A Meditation on the Second Sorrowful Mystery
February 19, 2016
A Meditation on the Second Sorrowful Mystery
Ave Maria Meditations "By His stripes we were healed." (Is 53:4) When we look at the Sacred Host we are reminded of the sacrifice Jesus made for us to be the very life…
On Detachment
February 16, 2016
On Detachment
One Minute Meditation Earthly things must simply be the means that bring us closer to Christ. Mark 8:36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?…
A Meditation on the First Sorrowful Mystery
February 12, 2016
A Meditation on the First Sorrowful Mystery
Ave Maria Meditations The Agony in the Garden He appealed to His apostles for the first holy hour of prayer when He took them into the garden in the middle of the night…
Some Things about Ash Wednesday
February 10, 2016
Some Things about Ash Wednesday
Ave Maria Meditations Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday in the Latin Church is the day for being reminded of and contemplating our mortality. The priest will sign our forehead with ashes and remind us…
Preparing for Lent in the Jubilee of Mercy
February 8, 2016
Preparing for Lent in the Jubilee of Mercy
Ave Maria Meditations This infinite mercy of the Heart of Jesus appears in a very touching manner in two incidents of the Gospel. Mary, the sinner of Magdala, repentant, and truly humble, comes…
A Thought on Mercy
February 5, 2016
A Thought on Mercy
Ave Maria Meditations (Mercy) seems to be more particularly His, His Virtue, His own inclination...Yes, mercy is truly the attribute of the Heart of Jesus. Holy Scripture, and especially the immortal songs of…
A Sword Shall Pierce…
February 2, 2016
A Sword Shall Pierce…
Ave Maria Meditations Sing of the blessed Mother Who received the angel's word, And obedient to the summons Bore in love the infant Lord; Sing we of the joys of Mary At whose…
Compassion that Cures
January 28, 2016
Compassion that Cures
Ave Maria Meditations In Haiti just as in England, Spain, Italy, or India there are unhappy people everywhere. Not only because they don't have any bread to eat. No, they hunger for love,…
Winter in the Soul
January 25, 2016
Winter in the Soul
Ave Maria Meditation Now it is Christ's will to grow in us, gradually, gently, assimilating our lives to himself. There will be seasons in which we feel no stir of the life within…