Today, September 24, is the memorial of Blessed Encarnación Gil Valls. Third Order Carmelite and martyr. Apart from being a diligent tutor and teacher, Encarnación was a woman of prayer. She had a schedule for prayer; she had her devotions, her Ave Maria, and Holy Rosary. She attended daily mass and was often seen waking …
Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening,and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying,“John has been raised from the dead”;others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”;still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.”But Herod said, “John I beheaded.Who then is this about whom I hear such things?”And he kept trying to see …
Today, September 23, is the memorial of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio). Padre Pio was born Francesco Forgione to a southern Italian farm family in 1887. He was the son of peasant farmers Grazio Mario Forgione and Maria Giuseppa Di Nunzio Grazio, who was an avid devotee of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. He …
Previous Next “This church is the seed, the Word of God, and we could not permit it to produce only 100 more seeds, we should not be content with that, but we should continue to sow these 100 seeds, to plant it, to nurture it, so that the faith of the people would increase,” this …
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Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authorityover all demons and to cure diseases,and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of Godand to heal the sick.He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey,neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money,and let no one take a second tunic.Whatever house you enter, …
The Order of Carmelites in the Philippines, through the Institute of Spirituality in Asia and the Carmelite Center for Social and Pastoral Communications, recently launched the Fr. Bernard Roosendaal, O.Carm. Memorial Multimedia Recording Studio. “This pandemic has upped the trend of using the internet to communicate, to build communities, and to gather and share information …
Today, September 22, is the memorial of Saint Maurice & Companion-Martyrs of the Theban Legion. In the year 287, there was a group of around 6,500 Roman soldiers called the Theban Legion. All of them were Christians. Their leader was a general, Saint Maurice. These soldiers were recruited in the Thebes region in Upper Egypt. …
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The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to himbut were unable to join him because of the crowd.He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outsideand they wish to see you.”He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothersare those who hear the word of God and act on it.” …
Today, September 21, is the feast of Saint Matthew the Apostle.Son of Alphaeus, he lived at Capernaum on Lake Genesareth. He was a tax collector, someone who was corrupt, greedy, and dishonest.Worse for Matthew’s image, he was a Galilean son of the tribe of Levi, in those times he was probably seen as sympathetic to …
As Jesus passed by,he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post.He said to him, “Follow me.”And he got up and followed him.While he was at table in his house,many tax collectors and sinners cameand sat with Jesus and his disciples.The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples,“Why does your teacher eat …