Ave Maria! At the Symposium titled "Sursum Actio" at Notre Dame Univ. from Jun 8-9, 2015, in honor of the life work of Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner, F.I., David Bentley Hart, Ph.D. ,…
This is a reflection given by Fr. Giles M. Atherton on the readings for the 6th Sunday of Easter, May 1st 2016. Ave Maria! Mass: Sunday 6th Week of Easter - Sunday Readings: …
On the Solemnity of the Sacred Heat of Jesus, Fr. Joseph gives the homily at the Sacred Heart Chapel in Bloomington, Indiana, explaining how Christ is the merciful, tender-hearted shepherd of God's flock.…
Saint Francis had a great love for the Holy Cross, so great that God imprinted the marks of the cross in to the very flesh of Saint Francis in the Stigmata. Let us…
Fr. Dominic contrasts the cleverness of the world with the cleverness of the spirit. The first manipulates people for money and power, the second is inspired by God for spiritual growth and evangelism.…
Silence, solitude, and the presence of God are needed for our prayer to become real. This deep prayer is real prayer if it takes us into a deep relationship with God. Do not…
We have come into Advent, that period of joyful preparation, penance, and sacrifice that wakes us up to the coming of Christ at Christmas. G. K. Chesterton wrote that the problem with the…
Jesus' relatives did not understand His crazy, excessive love, and thought he was "out of his mind". He is still not understood and neither are his followers, like the martyr St. Agnes…
Ave Maria Meditations Love is sufficient of itself, it gives pleasure by itself and because of itself. It is its own merit, its own reward. Love looks for no cause outside itself, no…
Today's theme is temptation, and we have an example of Jesus fighting temptation and Eve given in to it. Temptation has three steps - external tempting, internal delight, and consent. Jesus fought…
Love your enemies. This is Divine, Jesus is telling us to love others the way God loves them. This is perfection, the ultimate perfection is to love you enemies as they crucify…
The Second Sunday of Lent is called Transfiguration Sunday because the Gospel reading is the account of this mystery. But why have this at beginning of Lent? It is a great source…
Fr. Matthias on why God gives us the rather strange command that we love him and explains this seeming contradiction between a command and love is resolved by the fact that God has first…
Fr. Matthias on how John was the one disciple who recognized Jesus when he appeared on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. He relates this to the great love that John had…