Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath.His disciples were hungryand began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him,“See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.”He said to the them, “Have you not read what David didwhen […]
Letter to the Carmelite Family for the Celebration of the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!Ps 122, 2 Dear Sisters and Brothers in the Carmelite Family It is my particular desire this year to draw your attention to the bond that Carmelites have
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Today, July 15, is the memorial of Saint Bonaventure. Doctor of the Church. Bonaventure was born in 1221. Little is known about his early years, except for the fact that his parents were Giovanni di Fidanza and Maria di Ritella. He healed from a life-threatening childhood disease, thanks to the intercession of St. Francis of
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Jesus said:“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,for I am meek and humble of heart;and you will find rest for yourselves.For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.” Matthew 11:28-30 Point for ReflectionWhat burdens you this day? 📸
Today, July 14, is the memorial of Saint Camillus de Lellis. Founder of the Camillians (Order of Clerks Regular, Ministers of the Infirm or M.I.) Camillus was the son of a military officer who had served both for Naples and France. His mother died when Camillus was very young. He spent his youth as a
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At that time Jesus exclaimed:“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,for although you have hidden these thingsfrom the wise and the learnedyou have revealed them to the childlike.Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.All things have been handed over to me by my Father.No one knows the Son except the
Message from the prior provincial and council “All that we desire and all that we wish to be today was fulfilled in the lives of the Prophet Elijah and of the Blessed Virgin Mary.” (2019 Carmelite Constitutions #25) As the spiritual founder and patron of Carmelites, the Prophet Elijah was the embodiment of a true
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Today, July 13, is the memorial of Saint Teresa of the Andes. Carmelite nun. The future saint was born Juana Enriqueta Josefina de los Sagrados Corazones Fernández y Solar in Santiago, Chile into an upper class family in 1900. Early in her life she read “The Story Of A Soul,” the classic autobiography of St.Thérèse
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Jesus began to reproach the townswhere most of his mighty deeds had been done,since they had not repented.“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!For if the mighty deeds done in your midsthad been done in Tyre and Sidon,they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes.But I tell you, it will be more
Today, July 12, is the memorial of Saints Louis and Zelie Martin. Parents of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus. Before becoming a watchmaker, Louis Martin wanted to become a religious. Zelie Guerin also wished to become a religious. She eventually became a successful lacemaker. Louis and Zelie met in Alencon and were married
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