jesus' earthly life his Mother Holy Mary fulfilled the Divine Will by looking after him with loving care…

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Each Confession benefits the whole Church.

Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture JosephMary Spiritual Life

March 14, 2011

Each Confession benefits the whole Church.

Ave Maria Mediations The Communion of Saints and the Sacrament of Penance: In the Sacrament of Penance man is reconciled with God and with the Church. It is one of the most intimate…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional JosephMary Spiritual Life

August 6, 2011

Thoughts on the Transfiguration, part 2

Ave Maria Meditations (picture is the mosaic from the Church of the Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor) Immediately a cloud overshadowed them. It reminds us of that other cloud that accompanies the presence of…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Action Catholic Culture JosephMary Spiritual Life

August 29, 2011

Living Holiness in the World

Ave Maria Meditations The universal call to holiness All Sacred Scripture is a calling to holiness, to the fullness of charity, but Jesus makes it quite explicit in the Gospel: You, therefore, must…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Action Devotional JosephMary Spiritual Life

October 12, 2011

Courage to Stand Strong in Faith

Ave Maria Meditations WITHOUT HUMAN RESPECT... Having the courage to follow Christ in whatever environment we are in. When Jesus began his public life many of his neighbors and relatives took him for…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Spiritual Life

January 25, 2012

The Sin Against the Holy Spirit

Ave Maria Meditations Did you ever wonder about this passage: “Every one who speaks a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Spiritual Life

February 17, 2012

Little Things Mean a Lot

Ave Maria Meditations This spirit of divine sonship in the Christian soul gives rise to simple devotions, to countless little deeds honoring our Father God, for a soul full of love is unable…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Spiritual Life

March 15, 2013

Love and the Cross and Mortifications

Ave Maria Meditations 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 villages and towns. They…

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Imitating Our Lady as We Live Our Vocation in Life

Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Marian Things Spiritual Life

May 9, 2014

Imitating Our Lady as We Live Our Vocation in Life

Ave Maria Meditations: The Blessed Virgin chosen from eternity: Her vocation. We can obtain great benefits...by keeping close to Our Lady and showing our love for her. Mary appears as the virgin Mother…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Faith Prayer Spiritual Life

June 16, 2014

Reading the Gospel Fruitfully

Ave Maria Meditations Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life (cf Jn14:6) for each person...in knowing Him, we know the purpose of life and of all things; our life is…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Marian Things Spiritual Life

August 22, 2014

Our Lady: Throne of Grace

Ave Maria Meditations Our Lady is the throne of grace, in a very profound way. To her we can apply these words from the epistle to the Hebrews: Let us then with confidence…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Penance Sacraments Spiritual Life

July 22, 2015

Go and Sin No More

Ave Maria Meditations “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, Lord.” “Neither do I condemn you; go, and do not sin again!” (Chapter 8 of St. John’s Gospel) In…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Spiritual Life

December 17, 2015

A Meditation on Mercy

Ave Maria Meditations From In Conversation with God by Fr. Francis Fernandez: The need to turn always to the mercy of our Lord. Meditating on his life so as to learn to be…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Last Things Spiritual Life

March 1, 2016

Getting to Heaven

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 crucial. It is attaining the goal, which…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Coredemption Devotion to Mary Devotional Marian Things Spiritual Life

March 12, 2016

Coredemptrix

Ave Maria Meditations Why should Our Lady be called the Coredemptrix? (Mary) conceived, brought forth and nourished Christ, she presented Him to the Father in the temple, shared her Son's sufferings as He…

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