« Old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. » (2 Cor 5:17). In this Holy Year, hope springs forth powerfully in the Easter feast: Christ is risen, Christ is victorious over evil and…
The Holy Father has announced that 2025 will be a Jubilee Year, which occurs every 25 years. Hope is the focus of the Jubilee called by the Pope, which will begin on December 24, 2024, and end…
Peace is a fruit of the Holy Spirit Carmel of Fayoum “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace…”.[1] In these troubled times, with the sounds of weapons and threats to humanity, we all desire to…
Carmel of Aleppo. April 22 “Death has been swallowed up in victory” Christ is risen! He is truly risen! How, in truth, could we meditate on the mystery of Resurrection, where everything took place in the…
In the Teresian Year As we celebrate this year the 400th anniversary of the canonization of our mother St. Teresa (Teresian Year in Avila), let us not forget the central role of St. Joseph in the life…
“Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening” 1 Samuel 3, 9 Lent, a time of listening in the desert The young boy Samuel lay down in the temple of the Lord. Eli, his master, now old, was…
February 2, 2022 – Day of Consecrated Life HAIFA, STELLA MARIS (ISRAEL) In one song Leonard Cohen sang The little birds chirp at daybreak begins again I heard them say don’t dwell too long about what it…
We are grateful to the Lord for the fraternal visit of our Father General Miguel Márquez to the Holy Land and to the birthplace of the Order. He arrived on January 19, 2022 and stayed until February…
The four evangelists are unanimous in saying that Jesus left Galilee to follow in the footsteps of someone called John. John’s preaching had attracted the attention of all the repentant people: a large number of people gathered…
Contemplating in the Sacred Scriptures the mystery of the Nativity through the «Lectio Divina» and being aware that this «Lectio Divina» ends in personal prayer and becomes prayer in the name of the Church and for the…