Through the SRG PDO Ecosystem of Spring Rain Global and Vincentian Foundation Initiative, the brothers of Order of Carmelites in the Philippines, through the the OCarm Philanthropic Development Office. The brothers slept out at the garage of the compound in New Manila and broadcasting live with other participants who slept out in their respective places, …
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Today, December 5, is the memorial of Blessed Bartolomeo Fanti. Bartolomeo was born in Mantua, Italy in 1428. He was a Carmelite priest for 35 years. He served as spiritual director and rector of the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for which he composed a rule and statutes. He was also the spiritual teacher …
Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,teaching in their synagogues,proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,and curing every disease and illness.At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for thembecause they were troubled and abandoned,like sheep without a shepherd.Then he said to his disciples,“The harvest is abundant but the laborers …
The Prior Provincial and Council of the Philippine province of the Order of Carmelites recently reconnected with the Dutch missionairies who planted and nurtured the seed of Carmel in the country. In a letter of invitation dated October 29, 2020, Fr. Rico Ponce, O.Carm., prior provincial of Philippine Carmel, asked Fr. Nico Hofstede, O.Carm. and …
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Today, December 4, is the memorial of Saint John Damascene. Doctor of the Church. Born in either c. 675 or 676 in Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate, John is known for defending the use of icons and images in churches through a series of letters opposing the anti-icon decrees of Germanus, Patriarch of Constantinople. An account narrates …
As Jesus passed by, two blind men followed him, crying out,“Son of David, have pity on us!”When he entered the house,the blind men approached him and Jesus said to them,“Do you believe that I can do this?”“Yes, Lord,” they said to him.Then he touched their eyes and said,“Let it be done for you according to …
Today, December 3, is the memorial of Saint Francis Xavier. Born in 1506 in Spain, Francis Xavier was a friend of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. The latter encouraged him to use his talents in preaching the Gospel. He is considered as one of the founding members of the Society of Jesus, and also the first …
Jesus said to his disciples:“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’will enter the Kingdom of heaven,but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. “Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on themwill be like a wise man who built his house on rock.The rain fell, the …
Today, December 2, is the memorial of Saint Bibiana. Virgin and martyr. Also known as Vivian, she was the daughter of Christians: Flavianus, a former prefect who was kicked out by the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate, and Dafrosa. The couple were both martyred for the faith. The authorities took away Bibiana and her sister …
