Our Lady of Mount Carmel and her Brown Scapular
Saint Simon Stock pleaded to Our Lady for help in solving a problem of the Carmelite Order, while he was praying, the Virgin appeared, bringing the Scapular in her hands.
Inebriated by the Fire of the Spirit
From that moment on, wherever there are authentic Catholics, the presence of the Divine Holy Spirit is felt through the infallibility of doctrine, the continuity of sanctity and apostolic vigor.
Christ Reigns and Triumphs in Mary
One of the most important episodes of the history of the Church, since Protestantism, was certainly the diffusion of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The writings of the Saints who most distinguished themselves in teaching this devotion brim with hope in the victory of the kingship of Jesus Christ, after the stormy days […]
The Virtue of Faith: the Foundation of Great Works
Whoever is united to God by faith participates in some way in the divine power and becomes, in a certain sense, as powerful as God Himself.
“Death before Dishonour”
Pursued by a hunter who encircles it with mud, the ermine chooses to surrender its life rather than soil its coat. Upright souls act likewise when they prefer death rather than wallowing in the mire of sin.
Hymn of Wisdom, Humility and Grandeur
The promise made to Abraham was fulfilled: Our Lady carried in her womb the Expectation of the Nations. Inspired by the Most High, She composes this marvellous hymn, an inestimable jewel of God’s praises.
“Do not be unbelieving, but believe”
“Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving…”
A Sonnet that Portrays the Vocation of Each Person
Let us no longer fall into the error described by the great poet, but let us hear today the voice of Him who calls us with such love. May we be faithful our vocation as children of God.
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
The Holy Trinity is a dogma. A dogma that proclaims the essential truth of the mystery of the “unity and trinity of God”: one God in three different Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It’s a mystery. Therefore, it is difficult to interpret and impossible to assimilate due to human limitations. “Mystery” does not mean […]
The Desert: School for Souls Beloved of God
The instability of a landscape that changes moment- by-moment with the shifting sands at the caprice of the wind; soil baked by a sun whose rays seem to offer no respite; bitterly cold nights barely illuminated by moonlight; the eager search for a spring that will slake or at least assuage one’s thirst; loss of […]