Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them:“Go into the whole worldand proclaim the Gospel to every creature.Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved;whoever does not believe will be condemned.These signs will accompany those who believe:in my name they will drive out demons,they will speak new languages.They will pick up serpents with their …
“To what degree of contemplation Elias was raised on Horeb, is an academic question. There are some who say he saw the Lord face to face as we hope to see Him in Heaven. All spiritual writers number Elias among the most favored mystic seers. His experience on Horeb was a reflection of what he …
Today, January 24, is the memorial of Saint Francis de Sales. Doctor of the Church and co-founder of the Order of the Visitation. Francis was born in 1567 to the Sales nobility. His father Lord Francois wanted him to live a life of privilege and to become a lawyer. The future saint, wanting to please …
The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said of Jesus,“He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and“By the prince of demons he drives out demons.” Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables,“How can Satan drive out Satan?If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.And if a house is divided against itself,that …
“When Elias was being taken away from the earth in a fiery chariot, Eliseus, his faithful disciple, begged of him the inheritance of his double spirit. In the mantle which he received and with which he covered his shoulders, Eliseus received the inheritance he had asked for. The Prophet’s mantle was to him a symbol …
Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the eventsthat have been fulfilled among us,just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginningand ministers of the word have handed them down to us,I too have decided,after investigating everything accurately anew,to write it down in an orderly sequence for you,most excellent Theophilus,so that you may …
“However, the double spirit of the prophet is spoken of in a third sense as the harmonious union of the human exercise of virtue and the divine infusion of the mystical life; the union of the via purgativa and illuminativa with the via unitiva. It is in this third sense that the old institution of …
Today, January 22, is the memorial of Blessed Laura Vicuña. Laura was born in 1891 in Santiago, Chile to soldier Jose Domingo and housewife Mercedes Pino. The family moved to Las Lajas, Argentina to escape the Chilean civil war. Jose Domingo was soon killed. With nowhere to turn to, Mercedes allowed herself to become the …
Jesus came with his disciples into the house.Again the crowd gathered,making it impossible for them even to eat.When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him,for they said, “He is out of his mind.” Mark 3:20-21 Point for ReflectionThose who are close to us can be a big challenge in the fulfillment …
“Another sense (of the double spirit of Elias) is given to this double spirit: namely, the marvelous mixture of contemplative and active life in the great prophet. He was, above all, the great contemplative, but God called him many times from his contemplation to the active life and his place in the history of Israel …