Prayer for Christian unity is of course not a 20th century initiative: Christians have never ceased to pray, in so many ways, for their reconciliation. But it was in 1908, in the United States, that this prayer took the particular form that we know today, that of an “octave” between January 18 (which was the…
I have never liked saints who follow certain guidelines and whose qualities have been defined from an early age. St. Teresa is a woman with an impressive range of possibilities and she surprises us at every turn, and precisely for this reason, I think she is a great help for those of us who, especially…
The Carmelite Sisters of Bethlehem give us the joy of sharing with the readers of Carmel’s magazine, these texts from the reserved notebooks in which Elijah manifests himself to Mariam. Elijah lives! He continues to act in the Church, in Carmel and in the lives of the saints. Just as Saint Elijah was close to…
It is an ancient prayer, recited in the past, in difficult times for Christians, which is still used today by people of different languages and origins to invoke the powerful intercession of Mary. This prayer, which we know in Italian and other languages, is actually a translation of an ancient Latin prayer that dates back…
O merciful Lord, our Master, we want to faithfully follow you; we want to imitate you in our life in an ever more perfect way. Through the meditation of your passion, grant us the grace to better understand the mysteries of the spiritual life. Mary, Mother of Mercy, always faithful to Christ, guide us on…
Millions of people call themselves Christians, believing, in many cases, to have converted to Christianity. Now, is this the case? What is conversion exactly? To convert is to change. Consider the shimmering color butterfly. Before becoming this beautiful insect, it looked like something else. It was, to begin with, a tiny egg practically invisible to…
