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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Spiritual Life

July 25, 2014

Desire to be a Saint

Ave Maria Meditations On the Desire to be a Saint: "When I spoke of you as a "chosen soul", or words to that effect, I did not mean to imply that you were…

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Ave Maria Meditations Catholic Culture Devotional Spiritual Life

July 28, 2014

Our Will/ God’s Divine Will

Ave Maria Meditations Try to grasp the fact – a very hard thing to do – that in the spiritual life ‘feelings’ count for nothing, that they are no indication of our real…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Prayer Priesthood

August 16, 2014

In the Midst of War: Still Loving Jesus

Ave Maria Meditations Jesus is the most loving of lovable friends there never was a friend like Him before, there never can be one to equal Him, because there is only one Jesus…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional JosephMary Prayer Spiritual Life

October 30, 2014

Loving Jesus

Ave Maria Meditations Jesus is the most loving of lovable friends; there never was a friend like Him before, there never can be one to equal Him, because there is only one Jesus…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Spiritual Life

March 5, 2015

Humility is the Safe Path

One Minute Meditation Humility is always safe. There is one thing we need never be afraid of, namely, that the devil will ever attempt us to be humble. He may delude us in…

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Ave Maria Meditations Spiritual Life

April 18, 2015

Winning the Eternal Crown

Ave Maria Meditations From a great spiritual director: You say that you are convinced that God intends you to be a great saint and that you wish it ardently. He certainly has great…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Eucharistic Adoration Faith Prayer Spiritual Life

June 11, 2015

The Blessed Sacrament/ the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Ave Maria Meditations “Most loving Jesus, kneeling before You in the Blessed Sacrament, I solemnly consecrate myself to Your Sacred Heart by vow. I vow always to be Your faithful lover and to…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Prayer Spiritual Life

June 20, 2015

Difficulties in Prayer

Ave Maria Meditations From a Spiritual Director to his Directee: You seemed to be troubled that you cannot love God when trials come and all is darkness. But that is just the moment…

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Ave Maria Meditations Spiritual Life

September 27, 2015

The Value of a Smile

Ave Maria Meditations Keep smiling. It is a grand thing to cultivate a smile. Keep the corners of your mouth up, especially if you are in for an attack of the dumps. There…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Faith Liturgy Sacraments Spiritual Life

November 10, 2015

Graces Lost by Missing One Holy Communion

Ave Maria Meditations We have access to the greatest Gift in the world, even every day! Graces lost by missing one communion: 1: visit to our soul of Jesus the Author of every Grace…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotion to Mary Devotional Marian Things

January 1, 2016

Mary, Mother of God

Ave Maria Meditations By her simple "fiat", Mary brought to pass the most wondrous miracle of all time. In silent expectation the Heavenly Court had watched the great archangel speed on his way…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Faith Prayer Spiritual Life

March 16, 2016

Spiritual Life: on Dryness and Desolation

One Minute Meditation: I am quite convinced our blessed Lord is well pleased with you and will become more so if you walk bravely along the path He has chosen for you in…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Faith Saints Spiritual Life

February 25, 2017

Accepting all from the Hand of God

Ave Maria Meditations All the sufferings, all the humiliations and annoyances that may come upon you, come from the hand of your Father who knows what is most expedient for you. He knows…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Prayer Spiritual Life

March 13, 2017

Sursum Corda: Lift Up Your Heart!

One Minute Meditation You seems to be a little troubled at finding yourself cold at prayer and as if our Lord had abandoned you. Were it otherwise I should feel uneasy, for this…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Devotionals Spiritual Life

September 20, 2017

A Spiritual Director to Directee on Despondency

Ave Maria Meditations A note to a spiritual directee who is despondent: I noticed the tone of despondency in your letter, a yielding to that commonest of all the evil suggestions of the…

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