Today, June 16, is the memorial of Saint Lutgardis. Lutgardis was born in Belgium in 1182. She was a pretty girl who enjoyed wearing the most fashionable clothes. She also had no apparent religious vocation, She was sent to the Benedictine monastery near Saint Trond at age 12 because her dowry had been lost in …
Jesus said to his disciples:“Take care not to perform righteous deedsin order that people may see them;otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you,as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streetsto win the praise of others.Amen, I say to you, …
Today, June 15, is the memorial of Saint Germaine Cousin. Germaine was born into poverty in 1579 in Pibrac, France. Her mother died while Germaine was an infant. A sickly child, Germaine suffered from scrofula, and her right hand was deformed. Her step-mother Hortense (other accounts identified her as Armande) mistreated her while her father …
Jesus said to his disciples:“You have heard that it was said,You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.But I say to you, love your enemiesand pray for those who persecute you,that you may be children of your heavenly Father,for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good,and causes rain to fall …
Today, June 14, is the memorial of Saint Elisha the Prophet. Carmelite and prophet. “Elisha came to Elijah, who threw his cloak over him and he, abandoned the oxen, followed Elijah and became his servant” (1 K 19, 19. 21). Elijah received the spirit of Elisha and, among the many outstanding prodigies, he cured Naaman …
Jesus said to his disciples:“You have heard that it was said,An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil.When someone strikes you on your right cheek,turn the other one to him as well.If anyone wants to go to law with you …
Jesus said to the crowds:“This is how it is with the kingdom of God;it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the landand would sleep and rise night and dayand through it all the seed would sprout and grow,he knows not how.Of its own accord the land yields fruit,first the blade, then …
Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover,and when he was twelve years old,they went up according to festival custom.After they had completed its days, as they were returning,the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem,but his parents did not know it.Thinking that he was in the caravan,they journeyed for a dayand …
The Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Commission of the Order of Carmelites in the Philippines celebrates the 2021 Philippine Independence Day in solidarity with the Filipino people who assert our inherent rights and freedoms, our opposition to any form of tyranny and bullying from other nation states, and advancing our sovereign rights based on …
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Since it was preparation day,in order that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath,for the sabbath day of that week was a solemn one,the Jews asked Pilate that their legs be brokenand they be taken down.So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the firstand then of the other one …