Jesus and his disciples set outfor the villages of Caesarea Philippi.Along the way he asked his disciples,“Who do people say that I am?”They said in reply,“John the Baptist, others Elijah,still others one of the prophets.”And he asked them,“But who do you say that I am?”Peter said to him in reply,“You are the Christ.”Then he warned […]
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“But the Order of Carmel is not only contemplative. The active life of the apostolate is not alien to the spirit of Carmel. There are times when the priests of Carmel must engage in the active life of the church; when God must be forsaken for the sake of God. This was implied when the
Today, February 16, is the memorial of Blessed Joseph Allamano. Founder of the Consolata Missionaries. Joseph was born in 1851 in Asti, Northwestern Italy. He was the nephew of St. Joseph Cafasso, elder brother of his mother Marianna. His father, also named Joseph, died of anthrax when the child was three years old. He studied
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When Jesus and his disciples arrived at Bethsaida,people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village.Putting spittle on his eyes he laid his hands on the man and asked,“Do you see anything?”Looking up the man replied, “I see
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“These two documents (Rule and Institutio Primorum Monachorum) are remarkably alike in spirit and in the points they emphasize. Both would regard prayer as essential life of the Order and they agree in the provision they lay down for its preservation. The ideal they place before the early monks is one of solitude and detachment
Today, February 15, is the memorial of Blessed Michael Sopocko. Spiritual director of Saint Faustina Kowalska. Michael was born in 1888 in what is now Belarus. After obtaining his doctorate in theology, he became the spiritual director at a seminary and a professor of pastoral theology at Stefan Batory University in Vilnius. Now, St. Faustina
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The disciples had forgotten to bring bread,and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.Jesus enjoined them, “Watch out,guard against the leaven of the Phariseesand the leaven of Herod.”They concluded among themselves thatit was because they had no bread.When he became aware of this he said to them,“Why do you conclude that it
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“According to the travel story of the Greek monk, Phocas, St. Berthold, ‘a monk white with age and invested with priestly dignity, came to Carmel in 1155, built a small chapel and collected ten brothers.’ He did not, however, give them a Rule, being unwilling to interfere with the customs of the hermits which among
Today, February 14, is the memorial of Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius. They were two Byzantine Greek brothers born in Thessaloniki in the 9th century. They became missionaries of Christianity among the Slavic peoples of Bulgaria, Great Moravia and Pannonia. Through their work they influenced the cultural development of all Slavs, for which they received
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The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with Jesus,seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said,“Why does this generation seek a sign?Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”Then he left them, got into the boat again,and went
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