“The scholars speak in connection to this of pragmatism and pragmatic Christianity; we Frisians remember the old saying that says the same: Praten is neat, mar dwaen is in ding. And we mirror ourselves in Willibrord and Boniface who, even though it could cost them their life, even though they foresaw the greatest difficulties due to …
Jesus said to his disciples:“Do not be afraid any longer, little flock,for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.Sell your belongings and give alms.Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out,an inexhaustible treasure in heaventhat no thief can reach nor moth destroy.For where your treasure is, there also will your heart …
“How much, in this feeble age, must we not look up to both those men, who, knowing that it will probably cost them (their) life, still speak of God, still endeavor to unite the other people with God, because they know and believe that this will make them happy. How cowardly is our witness? How …
Jesus took Peter, John, and Jamesand went up a mountain to pray.While he was praying his face changed in appearanceand his clothing became dazzling white.And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah,who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodusthat he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem.Peter and his companions had been …
“In our own times St. Therese, the ‘Little Flower’ is elected to make that rain more abundant than ever. May she give us from the hand of the Mother of Carmel, from the Holy Mountain, the roses we need for the garden of our soul. The two-fold spirit of the Prophet of Carmel will fill …
Jesus said to his disciples,“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,take up his cross, and follow me.For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.What profit would there be for one to gain the whole worldand forfeit his life?Or what can one …
“At the feet of Mary, the Mother of Carmel, I see kneeling in prayer with St. Therese the many saintly and blessed women and men who were the very flowers of Carmel during the preceding centuries. The flowers of their example rain down upon us. But they must be transplanted to the garden of our …
Today, August 4, is the memorial of Saint Jean-Marie-Baptiste Vianney. Patron saint of parish priests. Jean-Marie-Baptiste was born in 1786 to a farm family. He was ordained in 1815, after much difficulty. He had a hard time with his studies, which in those days were entirely in Latin. He failed his pre-ordination exams twice. As …
Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippiand he asked his disciples,“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah,still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”Simon Peter said in reply,“You are the Christ, the …
“Mary, the Mother and glory of Carmel, once appeared above Carmel in a cloud bearing redemption. Elias beheld her and with him we all look up to her. She has her hands filled with flowers and she brings her divine Son the source of all bounty and grace. On those who pray the first drops …