Tomorrow, July 16, is the feast day of Our Lady of Carmel, a very important feast day in the life of any Carmelite and really anyone that wears and has a devotion […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Carmel, St. Simon Stock, and the Brown Scapular
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Aylesford (England)
The origin of Our Lady of Mount Carmel begins in Israel (near present-day Haifa), the first place ever dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. A chapel was built in Our Lady’s honor […]
12 Quotes from Edith Stein – Jewish convert, Carmelite Sister, Martyr and Catholic Saint.
Today we celebrate the memorial of Saint Edith Stein, a Jewish woman who became a religious sister, a martyr, and Canonized Saint of the Catholic Church. If you were not familiar with […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Synthesis of Marian Spirituality in the Brown Scapular
With Wednesday being the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, I found it fitting today to write about the importance of the Brown Scapular or as I like to call it […]
Saint John of the Cross – “Doctor of Mystical Theology”
In the year 1542, at Fontiberos in Old Castile, Spain, John Yepez, who could become known to the Church and the world as St. John of the Cross was born. From a […]
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux – “Doctor of Merciful Love”
Today we celebrate the memorial of one of the most prolific Doctors of the Church in the modern era, not because of the large quantities of her writing, but the impact and […]
Catholic Dog Tags
A few months back, I was getting a haircut and the individual cutting my hair noticed that I was wearing some sort of cloth “necklace”, but I told this person; it’s not […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Many people think that Pope St. John Paul II had the great devotions to the Blessed Mother, and yes that would be correct, however, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI also had great devotions […]
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