Today, January 21, is the memorial of Saint Agnes. Tradition states that Agnes was born in AD 291 and belonged to a noble Roman family. They were all Christians. With her beauty and wealth, Agnes attracted many suitors, most of them from high government positions. She turned down all the men, telling them that it …
Jesus went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wantedand they came to him.He appointed Twelve, whom he also named Apostles,that they might be with himand he might send them forth to preachand to have authority to drive out demons:He appointed the Twelve:Simon, whom he named Peter;James, son of Zebedee,and John the brother of …
“The first (of the three-fold sense of the double spirit of Elias) is the double portion of the inheritance of the Father, the portion of the first-born son, the portion of the privileged children. The Carmelites are the privileged children of the great prophet and ask from him the portion of the primogenitus. But only …
Today, January 20, is the memorial of Blessed Angelo Paoli. Carmelite priest. When the future Carmelite was born in 1642, he was named Francesco in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. His parents Angelo and Santa were avid devotees of the saint. As he was well-educated, he spent his youth teaching catechism and Catholic instruction …
Jesus withdrew toward the sea with his disciples.A large number of people followed from Galilee and from Judea.Hearing what he was doing,a large number of people came to him also from Jerusalem,from Idumea, from beyond the Jordan,and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon.He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because …
Today, January 20, is the 31st foundation anniversary of the Carmelite Monastery of the Holy Trinity and Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Roxas City, Capiz. Carmelite Monastery of the Holy Trinity and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Lawa-an, 5800 Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines On January 9, 1990, Mother Maria Angelica, then prioress of Dumaguete …
“Also, we may mention here an old manuscript, the Institutio Primorum Monachorum, which contains the oldest tradition of the Order. It was probably written late in the 13th or at the beginning of the 14th century after the dispersion of the monks to the West, but was formerly ascribed to a much earlier date. It …
Today, January 19, is the memorial of Saint Joseph Sebastian Pelczar. Joseph was born in 1842 in southwestern Poland. His parents Adalbert and Marianna already noticed the holiness and intelligence of their son. The young Joseph knew that he had a vocation. After completing his studies, he was ordained priest in 1864 and was assigned …
Jesus entered the synagogue.There was a man there who had a withered hand.They watched Jesus closelyto see if he would cure him on the sabbathso that they might accuse him.He said to the man with the withered hand,“Come up here before us.”Then he said to the Pharisees,“Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath …
“When Europe was full of the battle cry of the Crusaders, ‘God wills it,’ and the Crusaders set out to recapture the holy places, Carmel was one of the first places to be won back. There they found the ruins of the old sanctuaries, and we are told some of them remained to restore the …