Everyone who does something, does it for some purpose. If God, so to speak, comes out of his interior Trinitarian life in order to create, then He always has in mind the goal for which He does all this, namely, “the praise of His glory” (Ephesians 1:6). He, Christ, isRead More →
The Second Person of the Most Blessed Trinity, the eternal Word, is the exemplary cause (causa exemplaris) of all created being and as such the eternal, uncreated Wisdom: “All things were made by Him, and without Him was made nothing that was made” (John 1:3). “[He] is the image ofRead More →
On July 16, we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This day commemorates the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Simon Stock to save the Carmelite Order from extinction and to grant graces to the universal Church. On the night of July 15, 1251, theRead More →
Sr. Elisabeth of the Trinity could be described as the mystic of the contemplative soul of Mary. As a Carmelite, she specifically contemplated the prayer life of the Blessed Virgin and was able to understand it in a very deep way. “Do we think about what must have been inRead More →
When Mary left Her home in Nazareth to journey to the house of Elizabeth, Jesus was not yet a day old and was not yet a noticeable physical presence in Her womb. But by Faith Mary knew He was there, and by Faith She went to visit the Baptist 6Read More →
What is the supreme expression of love for us, for fallen, sinful mankind? Reparation. The sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross is the supreme act of charity. And this loving act is an act of atonement and reparation for the injustice that had been committed. Charity with respect toRead More →
According to the Council of Trent, faith is “the beginning, the foundation and the root of all justification”. What is the role of Mary to strengthen our faith? First of all, belief in Mary’s glories is an intense exercise of the virtue of faith.One can marvel at Christ without faith,Read More →
