Discalced Carmelites News
The Franciscan Friars Minor Alcantarines or Discalced (Barefoot)
... him permission to become General Commissary of the Reformed Conventuals in Spain. Peter founded the hermitage of Pedroso. In 1559 the Custody of San Josè became a Province. The Alcanatarine ...
Bernini and Ecstacy...
... experiencing an orgasm. Error. I'm afraid these notions readily take hold in the collective imagination of our highly sexualized culture where even Bl. John Paul's Theology of the Body is ...
St. Teresa of Jesus: A Prophet for Modern Times
... referring to present day reception of the work and message of Saint Teresa. In an interview granted to the magazine "Teresa de Jesús", of which he has been an assiduous collaborator, the ...
A Catechesis on the Brown Scapular
... of the Carmelite Order and the Order of Discalced Carmelites as the Carmelite Family prepared to celebrate the 750 anniversary of the Brown ...
A New Webpage for Resources on St. John of the Cross
... e-mail feature just e-mails a link to the book on the Gallica website. Fiddling with the page for a while, I figured out that I could in fact download a 209 page book in pdf format for personal use. ...
Who Are the Vendee? & Why They DO Matter
... Spanish Revolution . It produced many martyrs as well. It also produced Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer who founded Opus Dei. Matt @ Badger Catholic asks " What next, Lepanto ??!? " ...
Happy Epiphany!
Here are some photos sent to me by my friends the Discalced Carmelite nuns in Rochester, NY . High altar. Notice the choir gate over on the left. High altar. ...
Tomorrow Dec. 30 - Memorial Mass - Servant of God, Fr. Hardon S.J.
... Jane for those of you in the Dallas- Fort Worth area Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Dallas , Texas Invite you to a Special Memorial Mass Eleventh Anniversary of His ...
All Peace on Earth
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Latin Revival?
... College students take at least two years of Latin, but advanced courses — conducted only in Latin — are also available. Students are invited to defend their senior thesis in Latin. Those ...
A Blessed Christmas
... hope's expectance of nativity. I knew for long she carried me and fed me, guarded and loved me, though I could not see. But only now, with inward jubilee, I come upon earth's most amazing knowledge: ...
O Adonai Second O Antiphon Reflection 2011
... contrast between the Old Testament God etched in hard unyielding stone hidden in an Ark of the Covenant and the New Testament God carried in the soft womb of Mary, the Theotokos, the human carrier ...
Devotion to the Infant Jesus
... the image spoke to Fr. Cyril with these words: "Have pity on Me and I will have pity on you; restore My hands and I will give you peace; the more you honor Me, the more I will bless you." St. ...
December 14th 2011 Memorial St John of the Cross
... fascinating man would write: "Where there is no love, put love and you will gain love." St John of The Cross popularised the term via negativa, or the apophatic way, as a viable way to approach God ...
St John of the Cross
... - in the Carmelite Order. He is considered one of the co-founders of the Discalced Carmelite Order. There is a short collection of essays and ...
Saint of the Day: John of the Cross
... Carmelite lay brother in 1563 at age 21, though he lived more strictly than the Rule required. Studied at Salamanca , Spain . Carmelite priest , ordained in 1567 at ...
Saint John of the Cross
... Discalced Carmelites and great Doctor of mystical theology. Photo taken in July 2006, at the Discalced Carmelite monastery in Ladue, Missouri. ...
God's First Language Is Silence
... brothers recoiled from his reforming efforts. He was kidnapped and imprisoned for nine months in a dungeon, living on only bread and water. Though he made a miraculous escape, it was not the end of ...
Memorial of St. John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor
... persecuted by his brethren, and publicly disgraced. But his complete abandonment by creatures only deepened his interior peace and devout longing for heaven. St. John was a great contemplative and ...
St. John of the Cross
... complete abandonment by creatures only deepened his interior peace and devout longing for heaven. St. John was a great contemplative and spiritual writer. He was proclaimed Doctor of the Church by ...