Meditations and Readings for Every Day of the Year
Selected from the Spiritual Writings of Saint Alphonsus Maria
Volume 1 – Part I: Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany (NOTE WELL: as more of the books are recorded, additional hyperlinks will be added.)
ADVENT
Introduction and Forward: http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/Begin.mp3
First Sunday: The Day of the Last Judgment… The Nations in the Valley of Josaphat … The Goodness of God and the Work of Redemption … http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a1s.mp3
Monday: God Dishonored by Sin… The Judgment and the Sentence… Jesus Charged with the Sins of the Whole World… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a1m.mp3
Tuesday: The Great Affair of Salvation… Mental Prayer: I. Its Importance… The Love of God for Men… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a1t.mp3
Wednesday: The Great Thought of Eternity… Mental Prayer: II. Its End and Object… The Word Was Made Man in the Fullness of Time… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a1w.mp3
Thursday: Portrait of a Man Who Is but a Short Time Gone into the House of His Eternity… Mental Prayer: III. Its Place and Time… The Abasement of Jesus… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a1th.mp3
Friday: The Unhappy Life of the Sinner… Mental Prayer: IV. Method of Making It… Jesus Enlightens the World and Glorifies God… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a1f.mp3
Saturday: The Power of Mary’s Intercession… The Value of Spiritual Reading… The Son of God Was Laden with All Our Iniquities… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a1sa.mp3
Second Sunday: The Advantages of Tribulations… The Poverty of the Infant Jesus… God Sends His Son to Die in Order to Restore Us to Life… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a2s.mp3
Monday: Considerations on the Religious State. I. Salvation Assured to Religious… Councils concerning a religious vocation. I. How Important It Is to Follow a Vocation to a Religious Life… The Love That the Son of God Has Shown Us in the Redemption… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a2m.mp3
Tuesday: II. The Happy Death of Religious… The Call of God Must Be Obeyed, and Obeyed without Delay… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a2t.mp3
Wednesday: III. The Account He Will Have To Render to God He Does Not Follow His Vocation… The Mains to Be Employed for Preserving a Religious Vocation. A. Secrecy… Grander of the Mystery of the Incarnation… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a2w.mp3
Thursday: IV. The Torments of the Soul of One in Hell That Has Lost His Vocation… Means to Preserve One’s Vocation. A. Secrecy (continued)… Jesus Suffers during His Whole Life… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a2th.mp3
Friday: V. Immense Glory of the Religious in Heaven … The Means to Be Employed for Preserving a Religious Vocation. B. Prayer… C. Recollection… Jesus Wished to Suffer so Much in Order to Gain Our Hearts… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a2f.mp3
Saturday: The Offering Mary Made of Herself to God Was Prompt and without Delay… Councils, etc. VI. Dispositions Required for Entering Religion… The Greatest Sorrow of Jesus… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a2sa.mp3
Third Sunday: The Joy of Jesus’ Coming… “The Way of the Lord.” 1. We Must Put Away All Self-
Monday: The Interior Piece That God Gives to Good Religious… Councils, etc. VII. Detachment. 1. From Comforts… 2. From Relations… Jesus Is the Fountain of Grace… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a3m.mp3
Tuesday: The Harm Done to Religious by Tepidity… Councils, etc. VIII. 3. Detachment from Self-
Wednesday: How Dear to God Is a Soul That Gives Itself to Him… Councils, etc. IX. Detachment from Self-
Thursday: To Become a Saint It Is Necessary to Have a Great Desire of Holiness… Councils, etc. X. Trials That We Must Expect to Have in the Religious Life… God Has Made Himself a Child to Gain Our Confidence and Our Love… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a3th.mp3
Friday: The Love We Owe to Jesus Christ in Return for the Love He Has Shown Us… Councils, etc. XI. Conclusion… Jesus Offered Himself for Our Salvation from the Beginning… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a3f.mp3
Saturday: How Much Religious Ought to Confide in the Patronage of Mary… On Devotion to the Blessed Virgin… Jesus a Prisoner in the Womb of Mary… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a3sa.mp3
Fourth Sunday: “The Salvation of the Lord”… Joseph and Mary at Bethlehem… The Eternal Word Becomes Little… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a4s.mp3
Monday: The Great Happiness Religious Enjoy in Dwelling in the Same House with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament… Encouragement to Novices to Persevere in Their Vocation… 1. Tenderness for Parents and Friends… The Love That God Has Shown Us in Becoming Man… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a4m.mp3
Tuesday: The Life of a Religious Resembles Mostly the Life of Jesus Christ… Encouragement, etc. 2. Anxiety concerning Health… 3. The Inconveniences of Community Life…4. Discouragement in Aridities… Jesus Has Done and Suffered Everything to Save Us… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a4t.mp3
Wednesday: Zeal the Religious Ought to Have for the Salvation of Souls… Encouragement, etc. 5. Doubts about the Vocation Itself… 6. The Thought That One Could Live More Devoutly If One Were Free… Jesus Comes to Lead an Afflicted Life… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a4w.mp3
Thursday: How Necessary Are the Virtues of Meekness and Humility for Religious… Encouragement, etc. 7. The Thought That One Could Be More Useful to One’s Neighbor in the World than in Religion… The Sorrow That the Ingratitude of Men Has Caused Jesus… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a4th.mp3
Friday: Jesus Wishes to Be Loved… Encouragement, etc. 8. On the Means of Persevering in the Religious State… The Love of God Manifested to Men by the Birth of Jesus… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/a4f.mp3
CHRISTMAS
Eve of Christmas: Jesus Comes to Cast Fire upon the Earth… Jesus Comes to Call Sinners… Joseph Goes to Bethlehem with His Holy Spouse… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/ChristmasEve.mp3
Christmas day: This Day Is Born to You a Savior… The Eternal Word Being Great Becomes Little… The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/ChristmasDay.mp3
December 26: The Redemption of His People… The Advantages of the Religious State 1. A Religious Lives More Purely… Jesus Is Born an Infant… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/dec26.mp3
December 27: And With Him Plentiful Redemption… The Advantages of the Religious State 2. A Religious Falls More Rarely… 3. A Religious Rises More Speedily… 4. A Religious Walks More Cautiously… Jesus and Swathing Bands… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/dec27.mp3
December 28: God Has Made Himself Ours… The Advantages of the Religious State 5. A Religious Is Bedewed More Frequently… 6. A Religious Rests More Securely… Jesus Taking Milk… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/dec28.mp3
December 29: The Chosen Arrow… The Advantages of the Religious State 6. A Religious Rests More Securely (continued)… Jesus Lying on Straw… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/dec29.mp3
December 30: The Shortness of Life… The Advantages of the Religious State 7. A Religious Dies More Confidently… The Advantages of the Religious State 8. And Is Purified More Quickly… Jesus Sleeping… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/dec30.mp3
Sunday within the Octave of Christmas: The Eternal Word Becomes a Servant… The Fall and the Resurrection of Many… He Differeth Nothing from a Servant… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/SundayInOctave.mp3
December 31: Neglect of Time… The Advantages of the Religious State 9. A Religious Is More Abundantly Rewarded… Jesus Weeping… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/dec31.mp3
First Friday of December: The Bitterness of the Heart of Jesus in the Womb of His Mother… Behold the Heart That Has Love Men so Much… And the Word Was Made Flesh… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/FirstFridayinDec.mp3
Feast of the Immaculate Conception: It Was Becoming That the Eternal Father Should Preserve Mary from Original Sin… It Was Becoming That the Son Should Preserve His Mother from Original Sin… It Was Becoming That the Holy Ghost Should Preserve Mary from Original Sin… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/ImmaculateConception.mp3
New Year’s Day – the Circumcision of Our Lord: Jesus our Savior… The Name of Jesus Consoles… His Name Was Called Jesus… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/NewYear’sDay.mp3
Feast of the Holy Name: The Name of Jesus a Name of Gladness… The Name of Jesus Our Defense… The Name of Our Savior a Name of Great Power… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/NameOfJesus.mp3
January 3: The Value of Time… The Name of Jesus Inflames with Holy Love… The Occupations of the Infant Jesus in the Stable of Bethlehem… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/jan3.mp3
First Friday of January: The Heart of Jesus Follow Sufferings Even from His Infancy… The Grace of God Our Savior Hath Appeared… The Kindness of Jesus Our God… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/FirstFridayinJan.mp3
First Saturday in January: Mary’s Prayers for Us Are Always Heard… Our Eternal Salvation Is in Prayer… The Solitude of Jesus in the Stable… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/FirstSaturdayinJan.mp3
Epiphany.
January 6: They Found the Child with Mary His Mother… Lo, Here Am I Send Me… Happiness of Having Been Born after the Redemption and in the True Church… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/Epiphany.mp3
January 7 – The Presentation in the Temple: He Delivered Himself an Oblation and a Sacrifice to God… Saint Simeon’s Prophecy… The First Sword of Sorrow… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/Presentation.mp3
January 8 – the Flight into Egypt: They Seek the Child to Destroy Him… The Second Sword of Sorrow… Man Is a Traveler on Earth… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/FlightIntoEgypt.mp3
January 9: Salvation Alone Is Necessary… The Great Thought of Eternity… The Dwelling of Jesus in Egypt… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/jan9.mp3
January 10: The Failure to Save One’s Soul Is without Remedy… And Admonition Addressed to Persons of All States Who Desire to Be Saved… The Return of Jesus from Egypt… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/jan10.mp3
Second Friday of January: The Goods of This World Are False Goods… The Power of the Passion of Jesus Christ during Kendall Divine Love in Every Heart. 1. What the Passion of Jesus Christ Is Done for God and Us…2. What the Passion of Jesus Christ Requires of Us… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/FirstFridayinJan.mp3
Second Saturday of January: The Loss of Jesus in the Temple… The Third Sword of Sorrow… He Was Subject to Them… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/FirstSaturdayinJan.mp3
First Sunday after Epiphany (Feast of the Holy Family of Nazareth): Jesus at Nazareth… Mary’s Poverty… Joseph’s Love for Mary and Jesus… http://www.jmjsite.com/mr/HolyFamily.mp3