“He had a special gift of firing the young novices and fathers with enthusiasm for the splendid ideals of the Order and of teaching them to pray and meditate. The circle of interested hearers grew and grew. Superiors of other religious houses, eminent clergymen, as well as prominent laymen, took pleasure in conversing about spiritual …
Today, July 2, is the memorial of Saint Martinian and Saint Processus. Patron saints of jail guards. Martinian and Processus were pagans and imperial soldiers assigned as the wardens of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the Mamertine Prison. Watching over the Christian prisoners and hearing also their preaching, Processus and Martinian gradually came to …
The disciples of John approached Jesus and said,“Why do we and the Pharisees fast much,but your disciples do not fast?”Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mournas long as the bridegroom is with them?The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them,and then they will fast.No one patches an old cloak with …
“A Carmelite of the Old Observance, Hieronymus a Matre Dei, who recently edited a selection from the mystic’s works, calls him a témoin autorisé, a weighty exponent of the mysticism of Carmel. Besides, Henry Bremond who dedicates to him some [93] splendid pages of his extensive work, Le Sentiment religieux en France, calls him “un …
Today, July 1, is the memorial of Saint Nicasius. Nicasius’ parents were Roberto de Burgio and Aldegonda. On his father’s side, he descended from the Saracens. On his mother’s, the Normans. He was born around the year 1135. He and his brother Ferrandino joined the Hospitaller Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. …
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 …
“After the division of the Order into two branches at the end of the 16th century some differences naturally sprang up between the two branches and each life developed along separate lines. But as early as the 17th century we find this divergence already reduced to the smallest compass through an internal reformation in the …
Today, June 30, is the memorial of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church. This memorial is in honor of the nameless followers of Christ brutally killed by the crazy emperor Nero in 64 AD. A huge fire destroyed Rome and many people blamed Nero. Nero redirected this blame towards the Christians and made …
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Twenty Carmelite brothers gathered in San Fancisco, Agusan del Sur beginning June 27, starting the five-day gathering of young perpetually professed Filipino Carmelite brothers as part of their on-going formation. With the theme, “Journeying together as brothers in contemplative service,” the Friars in Transition (FITRs) gathering features talks and activities aimed at achieving the following …
After entering a boat, Jesus made the crossing, and came into his own town.And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Courage, child, your sins are forgiven.”At that, some of the scribes said to themselves,“This man is blaspheming.”Jesus knew what they were thinking, …