“In conclusion, we should like to see the great Prophet Elias in Carmel’s garden like a red rose, and not only the great Prophet but also those who follow him, climbing (symbol of the exercise of virtue) along the mountain, through the caves and grottos of Carmel, interlacing it with a girdle of fire. These […]
Jesus came down with the Twelveand stood on a stretch of level groundwith a great crowd of his disciplesand a large number of the peoplefrom all Judea and Jerusalemand the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon.And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said:“Blessed are you who are poor,for the kingdom of God is yours.Blessed
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“We should like to speak also about the apostolic character of the life of the great prophet, but his position in the Old Testament is clear enough to illustrate the zealous apostolic spirit by which he was led. Following this spirit also, Carmelite life has always been apostolic. We will see in the next lecture,
Today, February 12, is the memorial of Saint Eulalia of Barcelona. During Eulalia’s time, Spain was under the rule of Roman emperor Diocletian, who hated Christians. Eulalia’s mother wanted her daughter, a staunch Christian, to hide. However, Eulalia spoke out against the atrocities of her time. The authorities arrested her immediately. The arresting officers dragged
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In those days when there again was a great crowd without anything to eat,Jesus summoned the disciples and said,“My heart is moved with pity for the crowd,because they have been with me now for three daysand have nothing to eat.If I send them away hungry to their homes,they will collapse on the way,and some of
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“But the school of Carmel warns us, in its leading figures, even in the Prophet Elias, that we must never forget the great importance of the intellectual foundation of the contemplative life: the enlightenment of the mind, the exercise of all mental faculties. By the imaginative and intellectual meditation and contemplation we have to climb
Creating an encounter with Christ for 72 years On this day in 1950, Fr. Marcel Roussel Galle founded the Missionary Workers of the Immaculate, starting what is now called the Society of Apostolic Life Donum Dei. They were affiliated to the Carmelite Order on February 22, 1987. They arrived in the Philippines in 1981 and,
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Today, February 11, is the memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes. This day commemorates the 18 apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Bernadette Soubirous that occurred between 11 February and 16 July of 1858 near the town of Lourdes in the Hautes-Pyrenees region of France.
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Jesus left the district of Tyreand went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee,into the district of the Decapolis.And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impedimentand begged him to lay his hand on him.He took him off by himself away from the crowd.He put his finger into the
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On this day in 1982, the Carmelite Sisters of Our Lady (Carm.O.L.) was formed with Sr. Mary Rose B. Deloria, Carm.O.L. and Sr. Linda Anthony M. Nadela, Carm.O.L., guided and supported by their canonical founder, Bp. Epifanio B. Surban, D.D. of the Diocese of Dumaguete City. They were joined by Sr. Flor Pauline L. Duran,
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