Today, July 20, is the Solemnity of Saint Elijah the Prophet. Father of the Carmelite Order. The origin of Carmel goes back 800 years before Christ, to a prophet named Elijah, who had a fiery zeal for the Lord. Elijah, meaning “My Lord is Yahweh,” had to face the issues of his day and was …
On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea.Such large crowds gathered around himthat he got into a boat and sat down,and the whole crowd stood along the shore.And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying:“A sower went out to sow.And as he sowed, some seed fell …
“A second paradox is that by paying attention to the most trivial things of daily life and seeing them with the eye of God, this saint makes them great and meritorious. Leading the most ordinary life, without being in the least remarkable, she knows how to make of her life an uninterrupted series of the …
Today, July 19, is the memorial of Blessed Karol Herman Stepien. Karol Herman was born in 1910 in Lodz, Poland. His parents were farmers Jozef and Marianna Puch. Though from a poor family, he was able to study and attend the Franciscan seminary in Lviv (modern-day Ukraine). He was sent to Rome to study in …
While Jesus was speaking to the crowds,his mother and his brothers appeared outside,wishing to speak with him.Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside,asking to speak with you.”But he said in reply to the one who told him,“Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, …
“One of the paradoxes of St. Therese’s life is that she, while making herself small and weak, enlists the help of Him in Whose strength she can undertake anything. Her hope and trust are wonderful.” St. Titus Brandsma What do you think of this quote? Write it on the comment section. 📸 Josh Appel | …
Today, July 18, is the memorial of Blessed Tarsykia Matskiv. Born Ohla Matskiv in 1919 in Ukraine, she came from a religious working-class family. Even in her youth, she was already a model of virtue. Although her mother was against the idea, she relented in allowing Ohla to join the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate …
Some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus,“Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”He said to them in reply,“An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign,but no sign will be given itexcept the sign of Jonah the prophet.Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights,so …
From her life before the Face of God, and her love and admiration for His power and majesty a third idea springs forth, fitting remarkably well into the [104] scheme of the Order. I mean the idea of her own nothingness compared with God, her wonderful consciousness of her own smallness and slightness, her humility …
Jesus entered a villagewhere a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.She had a sister named Marywho sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said,“Lord, do you not carethat my sister has left me by myself to do the serving?Tell her to help …