The provincial council of the Order of Carmelites in the Philippines announced the appointment of Rev. Fr. Fernando C. Lopez, O.Carm. to replace the late Rev. Fr. Pedro Manilag, O.Carm. in the council as its fourth canonical member. With the death of Fr. Pedro last May 20, a vacancy in the council was declared. See: …
Today, August 11, is the memorial of Saint Clare of Assisi. Foundress of the Order of Poor Clares. Patron saint of television. Clare’s father was a count who died when she was a child. Her mother was the countess Blessed Orsolana. After hearing Saint Francis of Assisi preach in the streets, Clare confided to him …
Jesus said to his disciples:“If your brother sins against you,go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.If he does not listen,take one or two others along with you,so that every fact may be establishedon the testimony of two or three witnesses.If he …
Today, August 10, is the feast of Saint Lawrence. Patron saint of cooks and comedians. Lawrence was a deacon born in AD 225 in modern-day Spain. The pagan prefect of Rome thought the Church had a great fortune hidden away. So he ordered Lawrence to bring the Church’s treasure to him. The saint gathered all …
Jesus said to his disciples:“Amen, amen, I say to you,unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,it remains just a grain of wheat;but if it dies, it produces much fruit.Whoever loves his life loses it,and whoever hates his life in this worldwill preserve it for eternal life.Whoever serves me must follow me,and …
Today, August 9, is the memorial of Saint Edith Stein (Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross). Carmelite martyr and convert to Catholicism. Born in 1891, Edith was the youngest of seven children in a Jewish family. She lost interest and faith in Judaism by age 13. She was a brilliant student and philosopher with an …
As Jesus and his disciples were gathering in Galilee,Jesus said to them,“The Son of Man is to be handed over to men,and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.”And they were overwhelmed with grief. When they came to Capernaum,the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said,“Does not …
The Jews murmured about Jesus because he said,“I am the bread that came down from heaven, ”and they said,“Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph?Do we not know his father and mother?Then how can he say,‘I have come down from heaven’?”Jesus answered and said to them,“Stop murmuring among yourselves.No one can come to me …
Today, August 7, is the feast of Saint Albert of Trapani. Carmelite provincial. When Albert was born in 1240 in Sicily, his parents promised that if they were blessed with a son, he would be dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. He studied in a Carmelite monastery, and joined the Order of Carmelites at …
A man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said,“Lord, have pity on my son, who is a lunatic and suffers severely;often he falls into fire, and often into water.I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.”Jesus said in reply,“O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be …